Agora Industry’s latest report, 15 Insights on the Global Steel Transformation, states that the steel making sector can play an important role in driving down greenhouse gas emissions and thus slowing climate change impacts. Every night, we watch as the weather, once the last 5 minutes of the news broadcast, … [continued]
Electricity from renewables was greater than energy from fossil fuels in Europe in 2020 according to a report by Agora Energiewende.
The European Union has already met its 2020 emissions target. Agora Energiewende has just released a report explaining how Europe leads the way to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.
A study by Agora Energiewende says Germany could safely shut down 20 electric generating facilities immediately without danger of creating energy shortages within the country.
We are on the eve of the German election. We thought this was a perfect time to interview one of the main actors of the Energiewende: Patrick Graichen, the Director of Agora Energiewende, a think tank and policy laboratory that develops scientifically based and politically feasible approaches for ensuring the success of the German energy transition.
New analysis published this week has shown that European Union power emissions fell by 4.5% in 2016, thanks in large part to a massive switch from coal generation to gas generation.
Originally published on the ECOreport Germany’s rooftops and facades could produce as much 300 GW of electricity. The challenge is storing the energy so that it is not simply dumped on the grid during peak hours. A new paper from Agora Energiewende suggests how Germany could reach 150 GW of solar capacity. Using Alternate Storage … [continued]
The end of August brought about an encouraging event for Germany’s renewables industry, when for several hours on Sunday, August 23, some 80% of Germany’s electricity demand was met by renewable resources. The large output of renewable energy occurred between noon and the early afternoon. Wind and solar power generation contributed … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. “In a few years, solar energy plants will deliver the most inexpensive power available in many parts of the world. By 2025, the cost of producing power in central and southern Europe will have declined to between 4 and 6 cents per kilowatt hour, and … [continued]
Solar power is set to become the cheapest power source in many parts of the world by 2025, according to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems commissioned by Agora Energiewende. The independent think-tank of 18 experts conclude that by 2025 the cost of producing power in … [continued]
