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A rapid coal phase-out is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, but is hindered by serious challenges ranging from vested interests to the risks of social disruption. To understand how to organize a global coal phase-out, it is crucial to go beyond cost-effective climate mitigation...
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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,...
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[Zusammenfassung] Dieses Gutachten analysiert die energiewirtschaftliche Notwendigkeit der Inanspruchnahme der im Teilfeld II des Tagebau Nochten lagernden Kohlevorräte. Es stützt sich auf die von den Autoren durchgeführte energiewirtschaftliche Modellierung, frühere wissenschaftliche...
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[Zusammenfassung] Dieses Gutachten analysiert die energiewirtschaftliche Notwendigkeit der Inanspruchnahme der im Teilfeld II des Tagebau Welzow-Süd lagernden Kohlevorräte unter Berücksichtigung der Zielfunktionen der Energiestrategie 2030 des Landes Brandenburg (Wirtschaftlichkeit,...
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Political instability of several countries in the Middle East is overshadowing one of the biggest challenges of the upcoming century: Water - a natural resource that is easily taken for granted, but whose scarcity might lead to serious conflicts. This paper investigates an optimal Water...
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Kohlekraftwerke verursachen etwa ein Drittel des Kohlendioxidausstoßes in Deutschland. Wird das weiterhin hohe Niveau der Kohleverstromung zukünftig nicht gesenkt, sind nicht nur die deutschen Klimaschutzziele für die Jahre 2020 und 2050 gefährdet, sondern auch die nachhaltige Energiewende....
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Coal-fired power stations are responsible for around a third of Germany's carbon emissions. Failure to reduce the persistently high level of coal-fired power generation threatens Germany's climate targets for 2020 and 2050 and undermines a sustainable energy transition. Calculations by DIW...
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The Swedish state-owned energy utility Vattenfall and its owner are currently examining strategy options to address its own ambitious sustainability targets as well as the low-carbon objectives of the Swedish government. With more than 60 million tons of CO2 the company’s German lignite mining...
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