1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    kennt sie nationale Grenzen. Sie ist unsere Überlebensfrage und damit die größte Krise unseres Jahrhunderts. Wir werden sie nur lösen durch einen raschen und hundertprozentigen Umstieg auf erneuerbare Energien. Dazu brauchen wir eine solare Weltrevolution. Es ist die erste wirkliche und friedliche, gewaltfreie globale Revolution. Sowohl die französische wie die russische und auch die chinesische...

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    hit the wall in traffic. April 11 Europe | Renewable | Electricity market Share of renewable energy in the EU at its highest Last year, around 44 percent of electricity in the EU was generated from renewable energies. According to a KfW study, this is a “new record”. However, the development bank criticizes that the pace is still too slow. According to the state development bank KfW, Europe...

  3. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    * The “Internal Search” nuclear phase-out | Electricity generation | WNISR December 21, 2023 - Plan for new 1000 nuclear power plants by 2050? Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry September 29, 2023 - Renewable energies cover more than half of electricity consumption July 3, 2023 - Quaschning explains: Electricity price zones April 21, 2023 - Nuclear power: On the decline worldwide March 17, 2023 - BEE analysis: Nuclear...

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  5. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    is a joke”: Head of the Renewable Energy Agency speaks plainly at the climate conference At this year’s Energy Transition Dialogue in Berlin, the Secretary General of the Renewable Energy Agency is calling for less talking and more action. But he rejects nuclear power. Berlin – The chairman of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), Francesco La Camera, has...

  6. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    "The Energy Quadrilemma", which refers to the affordability, sustainability, security of supply and social impact of future energy systems. "Renewable energy is our best hope for a sustainable and socially acceptable transition, but it suffers from its volatility. Against the backdrop of increasing demand for clean energy...

  7. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    Billion kilowatt hours reached. Coal remained the second most important source of electricity generation, but its share fell by almost a third to 2022 percent compared to 26,1. [...] Renewable energies would have accounted for more than half of German electricity in 2023. Overall, renewable energies would have accounted for 56 percent of electricity in Germany, with a peak value of 251,8 billion...

  8. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    take to the streets, the perpetrators will not be stopped by demonstrations alone. February 28th Lower Saxony | Renewable | Wind turbines Lower Saxony covers electricity consumption with renewable energies Last year, Lower Saxony covered its entire electricity consumption with renewable energies for the first time. The Ministry of the Environment wants to further expand wind turbines...

  9. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    more than twelvefold. Their value rose from just 37 million euros in the first seven months of 2022 to 451 million euros from January to July 2023. * Energy transition | renewable energy | Hydrogen energy technology Electrification more important than hydrogen? Which technologies enable the energy transition in Europe Energy mix: Researchers have examined how the scarce electricity from...

  10. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    Newsletter VII 2024 February 11th to 17th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    can be changed. “This has not been technically tested,” explained the energy economist. In addition, the green hydrogen must first be produced. Five times more renewable energies would be required than are available... * Climate change | Temperature | Global warming EU climate change service Copernicus Global warming exceeded 1,5 degrees for the first twelve months Alarming figures...

  12. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    red mud problems left over from the bauxite. The highly alkaline mixture of various metal oxides and heavy metals is harmful to the environment and toxic. [...] If you partially use renewable energies for hydrogen and electricity production, then the process is worthwhile if the red mud contains around 50 percent iron oxide. However, if you calculate the costs that normally arise for...

  13. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    Newsletter IV 2024 January 21nd to 27th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  14. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    Newsletter III 2024 January 14th to 20st *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

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

    which are being or have already been converted into longer-term regulations in Germany. As the outcome of the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai shows, the rapid switch from fossil to renewable energies is one of the keys to preventing global warming from increasing to levels that are intolerable for people, nature and the environment. It is therefore encouraging that in Germany we already have more than...

  16. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    As the Reuters news agency reports, around 20,2 billion euros are estimated for the disposal of radioactive waste and the dismantling of the nuclear power plants. Spain will rely on renewable energies in the future. Spain is continuing to drive forward the transformation of the energy industry on the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish government has now confirmed the phase-out of nuclear energy. From 2027...

  17. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    whether it was a success or not in Dubai. Some say that we have finally managed to put the obvious into words: the world needs to move away from coal, oil and gas, renewable energies are getting better and cheaper. The final document also calls for haste, which is urgently needed. The others say that, firstly, it is too late and secondly, the wording of the...

  18. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    Chaos ensued in the energy supply. An ad hoc federal government task force was able to prevent (quote) "Wladimir Putin plunging Germany into chaos"... * Renaissance | Renewable Energy | Storage The new nonsense about nuclear power Politicians are calling for the renaissance of nuclear energy - because only it can save the climate. What nonsense. It's strange: every year...

  19. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Newsletter XLIX 2023 December 3rd to 9th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current information + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  20. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    Study by the Transnational Institute (TNI) entitled "Green Multinationals Exposed". It examines 15 multinational energy companies that have a green image and also invest in renewable energies. However, companies continue to do business with fossil fuels and are even expanding their business. In the worst case (Adani Group), funds were withdrawn from...