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Latest news from Europe
December 6, 2013
Swiss Energiewende investigated - 98 percent renewable power by 2050
Switzerland already gets more than half of its electricity from renewable sources. Now, German researchers say that the country could have 98 percent renewable power by 2050. Germany's GLR has published the country edition of...[more]
October 24, 2013
Germany Could Become Carbon Neutral by 2050
The German Federal Environment Agency has released a paper discussing how Germany could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors within the nation's borders by 95% below 1990 levels by 2050, achieving only 1 tonne of...[more]
October 15, 2013
Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming
New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.[more]
October 8, 2013
German solar PV, wind energy peak at 59.1% of electricity production on October 3rd, 2013
German solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy peaked at 59.1% of the nation’s hourly electricity production slightly before 12:00 PM on October 3rd, 2013, according to an analysis by renewable energy consultant Bernard...[more]
September 28, 2013
Citi sees $5.7 trillion renewables opportunity – with no added grid costs
Analysts at Citi have produced a detailed report which suggests another 900 gigawatts of solar installations, and another 1,500GW of wind farms could be installed around the world with little added cost to electricity grids. This...[more]
September 26, 2013
100% Renewable Energy
100% renewable energy makes the cover story of Renewable Energy World magazine! Featuring Renewables 100 Policy Institute, Go 100 Percent Renewable Energy and many pioneering leaders who are making 100% renewable a...[more]
September 20, 2013
NY Times gets it totally wrong on German energy transition
What the New York Times does not tell you Poverty an issue for social policy, not energy policy Yesterday, the New York Times published an astonishingly misleading article, depicting Germany as a country in which poor...[more]
July 30, 2013
Switzerland Cannot Afford Not To Transition To Renewables
A new report published by the Swiss Energy Foundation has made it clear that Switzerland cannot afford not to transition to renewables by looking at the overall cost of not transitioning to renewables and lower...[more]
July 25, 2013
Austria to go 100 percent nuclear-free
This month, Austria went ahead with its plans to ban imports of nuclear power to the country. Electricity is to be labeled to ensure that no power from nuclear reactors is purchased from abroad. The EU is not pleased about the...[more]
July 24, 2013
Vast costs of Arctic change
The global impacts of a warming Arctic could carry a price tag comparable to the size of the global economy in 2012, according to a Comment piece in this week's Nature. Unlike the loss of sea ice, the vulner-ability of polar...[more]
July 18, 2013
DIW says EU overestimates cost of renewables
Yesterday, Germany's premier economic research institute published a study criticizing EU estimates of the cost of nuclear, carbon capture and storage, and photovoltaics. The DIW says PV is already less expensive than the EU's...[more]
July 14, 2013
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013
Two years after the Fukushima disaster started unfolding on 11 March 2011, its impact on the global nuclear industry has become increasingly visible. Global electricity generation from nuclear plants dropped by a...[more]
June 27, 2013
IEA: Renewables Will Exceed Natural Gas And Nuclear By 2016
Natural gas is widely considered the bridge to take us from fossil fuel dependence to a clean energy future – but that bridge may be a lot shorter than anyone could have predicted. The International Energy Agency (IEA)...[more]
June 26, 2013
100% Renewable Energy And Beyond!
While many countries still discuss whether or not a 100% renewable energy system – or “just” a 100% renewable electricity supply – is even theoretically possible, Germans seem no longer bothered by such unscientific doubts. To...[more]
June 18, 2013
The REN21 Renewables 2013 Global Status Report
First released in 2005, REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truely collaborative effort of over 500 authors, contributors and reviewers, and is today the most frequently referenced report on...[more] |