Energy Roadmap 2050

Renewable energies and energy efficiency pay off for Europe as well

On 15 December the EU Commission presented the Energy Roadmap 2050. It describes different technological and economic approaches to achieving Europe's climate targets. [ more]

International / Renewable Energy

Germany supports Morocco's solar plan

The Federal Government will contribute to financing the first large solar power station in Morocco. A first agreement was signed on 14 December between the KfW Entwicklungsbank and the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy. [ more]

Climate / International

Germany becomes a partner in the South African Renewables Initiative (SARI)

Germany is participating in the South African initiative for a massive expansion of renewable energies, SARI. In a ceremony on 7 December Germany signed the Declaration of Intent on the South African Renewables Initiative (SARI) together with representatives from Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Switzerland and the European Investment Bank. [ more]

IRENA

Röttgen inaugurates Innovation and Technology Centre for renewable energies

On October 7 Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Adnan Z. Amin inaugurated the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn.
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• Pictures from the inauguration

Renewable Energy / Law

Internet database on renewable energy law in the EU now available in English

The Federal Environment Ministry has launched the English version of the Internet database "Legal sources on the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES LEGAL)". It allows interested parties from the political sector, administrations, associations, companies and the scientific sector to research fundamental legal aspects concerning the promotion of and grid access for electricity from renewables from the EU Member States.