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Herausgeber: Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR)
Renewables outperform nuclear power plants
Muenster - The contribution of renewables to electricity production continues to grow in Germany. In the first two months of 2012 the output of wind and solar power plants totalled 13.2 billion kilowatt hours (Jan. - Feb. 2011: 9.3 bn kWh), a year-on-year increase of 42%, according to the IWR, a German renewable energy institute, which evaluated data from the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in Leipzig. \"This means that wind and solar power plants have produced more electricity than all eight decommissioned nuclear power plants in Germany could theoretically have produced in this period,\" said IWR Director Dr. Norbert Allnoch.
According to Dr. Allnoch the talk of an alleged electricity shortage prompted by the activation of the country’s cold reserve is completely wide of the mark. The Federal Network Agency assumes that the tapping of these reserves at the start of February was prompted by energy traders. Significant shortfalls amounting to several thousand megawatts were attributed to alleged \"load forecast errors\" which then had to be offset. \"It is very surprising that it was possible to calculate a more precise output forecast for the supply of wind and solar electricity than for electricity from conventional power stations,\" said Dr. Allnoch.
Muenster, 1 March 2012
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In 1996, the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) was established as an independent and private service institution of the renewable energy industry. The IWR focuses on the fields of research, economic and policy consultation as well as media and international networks in the renewable or regenerative energies sector. One main objective of the IWR is to play an instrumental role in introducing and spreading awareness for an industrial, international business profile of the renewable energy industry.
Dr. Norbert Allnoch, Director of the International Economic Platform of Renewable Energies (IWR), 1995, on the definition: "According to our definition, the Renewable Energy Industry is one which takes an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of renewable energy supply (protecting both the climate and resources) and the construction of renewable plants and systems (industry policy for the three areas electricity, heat and fuel."Chronology of the Renewable Energy Industry - Important IWR contributions, including prizes and awards - 2007 Publication of the first structural analysis for a federal state according to the IWR-analysis method for renewable systems engineering and services�(study "Zur Lage der regenerativen Energiewirtschaft in NRW" )2007 International network-contacts:IWR-director Dr. Allnoch speaks with King Harald V. of Norway and �slaug Haga, norwegian minister of energy Presentation of the network / RENIXX in the USA, dialogue with McGinty, environment minister of Pennsylvania2006 IWR starts renewable stock index RENIXX� (