Swedish power company Vattenfall and German communal company Stadtwerke München have successfully completed the construction and officially inaugurated the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm this week, making way for clean electricity enough for 400,000 German households.
The top auto manufacturers in Germany — VW, Daimler, and BMW — have been holding “secret” meetings since the 1990s where coordination relating to product pricing, supplier choice, diesel engine emissions management, etc., has been taking place, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
The German auto industry association VDA is working, through a plan to reduce the pollution of older diesel cars in use in Germany, against the possible implementation of outright diesel vehicle bans in some cities.
eMotorWerks has announced a new strategic partnership with the Share&Charge blockchain transaction platform that enables any eMotorWerks charging station owner to charge for use of their station. The innovation unlocks previously nonexistent functionality in the stations and turns every compatible eMotorWerks charging station into a potential money-making opportunity.
Until now, no one believed that autonomous cars — robotic vehicles that operate without human control— could make moral and ethical choices, an issue that has been central to the ongoing debate about their use. But German scientists now think otherwise. They believe eventually it may be possible to introduce elements of morality and ethics into self-driving cars.
Clean energy investment in the second quarter of 2017 reached $64.8 billion, boosted by two massive solar parks in the United Arab Emirates according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, an encouraging 21% increase on the first quarter of this year, but still down 12% compared to a year ago.
The G20, at the moment, is very much a G19 — and it appears Donald Trump couldn’t care less.
A new report has concluded that the North Sea should play a crucial role in the energy transition ahead of northwestern Europe, which could result in between €100 billion and €200 billion in economic value for neighboring regions in the transition away from fossil fuels.
The problem with auctions is that contrary to what they are sold as (more market-based model) they are removing the decision on how much new solar is built from the market to the state. There is no way in an auction system to build even one MW more than is auctioned in the first place.
Despite all of the talk in recent years about a full-scale transition to renewable energy, Germany remains heavily dependent upon fossil fuels for the continued functioning of its various energy, transportation, industrial, and economic systems. In fact, since the country prioritized closing down its nuclear power stations, it has not gotten nearly as far as it could have shutting down fossil power plants instead. That’s not to say Germany should have taken another route, but that’s the reality of the situation.
