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Neue Solar-Speicherförderung in RLP
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New solar storage subsidy in RLP

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is launching a solar offensive with a 5-million-euro funding programme for private and municipal solar storage systems.

Today, 9 October 2019, Energy Minister Ulrike Höfken and the Rhineland-Palatinate Energy Agency officially launched the Solar Offensive, which is to take effect at various levels. The Minister presented the solar storage programme as a central component of the offensive. "With the programme, we support private households and municipalities in installing new photovoltaic systems combined with battery storage. In this way, we want to promote the self-supply of municipalities with their properties such as climate schools and private individuals with self-generated PV electricity and its storage," said Höfken.

The funding can be applied for at the Rhineland-Palatinate Energy Agency at: www.energieagentur.rlp.de/solarspeicher



Keywords:
DE-News, Energy storage, Renewable, Funding, Climate protection, News Blog RLP, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Electricity storage, Ecology

Vorbildliche Nachhaltige Beschaffung in den Berliner Behörden
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Exemplary sustainable procurement in the Berlin authorities

Since January, Berlin has had what it claims to be the toughest administrative regulations for procurement and the environment in the country. Thomas Schwilling from the responsible department has accompanied the development and knows about its effect - and the hurdles. An interview:
www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/aktuelles/was-berlin-in-sachen-nachhaltiger-beschaffung-unternimmt/



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Procurement, DE-News, Communities, Sustainable management, News Blog Berlin, Transition Town, Environmental policy

Klimaschutz in Kommunen: Neuer digitaler Praxisleitfaden
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Climate protection in municipalities: New digital practical guide

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.



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Procurement, CO2-neutral, DE-News, Renewable, Climate emergency, Climate protection, Communities, New books and studies, Transition Town

50.000 Hektar mehr Wald seit 2002
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50,000 hectares more forest since 2002

Photo: BMEL/Photothek

Since 2002, the forest area in Germany has increased by about 50,000 hectares.

On the occasion of the International Forest Day on 21 March 2019, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, went to see the situation on site. 

"The storm damage in winter, in summer, then the prolonged drought, plus the bark beetle infestation - last year was a disaster year for our forests, the damage is worrying. In 2018, more than 30 million cubic metres of damaged wood accrued. This is the fourth most severe damage event in German forestry in the past 30 years," the Minister said. "The continuing, serious bark beetle infestation will also lead to the death of more forest areas, and the exact extent of the damage caused will in some cases only be foreseeable in a few years' time.

Protecting the forest as much as possible is important. Because our forest fulfils a number of crucial tasks. It is a protector of the climate, a supplier of wood, a preserver of biodiversity and a place of recreation for citizens. For this reason, the BMEL will continue to work with the Länder to ensure that sufficient aid is available for clearing and reforesting damaged areas.

Source: BMEL press release no. 65 of 21.03.19



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Stakeholders, Building materials / Construction, Greening / climate adaptation, Soil & land consumption, DE-News, Wood construction, Environmental policy, Ecology

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