The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects a boom in photovoltaics over the next five years. Worldwide, installed solar power capacity is expected to grow by 720 gigawatts (GW).
www.solarserver.de/...iea-erwartet-massives-wachstum-der-photovoltaik/
Bonn/Cologne, 14 June 2017
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
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Stakeholders, Bonn, DE-News, Mobility, News Blog NRW, eMobility, Ecology
In 2020, the state of Baden-Württemberg intends to support various players in the field of building refurbishment with grants of 10 million as part of the "Climate Protection Plus" funding programme.
Municipalities, businesses, church institutions and associations can submit their applications up to and including 30 November 2020. This applies subject to earlier exhaustion of funds.
Further information and application forms are available on the website of the Ministry of the Environment at
www.um.baden-wuerttemberg.de/...
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Construction and operating costs, Stock, DE-News, Funding, Climate protection, Sustainable management, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Resource efficiency, Environmental policy, Housing, Housing policy
With more than 1,700 realised buildings, SolarActiveHouses are no longer a marginal phenomenon. What has been missing so far is a scientific evaluation of this heat supply concept. To this end, researchers have measured nine solar houses over several heating periods. The responsible project manager Gerhard Stryi-Hipp presented the interim results at the OTTI symposium "Thermal Solar Energy".
Read more in the BINE-Projektinfo from 13.05.2015
(BINE-Info was discontinued at the end of 2020)
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DE-News, Renewable, Research, Building, Climate protection, New books and studies, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Solar thermal, Life cycle assessment
For more than 180 days, the electricity supply for the country's almost 5 million inhabitants has been provided almost entirely by renewable energy sources. Thanks to hydropower in particular, the country can now almost completely dispense with fossil fuels for its electricity supply. In addition to hydropower, wind power, photovoltaics and geothermal energy are also used.
Source: www.trendsderzukunft.de/... (26.9.2016)
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100% EEs, CO2-neutral, Renewable, Environmental policy
