After the somewhat “heavy” items for the last time today I have a little gimmick, and maybe a nice marketing tool for many a reader. Recently I discovered the new “Google Insights”. With this tool you can compare so-called search volume patterns over specific regions, categories, time periods and across Web services. Read More…

Austria has two important roles within Europe. On the one hand, it has, along with Switzerland and Norway, important capacities. On the other hand, in the north-south and east-west direction, a current-transit country. With the increasing integration of renewable energies in the electricity networks, both roles are becoming increasingly important. Read More…

As part of the work initiated by the Austrian Power Grid discussion platform “E-Trend Forum”, experts from universities, NGOs, representatives of the generators, the Environmental Protection Agency and interested representatives from the area of ​​renewable energies since last year about the future of electricity supply. Read More…

Intersolar is over and I can only say: There goes off the post! Even if the period of great innovation appears to be over and it now comes to bring the technology into the mass market, the Intersolar 2011 was really a lot to offer. My live reports for the photovoltaic magazine can be read here.Below are also two good videos of Intersolar TV. Read More…

The last contribution to the blog series storage technologies is already a while ago. Now that the issue of storing methane was again somewhat in the public dealt with this topic. Unique one can hardly say that the Ölära comes to an end. Moreover, from the picture says something about the energy future. Read More…

Because I've spent the last years a lot of time to read many books about me apart to form an opinion of independent media no longer, I would like to publish a selection of those who have influenced me the most here. I wish that more people are again taking time to absorb knowledge and to form an opinion of it. Read More…

Finally a blog Parade in the energy savings on energy! After the terrible events in Japan, this issue is simply getting more important, so I agree with him. I would appreciate further Austrian blogger, who writes each, get a power meter. I am here to realize the saving energy and saving money is not received. Read More…

After I heard about two years ago in Innsbruck, a lecture by the former technology chief of VW, has declared for nearly an hour, that the electrical mobility which is never in my life, always be much too expensive and way to much the VW increase the efficiency of the engine is, I've chopped off to be honest VW / Audi for the topic of e Mobility for the next few years. Read More…

Last post we went to Spain, where it became clear that the massive over-production has attracted particularly large investors and local SMEs had little time to adjust to the boom. This meant that was built primarily by foreign companies and investors in gigantic proportions and could not keep up the domestic industry. Read More…

Yesterday – in many circles of interested energy – is an employee of a utility's now that I will not mention, said:”The energy of a photovoltaic module requires for its production, it produces over its lifetime is not.”What? This statement, which has long belongs to the category “Energy legend” circulating in fact still with us?! Moreover among people who really come to grips with the issue of renewable energy development?So here's a quick post on the subject Unfortunately, the different studies are not similar to the external costs agreement,. Read More…