Tag: alternative energy
Siemens Gamesa largely stops selling new turbines
Siemens Gamesa The turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Husum, Munich At the Husum Wind trade fair in recent days, the major wind power manufacturers presented their…
Strategy paper warns EU against China dependence for batteries for electric cars
Battery recycling EU demand for lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers needed in hydrogen technology will increase sharply in the coming years. (Photo: dpa) Madrid The Spanish EU Council Presidency…
Siemens Gamesa largely stops selling new turbines
Siemens Gamesa The turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Husum, Munich At the Husum Wind trade fair in recent days, the major wind power manufacturers presented their…
Warsaw plans 79 small nuclear power plants by 2038
Illustration of GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 nuclear power plant Poland wants to use modular reactors as an important part of its energy transition. (Photo: Hitachi) Frankfurt Oder Clean energy, independent of…
Despite the crisis, Vattenfall wants to build a mega wind farm in the North Sea
Dusseldorf Far in the sea, north of the small island of Borkum, the Swedish energy company Vattenfall is building a wind farm at sea that will supply 1.7 million households…
Prices for solar modules fall to record lows
Production by Meyer Burger in Freiberg European companies see themselves under pressure in the fight against Chinese competition. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Dusseldorf The warning is drastic: “If nothing happens now,…
Prices for solar modules fall to record lows
Dusseldorf The warning is drastic: “If nothing happens now, there is a great risk that European solar producers will have massive problems in the next few months, and some will…
Photovoltaics: Rent a solar system instead of buying it?
Building a solar system If you want to save money, you can also rent a system. Solar energy is booming: around 90,000 new photovoltaic systems (PV systems) were installed in…
Meyer Burger uses US subsidies for factory construction in Colorado
Meyer Burger The new plant in Colorado is scheduled to start production in the fourth quarter of 2024. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Zurich The Swiss solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger wants…
These three graphics show: This is how Europe heats up
Comparison of heating shares While the installation of heat pumps is currently the subject of heated debate in Germany, the energy mix here and throughout Europe is very diverse. (Photo:…
These three graphics show: This is how Europe heats up
Dusseldorf It seems bizarre: while millions of people in Europe have to cope with summer heat and droughts, governments are already concerned about the energy supply in the coming winter.…
This is how municipal heating planning should look like
Berlin The discussion about heat supply in cities and communities is entering the next round. The federal government’s construction and economics ministries want to avoid a fiasco like the one…
How EU rules slow down imports of hydrogen from India
Bangkok, Bombay Wherever Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) steps in front of a microphone during his trip to India, he mentions India’s potential to produce green hydrogen on a large…
How heating with air conditioning is worthwhile
Installation of an air conditioner So-called split air conditioners can often not only cool, but also heat and clean the air of dust and pollen. Dusseldorf As the temperature rises…
How heating with air conditioning is worthwhile
Dusseldorf As the temperature rises in summer, so does the desire for air conditioning. In a recent survey by the comparison portal Verivox, 13 percent of those surveyed said they…
EU agrees to subsidies worth billions for Thyssen-Krupp
Steel production at Thyssen-Krupp In the future, the group wants to produce 2.5 million tons of steel per year in a so-called direct reduction plant. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After a…
EU agrees to subsidies worth billions for Thyssen-Krupp
Steel production at Thyssen-Krupp In the future, the group wants to produce 2.5 million tons of steel per year in a so-called direct reduction plant. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After a…
EU Parliament passes far-reaching reform of the electricity market
Brussels The European Parliament wants to lower electricity prices for households and companies in the long term and keep them stable. The Industry Committee agreed on a new electricity market…
Europe needs a strong wind power industry
Wind turbines in Baden-Württemberg The expansion of wind power in Germany is progressing – albeit not as quickly as planned by the federal government. But the manufacturers of the wind…
Technology race for wind turbines threatens to ruin the industry
wind farm The technical leaps in the development of wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger. (Photo: IMAGO/Jochen Tack) Munich, Dusseldorf The first wind turbines in the 1990s measured just…