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  • Press release 29/2017 from 01.09.2017 | Last changed: 11.09.2017

    Emissions trading: EEX holds 500th German auction of emission allowances

    Hands in front of a laptop screen showing a trading picture.

    … of in total approximately EUR 6 billion has been generated. These funds have been used almost completely for financing national and international climate protection … possible incentives for climate protection measures in companies. And by making use of existing infrastructures, the auction procedure entails very low costs for …

  • Press release 070/08 from 23.10.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    Information on energy-efficient city lighting

    … contest, which is aimed specifically at municipalities. Schemes and new plans to use energy-efficient lighting in cities and towns are sought. Press release No. … street and public space lighting alone is equivalent to that of about 1.2 million households and produces more than two tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. … concerns replacement of the high pressure mercury vapour lamps still in widespread use and which consume a great deal of energy. The European Union is preparing …

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    press release 37/2013

    … release 37/2013 25.09.2013 Document press release 37/2013 (197.39 kB) Tags land use land saving … press release 37/2013 …

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  • Press release 21/09 from 21.04.2009 | Last changed: 28.06.2013

    TV sets to consume less energy

    … efficiency and new labelling can reduce energy consumption TV sets are to use less energy in future. Citizens can see just how much by means of new energy use labelling, which is the result of a resolution passed in late March by the EU … to label energy consumption would be similar to the established practice for household appliances, namely into energy efficiency classes A-G. Energy classes A+ and …

  • News from 27.02.2018 | Last changed: 27.02.2018

    New EU Innovation Fund: how can it support climate protection?

    industrial plant

    … innovation in the power sector and industry. From 2019 onwards, this fund will use revenues from auctioning emissions trading allowances for this purpose. … Fund: how can it support low-carbon industry in Europe? Germany 2050 - A Greenhouse Gas-Neutral Country Tags emission reduction European Emissions Trading low … innovation in the power sector and industry. From 2019 onwards, this fund will use revenues from auctioning emissions trading allowances for this purpose. … New EU …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape

    The picture shows a meadow with flowers in various colours and small trees in the foreground. A woodland is visible on the horizon. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … areas reserved for wildlife and landscape. Länder and regional planning authorities use this approach to support the biotope network thus helping animal and plant … enables the planning system to safeguard areas or to impose restrictions on their use, thus protecting the areas concerned from competing land use claims. In 2021 this was the case on slightly more than one third of the entire …

  • DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

    Indicator: Combined heat and power (CHP)

    A graph shows the development of CHP net power generation from 2003 (78 terawatt hours) to 2024 (103 terawatt hours) and the target for 2025 according to the CHP Act.

    … Electricity generation usually also produces heat, which normally remains unused in conventional power plants. Combined heat and power makes use of this heat. CHP systems thus have a far higher fuel utilisation factor when operating as CHP. They use a significantly higher share of the energy than conventional systems. Compared …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘soil’ action field

    … extremes ). Impacts of climate change   Impact: BO-I-1 Soil water in agriculturally used soils Impact: BO-I-1 Soil water in agriculturally used soils Source: Bits and Splits / stock.adobe.com There are critical development …

  • Press release 08/2022 from 31.01.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2022

    Avoiding pollutants in construction materials

    Luftaufnahme eines Neubaugebiets

    … roofs and storm sewers and analysed for pollutants and heavy metals. Modelling was used to apply results to other typical new construction areas. Biocides, root … façade coatings) can enter the environment. The biocides diuron and terbutryn are used to protect against algal and fungal growth. The herbicides Mecoprop and MCPA …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-6: Pumping station performance – case study

    The picture shows the pumping station Steinschleuse on the Eider river. A retaining wall with a bridge and a brick-built house are visible.

    … coastal lowland areas in agricultural production, artificial drainage including the use of pumping stations is an essential tool supplementary to drainage in free … increasingly relevant. The major part of the North German Plain is currently used for agricultural production. The low altitude of the landscape – in most cases … indicator. Furthermore, the associations take every chance to reduce the cost of using the electricity network in an atypical way. For example, pumping takes place …

  • Cover from 02.12.2025

    Conference on “Resource-Efficient Decarbonisation Pathways“

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … of natural resources. Driven by population growth and economic development, global use of material resources has increased tremendously in recent years and is expected … These scenarios describe potential, alternative pathways to achieve a greenhouse gas neutral and resource-efficient economy in Germany by the year 2050. At the … of natural resources. Driven by population growth and economic development, global use of material resources has increased tremendously in recent years and is expected …