David Roberts On Solar & Wind Limits
June 25th, 2015 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. David Roberts discusses the question if there are any economic limits for solar and [&hellip
About Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz is a professor of German and European Law at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, blogging since 2003 at Lenz Blog. A free PDF file of his global warming science fiction novel "Great News" is available here.
Author Archives: Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Saudi Arabia May Become The Saudi Arabia Of Solar
June 5th, 2015 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog I recall that adviser of the Mongolian President Tsagaan called for Mongolia to become [&hellip
Fantastic Ambition Of Japanese Renewable Targets
June 4th, 2015 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog An editorial at Mainichi Shinbun (in Japanese) published on Sunday discusses the plans of the [&hellip
Flaw In German Solar Auction Model
May 4th, 2015 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published the Lenz Blog I think that the 2014 reform of the German renewable energy law was a large step [&hellip
Changing Solar and Wind Feed-In Tariffs To Reflect Regional Differences
November 10th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Craig Morris at Renewables International discusses some interesting numbers on the regional differences in the [&hellip
EU Sets Target Of 40% Domestic Reduction In GHG By 2030
October 29th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Lenz Blog. The decision to reduce CO2 emissions in the EU by 40% until 2030 comes with a nice qualification: The [&hellip
Renewable Energy Growth Greater Than Nuclear Decline in Germany
June 3rd, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Energiewende Germany wrote this on Twitter: Renewables have grown more than nuclear been shut down. Coal? [&hellip
Surcharge Industry Rebate Law Proposal Would Voluntarily Adopt Illegal Guidelines
May 28th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. The parties of the German government have introduced a proposal for surcharge industry rebates on May 20. [&hellip
Germany’s Electricity Ecotax Exemptions Are Not Illegal State Aid
May 25th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Here is yet another reason why the reductions German energy intensive industry gets when paying [&hellip
Solar Energy — Desert Projects & Transmission Costs
May 14th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. CleanTechnica just published an interview with Sunpower CEO Tom Werner. He makes some points interesting when [&hellip
Yingli Solar On The Top Spot For Its Production & Shipment
April 28th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. GTM Research has released some figures for last years’ solar panel market. Thanks to this Tweet by Kees [&hellip
China’s Coal Boom Coming To An End
April 21st, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Greenpeace has published a short report on recent trends in Chinese coal consumption, titled “The [&hellip
New Merit Order Ideas
April 16th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. I have written extensively about the fact that the market order for electricity in Germany [&hellip
Germany Not So Important Anymore
April 16th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. The recent news about reforming the Law on Priority for Renewable Energy in Germany is [&hellip
EU Guidelines Regarding Renewable Energy — Harmful & Useless
April 14th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. The EU Commission has adopted a useless and harmful Communication titled “Guidelines on State aid [&hellip
Elon Musk On 100% Renewable Energy, Solar Energy Potential, Li-ion Battery Components…
March 30th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. It is of course correct that eventually all energy will be renewable, and the only [&hellip
Germany’s FIT & Minimum Wage Are Not “State Aid”
March 12th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. This excellent article at Zeit Online (in German) by Armin Steinbach gives another strong reason the [&hellip
Germany Renewable Energy Subsidies Must Stop
March 5th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on Lenz Blog. That’s what a new report by “experts” on innovation calls for, as Reuters just reported. I [&hellip
EU Commission Sued By German Government
March 5th, 2014 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. The German government just announced that they have sued against the EU Commission decision to open [&hellip
Softbank Energy Vice President Hiroaki Fujii — Interview
December 18th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog The Japanese publication “Tech-On” is doing a series of articles about megasolar projects. Installment six is [&hellip
Ulrich Kelber Interview
December 11th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Ulrich Kelber is the expert for energy questions at the SPD, which is the junior partner in the coalition government [&hellip
The Cost Of Nuclear Is Still Unknown, But The Cost Of Solar Is Known
November 27th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. Eduard Porter makes the case for nuclear energy as a countermeasure to global warming in [&hellip
Japan’s Performance “Very Poor” In The 2014 Climate Change Performance Index
November 24th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on The Lenz Blog German Watch has published the 2014 “Climate Change Performance Index”, and Japan’s score is “very [&hellip
Tiny Small Little Surcharge Costs In Germany
November 23rd, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on The Lenz Blog This interesting and beautiful graph was recently published by the German Renewable Energy Agency (Agentur für [&hellip
Germany’s Performance Way Down To “Moderate” In The 2014 Climate Change Performance Index
November 22nd, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on The Lenz Blog German Watch has published the 2014 “Climate Change Performance Index”, and Germany’s overall score is [&hellip
Great Japanese Failure & Great Japanese Success
November 21st, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Here are two articles reposted as one from Lenz Blog. Links to the originals are included on the subtitles below. [&hellip
Next Year Renewable Market Share In German Estimated As 28.7%
October 17th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog Yesterday’s announcement of a 6.24 cent surcharge in Germany came with a lot of interesting reports [&hellip
Surcharges In Germany Should Be At Least 15.6 Cents
October 17th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog Yesterday’s announcement of a 6.24 cent surcharge in Germany came with a lot of interesting reports [&hellip
German Feed-in Tariff Costs Invisible Without Magnifying Glass
October 17th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. At the occasion of the announcement of a moderate rise in feed-in costs in Germany today [&hellip
European Utility Shareholders Lost Half A Trillion Euro In Five Years
October 15th, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Says this article (without byline) at the Economist. I found it because if this Retweet by Danny Kennedy. As the article explains, the 20 [&hellip
Of Course We’re Heading For An Era Of Renewable Energy
September 23rd, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Originally published on the Lenz Blog Michael Klare is wrong. He wrote a pessimistic piece on Al Jazeera last month titled [&hellip
Enemy Of Renewable Energy FDP Out Of German Bundestag
September 23rd, 2013 | by Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Good news from Germany: In yesterday’s election, the FDP failed to clear 5 percent of the vote and will get no seats [&hellip
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