Fossil fuel companies have followed the example of other industries deflecting blame or greenwashing. Meanwhile, they’ve blocked efforts to regulate or price carbon emissions, run PR campaigns aimed at discrediting viable alternatives, and have abdicated their responsibility in fixing the problem they’ve created. The result has been disastrous for our planet.

In The New Climate War, Mann argues that all is not lost. He draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters-fossil fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petrostates. And he outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change.

With immensely powerful vested interests aligned in defense of the fossil fuel status quo, the societal tipping point won’t happen without the active participation of citizens everywhere aiding in the collective push forward. This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.

Haseeb Ahmad started to lose sight at the age of ten, and was completely blind by the age of 20. Yet with great determination, at the age of thirty-eight Haseeb was applying to join the GB Paratriathlon squad, winning medals at national and international competitions and then shattering the world Blind Ironman record on 2 October 2016.

Use of stationary battery storage systems is increasing rapidly, especially in Germany, where they have seen 50% price reductions in the last four years. With over 100,000 domestic solar storage units now installed in Germany, demand is substantial and battery storage is increasingly economic, particularly when enhanced by smart systems. Energy consultancy denersol have researched the actual usage base and service offerings in Germany today, and this report documents and analyses the wide range of technical applications and solutions currently found there. The demand for customised and cost-effective energy storage systems continues increasing rapidly, driven by governmental climate change commitments, continuing growth in the installation of renewables systems,and the ongoing e-mobility transitions in the transport sector.

Each major type of renewable energy system is covered in this easy to read manual, which can also serve well as a textbook for students of renewable energy, and environment and sustainability courses.

Quaschning begins with our demand for energy: how much we need, how much we use, and what it costs us, and then surveys the state of climate change today, and its causes. The book reports how we both waste and save energy, and surveys the many alternative sources of energy generation, including photovoltaics, solar thermal systems and power plants, wind power systems, hydropower plants, and geothermal power. The current state of biomass energy and the hydrogen and fuel cell industry are covered, as well as some positive examples of sustainable energy and possible futures.

High levels of sunshine and cheap solar energy are attractive conditions for Spain developing a battery storage market in the near future.  This white paper from energy consultancy denersol gives an overview and analysis of the market, and compares it with the large install base found by denersol in their original and comprehensive research on the German battery storage market.  The report paper includes:

• Analysis of the political and economic conditions
• Potential applications of battery storage in Spain
• Business and revenue models and their cost-effectiveness
• Essential differences between the German and Spanish markets

English-German translation of The Madhouse Effect – referred to as “the book Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read” – authored by award-winning climate scientist Michael E Mann and Pulitzer Prize-winning political Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles.  The new 2018 edition added fresh content and cartoons for the Trump Era, and is the first translation into German of this work.

Author George Salden, founder and CEO of Capital Bay GmbH, presents his groundbreaking Dynamic Method for assessing property values for sustainable returns on investment. This new method and software help with pre-purchase assessment of risk and profitability based on the entire investment cycle, drawing on numerous available market indicators. Salden’s method helps avoid the common weaknesses of single-point-in-time value assessment model typically in use today, paving the way to better investments.

FuelCell Energy Solutions GmbH provides ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants in the European Served Area.  E.ON Connecting Energies bundles E.ON’s solutions business in decentralized energy and energy efficiency, serving industrial, commercial and public-sector customers. The technology for this project is supplied by FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:FCEL) a global leader in design, manufacturing, operation and service of  cutting-edge clean fuel cell power plants.

The agreement launched with the sale of a 1.4 MW plant at the headquarters of FRIATEC AG in Mannheim.  FRIATEC hosts the plant and benefits from ultra-clean power and high quality heat along with a reduced  costs and improved energy security.  E.ON owns the power plant and FuelCell Energy Solutions have installed and operate and maintain the plant under a long-term service agreement. Direct FuelCell® power plants are generating ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power at more than 50 locations worldwide.

FRIATEC AG is a specialist firm for non-corroding and wear-resistant materials.  Based in Germany, Friatec serve global markets, including pipe systems, high-performance ceramics and special pumps, and ceramic components used in laboratory, electrical engineering and medical engineering. FRIATEC AG is a member of the ALIAXIS group of companies, which is headquartered in Brussels and is the world’s largest producer of plastic pipe systems for the construction industry and utilities.

The authors explore the risks of inappropriate network security, and describe the mechanisms and protocols which can be employed to counter those risks, as well as how the mechanisms and protocols work.

Guenter Schaefer is a professor at the Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany.   His research interests are in network security, networking protocols, mobile communications, and innovative communication services and architectures.

Michael Rossberg is a PostDoc Researcher at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. In 2011 he obtained his Ph.D with a thesis on peer-to-peer-based auto-configuration of large scale IPsec VPNs. His research interests lie in network security and performance evaluation and optimization.

In 2010 Michael Rossberg and Guenter Schaefer jointly received  the third prize of the German IT Security Award for their work on automatic configuration of large scale VPNs.

A comprehensive handbook of all the latest design, layout and construction methods for entire PV plants. Subject matter includes design of both stand-alone and grid-connected systems in addition to practical guidance on typical operational scenarios and problems encountered to achieve optimum performance of PV plants. A resource and desk reference for electrical engineers and other professionals working with PV systems, especially designers and installers working with PV plants or manufacturing and testing of PV.

Professor Häberlin is the head of the photovoltaics laboratory at the Berne University of Applied Sciences (BFH), and some of the content is available for browsing here.

A groundbreaking report investigates and documents of one of globalisation’s biggest winners, the powerful commodities trading industry. In the last decade Switzerland has emerged as one of the world’s dominant trading hubs for commodities, handling from 15 to 25 per cent of world trade, with all the world’s largest trading houses operating partly or mainly from Switzerland due to the welcoming regulatory and political climate.

This study contains comprehensive background research on how oil sales function, on oil sale governance risks, and on how global oil prices get identified and vary over time. The study is based on research into how eleven different nations sell their national oil production. The authors’ key recommendations include:

• Governments should require commodity traders and other buyers registered or listed in their country to report on payments made to producer country governments.
• National oil companies should also disclose all financial transfers to and from the government.

200-page e-book (PDF) available for free download from here.

In this groundbreaking book, energy systems modelling expert Dr Gregor Czisch analyses electricity supply options for Europe and its neighbouring regions. He describes how our electricity supply could be structured in an optimally cost-effective manner largely based on currently available technologies. Czisch proposes that power plant usage and selection be optimised in a manner that takes full account of the availability and intermittency of renewables. To this end, the author provides a number of solutions entailing a wide range of thought-provoking scenarios.

Czisch’s visionary study shows that a pan-European renewables-based supergrid using high-voltage DC lines extending into North Africa could supply an area spanning 50 countries with a combined population of 1.1 billion. The author demonstrates that such a supergrid would obviate the need for fossil fuels and nuclear power, and that its costs would be on a par with or perhaps even lower than our current electricity supply system

The Nord Stream project is the world’s longest underwater sea pipeline, measuring 1.222 kilometres in length.   Owned and operated by Nord Stream AG, it pipes natural gas from Vyborg in Russia to Greifswald in Germany, and comprises two parallel lines. The first was completed in 2011, and the second in 2012.

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Shell state that they believe that responsibly delivering cleaner, more reliable and affordable energy is the best contribution that they can make today to a more stable world where economies can thrive. To do this they work with others including communities, other companies, governments, consumers and non-governmental organisations.

German to English translation of a medical equipment book published by Blackwell.