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Energy prices not making Germany uncompetitive
Despite claims to the contrary, Germany’s energy costs per unit of manufacturing one of lowest in the world, even with the Energy Transition.
Craig Morris

Aug 4, 2015

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Danish offshore wind: half the cost of new nuclear in UK
Danish offshore wind now costs roughly half of what the new nuclear plant at Hinkley in the UK will cost.
Mike Parr

Jun 23, 2015

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New Vattenfall CEO: “What is true for E.On, pretty much true for us”
Vattenfall’s CEO Magnus Hall likens the selling of its lignite operations in Germany to E.On’s recent decision to dump centralised fossil fuel generation.
Sonja van Renssen

Dec 15, 2014

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Why Google gave up on renewables (hint, they don’t understand energy)
It has now been proven beyond doubt that “renewables simply won’t work”. Why not? Well, because Google says so.
Karel Beckman

Nov 25, 2014

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World’s first power-to-liquids production plant opened in Dresden
A Power-to-Liquids demonstration rig which is the first of its kind in the world was officially inaugurated on 14 November by Dresden-based sunfire GmbH.
Karel Beckman

Nov 24, 2014

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The cleantech game-changing ideas of the future
From solar to storage and business models, here are some of the game-changing cleantech ideas of the future.
Karel Beckman

Nov 10, 2014

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What Slow Food can teach Clean Energy
In the food and energy sectors, there is a movement underway taking a holistic value chain approach to create a more secure, sustainable, affordable system.
Sonja van Renssen

Nov 7, 2014

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Germany may not need electricity storage for another 20 years
Instead, flexible fossil-fueled power plants and other intermediate options can deliver the needed power and grid stability at a lower price.
Matthias Lang

Sep 26, 2014

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Zero energy at zero cost: How to retrofit buildings in a week
The Netherlands has found a way to refurbish existing buildings to net zero energy, within a week, with a 30-year builders’ guarantee and no subsidies.
Karel Beckman

Sep 15, 2014

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Is US Commerce Department protecting utilities from solar revolution?
At the end of July, the US slapped new import duties on solar products from China coming on top of earlier “anti-dumping” levies.
Peter F Varadi

Sep 5, 2014

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Interview Fatih Birol, IEA: “Gradual change will not save us”
The IEA’s renowned Chief Economist Fatih Birol notes that governments in particular have to take action to actively transform energy supply and end use.
Karel Beckman

Jun 4, 2014

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Can Germany survive the Energiewende?
Efforts to Sustain the Energiewende – an increasingly disordered effort to unshackle industrial society from the chains of fossil fuels – are looking frail.
Jeffrey Michel

Mar 31, 2014

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