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Climate & Environment

Opinion

Smart buildings for a smart energy transition

The change of government is an opportunity to initiate a digital awakening in the energy sector, writes Bitkom Executive Committee member Matthias Hartmann. Available technologies could achieve almost a third of the necessary CO savings in the building sector.

By Redaktion Table

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Battery or hydrogen: dispute over the truck future

Hauliers and truck manufacturers in the EU are facing a minor revolution. The EU limits require a switch to alternative drive systems. Battery-powered trucks are likely to play the most important role. What role hydrogen could play is controversial.

By Redaktion Table

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Transport turnaround could fail due to wrong subsidies

CO2 emissions from the new car fleet are to be reduced by 55 percent by 2030, if the EU Commission has its way. According to experts, Germany will hardly be able to achieve its share of this target with the measures laid down in the coalition agreement. The subsidies send the wrong signals and create inappropriate incentives.

By Redaktion Table

Samuel Gregory-Manning ist Kommunikationsbeauftragter beim European Environmental Bureau, Europas größtem Netzwerk von Umwelt-Bürgerinitiativen.
Opinion

Germany’s Coal Phaseout Fable

Negotiations for Germany's ‘traffic light’-coalition government have produced an accelerated coal phaseout by 2030. The pressure to kick coal mounts ever higher. Could Germany represent a phaseout fable when it comes to a post-coal Europe?

By Redaktion Table

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Energy and climate: many goals, little implementation

The future German government wants to bring forward the phase-out of coal to 2030. In the same year, 80 percent of the electricity demand is to be covered by renewable energies. The traffic light coalition agreement of the contains ambitious climate protection targets, but in many cases fails to provide answers to the question of implementation.

By Timo Landenberger