Apparently my article last October documenting the growth of renewables in Germany while nuclear generation continues to decline got under the skin of pro-nuclear bloggers.
So at the request of a reader, I am updating my charts on the electricity mix in Germany from 1990 through 2012. These charts...
RWE AG will cut renewable-energy investment by half from next year as Germany’s second-largest utility seeks to reduce debt and counter falling earnings.
RWE will spend about 500 million euros ($652 million) a year on its Innogy renewables unit in 2014 and 2015, down from 1 billion euros this year,...
Germany’s upcoming incentives for energy storage could have a major impact on the prevalence of storage and its cost to consumers.
The German Federal Ministry of Environment announced plans to introduce incentives for energy storage, especially storage for solar photovoltaic systems, this year. Despite...
The second half of 2012 proved to be a pivotal point in the PV industry. It finally cemented the rise of China as a major force in global PV demand, complementing its place as a leader in the upstream supply side.
China has been the dominant producer of solar PV components for several years, with...
Germany is getting more power than ever before from sources dependent on wind and sunshine, pushing short-term price swings to the biggest in five years and boosting volume as utilities increase trading.
The gap between the highest and lowest price over two months for electricity deliverable the...
Onshore wind power is the wunderkind of Germany’s path-breaking clean energy transition. Stretching from the gusty coasts of the North and Baltic Seas all the way now to the Alps, the nation’s land-based wind turbines (23,000 as of 2012) account for virtually all of Germany’s 30-plus...
Germany’s environment and economy ministers, coalition partners from different parties who have clashed over the country’s shift from nuclear power, forged a joint plan to slow power-price increases caused by subsidies for renewable energy.
The agreement by Environment Minister Peter...
Last week a piece on Fox News’ Fox & Friends said that Germany has a lot more sun than the U.S. and that’s why solar is more feasible there. While it’s no surprise with Fox’s conservative bent on the news that it would attack incentive programs developed by President Obama’s Administration,...
Suddenly everyone knows about Germany’s solar power dominance because Fox Newsheads made fools of themselves, suggesting that the country is a sunny, tropical paradise. Most media folks have figured out that there are some monster differences in policy (e.g. a feed-in tariff), but then latch on...
German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler stepped up demands for extra cuts to subsidies for wind and solar power providers, aggravating a clash with his Environment Ministry Cabinet colleague over the nation’s energy overhaul.
Roesler, who leads Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Free Democratic...
