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Nico Beckert

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Interest rate hike jeopardizes the global energy transition

The G7 and experts are alarmed: Rising interest rates and capital flight jeopardize the urgently necessary energy transition in developing countries. High capital costs are slowing down the expansion of renewables. In Germany, too, low interest rates were not sufficiently utilized.

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Zinsanstieg gefährdet globale Energiewende

Die G7 und Experten schlagen Alarm: Steigende Zinsen und Kapitalflucht gefährden die dringend nötige Energiewende in Entwicklungsländern. Hohe Kapitalkosten bremsen den Ausbau der Erneuerbaren. Auch in Deutschland wurden niedrige Zinsen zu wenig genutzt.

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Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz SPD besucht die Firma Viessmann. v. li. Vorarbeiterin Anna Wellnowski und Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz SPD in der Produktion Installation Waermepumpe / Wärmepumpe Firma Viessmann empfaengt Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz SPD am 09.08.2022 in Allendorf Eder/Deutschland. *** Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz SPD visits the company Viessmann from left foreman Anna Wellnowski and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz SPD in the production installation Waermepumpe heat pump company Viessmann receives Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz SPD on 09 08 2022 in Allendorf Eder Germany

Heat pumps: not afraid of China

The defense company Rheinmetall is aiming to enter the heat pump market and is investing in the production of important components. So far, there is a great dependence on Asia and China in this sector. However, experts do not expect China to dominate the world market as it does the solar industry.

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