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S眉ddeutsche Zeitung

鈥淎n energy concept that electrifies no one鈥�

Bavaria will have to import 40-50 percent of its consumed electricity in 2025, Daniela Kuhr writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The state鈥檚 economy minister Ilse Aigner has presented an energy concept that envisages 25 percent of the power to come from hydro- and solar power, 15 percent from biomass and five percent from wind. But the opposition claimed that this would reduce the development targets for solar and wind power 鈥� and that biomass was already making up 17 percent. The concept was not a developing plan but a retreat, Green Party head Ludwig Hartmann said. Bavaria should aim for 70-80 percent domestic coverage of power consumption, he argued.

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Forschungszentrum J眉lich

鈥淲orld record: J眉lich fuel cell runs for over 70,000 hours鈥�

Scientists at the J眉lich research centre announced they have broken a world record by running a high temperature ceramic fuel cell stack for over 70,000 hours - or eight years. These solid oxide fuel cells are suitable for household and small business energy needs, as well as large-scale transport such as trucks, trains and ships, the Forschungszentrum J眉lich said in a press release.

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E.ON

鈥淓.ON鈥檚 Amrumbank West offshore wind farm is fully operational鈥�

E.ON has announced the completion of its 1 billion-euro Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The 80 turbines, with combined capacity of 288 megawatts, are now connected to the grid and expected to produce enough power for 300,000 homes.

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Deutsche Umwelthilfe

High NOx in Opel Zafira diesel car

The DUH has presented results of exhaust emissions tests which find that the Opel Zafira 1.6 CDTi emitted up to 17 times the permitted level of nitrogen oxide. The organisation said that tests of other German and foreign passenger vehicles have been ordered.

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Road to Paris 鈥� COP21

WirtschaftsWoche

鈥淐limate summit in Paris will not result in joint obligations鈥�

The history of climate negotiations shows that handing in climate action plans is one thing - but abiding by them is a different story, German economist Axel Ockenfels, from the University of Cologne, told the WirtschaftsWoche. 鈥淧aris won鈥檛 slow down climate change considerably and it won鈥檛 result in a joint obligation,鈥� he said. Ockenfels suggests that states should negotiate about a global price on CO2 emissions. Such a price would disadvantage no one and governments could invest the generated revenue in lowering other costs.

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听SWR2

鈥淗endricks: 鈥楤ring on Paris鈥欌��

The climate agreement of Paris will not be the finishing point, Germany鈥檚 Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks told SWR2 in an interview. But it was important that some decisions in it are binding, such as the 2掳C warming limit for the end of the century and how CO2 emissions are measured, she said. Every country also had to become more and more ambitious in their climate targets, she added.

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Potsdam Institute for Climate Research

鈥淣ational contributions provide entry point for the low-carbon transformation鈥�

Commitments to reduce emissions so far submitted by countries ahead of COP21 fall short of keeping global warming below 2掳C, according to a report published by a consortium of 14 research institutes, including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research (PIK). But they do 鈥渋mply an unprecedented acceleration and consolidation of action against climate change in major economies around the world鈥� and 鈥渃an serve as an entry point for the deep low-carbon transformation鈥�. PIK said the success of the agreement would depend on a mechanism to strengthen commitments by 2020.

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