Briefings

Climate Change: An Intro

Average global temperatures have already risen by 1 degree since the industrial revolution.

Biofuels: An Intro

While this newly growing sector may help address energy security issues, the social and environmental context must be considered holistically.

Hydropower: An Intro

Hydro power is the world’s largest source of clean electricity and represents 62% of installed renewable capacity.

Nuclear: An Intro

In nuclear power plants the heat from nuclear fission is used to produce steam, which spins a turbine to generate electricity.

The energy in the wind can be harnessed to produce electricity using wind turbines. Find out how much wind is powering our world. Within the ‘new renewables’ group (excluding hydro and biomass), wind power has the largest share in electricity generation.

Germany’s Energy mix dominated by fossil fuels

How big is the share of fossil fuels in the German energy mix?

Solar: An Intro

How much does solar contribute to our global energy mix, in which countries and how quickly is solar capacity growing?

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