Germany Announces $44.4 Billion Plan to Lessen Impact of Coal Plant Closures

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:08:34 +0000

German officials on Aug. 28 approved a plan to spend as much as €40 billion ($44.4 billion) over the next 20 years on projects designed to lessen the impact of the country’s complete move away from coal-fired power generation. Peter Altmaier, the country’s economy minister, said the money will become available after lawmakers pass legislation […]

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Tesla Scouting New Factory Locations In Germany

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:05:09 +0000

News reports suggest Tesla is considering sites in either Lower Saxony or North Rhineland-Westphalia for its first European factory.

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Tesla Sales Tank In Europe Again (NOT)

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:00:31 +0000

We have the Tesla registration numbers for the first month of Q3, and again the rumor mill that Tesla sales tanked in Europe is in full gear. The narrative is that the delivery numbers (wrongly called sales) in July are just a fraction of the numbers in June

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Volkswagen e-Golf = #1 EV in Germany in July

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 23:10:55 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market continues on the right track in July, with 9,233 registrations. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up 136% year over year (YoY), while plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs) keep stuttering (+6% in July, bringing year-to-date numbers out of the red)

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Volcanic Rock Offers New Take on Energy Storage

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), known for its wind turbines used in both large onshore and offshore projects, in June began operation of an electric thermal energy storage (ETES) system in Germany

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Europe heat wave breaks records, mercury set to go higher

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:41:18 +0000

Europe heat wave breaks records, mercury set to go higher

BERLIN – Europeans cooled off in public fountains Wednesday as a new heat wave spread across parts of the continent and was already breaking records.

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Thai man sentenced to death for German tourist rape, murder

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:31:03 +0000

A Thai garbage collector has been sentenced to death for the grisly rape and murder of a German tourist holidaying on a beach island.

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