Das schwedische Energieunternehmen Vattenfall vervollständigt den Bau der größten Wärmeeinrichtung Europas
The plant is located near the 600 MW Reuter-West coal-fired power plant in Berlin and is scheduled to go into operation in April 2023. The plant can supply heat for about 13 hours. The company says: "This is the best way for us to supply our Berlin customers with heat without using fossil fuels and […]
China verzeichnet Rekord bei Photovoltaik-Installationen
In 2021, photovoltaic additions in China reached a new record level of 54.88 gigawatts. In total, the country's installed photovoltaic capacity now amounts to 306 gigawatts. By comparison, in Germany it amounted to about 59 gigawatts in 2021. In China, photovoltaics now account for 13 percent of national power generation capacity. Residential demand, which accounted […]
Neues Elektroauto mit Solar-Halbzellen in der Karosserie
Electric vehicle developer Sono Motors has announced plans to go into series production with its new “Sion” e-model in the first half of 2023. The Munich-based company’s e-car will feature 248 seamlessly integrated solar half-cells on its car body. The self-generated solar energy is expected to provide at least 112 kilometers of additional range each […]
Tesla eröffnet Gigafactory in Brandenburg
Tesla officially opened its Gigafactory in Grünheide, Brandenburg, on March 22, 2022. Tesla CEO Elon Musk traveled from California for the opening. The first 30 electric cars of the “Y-Model” type rolled off the production line that day. According to the manufacturer, the e-vehicle has a range of around 500 kilometers. For the Brandenburg region, […]
Was passiert mit alten Windrädern?
The first industrial-scale wind turbines were built in Germany more than 25 years ago. In 2000, the German parliament passed the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), which provided for a subsidy period of 20 years for wind turbines. Due to this limited subsidy period, many wind turbines are currently threatened with decommissioning, even though they […]
Photovoltaik: Neue Anwendungen
More and more photovoltaic applications are targeting private households and small businesses to produce green electricity for their own use. The so-called “PowerPark” carport from the French company Aterno is powered by 15 monocrystalline solar modules. The total output of the carport is 5.6 kilowatts. With an area of just over 5×5 meters, it provides […]
Wie werden Solarzellen hergestellt?
Depending on the Semiconductor material, material thickness or crystal structure, different types of solar cells can be distinguished. The most common are thick-film solar cells, in which the main material is silicon. Silicon is a common raw material present in various chemical compounds, mainly in silicate minerals, sand, and quartz. The extraction of pure silicon […]
Österreichische Post senkt Emissionen
Austrian Post has announced that it will no longer purchase any vehicles with combustion engines. Instead, the company’s vehicle fleet will be increased by an additional 800 electric vehicles within the current year. Currently, Austrian Post already owns 1100 e-load bikes and approximately 1400 e-transporters for parcel delivery. In 2023, a further 1300 e-vehicles are […]
Sind die Klimaziele für 2030 erreichbar?
The new German government wants to accelerate the energy turnaround in Germany and raise expansion targets. According to a report published by the Environment Ministry in the fall of 2021, still under the old federal government, Germany will fall well short of its own climate targets set for 2030. According to the report, without drastic […]
Neues Solarenergieprojekt in Bayern gestartet
In the municipality of Hallbergmoos, Bavaria, a project is planned that will benefit the energy transition in Germany and the local economy in equal measure. A 37-hectare monoculture area on which corn was previously cultivated is to be transformed into an insect- and bee-friendly photovoltaic park with a natural pond and a service station including […]
