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The Energy Export Initiative is conducting a new study to analyse the potential of supplying power to mines using renewable energies. The emerging mining nations of Mali and Senegal serve as an example of how this can be done. The mining of industrial and precious metals, rare earth elements and precious stones is a very energy-intensive process. Pressure is growing ...

The German government has set itself the goal of rapidly expanding its renewable energies as part of the energy transition. Sun and wind, however, are subject to fluctuations in relation to the weather, and are not geared towards demand and market requirements. To offset these fluctuations and guarantee that the power supply can meet demands, high-performance energy-storage systems will be ...

With the phase-out of nuclear power production in 2022 and the planned end of coal-fired power generation in 2038, one thing is certain: Wind and solar energy will be the main pillars of electricity supply in Germany in the future. However, both renewable energy sources are subject to weather-related fluctuations. As an energy medium, hydrogen can balance out these fluctuations ...

Since 1st February 2019, Andreas Feicht has been the new Secretary of State for Energy in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Berlin. Feicht was previously head of the Wuppertaler Stadtwerke.

On 1st August 2015, Ulrich Benterbusch, who had been Managing Director at the German Energy Agency (dena) Berlin since October 2014, returned to the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), where he is managing sub-department II B, Heating and Efficiency in Industry and Private Households and Sustainability Mobility.