Here are two articles reposted as one from Lenz Blog. Links to the originals are included on the subtitles below. Great Japanese Failure The Japanese government has decided to replace the previous 2020 target of 25 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 with a target of a … [continued]
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 … [continued]
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 cost of the system for 2014 will be EUR 21.26 billion, see this report (page 8). Last year’s GDP is estimated by Statistisches Bundesamt as … [continued]
Originally published on the Lenz Blog. At the occasion of the announcement of a moderate rise in feed-in costs in Germany today (they will be 6.24 cents Euro per kWh next year) here is a reprint from a post published last October, when the feed-in tariff was announced last year. The only thing … [continued]
Says this article (without byline) at the Economist. I found it because if this Retweet by Danny Kennedy. As the article explains, the 20 biggest power companies in Europe had a collective value of $1 trillion at their peak in 2008, and they are worth “only” $500 billion now. And Germany’s biggest utility E-On … [continued]
Originally published on the Lenz Blog Michael Klare is wrong. He wrote a pessimistic piece on Al Jazeera last month titled “How to fry the planet”. The subtitle is “Don’t imagine for a second we’re heading for an era of renewable energy.” I am imagining exactly that all the time. And … [continued]
Good news from Germany: In yesterday’s election, the FDP failed to clear 5 percent of the vote and will get no seats in the next Bundestag (Parliament). I’m a former FDP voter, since I liked their position on civil liberties. But more than that I strongly dislike their opposition to renewable energy. … [continued]
I just mailed my absentee ballot from Japan for the next German election. Living in Japan, I needed to fill out some forms and send them in to my last place of residence in Germany, but I thought this election is important enough to jump through those hoops. Of course … [continued]
Originally published on Lenz Blog. (embedded tweet added) やっと出ました！2013年5月末までのFIT設備認定および運転開始状況。H24年度中の運転開始は約2GW、設備認定は21GWに。再生可能エネルギー発電設備の導入状況を公表します(平成25年5月末時点)（METI/経済産業省） – http://t.co/7cpezSUsBC — 松原弘直 (@matsubara_hiro) August 20, 2013 The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Trade just published figures for renewable energy under the new feed-in tariff law in force since last July. Thanks to this tweet by Hiro Matsubara for the link. To state … [continued]
This article was originally published on Lenz Blog. RWE has announced in their latest report on their first six months results (press release in German) that they plan to take 3.1 GW of fossil fuel generating capacity off the market. The reason they give for that is that wholesale electricity … [continued]
