European politicians across party lines call for long-term 100% target for...
A group of 50 European policy makers across party lines has called upon the European Commission to drastically increase the targets for renewable energy in the context of this week’s decision to set...
View ArticleSymbiotic Industry in Kalundborg, Denmark
This is the third in a six-part series featuring case studies that illustrate what regenerative urban development looks like in practice. Kalundborg is a city in the heart of Denmark and is home to...
View Article100% Renewable Energy as centerpiece of a Climate Action Plan
Climate Change is back on the political agenda. On 23rd of September, Heads of States are meeting in New York to pledge climate action. This is good news as it is about time. The rising economic,...
View ArticleTaking the lead in the energy transformation
Cities, communities and regions across the world commit to 100% Renewable Energy What do Šentrupert in Slovenia, Steinfurt district in Germany, the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan and East Hampton in the...
View ArticleLocal energy brings greater democracy in Poland
[Photograph Credits: Adrian Arbib /Alamy] Poland is clearly far from being a leader on climate action – it still uses coal to generate nearly 90 per cent of its electricity. However, below the doom and...
View ArticleE.ON follows people`s movement
Germany’s largest utility company announced its break up yesterday: In order to focus wholly on renewable energy, E.ON is spinning off its fossil fuel power plants into a separate company. With the...
View ArticleWe are still waiting for 100% Renewable Energy
While delegates are negotiating until late hours in Lima, we already know that the past two weeks signal an important shift in fighting climate change: For the first time in 20 years of climate...
View ArticleWhere is Europe on its way to 100% Renewable Energy?
How do you know that the world is changing? The following facts might give you an indication: Renewable energy broke another record last year, accounting for over 60% of net addition to the world’s...
View ArticleThe Energy Union – A chance for 100% RE?
Can the Energy Union offer a chance for 100% Renewable Energy (RE) in Europe? The ‘Energy Union with a forward looking climate policy’ has the goal to supply EU consumers with secure, sustainable,...
View ArticleRenewable energy: untapped fuel for Mediterranean economies
Despite the fact that in the sunniest region of Europe there is a vast potential of energy from the sun (and wind), renewable energy is a resource that is being ignored. In a time when Southern...
View ArticleRegional Cooperation: A Solution to the European Renewables deadlock?
If one municipality in let`s say Germany produces more renewable electricity than it needs and the neighboring municipality in e.g. the Netherlands wants to use it: Does that work? Melinda...
View ArticleRenewables Rising – Community Energy Rising
Marc Théry is the Energy Manager in Le Mené, a municipality in Brittany, France who can be named substitutional for a movement which is rapidly gaining momentum globally: The Community Energy Movement....
View ArticleParliamentarians can revive German Energiewende
Last week, the German government approved some fundamental amendments to the renewable energy law (the EEG 2016). After the 16 States adopted an overhaul of the famous German Renewable Energy Source...
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