After the Paris agreement has entered into force, the world is moving towards climate neutrality. Many countries including China, the USA and the European Union, have officially declared their goal to reach climate neutrality in the coming decades. Russia hasn’t officially declared this goal yet, but it has shown promising signs with the ratification of […]
continue readingRenewables are Ready to Deliver a Renewable World: Time for Action for 100% Renewable Energy Globally
Renewable energy organisations representing different spheres of the renewable energy community have gathered today on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident to emphasise that renewable energies are not only available in abundance but ready to deliver a renewable world. Online: https://wwindea.org/wweawebinar-on-10-march-ten-years-after-fukushima-renewables-are-ready-to-deliver-a-renewable-world/ The combination of all renewable […]
continue readingStudy on community energy in Germany and Japan: More men than women
The first results of a survey of community energy entities in Germany and Japan show that the shareholders in such projects are predominantly male. In the companies surveyed in North Rhine-Westphalia, the proportion of women among the shareholders is 29%, who hold 27% of the shares. Japanese community energy entities also have a share of […]
continue readingStudie zur Bürgerenergie in Deutschland und Japan: Mehr Männer als Frauen
Erste Ergebnisse einer Befragung von Bürgerenergie-Gesellschaften in Deutschland und Japan zeigen, dass die Anteilseigner*innen bei solchen Projekten vorwiegend männlich sind. Bei den in Nordrhein-Westfalen befragten Gesellschaften liegt der Anteil der Frauen bei den Anteilseigner*innen bei 29%, die 27% der Anteile halten. Auch japanische Bürgerenergiegesellschaften weisen einen Frauenanteil von unter 30% auf. Angesichts der Bedeutung von […]
continue readingCommunity Energy Working Group of the IRENA Coalition for Action sets the Course for 2021
During its Annual Strategy Meeting, the IRENA Coalition for Action took the key decisions for its activities in the year 2021. As an important part of the coalition, the Community Energy Working Group adopted its work programme 2021 already one week earlier. Stefan Gsänger, WWEA Secretary General, Krisztina Andre from the German community energy alliance […]
continue readingWorld Wind Power Deployment: Some Delays in 2020 due to Covid-19, but Bright Future Prospects
As part of three #WWEAwebinars on Asia / Australia, Europe / MENA / Africa and America, experts from around the world presented the status of wind power in their countries during the year 2020, and in particular in light of the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Overall the speakers, almost without exception, confirmed that […]
continue readingNew Study: Women in Community Energy
Existing studies indicate that women are very active in the environmental and climate movement, but that they are underrepresented in the area of community energy. WWEA and LEE NRW are therefore investigating the role of women in renewable energies in a new study. The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) wants to examine the role of […]
continue readingNeue Studie: Frauen in der Energiewende
Bisherige Studien weisen darauf hin, dass Frauen in der Umwelt- und Klimabewegung sehr aktiv, im Bereich der Bürgerenergie aber unterrepräsentiert sind. WWEA und der LEE NRW untersuchen daher in einer neuen Studie die Rolle von Frauen bei den Erneuerbaren Energien. Die World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) will in Kooperation mit dem Landesverband Erneuerbare Energien NRW […]
continue readingStimulating investments in sector coupling and innovation
On the occasion of this year’s 20th anniversary of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), the Berlin-based Think-and-Do Tank Energy Watch Group (EWG) presents a legislative proposal to stimulate the system integration of renewable energy. The underlying purpose of the policy proposal is to allow renewable energy sources to finally assume responsibility for the […]
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