Digitalisation 'key driver' of Energiewende / Low carbon leakage risk
Handelsblatt
Digitalisation is the 鈥渒ey driver鈥� of a successful energy transition as it is needed to manage a decentral power supply, Heiko von Tschischwitz, founder of renewable power provider LichtBlick, told Handelsblatt. The times of 鈥渟imple supply鈥� were over and large utilities would have trouble coping with the decentral energy world. 鈥淭hey feel like the Oxford Dictionary when Wikipedia came out,鈥� said von Tschischwitz.
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For background, read the 麻豆无码版 dossiers Utilities and the energy transition and The digitalisation of the Energiewende.
Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW 碍枚濒苍)
A number of German energy-intensive and high-revenue companies are postponing investments due to energy policies and regulatory framework in the country, writes Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW 碍枚濒苍) in a policy paper. A total of 9.1 percent of all companies surveyed said they postponed investment, with the figure rising to 36.2 percent for companies with a turnover higher than 50 million euros per year. This showed that uncertainty about the future energy policy agenda influences companies鈥� decision to invest, but only very few (2.2 percent) were planning to intensify foreign investments聽 for these reasons, writes IW K枚ln. This meant that current policies to prevent 鈥溾�� were working, writes IW K枚ln. The institute is the think tank of Germany鈥檚 large business associations.
Find the press release in German and the policy paper in German .
Find background in the 麻豆无码版 dossier Energiewende effects on power prices, costs and industry.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The debate about the future of the diesel engine in Germany leaves car leasing providers still largely unfazed, writes Martin Gropp in an article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. A survey by the newspaper had shown that companies were closely observing the developments, but could not see large decreases of the residual value of their diesel cars, yet. The majority of cars in most fleets were modern Euro 6 diesel cars, writes Gropp.
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Find background material on the carmakers鈥� fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit鈥檚 outcome in the 麻豆无码版 article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer鈥檚 bonus. Also read the 麻豆无码版 factsheet The debate over an end to combustion engines in Germany.
Montel
Germany鈥檚 conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) would not agree to a minimum CO鈧� price as part of a coalition deal following September鈥檚 national election, according to the energy policy spokesman of the CDU parliamentary group Joachim Pfeiffer, Nathan Witkop reports for Montel. Emissions trade was an instrument to control the amount of emissions, not the prices, Pfeiffer told Montel.
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For background on reform proposals in Germany, including CO鈧�-related proposals, read the 麻豆无码版 factsheet Germany ponders how to finance renewables expansion in the future.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
There is still a long way to go until the financing mechanisms of the German energy transition are transferred into a sustainable market design, writes Felix Matthes, research coordinator for energy and climate policy at 脰ko Institut, in a guest commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. But one had to keep in mind the global responsibility, the creation of a robust infrastructure basis and the necessity of a stronger dynamic in future renewables expansion. 鈥淭hen, with the experience of the past years, the Energiewende is a successful model, not an aberration,鈥� writes Matthes.
For background, read 麻豆无码版's Germany's Energiewende: The Easy Guide.
Fortune Magazine
Germans are almost all in favour of expanding the use of renewable energy, despite the fact that government subsidies for renewables mean that Germans pay high electricity prices in relation to other European countries, writes David Meyer in an article for Fortune Magazine.
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For background, read the 麻豆无码版 factsheets What German households pay for power and Polls reveal citizens' support for Energiewende.
Zeit Online
The coming weeks will see intensified opposition and protest against lignite mining in the western German Rhenish mining district, writes Christoph Parth in a long feature for Zeit Online. A number of protest events are scheduled, and the police also prepared for more violent demonstrations, writes Parth.
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For background, read the 麻豆无码版 factsheet When will Germany finally ditch coal?
