Wind and solar benchmarks for a 1.5°C world
This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus
Germany
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Silicon rally
One shortage in the solar-panel business gives way to another FOR 40 years or so, the price of solar panels fell steadily as volumes grew and technology improved. But in 2004 Germany enormously increased subsidies for solar power, prompting a surge in demand. The supply of pure silicon, the main component of most solar cells, did not keep pace.
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Germany to give Rs 11m aid for flood victims
Germany announced on Wednesday to provide Rs 11 million assistance for flood victims in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). "The German Federal Foreign Office (FFO) is making available Rs 11 million to help flood victims in northwest Pakistan,' said a statement by the German embassy. The embassy said following heavy rainfall, more than 200,000 people in the region bordering Afghanistan had been affected during the last weeks. It said at least 50 people were still missing.
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German Water Is Most Expensive In The World
Germany might be a fairly rainy and wet place, but water in the country is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet, according to a new survey. At
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The Radioactive Energy Plan
Germans were once dead set against nuclear energy. But high energy costs are forcing them to rethink.
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Welcome whale
Ozeaneum, an ambitious oceanography museum opened its doors to the public in the north-eastern German port town of Stralsund on July 12. It contains 39 huge fish tanks and seven life-size models of whales. Ozeaneum is an architecturally dramatic extension to the existing Oceanography Museum in Stralsund, a town on the Baltic Coast. It focuses, in particular, on the world
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Cars galore
The India Today Group and German publishing firm Axel Springer have launched a fortnightly auto magazine Auto Bild. According to Ashish Bagga, the ceo of the India Today Group,
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A task of terawatts
The world has an abundance of renewable energy to offer, the question is how to harness it. (Editorial)
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German city wonders how green is too green
MARBURG, Germany: This fairy-tale town is stuck in the middle of a utopian struggle over renewable energy. The town council's decision to require solar-heating panels has thrown Marburg into a vehement debate over the boundaries of ecological good citizenship and led opponents to charge that their genteel town has turned into a "green dictatorship."
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Pesticide residues in strawberries: surveyed in 2008
This survey shows, that conventionally grown strawberries still contain a higher level of pesticide residues compared to other fruits. In total, 85 % of the analyzed samples contained multiple