Germany leads the world in wind and solar

Germany leads the world in wind and solar

In the first half of 2020, Germany has so far generated around 42% of its total electricity feed-in from wind and solar power plants. The chart shows that the Federal Republic of Germany is thus a global leader, eclipsing even Australia, China and the USA. According...

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...

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...