A car or eating meat heaps more convincing. The economics of doling green thanks for joining us here, mate, ive been physical and you can get wind water and sun for free. So why have we been digging around for oil all this time . Well, the tech was still too expensive, but its not any more. And there are bigger and even bolder projects, like harnessing the force of the wind produced on the high seas. Now, even though the wind is a lot stronger there than on land offshore, pocs arent set to become the key to germanys Energy Transition. Our reporter wanted to find out why, for someone afraid of heights he took this is simon to a whole new level when meeting the founder of one of europes biggest wind farm operators. Im eating close my eyes who founded the energy company, w. P. D. One of europes biggest wind farm operators, w p. D runs clean energy parks on the andaman sea that produced a lot of power 1st. I have to prove i dont have 40 go to trial by me is 80 meters tall . Its pretty windy up here. I have a question for him. Will it work . Can germany carry out the Green Energy Transition using only offshore wind farms . Coal, and nuclear and edgy generate about half of germanys electricity. Thats bad for the end vironment there in a given day or Energy Transition wants to change that much more electricity needs to be generated by solar and wind power. Because meyer knows that some germans oppose wind farms. W. P. B. Also installs Wind Turbines offshore, or it seems beyond the horizon and they cant disturb anyone. Few couldnt all or at electricity be generated there. This is the worlds biggest offshore wind farm. Its turbines, maggots. Humans look like tiny ends in comparison. There are as big as the eiffel tower and can power 16000. 00, households, germany consumes around 550. 00, terawatt, ours of electricity each year. It would take more than 10000. 00 of these turbines to generate that much energy. So that could work. He explained what need more than a square kilometer in space on the north sea of a baltic. That what mean twice as many turbines and german waters than currently allowed it . What wed better for germany to get some electricity from its neighbors. W. P. B. Installs one turbines all over the world. What do they take . Assuming an annual consumption of 550 terawatt hours can all of that be generated offshore . If i install turbines across the entire north sea and baltic economic area, i could just about manage it. But its not realistic. There are technological and environmental reasons not to do it. Fission vassal of generally have to keep away from offshore Wind Turbines, because then thats can destroy the underwater cables. And there are large Nature Conservation areas for throughout plants and wildlife, and the north sea and the baltic. So space is limited. My initial countries and none of the worlds major coastal countries will be able to drive all of their electricity from offshore wind pox. Lets take a look around the globe, even a large island such as Great Britain with its long coastline with ballet manage. Only small islands would be able to get all of their energy from offshore wind pox. So whats the solution . Offshore, wind parks, Council Apply enough electricity. How could germany meet all its energy needs for 3 new york . Both the right solution is a mix of renewal sources. Gas will play a key role and hydro power a limited wind. Solar power has massive potential, and that can be a part of the mix, but the driving force will be onshore and offshore wind energy. Off germany already gets more than half of its electricity from renewable sources. It wants to hit almost 100 Percent Renewables by 2038. Scientists have calculated what the energy mix would look like them. At 300 terawatt cars, onshore wind parks, what to deliver more energy than offshore ones. But why is it that on shore wind farms like this will deliver the most Electric City . The systems that are being built today are much more powerful with the 30000. 00 Wind Turbines we already have in germany will be able to produce 3 times as much electricity. So after, when parts wont be enough, whats needed is an energy mix. And that will change germanys landscape bigger and more modern onshore Wind Turbines and even more offshore turbines generating power at sea funds from germanys Renewable Energy sources act have guaranteed high returns and such as start up financing for a whole host of green Energy Providers. Beginning in 2021, those subsidies will expire for plants that are more than 20 years old. That will leave many bio gas plants, solar and wind turbine operators. Profitable, also throwing a spanner into the works. A coronavirus lockdowns have seen Energy Demand plunge. We went to meet some of the small electricity produces will lose out this wind turbine has been in operation for 20 years now and can still produce renewable electricity. But the operators have decided to close because the state guaranteed subsidies have run out. We have decided to take the plant off the grid on december 31st and we will dismantle all the turbines and scrap them and wind power and bio gas are a key part of germany switched to green energy. Yet state subsidies for this bio gas plant are also running out after 20 years of the subsidies were too generous at 1st. And now suddenly the tap is being turned off and thats difficult. Above all because people assume that the Subsidy Program would be continued at the moment. There are long faces all around then a diet time on used to be a farmer, but he switched to electricity production. Instead, he feeds his bio gas plant with maize silent, and horse manure, and feeds the electricity generated into the national grid. The state has been paying him a feed in tariff of up to 0. 24 per kilowatt hour, irrespective of current electricity prices. I get 22. 00 to 0. 24 now and that will drop to 0. 18. I have to save the difference somewhere. And at the moment i dont see any way to cut costs in the production process. In fact, the plant needs more investment to ensure it turns a profit in the future. And detriment is also missing out on an important source of income. He cannot so the heat thats produced along with the power of his former farm is too far from developed areas for that and his fields are too small to enable him to run the bio gas plant with homegrown maize. He has to buy it from neighboring farmers at considerable expense, to continue operating by a gas plants with fewer state subsidies. Operators will need to make significant investments. Thats what us of a has done. Hes able to sell his waste heat and can feed his bio gas into the gas grid. The munich local authority buys the bio methane from him. To make that happen, he spent some 2000000 euros upgrading his facility. Thats beyond the reach of many energy producers. If you dont want to drive my colleagues into bankruptcy, but you have to do your sums very carefully. And in some cases, the most sensible decision might involve shutting down the bio gas plant. Thats what van i die tomorrow is likely to end up doing. He would have to invest over a half a 1000000 euros to upgrade his plant at just 15 years from retirement. Thats a financial risk. Hes unlikely to take wind power operator. Hawse tomatoes is also planning to shut up shop. The wind farm earned him and his partners a comfortable income over the last 20 years. But the good times are now over. He estimates that around 40 percent of Wind Turbines, in the northern german state of lower saxony are no longer cost effective. You can work it out for yourself. We produce 700000 kilowatt hours of electricity. We get 0. 09. Now that means were paid a feed in tariff of between 50060000 euros, but if that drops to below 20000. 00 euros a year, and its not going to cover our costs that renewables seem to be on the retreat without state subsidies, some 40 percent of old bio gas plants are also no longer profitable. The governments price guarantees helped green energy find its feet in germany. Now the industry is having to go it alone. The whole world could be on the cusp of a giant boom in solar energy. And thats because of the huge drop in the price of the technology. The international Renewable Energy agency says in the past decade, solar costs of fallen by 82 percent. We visited an Energy Provider thats installing, germanys biggest, so the park in the state of bread bag. These panels are pretty easy to install, but there are thousands of them still to go in the countryside near berlin, germanys biggest filler park is taking shape to us. And the project manager photovoltaics sector has been growing significantly in recent years. Between 20102012, there was a big expansion. And then 3 years ago there was another major increase in terms of rooftop systems, but also on the ground operations. Big solar parks are really taking on germany is aiming to phase out coal powered by 2030 days. And Nuclear Power will be switched off soon. 2. So will solar be able to meet the countrys energy needs . And how will it change the landscape . Half a 1000000 modules built on metal frame. 100000, mounting posts 250 kilometers of cable 156 years working on behalf of one of germanys Biggest Energy companies. We definitely have the potential to complete projects of this scale, but rather than size, its the viability of the project that counts for your fish. This solar park is the size of 225. 00, soccer pitches. Facilities in europe tend to be smaller because they compete with agriculture for the land. In arab areas of india, for example, from solar parts can provide enough electricity for half a 1000000 households. But solar parks alone arent enough. Here in germany, there are 19000000 apartment buildings and houses the loss of roof space and an ideal place for solar panels. An entire industry has been built around installing. Now adays, the systems are very affordable and economical to run. Since you basically dont have any maintenance costs, the installations have become so affordable to install that they quickly pay for themselves. Out owns a house with their roof tops solar system. In many cases, the system actually produces more energy than a household needs. As one of the things that makes it financially worthwhile is that the costs of heating your house or heating your water are pretty low. The equipment paid for itself in just a few years. After that, the electricity produced is essentially free spots Us Energy Needs do exceed 4, he produces though. That is because his family have 2 electric cars that need to be recharged all germanys approved for use to generate solar power. They cover the countrys energy needs. Its a company that builds solar parks across europe and Solar Systems are important, but they wont cover our energy needs on their own. You have to set priorities 1st, you have to figure out which roofs are technically suitable. And then you have to figure out which ones of those are financially viable. Solar energy is expected to see Significant Growth in germany. By the time the last coal fired power station is switched off and 2038, there would have to be 5 times as many rooftop Solar Systems on parks as there are now to cover energy needs. Solar energy would then account for a quarter of the countrys power. The number of orders for new solar parks is growing fast. Whats behind the boom . In the last decade, solar modules have decreased in price to around a 10th of what they were originally. We can now produce electricity in germany for 4. 00 to 0. 06 per kilowatt hour. You cant do that in a coal fired plant or Nuclear Power station, even after the initial investment has been paid off to germany because solar park project 10 years ago, the operating company was one of the biggest Nuclear Power, pretty 30 in the country. Still a coal fired plant, but that will soon be a thing of the past. These new Energy Sources will have to fill the gap. Theyve become a central pillar in our portfolio. Since 2012, weve seen growth in new and renewable segments, including wind, both offshore and onshore, as well as solar. These technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025. The solar panels made in china. Just keep on coming day in day as its hoped to, the park will be in operation by the end of the year. Like washing machines and dishwashers. Smartphones also seem to give up the ghost right after the warranty runs out. The hole in your pocket, but is it a coincidence or does it have more to do with clever Sales Strategy known as planned obsolescence . Decided to find out out there. You probably know that heart stopping moment when your phone breaks your photos messages, contacts. When was the last time i saved a backup . Basically our whole life is on these things which makes a noise when they break. But it happens all the time. Whats interesting about the smartphone, this big which everything, it breaks were going to live through me behind this or are these things built to break . So we keep buying new ones. Ok, i think and were going to find out what happened to all these broken phone. Well, they create massive environmental problems. But lets start at the beginning. This is my old phone that died a couple of years ago because the battery couldnt hold a charge anymore. Today, despite all the clumsiness in the world, in this body and fix it. This is a repair kids i ordered online for 25. 00 euros. Thats the battery that were trying to get and it comes with all the tools you need. Pair of tweezers for suction cup. The manual condit is hot. Well, well see about that. For now. Lets take a look at just how crazy we are about smartphones, by around 1500000000 of them every year. When you factor is really must be cheering. A lot of people actually believe theyre inflating this thing called planned obsolescence. It was invented to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression in the u. S. The basic idea is that the quicker a product breaks the sooner people will replace it with a new one. And some Companies Really did start to shorten the lifespan of the products. The filaments and light bulbs, for example, will make thinner, so that they were going out of the just 1000 hours. Instead of double that and nylon stockings were designed on purpose to more easily, even though its actually pretty strong material one time and throw away thats a problem for manufacturers because there are economic models so its the same true for smartphones. Are they designed to break the planned obsolescence is that there is intent, there is a smoke filled room with evil people there saying more, ha ha, were going to make these things dying 18 months. Im not sure it works that way. Well, instead, the way that this works is that the marketing people are saying to the crowd. Designers dont want any, every in the making this thing last longer than lifespan. The original battery. Lets take a look at apple. They were sued because people noticed their phones got a lot slower after the installed a software update. And guess what, in 2017, apple admitted this was true and later agreed to pay a settlement. But they said theyre throttled the phones to extend their lifespan to get people to replace them. Is this really true . Maybe the thing is Companies Might be doing this, but its extremely hard to actually prove it. Well, i want to talk to them about this. I reached out to the 3 Biggest Smartphone producer a lot of them replied, but even if we cant be sure about planned obsolescence, theyve got other ways to sell more phones. Biggest advance in the history of dance. Ever the most, a very honest i phone we never created every release of a new phone model is basically saying the one you bought last year is now olds. Get a new one. So you maintain your position in Consumer Society by what you own or where, how you present yourself if you dont have to call people that, like this is psychological obsolescence. Convincing people, they need a new phone, even though they have one that works perfectly fine. And even if you dont care about the latest fashion and would love to keep your old phone forever, let me tell you, they are quite hard to repair. This is the step that open the case. Theres a cable thats in there. You want to kind of hold it with your hands. You dont pop it completely open. You just crack it open a little bit. Ok. Ok, i think i imagine if you bought a car and the tires that came with it could not be replaced. So when the tires were out, you had to get rid of the car and get a new car. We would not put up with this. This would be crazy. And yet thats the situation that we have a smart phones. Turns out the cable that i broke is not that important, but this is really hard. There are tiny screws that you need, special screwdrivers for. And the biggest challenge is removing the old battery, which is glued into the case, making things howard or impossible to repair. Thats another strategy to get people to replace them more often. That its coming off. All thats left to do now is piece the whole thing back together. By the way, youre going to void your warranty the moment you open up your phone. So before you attempt to repair anything, be absolutely sure you know what youre doing. Not like me. So it really closing up here, which makes me think i reassembled something wrong. Going to break it now. This is going in well up to this point, it went pretty well, but i just cant get this thing to shut. How hard do they want to make it . I think and feed it. Yeah, thats the thing is not powering on anymore. I tried for hours and couldnt replace something as simple as a battery. Most likely what is happening is that you have a loose cable. Thats my remote. It is tech support. I think you can still get this thing running. If you, if not, dont feel bad about taking the shop s. In the 1st, or you could just throw it out. I mean, thats what a lot of us do and not just with our phones so that nobody speaking, were generating, you know, only less than 20 percent of this is properly recycled. The rest poses a real danger to the environment. Spam to people who process it or it never leaves our homes. Most of all material is still sleeping in our draws and i was recently in very limited resources this. Well, all this material is really not available for the work ethic. And the senator is coming from the point consumers, consumers a point. In fact, i think at the end of the day, Everyone Wants a belief in a completely unsustainable electronics industry. And its all our fault, if we can do that, if we can, that we should, and we must couldnt agree more. All those useless cables packed away in boxes that time all the devices that become obsolete. Its easy just to dump them. But what about recycling them . At least all of refusing to buy them in the 1st place. Thats a little hot. 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