11Apr 2024 
What the press say
This month in ‘What the press say’: Why German municipalities should cooperate on heat planning, how methane leaks can be closed in a cost-effective way and how wind energy is replacing coal as the number one source of energy.
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According to a survey conducted by the German Energy Agency (dena), a number of municipalities have already started their binding heat planning. Solarserver looks at the opportunities and challenges.
spiegel.de, 13 March 2024: „High methane emissions jeopardising climate targets” (in German only)
The International Energy Agency warns that companies urgently need to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas methane. Spiegel.de reports on the low-cost options for closing methane leaks.
The online edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung looks at figures from the Federal Statistical Office on the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix. In 2023, wind energy replaced coal as the number one source of energy.