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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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1 month ago | 
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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1 month ago | 
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.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Economic experts in Germany and France are calling for the two countries to coordinate strategies in the decarbonisation of road freight transport. In a joint statement, the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts and France’s Conseil d'analyse économique (CAE) said policymakers should focus support on boosting the use of battery-electric trucks (BET).
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data from Munich-based analyst firm Plan4Better, Greenpeace determined how well people can access public transport in the approximately 11,000 German municipalities, districts and federal states.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
The expansion of European electricity grid infrastructure and measures to increase demand flexibility could lead to a significant reduction in power prices, according to a report by Allianz Research. Transforming the EU’s electricity sector to a climate-friendly system could lower electricity prices in the mid to long-run: by 11 percent by 2035 and by 30 percent in 2040 in a net-zero scenario, the report stated.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees places a disproportionate burden on low-income households, Zukunft KlimaSozial stated in a new report. In its analysis, the think tank recommended targeted support for low-income households.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path cannot be achieved without them, business weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported. The companies EnBW and RWE, which operate large onshore and offshore wind farms, argue that without the involvement of Chinese manufacturers, wind expansion targets for 2030 will be virtually impossible to achieve.
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1 month ago | 
cleanenergywire.org | Edgar Meza
More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 to be unrealistic under current framework conditions. The biggest hurdles to reaching climate neutrality, according to managing directors, were high costs for municipal companies, businesses and citizens (37%), unclear financing (20%) and extensive bureaucracy (18%).
