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in one of your major capitals at also hong, till partner would cost it d t up you. yes, we are delighted to be here in front of the brown, the broad gate. one of the seats is both icon on a land bug where to purchase this car g e r, about 5 degrees celsius. that's quite co, all the special edition. what you're asking, all gree energy can paw and in pa countries. so sondra shaw was thought with a quick preview of what's in store, good idea, cri, uninformed, coming up with windshield green energy from hydrogen. net in namibia and we visit a danish, my land, striving to become west and emissions free. our 1st report, however, deals with a more controversial side of energy production. the earth may beat in up at an alum great. while the global 3rd for oil and gas remains insatiable. and as we've

observed over and over again, companies will go to great lengths to ensure the supply keep slowing. regardless of the consequences was suddenly it's often the environment that pays the heaviest price in the long run. in cynical, despite protests, my, the local fishermen and environmentalists, the government approved the construction of offshore oil fields, are equal reported when to see how it is affecting the country. like many other fishermen on synagogue coast package, our uses fishing line or small met someone. he's been going out to sea for 30 years . these men's former fishing grounds was 10 kilometers off shore. but it's out of bounds as an energy firm will start shipping liquefied natural gas there soon. did the fisherman now fear even less catch and of mainly small fish, like sardines or cutlass fish continents and oh yeah, no, no, no,

no. here off the cynical east coast that used to be an incredible number of fish. but now, to make a large catch, we'd have to take the boat to martina for 3 to 4 days cars, but we don't have a license to fish there longer. if we got caught fishing there without a license, we'd be arrested da da da da da martin. i am no longer the la. well visible on the horizon is the platform where the ellen g tankers will dock in one of the coastal areas richest and fish. local fishermen aren't allowed within 500 meters of it. and beyond that is a restricted zone. the ellen g terminal has been anchored offshore, so a british oil and gas company can ship the fuel from here. a move that has angered fishermen and environmentalists alike the area off the coast of synagogue and martina his home to large schools of fish as well as many dolphins. it also boasts one of the

world's largest cold water reefs. the production platform is located less than one kilometer away. the nearly 600 kilometer long reef forms a huge marine ecosystem rich and diverse varieties of micro organisms. algy and fish who the government of senegal has approved an environmental and social impact assessment, commissioned by gas firm b p. but even scientists working in the affected area are very skeptical. i think you see fair buster, the criticism is justified because they didn't go where they should have to get the most up to date information about the area of law. ms. m. for mom, she only blew a song the dollars they did the study without any partner sand, if you saw and didn't involve the relevant institutions in the 2 countries working on these issues. i also say, bro, my took sofa just last year. they took part in a norwegian study,

which found that the large reef extends much further into synagogue coastal area than previously thought on the up. and if it did a fed up, we are in the process of conducting a reference study. but enough that as cindy got that co vasa, we're going to take certain indicators and follow them up as they extract gas and oil, the peripheral it. then we'll see what the impact is. negative, either neutral or positive and negative will be it. but i don't think it will be positive is busy, but what was it if mission crop? according to b p, the platform will produce some $2500000000.00 tons of gas starting next year and twice as much in the years thereafter. 5 percent of the gas will go to cynical and 5 percent to neighboring mauretania synagogue government has now commented on how seriously it takes the fisherman's concerns and how they plan to protect the marine

ecosystem valera and not the more i think them was. this goes in particular with supporting measures, meaning measures of re conversion, the creation of artificial rees, notably for the sector of fishing, but also with training of the community is affected. senior living, the secret unity, the pan african angio. don't gas africa points out that the project not only harms fishermen and the environment, the countries involved don't benefit much financially either. it don't fully coupling to puzzle one and a 90 percent of the gas is being exported. and that's what we don't want goes key culture. it can't be that all the gas produced in synagogue is exported internationally to run other countries industries and is while we fail to build industries in our country. awfully, says industry. ellen g tankers are already waiting outside. the port of docker, global demand for gas has increased due to the war and ukraine. but europe has agreed to phase out fossil fuel subsidies soon. due to serious concerns,

the german government has not yet decided whether or not the gas should be imported at all. inca dawson's interest on germany has made a clear, international commitment not to support fossil fuel investments with public funds in the st. james, after the energy crisis and the start of the war and ukraine, we must focus on supporting renewable energy and climate protection world wide commercial. i don't see how else we can achieve our climate target if we're still developing new oil and gas fields world wide. that simply won't work. the beat up on his given the threat to fisherman's livelihoods. organisations like don't gas africa are calling for more investment in renewables and environmental protection. if you can't cause damage to our country, an environmental catastrophe here to benefit other countries to be. meanwhile, for baka joe and his fellow fishermen, they look into an uncertain future. a drop in the demand for gas might cost the

government to rethink its strategy. but until this could happen, synagogue fishermen will continue to struggle, was better place to talk about l a. v here in berlin than here known as the gas meter. it was built in 19 o 9 and was once one of the 3 largest gas story tags in europe. but it's an out of service since 1995. and it's now a historical monument, and maybe that should be creep because the fisa belongs to be an energy is like hydrogen. did you move on luis or german company making plans to produce hydrogen in the media? and have it sent to markets here in europe? yeah, it sounds like a win win situation, because as i understand it, the energy used to produce the hydrogen will come from renewable sources like solar and wind. let's find out more. a team from the germany,

energy company and truck, our owner research to accel k, a national park installed in the media. they are looking for the best location to erect wind turbines. as part of a 10000000000 euro energy project. where we are right now, some of the world's best on shore wind, we know is, is really well class resource. 15 kilometers to the east. we have our solar sights, which is some of the world's best solar. so within a very close proximity, we have very good renewables. the media has the signal to an area 100 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide for the project. from 2025, some 600 wind turbines and to solar farms will deliver us much energy as 7 nuclear power plants. water from the near by ocean will be pumped here by pipelines. it will be used to produce hydrogen, which will be shipped to germany for its energy supply. hydrogen can be used to

fuel buses and cars. paula can be copeland's, ah, metals twos are simply heat homes and businesses. aside from the media, gemini also has plants for mega projects in other countries, including in autocratic ones. altogether, it is investing in 10 different countries. i have a 100, we have trade ties with autocratic states where there's no press freedom. we have to deal with that. at the same time, we will still have to solve the energy transition and climate crisis. in this context, you always have to be prepared to compromise. in itself is the far managing the largest project best in north east germany. it is

a pony in the wind power industry. more than 1000 wind turbines. some monitor here and truck was the 1st company to produce hydrogen using wind power. a pilot project in bookmark region informs its work in the media and elsewhere. ah, that's what we call the scope of what we're doing here in the market. its size is very much comparable to what we're planning to create in the media fun with him. but the value of this area in the mac is also comparable to the area in namibia we're hydrogen is set to be produced then we've been telling of fluids, many residence to support the new project. so people are quite excited with this project that it's coming to new because they see a lot of development coming into town. they see

a lot of employment coming to town. they see low cost electricity and anything else . so i would say people doesn't have much critical views, but in the back of our heads also we think we hope that it's not, you know, it's not a corruption thing. everyone will actually benefit from the project around luther, it's totally live in poverty. they have electricity and water, but it's expensive. the equivalent for euro's sense for 10 liters is often too much like for these resident massuce low low to work up and show the money. you know, so, you know, cyril, he lives at the moment because we want to supply both additional electricity and

water from our project to the people of namibia and also the town of litter. it's currently has to bring water in from a very far distance. and we can overbuild our water purification and dissemination facility to provide water to the both europe and africa ton to gain immensely from project life these wall watson undertaken. it will be interesting to see how these progress, but that's just one example of future energy production. take a look at all this, whereas the all risk campus in berlin, where over 5000 people work study will do research in the fields of energy mobility as soften ability. while it is an amazing place, especially as what people hear a walking to, it's one goal to enable germany to achieve them. vicious target of covering 80 percent of his energy needs from renewables by 2040. but i thought tod,

it's realistic for africa. well, we've come here to talk to an excellent from them mccarter. research institute on global comments on climate change. mr. felix, quite sick to find out not loss science. people say that to really slow the climate crisis. we must onto renewables and still pieces will still fuels could be example from there may be a be of wind motor. well the future. yes. i think the example of no media very interesting because it deployed a lot of hydrogen which is very, very important for your p d compensation. but it's also off i cell put unity to get clean and a to 50 and also clean water for a b b. so i think it's good opportunity just to what extent consortium would be scada project visiting in northern africa for example. never really quarter the grind. the original idea was to supply you replace electricity generated on sun drenched solar farms in the sahara. you think the technology is there to make this

possible at some point. if you need large scale projects and they're viable in principles, perhaps does it take last 10 or 20 years to early? i think it's important to design the project that both continents africa and your profit from the projects. and it's also important to differentiate between, between countries, between because countries have different needs and also potential, okay, it looks like it is possible to create some sort of green, analytical friction between offers in europe. so one project like to show oil platforms, aid, senegal, still been implemented, isn't that a huge tax to the wrong direction? i totally agree. it's a huge step in the wrong direction. you don't need to definitely gas, like your must come off gas very quickly. and instead, invest into clean energy portraits like that, and i'm not part of your work involves the terminal greenhouse emission levels in

lots cities, legal and kyra, just 2 of the mega cities on the african consummate. now what would help to get cities to turn away from climate damage and practices? more quickly said 2 things, 2 important things to go forward. first, cooling to say important in housing in african cities in many countries. and it's important to have clean energy from photo tax and vent falling. and transportation is also very important. and for that, it's very important to have electric buses and a trembling face instead of private motor vehicles that make a main difference and should be the focus of transportation policies. while this is perhaps the most difficult question to answer, how can we turn the tables on climate change? it's a very difficult question indeed. and there's not enough action on climate change. the good news, the f, vate, low cost renewables year for low cost electricity and transportation. and if it

conditioning heating system to heat pumps, it's happening globally. it's not happening at the right speed. we need toppling of speed to make it happen, that no extreme heat annoying, extreme precipitation for people to hit people worldwide. i would like to hear from you if you want to san miguel, for the african audience. what is that limiting factor that is hindering them from taking up fashion models? the main problem here is that financing is more difficult than far call a guess for, and it's all about financing. it's economically viable, but finance gets more expensive and lower interest rates are very important. thank you very much. dunker winless bullying and took a short road trip to the neighboring state of brandon back. which box green energy with subsidies. now we're considering how communities can be empowered with green energy. it mix moto says, to walk with what you've got. now, africa,

where i come from, has sun want year old, as you can see, has a lot of weight. they can say that again sandra, but regulations in germany, big install in large wind turbines like this. somewhat difficult it can take years to get approval. but thus the, the case everywhere. peace in europe, the dentist island a one home wants to become a list environmentalist speaking the greenest island on the planet. but just how close are they to achieving that goal? let's see. i know it looked like it right now, but this highland might be the best island in europe and even the world, not because of its sandy beaches or its architecture or year round world, whether so cool, but because it's may be the greenest island in the world, all the energy produced here is when they reuse

a lot of their ways and are reviving their struggling economy by becoming more sustainable. so how did they become the greenest island? can they keep it up and what can we all learn from them? the 1st step was to reduce waste the common problem with islands is that waste can pile up quickly and can be expensive to ship out. many islands, especially those with lots of tourists like bali. i heavily polluted with plastic and other trash and burn a lot of it on the island. which used to be similar here to people already have to thought they household waste into 6 categories and they want to up that to 12. and the waste at the recycling yard is divided into 14 categories to make recycling easier and more efficient. looking beautiful. so

many businesses on bonham and also recycle their own waste so that it doesn't even have to make its way to the recycle like this fiber which is left over from producing rape. see to will, because this directly from the from are you still have a little bit of waste leaves and stuff like that which we are taking away also. and that we have pressing him to pellets. which way he think is saving money. so no need to buy oil or gas or anything. busy in this sustainable hotel, a lot of the furniture is made of wood would have been thrown away shower water is we used to flush the toilet and to add a whimsical touch, this path is made from old glass bottles. and that doesn't mean bonham is completely waste free. some hazardous trash still gets lanfield and about a quarter of it gets bound to the goal is to sought the waist so well that nothing

has to be banned at the latest by 2032. that's when this plant will have to shut down because it will be too old for a 2nd. that was to stop reducing their own energy and become less depend on electricity for elsewhere. islands especially, are often dependent on the mainland or even other countries, providing them with energy which can become expensive. up until a few decades ago, bonham's energy came from almost a 100 percent fossil fuels. but not anymore. we have solar panels or photovoltaics . we have a bio gas system on bonham and of course also wind turbines on shore. some of the solar panels were developed, especially for bon home like lees, windowpane, ones. many businesses send their organic ways to a bio gas facility where it's turned into energy. most of the remaining electricity and some of the heat on bonham is produced by burning wood chips.

although wood is renewable banning it is one of the dirtiest ways of producing energy it emits a lot of c o 2. that's why bonham is planning to use less of it. another hitch was the same problem. a lot of other places have people are very, very fond of where we live. i think we all are. and of course this discussion always when you put up wind turbines, you can really see them. many islanders were against windmills in their backyard. therefore, our local politician actually said, well, our structure is not to put up more wind turbine on shore. we will put off shore, sadly, when the wind power on, on top is already full of offshore wind turbines, which are going to be installed a few kilometers off the coast. and on top of that, they face a well known problem. what to do when the wind stops blowing and the sun stop shining, the energy produced in peak time needs to be stored for when on is generated. we're

going to pull of a mass of energy storage capacity here on more from salt. what does molten salt? it basically is salt that we will milt on on putting in electricity shoppers in transition from the winter months when they're arriving. and then we renewed renewed energy and we just put water into it and creech steam. and then we produce heat and power. so therefore we can contain a lot of energy for a long period of time, actually the around 20 charging station scattered across bon home, which is not a lot electric cars are still more expensive than gasoline ones. meaning it's a hot switch to make if you're not the richest of regions. once more of them on the street, their own home plans to use the car batteries to also store some excess energy which is already happening on a test basis with these electric cars that are owned by the islands municipality. another big problem is this very because it runs on marine diesel and as

a very dirty there's some discussion about hydrogen oil, electric engines, which are cleaner. but it's still very early days. change can be slower than wanted, especially if you can't just throw money at a problem. i strongly agree that all people want to do the right thing and the most green thing, but they have to be able to afford it also at the same time. that's why a lot of the efforts here are co funded by you or governmental programs or are set up as experiments that companies collaborate on and invest money into it. so of course, all of these efforts, the entire island is super green and the super eco friendly politics, dawning technologies and missing fund can get in the way and delay programs. there's still a lot of things we can learn from this tiny island. experimenting away on the baltic sea, you can't just copy what was done here and pasted anywhere, but you can copy the core idea which is makes a faint ability the easiest most logical and she'd

a way of doing things. and where this isn't the case yet, we need incentives, like wrapping up factors on fossil fuels, subsidizing electric transport, or investing in experimental project like this one. well, it's true. well the say time flies when you will have it fun. take a look at a few. were standing on the roof top at the dw political office, and you can see the whole seats from up here. i've really enjoyed this opportunity to meet as pang time without production partners in presence. thanks for the invitation. next week, i'll be back presented the shield from somewhat warmer region night, syria, and hopefully we should be back here for solid shoots. what do you think? i think it is a brilliant idea, greece and maybe you found from me too. it was indeed a pleasure to be in abilene. i especially liked the wind tub lines in the german countryside, very impressive to look cards and all of you our view as

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