Trump rages against wind turbines / Germany powers France
Handelsblatt
US president elect Donald Trump鈥檚 negative comments on wind power in a present a concern for both the domestic and international wind sector, writes Franz Hubik in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭rump made clear that climate protection and renewable energies are not a priority for him. The conditions for wind turbine manufacturers could significantly worsen in the United States under Trump,鈥� Sven Diermeier, analyst at Independent Research, told Handelsblatt. German companies like Siemens and Nordex could suffer. Hermann Albers, president of German Wind Energy Association (BWE), is more optimistic: 鈥淩enewables are domestic forms of energy that actually support his goal to strengthen the US economy and employment. We should debate this with the Americans.鈥�
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Handelsblatt
Germany鈥檚 oversupply of electricity could aid France this winter during its expected power supply shortage due to safety concerns in 18 of its 58 nuclear reactors, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. 鈥淚n Germany, there is enough power capacity that could be mobilised. Since the energy transition [鈥 so many wind turbines and solar rooftops have been installed that many coal- and natural gas-fired power plants are seldom used to full capacity,鈥� writes Flauger.
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Tagesspiegel
Germany will not be able to reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 40 percent, compared to 1990, according to a draft of the federal environment ministry鈥檚 Climate Protection Report 2016, seen by Tagesspiegel. The targets set for the transport sector are especially likely to be missed, writes Dagmar Dehmer. 鈥淎ll of the [鈥 measures in the transport sector lead to less CO鈧� reduction than projected by the federal government.鈥� The environment ministry will discuss the report with interest groups this week and plans to publish a final version in December.
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Also read the 威力彩玩法 article Ministry projections highlight risk of Germany missing emissions goal.
威力彩玩法
Carmakers in Germany need to embrace a global 鈥渄isruptive鈥� shift in mobility by adjusting their production to the looming dominance of e-cars, Peter Altmaier, Chief of the German Chancellery, said at the 鈥溾�� conference of 聽 in Berlin. Altmaier warned that a large part of the car industry鈥檚 value creation, such as the development of batteries, could happen abroad after a complete shift towards e-cars. The automotive industry faces an innovation cycle that 鈥渋s not based on combustion engines鈥� but on autonomous vehicles and electric power systems, putting the future role of current market leaders in doubt, according to the minister.
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
S眉ddeutsche Zeitung
The cooling water in many of Europe鈥檚 nuclear power plants is pre-heated to prevent brittle steel in reactor pressure vessels from breaking, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淚t continues to become more complicated to reach exactly the temperature that is low enough to cool the reactor and at the same time high enough not to endanger the vessel,鈥� writes Bauchm眉ller. It was not clear how many reactors in Europe were affected. No nuclear power plants in Germany currently use pre-heated water 鈥渂ecause of the current material condition or the one expected at the end of its lifetime鈥�, the federal environment ministry told S眉ddeutsche Zeitung.
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For background read the 威力彩玩法 dossier The challenges of Germany鈥檚 nuclear phase-out.
German Chemicals Industry Association
Costs connected to the German Energiewende and high industry power prices could hurt the country as a location for business investments, Willem Huisman, president of the chemicals company , told the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI) in an interview for its website. 鈥淟et me make clear: Many investment decisions currently are not in favour of Europe or Germany. This gradual process has already been started and could ban Germany to the last league concerning investments, solely because of the country鈥檚 energy policy,鈥� said Huisman.
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Also read the 威力彩玩法 article Businesses should make proposals to reach climate goals- govt official and the 威力彩玩法 dossier Energiewende effects on power prices, costs and industry.
Nature Climate Change / Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
Climate-friendly infrastructures in cities provide urban planners with a large potential for emission reduction, according to a new study by Felix Creutzig (lead author) from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and others, published in Nature Climate Change. 鈥淚ndeed, 'going green鈥� now in terms of infrastructure and buildings could cut future emissions in half or about 10 gigatonnes CO鈧� per year from 2040 onwards - the same quantity that is currently being emitted by the United States, Europe and India together,鈥� writes MCC in a press release. 鈥淯rban planning and transport could become a major roadblock to reaching the two-degree-target. Once infrastructures are in place, they determine carbon emissions for nearly an entire century聽 - much longer even than coal-fired power stations,鈥� said Creutzig.
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