Power Play — German Energy Revolution Video
May 20th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
The German village Schönau forced the grid operator to sell its local grid to them decades ago. Now, that village has
Browsing the "Germany Renewable Energy" Tag
Renewable Electricity Supply to be Cheaper by 2030
April 10th, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
Macro-Economic Benefits An increasing number of countries have formulated policies to introduce renewable energy sources into their electricity supply
The Road to 2020 (Part II) — States on a New Course
April 9th, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
A New Focal Point In the first part of this “Road to 2020″ series of posts, I looked at
How Renewable Electricity Generation in Germany Has Changed (Chart & Statistics)
April 6th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
I can’t remember where I ran across these — I think a reader shared them with me — but
The Road to 2020 (Part I) — Energiewende
April 5th, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
Political Fallout In the summer of 2011, the conservative federal government of Germany passed a law that will phase out
April 1st in Germany — Happy Birthday, Renewable Energy Sources Act!
April 2nd, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
Not a Joke On a cloudy saturday, on April 1, 2000, the German “Renewable Energy Sources Act” entered into force
Germany — 7.5 GW of New Solar Power in 2011 (Confirmed)
March 26th, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
Earlier this year reports were released that 3 GW of new solar power were installed in Germany during the month
Renewable Energy Investment Attractiveness: China #1, US #2, Germany #3
February 28th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Ernst & Young released its quarterly Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) for renewable energy today. There are some quite interesting observations
33,000 More Offshore Wind Power Jobs in Germany by 2021, Study Finds
February 21st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
How about the U.S.? (OK, let’s not go there today.) The news: A new study Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), Volle
Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?
January 27th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
I spend much of my time studying carbon pollution trends, analyzing growing evidence of global warming, and assessing the impacts of a warmer climate. Thus, I recently found myself in agreement with scientists when they moved the symbolic doomsday clock closer to midnight (planetary catastrophe) in part because of global inaction on climate change. At the same time, I remain optimistic about our collective ability to face the crisis. Why? Because even as we’re racing against time to combat climate change, we’re also moving forward in the clean energy race
Blackstone Private Equity Firm Invests in German Offshore Wind…In a Big Way
August 6th, 2011 | by Andrew
Private equity firm Blackstone is investing in offshore wind in Germany in a big way. The company announced it had secured a total of 1.2 billion euros of financing for the 288MW Meerwind North Sea wind farm project, as well as obtaining a permit for Nordlicher Grund, a 64-turbine, 1.3 billion euro North Sea wind farm. A group of seven banks will provide 822 million euros in debt financing with Blackstone supplying Meerwind's equity. Supporting the financing is Germany's feed-in tariff, which locks in rates for Meerwind's electricity output
Offshore Wind Power: ABB Wins $1 Billion North Sea Contract
August 3rd, 2011 | by Andrew
Swiss engineering group ABB closed the largest power transmission order in its long history, a $1 billion contract to connect planned offshore North Sea wind farms to the German electricity grid. Due to be completed by 2015, the transmission system will deliver 400 MW of clean, renewable power to the German grid - enough to supply more than 1.5 million households - while avoiding more than 3 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions
Germany: Talk of the Cleantech Town this Week
June 9th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Germany is all the talk lately. And for obvious reasons. It's already a world leader in clean energy and now its decided to close all of its nuclear power plants by 2022 (as I reported a little more than a month ago). This has instigated political controversy, wild claims, clean energy enthusiasm, and a number of new reports. It has also helped to light a fire under other countries slower to react on the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan and slower to implement progressive clean energy policies to tackle catastrophic global climate change. A number of stories focused on Germany have popped up this week that I thought I'd give a little extra attention to
Renewable Energy in Germany Going to Get a Boost from Wind Energy Superhighway
May 25th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
I was in Germany a little more than a week ago and can tell you from what I saw that Germany (or, at least, Northeast Germany) is a wind turbine paradise. Wind turbines are everywhere it seems (between cities that is). Germany is the clear wind power leader in Europe with 27,214 MW of installed wind power capacity. (Spain is second with 20,676 MW installed.) But, even in Germany, wind power could benefit from a better transmission network. Of course, German leaders recognize that and are doing something about it -- they are planning to build a wind energy superhighway
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