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Germany's legislation on oil security
…to a substantial and sudden supply disruption of oil or petroleum products to Germany or to an European Union (EU) Member State irrespective of whether or not an international decision to release stocks existsdischarge obligations pursuant to a decision of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release stocks or to take additional measures or bothsupport Member States of the IEA or the EUrespond immediately to emergenciesrespond to local crises Authority determining whether emergency exists For the purposes of the ESSA it is the German Federal Government which determines whether oil supply is threatened or disrupted (arti…
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Renewables 2020
Analysis and forecast to 2025 In May 2020, the IEA market update on renewable energy provided an analysis that looked at the impact of Covid-19 on renewable energy deployment in 2020 and 2021. This early assessment showed that the Covid-19 crisis is hurting – but not halting – global renewable energy growth. Half a year later, the pandemic continues to affect the global economy and daily life. However, renewable markets, especially electricity-generating technologies, have already shown their resilience to the crisis. Renewables 2020 provides detailed analysis and forecasts through 2025 of the impact of Covid-19 on renewables in…
