[Zusammenfassung - Einleitung] Die auf europäischer Ebene, in Deutschland als auch in vielen Bundesländern, Städten, Gemeinden, Quartieren und kleineren Einheiten vereinbarten Ziele zu Klimaneutralität, Dekarbonisierung, Teilhabe und andere führen zu einer Vollversorgung mit erneuerbaren...

Due to ambitious climate change targets and other energy and industrial policy goals such as the nuclear phase-out, the energy transition in Germany is heading toward a completely renewable energy system. This Weekly Report is the first to describe scenarios for 100 percent renewable energy...

With the closure of the final six nuclear power plants, the commercial use of nuclear energy for electricity generation in Germany will come to an end in 2022. Due to the German power system's sufficient capacities-in 2020, the sector exported 20 terawatt hours (TWh), or about four percent of...

The European Union has increased pressure on Russia by enacting a coal embargo. Following a transition period, Russian coal imports will end in August 2022. Recent studies show that Germany will be able to substitute Russian supplies with imports from other countries by summer 2022. However,...