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New report: EU installs 27.1 GWh of new batteries in 2025 as utility-scale storage drives record growth
29.01.202629.01.2026

New report: EU installs 27.1 GWh of new batteries in 2025 as utility-scale storage drives record growth

27.1 GWh of new battery capacity installed in 2025, marking the EU’s 12th consecutive record year [...]
Martin Green about solar modules without glass
28.01.202627.01.2026

Martin Green about solar modules without glass

Professor Martin Green of the University of New South Wales in Australia is a living legend. [...]
How markets should be designed for non-permanent carbon removals
23.01.202622.01.2026

How markets should be designed for non-permanent carbon removals

Carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming increasingly important for climate action, but their differing storage times [...]
Global economy proves resilient but remains fragile
04.12.202503.12.2025

Global economy proves resilient but remains fragile

The global economy has proved resilient this year but underlying fragilities remain, according to the OECD’s [...]
Top Ten Polysilicon Makers Nearly All Chinese
26.11.202526.11.2025

Top Ten Polysilicon Makers Nearly All Chinese

Wacker will stay in the ranking as only western producer, says Bernreuter Research. Nine of the [...]
COP30: New avenues for cooperation on climate finance
13.11.202513.11.2025

COP30: New avenues for cooperation on climate finance

Even though governments are increasingly prioritising national interests in their economic and financial policies, these very [...]
Study by KfW Research and Deloitte for COP 30:
30.10.2025

Study by KfW Research and Deloitte for COP 30:

Climate action offers opportunities to strengthen competitiveness and resilience of the German economy. The global market [...]
The economic cost of climate change for Europe’s Forests
22.09.202522.09.2025

The economic cost of climate change for Europe’s Forests

Wildfires, storms, and bark beetle are putting increasing pressure on Europe’s forests. Beyond their ecological toll, [...]
Expert view: China signals the end of rock‑bottom solar prices
17.09.202517.09.2025

Expert view: China signals the end of rock‑bottom solar prices

China’s solar industry has entered a new phase. After years of cut‑price competition and unchecked capacity [...]
Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025
30.08.202530.08.2025

Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half [...]
AI and Robotics for the Reuse of Used PV Modules
29.08.2025

AI and Robotics for the Reuse of Used PV Modules

The funded research project ‘WattsOK?’ has been launched. This innovative project uses artificial intelligence, optical inspection [...]
How sustainable climate policy and sound public finances go hand in hand
02.08.202502.08.2025

How sustainable climate policy and sound public finances go hand in hand

Measures to fight global heating justify additional government debt – to the extent that they prevent [...]
International cooperation on fossil fuel levies could raise billions for climate finance
30.07.2025

International cooperation on fossil fuel levies could raise billions for climate finance

In the wake of newly agreed climate finance targets in Baku at COP29, climate economists at [...]
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Detrimental to Prosperity, Public Finances and the Climate
15.07.202515.07.2025

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Detrimental to Prosperity, Public Finances and the Climate

New ZEW Study Shows Existing Potential for Climate Protection and Economic Progress Reducing explicit and implicit [...]
Good deals – bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste
27.06.202527.06.2025

Good deals – bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets’ popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only [...]
Polysilicon Industry Is Risking New Shortage
27.06.202527.06.2025

Polysilicon Industry Is Risking New Shortage

Bernreuter Research: Shutdown of overcapacity could create undersupply by 2028. The Chinese polysilicon industry will face [...]
Economy
29.01.202629.01.2026

New report: EU installs 27.1 GWh of new batteries in 2025 as utility-scale storage drives record growth

Economy
28.01.202627.01.2026

Martin Green about solar modules without glass

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23.01.202622.01.2026

How markets should be designed for non-permanent carbon removals

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04.12.202503.12.2025

Global economy proves resilient but remains fragile

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26.11.202526.11.2025

Top Ten Polysilicon Makers Nearly All Chinese

Economy
13.11.202513.11.2025

COP30: New avenues for cooperation on climate finance

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