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1 week ago | cleanenergywire.org | Sven Egenter

Photo: BMUKN/Sascha Hilgers. Clean Energy Wire: From this week, Germany will be hosting the Bonn Climate Change Conference, which is to prepare for the COP30 negotiations in Brazil in November. The tense geopolitical situation and difficult times for multilateralism are also having an impact on climate policy: Priorities are shifting, often towards security policy and defence policy. The US is currently withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.

2 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Ole Adolphsen is an associate at the Research Cluster Climate Policy and Politics of the German Institute for International Security Affairs (SWP). Photo: SWP Clean Energy Wire: Russia’s war on Ukraine and the return of Donald Trump to the White House have led to a drastic shift in the perception of security policies across Europe, as the region rushes to make good on decades of reduced defence spending and make its militaries more capable.

2 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Sören Amelang

Nuclear phase-out Business & Jobs Technology A visualisation of Proxima's planned Stellarator nuclear fusion pilot plant. German startup Proxima Fusion has raised 130 million euros from private investors. The record funding reflects both growing optimism that nuclear fusion will provide plentiful and clean energy in the not-too-distant future, and Europe’s progress in establishing a global research lead.

2 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

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2 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Germany must unleash the potential of power purchase agreements (PPAs) to raise private capital for the fast expansion of its renewable energy system, the national energy agency dena has said. “PPAs are key for a cost-efficient energy transition,” said dena head Corinna Enders. PPAs – often long-term agreements directly between an electricity producer and a consumer like a company – would provide businesses with planning security and reduce the state’s costs for renewables expansion, she argued.