Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Photo credit: Reuters / Annegret Hilse. By Anders Lorenzen As Germany is struggling to reduce its emissions following its phaseout of nuclear power, the government are targeting another low-carbon energy source; geothermal energy. This week, the country’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that deep geothermal energy had great potential for heat generation in Germany, as Berlin aims […]
The German nuclear power plant Grafenrheinfeld before it was decommissioned in 2015. Photo credit: Christian VisualBeo Horvat – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen As Germany completed its nuclear phase-out earlier this month, it becomes clear that Europe’s economic and industrial powerhouse is further away from climate action than almost every single EU member country. It is also […]
A pro-nuclear demonstration in Berlin, Germany. Photo credit: Reuters / Nadja Wohlleben. By Anders Lorenzen It has been on the cards for a long time and earlier this month it became official – Germany’s nuclear phase-out is complete. The decision to close down this low-carbon source of energy comes at a time when energy security and the climate crisis are […]
By Jeremy Williams It’s 2023. The world has warmed by 1.2 degrees already, and global emissions are still rising. And yet even in countries that claim leadership on climate change, mad decisions continue to be made. The UK approved a new coal mine at the end of last year. Germany has failed to fix its coal dependency. The drive for […]