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Good news: Wind energy is cheapest energy source in Germany and the U.K
2015-10-08 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Thanks to the plummeting price of solar and wind energy, fossil fuels might be going the way of the dinosaurs. Affordable renewables could be a costly tipping point for dirtier energy sources -- and we may have just reached it. According to analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), wind power is now the cheapest electricity source in Germany and the United Kingdom, even without government subsidies. This milestone has never before been reached among the G7 (the advanced economies known...
Google invests in DFKI centre for AI research in Germany
2015-10-08 10:54:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google has been investing in expanding its artificial intelligence, deep learning and robotics capabilities, and most recently has made an investment through Google Germany in the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (the DFKI). Google is not disclosing the amount of its investment but confirms that the stake will give Google a seat on the DFKI's board. The DFKI is a non-profit institute where some 450 scientists, academics and others work on projects in areas like language technology, embedded intelligence and augmented reality. Occasionally, businesses are spun off from those projects.
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Promise of Turning Pollution Into Cash Spurs Industry in Germany
2015-10-07 10:27:52| Steel - Topix.net
HeidelbergCement AG is using blast-furnace slag in concrete, aiming to cut carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter this year compared with 1990. ThyssenKrupp AG plans to re- purpose gases emitted by its steel smelter into saleable products such as methanol.
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Germany offers India 2 billion in solar, clean energy funds
2015-10-05 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Germany will deliver EUR2 billion (US$2.2 bn) to India in a deal aimed to boost solar energy and green developments across the country, the countries revealed on Monday. According to a joint statement, EUR1 billion has been offered over five years to help India meet a goal of deploying 100 gigawatts of solar by 2022. A further billion will go towards "green energy corridors" linking major cities, and boosting electricity access in rural areas. India prime minister Narendra Modi said he had...
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Trianel and EWE to develop 200MW Borkum II offshore wind farm in Germany
2015-10-05 01:00:00| Power Technology
Trianel and EWE have formed a joint venture (JV) to develop the 200MW phase two of the Trianel wind farm Borkum (TWB II) in the German North Sea.
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