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Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

German companies are demanding stricter reductions of CO2 emissions

On 7 February, Germany’s E.ON, EnBW, Otto and Puma and the German branches of Alstom and Shell, along with the non-governmental organisation Germanwatch, published an open letter calling upon the German government and the European…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

BGR sees no environmental threat from shale gas extraction in Germany

On 3 January 2013, the economic daily Handelsblatt informed that the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe; BGR) developed an analysis for the Ministry of Economics. The…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk, Konrad Popławski

Will coal be used as a transitional technology in the German Energiewende

Following Germany’s decision to cease using nuclear energy, coal’s share in electricity production has increased again. Whereas in 2010 coal was used to produce 41.8% of electric energy in Germany, in 2011 its share grew to 43.1%. Given…