100% by 2030 from renewable energies

Solar power for the energy turnaround – The One Million Roofs program – 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030 – One million roofs with photovoltaics for Austria With the future Renewable Energy Expansion Act (EAG), the Austrian...
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...

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...

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...