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Renewables

Electricity from large solar arrays with batteries now cheaper than from fossil plants in Germany
Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers say.
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Aug 8, 2024

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Climate

German coal power production drops to record low in Q2 as renewables soar to 65 pct share
Coal power plunged to a record low in Germany in the spring, while renewables produced a record 65 per cent share.
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Jul 12, 2024

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CleanTech Bites

Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter
Renewables account for 56 per cent of Germany electricity use in first quarter of 2024.
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Apr 27, 2024

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Solar

Hang out the washing or the PV system? Number of “balcony” solar plants in Germany tops 400,000
Number of mini solar PV systems, dubbed “balcony solar” reaches 400,000 in Germany, but actual number might be much bigger.
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Apr 9, 2024

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Germany kickstarts plans to dismantle gas distribution network
Germany issues green paper for the decommissioning of the country’s gas distribution network to smooth transition to climate-neutral heating.
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Mar 21, 2024

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Battery

Home battery boom: Solar batteries double to more than one million in Germany
New data shows Germany’s market for home and commercial battery storage systems grew by over 150 per cent in 2023 – and that’s with “market barriers.”
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Jan 18, 2024

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Renewables

Renewables cover more than half of Germany’s electricity demand for first time in 2023
Germany has generated more than half of the electricity it used this year with renewable energy for the first time, new data shows.
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Dec 19, 2023

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Electric Vehicles

EVs and heat pumps can make 10% of German electricity demand flexible by 2035
Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems will be able to deliver around 100 terawatt hours of flexible electricity in Germany.
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Dec 12, 2023

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Hydrogen

Investors scrap pioneering green hydrogen plant in Germany because of costs
One of Europe’s first projects to produce green hydrogen on a large scale in northern Germany has been scrapped due to high construction costs.
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Nov 21, 2023

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Germany covers 52 pct of electricity consumption with renewables so far this year
Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption so far this year, and has averaged 50 pct or more for each of the last seven months.
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Oct 1, 2023

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Renewables

Companies pay almost €800m for right to build offshore wind farms in German tender
Investors have agreed to pay €784 million $A1.32 billion) for the right to build wind farms in four locations in the North Sea in Germany’s latest offshore wind tender.
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Aug 13, 2023

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Policy & Planning

German emissions fall 9% in first half of 2023, renewables at 55 pct of grid power
Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell nine per cent in the first half of the year as a weakening economy deflated energy use.
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Aug 11, 2023

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