07.07.2017 – The Ministry of the Environment in Thuringia has increased the funding for the Solar Invest Program by a further 1.3 million euros as of July 1, 2017. After Erfurt already increased the originally planned funding amount of 2.5 million euros by 1.9 million euros in April, a total of 5.7 million euros is available for this year to accelerate the expansion of photovoltaics in Thuringia.
Environment Minister Franz Untersteller reacted with relief to the agreement reached yesterday by the coalition on the amendment of the Climate Protection Act. The law is to be passed by the state parliament before the summer break and will then replace the previous climate protection law from 2013.
"With this law, we are creating a new basis for forward-looking climate protection in the state. This was and is a core concern of Green environmental policy in this legislative period," said Untersteller.
Entry into the general PV obligation for new buildings
Above all, he said, the agreement on mandatory PV was groundbreaking. "We are the first state to install solar as standard on new non-residential buildings. This is innovative and courageous. It makes building modern and climate protection a matter of course."
In the non-residential sector, for example on warehouses and production halls or car parks, there is enormous potential, said Untersteller. These roof surfaces are made for large systems.
Untersteller sees the PV obligation on non-residential buildings as an introduction to a general PV obligation for new buildings, which he believes must come in the next few years. "Not only in Baden-Württemberg," says Untersteller.
Apart from the boost for solar energy and climate protection, the PV obligation will also secure and create jobs.
Municipal heat planning
Another key element in the new climate protection law will be municipal heating planning, Untersteller continued. The approximately 100 large cities and municipalities, in which about half of the people in Baden-Württemberg live, will be obliged by the law to submit a comprehensive heating plan. "On the basis of such planning, a lot will move and can be moved in the municipalities in the direction of renewable heat. For example, innovative neighbourhood concepts or the expansion of heating networks will make progress," said Untersteller. The costs for the planning will be borne by the state.
"The amendment to the Climate Protection Act will move Baden-Württemberg forward," the Environment Minister affirmed. "We are continuing to develop our climate protection policy and are thus fulfilling our obligation to future generations."
Source: PM of the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Management Baden-Württemberg from 13.05.2020
Important impetus for electric mobility in Germany
Bonn/Cologne, 14 June 2017
The new vehicle type is based on a Ford Transit chassis, which is equipped with a battery-electric drivetrain and a body structure in accordance with Post and DHL Paket specifications. Image: Deutsche Post DHL Group
StreetScooter GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post, and Ford-Werke GmbH are entering into a partnership to build battery-powered delivery vehicles. After Deutsche Post has already made its mark on the market for smaller vans with the emission-free StreetScooter, which it developed and built itself, the partnership is now moving on to a larger vehicle type: the basis is a Ford Transit chassis, which is equipped with a battery-electric drivetrain and a bodywork according to the specifications of Deutsche Post and DHL Paket.
Production will start in July 2017 and at least 2,500 units will be deployed in Deutsche Post DHL Group's inner-city delivery operations by the end of 2018. This volume will make the joint project the largest producer of battery-electric medium-duty delivery vehicles in Europe.
Both companies, Deutsche Post DHL Group and Ford, share the same goal of helping to shape the mobility of the future by reducing emissions and developing new transport solutions. This partnership is a concrete and important step towards achieving these goals.
"I see this partnership as another important boost for electromobility in Germany," says Jürgen Gerdes, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG. "This step underlines Deutsche Post's innovation leadership, will relieve the burden on city centres and improve people's quality of life. We are continuing to work on a completely CO2-neutral Logistics!“
"Electromobility and innovative transport solutions for urban areas are at the centre of our efforts to align our business with the requirements of the future," says Steven Armstrong, Group Vice President and President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Ford Motor Company. "For us as the market leader in the commercial vehicle segment in Europe, this partnership is the perfect complement to our plans. With StreetScooter and the Deutsche Post DHL Group, we have a partner with enormous expertise and a global network."
In addition to the new production line, production of the existing StreetScooter models will be significantly expanded, as already announced: StreetScooter GmbH plans to produce up to 20,000 units of its successful smaller e-delivery vehicle in different variants each year in Aachen and at a future additional production site in North Rhine-Westphalia. More than 2,500 StreetScooters are already in use throughout Germany for Deutsche Post. In addition, more and more external interested parties are registering demand or have already taken delivery of StreetScooters to convert their vehicle fleets to emission-free operation.
Source: Deutsche Post DHL Group press release dated 14 June 2017
"Every year, 1.2 million people die in road accidents worldwide. This makes car accidents the ninth most common cause of death overall."
The contribution from Anna Bezrogova from 11 August 2016read on goodimpact.org/magazin/null-toleranz-f%C3%BCr-den-tod-im-auto (Article is no longer online)
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