On April 15, 2023 with the shutdown of Germany‘s last three nuclear power plants, the era of nuclear power came to an end. In the last year of operation, nuclear power accounted for only 1.5 percent of net public...
Bruno Burger
Korbinian Kramer
Marek Miara
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Project „OVRTuere“: Let’s talk over voltage
Power grids are the backbone of our society and economy. That’s why their stability is a key issue in the transformation of our energy system from large-scale power plants to many decentralized plants. One...
Sebastian Kaiser
Sustainability of Power-to-H2 and Power-to-Liquid
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving the climate protection targets. Particularly renewable electricity has made great progress in...
André Sternberg
3 Red Flags in the Clean Energy Transition calling for more Material Efficiency
The transformation of our energy system from a fossil fuel-based to renewable-based system is key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. However, the massive and rapid expansion of renewable...
Estelle GervaisMore Posts
How Sustainable is a PV Module? That Depends on its Design, Production and Recycling.
The claim that PV modules require more energy for their production than they can ever generate has been disproved by science a while ago. With energy payback times (EPBT) of a few months or years depending on...
Sina Herceg
Karl-Anders WeißHow do we get more heat pumps in existing buildings?
Final episode of a series on heat pumps in existing buildings: We should have courage to bet on the right technology “The signs are unmistakable. […] the cost of inaction is — keeps mounting. […] We have to move quickly...
Can heat pumps only be used in one- and two-family houses?
Episode 11 of a series on heat pumps in existing buildings focuses on heat pumps in multi-family houses. Heat pumps are required in multi-family houses Heat pumps have a very wide range of applications. The building...
