Press releases

21
Jun
2019

Greater supply security, lower costs, more climate protection: How renewable energies improve the electricity system in Southeast Europe

Agora Energiewende has published a study on how wind power and photovoltaics can replace aging lignite-fired power plants in Southeast Europe. The…

15
May
2019

Fair and equitable measures that the German federal government must take to reach its 2030 climate targets and avoid 60 billion euros’ worth of penalties

Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende have just published “15 Key Proposals for Germany’s 2019 Climate Change Act”. They include a carbon price…

06
Mar
2019

Ushering in the European Energy Transition 2030

In a new study Agora Energiewende shows how the EU can achieve its climate and energy policy goals. The study recommends ten key policy priorities for…

30
Jan
2019

In 2018, renewable electricity reduced CO2 emissions in EU´s power sector by 5 percent, as coal phase-out gathers pace

Share of wind and solar energy as well as biomass and hydropower rose to 32.3 percent / Agora Energiewende and Sandbag present annual evaluation of EU…

12
Jul
2018

Replacing the Waterbed with the Bathtub

A joint paper by Agora Energiewende and the Öko-Institut assesses the recent reform to the European Emissions Trading System and explains how it…

19
Mar
2018

Only together can France and Germany lead their respective energy transitions to success

Both countries should quickly resolve to scale back coal and nuclear power generation while working to implement the energy transition in Europe,…

30
Jan
2018

2017 marks the first year in which more electricity in Europe was generated from wind, sun, and biomass than from coal

The growth in renewable energies, however, varies greatly from country to country / Greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly last year / Agora…

24
Jan
2018

How the EU can make the increase of renewable energies in Central and South-Eastern Europe cheaper and faster

An EU guarantee programme will significantly lower the financing costs and risks for renewable energy investments in Europe. Agora Energiewende makes…

08
Jan
2018

Records with renewables, but once again no progress on CO2 emissions – 2017 was a year of mixed success for the energy transition

Agora Energiewende evaluates the 2017 electricity year: Wind power increases massively and overtakes coal and nuclear / Rising energy and electricity…

14
Jul
2017

Call for French-German Energy Transition Alliance

Germany and France should forge an energy transition alliance – this is the key conclusion of a call to action by three think tanks published shortly…