Heat transition - PowerShift

Online-Vortrag: „Wärmewende für Alle“

From Leonel / 14.01.2025 Comments Disabled

Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe „Solidarisches Klima“ von Robin Wood. Wie werden Gebäude in Deutschland derzeit beheizt? Was bedeutet Wärmewende und welche Konzepte gibt es dafür? Welche Alternativen zu Öl […]

Panel discussion: “100 Days of Remunicipalisation of District Heating Berlin – First Assessment and Future Perspectives”

From Leonel / 20.09.2024 Comments Disabled

After Berlin has bought back the district heating network and the associated plants from Vattenfall, we want to take stock: How does Berlin Energie und Wärme work with municipal utilities, Berlin state companies, [...]

Berlin Position Paper Renewable: How do we create climate-friendly district heating in Berlin?

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Berlin Position Paper Renewable: How do we create climate-friendly district heating in Berlin?

From Leonel / 02.05.2024 Comments Disabled

On the occasion of the remunicipalisation of Vattenfall Wärme AG, the Berlin Renewable Alliance is calling for Berlin to receive genuinely climate-friendly district heating. The heating sector in Berlin accounts for almost half of the climate-damaging [...]

Position paper: Warming transition in Berlin – fair and ecological

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Position paper: Warming transition in Berlin – fair and ecological

From Leonel / 28.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Almost half of Berlin's CO2 emissions come from heating. But as early as 2035, the whole of Berlin could be warm in winter without polluting the climate, and without rising natural gas prices, [...]

Position paper: Attention, cost trap: Do not burn hydrogen.

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Position paper: Attention, cost trap: Do not burn hydrogen.

From Leonel / 21.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Since 1 January 2024, the Heat Planning Act has been in force, which grants municipalities a key role in the heat transition. We, more than 200 environmental associations and civil society actors, welcome heat planning as a strategic tool...

Press release: Berlin: District heating buyback must be the starting signal for a sustainable heat transition!

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Press release: Berlin: District heating buyback must be the starting signal for a sustainable heat transition!

From Adrian Bornmann / 21.03.2024 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 21.03.2024: Today, the Berlin House of Representatives decides on the acquisition of Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG. PowerShift would welcome the remunicipalisation of Berlin's district heating supply. However, the state of Berlin also acquires [...]

Crash course climate-friendly heating networks

From Leonel / 14.03.2024 Comments Disabled

We are in the middle of the climate crisis, extreme weather events are accumulating. It is high time to change the way we do things, including in the heating sector. This is because not only the CO2 emissions generated by the combustion of coal, [...]

The Fairy Tale of Clean Gas – Told by Texas Activists

From Leonel / 03.10.2023 Comments Disabled

On October 16, a delegation of Texas activists is in Berlin, defending against the construction of LNG infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. The LNG terminals cause serious environmental and health [...]

Crash course: The future without natural gas – how do we achieve the heat transition?

From Tine Laufer / 21.06.2023 Comments Disabled

In this country and especially in the global south, people are increasingly suffering from the consequences of the climate crisis. Persistently high methane emissions contribute significantly to this. Methane, the main component of natural gas, heats the climate [...]