Who is driving investment in renewable energy?

Who is driving investment in renewable energy?

Sustainable Investments in the Energy Sector PDF, see below – Germany, once a poster child for renewable energy policy, performs particularly poorly in wind power investments due to complex permitting procedures that often deter investors. Global investment in...
Artificial intelligence in the field of renewable energies

Artificial intelligence in the field of renewable energies

The FAW Ulm (Research Institute for Application-oriented Knowledge Processing) was founded in 1987 as the first independent institute for artificial intelligence. Companies such as DaimlerChrysler AG, Jenoptik AG, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH and several...
Record share of renewable energies

Record share of renewable energies

With a 55.8% share of net electricity generation for public power generation – i.e. the electricity mix that comes out of the socket – renewable energies set a new record in the first half of the year. In February, their share was as high as 61.8 percent....

The state of global employment in the renewable energy sector

The state of global employment in the renewable energy sector The International Renewable Energy Agency recently reported that 11 million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, an increase from 10.3 million the previous year. Although the industry...

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....

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...