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Storage for Germany's energy transition: A critical assessment of the costs

Storage for Germany's energy transition: A critical assessment of the costs

The topic of accumulators as battery storage for Germany and its energy transition is almost a daily topic on Linkedin, and so it recently came to a discussion on LinkedIn again, based on my post from a youtube video from VattenfallWhen the audience heard that the pumped storage in Germany can only supply Germany for 30 minutes, the topic of battery storage came up again, and that Germany could then be operated with it during dark periods.

I did the math:
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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Energy, energy transition, politics, economy
Expropriation of housing - on the road to dystopia?

Expropriation of housing - on the road to dystopia?

Recently I have become aware of the issue of "expropriation of housing" and energy renovation, which affects all of us and by all I mean property owners and also those who rent and rent housing, because tenants will not be spared.

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Energy transition, Society, Personal opinion, Politics, 0 comments

March March into eco-dictatorship? Citizen participation to be undermined

Is Germany moving step by step into an eco-dictatorship? Current developments show that, yes, freedoms are being reduced.

For years, citizen participation has been involved in infrastructure projects such as highways or wind turbines, citizens have voice rights and are allowed to say no, species protection is a priority so that animals that are endangered are supported and protected, but now it is said to have come out that Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economics (The Greens), was in Brussels and submitted a corresponding application to be able to introduce an emergency ordinance in Germany. The first emergency decree since 1933.

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Energy, Energy transition, Society, Personal opinion, Politics, 0 comments