How green is Europe’s energy?
It is a project for climate protection: by 2020, the European Union (EU) wants to supply 20 percent of gross final energy consumption from alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power. The EU member states have set themselves individual targets for this....
In Germany, 47% of the electricity mix is renewable
According to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, 47 percent of the electricity generated in Germany this year has come from renewable sources. Up to and including mid-July, wind and solar power plants in Germany produced almost 100 terawatt hours (TWh)...
11 million people work in renewable energies worldwide
According to a report recently published by the International Renewable Energy Agency, almost 11 million people worldwide work in the renewable energy sector. Around 3.5 million of these employees work for companies involved in photovoltaics, the conversion of solar...
Energy from the sun
Intersolar Europe starts this week in Munich. It is regarded as the world's leading trade fair for the solar industry and is an important meeting place for the photovoltaic, solar thermal and solar power plant sectors. According to the latest data from AG...
How green is Germany’s electricity?
More and more electricity in Germany is coming from wind, hydropower and the sun. As the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems(ISE) announced this week, the share of renewable energies in the overall electricity mix in Germany rose above 40 percent for the...
