At 251 billion kilowatt hours, renewables supplied 44 percent of Germany’s gross electricity production. The share of renewables in power consumption reached 45 percent.
Although "electricity is a necessary component for lifting people out of poverty, improving health, increasing educational attainment, reducing gender disparities, and enabling long-term economic development”, says Simisola Sobowale, Co-Founder und Chief Operation Managerin bei Instant Energy. Read more »
The conclusion of the Energiewende twinning towns project once again shows how important European cooperation is for exchange and networking on the energy transition. Read more »
The second online workshop in the project Energiewende Twinning Towns discussed the potential of hydrogen to contribute to the decarbonization of the industrial, mobility, energy and heating sectors. Read more »
The new AEE background paper "Social justice in climate protection and the energy transition" shows how climate justice and social justice can be reconciled. Read more »
Launched in 2015, the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) has become a real energy week. Now, Germany’s Renewable Energy Agency (AEE) is participating for the first time with a podcast in English. Read more »
The acceptance survey shows the overwhelming public support for renewable energy in Germany. Read more »
The project Act Now! wants to support Baltic municipalities to succeed from Strategic Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) to an actual reduction of CO2 emissions. Energy efficiency is the key and the building stock is the treasure to be unearthed for a contribution to reach this goal. Read more »
The project LECo seeks to combine new innovative technologies with locally available natural resources in remote communes and settlements in arctic Scandinavia and Ireland for a sustainable energy supply. Read more »
Structural transition is characterized by challenges, opportunities and change. The cities Braunsbedra and Kozani share their coalexit experience to facilitate the energy transition towards renewable energy. Read more »
Dunleer and Alheim have found common ground in their initiatives for participation and educational work in the energy system transformation. Read more »
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