CleanTechnica » Germany Renewable Energy http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Clean Energy For 14 Years In Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/clean-energy-14-years-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/clean-energy-14-years-germany/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2014 09:00:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74603 It’s well known that Germany is a world leader in solar and wind power. There’s a fair amount of unwarranted criticism levied at renewables, and generally it seems there is not nearly as much positive press. For that reason, it might be surprising to hear that an energy cooperative in Germany has been providing clean

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/clean-energy-14-years-germany/feed/ 42 SolarCity & Vivint Solar Dominate Home Solar, HELCO Aims For 92% Renewables… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-vivint-solar-home-solar-helco-vivint-solar-ceo/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-vivint-solar-home-solar-helco-vivint-solar-ceo/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:32:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72993 From the home solar market domination of SolarCity & Vivint Solar to the success of solar schools in the UK to an interview with the CEO of Vivint Solar, check out the fun and interesting solar power stories below. Our own Jake Richardson interviews Vivint Solar CEO Greg Butterfield regarding Vivint Solar’s IPO and other matters.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-vivint-solar-home-solar-helco-vivint-solar-ceo/feed/ 0 Chinese Solar Panel Production To Double, Big Corporations Going Solar… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:52:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71634 More solar news for you solar lovers: Chinese solar panel production is projected to double by 2017. (sustainablog) Apple, Verizon, Google, UPS, Walmart, Kohl’s, IKEA, GM… there are a lot of big corporations investing in solar now. Remember, corporations are primarily aimed at financial profits. Put 1 and 1 together. (Solar Love) Hawaii is aiming to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/feed/ 2 Transparent Solar Cells, Solar Powering Bayern Munich… (Solar News Roundup) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:17:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71302 Here’s some more solar energy news from around the interwebs: Michigan State University researchers have made some progress on transparent solar cells, a technology we’ve been covering for years but is yet to make it out of the lab. Michigan State’s transparent solar cells aren’t going to be commercialized anytime soon, but maybe they will

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/feed/ 15 Solar News: Recycling Solar Water Wheel, Vivint Solar Rundown … http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/19/solar-news-recycling-solar-water-wheel-vivint-solar-rundown/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/19/solar-news-recycling-solar-water-wheel-vivint-solar-rundown/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:50:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70833 Time for some more solar news. Enjoy! The solar-powered water wheel pictured above can collect 50,000 pounds of trash per day. (Solar Love) If you want a rundown of the politics of solar energy, this article by Carter Lavin is it. He covers 5 things we should all know about solar politics. (Red, Green, and Blue)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/19/solar-news-recycling-solar-water-wheel-vivint-solar-rundown/feed/ 1 100% Renewable Electricity Will Be Achieved In German State Soon http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/23/100-renewable-electricity-will-achieved-german-state-soon/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/23/100-renewable-electricity-will-achieved-german-state-soon/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68444 Germany’s windiest area, Schleswig-Holstein, will probably achieve “100% renewable electricity” sometime this year. That is, its clean energy production will be able to supply all of its electricity consumption. Schleswig-Holstein has a goal to generate 300% of its electricity consumption with renewables eventually. This mostly rural area is grid-connected, so it can sell excess electricity

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/23/100-renewable-electricity-will-achieved-german-state-soon/feed/ 42 Germany’s Residential Battery Storage Subsidy A Success — 4,000 New Systems In 1st Year http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/germanys-residential-battery-storage-subsidy-success-4000-new-systems-1st-year/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/germanys-residential-battery-storage-subsidy-success-4000-new-systems-1st-year/#comments Sun, 18 May 2014 17:00:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66941 It’s been just a year since Germany began offering a subsidy for residential lithium-ion battery systems. In that time, already more than 4,000 new solar+battery systems have been installed. The figures — which show the subsidy to be a success — were recently released by Germany’s Federal Solar Industry Association (BSW Solar). Along with the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/germanys-residential-battery-storage-subsidy-success-4000-new-systems-1st-year/feed/ 15 Now This Is A Renewable Energy Rally… http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/16/now-renewable-energy-rally/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/16/now-renewable-energy-rally/#comments Fri, 16 May 2014 18:51:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66998 You’d think that a world-leading renewable energy country like Germany — a country that recently saw about 75% of its electricity production coming from renewables (at noon last Sunday) — wouldn’t need big rallies for renewable energy. Ah, but you’d be wrong. Everywhere renewable energy is growing fast, it is threatening extremely rich energy industries. Money has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/16/now-renewable-energy-rally/feed/ 9 Germany Not So Important Anymore http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/germanys-investment-renewable-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/germanys-investment-renewable-energy/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:50:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65283 Originally published on Lenz Blog. The recent news about reforming the Law on Priority for Renewable Energy in Germany is not great for people like me. As Hans-Josef Fell (one of the original authors of the law) explains in much detail, the reform that will likely become law is restraining growth just about everywhere. That is bad news for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/germanys-investment-renewable-energy/feed/ 16 Europe’s Fossil Fuel Exit — 30% Of Fossil Fuel Power Capacity To Close By 2017, UBS Analysts Project http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/04/europes-fossil-fuel-exit-30-fossil-fuel-power-capacity-close-2017-ubs-analysts-project/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/04/europes-fossil-fuel-exit-30-fossil-fuel-power-capacity-close-2017-ubs-analysts-project/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:10:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60944 Following up on a Credit Suisse report stating that ~85% of US energy demand growth would come from renewables by 2025, we thought it would be good to take a look at the energy trends in Europe as well. Actually, one of our readers pitched this idea prior to the publishing of that article, and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/04/europes-fossil-fuel-exit-30-fossil-fuel-power-capacity-close-2017-ubs-analysts-project/feed/ 704 Green Energy Is Grassroots Energy In Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/green-energy-grassroots-energy-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/green-energy-grassroots-energy-germany/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:54:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59049 Originally published on RenewEconomy. (Note: This is part of a series of interviews and stories that will run over the next few weeks looking at Germany’s Energiewende, and the transition of Germany’s energy grid to one dominated by renewable energy. You can find them all in our Insight section). One of the most misunderstood aspects of Germany’s energy transition

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/green-energy-grassroots-energy-germany/feed/ 0 “Crazy” Becomes The Norm In Germany After Tremendous Green Progress http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/crazy-becomes-norm-germany-tremendous-green-progress/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/crazy-becomes-norm-germany-tremendous-green-progress/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:57:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59030 (Note: This is part of a series of interviews and stories that will run over the next few weeks looking at Germany’s Energiewende, and the transition of Germany’s energy grid to one dominated by renewable energy). “They told us we were crazy.” It is a phrase you often hear from Dr Dieter Salomon – the Australian-born

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/17/crazy-becomes-norm-germany-tremendous-green-progress/feed/ 21 Next Year Renewable Market Share In German Estimated As 28.7% http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/17/next-year-renewable-market-share-german-estimated-28-7/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/17/next-year-renewable-market-share-german-estimated-28-7/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:40:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57882 Originally published on the Lenz Blog Yesterday’s announcement of a 6.24 cent surcharge in Germany came with a lot of interesting reports attached. One assumption behind this number is that the renewable electricity generation from all sources will be 149.2 TWh next year, see this report (page 6). Electricity use is estimated as around 520 TWh in this other report dealing

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/17/next-year-renewable-market-share-german-estimated-28-7/feed/ 0 Cleantech Buffet (2nd Porsche PHEV, Bike Elevator For Treehouse…) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/24/porsche-phev-bike-elevator-treehouse/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/24/porsche-phev-bike-elevator-treehouse/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:31:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56658 Some top cleantech munchings that we haven’t covered: EVs 260½-EV Parade — New World Record Norway is a clear EV leader. It is likely the most EV-friendly country in the world, which is why it was no surprise to see Tesla roll out its entry into Europe in Norway, while also opening a nationwide Supercharger network. Another

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/24/porsche-phev-bike-elevator-treehouse/feed/ 0 New York Times Gets Big, Red “F” On Germany’s Renewable Energy Transition http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/20/new-york-times-gets-big-red-f-germanys-renewable-energy-transition/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/20/new-york-times-gets-big-red-f-germanys-renewable-energy-transition/#comments Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56623 Just coming back from an amazing trip visiting several of Ukraine’s cleantech pioneers, I’ve got a million things to do, including edit, upload, and share with all of you a bunch of interesting interviews and videos. Unfortunately, the New York Times — once a great journalistic outfit — has gone and published a horrible (horrible!), myth-filled

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/20/new-york-times-gets-big-red-f-germanys-renewable-energy-transition/feed/ 200 4 More Germany Solar Power & Wind Power Charts http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/4-more-germany-solar-power-wind-power-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/4-more-germany-solar-power-wind-power-charts/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:30:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56016 Greentech Media recently piggy-backed on our article regarding Germany’s new monthly solar generation record (5.1 GWh in the month of July). In that article, Herman K. Trabish pulled up some great charts from the Fraunhofer Institute’s Bruno Burger. I think I always find Dr. Burger’s charts interesting and useful. I’ve shared many of them here on CleanTechnica in the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/4-more-germany-solar-power-wind-power-charts/feed/ 33 Sunday, Solar Sunday — Germany’s July 7 Solar Power Record In-Depth http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:10:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53822 On Sunday, CleanTechnica broke the news that Germany broke yet another solar power record when the country’s 1.3+ million PV systems turned a sunny summer day into 23.9 GW of solar power at about 1:30 PM. This short breaking news has drawn quite a lot of attention, which is reason enough to follow it up with

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/feed/ 10 Solar News & Wind News (Electric Slavery, Insanity In Congress…) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/09/solar-news-wind-news-electric-slavery-insanity-in-congress/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/09/solar-news-wind-news-electric-slavery-insanity-in-congress/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2013 18:35:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53792 Naturally, be sure to check out the hottest solar energy news and wind energy news of the past week — the stories we already covered. But for even a bit more, check out the 21 solar and wind energy stories below. Solar Energy + Wind Energy Congress Calls For Colony On Mars While Cutting Funding

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/09/solar-news-wind-news-electric-slavery-insanity-in-congress/feed/ 2 Solar & Wind News Roundup (Most Efficient Solar Panels, Surprising Solar Owner Facts, SolarCity Calls Out Xcel Energy…) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/03/solar-news-most-efficient-solar-panels-solarcity-xcel-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/03/solar-news-most-efficient-solar-panels-solarcity-xcel-energy/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:23:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53557 We do our best to keep you addicted to solar and wind energy news. It’s important. We think. To keep you reading good cleantech news and commentary until our next run of stories, check out the links below: Solar Solar PV & Resale Value: Is There An Effect? 9 Surprising or Very Surprising Things About

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/03/solar-news-most-efficient-solar-panels-solarcity-xcel-energy/feed/ 0 100% Renewable Energy And Beyond! http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/100-renewable-energy-and-beyond/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/100-renewable-energy-and-beyond/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:00:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53112 While many countries still discuss whether or not a 100% renewable energy system – or “just” a 100% renewable electricity supply – is even theoretically possible, Germans seem no longer bothered by such unscientific doubts. To make matters “worse,” some of them (including myself) are even convinced that a transition to a 100% renewable energy

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