Tag: Alternative energy solar energy
So you can sell electricity from your own house roof
Solar panels on the roof Selling excess electricity would be lucrative at the moment, but is hardly possible. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Dusseldorf Over two million solar systems are now installed throughout…
Questions and answers about solar power from your own roof
Photovoltaic systems: Solar power from your own roof Photovoltaic system on a roof. The sharp rise in prices for electricity and heating means that many property owners, tenants and landlords…
Futurist Rifkin on fears of sabotage: “Governments need to wake up”
Jeremy Riftin The economist does not see Western countries as well prepared for attacks on the energy grid. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) new York The West has fallen asleep with its…
Energy storage start-up relies on flexible heat for industry
Dusseldorf Factory towers and ventilation gates throw large amounts of thermal energy into the environment – at the same time, on some good days, solar and wind parks produce excess…
Huge battery storage against power failures is created
Illustration of a large storage This is what the Fluence network booster in southern Germany could look like. Dusseldorf Although Germany is in the middle of the energy crisis, many…
Huge battery storage against power failures is created
Illustration of a large storage This is what the Fluence network booster in southern Germany could look like. Dusseldorf Although Germany is in the middle of the energy crisis, many…
Largest network storage system in the world: mega storage facility is being built in southern Germany
Large storage in the USA The provider Fluence has already set up a number of power storage systems internationally. The project in Kupferzell is by far the largest in Germany.…
RWE expands with multi-billion dollar acquisition in the USA
Markus Krebber “The takeover represents an enormous boost for RWE’s green expansion in the USA.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin RWE is strengthening its renewable energy business in the USA with an…
RWE expands with multi-billion dollar acquisition in the USA
Berlin RWE is strengthening its US renewable energy business with a $6.8 billion acquisition. The energy group is buying the solar system developer and operator Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses…
RWE expands with multi-billion dollar acquisition in the USA
Berlin RWE is strengthening its US renewable energy business with a $6.8 billion acquisition. The energy group is buying the solar system developer and operator Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses…
Coal group Leag wants to build Europe’s first giga solar park
Photovoltaic More and more large solar parks adorn Germany’s landscape. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf It is an almost unimaginable area: the solar park with a capacity of one gigawatt (GW) in…
Mercedes is planning a 100-megawatt wind farm in northern Germany
wind farm The Mercedes-Benz Group wants to generate 15 percent of its annual electricity requirements with wind energy. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Hamburg Mercedes-Benz is increasing the proportion of regeneratively generated…
In this way, my house becomes as energetically independent as possible
photovoltaic system Photovoltaic electricity production depends on the weather and the time of day. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Those who are energy self-sufficient produce their own electricity, heat and hot water…
In this way, my house becomes as energetically independent as possible
photovoltaic system Photovoltaic electricity production depends on the weather and the time of day. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Those who are energy self-sufficient produce their own electricity, heat and hot water…
Is a mini solar system worth it for the home?
Dusseldorf Energy prices are rising rapidly and consumers are asking themselves: How can I keep the next electricity bill as small as possible? Mini solar systems for the home, also…
Is a mini solar system worth it for the home?
Dusseldorf Energy prices are rising rapidly and consumers are asking themselves: How can I keep the next electricity bill as small as possible? Mini solar systems for the home, also…
Operating the solar system correctly: you have to pay attention to this
Installation of a solar system If you want to produce your own green electricity with a photovoltaic system for a long time, you have to treat it with care. (Photo:…
Delivery problems are slowing down the boom in solar power in Germany
cell manufacturing Testing of the solar cells in the production of Meyer Burger. Bitterfeld-Wolfen Almost 50 kilometers from Leipzig in the direction of Brandenburg, in the middle of nowhere, the…
Supply problems inhibit solar boom
cell manufacturing Testing of the solar cells in the production of Meyer Burger. Bitterfeld-Wolfen Almost 50 kilometers from Leipzig in the direction of Brandenburg, in the middle of nowhere, the…
Supply problems inhibit solar boom
cell manufacturing Testing of the solar cells in the production of Meyer Burger. Bitterfeld-Wolfen Almost 50 kilometers from Leipzig in the direction of Brandenburg, in the middle of nowhere, the…