According to a new study by EU scientists, one percent of the EU's surface area is sufficient to cover the community's entire electricity needs with solar power.
18.7.2019. Today Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier announced the winners of the "Energy Transition Real Labs Ideas Competition". The Energy Transition Real Labs are used to test sustainable energy technologies under real conditions and on an industrial scale. The central theme of the ideas competition is CO2-poor Hydrogen. Its use means no or only very low greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen can be produced, for example, via electrolysis on the basis of electricity from wind power or photovoltaic plants. Other important topics in the first round of the ideas competition are energy storage and energy-optimised neighbourhoods.
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Peter Altmaier commented: "We want to become the world's number 1 in hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen technologies offer enormous potential for the Energy transition and the Climate protection as well as for new jobs. With the Energy Transition Real Labs, we will test new hydrogen technologies not only in research, but also in application under real conditions and on an industrial scale. This is an important building block for the further implementation of the energy transition. We have therefore selected 20 consortia nationwide as winners of our ideas competition."
The response to the "Ideas Competition Reallabore der Energiewende" far exceeded expectations. A total of 90 proposals were submitted. Some projects cannot be implemented in the existing funding regime. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has therefore initiated the expansion of the funding framework. The list of winners published today also includes projects that can only be implemented with a new funding guideline.
In total, the BMWi 20 consortia nationwide that are planning reallabs. These 20 selected winners of the ideas competition can now submit their applications for funding in the coming weeks and months. For this purpose, the BMWi 100 million euros annually for this purpose. In order to underline the special importance of traditional energy regions for the energy system of the future, the Federal Cabinet has already decided in the key points for a Structural Strengthening Act of 22 May 2019 to provide an additional 200 million euros for reallabs in structural transformation regions.
In addition, the Federal Government will adopt a hydrogen strategy by the end of the year. "Real laboratories of the energy transition" are an important building block for this.
Profile of the winners of the "Energy Transition Real Labs Ideas Competition
you will find here (PDF, 136 KB). A map with a geographical overview can be found here (PDF, 1 MB).
A chapeau text explaining the objectives of the ideas competition can be found at here (PDF, 130 KB).
Supplementary information:
"Energy transition real laboratories" are a new funding pillar in the Federal Government's energy research programme. Companies test the real operation of new technologies in a region. Together with partners from science and research, they analyse the interactions with the energy system and society. On site, it becomes apparent how actors and technologies of the energy transition interact. In this way, valuable experience is gathered to accelerate the transfer of innovations into practice. The results of the reallabs also show how the legal framework must be further developed so that business models can be competitive in the long term.
Video of the press conference:
www.bmwi.de/...reallabore-der-energiewende.html
Further information:
www.energieforschung.de
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100% EEs, Fuel cell, CO2-neutral, DE-News, Energy storage, Renewable, Research, Funding, Climate protection, Sustainable management, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Quarters, Electricity storage, Environmental policy, eMobility
The parliament of Bremen wants to oblige the use of solar energy on all new and existing buildings in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Whenever the roof surface is completely renewed, they are to be equipped with a solar system in the future. This is photovoltaics and, if necessary, also solar thermal energy. The Senate is currently examining the latter.
According to the solar roof cadastre, the potential is a theoretical peak output of 1,550 MW and an annual electricity generation of 1,410 GWh. If the steel industry is excluded, this corresponds to about 40 % of the current electricity consumption in the state of Bremen. The municipal housing associations should serve as pioneers of solar energy use with tenant electricity and realise corresponding model neighbourhoods.
According to Solarserver.de, this makes Bremen the Hamburg, Baden-Württemberg and Berlin the fourth federal state to tackle a solar obligation.
Source: www.solarserver.de/2020/06/12/bremische-buergerschaft-will-solarpflicht-in-bremen/
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100% EEs, DE-News, Building, Climate protection, Communities, News Blog Bremen, PV, Quarters, Settlements, City, Transition Town, Environmental policy, Housing
New labelling obligatory from 1 April
The energy efficiency class scale for wood heating systems ranges from A++ to G, from 26 September 2019 from A+++ to D. Pellet boilers are usually rated A+, pellet condensing boilers A++. Pellet stoves will also receive an A++ from 2018. Composite systems consisting of a pellet boiler and solar collectors will achieve up to A+++.
Source and further information:
www.geb-info.de/Archiv/Meldungsarchiv/2017/4/Energielabel-auch-fuer-Holzheizungen,QUlEPTc2MDkwNCZNSUQ9MTIxODM3.html
Keywords:
DE-News, Renewable, News Blog Europe (without DE), Environmental policy, Certification & Labels
Conceptual procedures are increasingly establishing themselves as a further instrument of municipal land policy for locations with development potential. Here, the property is not allocated according to the highest price, but according to the concept that promises the most sustainable approaches to the further development of the neighbourhood. In this way, the procedures offer municipalities approaches to solving two current and urgent problems: the need for high-quality urban development and affordable housing.
The publication on the General Departmental Research project "Baukultur für das Quartier. Process culture through concept awarding" examined the question of the extent to which building culture in the neighbourhood can be influenced and improved through concept procedures in a broader sense. On the basis of eleven best-practice examples, the spectrum of concept awarding as part of municipal real estate policy was examined: Which procedures are suitable for achieving building culture objectives? Which framework conditions were successful? Which variants and approaches are available? As a result, recommendations for action have emerged that show how concept procedures can lead to a high level of building culture quality, for example through low entry thresholds, appraisal by an expert committee and quality assurance. The publication offers the first nationwide overview of this procedure, which is still largely unused, and provides important information on how building culture, affordable housing and qualitative urban development can go hand in hand.
PDF download Long version (11 MB)
PDF download Abstract (3 MB)
Order print version:
www.bbsr.bund.de/...2020/konzeptvergabe.html
Keywords:
DE-News, Research, New books and studies, Quarters, Settlements, Housing, Housing policy, Housing projects
