Tag: Hydropower
56 percent at the beginning of the year: Renewables are producing more and more electricity in Germany
56 percent at the beginning of the year Renewables are producing more and more electricity in Germany April 26, 2024, 7:42 a.m Listen to article This audio version was artificially…
Expansion of hydropower – EWZ is examining raising the dam at Lake Marmorera – News
Expansion of hydropower – EWZ is examining raising the dam at Lake Marmorera – News – SRF Skip to content Some elements on SRF.ch only work with JavaScript activated. News…
Share of electricity generation: Green boom: Renewables well over 50 percent in 2023
Share in electricity generation Green boom: Renewables well over 50 percent in 2023 January 2, 2024, 11:18 p.m The share of renewable energies in Germany’s electricity supply has increased significantly…
“Climate Laboratory” on the key technologies: “CO2 will soon be a raw material”
Photovoltaics, wind power, batteries, electrolysers and CO2 vacuum cleaners known as Direct Air Capture (DAC) – we need these five technologies for a successful energy transition, says Christian Breyer. However,…
Protection for the winter – politicians see Axpo as responsible for the hydropower reserve – News
contents The electricity company Axpo does not participate in the hydropower reserve. Politicians find this repugnant and are therefore calling for new framework conditions. From December 1, water must be…
Hydropower as an electricity reserve – Sommaruga: “The operators should now take responsibility” – News
Should the electricity become scarce at the end of the coming winter, the Federal Council wants to be able to fall back on a hydropower reserve. In the near future,…
Impending energy bottleneck – Federal Council is targeting hydropower reserve for 24 days – News
contents Storage power plants can now offer the price at which they want to retain water for the end of winter. Switzerland’s energy supply is to be strengthened for the…
Hydropower reserve costs several hundred million
In order to prevent a power shortage at the end of winter, the reservoir operators should hold back water. The measure will cost consumers dearly. The operators of reservoirs should…
Repower relaunches the Chlus hydropower plant project
Zurich (awp) – The board of directors of the Grison energy company Repower has decided to relaunch the hydropower plant project in Chlus, reported the NZZ am Sonntag, citing managing…
More speed required – hydropower: Platter wants faster EIA procedures
Tyrol’s governor Günther Platter (ÖVP) is making another attempt to speed up the EIA procedure for hydropower. Ten years is unreasonable. The call for speeding up EIA procedures is not…
The Federal Council’s energy plan – hydropower and emergency power plants are to secure the power supply – News
The Federal Council intends to set up a hydropower reserve from next winter. The reserve is intended to be available in the event of an extreme power shortage. The state…
“Hope for big orders”: Voith wants to “play a role” in climate neutrality
“Hope for big orders” Voith wants to “play a role” in climate neutrality 01/21/2022 5:57 p.m Countries around the world are investing billions in climate protection. The economy senses big…