01 Jun 2016
01 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal government 鈥淔ederal and state governments agree on key points of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act reform鈥� State premiers and the federal government have agreed on ...
Carmakers should not count on combustion engine sales in Germany beyond 2030, according to Environment minister Barbara Hendricks. Even without a ban, the companies won't be able to find buyers for the technology in the future, Hendricks said at an ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
06 Sep 2019, 13:34 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
28 Sep 2023, 13:55 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 More than 40 percent of young Germans say that climate change has negative effects on their mental and physical health, according to a survey by health insurance company vivida bkk. Of ...
08 Dec 2020, 08:03 The European Union and Germany will continue to deal with the general question of energy sovereignty and strategic autonomy even with a new US administration led by Joe Biden, says Kirsten Westphal, senior associate at the German ...
09 Feb 2021, 14:40 The energy transition marks the single largest effort in history to reduce industrial waste by pursuing the goal of burning zero fossil resources and replacing them with renewables- but it does not come without waste on its own. Germany ...
19 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Heating 麻豆无码版 The city of Berlin could cover up to ten percent of its future heating demand with waste heat, according to a report by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I脰W) and the Institute for ...
04 Jan 2019, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Finance Handelsblatt The European Union鈥檚 action plan on making the financial industry more sustainable has raised doubts in Germany鈥檚 financial industry as some fear it may curtail the autonomy ...
The slow and cumbersome handling of Germany鈥檚 diesel emissions crisis is becoming 鈥渁 threat to our democracy,鈥� Green Party co-head Annalena Baerbock told the newspaper WirtschaftsWoche. She said the federal transport ministry has not had the 鈥渃ourage鈥� to ...
The heads of the work councils of the utility vehicle branches of German carmakers Daimler and VW have criticised the EU鈥檚 plans for CO 2 emissions reduction for heavy-good vehicles as 鈥渆xcessive and existence-threatening鈥� for their sectors, news agency ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Construction 麻豆无码版 European manufacturers in the construction industry should be made responsible for managing the waste created when their products reach the end of their lives, think tank BPIE ...
The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has released its 2030 grid development scenarios, including a 鈥渟ubstantially altered鈥� scenario based on a 65 percent share of renewables in the power mix, and on the additional auctions for wind and solar power promised ...
26 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥� A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
04 May 2020, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany made important progress in expanding the power grid in 2019, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) says in its聽 annual report. Of 7,700 kilometres of planned grid expansion, 1,300 km have been ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Industry association vbw has ...
02 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks says drivers of large Super Utility Vehicles (SUVs) living in cities should opt for a different model next time they buy a car. Drivers of large cars could be 鈥渓ooked at with disapproval in cities, similar ...
Though Germany has championed the use of clean energy, the country is struggling with the phase-out of lignite, one of its most important energy sources to date, writes Michelle Hackman in an article in the Wall Street Journal. It is an energy source ...
28 Feb 2019, 14:12 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 More than 55 percent of power consumed last year in the area of north-eastern Germany covered by grid ...
27 Mar 2015
27 Mar 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 European Commission 鈥淐ommission refers Germany to Court over coal power plant in Moorburg鈥� The European Commission is taking Germany to court over its newly open聽 Moorburg power plant 聽near Hamburg, saying the ...
25 May 2016
25 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters Campaigners urge Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad Environmental groups urged G7 nations led by Japan and Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad, reports ...
30 Nov 2016, 00:00 鈥淧utting energy efficiency first, achieving global leadership in renewable energies and providing a fair deal for consumers鈥� are the objectives of the EU Commission鈥檚 energy package. The paper presented on Wednesday, also dubbed 鈥渨inter ...
12 Jul 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars 麻豆无码版 German carmakers look set to overtake Chinese companies in the production of e-cars next year, according to an analysis by conducted McKinsey. "In terms of production, ...
21 Dec 2021, 13:27 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Utilities ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out against linking the operating permit for the controversial Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to efforts to de-escalate the Ukraine ...
08 Jul 2021, 13:32 Expert Vattenfall 麻豆无码版 company Electricity market Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal 麻豆无码版 / Tagesschau The hard coal power station Moorburg in Hamburg was closed down for good on 7 July, reported public broadcaster Tagesschau ...
The deconstruction of the nuclear plant Isar 1 in the southern German state of Bavaria is proceeding as planned, according to the state鈥檚 environment ministry. But environmentalists are concerned that radioactive fuel elements remain in the plant as ...
It is sad to see politicians such as transport minister Alexander Dobrindt and Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer try to protect the car industry against calls for a ban on combustion engines from 2030, writes Annina Reimann in a commentary for ...
Local governments have so far focussed on diesel vehicles in their air pollution control plans. However, such plans could also include provisions for power plants and coal mines, writes Thorsten Knuf in Berliner Zeitung, citing a report by the research ...
01 Dec 2016, 00:00 Calls for Germany to take on a leadership role in international climate protection grow louder as the country鈥檚 government is set to take over the G20 presidency from China on 1 December. Commentators and politicians see the ...
23 Feb 2022, 10:15 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the economy ministry to halt the certification process for the already completed ...
The European Commission will decide whether to sue Germany for failing to comply with EU air quality standards some time in the coming weeks, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Handelsblatt. The Commission initially said it would decide by ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 / BR An alliance of northern German states has called for a sweeping reform of the country鈥檚 power market to allow those in the north to pay lower prices due to their ...
11 Dec 2014
11 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Study: Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) 鈥淗ow the world sees the Energiewende鈥� Germany鈥檚 Energiewende 鈥� the shift from conventional and nuclear energy to a renewable power supply 鈥� is the focus of ...
02 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
A 2030 end date for the internal combustion engine is technically not feasible, and such a ban would be the wrong approach to decarbonising transport by 2050, said independent transportation expert and ICCT member Axel Friedrich in an interview with ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:37 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert TransnetBW Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar Die Welt / Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
07 Jun 2015, 00:00 UPDATE (7 June 2015)-- All eyes are on Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G7 summit this weekend. Recent statements including her weekly podcast indicate Merkel intends to do justice to her former reputation as " ...
29 Oct 2015
29 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) 鈥淓nergiewende: Industrial consumers can use power more flexibly鈥� German industry could make their power demand more flexible and thus reduce load by up to 6 ...
05 Mar 2021, 14:14 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind EU Handelsblatt In a blow to Germany's ambitious wind power ...
Political restrictions on wind power expansion rather than cost pressure in the sector are responsible for the current troubles of many wind power companies in Germany, Hermann Albers, head of the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE), says in a press ...
The German car industry has not given up yet on its highly profitable combustion engine, reports Sebastian Schaal for business magazine WirtschaftsWoche. 鈥淓lectric propulsion remains Plan B, because Plan A is simply working too well,鈥� he wrote. At an ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Grid EU 麻豆无码版 / Reuters The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that Germany's network regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), must act more independently when applying the ...
25 Jan 2019, 11:58 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission has begun what could be its decisive meeting on Friday. In crucial last-minute talks, the commission must agree on a timetable to phase out the climate-damaging fossil fuel for electricity production ...
The global shift to electric mobility will reach a critical point in a little over 10 years, according to VW head Matthias M眉ller. 鈥淲e will see a global tipping point around 2030,鈥� M眉ller said at an annual car industry summit organised by business daily ...
12 Aug 2020, 13:52 Storage Tagesspiegel Online A large electric battery unit in the German town of Schwarze Pumpe, in the state of Brandenburg, will soon help stabilise the grid as renewable energy sources make up a larger portion of power supply, Ralf ...
German lignite company LEAG is taking legal action against this year鈥檚 EU decision to lower power plant emission limits, a company spokesman told S盲chsische Zeitung. LEAG, in cooperation with other companies and mining associations, argues retrofitting ...
07 Sep 2021, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 Interest in electric cars is growing rapidly in Germany, according to a survey by the Technical Inspection Authority (T脺V). Nearly one in four respondents (23 percent) said they already have ...
16 Oct 2023, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Society 麻豆无码版 The amount of meat being eaten in Germany per year is dropping and people think more about what impact their dietary choices have on the environment and climate, according to the ...
Germany is increasingly lagging behind other countries on sustainability, the head of group sustainability at stock exchange operator Deutsche B枚rse, Kristina Jeromin, told financial daily B枚rsen-Zeitung in an interview. Germany has long since lost its ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 An group of energy, economy and finance experts 鈥� the Council for 麻豆无码版 Independence 鈥� has presented a roadmap urging Germany to prioritise independence from natural gas in its energy policy. ...
11 Mar 2022, 13:03 As president Vladimir Putin continues to wage war in Ukraine and the U.S. is preparing to ban all oil imports from Russia, calls are getting louder for Germany and Europe to follow Washington鈥檚 lead. European countries are paying ...
17 Mar 2023, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Large parts of the North Sea experienced the warmest or second warmest winter temperatures since records began, Germany鈥檚 Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) said. In the ...
The German Solar Association (BSW) and the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) 鈥渞egard the first joint auction [for onshore wind and solar power] as a failure,鈥� and call for separate auctions to be held in the future, the two organisations write in a ...
Germany鈥檚 energy industry can reach its greenhouse gas reduction obligations for 2030 and 2050 purely by letting the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) do its work, Michael Vassiliadis, head of the mining and chemicals industry union IG BCE, said ...
German economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier has rebuffed opponents of the planned SuedLink power transmission line by reportedly not joining a planned meeting in the economy ministry (BMWi), Heinz Wraneschitz writes in the pv magazine. Critics also ...
The inspiration for the new world of private mobility based on electric cars today comes from the US and China, as Germany, the current carmaker champion, is busy 鈥渇ighting a messy rearguard action to save the combustion engine,鈥� Tobias Engelmeier writes ...
31 Jul 2018, 14:06 Germany鈥檚 energy consumption fell by one percent in the first half of 2018 as warm weather in the spring reduced the need for heating. A rise in renewable energy generation that pushed out coal in the power sector also helped to cut ...
29 Jul 2020, 13:47 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Grid dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany is making modest progess in installing ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:50 Julian Wettengel Government Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 The parliamentary groups of Germany鈥檚 coalition government have postponed a decision on the 2024 federal budget, as the full extent of the consequences of a shock ...
10 Sep 2019, 14:27 Facing an unprecedented wave of climate protests, Germany's trio of car groups, BMW, Daimler and VW, put their sustainability ambitions at the centre of their presentations at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). In an unprecedented ...
The debate about banning new conventional car registrations in 2030 seems detached from technical obstacles, writes Holger Appel in a commentary for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Appel wonders how 40 million cars in Germany alone could be powered by ...
09 Nov 2023, 14:56 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 German agriculture is going through a transformation to make the sector more sustainable ...
Police in the western German city of Aachen are worried that the planned anti-coal protests in the Rhineland mining region next week could turn violent, Reiner Burger reports for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Dirk Weinspach, chief of Aachen鈥檚 police, ...
A motion by the Green Party鈥檚 executive for the November party conference demands that from 2030, no newly registered cars should be diesel or petrol-fuelled, Andreas Mihm reports in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Such a transport transition would also ...
Renewables produced 38 percent of the electricity used in Germany between January and September 2018, an increase of three percentage points over a year earlier, according to utility association BDEW. In January, April and May, renewables' share even ...
06 Apr 2016
06 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for the Environment and Nuclear Safety Using nuclear energy is an 鈥榓berration鈥� The nuclear catastrophe of Chernobyl almost 30 years ago showed that using nuclear energy ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:21 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Companies in Germany continue to be ...
Offering free public transport in inner cities to improve air quality is a proposal by a 鈥渄isoriented federal government鈥� that lacks a concept, agreement with cities and federal states and a proposal to finance the endeavour, Manfred Sch盲fers writes in an ...
23 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen Reuters Nuclear commission wants utilities to supplement clean-up provisions The commission on payments for the nuclear clean-up insists that nuclear power station ...
16 Sep 2020, 13:05 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Technology NDR After a two-year trial period in the town of Klixb眉ll in northern Germany, renewables company SkySails Power is looking to build more of its turbines powered by large kites ...
20 Jan 2021, 13:37 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel German wind farms in the North Sea produced more electricity last year than ever before. In 2020, the amount produced rose by 12.4 percent to 22.76 terawatt ...
The German EU budget Commissioner G眉nther Oettinger tries to avoid tighter emissions limits for lorries, working against a push for much stricter limits by France, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, Jens Tartler writes in the Tagesspiegel ...
The ongoing conflict between anti-coal protesters and energy company RWE at the Hambach Forest is but one of several recent examples that illustrate the indecisiveness of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 fourth government coalition, Germany鈥檚 largest tabloid, ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas Cars Hydrogen Handelsblatt Fuel cell cars are often portrayed as an alternative to battery electric cars, but there is hardly any demand in Germany, writes Lukas Bay in business daily Handelsblatt. A mere 386 ...
Swedish utility Vattenfall expects Germany鈥檚 capital Berlin to boast about 250,000 electric cars by the end of the next decade, compared to 1,700 currently registered in the city, Jens Tartler writes in the Tagesspiegel. Vattenfall鈥檚 Thomas Sch盲fer says ...
17 Dec 2018, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Politics Rheinische Post / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung At least two German federal states are considering legal action against carmakers for compensation because the dieselgate scandal has ...
08 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕overnment puts pressure on municipal utilities鈥� Germany鈥檚 municipal utilities have criticised the federal government鈥檚 plans for digitalising the Energiewende and its ...
22 Sep 2023, 13:35 Jack McGovan Society Der Spiegel / Augsburger Allgemeinen An activist from the German climate activist group Last Generation (Letzte Generation) has been sentenced to eight months in prison without parole for taking part in a street ...
02 Oct 2019, 13:54 Julian Wettengel Coal Bloomberg Germany鈥檚 government has allocated less money for closing coal-fired power plants than the utilities that own them expected, reports Bloomberg. A government official told the news outlet that Chancellor ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:07 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities ...
20 Dec 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Transport Policy Government 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media The German government aims to raise the levy on passenger flights as part of a comprehensive budget package for 2024 and the following years to fill the ...
13 Jun 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 The EU鈥檚 preliminary tariffs on electric cars made in China are 鈥渢he wrong instrument鈥� and will slow the transition to clean mobility, Germany鈥檚 car industry and the country鈥檚 utilities have warned. ...
02 Nov 2018, 14:40 Germany鈥檚 CO2 emissions are on course for their largest drop since the 2009 recession this year after remaining virtually unchanged for four consecutive years, according to first estimates by energy market research group AG ...
19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) 鈥淭he environment encyclical is a historic event鈥� The Pope鈥檚 environment encyclical 鈥� Laudato si 鈥� could have a big climate impact on climate politics in Poland, ...
17 Apr 2020, 13:38 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Freja Eriksen Cars Focus Online Despite a reduction in road traffic, nitrogen oxide ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:15 Edgar Meza Storage Technology Policy 麻豆无码版 / WirtschaftsWoche A research and development alliance representing Germany鈥檚 battery industry has blasted government plans to slash research and development funding for the field, ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 / rbb Construction of one of the largest heat pumps in Europe has started in Berlin in a bid to bring the German capital closer to its goal of decarbonising its heating system. The heat ...
22 Jan 2016
22 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BDEW 鈥淭axes and fees reach a new record high鈥� The power price remained steady at the beginning of 2016 compared to a year ago, the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW) reports. ...
11 Jun 2024, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann EUElections2024 EU Zeit Online Germany's government coalition parties- chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP)- have laid out conditions for ...
18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Second parliament chamber passes laws for combined heat and power support and new power cables / Progress in grid expansion and more money for efficient power stations will advance energy transition and national climate targets, says ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:38 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Gas Heating taz / Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels are still being used to heat three quarters of homes in Germany, with renewable ...
21 May 2019, 13:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany ...
Germany is in fourth place in the European Union energy efficiency ranking ODYSSEE-MURE, behind the UK, Ireland and Spain. The ranking scores EU countries on different energy efficiency criteria, such as energy efficiency level, energy efficiency progress ...
27 Mar 2024, 11:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German economy is emerging from its downswing slower than expected and will likely only achieve minimum growth of 0.1 percent in 2024, a joint analysis by five leading research ...
10 Aug 2023, 13:02 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell nine percent in the first half of the year as a weakening economy deflated energy use, according to聽 an analysis 聽by climate and energy ...
Two citizen action groups have collected almost 50,000 signatures on a petition calling for amendments to the rules on wind turbine construction in Germany鈥檚 northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, Dow Jones Newswires reports. The signatories want the rules ...
10 Dec 2015, 00:00 [Updates new draft release] Shorter draft with less brackets and clarity on long-term target / EU fights for differentiation and sees red lines on ratcheting up ambition crossed / Saudi Arabia as the symbol for "self-destruction ...
23 May 2024, 13:59 Carolina Kyllmann Grid EU 麻豆无码版 Investments in Europe's distribution grids need to double to 67 billion euros per year by 2050, a report commissioned by electricity industry association Eurelectric found. Failing to ...
The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) is taking legal action against the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which is supposed to connect Germany with Russia via the Baltic Sea. The NGO says the offshore pipeline will ...
27 May 2020, 13:38 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Utilities Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
01 Mar 2024, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Freight dpa The evaluation of a pilot scheme to test catenary trucks in Germany says that the technology works to lower transport emissions, but critics warn the trial should be scrapped because a large-scale ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:07 Chinsisi Moyo Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and river floods are known to hit the economy- but the damages could be significantly worse if economic output is already low, ...
The EU commission plans to sue Germany because pollution levels in many cities exceed EU limits, according to news agency dpa. The commission told the German government it plans to take the issue of elevated nitrogen oxide levels- which are caused in ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), which advises the German government, has called for an e-car quota to push the energy transition in the transport sector. At least 25 percent of new cars and light trucks should be pure electric by ...
18 Apr 2019, 12:21 S枚ren Amelang Start-ups Utilities Wirtschaftswoche Shell鈥檚 acquisition of home battery start-up Sonnen and its plans to become the world鈥檚 largest power company worry German utilities, Konrad Fischer and Angela Hennersdorf report for ...
A concerted lobbying effort by German carmakers was crucial in watering down new EU car fleet emission targets for the period after 2021, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淚t seems a call from Germany鈥檚 chief car lobbyist, [car industry association VDA head] ...
Introducing a national minimum CO 2 price of 75 euros per tonne would enable Germany to meet its target of reducing emissions in the energy sector by 61 to 62 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, energy market analyst company 麻豆无码版 Brainpool has said ...
A D眉sseldorf court has dismissed a suit by lobby group Environmental Action Germany (DUH) seeking a ban of certain Volkswagen diesel cars from the city鈥檚 roads, Anneli Palmen reports for Reuters. DUH argued that Volkswagen diesel cars with emissions test ...
26 Mar 2021, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
13 Feb 2019, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport Business & Jobs Handelsblatt German cities are keen to replace their current busses with electric ones, but there aren鈥檛 enough German models available, Dieter Fockenbrock reports for ...
Germany鈥檚 offshore wind industry calls on the next federal government to increase the expansion corridors for offshore wind to at least 20 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 (at the moment: 15 GW), and to 30 GW by 2035, according to a joint press release issued by ...
06 Sep 2022, 13:50 Germany should keep two of its three remaining nuclear power plants on standby beyond the planned phase-out date at the end of the year to help secure power system stability in the coming winter if necessary, economy and climate ...
The Baden Wuerttemberg Green-Christian Democrats (CDU) state聽government has lodged a federal appeal against a city court ruling that found inner-city driving restrictions to cut air pollution permissible, Stuttgarter Nachrichten reports. The Stuttgart ...
22 Aug 2019, 13:55 Eastern German coal mining regions have welcomed draft legislation to support the states most affected by plans to phase out the fossil fuel by 2038 at the latest. The economy ministry presented an "investment law for coal regions ...
Since 2010, the German government has donated around 7 million euros to NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), which recently gained international attention over its lawsuits against German municipal administrations which opened the door to diesel ...
The 鈥渁rrogance鈥� of German utility innogy in late 2017 has given way to a 鈥� newfound modesty 鈥� at the beginning of 2018, Helmut B眉nder writes in a commentary for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The company鈥檚 announcement of a cost-cutting action across ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Several formerly leading politicians from Germany's Die Linke (The Left) party have split off with the aim to found a new political party in the coming ...
20 Jun 2016
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW) 鈥淣ew study: EEG 2016 thwarts Paris climate agreement鈥� If Germany continued the deployment of renewable energies at the average pace of ...
20 Dec 2023, 12:51 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Renewables 麻豆无码版 A sluggish economy saw primary energy consumption in Germany fall to a historic low in 2023, according to preliminary figures from energy data service AG ...
26 Sep 2023, 13:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 Environmental NGO Greenpeace Germany has hailed a fine for the fund management company DWS in the U.S. as a 鈥渟uccess鈥� in the fight against greenwashing in the ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:07 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Gas Industry 麻豆无码版 German industry association BDI said it supports the European ...
According to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), electrifying cars will reduce need for workers in the car industry, including external suppliers to car manufacturers. The researchers looked at three different ...
The EU is committed to reaching a target of at least 27 percent renewable energy of its overall energy consumption by 2030, the member states鈥� energy ministers agreed in Brussels. This formed part of a package of agreements on the Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
06 Nov 2020, 14:37 Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Hydro power plants significantly help remove waste from water bodies, the Bavarian Hydroelectric Power Plant Association (VWB) says. A study funded by Germany's research ...
11 Nov 2015
11 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Reuters 鈥淓.ON sticks to spin-off plans after record net loss鈥� E.ON says it is sticking to its plans to spin off its conventional power operations, after posting a record net loss in the first nine months of 2015 on the ...
The reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) was postponed for the third week in a row on Wednesday. The changes proposed to Germany鈥檚 renewables law, which enabled the rapid growth of solar, wind and biogas generated power, are subject to disagreements ...
Power demand across Germany is likely to grow after 2030 as increased sector coupling facilitates the shift from other energy sources, research institute Fraunhofer ISI has found in an analysis commissioned by transmission grid operators. In all scenarios ...
Back in 2016, the German Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) pushed for a legal provision blocking environmental organisations from taking legal action against the model approval and sale of diesel cars with high emissions, according to a letter obtained ...
16 May 2019, 14:02 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 A new law that is aimed at ...
Germany needs a national strategy to boost walking as the most basic, quiet and emission-free form of mobility, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency says the potential to increase walking is large because a fifth of all distances ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Last year was the sunniest and among the warmest years in Germany, according to the National Meteorological Service (DWD). With an average annual temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius, 2022 ...
18 Dec 2014, 00:00 A leaked document outlines plans to transfer some provisions German utilities have put aside for nuclear decommissioning and waste disposal to a state-managed fund. The 麻豆无码版 spoke to two policy analysts about the ...
29 Oct 2019, 08:40 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how Germany's energy transition is transforming the commercial landscape. To showcase these big changes in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, this new series ...
03 Jun 2019, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Renew Economy Germany鈥檚 share of renewable energy in net public electricity generation rose to 47 percent in the first five months of 2019, reports Giles Parkinson in Renew Economy on the basis of data by ...
The court case in car industry hub Stuttgart on diesel engines鈥� nitrogen oxide emissions pits the Baden-Wuerttemberg state鈥檚 Greens-led transport ministry against the NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH). This is a case of 鈥淕reen versus Green鈥�, writes ...
Buyers of Tesla Model S must pay back government support they received to purchase the car, the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) has announced in a press release. BAFA estimates that its action applies to approximately 800 people. ...
The International Renewable 麻豆无码版 Agency (IRENA) with the support of the German environment ministry (BMUB) is holding a workshop on integrating higher shares of renewable energy in the island nation of Cuba in the country鈥檚 capital Havana. According to ...
11 Feb 2021, 13:32 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Tagesspiegel / dpa The German federal government and ...
24 Oct 2014
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淎greement at EU summit: Merkel鈥檚 rotten climate deal鈥� The German government wanted ambitious climate targets but only partially succeeded in pushing them through, says Gregor Peter ...
The state parliament of Berlin will decide on an act today that would enshrine into law the year 2030 as the city鈥檚 coal exit date- but new emissions limits in 2018 could lead to an earlier phase-out, writes Claudius Pr枚sser in tageszeitung (taz). By the ...
NGO Environmental Action Germany is launching a campaign to supplement what it says is inadequate air pollution testing by the government. A new web portal will allow citizens to report locations with high traffic pollution. DUH will then use a network of ...
15 May 2024, 12:32 Jack McGovan Citizens' energy Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Convincing those living in rural areas of the importance of the energy transition is a 鈥渂asic requirement鈥� for transforming the energy system successfully, according to a ...
20 Dec 2022, 13:21 Germany鈥檚 energy consumption in 2022 went down by 4.7 percent compared to last year, hitting its lowest level since the country鈥檚 reunification, according to preliminary data by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB). ...
02 Feb 2024, 14:01 Franca Quecke Heating Tagesschau / 麻豆无码版 German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called for more transparent and fairer prices for district heating customers, reports Tagesschau. "You can't change ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:16 The financial sector in Germany needs better regulation to fully incorporate sustainability criteria in its business practices, says Kristina Jeromin, head of sustainability at the German stock exchange Deutsche B枚rse and managing ...
30 Nov 2017, 00:00 During its G20 presidency this year, Germany made the issue of climate change and energy transition a central topic- and its G20 presidency successor Argentina is ready to carry it forward to the 2018 summit in Buenos Aires, according ...
Dieselgate and looming driving bans due to pollution in cities have triggered a discussion about the future of the combustion engine in Germany, but much more is required to decarbonise transport, writes researcher Weert Canzler in an opinion piece in Die ...
18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
28 Jun 2018, 16:17 The German government鈥檚 Energiewende advisors say the country must put much greater emphasis on the project鈥檚 European dimension to achieve the shift to renewables and the necessary emissions reduction during the next decade. The group ...
10 Oct 2019, 13:56 Germany鈥檚 economy minister Peter Altmaier has said that hydrogen will be a key element of the country鈥檚 future energy system, as a zero-carbon or carbon-neutral energy source. However, natural gas would play a significant role over the ...
03 Jan 2019, 11:55 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung More than 300 ...
17 May 2018, 00:00 Germany must ensure a "just Energiewende" by making sure the project remains affordable for all and provides high quality jobs, according to the 6 million-member trade union group DGB. The unions back Germany鈥檚 climate targets ...
15 Jun 2020, 09:20 While geothermal energy is a viable alternative to curb emissions for heating and cooling, fears and high costs have limited its expansion. But Bavaria and now Baden Wurttemberg are forging ahead. The potential of geothermal energy, ...
The Greens鈥� call for an end to the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2030 was meant to deliver a 鈥渨ake-up call to the German industry", said Cem 脰zdemir, co-head and one of the two leading candidates for the Green Party in the upcoming ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Society EU 麻豆无码版 Policies on migration and combating climate change are the most polarising topics for people surveyed in several European countries, a report by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Handelsblatt An alliance of industry associations, trade unions and farmers has called on Germany's government to halt planned underground electricity grid expansion projects and instead build three ...
Phasing out German lignite in the Lusatia region by 2030 can be financed by future owner EPH in a way that avoids a taxpayer-funded lignite bailout, according to a new report by Institute for 麻豆无码版 Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). According to ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Start-ups 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt The number of new start-ups in Germany increased by 17 percent in 2023, with energy sector companies on the rise, said a report by industry data provider Startupdetector. While ...
Contracts for difference (CFD) for renewable energy funding are the best available method to pass on cost reductions in different renewable technologies to the average power customer, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) says in its weekly ...
07 Jan 2021, 13:59 Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Charlotte Nijhuis Cars 麻豆无码版 [Update adds December 2020 data and graph] The number of newly registered electric cars in Germany tripled in 2020 ...
03 Feb 2015
03 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淏avaria does not need two grid extensions鈥� The southern German state of Bavaria, one of the country鈥檚 industrial powerhouses, has completed a three-month 鈥溌槎刮蘼氚� Dialogue鈥� ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Utilities Heating Table.Media / mdr Germany鈥檚 district heating companies are planning to launch a price comparison platform, following controversies over sharp and intransparent cost increases. Around 150 ...
The cost of expanding Germany鈥檚 power transmission grid onshore and in the Baltic and North Seas to adapt to the future power system brought on by the Energiewende could be between 50-52 billion euros until 2030, the country鈥檚 four transmission system ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:55 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Renewables Finance Bavarian Economy and 麻豆无码版 Ministry Since according to a new report Germany has been overtaken by France as the G20鈥檚 most attractive target country for investment in ...
23 Nov 2015
23 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) / Green Budget Germany (F脰S) 鈥淓nergiewende in transport a long time coming鈥� Fundamental political steps to relocate and avoid traffic and push alternative fuels and engines are ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:06 Jennifer Collins Renewables 麻豆无码版 The number of power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Germany grew by 323 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a market analysis by the country's energy agency (dena) ...
20 Dec 2018, 16:33 On 21. December 2018 the mining of hard coal officially comes to an end in Germany. The closing of the last mine in the Ruhr region marks the end of 200 years of mining the fossil fuel that made Germany鈥檚 industrialisation possible. The ...
27 May 2015
27 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BEE / BWE 鈥淕ermany risks missing binding EU target for renewables鈥� If Germany sticks to current policies, it will miss its official target of 18 percent renewables in final energy consumption by ...
11 May 2017, 00:00 Once the flagship of German solar energy, PV panel manufacturer SolarWorld has filed for insolvency, in what founder Frank Asbeck called a 鈥渂itter step for the German solar industry鈥�. The company blamed plummeting prices caused by ...
A court in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen has ordered the first driving ban for older diesel cars on an Autobahn, the German highway famous for its long sections without speed limits. The court ruled that the city of Essen in federal state North ...
29 May 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility 麻豆无码版 The share of cycling in short trips in Germany could triple by 2035, from 13 percent today to 45 percent, if consistent measures are taken to make cycling more attractive, a report by ...
Germany鈥檚 capital, Berlin, is set to introduce a new mobility law which aims to enhance the status of low-carbon means of transportation, Klaus Kurpjuweit reports in Der Tagesspiegel. The governing coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Green Party and Left ...
07 Dec 2022, 12:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany must improve precautionary and adaptation measures against the negative impacts of climate change in order to fulfil its human rights obligations, said the German Institute ...
01 Dec 2014
01 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E.ON / Bloomberg / Reuters 鈥淓ON Banks on Renewables in Split From Conventional Power鈥� Germany鈥檚 biggest utility, E.ON, announced that it is to split in two, spinning off its coal, gas and nuclear ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 consumption in Germany has fallen significantly in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same period one year before, energy industry and research initiative ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable power generation looks set to cover more than 46 percent of Germany's power consumption in 2020, preliminary figures published by energy industry association BDEW and the ...
13 Mar 2020, 14:06 S枚ren Amelang Storage 麻豆无码版 Germany's energy storage sector recorded sales growth of 10 percent to 5.5 billion euros in 2019 and expects a "continuation of the positive market development", according to ...
18 Jan 2018, 00:00 German industry believes the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy can boost its status as a manufacturing powerhouse by protecting the climate. Reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050 is good for the economy under the right policy framework ...
14 Apr 2015
14 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) 鈥淕ermany as a business location: Energiewende beats Industry 4.0鈥� A majority of companies in the electrical industry is ...
Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann intends to turn the German car manufacturer into a pure e-car brand by 2030, Michael Freitag reports on Manager Magazin鈥檚 website. Neumann has been working on the transformation since before deliberations by Opel鈥檚 US-owner GM ...
14 Apr 2020, 14:26 Freja Eriksen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Der Spiegel Industry actors in Germany have proposed changes to the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) that would help them avoid possible lawsuits over failures to pay the renewables surcharge,聽 ...
05 Aug 2020, 14:32 Business & Jobs International Tagesspiegel Background Germany has faced multiple setbacks over the last month in two separate cases over its energy transition plans before an international arbitration court, Christian Schaudwet ...
15 Dec 2015
15 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥�Climate of disillusion鈥� German environment minister Barbara Hendricks did not manage to carry the enthusiasm from the Paris Summit to Berlin, writes Cerstin Gammelin in ...
07 Jul 2021, 11:50 With a revamped sustainable finance strategy that introduces a new green bond standard and support for smaller companies, the EU hopes to provide the financial market guidelines needed to achieve the bloc's ambitious climate ...
The federal environment ministry鈥檚 statement that software updates are insufficient to improve air quality in German cities makes the August 鈥� diesel summit 鈥� a failure, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an opinion piece in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥�Action plans ...
Peter Altmaier鈥檚 track record as Germany鈥檚 economy and energy minister lacks actions, particularly in energy policy, Antje H枚ning and Birgit Marschall write in the Rheinische Post. 鈥淭he energy transition resembles a construction site, and the planned coal ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 Germany's would-be governing coalition partners have concluded a treaty that is likely to result in a final deadline for coal-fired power production in Germany. The agreement reached after weeks of intensive talks largely confirms ...
29 Aug 2019, 12:29 Edgar Meza Storage International dpa / Handelsblatt A European battery cell production initiative is well under way with more than 20 companies involved in two projects, German economy minister Peter Altmaier told reporters in Paris on ...
10 Feb 2021, 13:05 The material demands of a transition towards a low-carbon energy system are immense, meaning countries like Germany that expand renewable power generation will have to greatly expand imports of many different raw materials over the next ...
26 Nov 2020, 13:33 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:35 Ruby Russel Cars Business & Jobs Technology NDR / Spiegel / dpa Plans to build one of Germany鈥檚 largest car battery cell factories have been approved by local authorities on what Swedish manufacturer Northvolt hailed as a " ...
13 Mar 2023, 13:44 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Adaptation 麻豆无码版 / dpa, Die Zeit / Table.Media The German government鈥檚 upcoming 鈥榃ater Strategy鈥� aims to improve ...
31 Aug 2018, 13:36 With its vast amounts of hydro energy, many would like Norway to become Europe鈥檚 鈥済reen battery鈥�, supplying neighbours with steady power when there is little wind or sun. An extreme heat wave and dry weather in the first half of 2018 ...
Primary energy consumption in Germany will be about one third lower in 2040 than it is today, US energy company Exxon Mobil says in a press release on its prognosis for the German energy demand. Exxon says increased efficiency and a change of energy ...
13 Apr 2015
13 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 neue energie 鈥�230,000 new jobs 鈥� if the Energiewende succeeds鈥� A new and as yet unpublished study by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 concludes that renewables are a boon for ...
27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In first paragraph on e-car premium: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
05 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany has crossed a symbolic milestone in its energy transition by briefly covering around 100 percent of electricity use with renewables for the first time ever on 1 January. In the whole of last year, the world鈥檚 fourth largest ...
The growth of renewables, while slowed, continues throughout Europe and is putting pressure on the price of electricity, Frank-Thomas Wenzel writes in Frankfurter Rundschau. What could happen is a stronger reduction of overcapacity, such as the large ...
08 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 Government subsidies for boiler exchanges must take into account the full lifecycle emissions of heating systems, said Germany鈥檚 leading technical inspection and certification service provider, ...
22 Jan 2019, 13:15 The German government is playing down US threats against companies involved in the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project connecting Germany to Russia. 麻豆无码版 minister Peter Altmaier said the government was 鈥渘ot impressed鈥� by ...
Denmark has in many respects been a role model for the Energiewende, but not all ideas put into practice by the small northern neighbour country are transferable to far bigger Germany, Jens Tartler writes in Der Tagesspiegel. Germany is much more densely ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Technology 麻豆无码版 German researchers said they have reached an important milestone in the development of a scalable and energy-efficient direct air capture (DAC) technology to remove CO2 from the ...
28 Jun 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Almost six out of ten German companies (59%) say they do not see themselves affected by the negative consequences of climate change today or in the future, shows the ...
Consumer protection association Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has filed lawsuits against regulatory authorities in ten cities in order to withdraw roadworthiness of VW vehicles affected by the carmaker鈥檚 emissions fraud scandal, the association has ...
30 Apr 2019, 13:15 Transport Business & Jobs Reuters France and Germany have asked the European Commission to approve state subsidies for a cross-border battery cell consortium, including carmaker PSA with its German subsidiary Opel and French battery ...
13 Aug 2019, 13:40 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Coal Handelsblatt Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has come out against ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The German parliament (Bundestag) has given the green light for the construction of a 9,700-kilometre pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its ...
The western German city of Frankfurt must introduce a ban on older diesel vehicles as part of a plan to improve air quality, the Federal Administrative Court ruled, reports news agency Reuters. The country鈥檚 financial centre must from February 2019 ban ...
03 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Heating system sales in Germany fell by close to a third in the first three months of the year compared to the same quarter of 2023, with heat pump sales recording a sharp drop, according to ...
07 Jan 2019, 13:02 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Grid The German Green Party has called for an adjusted grid expansion plan in Germany that accounts for a drastically reduced coal power capacity as well as the foreseeable progress in ...
16 Jun 2023, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The premiums for insuring residential buildings could double over the coming decade in the face of increasing damages caused by climate change, the German insurance ...
The software updates offered by VW for diesel cars affected by emissions manipulation are completely inadequate to reduce the vehicles鈥� pollution levels to below legal limits, according to Environmental Action Germany (DUH). 鈥淲e don鈥檛 need 鈥楳ickey-Mouse ...
19 Jun 2020, 14:04 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy sources in Germany within one year could theoretically power ...
03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transition/Fraunhofer ISE 鈥淲ind power #1 electricity source in November鈥� Stormy weather pushed Germany鈥檚 wind power production to a new record in November, covering a full quarter of domestic demand. It ...
Germany鈥檚 Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has published recommendations to protect bats when constructing and operating wind parks in forests. Identifying which bat species live in the area is important for tailor-made preventive action, ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:52 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy Bonner General-Anzeiger The head of energy company RWE, Rolf Martin Schmitz, has said his company is "shouldering the biggest burden ...
19 May 2021, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Project planning for additional powerlines in Germany has been slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic as many public consultations were postponed or held online, Jochen Homann, president of the ...
03 Nov 2017, 00:00 Negotiations at the upcoming climate conference in Bonn are about 鈥渢he heart of the Paris Agreement鈥�, because the delegations will shape the transparency rules on how states measure and report their progress in climate mitigation, says ...
13 Jan 2020, 14:20 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy company RWE aims to become carbon neutral by 2040 and plans the requisite聽renewables investments ...
Germany should optimise the use of existing grid connections in the North Sea to connect as much offshore wind power capacity to the grid as possible, operator Tennet says in a press release. 鈥淲e can see a clear potential to optimise the use of existing ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology Der Spiegel An alliance of companies plans to build Germany鈥檚 first industrial-scale production facility for synthetic e-fuels which could allow for the climate neutral operation of combustion engine ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 Czechia and eastern German state Saxony have agreed to deepen their cooperation on a joint network for hydrogen and to generally intensify research and industry exchange in the budding ...
16 Nov 2018, 16:19 The German coal exit commission has debated a first draft that outlines how the country could start the phase-out the fossil power source in the coming years. According to a leaked draft plant operators could receive compensation ...
12 Nov 2015
12 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters/RWE RWE says it will 鈥榦nly just鈥� meet 2015 earnings forecast German utility RWE on Thursday said it would just manage to meet its 1.1-1.3 billion-euro adjusted net income forecast for 2015, after a 29 ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:48 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany covered just 6 percent of its natural gas and 2 percent of oil demand with domestic supplies in 2023 as production continues to sink, according to an ...
30 May 2023, 13:36 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Cars Tagesschau New cars registered in the first four months of 2023 are on average emitting significantly more CO2 than those registered in 2022, writes public broadcaster ARD. Data from Germany鈥檚 ...
22 Jan 2021, 14:10 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The German offshore wind industry is bracing for difficult times ahead as no new constructions are planned this year and the timing of new ...
06 Jan 2021, 11:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel ...
21 Aug 2018, 15:33 The projected rise in CO2 prices in Europe could see coal-fired power plants being replaced by gas plants in Germany, thereby saving millions of tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions and helping the country to achieve its energy transition ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Several southern German states have called on the federal government to design state support rules for electrolysers in a way that includes their regions, reported ...
29 Feb 2024, 13:51 Jennifer Collins Grid Solar Handelsblatt Germany's energy industry has urged for a standardisation of renewables' grid connections in order to speed up the process. Industry association BDEW said that grid operators had " ...
15 May 2020, 14:21 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport Der Spiegel Largely due to the coronavirus crisis, German railway service Deutsche Bahn (DB) has an 11-billion-euro hole in its budget, ...
A fight over immigration policy between Germany鈥檚 two conservative sister parties paralyses the work of conservative ministers in charge of energy transition policies, Nikolaus Doll, Michael Fabricius and Daniel Wetzel write in Die Welt. 麻豆无码版 and ...
Germany鈥檚 indignation over the US Senate鈥檚 planned expansion of economic sanctions on Russia illustrates 鈥渢he whole extent of irritation in the current transatlantic relationship鈥�, Richard Herzinger writes in Die Welt. Leading German officials find ...
Germany needs an end date for coal-fired power production and for internal combustion engines in cars to make progress in emissions reduction and ensure that its industries do not fall behind others in developing technologies of the future, Michael Nelles ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Temperatures in both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea rose by more than one degree Celsius during summer 2022,聽 which is above the long-term average maintained since 1997, Germany鈥檚 ...
01 Feb 2019, 12:31 S枚ren Amelang Grid Tagesspiegel Germany鈥檚 grid operators recommend building 1,600 kilometres of additional transmission lines and upgrading a further 2,900 kilometres in response to the country鈥檚 renewable roll-out and developments in ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The final shutdown of seven lignite and eight smaller hard coal power plant units with a combined capacity of 4.4 gigawatts (GW) over the Easter holidays does not threaten Germany's energy supply security, ...
07 Jun 2016
07 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Crucial German power grid extension delayed The construction and completion of important power lines in Germany will be delayed by at least three ...
11 Sep 2020, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 One in four cars produced in Europe in 2025 will be fully electric, a聽 study 聽by the Chemnitz Automotive Institute (CATI) has predicted. The researchers say factories across Europe will churn out ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 consumption in Germany is expected to decline 2.7 percent this year as savings triggered by high prices and relatively warm weather more than compensated for a growing economy and ...
04 Sep 2023, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 parliament is set to agree a controversial law for a phase-out of fossil fuel-powered boilers on Friday (8 September). The vote will provisionally ...
12 Oct 2018, 16:40 Germany鈥檚 coal commission wants to ease the coal exit by granting lignite mining regions preferential treatment in infrastructure and innovation projects, according to a leaked draft report seen by the 麻豆无码版. The paper ...
27 May 2019, 13:46 Rose-Anne Clermont Grid Renewables n-tv Federal economy minister Peter Altmaier of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) met with the heads of departments of all 16 German federal states in Hanover on 24 May to discuss how to better ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Building construction on land at high risk of flooding is continuing apace in Germany and must stop, the country鈥檚 insurers have warned. "Only climate-adapted construction can reduce the ...
The next German government will have to overhaul the country鈥檚 system of energy-related taxes and surcharges in order to allow the next phase of the energy transition, the head of the department for energy policy (heating and efficiency) at the economy ...
J眉rgen Hambrecht, chairman of the supervisory board of German chemical company BASF, says Germany risks failing on the Energiewende. In an opinion piece for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, he argues that the government must work fast to solve energy, ...
03 Aug 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Industry EU 麻豆无码版 / The Guardian / Reuters An EU discussion to restrict the use of health and climate-damaging chemicals could bring the bloc鈥檚 energy and mobility transitions to a standstill, German ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:30 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables ...
10 Oct 2017, 00:00 One week before the start of exploratory talks on forming a government coalition, aspiring German government alliance partners CDU and the Green Party agree that the country will have to phase out coal-fired power production. Yet, two ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:37 The construction of new wind turbines in Germany picked up slightly again in the first six months of 2020, but expansion figures are still far too low to bolster an industry that suffered two years of steeply declining growth. As the ...
Germany鈥檚 carmakers might face a wave of lawsuits after reports over possible collusion to fix costs and technology emerged last week, business newspaper Handelsblatt reports. Tens of thousands of customers might seek compensation for 鈥減ossibly paying a ...
31 Mar 2020, 13:25 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen ...
04 Dec 2023, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Leading members of Germany鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) have called for a reversal of the country鈥檚 nuclear phase ...
28 Sep 2023, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Policy dpa A large part of the country鈥檚 revenue from the increasing national carbon price on fuel for transport and heating could be passed on to the country鈥檚 citizens from 2025, said finance minister Christian Lindner. ...
The political debate on imposing a ban on diesel engines in German cities continues unabated after the state government in Baden-W眉rttemberg was forced by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure to withdraw a clean air plan, Josef ...
12 Jul 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt German homeowners remain underinsured against extreme weather events like floods, which are ever more likely as a result of climate change. Two years after devastating ...
Chinese solar panels will no longer be subject to trade controls such as minimum prices in the European Union, the European Commission announced in its official journal. The trade restrictions, introduced in 2013 to shield the European Union鈥檚 solar power ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Passauer Neue Presse / M眉nchner Merkur The leadership of Germany鈥檚 conservative opposition party Christian Democrats (CDU) plans to adopt a position paper that calls for the rolling ...
17 Oct 2019, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
15 Jul 2019, 13:17 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Freja Eriksen Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind energy carried from the North Sea by transmission grid operator (TSO) TenneT rose by 16 percent in the first half of ...
03 Apr 2024, 13:30 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 / WirtschaftsWoche A private energy transition for individual households could be both ecologically and economically worthwhile, according to a report by the consulting subsidiary ...
After a record 2017, Germany saw an 鈥渆xpected鈥� decrease in onshore wind power expansion in the first half of 2018, said German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) and industry association VDMA Power Systems at a press conference in Berlin. The 鈥渕arket slump鈥� ...
03 Dec 2020, 13:48 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The German government has decided to free producers of green hydrogen from paying the renewables levy on the electricity they use in the process. Chancellor Angela ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:45 Exceeding the 1.5掳C temperature limit of the Paris Climate Agreement would jeopardise the prospect of living in security and prosperity in Germany and globally, says Germany鈥檚 first-ever National Security Strategy. In the document, the ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:15 Jack McGovan Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The number of voters for the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is highest in industrial areas that are most in need for decarbonisation efforts, according to a聽 new ...
29 Jan 2019, 15:02 Following a sharp drop in new onshore wind power installations in Germany in 2018, the industry warns that mounting resistance against new turbines endangers a sufficient supply of renewable energy demanded by industry and national ...
22 Dec 2015
22 Dec 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淪everal companies dig for Vattenfall's brown coal鈥� The timing of the sale of Vattenfall鈥檚 lignite operations, only days after the end of the Paris Climate Summit, could hardly be worse, writes ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Cars EU 麻豆无码版 A ruling by the EU鈥檚 top court that Germany failed to clean up the air in several cities for years is a 鈥渟lap in the face鈥� for the government, said NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH). The ...
25 Jul 2023, 13:29 Jennifer Collins International 麻豆无码版 / Die Zeit Germany is planning to end export guarantees for oil and coal projects and will bolster support for green technology exports in an effort to align the country鈥檚 foreign trade ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:35 Jennifer Collins Heating Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Local authorities across Germany may have to submit plans detailing how they are going to transition to climate-neutral heating systems in their jurisdictions six months earlier than ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Construction 麻豆无码版 Germany must set a good example worldwide when it comes to construction with timber, agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir聽 said 聽during the " Charter for Wood 2 ...
German authorities will look into accusations by Environmental Action Germany (DUH) that carmaker BMW had used an illegal 鈥榙efeat device鈥� to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in one of its diesel models. 鈥淭he Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 Representatives of the Nama people in Namibia are preparing an appeal to the German government to consider its colonial past in its plans to make the southern African country a ...
27 Jul 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Extreme rainfall in Germany between 2002 and 2021 has generated damages on residential buildings worth over 12.6 billion euros, figures by insurer association GDV show. ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:07 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 third solar PV ...
31 Jul 2015
31 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) Government launches suggestions for new auction design for renewables The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has launched the ...
28 May 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 As part of Germany鈥檚 long-term strategy to make hydrogen a cornerstone of its energy transition, the federal ministries for economic affairs and energy (BMWi) and of transport and digital ...
12 Jan 2015
12 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E.ON Press Release E.ON sells Italian coal and gas operations聽 E.ON said Monday it would sell its coal and gas-fueled electricity operations to the Czech energy company Energetick媒 a Pr暖myslov媒 ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 The UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on 5-15 June are set to be marked by 鈥渢ough negotiations under high pressure from the fossil fuel lobby,鈥� NGO Germanwatch said. By all indications, ...
24 Apr 2024, 14:15 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German economy ministry sees "signs of a slight economic upturn" in the country as energy-intensive industries have expanded their production since the beginning of ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:36 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany's major economic sectors, including energy supply, mining, manufacturing and agriculture, emitted 205 kilograms of CO2 per 1,000 euros of gross value added in 2020, down 8.4 ...
24 Feb 2020, 13:56 Freja Eriksen Gas Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt The Netherlands has identified Germany as its main ally in building Europe's future hydrogen structure,聽 writes the business daily Handelsblatt. "Our aim is to intensify ...
13 Jul 2020, 14:12 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Solar Die Welt Germany鈥檚 hollowed-out solar industry is hoping that the coronavirus crisis ...
21 Dec 2022, 13:34 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Carbon farming is an essential tool for reaching Germany鈥檚 net zero targets and should therefore ...
09 Feb 2016
09 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Rheinische Post 鈥淲e can鈥檛 cope with a premature lignite exit鈥� The Paris Agreement has no consequences for Germany, because the country already has the most ambitious climate targets, according to ...
19 Jan 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to establish a round table on the future of coal in the country of the Energiewende this year. He said only factual discussions, rather than emotional debates, could provide the long-term ...
28 Aug 2019, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Storage Business Wire Bavarian energy storage group Sonnen is building a virtual power plant from private storage systems as part of a joint project with US energy supplier Rocky Mountain Power and the Wasatch ...
Consumer association myRight has filed the first lawsuit in Germany aiming to force carmaker Volkswagen to repurchase vehicles affected by the emissions scandal, writes Andreas Cremer for Reuters. VW pledged to compensate owners of its cars in the US but ...
If the allegations over a cartel formed by Germany鈥檚 five largest carmakers 鈥渁re just to the slightest extent true, it鈥檚 the end of the car industry as we know it鈥�, Markus Fasse writes in a commentary for Handelsblatt Online. Billions in fines, civil ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:33 Jennifer Collins Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 People in Germany needed to use much less energy to heat their homes between September 2023 and February 2024 due to an exceptionally warm autumn and winter, and also benefited from a ...
05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Power market reforms are mainly 鈥渆mergency repairs鈥� German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel says the reforms passed in cabinet yesterday train the power market for the ...
09 Jan 2023, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Germany announced an additional 84 million euros to support Pakistan as part of both countries鈥� climate partnership at an international conference, in the wake of ...
23 Jan 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Storage 麻豆无码版 German education and research minister Anja Karliczek has urged the country鈥檚 business community to get on with large-scale domestic battery cell production. Batteries are a ...
26 Oct 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 麻豆无码版 The EU still lacks an ambitious industrial strategy to accompany the Green Deal to strengthen the bloc's industry and ensure it is able to keep up in the global race for the green ...
Not cutting down the embattled Hambach Forest would cost four to five billion euros, Rolf Martin Schmitz, head of energy company RWE, which wants to clear the forest to expand a nearby lignite mine, said聽 in the political talk show Maybrit Illner on ...
22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
10 Oct 2023, 13:10 German chancellor Olaf Scholz and French president Emmanuel Macron held an informal meeting aimed to nurse the crucial Franco-German axis for Europe鈥檚 industrial transformation on the way to climate neutrality. In Hamburg, northern ...
27 Sep 2022, 14:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 BR Scientists in Germany have declared the Southern Schneeferner in Bavaria can no longer be classed as a glacier due to rapid ice loss over the summer, when much of Europe was hit by recurring heat ...
18 Jun 2020, 15:16 Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 parliament is preparing to pass regulation about the minimum distance of wind turbines and support payments for solar power, resolving two major points of contention that have nagged ...
21 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:47 China鈥檚 prime minister has branded allegations from Europe of Chinese overcapacities in key technologies such as solar panels as unfounded. The 鈥渢heory鈥� of unfair competition would not hold and China was merely using its national ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:16 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 chemical industry will have to place a strong focus on recycling of products, the switch to electricity-based process heat and the use of renewable raw materials on its way to ...
13 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) State secretary Baake says Germany must stop registering fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 At a panel discussion Tuesday, ...
25 Apr 2019, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Gas Renewables Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A group of utilities, researchers and the state energy agency of Hesse want to establish a green hydrogen project in the industrial and business hub of the Rhine-Main area near ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy Some six months after Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission tabled its proposal to phase out the fuel by 2038, commission members have criticised the government鈥檚 lack of progress on implementing the plan. ...
Germany needs to clearly spell out the steps it will take to phase out coal, and ensure binding commitments by all relevant levels of government, NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and the Heinrich-B枚ll-Foundation say in a press release. Following ...
06 Oct 2020, 13:16 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Hydrogen Heating Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Clean ...
31 Oct 2017, 00:00 Ahead of the climate summit in Bonn, Professor Mojib Latif, a leading climate scientist from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, tells the 麻豆无码版 about his distrust in emission data, the unfortunate ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:32 Edgar Meza Carbon removal Technology 麻豆无码版 NGO Germanwatch, which promotes sustainable development and climate protection, is warning against the country鈥檚 CO2 management policy opening the door to 鈥渁 permanent extension of ...
22 Apr 2021, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
15 Aug 2016, 00:00 Germany's energy ministry wants to give top priority to saving energy in its move to a renewable future. It admits the long-term targets of the energy transition, or Energiewende, will be missed with current policies, and that ...
German utility RWE and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have rejected a court settlement offer that would have allowed the company to continue producing lignite in its largest open pit mine on the proviso that it refrained from carrying out clearing ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:34 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs EU 麻豆无码版 The renewable energy sector offers promising opportunities for economically disadvantaged rural regions in the European Union that could not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:05 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A large-scale transition to using wood for building construction in "timber cities" could avoid more than 100 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the century, ...
22 Sep 2023, 13:16 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The past decade has seen a sharp drop in prices for clean ...
Germany鈥檚 energy transition will face a critical phase after the next legislative period 聽in 2021, according to the national utility association BDEW. 鈥淭he real challenges lie between 2021 and 2030, when the nuclear exit has been completed and excess ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Germany should introduce a "balanced catalogue of measures" to secure its supply of necessary raw materials as the world shifts through a dual transformation of ...
17 Nov 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just days away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
14 Jan 2020, 10:06 Germany's shift to electric mobility looks set to get underway in earnest in 2020, and the country's mighty carmakers look ahead with trepidation to what promises to be a tremendous effort for the industry. Against the ...
02 Jul 2019, 14:09 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 For the first time, solar energy topped the list of sources for Germany鈥檚 net public electricity ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:09 Ruby Russel Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt New wind farms greatly benefit the local economy and municipal budgets, says a case study by industry consultancy Deutsche WindGuard. Building and operating several wind ...
08 Nov 2017, 00:00 Talks in Bonn as technical as expected but also 鈥渦nexcited, friendly and positive鈥�, says German negotiator / Developing countries call for voluntary reporting / US should remain part of COPs / German taxpayers are financing the climate ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:00 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy companies RWE and innogy are jointly looking into large-scale production of green hydrogen and ...
21 Nov 2023, 12:57 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government Der Spiegel The plans to comprehensively modernise and expand Germany鈥檚 national railway company Deutsche Bahn could take ...
11 Dec 2019, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Storage Start-ups 麻豆无码版 Berlin-based energy startup Lumenion has presented the pilot of its 2.4-megawatt-hour (MWh) steel storage system in a housing project in Germany鈥檚 capital. The technology would allow ...
08 Aug 2023, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy Spiegel Demand for heat pumps has slumped in Germany as a fierce debate about government plans 聽to decarbonise the heating sector unnerved many citizens. The number of subsidy applications halved in the ...
18 Oct 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Germany's coalition government is considering steps to enable the use of more green electricity that is currently curtailed due to grid bottlenecks, ...
13 Mar 2019, 14:17 Rachel Waldholz 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Business & Jobs Bloomberg Oil major Shell plans to transform itself into 鈥渢he largest electricity power company in the world鈥� by the early 2030s, and the recent purchase of German battery ...
13 Dec 2019, 13:42 Rose-Anne Clermont Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany is forecasted to register 110,000 new e-vehicles in 2019, while market giants USA and China saw a decrease in e-market sales, the Center of Automotive Management's (CAM) ...
12 Dec 2019, 13:36 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Rose-Anne Clermont Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 The National Platform Future of ...
28 Jun 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media Germany鈥檚 three ruling parties have finalised a deal on a controversial heating law to phase out gas and oil heating. The government will cover up to 70 percent of homeowners鈥� ...
10 Dec 2019, 13:29 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Rose-Anne Clermont Cars 麻豆无码版 The number of new registrations of electric, hybrid, liquid gas and ...
12 Jun 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Cars Financial Times The German state of Saarland, home to major suppliers for combustion engine cars, shows the vulnerability of the country鈥檚 car industry in a future driven by all-electric vehicles, report Guy Chazan ...
21 Mar 2024, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Grid Cost & Prices Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The German economy ministry is considering to stabilise electricity prices with a new instrument designed to reign in rising grid fees. "I want us to protect private ...
26 Feb 2019, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Shares in German wind turbine maker Senvion have lost almost 90 percent of their value since May 2018, due to fierce competition and falling prices in the sector, Alexandra ...
02 Aug 2017
02 Aug 2017, 00:00 German carmakers have pledged to update the software in some 5 million diesel cars to lower emissions at the so-called "diesel summit", where leaders of the industry met with federal ministers and heads of federal states. ...
German luxury and utility vehicle producer Daimler is weighing its options as it searches for the best possible engine for its heavy-duty vehicles in the future, testing potential solutions like electric engines, hydrogen, synthetic and natural gas, ...
03 Jun 2019, 14:01 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Nuclear phase-out Renewables Clean ...
Electric cars are going to spread in Germany sooner or later, and the country鈥檚 infrastructure must be made ready for this boom soon, Hans Riebsamen writes in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Especially the larger urban areas that ...
04 Jun 2019, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Storage Start-ups Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German home battery specialist Sonnen, one of Germany鈥檚 most prominent energy transition start-ups, which was taken over by Shell earlier this year, wants to become ...
Impending driving bans for diesel cars in several German cities could spell the end for the technology in the country, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. Driving bans in Stuttgart and Munich have been substantiated in the past weeks and pending ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:30 Jennifer Collins Wind Business & Jobs Die Welt The management board of Siemens 麻豆无码版 faced down displeased shareholders looking for answers to spiralling losses from wind turbine subsidiary Siemens Gamesa at the group's annual ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 麻豆无码版 / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
A large-scale roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany could overstrain the power grid, and the country should invest billions of euros to prevent a breakdown in the future, J眉rgen Flauger and Franz Hubik write in the Handelsblatt. According to ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The summer of 2022 in Germany was the sunniest, the sixth driest and among the four warmest on record, Germany's National Meteorological Service (DWD)聽 said. 鈥淚n these times of ...
28 Jun 2023, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Efficiency 麻豆无码版 The energy efficiency investment index by University of Stuttgart, which assesses current and planned activities in German industry on energy efficiency twice a year, has reached a historic ...
26 Mar 2024
26 Mar 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The growing volumes of cheap green technologies coming out of China are leading to worries that solar panels, electric cars, batteries and other products sold below their production price ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Funke Mediengruppe Global warming could make Germany a breeding ground for mosquitos and ticks transmitting tropical diseases such as dengue fever, the president of Germany's national disease ...
30 Apr 2019, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Cars Hydrogen Bloomberg Bosch, the world鈥檚 largest auto-parts supplier, says it continues to believe that hydrogen fuel cell trucks and cars will play a key role in future mobility, and has taken a further step to advance ...
21 Apr 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Policy 麻豆无码版 Cities and municipalities must act urgently to better protect children against UV radiation, which is increasing as a result of climate change, Germany鈥檚 environment ministry and the ...
About 100 members of coal miner labour union IG BCE held a demonstration in front of the private home of anti-coal mining acitivist Antje Grothus, who also is a member of Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission, newspaper Die Welt reports. Grothus, who heads a ...
06 Mar 2023, 12:14 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The consequences of climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros by 2050, found a report by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I脰W), the Institute ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:08 Jack McGovan Wind Society 麻豆无码版 More than three-quarters of the German population (81%) think the use and expansion of onshore wind energy is important or very important, according to a new analysis published today by the ...
18 Nov 2014
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淪tate premier Kraft fights for lignite鈥� North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft (Social Democrats) advocates the preservation of coal power in her state, since a ...
10 Mar 2020, 13:17 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Rachel Waldholz Grid Renewables reNews / Handelsblatt The German grid operator 50Hertz reported delivering a record 60 terawatt hours of renewable electricity ...
06 Jun 2019, 13:54 Germany certainly does not need to return to nuclear energy and should push through with its energy transition instead, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Following isolated calls to extend the lifetime of the country鈥檚 ...
14 Dec 2018, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy sources are set to contribute about 38 percent to Germany鈥檚 gross power consumption in 2018, a two-point increase over the previous year and a new ...
06 Feb 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Many data centre operators, local authorities and energy suppliers are putting projects to use waste heat from data centres on hold as they struggle to find suitable customers, a survey by the ...
10 Dec 2015
10 Dec 2015, 00:00 Die Zeit 鈥淒on鈥檛 be afraid of the Energiewende鈥� Three scientific academies have found there are various options to bring the Energiewende in the power sector to a successful conclusion, reports Fritz Vorholz on Zeit Online. The experts ...
29 Mar 2019, 14:12 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Germany covered over one third of its entire net electricity ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Storage 麻豆无码版 / dpa Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report ...
02 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 3 at the UN climate conference: Today's official theme is resilience, with divestment and renewables featuring in others of the many side events / Germany insists on strong monitoring mechanism in agreement / ambitious pace for ...
18 Mar 2019, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 A string of windy weeks has led to a very high share of nearly two-thirds renewables in Germany鈥檚 power production mix since the beginning of March. Average net electricity production ...
The regional court (Landgericht) in Hanover has ruled against awarding damages to German utility E.ON. The energy giant had sued the federal government, as well as several states, over the abrupt decision to temporarily shut down two nuclear power plants ...
17 May 2023, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Start-ups Business & Jobs Finance 麻豆无码版 Venture capital investments in Germany鈥檚 start-ups specialising in climate protection technologies fell to the second highest level ever last year, according to ...
Volkswagen has chosen Herbert Diess as its new CEO, ousting predecessor Matthias M眉ller. 鈥淢眉ller鈥檚 replacement with VW brand chief Diess follows slow progress in reorganizing the group鈥檚 car brands, a key pillar of 鈥淪trategy 2025鈥� to transform Germany鈥檚 ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Freight dpa Germany鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post has called for mandatory labelling of the CO2 footprint of parcels sent by parcel services to inform customers, reports news agency dpa. Such a ...
Hearings begin in Washington this week in the 鈥渉eated court case鈥� of Swedish utility Vattenfall suing Germany for almost 4.7 billion euros at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), write Michael Bauchm眉ller and Claus ...
10 Jul 2023, 12:10 James Jackson Adaptation Efficiency Heating Around one in eight German households already use air-condition units, according to a survey by price comparison website Verivox. 鈥淓ighty seven percent of respondents get by without an air ...
27 Nov 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Finance Policy Deutschlandfunk / Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has announced that price subsidies for electricity and gas introduced during the ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:21 Hannah Naylor Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 foreign minister has reassured small island states that suffer the most from climate change that Germany will deliver on its climate financing promises and indicated support in ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Policy Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 government will present the long-awaited National Security Strategy on Wednesday (14 June), with critical raw materials as one focus, said chancellor Olaf Scholz at the East ...
22 May 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 Researchers, NGOs, and media commentators have criticised the German and Japanese governments for what they say is a weak outcome on climate policy at the Group of Seven (G7) ...
Germany is a world leader on energy efficiency, according to IEA executive director Fatih Birol. Speaking at the presentation of the IEA鈥檚 麻豆无码版 Efficiency report 2017 in Berlin, Birol said that聽鈥渆very German citizen had 580 dollars more to spend on ...
Germany鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) are to make energy efficiency a priority for energy policy in the coming legislative period, Hubertus Heil, deputy chairman of the SPD鈥檚 parliamentary group, said during a speech on his party鈥檚 energy policy ambitions ...
05 Jul 2023, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Table.Media Germany鈥檚 coalition government has agreed a higher national CO2 price for transport and heating fuels for 2024, news site Table.Media reports citing coalition sources. The ...
21 May 2015
21 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淐oalition doesn鈥檛 get together in coal politics鈥� A meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel on the additional levy on old coal ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:09 Freja Eriksen Grid 麻豆无码版 Corrects position of Felix Matthes, who is research coordinator at the Institute for Applied Ecology, not the institute's head. Power grid expansion is set to become the German energy transition ...
30 May 2023, 13:22 Jessica Bateman Heating dpa A lack of skilled workers could hinder Germany reaching its target of climate neutrality in the buildings sector by 2045, writes press agency dpa. The construction sector needs an additional 150,000-200,000 ...
06 Feb 2019, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Storage Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The battery cell factory planned to be built in Germany by Chinese manufacturer CATL will have a much greater capacity than initially planned, Lukas Bay ...
15 Aug 2019, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The production of solar power modules in Europe can be made economically viable again if production sites are planned sufficiently large, a study by research institute Fraunhofer ISE and ...
31 Jan 2019, 13:30 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Almost 3,000 ...
29 Jan 2019, 13:41 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
Two years after the diesel emissions fraud scandal broke in September 2015, German carmakers fail to come up with available e-car models at the Frankfurt Car Show (IAA) and instead present 鈥� more diesel-SUVs than ever before,鈥� NGO Environmental Action ...
The Free Voters, new coalition partners in Bavaria, Germany鈥檚 southern economic powerhouse state, reject important grid expansion plans that are meant to improve the distribution of electricity from renewable power sources across the country, Claudia ...
Offshore wind power generation in German waters has passed a symbolic threshold, as the number of wind turbines exceeded 1,000 for the first time, Kai Eckert writes for energy industry magazine Energie & Management. According to figures of the Federal ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 麻豆无码版 The future of the energy system in economic powerhouse state Texas will be a key feature during an upcoming trip of German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to the United ...
German environment minister Svenja Schulze has backed away from her call for more ambitious new EU targets for passenger car CO鈧� emissions reduction to enable a joint German government position, said a ministry spokesperson at a press conference. After a ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:30 Ruby Russel Transport Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Projects to build green hydrogen electrolysers at refineries are being cancelled because oil companies lack guarantees that the investments will be profitable, even though the ...
24 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The intensifying quarrel within the German government coalition is increasingly likely to delay a law designed to pave the way towards climate-friendly heating. ...
Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is pushing for driving bans in polluted cities of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany鈥檚 most populous state, for all diesel cars that do not meet the Euro 6 emissions standard, the environmental NGO says in a press ...
Germany鈥檚 public utilities will be at the forefront of implementing the decentralised energy supply required by the Energiewende, Katherina Reiche, director of the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU), said in an interview with Welt kompakt. Reiche ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:10 Jessica Bateman Heating Table.Media / 麻豆无码版 The German government has reached a compromise on the shift to climate-friendly heating by effectively postponing a ban on the installation of new fossil fuel heating systems, ...
08 Sep 2020, 14:21 Coal Hamburger Abendblatt The possibility that energy company Vattenfall could close down its newest and largest coal-fired power station in Germany has sparked a debate about whether that would negatively affect local electricity ...
13 Jun 2023, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 麻豆无码版 German rail company Deutsche Bahn has signed a partnership agreement with the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to transport teams and fans across the country in a climate ...
09 May 2022, 14:02 Expert UFZ- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Umweltforschung- UFZ Climate & CO2 Renewables Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Agriculture Die Welt Eastern Germany is grappling with the ...
20 Jun 2023, 14:40 Carolina Kyllmann Freight Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Low water levels in the Rhine river as a consequence of ongoing droughts in various German regions threaten to hurt the country's economy, economists at Deutsche Bank Research ...
22 Feb 2024, 13:52 Franca Quecke Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 Berlin-based heating system installer Thermondo has stopped selling gas heating systems, shifting its focus entirely to more climate-friendly technologies, such as heat pumps and PV modules, ...
28 Aug 2023, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 Planned German state support will make a heat pump cheaper than a new gas boiler, even in comparatively energy-inefficient buildings, said environmental NGO WWF Germany. Consultancy firm ...
The Berlin administrative court has ordered Germany鈥檚 capital to introduce driving bans for diesel vehicles on parts of eight roads suffering from exceedingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) pollution, reports the public broadcaster rbb24 in two ...
21 Sep 2015
21 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 鈥淲orried about the climate鈥� The very hot and dry summer of 2015 was a sign of climate change, 46 percent of Germans believe. In contrast, 40 percent told ...
Germany鈥檚 coalition government has reached an agreement to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel cars in German cities. Transport minister Andreas Scheuer and environment minister Svenja Schulze called the deal 鈥渁 very large step鈥� to improve ...
07 Dec 2020, 14:00 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Handelsblatt German grid operator Amprion plans to invest around 24 billion euros in the electricity network over the next ten years, 9 billion more than previously planned,聽J眉rgen Flauger聽 ...
19 Feb 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt Growing demand for minerals needed in renewable power installations, electric vehicles and other green technologies could trigger a lasting price increase for ...
11 Dec 2015, 00:00 Agreement text expected Saturday morning / Germany, EU reiterate push for ambitious deal/ Leaders get on the phone/ Scientists fear weak deal Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate ...
12 Feb 2019, 18:04 Against the backdrop of escalating tensions over the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, Germany and the US aim to boost industry cooperation on liquefied natural gas (LNG). German economy minister Peter Altmaier invited US ...
Environmental Action German (DUH) says its recent tests suggested that German carmaker BMW used defeat devices like those at the heart of the so called Dieselgate scandal to throttle nitrogen oxide (NO x) emissions on the test stand, despite having ...
23 Feb 2021, 11:54 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Charlotte Nijhuis Cars EU Handelsblatt / Focus Online Europe needs to show more speed and commitment to the expansion of charging infrastructure for electric ...
10 Dec 2014
10 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/dpa 鈥淓conomy minister Gabriel has still hopes for gas pipeline South Stream鈥� 鈥淚t would be better for Europe if the project still had a chance,鈥� Germany鈥檚 Minister for ...
11 Jul 2023, 13:40 James Jackson Wind 麻豆无码版 The rollout of offshore wind in the German North and Baltic seas can be reconciled with environmental concerns, but the location of specific marine ecosystems must become a core part of the planning ...
22 Jul 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Society 麻豆无码版 Construction of more than 2,000 onshore wind turbines in Germany-- with a combined capacity of nearly 10 gigawatts (GW)-- is on hold due to bureaucratic hurdles and delays in ...
Green Party and parliamentary group leaders Cem 脰zdemir and Anton Hofreiter call on Chancellor Angela Merkel to act on pollution in German cities, reports news agency dpa. The pair ask Merkel in a letter to support the introduction of 鈥渂lue badges鈥� that ...
Germany鈥檚 economy and energy minister, Peter Altmaier, has announced the target of covering 30 percent of global battery cell demand with production 鈥� in Germany and Europe 鈥� by 2030 to make the continent more independent from Asian imports. At a mobility ...
09 May 2023, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Society EU 麻豆无码版 European governments must ensure that no one is left behind during the move towards a climate-neutral future, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a聽 speech in the European Parliament, ...
31 May 2023, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Transport Business & Jobs Die Welt Chemicals producer BASF is deploying a new freight vessel adapted for low water levels in the Rhine river, newspaper Die Welt聽 reported. Shallower water in Germany鈥檚 ...
12 Oct 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not give up the government鈥檚 goal to reduce CO鈧� emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which would 鈥減lay a big role鈥� in the upcoming talks to form a new government coalition. Germany鈥檚 broad ...
Car and transport experts have discussed the European Commission鈥檚 proposal to tighten vehicle emission rules in the EU in a committee in the German parliament, giving very different assessments of the approach that is aimed reducing the CO 2 output of ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:59 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Nuclear phase-out International dpa / Focus Online The decision to shut down Fessenheim, the oldest nuclear reactor in France, by mid-2020 that French President Emanuel Macron announced in a ...
14 Sep 2015
14 Sep 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓U casts doubt over lignite compromise鈥� The European Commission has doubts about whether the German government鈥檚 plan to put some old lignite power plants in a so-called capacity reserve is ...
22 Mar 2023, 13:26 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Germany and the U.S. are jointly pushing for a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis, and agreed that it should be finalised at the ...
09 Jun 2022, 13:33 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The mean temperature of the years 2022 to 2028 could be about 0.5 to 1.0 degrees too warm in Germany, the country鈥檚 Metrological Service (DWD) has warned. In its new decadal climate ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 / ARD The quick rise in natural gas prices impacts Germany, but the economy ministry at this point does not aim to use government action to protect ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Governments across the globe must use the 2020s to establish methods to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removals 鈥� CDR) to ensure that Paris Climate Agreement targets can ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables dpa / Welt Online Several German states and the federal government have reached an agreement on key aspects of the country鈥檚 much-needed transmission grid expansion, news agency dpa reports in an ...
