Originally published on RenewEconomy Germany is expanding its renewable energy targets under a grand coalition agreement by the country’s two major political parties, but is also toying with the idea of introducing the concept of “virtual base-load”. In a 168-document released by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre right CPD party and … [continued]
One of the studies presented at EVS27* in Barcelona last week was a study regarding the segments of the German population that would most benefit (economically) from switching to an electric car. The study, conducted by Patrick Plötz and Till Gnann of Fraunhofer ISI, used a German nationwide travel survey and then broke up the … [continued]
A new German energy storage system has received a 2013 German Renewables Award at a ceremony which was held earlier this month in… Germany. The system is called the ASD Sonnenspeicher. It is was created by Automatic Storage Device (ASD). I’m sure that Germans will be pleased to hear that it … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Danny Kennedy, founder and president of Sungevity, was recently interviewed by Bloomberg TV. Most of the questions were about residential solar energy in the US in general. Danny knocked the ball out of the park so many times that I think someone should check … [continued]
The accelerated phase-out of nuclear power following the nuclear disaster in Japan has put German energy policy on the map for many people. Since then, the word “Energiewende” has even become a new loanword in the English language. Despite the increase in international attention, many reports about the Energiewende miss … [continued]
Originally published on The Lenz Blog German Watch has published the 2014 “Climate Change Performance Index”, and Germany’s overall score is “moderate”. Thanks to this tweet by Volker Quaschning for the link. The index has several categories: Emissions (30 percent of points), emission reductions (30 percent), efficiency (10 percent), renewable energy (10 percent), … [continued]
Siemens has been awarded the contract to provide 97 wind turbines for the Gode Wind 1 and Gode Wind 2 projects to be installed off the North Sea island of Juist. The turbines each rate at 6 MW and, upon completion, the two wind farms will reach a capacity of … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Poland, the host of the climate change negotiations, is going to extreme lengths to protect its coal-fired electricity industry — making sudden changes to renewable energy support schemes, and even going so far as erecting a form of electronic barrier to keep renewable energy from neighbouring … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. US-based First Solar has led the utility-scale solar league for awhile now, but the latest statistics for utility-scale solar construction (EPC contracts) put it way out in the lead. As you can see in the Wiki-Solar table below, First Solar now has built 1,147 MW of solar … [continued]
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. You don’t have to … [continued]
