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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 […]
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. Germany has signed its first supply […]
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Prof Estelle Herlyn presented the positions of GES at the EuroMinds Economic Summit in Hamburg. Title of the panel: “2050 – Stop climate change! How we can stay on course for sustainability despite economic turbulence”. Many aspects that are often neglected were given space: the international dimension, the costs, the necessary expansion of the technological […]
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Joachim Weimann is a professor of economics in Magdeburg and advises the think tank R21 on climate and energy issues. He considers emissions trading systems – i.e. the pricing of CO2 emissions as part of a cap-and-trade system – to be the decisive lever in climate policy. He sees strengths above all in the market-based […]
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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 […]
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In this interview, Hans Jürgen Wernicke (GES) explains the technical possibilities for making the various modes of transport as climate-friendly as possible. Around 95 per cent of all means of transport – cars, lorries, ships and aircraft – are currently powered by fossil fuels, most of which are based on crude oil. This makes the […]
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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Global Energy Solutions mourns the loss of its Board of Trustees member Prof Dr Klaus Töpfer. He was one of the great personalities on the subject of sustainability for the whole world and died on 8 June after a short, serious illness. As a politician and thought leader, excellent strategist and exemplary mediator, Klaus Töpfer […]
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Christof von Branconi summarises the key points of the new GES paper on the electricity system in an interview. According to GES estimates, the demand for electricity will be lower than previously planned: The e-car boom is not happening, the same applies to heat pumps and the expansion of large electrolysers for the production of […]
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