Man muss Wissing lassen: Er weiß, wie man den Aufregungszyklus der (Sozialen) Medien spielt. Frage an Journalisten-Kollegen: Wieso wird Aussage als Überschrift (und teilweise ohne Einordnung im Text zu Alternativen oder Wahrscheinlichkeit von Verboten) transportiert?

Germany ended nuclear power use on 15 April last year after decades of debate

One year later, power prices remain stable, coal dropped to the lowest level in 60 years and renewables cover over 50% of supply - but the nuclear debate lives on

Updated Q&A: cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/qa-…

A year after Germany's nuclear exit, warnings about supply issues, price hikes and more emissions have not come true

Instead, there was a record renewables output, a drop in power prices and in CO2 emissions

Yet, the nuclear debate lives on - the Q&A: cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/qa-…

Germany on track to meeting its 2030 targets for first time thanks to sound planning and implementation, econ min Habeck said at #betd conference

Similar approach needed globally to meet international climate targets, Habeck and foreign min Baerbock said

Dirty construction habits block path to truly climate-friendly buildings

Buildings are responsible for around 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions, with 11% being embeded in materials and construction

cleanenergywire.org/news/sustainab…

Shutting shop for 2023; CLEW preview 2024 leaves no doubt: big challenges ahead for #energytransition across Europe, plenty to cover. Big thanks to Julian Wettengel Benjamin Wehrmann Sören Amelang Caro Kyllmann Boris Schneider Milou Dirkx Clemens (& all freelancers)! It's been quite a year!

In the future, gas-fired or combined cycle power plants should be able to run on 100% renewable hydrogen

However, exactly what this means technically and what steps are necessary to convert existing power plants has not yet been conclusively clarified

reiner-lemoine-institut.de/en/h2-ready-an…

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Reporting on climate and energy across borders - lessons from the 'Franco-German engine'

Journos working on 🇩🇪-🇫🇷 relations or other bilateral climate neutrality efforts are invited to join our recap on 30 November

cleanenergywire.org/events/clew-ma…

🇳🇱In 2⃣ days NL elections will take place

For those who don't speak Dutch (and there are quite a few) I wrote a factsheet on key climate and energy issues like nitrogen, fossil fuel subsidies, nuclear power, hydrogen + more

With party stances & contacts
cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/wid…

German chancellor Scholz promises €4bln in clean energy in Africa at #G20 Compact with Africa summit in Berlin

Providing energy prerequisite for developping continent’s economies and ensuring young Africans stay instead of migrating, African Union Commission head Faki says

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Germany's Constitutional Court rules government's 2021 budget dedicating 60 billion euros for 'climate and transformation' measures is unconstitutional

Ruling forces chancellor Scholz's gov't to reshuffle budget to enable agreed climate policies

🎺Next up in Clean Energy Wire series to better connect #energytransition stories across #Europe : #France 🇫🇷 by Juliette PORTALA and cross-checked by experts on the ground. Sign up for our newsletter: cleanenergywire.org/newsletter-sub…

Merkel’s policies left Germany too reliant on Russian gas, adviser admits in Financial Times interview

Economist Lars-Hendrik Röller said cheap energy imports had delivered massive boost to German economy, helping ensure a decade of growth

ft.com/content/aa2afe…

‘They dismissed Tesla and China as upstarts and niche players. After all, only Germans know how to build high quality cars.‘

After years of high profits with combustion engines, Germany‘s carmakers opted for cheating and lobbying instead of innovating.

transportenvironment.org/discover/how-g…

Days after being called out by Bruno Burger & Luisa Neubauer on entirely counterfactual claims regarding #nuclear power imports to Germany on national TV, Bavarian science minister Markus Blume launches the state‘s own #fusion energy ‘master plan‘

stmwk.bayern.de/ministerium/me…

i am three months into a job writing about europe's environment for the guardian and would really love to hear recommendations from climate people in every country in europe — particularly central/eastern/balkans/baltics/nordics! — on a couple of basic things 1/

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C has “factually failed” – German scientists

“We have to accept the fact that the 1.5° target will be breached,” says Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

cleanenergywire.org/news/limiting-… #Extremwetterkongress

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France, Germany vow to cooperate on industry transformation, back EU probe into Chinese EVs

“Europe must defend its economic and industrial interests,” ministers Le Maire, Habeck and Lindner say amid plans to bolster Europe's economy against China and US

cleanenergywire.org/news/france-ge…

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French economy minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday heads to Berlin to discuss Europe's sustainable industry transformation

CLEW's 'Franco-German engine' dossier offers plenty of info on the pair's complicated energy & climate relationship
cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/nucle…