Featured in Racing towards high performance – 06-2019

Green and greener

Solar and other renewables are gathering pace as an alternative to heavily polluting fossil fuels – but they also require resources themselves, and produce both carbon emissions and waste during their life cycle. Here pv magazine presents an inventory of PV’s environmental footprint, and the efforts to improve it.

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Ralph Diermann

04 Jun 2019

Image: pixabay

In Berlin, climate protection is taught in school, as stipulated in Germany’s Energy Transition Act. The act states that school projects should raise awareness and understanding of this topic. This makes it all the more surprising that the Berlin Senate is now passing up a great opportunity to introduce students to applied climate protection: The …

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