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Press Release: Enabling Ukraine to Rapidly Overcome the Ongoing Energy Crisis

Ukraine’s Energy Future: Decentralized Renewable Energy as the Only Secure Path Forward

Berlin/Kyiv, September 12th, 2025 – The Energy Watch Group (EWG), together with the International Energy Transition (IET), has submitted a joint statement to the ongoing Ukrainian legislative consultation process on renewable energy. The organizations strongly recommend a paradigm shift away from centralized fossil and nuclear generation towards millions of decentralized renewable energy systems.

Centralized Infrastructure Under Attack
Russia’s targeted destruction of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has exposed the vulnerability of centralized energy systems. More than half of Ukraine’s power generation and over 80% of its heat supply were destroyed between 2022 and 2024. Rebuilding large-scale power plants would take many years and remain highly insecure in times of war.

Decentralized Renewables as the Solution
The only sustainable path forward lies in decentralized generation, relying on millions of small-scale facilities across the country.

  • Solar power and on-site wind turbines should become the backbone of Ukraine’s electricity system.
  • In the winter months, bioenergy – abundantly available in Ukraine’s vast agricultural sector – can provide reliable heat and power through combined heat and power (CHP) plants.
  • A rapid switch from diesel to plant-based oils will be critical to displace fossil fuels in agriculture, machinery, and decentralized generators.

Energy Sharing for Security and Growth
To ensure that investments in local energy supply are secure, EWG and IET stress the importance of energy sharing – collective self-consumption schemes that allow households, businesses, and communities to share renewable electricity. EU directives already provide the legal framework, and Ukraine’s current legislative reforms present the opportunity to align with these provisions. This would not only increase resilience but also bring Ukraine closer to EU energy law compliance.

Policy Recommendation to the Ukrainian Government
The joint statement recommends:

  • Full legal rights for self-consumption and energy sharing for all consumer groups,
  • Abolishing unnecessary licensing barriers,
  • Establishing fair remuneration for excess electricity fed into the grid,
  • Enabling the integration of battery storage and bioenergy solutions.

This approach is fully in line with EU directives (RED II, Electricity Market Directive, and 2024 reforms) and reflects the objectives of the current Ukrainian legislative amendments.

Broad Support for the Initiative
The submission from EWG and IET has already received support from a growing number of Ukrainian associations and stakeholders, underlining the urgency of accelerating the renewable energy transition even during wartime.

Hans-Josef Fell, President of the Energy Watch Group, emphasized:
“Centralized energy systems have proven to be highly vulnerable in wartime. Ukraine now has the historic chance to rebuild its energy system on decentralized, renewable foundations – ensuring true energy security, economic growth, and EU integration.”

Read the full statement here in English and Ukrainian.

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Press Conference: 100% Renewables for Berlin-Brandenburg

Details & Webinar-Link: http://ewg-restore-duhz34gqyp.hans-josef-fell.de/wps/100-erneuerbare-energien-fur-berlin-brandenburg/

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New Study: Electricity would already be Cheaper today with a Full Supply of 100% Renewables

New short study by the Energy Watch Group (EWG) finds:

Electricity would already be cheaper today with a full supply of 100% renewables

27.10.2021 – Berlin | In the coalition negotiations for the new German government, both ambitious climate protection and the reduction of electricity prices play a central role. The previous government still expects only 45% renewables in the electricity mix by 2025. A new short study by the Energy Watch Group offers an answer to the rising energy costs: The study calculates that a full supply with 100% renewables would already be economically competitive today compared to the current energy system based on coal, natural gas and nuclear. By 2025 at the latest, an energy system based on 100% renewables would then be significantly cheaper than power generation with fossil fuels.

“Since around 2017, the electricity generation costs for solar and wind power have fallen far below the electricity generation costs of conventional power plants such as natural gas, coal or nuclear. However, this new development is largely dismissed in societal discourse with the claim that total system costs, including storage, would be far higher than those of conventional power generation. The study proves that this claim is outdated and simply wrong.”, adds Hans-Josef Fell, President of EWG.

The latest developments in the price decline of renewables and storage technologies in conjunction with the price increases of conventional power generation leave no room for doubt: Since 2021, supply-secure power generation from 100% renewables is cheaper than power from newly built conventional power plants, even including storage costs. From 2025, even conventional power plants that have already been built and depreciated will no longer be able to compete economically with newly built full-supply systems with 100% renewable energy. These findings are obtained by modeling the development of electricity prices based on current data.

“In the next few years, conventional existing plants will no longer be economically viable to operate due to the lower costs of renewable full supply. This means that a historically favorable extensive self-sufficiency in all energy sources will be within reach in Germany and also worldwide. This revolution in the fundamental conditions of energy supply can be seen as an opportunity and must be used for immediate climate protection. This means that all energy investments must be immediately withdrawn from fossil fuels and directed into renewable energies,” says Dr. Thure Traber, lead author of the study.

Download the Short Study here in English and German.

Download the Press Release here in English and German.

Press contact:

Sophie Marquitan – presse@energywatchgroup.org

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New Report on Stimulating Community Energy Investment

New Report on Stimulating Community Energy Investment

(9 December 2020) Citizen-led renewable energy projects – commonly known as “community energy” – can play an important role in the energy transition and a post-COVID recovery by maximising the local socio-economic benefits of renewables and increasing public support for the energy transition.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action’s latest white paper reviews measures that stimulate and sustain community energy. Although renewable energy investments by citizens and communities have gained traction in many countries, knowledge exchange on a global level has been limited. This paper fills the gap by showcasing policy measures and financing mechanisms that reflect best practices and offering recommendations to governments and financial institutions on how to accelerate community energy development and reap its benefits.

To scale up community energy investments, the Coalition for Action recommends the following seven actions for governments and financial institutions:

  • Build awareness and develop a shared understanding of community energy.
  • Adopt targets and policy designs that value citizen participation and local socio-economic development.
  • Establish dedicated agencies or one-stop shops to support community energy.
  • Facilitate community access to capital through targeted public finance.
  • Support innovative financing mechanisms and business models for community energy projects and the most vulnerable.
  • Encourage aggregation of and collaboration between community energy projects.
  • Integrate community energy in energy access and local development programmes.

To view the IRENA Coalition for Action white paper, please click here.

The press release is available in English & German.

Media contact: Charlotte Hornung / +49 30 609898815 / hornung@energywatchgroup.org

 

Statements by the EWG’s co-authors of the community energy white paper

Charlotte Hornung

“The active involvement of citizens and communities worldwide has helped to keep the costs of renewable energy low and the acceptance of the energy transition high. And yet community energy projects still face significant challenges that limit their enormous potential. We therefore call upon policy-makers to urgently establish framework conditions that create a level playing field for community energy and do not leave this key actor behind.”

Hans-Josef Fell

“The community energy white paper clearly shows that community energy is indispensable for the rapid deployment of renewable energy in order to meet the global climate goals. Especially the EU member states and particularly Germany are called upon to immediately implement the EU directive on the support of community energy. Legislators all over the world should grant fixed feed-in tariffs for investments up to 50 MW instead of auctions, as civic investors usually cannot participate in auctions.”

About the Coalition

The IRENA Coalition for Action brings together leading renewable energy players from around the world with the common goal of advancing the uptake of renewable energy. The Coalition facilitates global dialogues between public and private sectors to develop actions to increase the share of renewables in the global energy mix and accelerate the global energy transition. www.irena.org/coalition

About the Energy Watch Group

The Energy Watch Group (EWG) is an independent, non-profit think-and-do tank based in Berlin. We are dedicated to accelerating political action towards renewable energy and climate protection through scientific analysis, policy advice and dialogue. www.energywatchgroup.org

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Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement

Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement

(7 December 2020) With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action.

In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy players, as members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action, urge governments to correct course. By placing a renewables-based energy transition at the heart of an economic recovery from COVID-19, governments can foster economic resilience and secure a climate-safe future.

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, governments have demonstrated their capacity to mobilise efforts and recovery packages at historically unprecedented levels. While some countries have announced more ambitious climate commitments as part of their measures to achieve sustainable and resilient economies post-COVID-19, many others have yet to take decisive actions to move towards a green recovery.

To date, G20 countries have committed at least USD 233 billion in supporting the fossil fuel sector and fossil fuel-dependent industries. These billions represent a missed opportunity to accelerate the energy transition and to power long-term job creation and investment opportunities at a time when we need them most.  The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s post-COVID-19 recovery agenda shows that investments strategically targeted at renewables can put the world on a climate safe path and generate wider socio-economic benefits. Every million dollars (USD) invested in renewables would create three times more jobs than in fossil fuels.

“The COVID-19 recovery measures must be used consistently for a transformation towards a global zero-emission economy based on 100% renewable energy. Only this way, we can ensure climate and health protection at the same time – as a renewable energy transition will also eliminate harmful air and water pollution, thus reducing the number of people in high-risk groups for COVID-19,” says Hans-Josef Fell, President of the Energy Watch Group, a Berlin-based think tank and member organisation of the IRENA Coalition for Action. “The current crisis has shown that rapid and serious government intervention to protect the wellbeing of citizens is possible. Similarly, consistent decisions are now needed for measures that coherently realize environmental protection on the basis of health care and climate protection.”, David Wortmann, member of the Coalition’s Steering Group and Board Member of the Energy Watch Group, adds.

Building on its previous call to action released in April 2020, the Coalition for Action now urges governments to reset their recovery priorities through the following six actions:

  1. Re-evaluate stimulus measures and correct course to ensure a green recovery in line with global climate objectives.
  2. Raise policy ambitions and clarify long-term plans for renewable generation and consumption, both centralised and decentralised.
  3. Ensure energy markets can deliver continuity and stimulate investment and growth in renewables.
  4. Prioritise renewable energy as a key component of industrial policies.
  5. Align labour and education policies with a just energy transition.
  6. Intensify international co-operation and action on COVID-19 while recognising renewable energy as a key part of the solution.

Through these six actions, governments can align their economic recovery from COVID-19 with their climate plans, deliver on their commitments under the Paris Agreement, and come back stronger than ever from the COVID-19 crisis.  Now is the time to use the momentum of a green recovery to continue building broad public support for the transformative decarbonisation of societies and pave the way for equitable, inclusive and resilient economies.

For a more detailed view of the IRENA Coalition for Action’s renewed Call to Action, please click here.

The press release is available in English & German

Media contact: Charlotte Hornung / +49 30 609898815 / hornung@energywatchgroup.org

About the Coalition

The IRENA Coalition for Action brings together leading renewable energy players from around the world with the common goal of advancing the uptake of renewable energy. The Coalition facilitates global dialogues between public and private sectors to develop actions to increase the share of renewables in the global energy mix and accelerate the global energy transition. www.irena.org/coalition

About the Energy Watch Group

The Energy Watch Group (EWG) is an independent, non-profit think-and-do tank based in Berlin. We are dedicated to accelerating political action towards renewable energy and climate protection through scientific analysis, policy advice and dialogue. www.energywatchgroup.org

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Key points of a legislative initiative for reliable and adequate renewable energy supply

Stimulating investments in sector coupling and innovation: Energy Watch Group proposes new law for reliable and adequate renewable energy systems

Berlin (May 14, 2020) – On the occasion of this year’s 20th anniversary of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), the Berlin-based Think-and-Do Tank Energy Watch Group (EWG) presents a legislative proposal to stimulate the system integration of renewable energy. The underlying purpose of the policy proposal is to allow renewable energy sources to finally assume responsibility for the system security of the power supply – i.e. to cover the required energy demand at every hour of the year. With a so-called combined power plant tariff, the instrument intends to stimulate investments for full demand coverage by 100% renewable energy. Based on own techno-economic cost estimates and a legal examination of EU regulations, the EWG proposes a fixed-feed-in-tariff of 8 cents/kWh, supported by a sliding market premium.

While renewables keep setting records in terms of their shares of national electricity mixes – Germany has recently hit the 50% mark –, a full transformation to an entirely renewable-based energy system is not yet widely regarded to be a tangible reality. One of the main reasons is the prevailing mistrust of the ability of renewables to provide year-round supply. Many scientific studies have already shown that a complete conversion to renewables is not only critical for reasons of climate protection, but also that it is technologically feasible (in combination with storage technologies and digital control technology) at any hour of the year and at cost-effective prices. What is still missing, however, is a legal basis to enable the market penetration of reliable and adequate 100% renewable energy systems.

“The newly proposed Sector Coupling and Innovation Act for Renewable Energy is intended to become a major impetus to overcome the current challenges of the coronavirus recession and the climate crisis. More than ever, it is necessary to find solutions that both stimulate the economy and protect our climate,” said Hans-Josef Fell, who, as President of the EWG and author of the draft law EEG 2000, was responsible for drafting the new legislative initiative.

Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General of the World Wind Energy Association, emphasized: “Renewable energy ultimately can, must and will assume responsibility for system security. Today, wind and solar power have become the cheapest forms of energy. As a next step, the investments in the optimised integration of all renewable energy sources must be massively increased. The EWG’s new policy proposal shows how this can be achieved effectively and deserves wide attention.”

The law would create a market for the very large number of start-ups and established companies that are in the starting blocks with innovative system developments for storage, digital controls, green power generation and sector coupling, but do not yet have a viable market environment to generate large-scale privately financed investments.

“The advantages of low, decentralised and transparent energy production costs can now be shared with those of climate protection and security of supply, especially since integration comes also from the regional level in support of the transmission network. Further innovations and growth markets can certainly develop if technologies such as batteries, hydrogen, heat pumps and heat storage in combination with solar and wind energy are dynamically developed towards decentral system responsibility.”, states Thure Traber, Chief Research Officer at the EWG and author of the legislative proposal.

A legal examination of the proposal has shown the compatibility with EU regulations. A distinction is made between a fixed feed-in tariff per kWh fed into the grid for small plants and a floating market premium for larger plants that participate in electricity competition via direct marketing. Similar options for policy implementation are expected at international level. With political majorities in national parliaments, the proposal can help to realise effective climate protection and, after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, a rapid recovery of the economy together with the phasing-out of fossil and nuclear energy in favour of clean renewable energy sources.

The full policy paper is available here.

Media contact: Charlotte Hornung / +49 30 609898815 / hornung@energywatchgroup.org

About Energy Watch Group  

Energy Watch Group (EWG) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan global network of scientists and parliamentarians. EWG conducts research and publishes independent studies and analyses on global energy developments. The mission of the organisation is to provide energy policy with objective information. For more information, please visit www.energywatchgroup.org.
Contact: office@energywatchgroup.org, +49 30 609898815

Press Coverage of EWG in mid-May August 2017

Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group und Mitautor des EEG Gesetztes, wird in der Deutschen Welle zu seiner Einschätzung zur Lage der deutschen Solarindustrie gefragt. Fell sieht diese sie gut aufgestellt und rechnet mit einem starken Ausbau der Erzeugungskapazitäten in der Zukunft.

Im Iran weiht Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group und Mitautor des ersten EEG Gesetzes, eine 20 Megawatt Solaranlage ein, berichtet euronews. Das deutsch-iranische Joint Venture ist das erste internationale Großprojekt seiner Art.

Der letzte großen Solar-produzenten in Deutschland, Solarworld, meldet Insolvenz an. Eine fehlende Solarindustriepolitik hat es verfehlt die Branche gezielt zu fördern und angesichts der internationalen Konkurrenz zukunftsfähig aufzustellen, meint Präsident der EWG Hans-Josef Fell im PV Magazine.

In der Deutschen Welle, wirbt Hans-Josef Fell für die Errichtung einer “Grünen Mauer” in der Sahara. So kann die Ausweitung der Sahara und die Degradierung von Bodenflächen gestoppt werden. Gleichzeitig böte das Projekt Möglichkeiten für die Menschen vor Ort.

In der bayrischen Staatszeitung wird Hans-Josef Fell zur Lage der Windkraftindustrie im Freistaat gefragt. Die neue, von der Bundesregierung beschlossene Ausschreibungspraxis bremst den Windkraft-Ausbau und verlagert die Förderung mehr nach Norddeutschland, kritisiert Fell.

Im Interview mit dem Standard erklärt Dr. Werner Zittel, Energieexperte und Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Energywatchgroup, das Erreichen des Fördermaximums fossiler Brennstoffe. Seiner Analyse nach zur Folge geht der Trend unweigerlich weg von fossilen Energieträgern wie Kohle und Öl hin zu Erneuerbaren.

Im PV Magazine, kritisiert Hans-Josef Fell die G20 als unfähig, globale Probleme wie de Klimawandel zu lösen. Die führenden Industrie- und Schwellenländer müssten sich endlich zu 100% erneuerbaren Energieträgern bekennen, um den Klimaschutz voranzutreiben.

Was der Lebensmittelskandal mit Eiern in Deutschland mit Photovoltaik zu tun hat erklärt Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group, in Greentech Germany.

On the occasion of a conference in Yangon, Myanmar, the Irrawaddy interviewed Hans-Josef Fell. As renewable energy sources such as wind and solar have become the cheapest sources of energy on the market, changing to 100% renewable energy is possible and less costly for Myanmar, Fell argues.

Auf dem Blog Sonnseite diskutiert Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der EGW das Tempo der Energiewende mit Franz Alt. Während vielerorts das Modell Energiewende übernommen wurde und der Preis der Erneuerbaren immer weiter sinkt, kommt der Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland zum Erliegen.

Press Coverage of EWG in Jan-Mid May 2017

President of the Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed for The Beam on how the Brexit offers chance to finally put an end to the EURATOM treaty.

Anstatt gegen Dumping zu kämpfen, hätte sich Asbeck für eine aktive Förderung der Solarindustrie und von Forschung und Entwicklung einsetzen sollen. Das meint der Mitautor des deutschen Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EEG) Hans-Josef Fell im Tagesspiegel, der über den Niedergang von Solarworld berichteten.

What is the true picture of the German Energiewende, writes President of the Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed for EURACTIV.

2016 wurden sowenig neue Erdöl- und Erdgasreserven gefunden, wie seit den 1950er nicht mehr. Darauf macht die Energy Watch Group, ein Zusammenschluss von Wissenschaftlern wie Werner Zittel von der Ludwig Bölkow Systemtechnik GmbH und Politikern wie dem ehemaligen Bundestagsabgeordneten der Grünen Hans-Josef Fell, im Telepolis aufmerksam.

Wie die Ukraine als Vorbild für Deutschland in Hinblick auf eine unabhängige Energieversorgung gelten kann, macht Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group in einem Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau deutlich.

The Beam Magazine picked up the criticism by Hans-Josef Fell, president of the EWG, about the IEA and its double game with climate change and the actual scenarios full of misleading figures and false assumptions. The article was also published in the magazine’s print March edition

Der Vergleich zur Intersolar Europe in München dokumentiere den von den Regierungen Merkel/Rösler/Gabriel verordneten Niedergang der Photovoltaik im ehemals führenden Solar-Land Deutschland, sagt Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group in Berlin und Autor des Entwurfs des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes in einem Artikel auf SolarServer.

EnergieZukunft berichtet über die dramatische Situation des Aralsees in Usbekistan aus Sicht von Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group: „Doch aus den Fehlern der von den sowjetischen Machthabern begründeten menschlichen Fehlleistungen hat man in Usbekistan und den Nachbarländern noch nicht viel gelernt“.

Im pv-magazine berichtet Hans-Josef Fell über die neuen Studien von Christian Breyer der Energy Watch Group, bezüglich des Potentials von Indien, Nigeria und dem Iran ein Energieversorgungssystem basierend auf 100% Erneuerbarer Energien bis 2050 zu schaffen.

klimaretter.info thematisiert die Verteuerung des Baus von Hinkley Point C durch den Brexit und “nach Ansicht des EEG-Miterfinders Fell ist eine
Euratom-Vertragsstaatenkonferenz ohnehin längst überfällig”.

Im pv-magazine kritisiert Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der EWG, die Bundesregierung und ihre EEG-Gesetzesnovellen. Diese haben zum Ausbremsen der Energiewende geführt und zu einem ökonomischen Desaster geführt.

The Ecologist covered the topic Brexit and what it means for the EURATOM contract. Hans-Josef Fell writes, “UK’s exit from EURATOM should be seen as an opportunity”.

Über die mögliche Beendigung der Energiewende in Bayern, findet sich im pv-magazine die entsprechende Analyse von Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der EWG.

“Deutschland sollte sich vom Erdgas verabschieden”, so eindeutlich äußert sich Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der EWG, im energate messenger über die aktuelle Situation im Gasmarkt.

Hans-Josef Fell, president of the Energy Watch Group, states “It is sad to see Europe losing its technological advantage of the last years to China and the US” and talks more about the current state of renewables in The Beam interview series, covered by CleanTechnica.

Press coverage of EWG 2016

Die Energy Watch Group -die im vergangenen Jahr deutliche Kritik an den IEA-Zahlen geübt hatte- meldet, dass die IEA in ihrem World Energy Outlook 2017 die Prognosen für Photovoltaik- und Wind-Energie nach oben korrigieren wird, so das PV Magazine.

“The IEA will raise its projections for solar PV and wind in its forthcoming »World Energy Outlook 2017«, according to Energy Watch Group (EWG), an international network of scientists and parliamentarians”, writes Photon.

If Germany Bans Internal Combustion Engines, It’ll Change the Game: We do not expect it will become a law within the next 12 months,” writes Volker Quaschning, an energy researcher at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin, in Germany.

Präsident der Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell schreibt in PV Magazine Deutschlandüber die Erhöhung der EEG-Umlage.

Europa soll Kuschelkurs mit Exxon beenden. In Deutschland wird die Petition von Hans-Josef Fell unterstützt, dem Chef der Energy Watch Group und Autor des ersten Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes.

Im Club der Atomfreunde: Für zwingend erforderlich hält Fell, der heute Präsident der Expertengruppe „Energy Watch Group“ ist, die Einberufung einer Euratom-Vertragsstaatenkonferenz, die seit Jahrzehnten schon nicht mehr stattgefunden hat.

Neues Modell soll Kombikraftwerke fördern: Die Integration von Wind- und Solarstrom in das Stromsystem gilt als wichtige Aufgabe der Energiewende im Stromsektor. Nach Ansicht von Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy-Watch-Group und Ideengeber zum Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG), reichen herkömmliche Instrumente nicht aus.

Sigmar Gabriel murkst weiter: Warum die EEG-Novelle ihr Ziel verfehlt – ein Kommentar:

… So hat Hans Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group, schon vor längerer Zeit vorgeschlagen, zum ursprünglichen Mechanismus der physikalischen Wälzung zurückzukehren.

Bundestag und Bundesrat haben das Ende der Energiewende eingeläutet, so Hans-Josef Fell in seinem Kommentar zur EEG-Novelle.

The Brexit offers a chance to finally put an end to the EURATOM treaty, writes The Energy Collective. According to Fell, Brexit will offer a unique chance to dissolve EURATOM.

Der Brexit könnte die Briten beim Atomausbau zurückwerfen: Denn nach Ansicht des Präsidenten der Energy Watch Group, Hans-Josef Fell, müsste das Land dann auch aus dem Euratom-Vertrag aussteigen und auf erhebliche Subventionen verzichten, schreibt Cicero zum britischen Votum.

The Brexit vote offers a unique chance to put an end to the outdated EURATOM Treaty, writes President of Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed at Energy Post.

“We are on the edge of transition to emission-free economy -the only system to save the planet” says EWG President Hans-Josef Fell in his latest interview in The Beam Magazine.

“Regierung sollte den letzten Schritt auf dem fossilen Weg auslassen” – sagt Fracking-Experte Werner Zittel in seinem neuesten Interview mit Wirtschaftswoche Green.

The European Union must wake up to a new post-Paris Agreement reality. It needs an ambitious climate action plan to regain its credibility as a “climate leader” and send the right signals to investors, argues Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed for Euractiv.

Hans-Josef Fell is interviewed in a documentary by ARTE about high electricity bills and the slow-down of the energy transition in Europe.

SolarPV TV interviewed President of Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell on the sidelines of the clmate change conference in Paris COP21.

Werner Zittel ist überzeugt: Die Blase wird bald platzen. Aus deutscher Sicht hält er es deshalb für ratsam, das Schiefergas lieber im Boden zu lassen. Das Deutschlandfunk-Interview als Video und Audio.

Das Tagesgespräch auf Bayern 2 und in ARD-alpha hat gefragt: Wie ist Ihre Meinung? Kann und muss in Bayern noch mehr auf Windkraft gesetzt werden als bisher? Wo ist es noch sinnvoll und möglich? Wo lassen sich noch weitere Windräder bauen? Antworten gibt Hans-Josef Fell im Interview.

Die ZDF-Sendung Zoom stellt in ihrem ausführlichem Beitrag “Sonne, Wind, Wut” das Zerschlagen des bürgerlichen Engagements beim Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien dar. Zu Wort kommen Betroffene und EWG Präsident Hans-Josef Fell.

In seinem Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau drängt Hans-Josef Fell die EU zu mehr Mut bei der Energiewende und fordert eine vollständige Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft.

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Press coverage of EWG 2016

Die Energy Watch Group -die im vergangenen Jahr deutliche Kritik an den IEA-Zahlen geübt hatte- meldet, dass die IEA in ihrem World Energy Outlook 2017 die Prognosen für Photovoltaik- und Wind-Energie nach oben korrigieren wird, so das PV Magazine.

“The IEA will raise its projections for solar PV and wind in its forthcoming »World Energy Outlook 2017«, according to Energy Watch Group (EWG), an international network of scientists and parliamentarians”, writes Photon.

If Germany Bans Internal Combustion Engines, It’ll Change the Game: We do not expect it will become a law within the next 12 months,” writes Volker Quaschning, an energy researcher at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin, in Germany.

Präsident der Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell schreibt in PV Magazine Deutschlandüber die Erhöhung der EEG-Umlage.

Europa soll Kuschelkurs mit Exxon beenden. In Deutschland wird die Petition von Hans-Josef Fell unterstützt, dem Chef der Energy Watch Group und Autor des ersten Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes.

Im Club der Atomfreunde: Für zwingend erforderlich hält Fell, der heute Präsident der Expertengruppe „Energy Watch Group“ ist, die Einberufung einer Euratom-Vertragsstaatenkonferenz, die seit Jahrzehnten schon nicht mehr stattgefunden hat.

Neues Modell soll Kombikraftwerke fördern: Die Integration von Wind- und Solarstrom in das Stromsystem gilt als wichtige Aufgabe der Energiewende im Stromsektor. Nach Ansicht von Hans-Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy-Watch-Group und Ideengeber zum Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG), reichen herkömmliche Instrumente nicht aus.

 

Sigmar Gabriel murkst weiter: Warum die EEG-Novelle ihr Ziel verfehlt – ein Kommentar:

… So hat Hans Josef Fell, Präsident der Energy Watch Group, schon vor längerer Zeit vorgeschlagen, zum ursprünglichen Mechanismus der physikalischen Wälzung zurückzukehren.

 

Bundestag und Bundesrat haben das Ende der Energiewende eingeläutet, so Hans-Josef Fell in seinem Kommentar zur EEG-Novelle.

The Brexit offers a chance to finally put an end to the EURATOM treaty, writes The Energy Collective. According to Fell, Brexit will offer a unique chance to dissolve EURATOM.

Der Brexit könnte die Briten beim Atomausbau zurückwerfen: Denn nach Ansicht des Präsidenten der Energy Watch Group, Hans-Josef Fell, müsste das Land dann auch aus dem Euratom-Vertrag aussteigen und auf erhebliche Subventionen verzichten, schreibt Cicero zum britischen Votum.

The Brexit vote offers a unique chance to put an end to the outdated EURATOM Treaty, writes President of Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed at Energy Post.

“We are on the edge of transition to emission-free economy -the only system to save the planet” says EWG President Hans-Josef Fell in his latest interview in The Beam Magazine.

“Regierung sollte den letzten Schritt auf dem fossilen Weg auslassen” – sagt Fracking-Experte Werner Zittel in seinem neuesten Interview mit Wirtschaftswoche Green.

The European Union must wake up to a new post-Paris Agreement reality. It needs an ambitious climate action plan to regain its credibility as a “climate leader” and send the right signals to investors, argues Hans-Josef Fell in his op-ed for Euractiv.

Hans-Josef Fell is interviewed in a documentary by ARTE about high electricity bills and the slow-down of the energy transition in Europe.

SolarPV TV interviewed President of Energy Watch Group Hans-Josef Fell on the sidelines of the clmate change conference in Paris COP21.

Werner Zittel ist überzeugt: Die Blase wird bald platzen. Aus deutscher Sicht hält er es deshalb für ratsam, das Schiefergas lieber im Boden zu lassen. Das Deutschlandfunk-Interview als Video und Audio.

Das Tagesgespräch auf Bayern 2 und in ARD-alpha hat gefragt: Wie ist Ihre Meinung? Kann und muss in Bayern noch mehr auf Windkraft gesetzt werden als bisher? Wo ist es noch sinnvoll und möglich? Wo lassen sich noch weitere Windräder bauen? Antworten gibt Hans-Josef Fell im Interview.

Die ZDF-Sendung Zoom stellt in ihrem ausführlichem Beitrag “Sonne, Wind, Wut” das Zerschlagen des bürgerlichen Engagements beim Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien dar. Zu Wort kommen Betroffene und EWG Präsident Hans-Josef Fell.

In seinem Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau drängt Hans-Josef Fell die EU zu mehr Mut bei der Energiewende und fordert eine vollständige Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft.