Economy
Issue 3&4/2019
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... says Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Edenhofer believes that the likelihood of Germany introducing a carbon price has increased of late, in light of the success of the Fridays for Future movement and the shifts in the political landscape evidenced in the recent European elections.
Government policy has left German wind companies reeling – but the pressure is just as great for the municipalities they operate in. Aurich, in Lower Saxony, has had to impose a budget freeze.
In 2019, three test routes for trucks powered by overhead lines will begin operation in Germany. Researchers have done the maths on whether the technology is worthwhile – for the climate, and for the bottom line.
Editor-in-Chief Jörg-Rainer Zimmermann on the current debate surrounding carbon emissions, the continuing failure of the European trading scheme to deliver a just price for carbon dioxide, and how the switch to auctions is putting the expansion goals for renewable energies at risk.
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- 14 Oct 19
3rd E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium
- 15 Oct 19 to 16 Oct 19
9th Solar & Storage Integration Workshop
- 15 Oct 19 to 17 Oct 19
eMove 360° Europe 2019
- 14 Oct 19
3rd E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium
- 15 Oct 19 to 16 Oct 19
9th Solar & Storage Integration Workshop
- 15 Oct 19 to 17 Oct 19
eMove 360° Europe 2019