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Renewable energy

Whether wind, solar or hydropower - renewable energy is booming worldwide. Sun, wind, water, biogas and biomass are readily available and can sustainably supply us with clean energy.

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DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Finite fossil fuels: What if we run out of oil? - Global Us

Oil is a finite resource. Could we run out of it? And: Sport offers hope of a better life.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 5, 202426:04 min
Solar panels and air conditioning can work well together

Keeping cool by harnessing the sun's energy

Air conditioning is energy intensive, expensive and can overload the grid. Could they run on solar instead?
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 5, 2024
Journalist are seen inside a vast thermal tank to store hot water in Berlin. The new facility turns solar and wind energy into heat.

Storing renewable energy as heat to be used later

To store the increasing amount of clean energy coming from renewables, we need batteries. Heat batteries are one option.
BusinessJuly 2, 202411:51 min
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

From beekeeping in Uganda to using worms to make compost in Ethiopia – the many benefits of working with nature.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 28, 202426:04 min
US President Joe Biden

US election: Biden looks to climate action for victory

Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is helping lower electricity bills for many, but its future remains uncertain.
BusinessJune 27, 202404:01 min
A car moves down a street while Kyiv is going through a blackout

Ukraine pushes for renewable energy after Russian attacks

Russian strikes on infrastructure has Ukraine's government calling for every school and hospital to get solar panels.
ConflictsJune 22, 202402:12 min
DW Podcast | Science Unscripted

Your body might not survive a trip to Mars

Why would our kidneys (possibly) fail when we're inside a spaceship? And why do women's bodies do better in space?
ScienceJune 22, 202412:48 min
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Feeling the heat - Eco India

India's heat wave has been one of the longest ever recorded. What can be done to address the root of the problem?
Nature and EnvironmentJune 21, 202426:04 min
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

A singer speaking up in Burkina Faso. Using sewage water to make beer. Replacing plastic with leaves.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 20, 202426:04 min
Water of the Katse Dam in the green Maluti-Mountains in Lesotho

Lesotho's water: Will villagers be compensated?

Experts want revenue from the sale of water to compensate villagers for their resettlement.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 17, 2024
Wind turbines and power pylons against a yellowish sky

Europe needs a green power grid. What's holding it back?

A joint renewables electricity grid would help Europe reach its climate targets. But that requires more than just funds.
BusinessJune 16, 2024
A miner in a coalmine

How to phase out fossil fuels without leaving anyone behind

A climate talks in Bonn, countries discussed how to move to a low-carbon economy while protecting the world's poorest.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 13, 2024
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

Ghana's huge floating solar panels, the Cameroon petro-engineer turned eco hero, and Berlin's ice-age sand dunes.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 10, 202426:04 min
Workers inspecting the floating solar panels on the Bui reservoir in Ghana.

Africa's largest floating solar system

Ghana's floating solar panel farm saves land, protects aquatic life and supports the country's renewable energy goals.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 10, 202405:17 min
Prisoners sitting on the ledges of their cells

Turkey tops renewed spike in European incarceration rate

Europe's prison population rate is up for the second year in a row, marking what may be the end of a decade of decline.
SocietyJune 6, 2024
Aerial view of the floating solar energy plant with a capacity of 40 megawatts of energy in Huainan city, east China's Anhui province

IEA: Clean energy investment to reach $2 trillion in 2024

More money is being invested in solar power than in all other sources of electricity combined, the IEA report says.
BusinessJune 6, 2024
A man carrying a solar panel at a market in Karachi, Pakistan

What's behind Pakistan's solar energy boom?

Electricity in Pakistan is costly and unreliable. Could turning to solar power help residents overcome these challenges?
Nature and EnvironmentJune 5, 202403:29 min
Vorschaubild Planet A

Primary Energy

We only have to replace third of the fossil fuels we're burning!
Nature and EnvironmentMay 31, 202409:51 min
A boy stands on dry and cracked ground

Climate change impacts on hydropower in the Middle East

Through Turkey, Syria and Iraq, the Euphrates-Tigris basin is suffering both water stress and a hydropower deficit.
ClimateMay 31, 2024
DW Sendung Made in Germany

The traditional, the modern, and cannabis

Startups in the coalfields, strikes to exert pressure, and the cannabis business.
SocietyMay 28, 202426:06 min
A worker installs panels for solar electricity production for poor households in Hanoi

Vietnam's shift back to coal is under EU scrutiny

Vietnam is turning back to coal to ensure factories avoid blackouts this year, after costly shortages in 2023.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 27, 2024
DW Sendung Made in Germany

The end of coal mining in Svalbard

Energy transition in the Arctic: Norway closes its last coal mine in Svalbard.
BusinessMay 22, 202406:18 min
Rotating wind blades of a partially wooden wind turbine

The groundbreaking potential of wooden wind turbines

Wind power is environmentally friendly — but building the towers isn't. Could swapping wood for steel be the answer?
Nature and EnvironmentMay 22, 202401:50 min
Dokumentation Vorschaubild | Die Revolution der Erneuerbaren

The renewable revolution - Pioneering the energy transition

We are facing the greatest upheaval since industrialization.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 21, 202442:35 min
A solar power plant is seen with the sun low in the sky

The renewables revolution - Global solutions for energy transition

Mankind is facing the greatest upheaval since industrialization.
ClimateMay 14, 202442:35 min
A coal plant spews out black smoke above a snowy slope

How Norway's Svalbard plans to phase out coal

Svalbard is aiming to end coal production and instead focus on renewable energy. But the transition won't be easy.
BusinessMay 13, 202403:38 min
A jar marked "aMethanol" is filled with a clear liquid

Carbon capture: How to turn air into clean fuel

"Green methanol" has many uses. Could it help propel the transition to renewables by replacing gasoline?
BusinessMay 13, 2024
BdTD | Schottland

Strong solar storm brings spectacular auroras

A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 12, 202401:57 min
A car drives on the road and illuminates poplars under the Northern lights (aurora borealis) glow in the night sky above the village of Daillens, Switzerland

Strongest solar storm in 20 years puts on a light show

A powerful solar storm has been producing colorful light shows at unusual latitudes.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 11, 2024
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Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine

AI helps farmers boost yields. Shea butter empowers women. Solar power on balconies. And a new gaming app.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 9, 202426:06 min
E-car charging at a charging station

Portugal: How the state promotes e-mobility

A standardized payment system and lower electricity costs: This is how Portugal is promoting e-mobility.
Cars and TransportationMay 8, 202404:12 min
DW Made in Germany | Sendung vom 01.05.2024 | Methanol-Antrieb

Green methanol for container ships

A Berlin start-up wants to make green methanol cheaper for container ships.
BusinessMay 1, 202404:40 min
DW Made in Germany | Sendung vom 01.05.2024 | Flusswärmepumpe

Cold river keeping homes warm - MADE

Heating homes with cold water – seriously? We show you how a river heat pump works.
BusinessMay 1, 202407:30 min
Cell fuel stacks on display

Germany's energy transition: Can a new hydrogen scheme help?

Can Germany fuel the country's ambitious push for hydrogen and avoid raising fresh debt at the same time?
BusinessApril 30, 2024
Drought at a Colombian hydropower plant

Can hydropower hold its own against weather extremes?

What is the role of the water-powered renewable in a world facing increasing drought?
Nature and EnvironmentApril 27, 2024
Thumbnail | Planet A

Is Saudi Arabia really quitting oil?

Saudi Arabia has ambitious green energy goals, but what does that mean for their fossil-fuel production?
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 202412:40 min
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani with an official ceremony

Turkey-Iraq ties: Renewed progress, but PKK issue remains

Turkey's president visited Iraq for the first time in over a decade. Did the visit change an uneasy relationship?
PoliticsApril 24, 2024
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Fighting poverty

Growing poverty and how to tackle it — we meet people in Pakistan, the US and Grenada.
EqualityApril 22, 202426:06 min
Farmers harvesting ripe, green papayas in a field in Senegal, Africa

Decarbonizing farming in Senegal

A microcredit system helps farmers in Senegal ditch diesel for solar, cutting costs and pollution.
Food SecurityApril 15, 202404:48 min
Magazin Global Us vom 15.04.2024 | Erdgas Senegal

Senegal: Could gas boost the shift to renewables?

With fish stocks dwindling, people in Senegal's coastal areas are hoping for jobs on gas platforms.
ClimateApril 15, 202406:07 min
The US Capitol building in Washington

US House passes bill to renew controversial FISA spy program

The bill will now to to the Senate where it faces an uncertain future.
PoliticsApril 12, 2024
Chinese workers on an electric vehicle production line in Jinhau, Zhejiang province, China on March 24, 2021

From solar to EVs: How China is overproducing green tech

The US and EU are working to ensure their clean-energy sectors aren't wiped out by unfair competition from China.
BusinessApril 10, 2024
The moon partially covers the sun behind the Statue of Liberty in New York

Millions in US, Canada and Mexico witness total solar eclipse

As the moon blocked out the sun, people in the United States, Canada and Mexico looked up to see the rare event.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 9, 20245 images
Sonnenfinsternis 2024

Sky gazers across North America enjoy total solar eclipse

Tens of millions of people across N. America saw the moon completely engulf the sun — and briefly turn day into night.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 8, 202402:04 min
Visualization of a solar eclipse moments before totality

People across N. America eagerly await total solar eclipse

Spectators are flocking to areas along the eclipse's path in Mexico, the US and Canada to witness the rare phenomenon.
SocietyApril 8, 202401:26 min
Film still from 'Avatar: The Way of Water' featuring two blue characters looking at each other, with one placing her hand on the other's arm.

Solar eclipses in pop culture

As a total solar eclipse crosses North America on April 8, here's a look back at eclipses in film, music and paintings.
CultureApril 8, 202410 images
People watch an eclipse with special protective glasses

Total solar eclipse 2024: A quick guide on what to expect

North America will witness a total solar eclipse on April 8. Find out how and where you can watch it.
ScienceApril 8, 2024
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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

Ghana tackles pollution with citizen science and Kenyan scientists wage fungal warfare against witchweed.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 4, 202426:06 min
A solar panel being made at a factory in China

EU investigates Chinese solar firms over unfair subsidies

Chinese solar panel manufactures have joined bids to build a power plant in Romania.
PoliticsApril 3, 2024
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Solar eclipse? Drive carefully.

There's a 30% increase in car deaths due to solar eclipses, and it's important to know why that happens.
ScienceMarch 30, 202412:08 min