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What will happen to the subsidisation of renewables? How should back-up capacities of power plants be financed in future? According to which rules should the grid fees be charged? At the beginning of August, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK) presented a paper on the electricity market design of the future on […]
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betterSoil was founded in 2021, and the start-up has already achieved a lot in a short space of time: it has set up an international team, acquired its first orders and honed its business concept. Over the next few years, the focus will be on digitalising advisory services for better soil – based on GPS […]
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The new report by FAWn and GES – sponsored by the Vector Foundation – covers two areas of technology: Fossil fuel power plants, which account for around 20 to 25 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and vehicles with internal combustion engines, of which around 1.4 billion are in use worldwide. With the help […]
MehrThe idea that “everything new” in the mobility sector could be made all-electric is far from reality. Rather, the switch to lower-emission drives will take decades. This applies in particular to long-lasting means of transport such as ships, aircraft and lorries. In the case of cars, it will probably come down to the coexistence of […]
MehrAt this point, some news of the last few weeks will be addressed which, from GES’ point of view, are reason for hope because they contain building blocks of a possible global solution and / or could help to develop a realistic view of the challenges ahead of us. The sale of power lines from […]
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There is an urgent need to correct the energy transition in the electricity market. GES presents a new paper on this topic. McKinsey has proposed limiting the expansion of wind and solar energy in Germany. This would also eliminate costs for the expansion of power lines. This could already save 150 billion euros in investments […]
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In order to be competitive, the production of green hydrogen requires very favourable electricity production costs. This is not the case in Germany. Due to the lack of cost-effective base-load power plants and the system costs of the volatility of PV and wind power plants, domestic green hydrogen will remain expensive in the future. Prices […]
MehrAt this point, some news of the last few weeks will be addressed which, from GES’ point of view, are reason for hope because they contain building blocks of a possible global solution and / or could help to develop a realistic view of the challenges ahead of us. In an interview with Dr Daniel […]
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The advantages of HVO: The fuel can be used immediately. And it can be used within the existing infrastructure: vehicles, filling stations, logistics, etc. HVO is also a climate-friendly solution for trucks that are hardly suitable for electromobility. If HVO were to replace five to ten percent of fossil diesel in Germany, 4.5 to nine […]
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The study by GES and FAWn for Viebrockhaus states: “Taking into account other areas of use, wood will make a contribution to climate adaptation – but avoiding 10 per cent of today’s CO2 emissions will probably already be a lot. This has to do with the enormous building volumes that will have to be realised […]
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