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Energy

Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable
28.03.202428.03.2024

Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable

Power capacity additions reached a new benchmark of 473 gigawatts in 2023, but many countries are [...]
WWEA Annual Report 2023: Record Year for Windpower
27.03.202427.03.2024

WWEA Annual Report 2023: Record Year for Windpower

Total capacity exceeds 1’047 Gigawatt – 116 Gigawatt added in 2023 equaling 12,5% growth – China [...]
Increasing Participation in the Energy Transition
20.03.202419.03.2024

Increasing Participation in the Energy Transition

Making Community Energy Cooperatives More Diverse Germany plans to meet 80% of its electricity needs from [...]
COP28 Goal of Tripling Renewables Feasible Only with Urgent Global Course Correction
19.03.2024

COP28 Goal of Tripling Renewables Feasible Only with Urgent Global Course Correction

Despite a record renewable growth in 2023, the energy transition remains off track due to persistent [...]
Europeans Want Decentralized Power Generation and Low Prices
14.03.202413.03.2024

Europeans Want Decentralized Power Generation and Low Prices

Although a majority of Europeans support the energy transition in principle, local opposition to necessary infrastructure [...]
Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach
02.03.202402.03.2024

Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach

03/01/2024 – Large scale-power outages caused by tropical cyclones can be prevented almost entirely if a [...]
Electrification or hydrogen?
17.02.2024

Electrification or hydrogen?

Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition A key step to achieving climate neutrality [...]
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
09.02.202409.02.2024

Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest [...]
Clean sources of generation are set to cover all of the world’s additional electricity demand over the next three years
26.01.202426.01.2024

Clean sources of generation are set to cover all of the world’s additional electricity demand over the next three years

Renewables are growing rapidly and nuclear power is on track to reach new all-time high next [...]
Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
13.01.202412.01.2024

Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28

World added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and next 5 years will [...]
Three strategies to boost green electricity in Switzerland
13.01.202411.01.2024

Three strategies to boost green electricity in Switzerland

Climate neutrality and nuclear phase-​out: Switzerland’s ambitious green electricity targets are realistic if the electricity supply [...]
Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world
11.01.202410.01.2024

Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world

The Sun’s energy is effectively limitless. While resources such as coal or gas are finite, if [...]
A big victory for the fossil industry at COP28
23.12.202323.12.2023

A big victory for the fossil industry at COP28

BUT: renewables are growing from the bottom – Let us make 2024 the year of renewables! [...]
New App “PowerSignal” Displays Renewable Share in Europe’s Electricity Mix
14.12.202313.12.2023

New App “PowerSignal” Displays Renewable Share in Europe’s Electricity Mix

Many people want to use the greenest electricity mix available to charge their electric cars, run [...]
World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023
09.12.202308.12.2023

World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023 (WNISR2023) assesses on 549 pages the status and trends [...]
The World Needs 100% Renewable Energy
04.12.202304.12.2023

The World Needs 100% Renewable Energy

As Soon As PossibleBuilt from Bottom-Up. During the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, climate leaders emphasised [...]
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Energy
07.10.2026

Acceptance of Wind Energy: Political Orientation More Important than Urban-Rural Divide

Energy
01.10.202601.10.2026

“Energy-Charts” Data Platform Launches Price Simulator

Energy
03.09.202603.09.2026

Battery Energy Storage Systems: Key to Renewable Power Supply-Demand Gaps

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Energy
31.08.202631.08.2026

Solar output in European countries boosted by up to 17% on hot days, helping to meet higher power demand from heatwaves

Energy
18.08.202618.08.2026

IRENA Study Quantifies Levelized Cost of Electricity for 24/7 Supply

Energy
25.07.202625.07.2026

Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks

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