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    Renewables cover 58 percent of Germany’s electricity consumption
    Berlin/Stuttgart (dpa) – New half-year record for renewable electricity generation: in the first half of 2024, electricity produced from wind, solar, biomass and hydroelectric power covered around 58 percent of Germany’s total consumption. This was revealed by projections carried out by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). In the first half of 2023, renewables accounted for 52 percent of total consumption. Gross domestic electricity consumption totalled 261 billion kilowatt hours, putting it 0.3 percent below the previous year’s figure. The record shows that a secure and greenhouse gas-neutral electricity supply based on virtually 100 percent renewable energies, including hydrogen, can be achieved by 2035, stated ZSW CEO Frithjof Staiß. He added that this would provide a stable foundation for industry on its path to climate-neutral production.

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    28.06.2024: German Federal Government extends military peacekeeping mission
    Berlin (dpa) – The deployment of German armed forces to the international missions off the Lebanese coast and in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been extended by another year. In a vote on Thursday a large majority of Bundestag members approved the mandates for the NATO KFOR and the EU EUFOR Althea missions in the Balkans, and the UN UNIFIL mission in the eastern Mediterranean. All these operations are designed to protect and preserve peace in their respective regions.

    The Bundeswehr has been involved in KFOR for 25 years, its longest deployment outside Germany. The role of the international force is to establish a secure environment and ensure public safety and order in Kosovo. The European Union EUFOR Althea mission ensures compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement that put an end to the Bosnian war in 1995. The Bundeswehr is supporting the international UNIFIL operation, which has monitored the border zone between Israel and Lebanon since 1978, with a navy frigate. It is patrolling the Mediterranean to prevent weapons from being smuggled to the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia

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