28.5 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany in the first half of 2014 came from renewable sources, preliminary estimates from the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) show. This is up from 24.6 percent in the same period last year thanks to new installations and favorable weather.

Germany has knocked the UK off the top spot to take first place in the 2014 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) revealed today.

Renewable energy reached a new milestone in Germany recently with a record peak of 24.24 gigawatts of electricity produced from solar on June 6 and a record 1.26 terawatt hours generated in the first week of the month. Furthermore, on June 9, a national holiday, 50.6 percent of the total electricity demand in Germany was met briefly with solar power, the highest level ever achieved in Germany.

The latest analysis from the Fraunhofer ISE solar energy research institute shows that photovoltaic systems generated a record 24.24 GW between 1 and 2 pm on Friday, June 6 and a total of 1.26 TWh over the entire week.

German solar photovoltaic generation peaked at around 15 GW on 11 May 2014 – a record high that caused prices to sink briefly into the negative. Germany Trade & Invest will be at Intersolar Europe in Munich from 4 – 6 June at booth #534 in hall B1.

Europe is not a big player in aircraft scrapping and recycling, but with the most likely aircraft recycling business model a decentralized one with multitudes of specialist companies dealing with the multitudinous different materials in aircraft parts, it might well grow to be so, especially in Germany.

Water is the oil of the 21st century. Wars are going to be fought over water and it needs to be managed better, politically and economically.

Market research company EuPD has forecast a monumental rise in the sales of solar power storage systems over the next four years, the projections showing 100,000 units sold in 2018, up from 6,000 in 2013. The most significant reason for the change is the cost reduction of PV-generated electricity.

Germany Trade & Invest will be at the forthcoming Auto Expo Components show in New Delhi, India, from February 6 through 9.

Germany Trade & Invest will be at the forthcoming Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Atlanta, Georgia, from February 3 through 7.