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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
In view of the massive energy capacity needed for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, German energy company RWE is calling for government support to ensure the German economy benefits from what is widely seen as one of the most important industries of the future, financial weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The new German government is aiming to increase investments in eastern Germany, where political opposition to current energy transition and climate policies has grown disproportionately in recent years.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
A key plan by Germany’s new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily Handelsblatt reported, citing a classified document from the economy ministry. A discounted industrial electricity price is a core element of chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan to halt the decline of industry and return Germany to economic growth.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa’s energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe’s green transformation. An upcoming meeting between European Union and African Union foreign ministers on Wednesday (21 May) underscores the significance of energy and economic partnerships between the two blocs. While many African countries possess critical raw materials for the energy transition, they benefit little from their processing, Germanwatch noted.
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine.es | Edgar Meza
El Instituto Fraunhofer de Sistemas de Energía Solar (ISE) se ha asociado con el fabricante suizo de tejados solares Freesuns para establecer una línea piloto de tejas fotovoltaicas en su Centro de Evaluación de Tecnología de Módulos (Module-TEC) de Friburgo, como parte de su proyecto de investigación Integración Fotovoltaica Sostenible en Edificios e Infraestructuras (SPHINX).
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine.com | Edgar Meza
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has teamed up with Swiss solar roof manufacturer Freesuns to establish a pilot line for PV roof tiles at its Module Technology Evaluation Center (Module-TEC) in Freiburg as part of its Sustainable Photovoltaics Integration in Buildings and Infrastructure (SPHINX) research project. The flexible, automated production allows Freesuns to produce its newly developed matrix shingle roof tiles on a pilot scale before moving into mass production.
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2 months ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country’s National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD said it can already deduce an increase in extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall and droughts from observation data. “Time and again, it can be observed that while some regions struggle with flooding, others suffer from water shortages,” the DWD stated.
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2 months ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Clean Energy Wire / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in Germany’s Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in what is estimated to be “one of the largest integrated lithium operations in Europe”.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Germany's major aid organisations are urging the future government to increase civil protections in light of "the disasters resulting from rapidly increasing global warming and the worsening security situation". These threats dramatically demonstrated "how vulnerable Germany and its citizens are", the organisations said.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
A consortium linked to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has built a plant at the Mannheim wastewater treatment plant that cleans generated biogas and uses the resulting CO2 to produce climate-neutral marine fuel using green hydrogen. The process could help decarbonise the shipping sector, which is currently responsible for around three percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
