How Putin made Europe go green faster

One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?
Credits:
Reporter: Ajit Niranjan
Video Editor: Nils Reinecke
Supervising editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
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Read more:
European Commission data on imports of Russian fuel:
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statist...
The International Energy Agency's 10-point plan to cut demand for Russian gas: iea.blob.core.windows.net/ass...
The IEA's guide to avoid gas shortages in 2023:
www.iea.org/reports/how-to-av...
EMBER's review of European electricity:
ember-climate.org/insights/re...
The IEEFA's analysis of European LNG:
ieefa.org/articles/over-half-...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Eggs & baskets
02:20 Back to coal?
04:27 Renewables push
05:38 Humble heat pumps
07:23 Use less?
09:15 Future
10:47 Conclusion

[@DWPlanetA]

What do you think, how well did Europe respond to the energy crisis?

[@ricga6795]

Invest into nuclear fusion, uphold nuclear fission reactors, stop bringing people into poverty with the green deal and the new WEF investment manipulation. And buy russian oil again, coal is even worse. See you around, dont get hooked on these conspircy theorists like DW and other media.

[@MR-blackRavn]

​@@user-vl8oo5lh4r Biomass is not the future and America also have an nitrogen crisis

[@ecltitox4510]

@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists yep in fact a politician said to the french people nuclear was super dangerous and all so energy still comes for a share of fossil fuels

[@osheridan]

​@@ecltitox4510 yeah, it really annoys me seeing as it's literally LESS dangerous than fossil fuels. You could have a more intelligent conversation with a five year old than a politician with a goal set in stone

[@glynnec2008]

Germany shut down perfectly good nuclear power plants and started burning dirty brown coal. Are we supposed to be impressed by such idiocy? Germany is too far north to rely on solar, and wind is not RELIABLE. As far as I can tell, they have no real plan to deal with their energy crisis. Furthermore, military spending will consume a much larger share of their GDP for the next few decades, so they don't have a lot of money to waste on silly "green dreams"

[@budawang77]

Someone should give Vlad an Environmental Hero Award. While they're at it, he should get an award for his key role in strengthening and enlarging NATO. What a great guy.

[@e.458]

And then donate the prize money to Ukrainian children's funds in his name.

[@srinathshettigar379]

Which Vlad? there are so many of them🤣🤣🤣

[@5daboz]

I would gladly hate americans again for their nonsense wars and their contribution to climate change, tnx. They are truly blessed to have someone even worse than them on the same planet they occupy. How many people are shouting right now that now Russia will see why americans dont have universal healthcare. Yes. Why do they not have it? Because they are extremely bad example to everyone else right now.

[@takgillo]

​@@srinathshettigar379 Vladislav the poker

[@snarveien1853]

After their current heavy usage of coal, Europe is polluting worst lol. It will take so much time for Europe to offset that emissions. Let us not kid ourselves.

[@owenwaters2413]

I think this shows that countries can go green faster they just don't want to Edit: I didn't say there wouldn't be consequences I said it can be done.

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Capitalism will be what destroys us all unless we can put our futures and children’s futures ahead of greed. This doesn’t seem likely due to how brain broken capitalism has made most people within post-industrial and service driven economies.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

There are people who want to do this, but there are also groups who don't want to. And unfortunately, it is often easier to slow things down than to push them forward.

[@Dekatelon]

Well that's because their constituents don't want that

[@AllPileup]

@@Dekatelon Only because most of them are affected by government's "no plan for unemployed coal/oil workers" policy. If there are insured a job or a means of living, they would have no problem accepting the greener future.

[@pietrodeveloper]

This shows that SOME countries can reduce emissions, at a cost that most people on this planet can't afford. I hope you are not thinking that Europe is in the same position as Africa, India, and China, as it is in those countries where emissions are still increasing (excluding China if you believe their data) and where more than half of the world's population and about 80% of newborns reside.

[@vcwloves9864]

I'm an American who lived in the Netherlands in 2022. I love winter, so I had no problem lowering the temperature of our house a bit. It was rather comfy walking around in warmups and a sweater all day. The government didn't recommend or mandate it, but it was our own little way of helping, no matter how small.

[@RomanKoval-ju6ht]

in my room temperature dropped to 7 degree Celsius, because Grad rocket hit in 15 m from our windows - so glasses were blew out. And ALL near buildings got Grad rockets. Many were killed

[@lillexus5589]

Meanwhile the lower class has to breath in harmful spores on the daily because they have to reside in moldy sociale huurwoningen, that will only get moldier. Way to go!

[@vcwloves9864]

@@lillexus5589 I'm not apologizing fir not being lower class. 🤷‍♀️

[@zenster1097]

I love the cold. That's why this sucks all the more.

[@alexbroere2669]

Like Covid you can once again say "never let a good crisis go to waste." Once again it shows that if needed the industry can speedup and money is available. If only the world would work together to fix the planet.

[@matodvorak58]

but you are missing something. world is not about something is hapenning, so lets assimilate. goal is already set by "elites" and we are just pretending natural developement

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Yep, it's an artificially engineered scarcity that is tormenting the working poor.

[@Anon-nv7bp]

whose money exactly? big industry getting tax breaks and grants from working people's tax money to upgrade to more efficient equipment. what grants does the average person get to improve their own home's insulation? nothing. companies worth millions living off the backs of the average worker, as usual.

[@neillynch_ecocidologist]

Planet can hardly be fixed, it seems. Until we address overpopulation (the effects of which are worst in affluent nations that do all the polluting). Ecophonies talk about ending 'climate change' like climate change is the be-all and end-all. When it obviously isn't. Will turbines bring pollinators back, for instance (or just add to their death)? Trust me, I literally wrote the book on the only real way in which the ecocide can be tackled in time.

[@JackdotC]

​@@neillynch_ecocidologist must not be a very good one, can't find any mention of a book by anyone with your name. Also overpopulation is not a real issue, the world easily has enough resources for everyone living on it to survive. The issue is about 60% of them are used by the richest 10% of the population. If wealth disruption on a global scale occured, all of humanity could live fairly comfortably.

[@abcdefgh1279]

How is switching from nuclear to coal, like Germany, "going green"? 🤔

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

We have had A-A heat pumps for almost 20 years. Even with (for most of the time period) low Norwegian electricity prices, this has saved a lot of money. The first pump went almost in balance, but broke down after around five years And the dealer went bankrupt because of him importing nice looking, but badly modified and thus unreliable Chinese AC-units. Lesson learned, we bought a purpose modified Fuijtsu with heating cables for winter use and so on. Paid down after less than five years, still chugging on.

[@aries6776]

Can I ask what the modification involves?

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@aries6776 I am NOT a technician, but from what I know AC units and HP units are very similar. But the HP has a reversing valve, some system for removing ice and condensation from the now very cold outdoor unit, as well as other minor modifications to wiring, parts and software. What killed our first unit was condensation and degradation of the outdoor unit electronics because of insufficient heating. Plus rampant corrosion. Low quality metals and questionable surface treatment. Not suited a house in a city with 250 rainy days each year and salty air from the harbour 100 m away. But our mild average temperature is ideal for HP, and a Japanese quality system build as a proper HP is long-lived. Bonus: The inbuildt air cleaner, and I have used the system a few times for cooling and demoisting on hot, humid summer days.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@ValMartinIreland Yes and no. You get back 2-5 times the energy you put in, depending on the outdoor temperature. Our mild climate is ideal, but the best models generate plus-heat down to -25C. We use the HP as base warming, set on 16-17C, then use a wood burning stove as an addition when needed (yearly around 35 sacks (65l) of cheap, but dry, unpainted scrap wood from a local carpenter). Result: Very low energy use for a 200 year old house.

[@aries6776]

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 That's really interesting to learn about. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

[@iareid8255]

Jan, it is a misconception to consider electricity as energy. It is an energy carrier and there are considerable losses from generation to distribution, take that into consideration and the figures do not look so good.

[@7thsealord888]

Wow. So, not only has Putin given NATO its biggest boost in decades, he's also helped environmentalism. The man is amazing.

[@Dan-dy8zp]

He might boost him self right out of power if he keeps making choices against his own people's economic interests.

[@ivan4ikok]

And all this for small price of destruction and murder.

[@andrewj4426]

He even blew up a pipeline going to Germany creating the single biggest man made methane release and Europe completely crickets on the environmental disaster. oh wait ... you can tell Europe knows who did it because they don't dare mention the methane release while they want their people to eat bugs instead of beef.

[@carkjung]

​@@Dan-dy8zpus provoked the war

[@useruser-wc6mc]

37% of Ukrainians have their loved one injured or died because of the war

[@prim16]

This is incredible news. I really thought the war made the climate crisis worse. The reopening of all the coal plants was big news here in the US, but not green energy.

[@raizenxdd]

dont trust these pro eu copium propaganda

[@kauevampiro7186]

Clean energy is the better option everywhere

[@sleepyjoe7843]

Except your wallet.

[@kurzerpfurzer1254]

​@@sleepyjoe7843 1kwh from wind cost around 5 Cents, from solar around 7 - 10 cents from nuclear 38 cents and from gas around 28 cents

[@sleepyjoe7843]

@@kurzerpfurzer1254 Are you just inventing the numbers? Here in Belgium solar: 20-30 cents. Wind: 15-20 cents. Gas: 5-8 cents. Nuclear. 0.5 cent... How did invent the number of 38 cent for the cheapest energy on earth?...

[@irgendwer3610]

@@sleepyjoe7843 subsidized

[@JaiD0427]

@@irgendwer3610 - That still means someone has to pay for it 🤦‍♂

[@lorenzoventura7701]

Italian government just reduced gas taxation and increased electricity taxation. I ask myself how many ENI shares Giorgia Meloni owns to move consumption from electricity to gas after these hard lessons, not to mention the climate.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

Supporters of far-right politics are usually not interested in climate policy. So I'm not very surprised.🤷‍♂

[@Silver_Prussian]

Why didnt you asked yourself how much of the italian industry mario dragi sold ? Also this is good because people whos whole life is dependent on gas can finaly get bit of fresh air.

[@aries6776]

lol do you know what I bet she also got paid to ban ChatGPT over 'privacy' concerns, but facebook is allowed???

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

Yes, that is a crazy thing to do, especially when the logic of shifting from gas to heat pumps for home heating is so strong. Electricity can be made in many ways and all the grids in Europe are getting cleaner by the year. All Italy has done by shifting taxation onto electricity is make more people unhappy, especially those who have ditched petrol and diesel for their cars and gone electric

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 do you know how expensive an those microwave on wheels are and the cheap ones are uneffective. They are a simple scam that is not only killing car culture and car enthusiasts but also the enviroment and contributes to further incentives slave labour for the mining of lithium

[@rubbersoul3723]

American watching from the State of Rhode Island in the U.S.-I only discovered DW online since the Russian invasion of Ukraine-but the content is always concise and substantive-giving a more detailed view of what's going on with our European neighbors than I typically find in U.S. news sources-another great job guys!

[@tomboss9940]

That's the power of western European public media. And hardly any advertisements in tv.

[@CHMichael]

Used to watch before the 2nd gulf War on npr ( TV version) - then it was taken down because germany was not on the same page. Just a little history.

[@tiro0oO5]

Hi US ally :) … DW id indeed good, but keep in mind that it IS gouvernement controlled. Still better than most privat news outlets. Have a nice day

[@rubbersoul3723]

@@tiro0oO5 Interesting point-didn't know the State role in DW-sounds like it's akin to our PBS News in the U.S.-anyway-I continue to be impressed with the quality of the content-PEACE BRO! 😇

[@kunalvarjani]

You are watching western propaganda

[@a24396]

Except for five or six days when it was really cold, I haven't used my heat at all. And I'm in Germany. I suspect the best investment for saving energy and cutting energy use isn't going to be more efficient heating devices, but better insulation. My home was built in 2010 and it's rated very high on the energy efficiency and insulation scale. That's why it stays warm in the winter. That it saves me money is a byproduct of that efficiency.

[@lobarkurbanova8040]

same in Canada, where i live, insulation is the best saver.

[@choupi4719]

there's no such thing as "more efficient heating device"

[@a24396]

@@choupi4719 Yes there is. Go argue with the Germans about it.

[@larsrons7937]

Denmark here. I had the heating on for 4 months instead of 6 months, and set the thermostat to 18.C instead of 19.C. I spent half the amount of oil I am used to. About 500 litres for a 160 m2 house. I used to consume 1,000 l. for a winter.

[@henkvandervossen6616]

What I missed was the mention of windfarms at sea, that are expanding rapidly, both in quantity but also at reduced prices

[@modemmann303]

Yea. And how the expansion of the power supply lines needed to transport the offshore-electricity to the consumers is going 😉

[@Youbetternowatchthis]

@@modemmann303 About as well as the infrastructural projects or a common European train network. Not a problem of the technologies though...

[@DWPlanetA]

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[@SmilingNinja]

Yup! Since the early 2000s, the UK alone has installed more than 13000 MW of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea. There's still so much untapped offshore wind power in the Baltic and Mediterranean too.

[@nicktecky55]

You must have missed the start of the 2021 summer energy crisis. The North Sea turbines all stopped turning, because of a common weather event called (in the UK) the Scandinavian High. Wind speeds at or below Force 3 for over 4 weeks. That event can happen in the winter as well, and is frequent. Londoners understand it because it produces a particularly nasty high pollution event each time. Octopus Energy in the UK is already introducing tariffs with 'plunge pricing' when the price is below zero, the consumer is literally being paid to take the electricity away! Please don't say batteries, what is on offer is lithium-ion technology based, probably more damaging to the environment than just using FC and carbon capture.

[@koenigkorczak]

I mean, the word "krisis" [κρισις] literally translates to "decision". It's the nature of any true crisis that there is an opportunity for improvement to be seized.

[@Rom2Serge]

Quiet an improvement, here in Spain electricity prices risen to 0.40€ a kilowatt. On my staircase are 14 apartments where live people of predominantly of working class. Now 2 out of 14 , with cannot afford electricity, and I am helping charging them power banks so they could charge their phones. Yes helped this hard working people go green , no electricity no greenhouse gases being produced like in good old pre-industrial times. Oh yes de-industrialization of helped EU go greener, major companies are moving to China or USA , and even secretly to Russia , where energy is still cheap. And you all propagandized people bullshitting yourself how Europe became greener. Such an impressive work of mental gymnastics. Well done.

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

Great quote

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

​@@Rom2Sergethe transition will be painfull, but ignoring reality does not work either

[@Rom2Serge]

@@Stan_the_Belgian I understand impotancy of climate change. but I see reality on local scale, particularly of people who are living in our community. 2 families out of 14 cannot afford to pay electricity bills. And I find it very disturbing.

[@Zybran93]

​@@Rom2SergeWell but the recent years surge in energy price was also largely influenced by Frances nuclear energy shut down and them buying alot of energy on the market, forcing more and more Fossil fuels to be used for electricity... renewables are still cheaper than fossil fuels, especially in Spain. High Energy prices are mainly fueled by high fossil fuel prices. But energy prices will continue to rise if we don't build up a sustainable energy production, since fossil fuel prices will continue to rise as they are running out

[@jameslewis2635]

The main stumbling block in getting people to switch to reniewable energy sources has (in reality) always been the amount of investment needed in terms of creating an infrastructure based around them. Once that infrastructure is in place and paid for the generation costs become massively lower than in traditional coal, gas and oil based power plants.

[@Wolf-hf9fv]

well didn't work for germany now did it? They just extended their coal extraction by 10 years

[@saktiperdana5936]

Funny they good the tools from china 😂

[@strollingthroughparadise353]

Thank you for showing such a positive attitude to changing what happened into a great step forward into what needs to be done anyway! This is the best way to see that so many things happen that seem to be negative, but are really opportunities to make positive changes.

[@hassansyed5661]

I have installed 5KW solar system at home because I am expecting energy crisis across the globe will increase in the coming years.

[@thegreatdane3627]

probably a good investment 👍

[@IMGreg..]

Great move, if you can afford it. Governments should offer near zero interest loans for private homes to go solar, with payments based on a years consumption of utilities. With excess sent to the grid at a reduced rate to offset the low interest for a specified term.

[@srinathshettigar379]

@@IMGreg.. you want govt to print more free money?🤣🤣🤣

[@happymelon7129]

😅But all the solar panel are from XinJiang China. 😅Which U$ EU UK said they are made by "forced labour '".

[@Youbetternowatchthis]

A friend of mine built solar on his house roof 5 years ago. It should pay for itself by around 10 years. That was the plan. Thanks to current events, it already has. I think you made one of the best investments you could right now. If you own a house. Solar cells are a money printer. [edit: typo]

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

So impressed by the EU unity and brilliant response to this crisis. Astonishing.

[@operator9858]

lol you will believe anything wont you?

[@jorgegomez524]

Just propaganda

[@liljanasufaj4130]

​@Anik Samiur Rahman Why are you so negative? I work in a school in London and it is true that we reduced the heating at the schools and didn't keep it for all day, but only a few hours in the morning. Also, at home, people used less energy and dressed up more than before when they would put the heating on with windows opened. So, it is true that Europe did its best to save energy....

[@liljanasufaj4130]

@Anik Samiur Rahman " Every little help" is an expression. Individual actions create group actions, and so on and on. It may not solve the whole problem, but surely it helps. So, no, I don't think that this way of thinking is flawed.... "Stone after stone, you build a wall and wall after wall, you build a tower"

[@justjoking5841]

Meanwhile : Germany opening up its coal mines

[@terramater]

One major renewable energy source that Europe started to invest more in was biomass. Subsidies for industry and private households support it, and it sees the bloc burn around 24 million tons of wood pellets each year. But our crew found a problem with it and investigated it: biomass isn't as "green" as people think. Burning wood can actually emit more CO2 than coal. And, even worse, Europe's insatiable demand for wood pellets threatens some of the continent's oldest forests. Our team explored a hidden energy crisis, and it's such an important topic to learn, considering the moment that we're living!

[@olundqvist89]

There are a couple of good ideas that got implemented quickly. Heat pumps are near the top of that list. One stat that I rarely see mention, and might be hard to track, is the increased use of woodburning stoves. In the southern parts of Sweden basically all regular firewood was sold out. And despite there being plenty up north the supply glut remained. As high electricity prices started hitting the northern parts as well (where everyone has a fireplace and a woodburning stove) their consumption likely ramped up pretty hard too. A lot of the issues in the energy market remain only slightly improved for the coming winter, I wonder if the consumption of firewood will keep rising. I'd also be interested in how common fireplaces and woodfired stoves are when you get below the Scandinavia.

[@DanieliusGoriunovas]

I will add a perspective from Lithuania - woodburning stoves also became a bit more popular, but not as much as heat pumps because most of our wood came from Belarus and Ukraine before the war. After the war started the prices of wood products skyrocketed. So currently everyone here is betting on solar + heat pumps.

[@januszwojewoda92]

Why is Germany still fighting against nuclear energy and shutting down plants that could easily run for another 10 years?

[@abbofun9022]

Decades of Scare mongers like GreenPeace et al, simple as that. No logic involved.

[@D3xterJettster]

Solar & wind propaganda

[@CarloLeonKolega]

woke

[@mikkelv7020]

They are old and its costly to maintain them. Also the development into renewable energy such as solar and wind are getting very affordable so switching to them is good for the environment and for the voters.

[@ad_astra468]

​@Здоровье и питание So? Let it run out who cares. What's the point of having uranium and not use it for energy?

[@DanielBrklyn]

This reporting is missing some hard numbers. I was waiting for some numbers in the end showing what percentage of European energy is coming form renewables and how that changed across the war period. That information never came.

[@bhavyapal]

Yeah, I think that the less emissions are due to the decrease in use of fossil fuels due to having a shortage in gas once the supply is restored the emissions will get to where they were one year ago or maybe even higher

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

I don't think it will have changed that much in a year. It takes longer than a year to go from deciding you want to build a solar or wind farm, planning it, getting permission, building it and getting a grid connection. This process usually takes 5-8 years. But the war has accelerated interest in doing it. In a few years a lot more should come online.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

@@billimew7496 it's true that we will need a lot of storage to get off gas completely, but Russian gas is less than half of European total gas usage. If you build enough solar and wind and just use gas as a backup when those aren't producing you can cut usage enough to not need Russian gas at all without any storage.

[@tessjuel]

I'm not sure if there is any data for 2022 yet but the share of renewables in EU's energy consumption was already steadily rising before that, from less than 10% in 2004 to 22.2% in 2021.

[@verygoodbrother]

​@@adrianthoroughgood11915 to 8 years I think is wrong. On a recent project I worked on it took 2 years for a 12 MW solar farm to be built and start functioning. The longest delay is waiting for the components to be delivered, supply chain issues. The actual construction is easy especially if the solar farm is on the ground like in our case.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Insulation, rock wool, fiberglass and other options are expensive to install but will cut heating costs by 50 to 80 percent like they do in Iceland all year long. And do not need a lot of maintenance, in addition makes houses last longer. But a lot of houses lack Insulation.

[@spacefacts1681]

You'll see a stall in economic growth not unlike what happened in the UK for many RE maximalist European nations over the next decade You won't like what I've just said, but remember it

[@TheBlackIdentety]

Indeed, we installed three air to air heat pumps last September. They're great.

[@i.dr.8012]

What a guy, hero of European unity and progress ❤️🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇴 just got a 3KW system on my house with a government program for solar energy.

[@DobermannJeff]

Mhm die europäische Einheit gilt solange Geld abfliest ^^

[@blazer9547]

​@@DobermannJeff europe or nothing

[@Losjo4093]

Here in sweden i was needing to have 2 blankets in winter because they had brought the tempeture down to 18 or 19° and it should be 21°

[@jpa5038]

This really can't be talked about enough. Electric vehicle dominance, solar panels on homes and businesses just becoming standard, alternative green energy farms and production plants springing up all over the damn world. Looking at energy independence, energy self-sufficiency and renewable clean energy through the lens of foreign policy is a positive development for the world. Countries that think about their energy needs in terms of a vulnerability to be fixed before hostile nations can use it against them will do better than those countries that do not.

[@jpa5038]

@@cimmerian5194 In 2022, EV sales were 5.7% of all car sales in the US. That's up from 3.2% in 2021. There are countries in the world that already get the vast majority of their total energy needs met by renewable sources like wind, solar, hydro-electric, etc. And it won't be long before all of their energy needs are met by renewables. It's a new world out there. Take a look around it sometime.

[@Christopher_T_Paul]

As a homeowner, the only real thing you can do to help with being green is to install insulation and solar panels. Buying an EV isn't really helpful, unless your government has pledged to produce clean electricity.

[@jpa5038]

@@Christopher_T_Paul Do all 3. Reduce your carbon foot print to basically nothing, rake in the long term savings when energy prices increase and sit back knowing it all has no effect on you anymore. I drive an EV, my home has solar panels/upgraded insulation. I don't care at all what the price of gas is or how much electricity costs. I've put my money in these 3 places to make me immune from all of that.

[@guilherme832]

@@jpa5038 maybe driving an EV is better, but I think you should really just use public transports. I know that sometimes, specially when you don't live in a big city that isn't possible, but if you can, you should.

[@rklauco]

Our family also took action - switched car to EV and built a well-insulated house with heat pump and lots of solar. Not only because Putin, but it played a major role in the decision process.

[@vhateg]

@@ValMartinIreland cope 😂

[@advancedomega]

@@vhateg EV is heavier, means you need more energy to move it, and it damages the roads far faster. EV massive battery is far more likely to explode than a gas tank. The same battery is just like handphone battery: it got bad after certain time. Guess how many can be repaired. BTW, thx to the Russian sanction, energy price goes up, that means charging your EV is far more expensive than before. Look, EV is not the elixir for the climate change. Stop believing the global propaganda.

[@ericsmith1453]

Umm your EV has a massive environment footprint in manufacturing and the energy it uses are just generated elsewhere but I suppose it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy then.

[@SocialDownclimber]

@@ericsmith1453 He literally said he has lots of solar. Look through your biases to see what he actually wrote please.

[@Franchesko653]

@@ericsmith1453 it's now liked that but in the future the batteries will be recycled

[@peteratkin3788]

unusually informative, keep up the good work...

[@DWPlanetA]

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[@curties]

you cant really get around long time contracts when it comes down to energy. both sides need a guarantee that the deal goes through in the end so 10-15 year contracts are standard. now I would love to see some work done on the grid expansion we need in europe.

[@ianmatthews7385]

Great informative vid this thanks!

[@tengkualiff]

Putin's true ambition realized

[@FBISHOJI]

7 sus bio labs in Ukraine

[@googane7755]

Putin is truly a climate change activist and NATO front man. Nobody has done this much to help the west and the environment as this guy.

[@loonowolf2160]

​@GENZ Withdamnsense on ur dreamssssss like any proof? Oh you don't have them cuz Ukraine is sinning with conventional weapons so st fu

[@Bdub1952]

@@FBISHOJI Putin achieved: 1. European support of Ukraine 2. Isolated Russia 3. United EU 4. Enlarging EU 5. Militarized EU 6. Revitalized EU-US 7. Rejuvenated @NATO 8. FIN & SWE BTO U-turn 9. FIN joining NATO 9. Accelerated green transition So many accomplishments in so little time.

[@Silver_Prussian]

​​​​​​​​@@Bdub1952 nope none of that was achieved you guys like to say because it makes your ,,this backfired" argument work but it doesnt 1 European support for ukriane is being kept artificially via lying to the public which is already having doubts even in countries like poland there are anti ukrainain protests 2 isolated you cant be serious russia is trading with every single nation in the world for anything that it needs infact in 2022 trade between European nation and russia increased 3 uniting the eu on one issie doesnt mean anything and it doesnt add anything to the claim. Whether he did invade or not the eu would not have collapse or anything like that 4 enlarged how exactly ? You have a few country candidate that habe stayed that way for years and will continue to just stay candidates for years. Not only that but enlargement means the need for representation which means france and germany will have to now listen to more and more demands from other nations and they wont be able to command them, that one of the reason turkey is being kept away because they would have ridiculous amount of representation 5 militarized it ? Is this a out of date aprils fool joke, half of the total european force is not combat ready or capable. See germany or the uk. In bakhmut alone there are more forces on one side than the whole brittish army 6 it didnt revitalise anything regardless of what happend the us would still have its poisonous fangs stuck deep into european flash 7 destroying the neutrality of these two nations was a long term goal for year for the us and for us subordinates in those nations 9 accelerate it with increase of fossil fuels and yet again retarded nuclear energy policy,

[@DB-ub3wx]

We could go green worldwide in less than 5 years but the rich that have shares in these gas companies just happen to also be in our governments.

[@AjayTiwari-en9nz]

Not sure about whether it can be done at a global scale in 5 years but the rich west can certainly do it.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Gas has so many uses other than electricity like metallurgy glass production heating cooking and chemical industries like fertilizers

[@jim-7965]

@@baha3alshamari152 yes, but for most things you coud use hydrogen.

[@baha3alshamari152]

@@jim-7965 Hydrogen is very expensive it also leaks easily compared to gas Until the technology develops to produce cheap hydrogen and make containers that can hold it efficiently and transport it without leaking to the atmosphere before using it then gas is still superior and needed

[@jim-7965]

@@baha3alshamari152 i actually have not enough knowledge about the leaking to say something about it. But kinda expensive because there is not enough production. With government financial support it could ramp up production and would get cheaper

[@Tedixhi]

Thx Vlad

[@FlipLed]

Hello there! Very cool and informative video! I know that you've covered some topics about nuclear power plants, but could you specifically talk about why Germany is abandoning theirs? Especially in the power crisis we needed to survive, what incentives are behind turning them off? Thank you for your work.

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey Flip 😊 Lucky you! Stay tuned for our video going live at 4 pm today ✨

[@fabiofboful]

Bureaucracy is the achilles heel of democracy, a lot of people rulling it and voiding eachother. But it changes when they get united due an external 'enemy'....Maybe a lession can be learned from all this experience.

[@sarcasticbhai]

Thank you guys for doing this. You guys are amazing and lots of love ❤ for that. Can you make a video on impact of climate change on declining productivity of Seeds and how this will increase the food prices and will push low income level people towards hunger.

[@DWPlanetA]

Hello! Thanks for your suggestion. In the meantime, if you're worried about food shortages 👉 previously we made a video about microbes 🦠 that could potentially be the answer to helping our soils, ecosystems and food systems 📺kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3vcfIOKfr2ggck. Also, how great permaculture is? Growing vegetables in a cyclical, self-sustaining system, without artificial pesticides or fertilizers 📺kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2HVgoGPgtytnLs. Please, let us know your thoughts in the comments. 🌸

[@worldisone1975]

A heat pump is the best thing you described.

[@casplant]

well done! not even seen the vid.. but that is on point!

[@damianousley8833]

No, not really. The Germans have gone back to fossil fuels from other providers and have extended local coal mines to produce thermal coal and now looking towards Nuclear . The Berlin referendum to bring forward the renewables failed abysmally in a rout for the greenies. It was only lucky that the winter in europe was mild. How many german forests are to be clear felled for renewables.

[@myselfandeye3884]

It just shows that if we put our minds and will to it, Europe can achieve anything.

[@bm8641]

Well, Russia doesn't like that. They just said it loudly

[@azamthekinggaming7894]

​@@bm8641 Russia doesn't like anything

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Europe is number ☝️ in electricity prices. 💪

[@blazer9547]

God loves Europeans. Even climate change is good for us.

[@filipszyga7394]

We used much less gas heating this year.

[@adirice4636]

Bro emission dropped bcz we used less energy and countless industrial plants closed. Not because of renewables

[@Axeiaa]

Average of 22°c in Europe? The only places I know that are that hot are stores and retirement homes. I'd be totally okay with a much much lower temperature in stores, you walk in there with your coat on and then overheat as you're shopping. Who's all that heat for, the employees so they can wear their store branded t-shirts? Pretty sure any house I've visited is much closer to the 20°c mark than 22°c mark. With the prices in the UK I've been keeping the heating at 15-19°c.

[@PapyrusEngineer]

What is the temperature at your house?

[@JapKonoko]

​@@PapyrusEngineer in mine I keep it around 19-20, that feels right for me

[@rednotice7240]

❤you're right❤

[@privacyhelp]

I like how everyone ignored about to make "green energy" equipments and manufacturing them still need fossil energy LOL

[@jadapinkett1656]

This^

[@chaitu2037]

Great video, informative, engaging and well crafted.

[@markgillianlelis3528]

Man the two side effects of war explained good job 👌👌👌👌😁

[@joea959]

Transitions like this don't just slow down at this stage. Now, it's a matter of upgrading existing infrastructure and expanding successful projects.

[@hamtaru]

as someone who lives in a warmer climate, i understood changing the temperature by 1 degree as in increasing it from 22 to 23 and was caught off guard lol

[@larsrons7937]

I lowered my indoor temp. by 1 degree from normally 19.C to 18.C, and cut off 2 months of the heating season. That saved me half the energy I used to spend for a winter, from 1,000 litres oil down to 500 litres for the season. That's good for a 160 m2 house. Not that we buy oil from russia. I'm from Denmark, so we export it in great quantities. But the less we spend ourselves, the more we can export so others won't need to buy the Ural oil.

[@vancedvanced9195]

The only thing that changed for me is the fact that I had to pay way more for electricity that was already made from water.

[@guringai]

I'm surprised that the EU didn't better promote the benefits of reducing the temp by 1° C. Such an easy win. I'd do anything to punish Putin. 5 years ago we stayed in DE & our relatives were firmly entrenched in gas consumption for space & water heating, and had no solar PV on their perfect south facing roof. Too expensive they said. Next week here in Australia, we will be hosting those same relatives. We have had solar PV with heat pumps for nearly 10 years, and tiny energy bills. Interesting conversations to come!

[@Me_G.]

😅 Do give us an update on your conversation with your visiting gas-relatives. A fellow Australian.

[@dave_sic1365]

It is very expensive to install a pv system. Gas was the cheapest and relatively cleanest heatingtechnology in Germany until the war broke out. There were also government incentives to use gas.

[@henningbartels6245]

In Germany they compained for the reducing of 1 degree and it was done in the room temperature in offices of public instutions, but also in the water temperature in public pools. Due to the mild the energy saving goals were quickly reached and by the end of the winter many offices and pools returned to the usual temperature.

[@baha3alshamari152]

There's no way to enforce it

[@sleepyjoe7843]

In Belgium it's still not worth it because of cost. You pay initial amount that you probably will win back in 20 years...

[@bertbeaulieu5448]

Good job on this story.

[@MichaelJones-wj4mo]

Heat pumps aren’t “reverse ac”, they can operate as both heater and ac unit incredibly efficiently. It just switches direction if it wants to change heating/cooling. Two different systems no longer required. You save money on energy and on maintenance

[@JC-cu4ek]

One slight correction - the US LNG? That's actually supplied by Canada through a 5000 km pipeline from the Athabasca oil sands (bitumen & heavy oil from the tar sands). It's horribly dirty and terrible for the environment. We sell it the US who then sold it to the EU (at a slightly higher cost but they did have to liquify it for transport so there's that).

[@sabyasachipaldas2757]

Excellent documentary, as usual. Could you do an evaluatory documentary on the same topic (adoption of green energy) in South Asia, India in particular?

[@mihnealazar7039]

@@defcreator187 lol what? That attitude is not going to do you good. Rejecting like 50 countries and basing all your resources on one is exactly the problem that led Europe to the energy crisis when Russia decided to cut supply. As this documentary said, never place all your eggs in one basket.

[@onepiece9472]

Only in Europeans dream.

[@n0op3]

what green energy? India is buying all the Russian fossil fuels that Europe does not want anymore LOL

[@arm-np8us]

Why can't Europe wear body warmer cloth to cut emission

[@Jack-kx5rf]

Yet here in the UK, our energy increased twice, and the average electric bill rose by about 177% in 2022. My personal energy rate per kilowatt hour rose by 276.6%, almost 4x higher than in 2021. Our electric costs are again going to increase by 20% in July 2023 and likely increase again during the winter, the average energy bill in 2023 is going to be 232.64% higher than in 2021 at an absolute minimum. And yet energy companies are making record-breaking levels of profit. Weaning away from Russian oil has caused the deaths of many people here in the UK and I imagine it has also caused the deaths of people in other European countries too. People here died because they could not afford to cool their homes during the summer, which was after the 54% rise but before the 80% rise.

[@berndhofmann752]

Thank you Wladimir Wladimirowitch! You did à very good Job for the EC

[@rippking3167]

Yeah i love those green cole power plants

[@WhyDoesYTUseHandlesNow]

I am a bit more optimistic. I belive that a lot of politicians really do want a green transition, its just that red tape keeps pushing them back. The EU needs events like these as an excuse to speed up the transition. Many people said that during COVID, the EU tried a simular thing. I think its great that the EU is becoming less dependent on oil.

[@ayoCC]

I think so too. I think there should be a new constitutional principle that compliance to law needs to be cheap and fast, and thus the state needs to pay back 50% of the money or money in hours that was spent on dealing with bureaucracy. Each attempt for compliance needs to have a response time by the government, when that is breached, the individual or company gets paid by the government. The government also should set targets for speed of compliance, both for itself and for individuals and companies. Speed of compliance should keep shrinking by like at least 2% per year with a target of like 6 hours or so for every compliance task. A lot of work should simply get digitized, but also reduced, simplified, better tutorialization, precalculated. Maybe individuals don't get paid directly for compliance duration, since that sets an incentive, or maybe there will be mechanisms to force individuals to only use as much time as is needed. Maybe for compliance efficiency, you will first have a quiz on what you have on hand and what you do not have on hand, that time is counted and you have a maximum of 10 minutes. Then you will get a list of items to procure, each item where you have to ask the government for that paper will have its time counted. Then when you have all the items on the list, you get another quiz thing, and it'll check for completion. Again maximum 10 Minutes, all questions should be easy. Then all the forms get prefilled, you do some legitimization with your Digital ID PIN number, and scan in your documents, or you must go to a lawyer, notary, school or mayors office nearby to get a legitimized scan of your documents. Or the postal mailing service could maybe come to your home and do a legitimized scan, kinda like receiving a package, except you give them documents to scan and legitimize. Anyways there's 1000 solutions

[@beyondfossil]

I am too. The other factor other than red tape is the voter base. Politicians in democratic countries are very much tied to their voting base. See the problem with America with Trump and the Republican party right now. Its not entirely clear who drives who the voters or the politicians but its a steamy pile of mess there. Also, there are so many uneducated comments and misinformation on KZbin and local neighborhood user forums about renewable energy that one could get alarmed about the energy transition happening at all! I suspect some of it is related to human's innate aversion to change. But I can also say humans are gifted with intellect and foresight as well but that requires education and a willingness to learn to fully take advantage of.

[@Vitan91]

It's not the red tape, but capital and political will. Companies were not keen to invest in green if Gas was more profitable. It's how Germany got so addicted to it in the first place. We need Green energy, and we need more Nuclear, but it won't come cheap and we'll have to contend with the fact that politicians' first concern is to line their pockets and get reelected.

[@krashd]

@@igorurbanek8217 Germany lost WW2 because they ran out of soldiers, Japan lost because they ran out of oil.

[@steffengustavsen9678]

no they dont. Here in Norway all the parties voted to subsidise coal in svalbard while they laughed at Trump. In europe literally every energy source in unpopular and nobody cares about the fact that internatinal travel by plane is tax free in every country.

[@DerrickRuthless]

Germany made a huge mistake closing their nuclear power plants and relying again on coal.

[@gkkkk7507]

Thanks.

[@sinanertas8527]

Pressure requires change.

[@bucciancapi]

Thanks for the insights, I love the work of DW Planet A! It would be interesting if you guys could explore strong measures to halt energy consumption. Compared to other places around the world wherein ebergy poverty is the real issue, Europe faces the opposite: overconsumption.

[@MrToradragon]

Then those places need to build more power plants to bring the price of electricity and other energies down.

[@Elkator955]

@@DemPilafian To increase the population of the EU alone by 20% you would need to add 89.4 million people to it. Currently the EU's population is evening out with barely any growth. Unless there is a mass migration happening in the near future or everyone starts breeding like rabbits, by the time we reach that increase we'll have grand grand children, while reducing energy consumption may only need decades, considering how many energy saving options are entering the industry just naturally, with some boost from orgs, and governments, it can speed up a lot. The cheapest source of energy is the energy you don't have to produce.

[@Elkator955]

​@@DemPilafian I do not think OP implied at all that putting a stop to the over consumption of the modernized world is the only thing we should do. That may be your reading, but the only thing he brought up is that we are not paying enough attention to how wasteful we are with the energy we make. We can chew bubble gum and walk. Less consumption means we have to make less green energy structures, it means we can transition faster, it means we do not have to rely on polluting resources to plug the gaps for longer. etc. etc. It also means that we can allow the global south to increase their energy consumption to a more comfortable level, and can finally stop suffering so we can enjoy our convenient wastefulness. People who are not suffering tend to produce less children by the way. So that's a bonus.

[@Elkator955]

@@DemPilafian Carbon capture falls exactly under the umbrella of endless growth, though. It promises people that we can continue living how we want because magic tech solution will come to save us. (I know CC pollutes more than it sequesters don't at me about that bs) I assume you believe me some liberal, who thinks one can vote with their wallet. Quite the contrary, individual solutions are far from enough. I believe that energy consumption has to be lowered on all levels: personal and systemic. Just to mention two ways to do it: Insulation grants (and upgrading public buildings), and walk-able cities. The amount of things you can do to reduce energy and fuel consumption are too numerous for a youtube comment section. And if I expanded on even one of them I would write a novel. I already had to truncate this wall of text multiple times to make it the length it is. Final word: The oil companies want consumption increase so their precious line goes up. It is our job, to reduce these money obsessed people's incentives to put their billions into this poisonous industry by any action we can take, personal or otherwise (no I will not elaborate on what actions you can take, I plead the 5th). We can't wait for our politicians to become uncorrupt. So yeah, buy solar panels, buy insulation, get some passive coolers for summer, and demand your politicians to implement a fucking trolley/buss lane already. Renewables are not a silver bullet, and relying only on them will not fix the issue any faster.

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey there Felipe, one of our reporters looked into this topic: should rich countries pay for the climate damage and shall they do it? Please check it out here 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXiyp4WkasSEiMk and leave us a comment. 🌸🍀

[@alystero8838]

Yeah so green that countries in europe started to mine and use coal.... soooo greennn lol

[@rogercasoliva1571]

That is really true, good title😊 that explains a lot!

[@Pragmatic_Optimist_MCR]

Awesome Documentary by DW planet A. Keep 'em coming!

[@mrkokolore6187]

Back in the day nuclear power plants were built in about two years because we didn't have so much bureaucracy. Fixing the bureaucracy problem should be one of our highest priorities in Germany right now.

[@mrkokolore6187]

@Здоровье и питание Where is uranium running out? Sure as hell not on this planet.

[@flakcannonhans6170]

We already knew that when countries have their backs against a wall and are forced to switch they can do things lightning fast but just choose not too

[@skyteus]

Preventing nuclear power plants from closing: Germany: Yeah, no....

[@mrmm1110]

Putin: Ah... yes this was my plan all along (probably) XD

[@jaames]

If only there was a way to move/transfer the heat we get in South East Asia to the EU while the EU can move/transfer the cold to us it would be a win/win scenario. We only have two seasons, hot, and hotter. It would be nice to experience temperatures below 24C without having to run the A/C unit on full blast all day, not even considering the electricity needed to run A/C units.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Transfer… 😂 what? 😅

[@jaames]

@@nehcooahnait7827 if it wasn’t obvious I was being hypothetical 🤭

[@anniasthamajius9927]

That would fuck up the whole planet

[@vrindakandel9819]

What a refreshing take on how energy decisions are made

[@jailbreak852]

Has anyone seen a graph of when we're going to be sufficient on wind and solar?

[@thefastandthedead1769]

@@bobgonzales9680 Still makes CO2 emissions...

[@thefastandthedead1769]

@@bobgonzales9680 Yes. LNG is the best hydrocarbon. Best of a bad bunch!

[@kaya051285]

By around d 2050 so almost 30 years from now The power grid of the EU & UK will be mostly 90% or more solar/wind/nuclear by 2030 but the EU will still use a vast amount of oil and gas for heating and transport

[@cluckclick]

Can you do a progam on how and what further steps Governments should make to prepare for winter 23/24 especially if it is very cold. This was a good show.

[@AjayTiwari-en9nz]

Most likely coal will be used.

[@eeyagone1]

Wow still banging that drum

[@kg9799]

There were more solar panels installed in Latvia in 2022 than the entire 2010-2020 decade

[@farramirrmendoza9192]

Sad that people had to die first before we push our limits to push better energy alternatives

[@ronkirk5099]

Putin found out just how small a player Russia actually is in world energy markets. The small silver lining of this war of aggression is that it has help speed up the green energy transition. Green energy sources are cheaper than the fossil fuel it is replacing especially if upsets in the market cause the price of fossil fuels to increase.

[@atvarsgr]

Before 2022, I was not ready to invest around 9k eur in solar panel setup with dual axis tracker, witch allows me to produce up to 10'000 kWh of electricity yearly, but now I have it and it fully covers all my yearly energy needs... And it will last for at least 25-30 years

[@diedertspijkerboer]

The university I work for lowered temperatures in all rooms by 1 degree C, just because heating costs had become so incredibly high.

[@georgioskaraiskakis2725]

LNG is extremely and unsustainably expensive. The prices for energy were kept in a reasonable level because of government subsidies, if Germany continue to fund its economy with money from the state, it will become something like Greece(i think) Furthermore, just because the wind was blowing more this winter and it was warmer overall it does not mean that the next winter will be the same while the drop of industrial production means RECESSION and unsustainable economic model. The zero point something growth this year shows a very serious alarm for the economic future. CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO PRESENTING THE CHOICES AND THE PROSPECTS ON HOW EU ENERGY SYSTEM CAN REALLY BECOME SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICALLY,SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY?

[@Exelius]

Go green? Last month Germany made dissapear 2 entire towns on the expansion of EUROPE'S BIGGEST OPEN-PIT COAL MINE to ensure supply for power stations

[@DomaninNicola]

You'll see the use of electricity this summer it will be crazy hot

[@Luzarioth]

Wait... 22C° ? 19 is more than enough... as a fact I live 2 months now in my new apartment and I haven't even tested if the Radiators actually work, since the ~11C° outside was enough to not make it cold enough to heat

[@jeffreystorer4966]

The key is to always keep using less energy,by improving systems performance , that said the common people are expected to give up almost everything, while billionaire s still fly private jets and power castle size home s

[@chuckkottke]

Building energy efficiency would be a good topic to look at next. Hunter and Amory Lovins are always saying that we should pick the low hanging fruit, and that's a great place to start. 🍎😊

[@hanitsch]

Heat pipes are extremely efficient and only crisis this big could push households to change their local infrastructure. Great job, Vlad

[@87vortex87]

Today, in the Netherlands, electricity prices are below zero for multiple hours in a row. So yea, we're heading the right direction. Next winter will still be critical though, specially if it's going to be cold.

[@bladerunner.1984]

The problem is that all that "green" energy needs to be stored, and requires producing massive amounts of batteries, and mining massive amounts of raw materials, a process that is quite far from being "green" and has a huge environmental impact on itself. And who is the largest producer of the batteries and solar panels in the world? China. Surely, moving from being dependent on Russia, to being dependent from China, seems like an incredible plan for EU. Nothing can go wrong with that.

[@jailbreak852]

The ugly truth of batteries isn't even about generation. I think this topic is much more complicated than everyone likes to say

[@maurice7618]

it is not a law of nature that most batteries and solar panels come from china. Western countries start building up their own capacities as we speak.

[@kramer9929]

It's going to sodium ion for stationary energy storage.

[@lours6993]

To say ‘Europe’ heavily depends on Russian gas is misleading. France doesn’t. It relies mainly on nuclear generated electricity. It is Germany and certain central and Eastern European countries who heavily depended on Russian gas and oil.

[@wizardofoz1390]

This is Brilliant ❤

[@davidepavesi5263]

Energy demand dropped down also because families can't get by the end of the month, as a consequence of prices

[@somerandomfella]

We need to start relying on what's abundant in the sky instead of what's limited in the ground.

[@Yashsharma-mb9wz]

Very nice and informative vedio.

[@adamkennedyripon]

Thanks. I've been saying this for months.

[@thomaskurth2913]

Good summary... in my opinion you should also explain the difference in sources of the Heat Pumps... the air in the Winter is combined with less efficiency than soil and waste water... Also its essentiell to Talk about the challenges of the F-Gase- Verordnung, to remove Gases with global warming Potential from the market...

[@saalamin1869]

What a joke 😂😂😂😂 EU has already started buying Russian oil and gas.