what do you see? it really is possible to reverse the researchers and scientists all over the world for a no race against time. they are peers and rivals with one daring goals to help smart nature, the more likes watching it on youtube dw documentary, the lowering carbon emissions. now that's the goal in just about every part of the economy. be of transportation, energy for homes or even construction. the goal is to be climate neutral. we'll be

looking at that on this edition of made the w's business magazine. and here are the other topics. energy transition was germany wrong to phase out nuclear power. transportation but based startup launches electric, cargo bikes and ships semi conduct is made in germany. i'm to bonded to invalid. welcome to the show. the concrete is a climate killer. the cement and concrete industry accounts for about 8 percent of the welds carbon pollution. it is something the world's biggest cement producer, wholesome wants to change, much like manufacturers and other sectors. it is with building and tie a factor we used to produce glean cement, christian for sale is visited a production site to see how wholesome plans to make that happen. but this short quarry on the north gym and coast, europe's largest book it will excavate to restart it. look, it can extract

a 1000 tons of chill per hour. the material is used to make cement to the wells. market leader pulse in the industry is facing major challenges, a considerable proportion of clement damaging c o. 2 emissions comes from cement production. it also has a direct impact on the environment. many simon factories in developing countries are mostly outdated, including places where wholesome operates. many countries in africa and asia do not have the strictest environmental standards. so that trying out something new here and environmentally friendly, some and production process with no c o 2 emissions is not even possible. the cement works is located right next to the tool, corey. it's one of a 100 plants operated by wholesome. around the world. the

camera crews are rarely allowed on site the king to show us the changes that planning the mind to choke is processed into segment in this road to retail at around 1500 degrees celsius, which generates a lot of c o. 2 to verify some and production accounts for about 6 or 7 percent of total global c o 2 emissions a significant proportion. that's why we want to be among the 1st to steer things in a different direction. that's n deacon under the bonds. kilns discharge around $1200000.00 tons of c o 2 every year. this is the show and it's liquified form before it's dried to make production, carbon neutral, they need to build new facilities. all the colored

sections need to be rebuilt. that would also be a killer that runs on kill oxygen and the harmful c o 2 will no longer be released into the and instead it will be processed and then deliver to industrial clients by a pipelines behind me. you see our cement road, retail. that's the heart of our cement works. these i'm not at this plant. the fuel is burned using the surrounding air, but in the future, we'll switch to pure oxygen. that's something you learned in school. burning with pure oxygen gives you the optimal combustion. that's up to you months if i but i know up on the roof at the cooling to all of the shows has everything they need to cover neutral production. the immediate task at hand will be building 2 more big factories the

1st because we had a troll assist facility it produces hydrogen which can be used to refuel hybrid vehicles. for example. the waste product is pure oxygen. this project will get all of its electricity from wind farms because they produce the most efficient carbon neutral option. the waste product, oxygen is fed into this a manufactory throughout pipeline. the oxygen optimize is the combustion process giving cement production. the climate damaging c o 2 produced during combustion is no longer pumped out through the chimney. instead, it's fed into a new refinery that uses the c o 2 to produce some other things by a method of an alternative fuel that can be used in cost. for example, the various stages of the new production cycle. but rolling out the new infrastructure everywhere with costs billions in the sea and we are investing in

this side in the new types of champions and the new oxy fuel combustion process. we're the pilot project, really? it's worth 500000000 euro since the one that we're getting funding from the u. something like 100000000 euros. so that only covers about 20 percent dependence. the existing factory currently consumes as much electricity as a small town with 80 percent already coming from renewable sources in a few years. it should be a 100 percent, and the conversion of the facility is set for completion by 2029. they're already producing that 1st amend products involving clean power, including packaging. i'm with a slightly better cotton footprint done via the products. but most of the cement is still produced conventionally around $1300000.00 tons of it every year. it's still unclear how much more the 100 percent green cement, low cost, or how long it will be before all of the companies to macbooks or climate unusual.

what is clear is that the supplies of shore care less for many decades to con. april 15, 2023. that date mark the end of germany. 60 years old nuclear power history. and it's a prize, the many berlin decided to go ahead with its plans to phase out and nuclear energy, despite having had to fire up old coal plants to secure energy and the last year. well, other countries are building nuclear power plants, germany, shutting them. was it a huge mistake? the 15th of april 2023 marks the end of the, of a 6 year old arrow of nuclear power in germany. while the world is still reeling from an energy crisis, germany decided to take its 3 remaining nuclear power plants off the grids, and get out of nuclear energy for good. so many of you things that the country is making a huge mistake and you're not alone. meanwhile,

many of the powerhouse nations are building new nuclear power plants, even japan. another milestone in the commercialization of china comb, grow, and nuclear technology president emmanuel, my cool, announced a plan to build up to 14 new nuclear power plants. nuclear power is the only carpentry energy source we have that can deliver large amounts of power, dan 9th. and even environmental as to traditionally anti nuclear, criticize germany's exit. i feel that it's a mistake to close them down in order to focus on coal. so was germany wrong to ditch nuclear power? the germans have always had a very special relationship with nuclear power. the, the says protest was smooth and local. but the movement spread quickly in the 7th leading to month long citizens and riots in the following years. and then

change the channel capacity. it's radio to full out. also reach germany, which kind of the cemented the anti nucleus sentiment in the public. that led to a unique landmark decision in 2002 germany decided to phase out nuclear energy. at that point, 19 reactors would generating over a quote of germany's electricity, but they were shut down one by one and the 2011 nuclear accident and frequency mon sped things out and produce email on this, the kansas name list that the name will be off on is easy can that can and then next we so that has been the week of the catastrophe. older plans were shut down. a few months later, the government decided to get out of nuclear power once in full, by the end of 2022 and focus on renewables to transition out of fossil fuels. the have a look at this jobs. this is how much renewable electricity was generated on

a day in april 2022. first you have the constant energy coming from hydropower environments. offshore wind onto a wind and the big play on this day solar. in 2022, on average, almost half of the electricity generated in germany came from renewables. and the government wants to wrap that up to 80 percent by 20 to but what about the other 20 percent and what do we do when the sun doesn't shine? and the wind doesn't blow the amount of electricity needed to compensate for that is called the residual load. and it's luck to a, it's a lot during the day. to fill the gap, we would either need huge batteries to store the energy in peak times, which we're still far from having on the largest scale. all we need copeland so we can shut on and off. very flexible. right now, a lot of this flexible adjusting and gemini is done by gas plants which can be

turned on and off completely within just 30 minutes. but they of course, also, and with considerable emissions. to cut those, we need to have a low carbon energy source. hydro environments are currently not flexible enough for that in germany. so could nuclear power filled that gap on the call benefit point of view? the fed would be to shut down and if that offends when there's a lot. so this is much yes, mia keys of research are looking into the economics of nuclear power but this is just not the way. ready works out now it's just not suitable to shut down and shut off when you do that takes a lot of hours. and when i say a lot of hours, i mean that therapy 40 hours like a day or 2. and that can cause problems in areas where there was a lot of wind and solar coupled with nuclear energy like windy northern germany. when you click on pop loans, operated,

and wind turbines regularly have to be turned off, meaning clean and cheap energy went to waste. so if germany does install a lot more fluctuating, how to predict renewable energy in the future using nuclear power instead of gas to flexibly meet the electricity demand could be hauled. but the thing is, germany just isn't there yet. instead of it's electricity still comes from doty cold. and that's when you create energy could be useful to replace coal until renewable energy use ramp up enough. batteries are developed enough, and transmission grids are built widely enough to even though the regional differences in wind and solar generation. that's also the line of argument from the nuclear industry. so when you look at the carbon content of gemini electricity is quite high in comparison to many other countries west in europe. this is jonathan called spokesperson for the well nuclear associations to meet the prompts that it, it did have, could have operated for a lot longer. very cost effectively provide its time where all the accomplish those

this could have been developed. cost of the content is topic critics of nuclear question, whether the price of decommissioning plants and storing nuclear waste is calculated appropriately. and there is some discussion on whether keeping nuclear power plants running slow is the growth of renewables. but that's how to pin down. since every power system has its own different conditions and constraints, but on the point of emissions, there is agreement. the international energy agency sees nuclear power as necessary to low emissions as fast as possible. and the i p c. c also effect is in the growth and you clear power in most of it's $1.00 degree scenarios. this is true. i mean, it's a, it's a problem with the sol. so was phasing out nuclear, the right moves? well, it's seen so when the danger of nuclear power was very present in people's minds. but now the climate change is finally being seen as a crisis. things have changed. international organizations like the ip c,

c and the i a think that nuclear power has a role to play in lowering emissions. large scale nuclear power is likely not a long term solution for germany. when or rather, the east germany ramped up renewables to a 100 percent and if energy could be stored efficiently. and if we had the perfect electricity grid, they would be no need for nuclear power in germany. but that's just not the reality yet. right now, every ton of emission avoided counts. and that's why germany may have made a mistake in exiting nuclear, faster than other technologies were able to catch up. the energy transition won't work unless alternative to older technologies get traction. that can mean replacing an old delivery van, but as new or cleaner cargo bike start up in hamburg is making electric hoggard trailers for bicycles up to a 150 kilograms can be transported in an environmentally friendly way. and while

that might not sold the logistic industries carbon emission problem, it's a step in the right direction. and that's what our show today is all about looking at what is making a difference, dw, if one of tub went to hamburg to find out more better now. so my name is far how i'm kind of go from i'm a co founder and managing director of new v and based in hamburg, germany. and we provide a sustainable transport solution for the urban environment type in the . the idea was that the empower people living in an environment to move a lot of weight with dollars using their cars. the baby came about the following. this is by this by significant electric lease,

powered by 6 of the electric power divide trailer census how the front of the vehicle is moving. it's been a move, but i need someone to close it by hand. we've got, or it's connected to a bicycle, but it's either standard headboard electron ottoman, hey, you electrically powered and then the trailer is ready to go. see this is our search and development workshop, valasics enable mechanics. you can yeah, yeah. but the 1st section is for mechanical issues, and we have your tools and machines are essential mechanical operations um to up and try to get some assemblies with him. one quick test, we test subassembly i screwed trail loose, i can validate some folks sample job, but i'd be, for example, if you were testing the brakes with the singling loads of interest, see if there's any failure sites and skip boss was nicholas. and yet at the beginning, at the, the both the night i came here

to drive and it to study. we are both people of color. we speak german, but we're, we're not race and grew up in germany. we take it rather as an advantage because on this give us the possibility to be role models for either for and students who come to drum and just study and to realize that they can pursue all the career opportunities. so not only work in the company, but also create their own company and culture. diversity for us is extremely important. typically, this is a pop part of our culture. news that has so to, to me, please come for total different countries. and we do believe that the diverse more that 1st of all, the stronger we applicants, we have the input from them. please coming from many different countries from the u . s. from sweden, from germany, from pakistan, from india, from denmark, from hungry and so on, to work together on the vision to how for to change the switches and make them more

green and sustainable. and proficient a tomato. most of our clients are logistics companies for the time being nice. i q we work with i get in germany and t p. s. at the same time, we're in operation all over europe. is autoplay dot product good and how much of our biggest buyer is belgium post into which uses the trailers for post and partial delivery service or possibly delivery. can you use the i 1st came to germany in 2008 to do some of the boxes i was selected in it estimates columbus space must program many, many, many se excited cities young study for one year in germany and then completed the rest of my studies in sweden, in france, before heading back to pakistan on mental want that as a me sector. i worked there in the small and medium sized enterprises sector in

germany, again in proof and then returned to germany again back in 2015. i was ready to attend. after i came back to germany, it was clear that i had to do something different. i wanted to start my own business, or i wanted to start something on my own the i used to tell him kids, okay. and that even fairly people just by you said, tell him it's okay, even if he failed, you have nothing to lose. i'm cutting people since i was already working in germany, taking a risk as a family founding a stone. so it was significantly easier to manage our support to him in a way that even if we failed off to try and for 2 years, as many startups failed, we would still take dr. system accessing to home school payment except assessment should okay, go to your specifications on the adult successfully. the any is at the start with challenging and stressful for the family challenges you with the how the lot of

stress due to work and, and technical challenges to them. that things became most streamlined because time of booking, you know, he has more time for his family. i would say the to me can the, even germany entrepreneurship is relatively easy and you can get help from institutions that have been around for a long time. and a lot of funding is available to get your start up up and running to uh, to get us started up and drive. another positive aspect of doing business in germany is that the universities are also very supportive here. it's a significant advantage. if you're creating a tech started up, you can always go through university and get linked up there and take a lot of resources. the you come up with a good idea of it just if it is multi table, which is sellable, which has the potential to be beneficial for someone and then you to start working

on that. so i would only suggest to, to actually go ahead and start doing your own thing. good. the technology is key in the energy transition and for vehicles, smartphones, laptops and other gadgets, microchips are essential, but they aren't enough to go around to meet the booming demand. even while factories go up in different parts of the world, countries are we know race to your to makers, subsidies. our reporter alexa maya visited a company in dresden to see how germany is doing. micro chips are going to play a key role. interest in future. global foundries is a us company that's been producing high tech micro chip since 2009 in the eastern german region known as silicon saxony. and is not the only

one he's historically dressed and was the center of semi conductor production in east germany with, with companies such as e, m, d and ro, betron. and so that was already and existing environment and workforce for the industry global foundries. interesting employees, skilled workers of all ages from the region, as well as people from 45 different countries such as these engineers from india and indonesia, the lender people wanting see, has been working in development year for several years. i'm surrounded by so many groups mine so it's i feel like i need to learn lots every day and, and this is something that i would both do me is working other other places

up to 20000 semi conductor chips fit on a silicon wafer as well. as the factory and drug and the company also has production sites and the single port and the usa, and it's feeling the pressure of the global race to acquire skilled workers and semi conductor subsidies. one factory alone costs up to 5000000 euro almost such as long as the semi conductor industry is very much in the political spot by right now. lots of countries are competing for control of the chip sector. learning plenty of countries. some of them, as economies depend on michael gibbons, are pouring funding and subsidies into that industry in europe can even come close to matching those incentives right now. and medina who is on the type of global foundries infinity on in boss,

have still chosen this location. and the european ships act will allocate $43000000000.00 euros to jumpstart production, attracting more companies in the industry produced in cement plus the puncture stacked on. it's a policy that strengthens the semi conductor industry. and so it's a european response to the subsidy race that makes us more competitive with other parts of the world at the end of the son, yet give myself the company. and optic is planning to start producing sensors for semi conductor equipment here soon. and infinity on is planning to open. another chip factory. taiwan is market leader, t s m. c has put plans on hold to build another plant in drugs. and for now, many companies including basics, assembly conductor design company, recruit international graduates from the technical university of drugs. and they are optimistic that the region will become a leading hub for the chip industry. you have the global families design companies, you have this new startups that are designing this technology organic, uh, some conductors and other stuff. so the opportunities,

you can fine with selling concessions are very broad. and they go according to anything, a, to all of the topics that are being taught and detailed. this is. and if you get a call from, let's say it is a to work there. what would you say? i would still stay here that i really like present it to my city. and as i say that for co, well, the work culture here is very healthy. the region helps that even more young international professionals will come to appreciate the city and choose to stay helping to advanced telecom, zack's new position in the highly competitive global, semi conductor industry. silicon saxony with tips made in germany. and that brings us to the end of today's edition of made. thank you so much for watching and do join us again next time until then for me.

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