Tag: plants
The use of gas-fired power plants is hardly decreasing
Berlin, Brussels The hoped-for savings in electricity generation in gas-fired power plants have not materialized in recent months. Figures from the Federal Network Agency (BNA) prove this. According to this,…
French nuclear power plants heat river water beyond limits
The Cattenom nuclear power plant The nuclear power plant is the third largest in France. (Photo: imago stock&people) Paris France’s nuclear power plants could exceed environmental limits as a result…
Extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants is becoming socially acceptable
Berlin The note published by the two Greens Ministers Robert Habeck (Economy) and Steffi Lemke (Environment) on March 8, two weeks after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine,…
Extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants is becoming socially acceptable
Berlin The note published by the two Greens Ministers Robert Habeck (Economy) and Steffi Lemke (Environment) on March 8, two weeks after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine,…
Extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants is becoming socially acceptable
Berlin The note published by the two Greens Ministers Robert Habeck (Economy) and Steffi Lemke (Environment) on March 8, two weeks after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine,…
Heat influences energy supply: the first power plants are throttling output
Low water on the Rhine A ferry lies at the port in Mannheim. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The temperatures are climbing to record levels – this is pushing German energy suppliers…
Floating solar power plants are about to make a breakthrough
Haltern am See Since May, the floating solar system in the Ruhr area has been supplying electricity for the quartz works industrial group. Haltern am See On the 75-hectare Silbersee…
Floating solar power plants are about to make a breakthrough
Haltern am See On the 75-hectare Silbersee in Haltern, the solar park floating on the water seems almost small. With its 5,800 solar modules, it is the largest of its…
Can nuclear power plants that have been shut down simply be restarted?
Gundremmingen The power plant went offline at the end of 2021. (Photo: IMAGO/Bihlmayerfotografie) Munich In May 2011, Markus Söder, then Environment Minister of the CSU, said he was pleased with…
Are longer running times for nuclear power plants in Germany realistic?
Berlin, Dusseldorf In a second stress test, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has the security of the power supply in Germany checked – under more stringent conditions. A first stress…
Discovered That Plants Self-Produce Aspirin
A new study published has revealed that plants produce salicylic acid against the stress caused by the dangers in their environment. The findings could work in making plants more resilient…
Drones Will Soon Control Power Plants
A group of engineers are developing drone software that will revolutionize the energy maintenance industry. If it does, huge power plants will be easily controlled by drones without costing a…
Habeck wants to shut down gas power plants quickly
Minister of Economics Habeck Natural gas is to be used less for electricity production. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to reduce the use of…
Industry wants to shut down gas-fired power plants immediately
Measuring instruments at a gas storage facility The risk of an acute gas shortage continues to escalate. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin The industry is convinced that the massive decline in…
For the first time, plants have been grown on moon soil!
Scientists are drawing attention with their different studies day by day. Finally at the University of Florida (UF) scientists in soil from the Moon plants brought up. The ongoing research,…
Robert Habeck wants to shut down gas-fired power plants in an emergency
Lausward combined heat and power plant in Dusseldorf 15 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany is produced in gas-fired power plants. Many of the power plants also provide heat.…
Vallourec wants to close German plants – 2400 affected
Nozzle production at Vallourec and Mannesmann The production of seamless steel tubes in Germany is no longer feasible for Vallourec for economic reasons. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Muehlheim The French steel…
Scientists have grown plants in the soil of the Moon!
Decades have passed since humanity visited the lunar surface, but research on the Moon continues at full speed. In the latest research by scientists, it has been revealed that it…
Industry wants to limit the use of gas-fired power plants
Gas power plant in Leuna Gas-fired power plants were originally intended to play an important role in the transition to climate-friendly power generation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Association of Industrial…
Nuclear power plants in Ukraine: The fear persists
Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced that IAEA experts under his leadership would immediately travel to Ukraine and support the work of Ukrainian technicians…