The last German nuclear power plant should be shut down in three years. However, the Federal Republic still does not know what to do with its highly radioactive waste. And we will have to stock no less than 10 000 tonnes by 2080. Faced with the urgency of the situation, the government has set a timetable. A site must be found by 2031, to take office in 2050. It is the Federal Society for Final Storage, based in Berlin, which is responsible for prospecting.
RFI 18th March 2019 read more »
A year ago, Germany set itself a target of securing 65 per cent of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2030 – one of the more ambitious renewable energy targets anywhere in the world, but one that is still well short of the 100 per cent many experts believe is not only necessary, but possible in Germany. A week ago, RenewEconomy editor Giles Parkinson reported that Germany had sourced nearly 65 per cent of its electricity generation from renewables for the week finishing March 3 – “week 10”, according to the parlance of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE), from whom the data has been sourced. Weeks 11 and 12 have seen Germany’s renewable electricity generation continue to increase, with week 11 (the week ending March 10) securing 67.6 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources while week 12 (the week ending March 17) increasing that percentage to 72.4 per cent.
Renew Economy 19th March 2019 read more »