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Community-Owned Wind Farms Cure NIMBYism

10:22 am in alternative energy, Business & Politics, communities, economics, germany, renewable energy by TreeHugger

community-owned wind power photo Image credit: Jeff Kubina, used under Creative Commons license. Sometimes there is a fine line between the insightful and the just plain obvious. We've said before that community-ownership of wind power can be a great way to reduce NIMBYism and increase support for renewables. We've even seen some towns take matters into their own hands—demanding that Read the full story on TreeHugger

Recycled Clothes & Resin For Funky Furniture By Tobias Juretzek

10:03 am in designers, furniture, germany, recycled, recycled consumer goods, recycled fashion by TreeHugger

rememberme2.jpgPhotos: Tobias Juretzek From farmhouse beams, to refrigerators and naval mines, furniture made from old -- and odd -- materials is nothing new, but what about furniture that's made from clothing? Defying expectations of what mere clothing can do,...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Germany Passes More Aggressive Renewables Law, Bucks Rumors

8:16 am in alternative energy, Business & Politics, germany, renewable energy, solar, solar power by TreeHugger

via internet business politics It's been a little hard to follow the state of German renewables of late. We've already seen massive growth of renewable energy due to aggressive feed-in tariffs, and even arguments from within the Government that the country should go 100% renewable by 2050. But, despite its high profile commitment to phase out nuclear power (a...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Architects Build Gorgeous Mobile Police Box From Shipping Container Frame

9:46 am in germany, less is more, shipping container architecture by TreeHugger

mobile police station germany photo Images credit Nils Günther This is different: Dezeen shows a police box in front of the Turkish Consulate in Hanover. The police used to sit in an old Volkswagen van, but an architect with the German firm Gesamtkonzept proposed something better, and surprisingly, they accepted the idea. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

German Parliament Accepts 2022 Nuke Shutdown Proposal

12:05 pm in germany, News, nuclear power, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

nuclear-power-germany-photo Photo: Flickr, CC 513 Yays, 79 Nays Here's a quick update on the situation regarding nuclear power in Germany. About a month ago, Brian wrote about a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear power by 2022. We also covered the resulting (sad) corollary: Merkel Says Germany Needs 20GW of Fossil...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Stay a Night in a Bridge Made from Reclaimed Wood, Built Over a River-to-Be

9:25 am in arts, Design & Architecture, germany, rivers by TreeHugger

waiting-river-2.jpg All Images Courtesy of Observatorium Looking at the bridge, you wonder what it's doing there. It sits on dry, flat land. It doesn't connect anything to anything else. And its zig-zagging shape doesn't exactly scream practicality. That's because this is no ordinary bridge: it's also a hostel, a picnic site and an art project. And while the surrounding land is dry for the moment, it won't stay that way: a river is scheduled to arrive in 2020....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Wind-Powered Mosque Planned for German Town

2:28 pm in Design & Architecture, germany, green building, religion, wind power by TreeHugger

mosque minaret silhouette turkey photo A mosque in Istanbul. Photo: Jennifer Hattam. The tall spire that is often the most distinctive architectural feature of a mosque, a minaret is important as the place from which the Islamic call to prayer is issued five times a day. In one small Muslim community in northern Germany, this religious symbol is set to become an environmental one as well: A mosque in the works will be partially powered by wind turbines in its minarets....Read the full story on TreeHugger

German Firm e-WOLF Will Produce the Alpha-2 Electric Sportscar

3:02 pm in cars, electric cars, electric vehicles, germany, tesla motors by TreeHugger

The e-wolf alpha-2 plug-in electric sportscar photo Image: e-wolf German Media Call Alpha-2 the Electric Ferrari It looks like a Lamborghini Gallardo, and sounds like a Ferrari. Of course, the engine roars from a speaker box, because this car is all electric. With two electric motors offering 187 horsepower, spiking to 375 horsepower with 800 Nm torque for 30 seconds bursts of speed, the Alpha-2 can go 0-100 km/hr (0-62 mph) in 3.9 seconds. It's raison ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Merkel Says Germany Needs 20GW of Fossil-Fuel Power Plants Over Next 10 Years

2:21 pm in alternative energy, germany, News, nucleare power by TreeHugger

Angela Merkel germany photo Photo: Wikipedia, CC To Replace Nuclear Power Plants Scheduled to be Shut Down Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, announced that her country would need to build a lot of fossil fuel power plants to pick up the slack from nuclear power plants that are scheduled to be shut down. She said: "If we want to exit nuclear energy and enter renewable energy, for the transition time we need ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

German Risk Evaluation Institute Issues Warning on Melamine Cookware

9:00 am in chemicals, cooking, Food & Health, food safety, germany by TreeHugger

melamine coffee cups photo Image: moon angel According to the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR, or German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), melamine cookware and crockery are not suitable for microwaving, cooking, or exposure to high temperatures. Melamine, the chemical that was abused in the Chinese infant milk formula scandal, is generally considered as relatively non-hazardous (except when fed to infants in hi...Read the full story on TreeHugger