1. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    of energy, as the most important pillar of a sustainable energy policy and the energy transition. They include bioenergy (biomass potential), geothermal energy, hydropower, marine energy, solar energy and wind energy. They get their energy from the sun's nuclear fusion, which is by far the most important source of energy, from the kinetic energy of the earth's rotation and...

  2. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    of the Rhine received more than was delivered there. There can therefore be no question of the often assumed dependence on French nuclear power plants. A lot of electricity imported from Norwegian hydropower. The net electricity import from Norway's hydroelectric power plants was significantly larger at 4,5 billion kilowatt hours. There was also a particularly...

  3. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    deliver even more cheaply than before - and thus accelerate the deforestation of the rainforest! Although Brazil generates 78,1 percent of its electricity from renewable energies (mainly hydropower), preparations are already being made here to produce “green” hydrogen in the future and export it to Europe. With far-reaching consequences: In the state of Bahia in Brazil...

  4. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    prove otherwise. Berlin – The energy transition in Germany depends largely on the expansion of capacities for renewable electricity. Solar and wind are the main sources of green electricity, but hydropower and biomass also play a role. The federal government's hope: By expanding the generation options for renewable electricity, it will become cheaper - and with it...

  5. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. When onshore wind power and offshore wind power are combined, we almost always have wind power available. In addition, there is storable hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and the wave and sea energy of the oceans. The world is full of renewable energy. We just have to learn to harness the entire symphony of renewables...

  6. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    The BGZ left the taz unanswered until the afternoon. The citizens' initiative now wants to contact the nuclear supervisory authority in the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment about the matter... * Georgia | Hydropower | Wind energy Energy geopolitics Green electricity from the Caucasus Ukraine did it last year - and Georgia would also like to become part of the European electricity network sooner or later...

  7. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    | Marine battery start-up Ocean Grazer: Energy storage on the seabed The start-up Ocean Grazer wants to sink energy storage devices into the seabed at offshore wind farms. The energy is to be made available via hydropower. The Dutch start-up "Ocean Grazer" wants to bring environmentally friendly energy storage devices to the market that can be installed directly near offshore wind farms...

  8. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    Rosatom, as the operator of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, receives (12,35 dollar cents per kilowatt hour). The government guarantees range from 1,7 to 2,7 dollar cents for biomass, 2,15 dollar cents for hydroelectric power and 2,9 dollar cents for geothermal energy, which also operates 60 hours a day... * Nuclear waste | Subsidies | Follow-up costs Expensive legacy: Looking back at XNUMX years of nuclear energy in numbers With...

  9. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    50 percent of the electricity is generated from renewable energies. For the other half, fossil fuels such as coal and gas are still in use and nuclear power plants are temporarily still in use... * Hydropower Hydropower: It is also fish-friendly Hydropower only plays a minor role in Germany. Researchers are now looking for new ways to gently and reliably generate electricity from...

  10. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    such as e-mobility or electric heating, this represents growth of 2021% compared to 31. Investments in renewable energies such as solar, wind but also bioenergy and hydropower make up the lion's share of investments at 495 billion US dollars, followed by 466 billion in the electrification of transport. [...] What is significant, however, is that investments in...

  11. Newsletter II 2023 - January 8th to 14th - News+ We have already won

    came to an end, in which with each amendment to the EEG there was more and more pressure on the expansion of renewable energies. The decline in the annual expansion of solar and wind energy, bioenergy and hydropower was devastating. If these legally prescribed drops had not occurred, but if the exponential growth curves initiated by the EEG 2000 had continued, then we could...

  12. Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption

    of the conversion losses, a coal-fired power plant needs around three kilowatt hours of coal energy to ultimately generate one kilowatt hour of electricity. It's different with wind, sun and hydropower: the primary source of their energy is not a coal mine or uranium ore, but ultimately a free natural force. In the energy balance it was therefore decided that...

  13. Newsletter XXXVIII 2022 - September 24th to 30th - News+ Fridays for Future calls for a special fund of 100 billion euros for climate protection

    are found in the photovoltaic industry – 4,3 million. This sector is the fastest growing and accounts for more than a third of jobs. 2,4 million people each work in hydropower and biofuels. 1,3 million people earn their living in the wind energy sector. The regional distribution shows clear hotspots. Almost two thirds of jobs are...

  14. Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!

    shows that nuclear energy is by no means a safe form of energy supply, even beyond serious accidents. This year, due to drought, the climate crisis is causing hydroelectric power plants in Italy and France to suddenly dry out and no longer supply electricity. Even Norway no longer has an abundance of hydropower... * Climate Change | CO2 concentration | Weather...

  15. Newsletter XXI 2022 - May 20th to 26th - News+ Politics of the forked tongue: They talk about peace but want war

    dem. * Iceland | Energy transition | Geothermal energy Iceland's energy transition Iceland has already completed a complete energy transition in heating and electricity generation. The decision to rely on hydropower and geothermal energy was made during the oil crisis in the 1970s. Other countries can also benefit from the experience. * Hydrogen | Wind | sun | Africa | Namibia...

  16. Newsletter XX 2022 - May 13th to 19th - News+ A flood of open letters and the day of freedom of the press

    | pop culture | Bundeswehr | Ursula von der Leyen Bundeswehr with a free ticket Leo Fischer observes how the military is transformed into pop culture * Renewable | Offshore | Hydropower | Nature conservation Expansion of renewables not at the expense of environmental and nature protection - BUND against offshore wild growth and small hydropower * Farmer | Energy price | Promotion | Efficiency...

  17. Newsletter XIX 2022 - May 05th to 12th - News+ The economic consequences of the Ukraine war

    * Russia | Ukraine War | Weapons deliveries Where is the loud no to armaments? The first, albeit most difficult, way to resolve the conflict is still: put down your weapons! * Hydropower | Fish German environmental aid calls for accessibility for fish too: Small hydropower plants may no longer be funded • Regulations on small hydropower in the Renewable Energy Act...

  18. Newsletter LVIII - December 20th to 26.12.2021th, 20 - News+ December XNUMXth - Blackout-proof with green electricity: Is Germany armed against dark doldrums?

    associated with the development of energy storage, increasing energy efficiency and implementing energy saving measures. Renewable energies include bioenergy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy, solar energy (solar thermal energy, photovoltaics) and wind energy. Conceptually, sector coupling plays an important role, especially the electrification of the heating sector...

  19. Important books on atomic research, THTR etc.

    Gau in Hamm -- The United Electricity Works of Westphalia - A short profile -- How the nuclear industry deals with coal and mining - An insight into the nuclear felt -- Energy from hydropower - The unwanted gift of nature -- "There is nothing contrary to VEW irrigation been" -- resistance from citizens' initiatives against the VEW information center in Uentrop 1976 -- working group...

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