By Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel | – Germany is headed for second consecutive year of substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as a sharp drop in coal consumption is driving a decline of the country’s overall energy use in 2019. If this trend continues, the country could get much closer to its 2020 climate […]
Not done Destroying Earth, Germany’s Far Right to Make anti-Climate Activism Major Plank in Campaign
By Julian Wettengel | – (Clean Energy Wire) – Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made its critique of policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the global climate a major issue in its political strategy. “After the euro and immigration, criticism of the so-called climate action policy is the third major […]
The Anti-Trump: Germany’s Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals
By Sven Egenter and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s so-called “climate cabinet” has put together the bedrock for future climate action legislation in Germany, just in time for UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Climate Action Summit in New York (23 September). The package, agreed after overnight coalition negotiations, includes […]
Sun and wind displace Germany’s coal during summer months
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Solar power systems and wind turbines in Germany fed 39.3 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity into the public grid from June to August, a 10 percent increase compared to the same period last year, news agency dpa writes in an article carried by Focus Online, […]
Saving the Planet: Can Global Solar Power be Crowd-Funded? Germany’s “Green Energy Valley”
By Freja Eriksen | – German start-up Ecoligo has created a crowd investment structure to encourage the expansion of solar power in developing countries, writes business daily Handelsblatt. The two founders, Martin Baart and Markus Schwaniger, saw high interest rates on loans and high investment risks as hurdles for solar power expansion in countries like […]
In Just the Past Year, German CO2 Emissions fell by 33%, as Gas Replaced Coal
By Freja Eriksen | – A fuel switch from coal to gas cut emissions from German fossil fuel power plants by a third in June 2019 as compared to the same month the year before. Lower gas prices and higher costs for CO2 allowances are part of the explanation. [UPDATE adds comments by Karsten Capion, […]
180 Gigs of Offshore Wind: Europe May Build 10 Artificial North Sea “Energy Islands”
By Kennedy Nyavaya | – Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial “energy islands” as wind power hubs in the North Sea to make use of large-scale offshore wind energy in meeting the continent’s climate targets. According to the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) consortium – which includes TenneT, […]
Global Heating Paradox: Europe’s Heat Waves are Driving Air Conditioning Sales– Which Cause more Global Heating
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – The second summer in a row with record temperatures has fuelled worries about the global climate crisis in Germany and sparked a sudden interest in room cooling systems, which remain a rarity in the central European country. Researchers say the share of households with air conditioning systems could quadruple by […]
Renewable Energy Employed 11 Million People last Year, 8% Growth Forecast
(Clean Energy Wire) – Eleven million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, most in China (4.1 million), the European Union (1.2 million) and Brazil (1.1 million), writes the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its latest annual review. In Germany, about 291,000 people were employed in the renewable energy sector – about […]
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