While Germany is phasing out nuclear power, it is booming in many countries around the world. The USA has now confirmed plans to even use the technology on the moon. Mini nuclear power plants are to reliably supply future moon and Mars missions with sufficient energy. A tender by NASA and the US Department of
From 2025, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power will have replaced coal as the world's main producer of electricity. In the year of the corona pandemic, the amount of green electricity will increase at "record speed", forecasts the World Energy Agency (IEA) in its published annual report. IEA head Fatih Birol called
Only a small proportion of the plastic waste in the world's oceans floats on the surface, the rest sinks to deeper waters or to the sea floor, threatening the local flora and fauna. So far, there is no way of detecting plastic at the bottom of the oceans on a large scale. Traditional monitoring methods,
Did you know that electricity suppliers charge far too much for electricity? Switching to another supplier can be helpful here. The aim is to reduce the consumer's costs and thus ensure fair payment. By the end of next week, electricity suppliers have to indicate price adjustments for next year. First suppliers have announced a price
How much CO2 may mankind still emit in order to at least halfway prevent uncontrollable climate change? This question is crucial for planning climate protection measures. How fast does it have to go? By when must CO2 emissions be reduced and by how much? These are questions that experts ask themselves every day. The budget
According to a study, electricity consumption in Germany is expected to rise sharply by the year 2050. In the future, up to 60 percent of this will come from renewable energies. This would require a switch from oil and gas to electrical energy, for example, to ensure that demand is covered. At least this is
Almost 90,000 fires have been registered in Brazil this year, but the country is still halting fire-fighting efforts. The reason is the lack of financial means for the fire brigade. The fire brigade was withdrawn by the Brazilian environmental authority Ibama and the head of the national centre for the prevention and control of forest
Air quality in Delhi has risen alarmingly in the last week. 12 out of 35 air quality monitoring stations had reached critical levels and called on the government to take action. This has been a known problem in Delhi for some time, but experts say it may already be "too late". As the air in
As a result of the strict lockdown in Italy, water quality is said to have improved by about 30 percent. Researchers assume that there could be other reasons for this, however. For this statement, the quality of seawater was investigated over several weeks and now the first - but preliminary - results are to be
As GlobalData reports, the coal-fired power plants currently in operation are sufficient to prevent the world from reaching the target of maximum global warming set by the Paris Climate Convention. Currently, according to GlobalData, more than 60% of the larger active coal-fired power plants are located in the Asia-Pacific region. The difference with the coal-fired
