Agency for Renewable Energies: further decreasing investment costs for PV, wind and electric storage expected
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Further decreasing investment costs for PV, wind and electric storage expected: In this regard, the Agency for Renewable Energies (AEE) publishes a new meta-analysis today. It compares the investment costs reported in 15 studies for a total of 11 energy technologies, including offshore and onshore wind energy, photovoltaics and solar thermal energy. It also presents statements on the investment costs of storage technologies and heat pumps. "The meta-analysis shows that specific costs for wind energy and photovoltaics are expected to continue to fall despite the cost reductions already achieved.
Another piece of good news for the energy transition is that investment costs for storage technologies can also be expected to fall drastically in some cases," says AEE Managing Director Philipp Vohrer, summarising the key findings of the meta-analysis.
Proven work aid and at the same time standard work for climate protection work in municipalities can be used digitally in future. Difu, ifeu and Climate Alliance developed the guide on behalf of the BMWK.
Berlin. The practical guide "Climate Protection in Municipalities" - a proven working aid and at the same time the standard work for work in municipal climate protection - is now available digitally. The new website www.leitfaden.kommunaler-klimaschutz.de replaces the previous print edition. The site provides comprehensive know-how that is necessary for the implementation of climate protection measures in municipalities.
The new offer of the Service and Competence Centre: Municipal Climate Protection (SK:KK) at the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) was developed in cooperation with the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu) and the Climate Alliance on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK).
The guide is designed as a practical knowledge resource for climate protection staff in municipalities and organisations, but also for other actors in climate protection. Descriptive profiles of various climate protection measures provide information on their effectiveness and inspire action. Numerous infographics visualise the know-how conveyed.
The comprehensively updated practical guide is aimed at beginners and people with previous knowledge of municipal climate protection who want to delve more deeply into the subject. In terms of content, the new digital offer ties in with previous print editions with the main topics "Climate protection staff", "Climate protection concept" and "Fields of action in municipal climate protection".
The website, which is also optimised for mobile use, opens up different access points: thematically via related articles, by keyword with the search function or via the table of contents. The respective chapters and the practical guide as a whole can also be downloaded as barrier-free PDFs.
Background info on the SK:KK
The Service and Competence Centre: Municipal Climate Protection (SK:KK) at the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is the point of contact for all questions relating to municipal climate protection. On behalf of the BMWK, it advises municipalities and municipal actors on how they can implement ideas and projects within the framework of the municipal guidelines and other funding programmes. You can find further information at www.klimaschutz.de/skkk.
Making life in the neighbourhood more ecologically, socially, economically and culturally sustainable together with the residents; that is the aim of "Real-world laboratory 131: KIT finds the city" at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In Karlsruhe's Oststadt district, researchers in this laboratory are looking for ways to reduce CO2 emissions, conserve resources, strengthen neighbourhoods and improve the health of people in the district. The project has now been honoured twice by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE).
"The special thing about this project is that we work directly with the people living and working on the ground at eye level and can therefore not only incorporate specific local knowledge and think ahead. Rather, this makes it possible to take action for sustainable development," says Alexandra Quint from the project team at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS). Ways to make neighbourhoods more pedestrian-friendly are being researched, as are new methods for energy-efficient building refurbishment, and services for sustainable living and sustainable mobility behaviour are being developed. The researchers' work is highly interdisciplinary: "Architects, philosophers, landscape planners, cultural scientists, environmental scientists and geoecologists work together in this team," says the urban geographer.
This is not just research, but also very practical work: "For example, there is a newly developed energy concept for increasing the proportion of renewable energies in existing buildings or initiatives for slowing down our increasingly hectic everyday lives," reports Dr Oliver Parodi, Head of Reallabor 131. In the "Beds and Bees" project, citizens and scientists have jointly designed a snack bed with herbs, fruit and vegetables in public spaces and set up a hive as a home for bees. Quint explains that this not only serves to raise environmental and nutritional awareness, but above all to build community. All of this is done in co-operation with civil society groups, the city administration, associations, businesses and, above all, the local citizens who regularly take part.
A series of events also provides approaches and ideas for alternative consumer behaviour. Parodi mentions plant swaps, clothes swap parties and a regular repair café. "Reallabor 131 is designed as a platform for participation and has a strong networking character." The project's own "Future Space for Sustainability and Science", a former shop, combines the characteristics of a neighbourhood office, a science shop and a community centre and is now a popular meeting point, event and educational venue.
According to Quint, the concept is attracting worldwide interest: "The laboratory is a model, is designed to be transferable and has so far been researched by scientists from the Netherlands, Spain and Australia, with requests for cooperation coming from Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, the USA, Estonia, Portugal and Spain."
Honoured as a transformation project
The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), which advises the German government on sustainability issues, has now honoured the Reallabor twice: with the "Project Sustainability 2017" seal of quality and as one of four "transformation projects" nationwide. With this seal, the RNE recognises initiatives from society that make a special contribution to sustainable development in Germany and the world. Around 240 projects applied for the award. According to the jury, the transformation projects honoured have particularly great potential to make the world more sustainable. The awards were presented at the end of May at the RNE's annual conference in Berlin.
The website provides information on all the activities of the real-world laboratory: www.quartierzukunft.de
The demand for sustainable products can be increased through municipal procurement. Positive examples but also the problems of sustainable procurement are discussed in the article. Buildings and larger properties are not explicitly mentioned, but the principles basically apply there as well.
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