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Renewable energy

Wind power, solar power, hydropower: more and more people are using green electricity. On KfW Stories, we showcase successful projects for more green energy.

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On our website, pictures taken, among others, by the following photographers/photo agencies are used:

Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

Fotolia.com: amandare, Yuri Arcurs, Kitch Bain, Ingo Bartussek, Sergio Donà, drizzd, Dmitry Ersler, eyewave, Zoltán Futó, Eric Gevaert, Fotolia XXV, Friedberg, goodluz, Dirk Hoffmann, imageteam, Christian Jung, Abdelhamid Kalai, Sergej Khakimullin, Vladimir Kolobov, krizz7, Kzenon, lumen-digital, marog-pixcells, Mindwalker, Miredi, mirpic, Nebuto, Tino Neitz, Christian Pedant, Franz Pfluegl, prognone, Gina Sanders, Henry Schmitt, spree berlin, SVLuma, Kheng Guan Toh, tom, Torbz, typomaniac, VRD, Joachim Wendler, Sreedhar Yedlapati.

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Two man attaching solarfilms onto a wall

"On virtually any surface"

Heliatek CEO Guido van Tartwijk on his organic solar films, the solar market of the future and the most important decision in the company's history.

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Employee inspects a pipe in the production hall

Climate action in sunshine-yellow

The Swabian solar thermal manufacturer Ritter Energie has installed a new system to make the production of solar heat collectors more flexible. Ritter Energie wants to use it to increase the economic efficiency of large-scale solar thermal energy systems, as well as to drive forward the transition in heating systems.

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The NordLink cable is rolled up in a cable drum on the ship NKT Victoria.

Green electricity from Norway

In May 2021, after more than five years of construction, the NordLink cable between Norway and Germany was been ceremonially opened. NordLink will directly connect the German and Norwegian energy markets for the first time.

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A new wind in Argentina

German know-how plays a key role when it comes to constructing wind farms in Argentina. With the help of financing from KfW IPEX-Bank, local operators and European wind turbine manufacturers are coming together. An example of international teamwork for climate protection.

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Solar panel Bevinahalli

Green corridors

A solar power plant in the village of Bevinahalli now produces urgently needed energy for the Indian city and IT metropolis of Bangalore. The use of renewable energies in India is indispensable. The country is already the third largest electricity consumer in the world.

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The biggest solar plant of the Carribean

Green electricity for the island

A medium-sized company from the Eifel is planning the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean and helping to put an end to the age of heavy fuel oil. Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) supports the project.

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How a mobile workshop for rotor blades was invented

Full wind power ahead

WP Systems was the first company in the world to develop a mobile maintenance chamber for rotor blades on wind turbines. With this innovative idea, founder Holger Müller and his team won the KfW Entrepreneurs' Award 2017.

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Illustration powerbank from Tesla and Neoen

Giant battery against blackout

The company Neoen has partnered with the Tesla Group to install the world's largest lithium-ion battery – it stores wind energy and is designed to act as a backup in the event of power outages in Australia.

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a cable is being connected to the battery

Electricity to go

Jürgen Zinecker has developed a mobile power pack: ARVEY supplies and stores electricity on the go – with the power of the sun.

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School children doing their homework, illuminated by a Little Sun solar lamp

Light for everyone

Little Sun brings light to developing countries. Little Sun Managing Director Felix Hallwachs on the small lamp that is changing the world.

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Solar power from the desert

Morocco is harnessing this potential to free itself from fossil fuels with concentrated solar power plants. This is exemplary from an emerging country, and a bold step that is supported by international donors like KfW.

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Power from the own harvest

Municipalities and companies all across Germany are using renewable energy. They are almost completely independent of traditional energy suppliers. Learn more about three inspiring projects, including the municipality of Büsingen, which is relying on a local heating network.

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A CityTree in front of a train station

Clean air for city dwellers

Moss and IoT technology for clean city air – this is the basis for the CityTrees project being undertaken by the founders of the start-up company Green City Solutions.

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Landscape with power poles and wind wheels

Smart grids

Unfortunately, green electricity is only produced when the wind blows or the sun shines. This means power consumers need to adjust. With the help of price signals, new intelligent data networks can help to use energy when it is created.

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Carsten Jasper on the rooftop of the climate-friendly complex with ice storage heating in Cologne

Heat from ice

Generating heat from ice, is that really possible? Sternenberger Hof is proving that it is: the climate-friendly complex in the Porz district of Cologne uses an underground ice storage system for its heat.

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