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Speed with Quality: Renewable Acceleration Areas can be a game changer that Member States need to get right

Press releases 05/13/2024

Today, the European Commission published their recommendations and guidance to Member States to improve and streamline permitting procedures and auctions for renewables, including guidance on designating Renewable Acceleration Areas (RAAs). This is a welcomed initiative from the Commission as Member States need to exponentially accelerate the deployment of wind and solar, but it must be done so in a manner that is sustainable, inclusive and respects nature.
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Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

Press releases 03/21/2024

A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."
Successfully expanding renewable energies

Press releases 03/14/2024

Last year, half of Germany’s electricity requirement was met from renewable energies. The energy transition, in other words, has got off to a good start. Even so, faster progress must be made on the renewables expansion in order to reach Germany’s climate targets. What can be done to pick up the pace, and what is the current status of the expansion in Germany? Moritz Vogel provides answers in the new episode of the Oeko-Institut’s “Wenden bitte!” podcast.
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Battery recycling: cooperation between Nigeria and Germany launched

Press releases 03/05/2024

Improving battery recycling in Nigeria, raising labour and environmental standards, and establishing sustainable trade flows for raw materials – these are the declared aims of the new project Partnership for Responsible Battery and Metal Recycling. In this new project, partners from Nigerian civil society, the metal processing industry and the solar industry are working together with the Oeko-Institut to develop a cooperative approach to the responsible recycling of lead-acid batteries. To this end, the project is liaising closely with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment and the environmental enforcement agency, Nigeria Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA).

Küstenökosysteme: Blue Carbon Speicher

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Seegraswiesen, Mangrovenwälder und Salzmarschen können jedes Jahr weltweit bis zu 216 Millionen Tonnen Kohlenstoff aus der Atmosphäre aufnehmen und speichern. Dabei bilden sie über Jahrhunderte bis Jahrtausende einen enormen Kohlenstoffspeicher im Meeressediment von bis zu 22.000 Millionen Tonnen Kohlenstoff aus. Gleichzeitig leisten sie einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in den Meeren und an den Küsten, tragen zum Schutz vor Sturmfluten und zum Küstenschutz bei und damit zur Ernährung und Sicherheit von Millionen Menschen bei. Das zeigt ein Forschungsbericht des Öko-Instituts und des Leibniz-Zentrums für Marine Tropenforschung im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes, der die Bedeutung von Küstenökosystemen für den globalen Klimaschutz untersucht.

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Genuegend Platz für Freiflächen-Photovoltaikanlagen

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In Deutschland stehen deutlich mehr Flächen für den Ausbau von Freiflächen-Photovoltaikanlagen zur Verfügung als nach aktuellen Abschätzungen für ein vollständig erneuerbares Stromsystem benötigt werden.

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Climate protection in road freight transport: Trucks in long-haul operation particularly relevant

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The climate protection targets for Germany require a reduction in transport-related greenhouse gas emissions of at least 40 % by 2030 and thus a significant trend reversal compared to the development of the past decades. By 2050, emissions from transport must fall to virtually zero in order to meet Germany's international obligations.

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