03 Aug 2015
03 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕ermany- a good climate country?鈥� It is questionable whether Germany鈥檚 energy transition is a good example for other countries to follow, writes political science ...
28 Feb 2019, 14:15 Much of Germany鈥檚 renewable power capacity is facing uncertainty regarding its business models as generous feed-in tariffs for many wind, solar and biogas plants end in the 2020s. With the country needing more, not less, renewable power ...
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel likes to think of herself as a politician who 鈥渢hinks things through to the end鈥� 鈥� but the constitutional court鈥檚 judgement on the hasty 2011 nuclear exit suggests otherwise, writes Thorsten Knuf in a commentary for ...
Representatives of the opposition Green and Left parties criticised the planned reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act in the first Bundestag debate on the federal government鈥檚 proposed draft. 鈥淚t would have been more honest to talk of an energy transition ...
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) amendment proposal passed by the environmental committee in the European Parliament (EP) in December 2016 angers German industry, writes Klaus Stratmann for Handelsblatt Global Edition. 鈥淓ven our most efficient ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 Christian Democrats (CDU) garnered another election victory and beat the governing Social Democrats (SPD) in their 鈥渉eartland鈥�, Germany鈥檚 most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). Preliminary results show that the CDU ...
17 Oct 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 consumer surcharge to fund renewable electricity will rise less than expected in 2017. Still, discussions about the cost of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project and ways to reform the renewables support dominated the public ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Government Handelsblatt / Stuttgarter Nachrichten / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung After a series of meetings with high-profile car industry representatives in recent years to deal with the fallout of the so ...
The rise of car sharing and self-drive electric vehicles could drastically reduce the number of cars on urban roads, according to Christian Hochfeld, head of new transport think tank Agora Verkehrswende*. 鈥淚f a city鈥檚 entire car fleet was shared and self ...
Until now, tenants in Germany had to pay the renewable energy surcharge of 6.35 cents per kilowatt-hour that finances the state-guaranteed price, or feed-in tariff, for producers of renewable energy even if the building they live in is installed with a ...
The G20 group of countries, whose energy ministers are going to meet in Beijing this week, are responsible for around 75 per cent of global energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. State secretary Rainer Baake, who is going to ...
The German government no longer supports the new construction or overhaul of already decommissioned coal plants via development finance instruments of the World Bank, it said in an answer to a parliamentary inquiry of the Left Party. 鈥淢ultilateral ...
06 Dec 2016, 00:00 According to Germany鈥檚 constitutional court, the government鈥檚 2011 decision to speed up the nuclear power phase-out was in line with constitutional requirements. Nuclear power plant operators argued the move amounted to expropriation ...
23 Dec 2015
23 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 'Frohe Weihnachten' from the 麻豆无码版 newsroom Our best wishes for a joyous holiday season. We will publish our next News Digest on 28 December and take another short break from ...
German CO 2 emissions in power generation could be immediately reduced by one quarter if low-emission fossil power plants were given priority for electricity generation, environmental organisation Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 writes in a press release. Emissions ...
25 Jan 2017
Due to a huge switch from coal to gas power generation, EU power emissions fell 4.5 percent last year, according to an analysis by energy think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende*. 鈥淵ear-on-year, coal generation across Europe fell by 12 percent, whilst ...
29 Jul 2015
29 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淪teel before a great exodus鈥� The EU鈥檚 plans for a reform of the emissions trading system might lead to a mass exodus of steel companies from Europe, reports Carsten Dierig in Die Welt. ...
The latest figures published by the International Renewable 麻豆无码版 Agency (IRENA) refute US president-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 claim that solar power is particularly expensive, Bernhard P枚tter writes in leftist daily taz. According to the IRENA report ...
18 May 2016
18 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal government 鈥淭ax breaks and buyer鈥檚 premium agreed to鈥� The government cabinet has agreed to an e-car buyer鈥檚 premium worth 4,000 euros and ten-year tax breaks for new electric ...
The leaders of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) have agreed to enter into talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU / CSU alliance, the SPD 's executive committee says in a draft resolution seen by the 麻豆无码版. The ...
The renewables surcharge could decrease significantly if the system were based not only on electricity consumption, but also on final energy consumption in the heating and transport sectors, according to a study by the Institute for Ecological Economy ...
16 Oct 2017, 00:00 The average price of new solar power installations in Germany has fallen below five cents per kilowatt hour for the first time ever. Since the introduction of auctions in 2015, prices for the technology have declined by more than 40 ...
14 Feb 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Politics 麻豆无码版 The opposition Green parliamentary group has called on the federal government 聽to introduce concrete proposals to implement the coal exit commission 's recent ...
04 May 2015
04 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bild/Lichtblick 鈥淭esla and Lichtblick plan energy revolution鈥� Hamburg-based renewable electricity provider Lichtblick is cooperating with Tesla to integrate the e-car company鈥檚 new 鈥淧owerwall Home ...
Germany鈥檚 third largest utility EnBW hopes investments in wind power and digital services will help it shed the image of a climate-damaging coal and nuclear company, reports Richard Fuchs for broadcaster Deutschlandradio. EnBW is using new management ...
The reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act puts the Energiewende at a crossroads, writes political scientist and energy analyst Arne Jungjohann on environmental news website China Dialogue. 鈥淪o far, citizens, communities and new investors have been the ...
07 Nov 2014
07 Nov 2014, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淧rotest against climate policy: Greenpeace dumps 8 tonnes of coal in front of Gabriel鈥檚 ministry鈥� Enivronmental group Greenpeace dumped eight tonnes of lignite coal in front of the German Economics Ministry on Thursday, ...
29 May 2015
29 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 AG Energiebilanzen 鈥淒emand for energy in heating increased- less coal and more power from renewables鈥� The use of hard coal and lignite fell in the first quarter of 2015 compared to last year, ...
16 Apr 2015, 00:00 The researchers that prepared the German government's proposal for a levy on old coal-fired plants have rejected union claims the plan would cause massive job losses in the lignite industry and beyond. The Institute for Applied ...
Germany will likely miss several renewables and emissions targets despite the reform of certain key regulations concerning the German electricity sector carried out by the federal government and parliament in 2016, according to a background paper by think ...
Germany鈥檚 green energy industry has for years dashed from one record to the next, but this trend is set to slow down, Thorsten Knuf writes in a commentary for Frankfurter Rundschau. 鈥淵es to green energy but, please, not too much, such is the government鈥檚 ...
Germany鈥檚 governing conservative parties CDU and CSU risk undermining聽 one of the country鈥檚 key climate protection targets 聽by postponing the adoption of a planned law on energy efficiency in public buildings,聽Jens Tartler writes in Der Tagesspiegel. ...
18 Feb 2015
18 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 脰ko-Institut Study: Up to 700,000 e-cars could be run profitably in commercial car fleets by 2020 Large numbers of e-cars could already be profitably operated in commercial car fleets, according to ...
17 Jul 2015
17 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) "European Commission has missed the opportunity for innovation in CO2 intensive materials" The EU Commission鈥檚 proposal for carbon leakage ...
25 Apr 2016
25 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 PV-magazine 鈥淓EG reform: state chamber wants exemptions for citizens鈥� energy鈥� Germany鈥檚 second parliamentary chamber, which represents the 16 states, has passed a resolution ...
For the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), a combustion engine ban is a no-go in coalition talks after the September elections, CSU head Horst Seehofer said in an interview with Funke Mediengruppe. It would 鈥渟trike at the roots of our prosperity,鈥� ...
04 Nov 2015
04 Nov 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) 鈥淕abriel: The basis for the power market of the future is established鈥� The German government has approved wide-reaching reforms of the power market ...
Germany needs regional power markets and a legislation overhaul to cope with its increasingly decentralised electricity system, and replace the current 鈥渃haos鈥� in grid fees, levies and taxes, according to think tank Agora Energiewende.* 鈥淲e need to all ...
24 May 2016
24 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淧eople with their own power supply will have to pay鈥� Changes in power taxation planned by the German finance ministry could finish off business models based on renewable power ...
The German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) has criticised聽 the European Parliament鈥檚 propositions 聽for a reform of the EU鈥檚 Emissions Trading System (ETS) for being 鈥渁n empty shell鈥� that cements the system鈥檚 status as 鈥渁n ineffective instrument for ...
25 Sep 2017
German chancellor Angela Merkel will face plenty of stumbling blocks if she sets out to forge a coalition of her conservative CDU/CSU block with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and The Greens, media commentators point out on the day after federal ...
Changing the world鈥檚 energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable sources would result in net economic gains, according to a study by the International Renewable 麻豆无码版 Agency (IRENA) and the International 麻豆无码版 Agency (IEA). The agencies鈥� study, ...
The future government coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) wants to slow down wind power expansion and keep energy generation from fossil fuels as 鈥渂ridging technologies for the foreseeable future ...
05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by Germany鈥檚 federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
17 Jun 2016
17 Jun 2016, 00:00 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Environment Agency 鈥�Climate protection contributions of the transport sector by 2050鈥� Germany's transport sector will need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by about 98 percent to ...
20 Jan 2016
20 Jan 2016, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕abriel needs a masterplan鈥� The Paris Agreement has shown that coal will need to be phased out faster than currently planned, writes Joachim Wille in a commentary for Frankfurter Rundschau. ...
26 Nov 2014
26 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 FAZ/dpa 鈥淐oal sector resists Gabriel鈥檚 plans鈥� Germany鈥檚 energy sector believes it has already done plenty to increase efficiency and reach climate protection targets, according to the German ...
27 Feb 2019, 16:36 An expert panel advising the German government has called for a price on CO2 to spur the development of new technologies that are key for the energy transition. 鈥淚nnovations are driven into the ground without a CO2 price signal,鈥� said ...
20 Oct 2014
20 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 聽"Don't follow the path of the dreamer" 聽 In an interview with the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, the head of the trade union for Mining, Chemicals and 麻豆无码版 (IG-BCE) expresses concerns over the ...
10 Apr 2018, 00:00 The current legislative period has to be used to significantly advance the mobility transition in Germany, ensuring that the country remains a technology leader, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier at a mobility conference ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for the idea of banning internal combustion engine cars sometime in the future, as planned by other European countries, such as France and the UK. 鈥淚 cannot name a specific date now, but the approach is ...
19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017, 00:00 Operators have offered to build offshore wind farms in the North Sea without relying on support payments, in Germany鈥檚 first competitive auction for the technology. Instead, the operators only will rely on the market rate for ...
20 Jul 2015
20 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淕abriel鈥檚 energy concept will cost Germany dearly鈥� 麻豆无码版 minister Sigmar Gabriel has called his energy concept a 鈥渉istoric pact for new prosperity鈥� but what he didn鈥檛 say was ...
14 Dec 2017, 00:00 The energy transition has profound implications for Germany's preparations for an "unlikely but possible" large-scale power blackout, civil protection experts say. While renewable energy sources could replace fuel depots ...
27 Apr 2018, 00:00 The Energiewende is an indispensable project even if future economic returns remain uncertain, according to Christoph M. Schmidt, president of the RWI- Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, and chair of the German Council of Economic ...
16 Feb 2018, 00:00 The future government tasks researchers with finding ways to plan and steer the electrification of the whole energy system 鈥� along with all its new technologies. Renewable power was introduced in Germany at a startling pace in some ...
08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau Nuclear decommissioning: Environmental activists worried about security An alliance of 76 environmental groups is demanding stricter security standards and more public ...
15 Aug 2019, 10:58 In a bid to regain its damaged reputation as a future mobility leader, BMW will replace its CEO on Friday, when Harald Kr眉ger will hand over the company's steering wheel to Oliver Zipse. But industry experts are uncertain whether ...
24 Sep 2015
24 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 /sites/default/files/files/article/media-flawed-emissions-test-successful-policies-renewable-support/clew-reporters-guide-2015.pdf The Guardian 鈥淯K, France and ...
14 Oct 2015
14 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online/dpa-AFX 鈥淩enewable energy surcharge rises to record level of 6.35 cents鈥� The renewables surcharge German consumers pay with their power bills will rise to a record 6.35 cents per KWh next year, ...
01 Sep 2015
01 Sep 2015, 00:00 Institute of Renewable 麻豆无码版 Industry (IWR) 鈥淎dditions of new solar arrays speeds up in July 鈥� Total capacity exceeds threshold of 39,000 MW鈥� The addition of new PV-systems has increased significantly in July compared to June, but not ...
23 Jan 2019, 10:55 Power prices are less of a concern for some industry sectors and coal-heavyweight RWE has long been about 鈥渕uch more than coal鈥� 鈥� industry representatives offered an unusual take on the German coal exit debate in a panel discussion ...
17 Nov 2014
17 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt "Why the coal phase-out was really cancelled" 聽In an analysis of the current debate over whether Germany should phase out coal power in order to reach its greenhouse ...
29 Sep 2015
29 Sep 2015, 00:00 Carl Morris 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淐armakers must not end up like RWE and E.ON鈥� In an interview with business daily Handelsblatt, transport expert Anton Hofreiter- one of the Green party鈥檚 parliamentary leaders- argues ...
20 May 2020, 12:30 Implementing social distancing in trams, buses and underground trains at peak times creates massive problems for urban public transport, says Barbara Lenz, who heads the Institute of Transport Research at the German Aerospace Centre DLR ...
19 May 2016
19 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) / Institute for Applied Ecology / European Climate Foundation (ECF) 鈥淚ndustry鈥檚 energy bills fall by a tenth鈥� German manufacturing ...
16 Jul 2015
16 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Zeit 鈥淒on鈥檛 get distracted鈥� The carbon divestment movement and the G7 commitment to decarbonisation indicate that climate policy is getting serious and irreversible, writes Andreas Kuhlmann, ...
14 Mar 2016
14 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Green Budget Germany / Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淭en million tonnes more CO2鈥� Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions increased again in 2015, compared to 2014, researchers from Green Budget Germany (F脰S) say. ...
17 Oct 2018, 14:44 The global energy transition is both accelerating and unstoppable, and will continue to disrupt many industries from carmaking to construction, according to green energy pioneer Amory Lovins. But the cofounder and Chief Scientist of the ...
22 May 2019, 11:33 Volker Hille鈥檚 passion project could cut Germany鈥檚 entire CO2 output by almost one percent. He is head of corporate technology at Salzgitter Group, one of Europe鈥檚 largest steelmakers, which currently emits around eight million tonnes ...
18 Sep 2015
18 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Osnabr眉cker Zeitung / Dow Jones Newswires E.ON CEO compares cheap renewable power to 鈥渦npaid slaves鈥� Current power market structures are not geared to taking up large amounts of renewable energy, E ...
20 Nov 2014
20 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Zeit online "Billions for utilities" If coal fired power stations were retired, everybody could profit: the climate, consumers and utilities, writes Marlies Uken for Zeit online. The problem is, none of the ...
19 Oct 2015
19 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 National Geographic 鈥淕ermany Could Be a Model for How We鈥檒l Get Power in the Future鈥� In a long feature for National Geographic, Robert Kunzig takes an in-depth look at the 鈥渆pochal transformation鈥� ...
06 Oct 2015
06 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bloomberg/The Economic Times/Environment Ministry 鈥淢erkel pledges 1 billion euros to fund Indian solar projects鈥� During Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 state visit to India, Germany pledged investment of more than one ...
29 May 2015, 00:00 Germany and its neighbouring countries have agreed to let the market determine wholesale power prices even if this means soaring prices at times of high demand, Germany's state secretary for energy Rainer Baake said. He also ...
18 Nov 2019, 12:34 Tesla's announcement to build a "gigafactory" for e-car production in Germany is likely to speed up the slow shift to electric mobility in the country, politicians and mobility experts have said. Media called the ...
06 May 2015, 00:00 The growing share of renewables forced German wholesale electricity prices down to among the lowest in Europe last year, according to a study by grid operator TenneT. And government figures indicate that consumers are benefitting too, ...
18 Feb 2016
18 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) "Gabriel: Europe needs more industry鈥� Europe鈥檚 aim to increase the share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 percent ...
03 Feb 2016
03 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Environment Agency 鈥淕erman greenhouse gas emissions fall considerably in 2014鈥� New data shows that Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell to 901.9 million tonnes of聽CO2聽equivalents in 2014 ...
09 Apr 2019, 17:18 Innovation to make the use of energy cleaner, more flexible and efficient is the central quest of the global energy transition. At the Berlin Start-up 麻豆无码版 Transition Tech Festival, the German 麻豆无码版 Agency (dena) promotes start-ups ...
23 Mar 2015
23 Mar 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wall Street Journal 鈥淕ermany鈥檚 Nuclear Costs Trigger Fears鈥� German taxpayers may end up footing the bill for decommissioning the country鈥檚 nuclear power plants and storing radioactive waste, according to a study ...
27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015, 00:00 Clarifies that the whole article in the Frankfurter Rundschau is written by J枚rg Staude. Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry of Finance / F脰S Government subsidies seen rising Subsidies and tax concessions will increase to 22 ...
02 May 2016
02 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淒windling chances for fracking鈥� The proposed fracking law has been delayed and might not be adopted in the current legislative period, writes Klaus Stratmann in ...
08 May 2019, 10:26 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
11 Nov 2014
11 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online "麻豆无码版 efficiency in companies: Hidden chances for climate protection" Greater energy efficiency efforts by companies could help Germany save nearly a quarter of the聽CO2 emissions necessary to ...
01 Feb 2016
01 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淚t won鈥檛 happen without buyer鈥檚 premiums鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet car industry representatives on Tuesday to talk about incentives for e-mobility, reports ...
27 Jan 2016
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓-car collision in the coalition鈥� The Social Democrats鈥� parliamentary group wants to push e-mobility with incentives worth billions, reports Andreas Mihm in the ...
10 Apr 2015
10 Apr 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淕abriel risks losing the coal war鈥� A heavy storm is brewing above Sigmar Gabriel, Germany鈥檚 minister for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版, as unions, employees, industry heads and parts of his own party rebel ...
26 May 2016
26 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 IRENA 鈥淕ermany remains highest EU renewables employer鈥� Germany remains the highest EU renewables employer with about 355,000 jobs, despite a 4 percent decline in employment in the ...
15 Apr 2016
15 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 New draft version of Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act released The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 has released a new draft of the Renewable ...
07 May 2015
07 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 The New York Times 鈥淕ermany, the Green Superpower鈥� With a generous feed-in tariff 鈥渢hat made it a no-brainer for Germans to install solar power (or wind) at home,鈥� Germany has made a 鈥渨orld-saving ...
21 Oct 2014
21 Oct 2014, 00:00 Der Tagesspiegel "Greenpeace enters roof of Willy-Brandt-House" Activists from environmental campaign organisation Greenpeace have protested against the climate policy of German Economy and 麻豆无码版 Minister Sigmar Gabriel at ...
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) / German Engineering Association (VDMA) 鈥淏reather for the German wind industry鈥� Onshore wind power development in Germany decreased by 34 percent ...
16 Jan 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 experts say the German chancellor's secpticism over extensive payments to conventional power plants as back-up for renewables sends a strong signal that capacity markets may not be on the cards in the upcoming power market ...
15 Jan 2015
15 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters "Merkel dashes loss-making power plants' aid hopes" Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was sceptical about capacity markets that would give extensive support to old coal fired ...
03 Aug 2018, 08:44 Conventional power stations, like hard coal, gas-fired or nuclear plants, are forced to curb generation because of the heat wave hitting Germany. While the stability of the power system as such is not in peril and most renewables are ...
18 Apr 2016
18 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淐zech investor wants to take over brown coal operations鈥� A year and a half after Sweden's Vattenfall said it would sell its German lignite ...
13 Jan 2015
13 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥溾�橢lon鈥� und 鈥楩elix鈥� cost consumers millions鈥�/ 鈥淪tormy times on the power market鈥� Heavy winds from two low pressure systems created an enormous oversupply of wind power ...
Germany鈥檚 federal parliament has approved a controversial revamp of the country鈥檚 energy transition. The government coalition of economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 Conservatives secured a majority vote for ...
17 Dec 2014
17 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淣uclear power companies should pay 17 billion euros into fund鈥� The German government plans to establish a fund for the costs of dismantling and disposal of nuclear power ...
19 Feb 2015
19 Feb 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淏erlin wants to close its coal-fired power plants by 2020鈥� The German capital of Berlin will shut its four remaining coal-fired power plants by 2020, according to provisional results from a parliamentary ...
06 Feb 2015
06 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 DIW studies 鈥淓lectricity Grids and Climate Targets: New Approaches to Grid Planning鈥� The latest assumptions that will be used in the government's grid development plan take new climate ...
21 Jan 2015
21 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Dow Jones Newswires 鈥淕abriel undermines electricity industry鈥檚 confidence in the Energiewende鈥� Writing for Dow Jones Newswires, Christian Grimm says energy minister Sigmar Gabriel has 鈥渂roken his ...
30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market ...
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 The first block of a large coal-fired power station has just gone online in Hamburg, even as two thirds of German fossil-fuelled facilities fail to turn a profit and their operators are applying for many to be mothballed. So is the ...
16 Dec 2014
16 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Study: Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) 鈥淓nvironmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros鈥� Even as Germany聽 focuses much effort and funding on climate protection measures, it ...
16 Feb 2015
16 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕oodbye coal鈥� 鈥淣ow the British also have their Energiewende,鈥� Bj枚rn Finke comments on British plans to exit coal announced over the weekend. He argues London鈥檚 energy ...
25 Jan 2017, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 energy policy will see little change as former justice minister Brigitte Zypries replaces Sigmar Gabriel as economy and energy minister this week, according to policy experts. Gabriel鈥檚 Social Democratic party colleague ...
26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Berliner Morgenpost /dpa 鈥淰attenfall stops resettlement plans near lignite mine in Nochten鈥� 麻豆无码版 utility Vattenfall has stopped plans to resettle around 1700 people near its open cast lignite ...
02 May 2019, 11:32 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
08 Apr 2015
08 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽Handelsblatt 鈥淐ommunal utilities sound the alarm鈥� Low electricity prices at the power exchange and the dominance of renewable energies mean many communal utilities are now unprofitable, according ...
29 Sep 2016, 00:00 One year after the Dieselgate scandal hit the industry, German carmakers VW and Daimler unveiled their first models developed exclusively for an electric motor at the Paris Car Show on Thursday. Many industry experts say the move is key ...
19 Aug 2015
19 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 taz 鈥� die Tageszeitung 鈥淎mong energy pioneers鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel should use her visit to Brasilia this week as an opportunity to breath fresh wind into the political dialogue concerning ...
30 Jan 2015
30 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Zeit Online "Germany warns against overly strict thresholds for cars" Under EU regulations, by 2021 CO2 emissions from new cars must not exceed an average of 95 grams per kilometre. By ...
07 Jan 2015
07 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Dow Jones Newswires 鈥淓-Mobility project: Municipal utilities are looking for a common business model鈥� A new federal research project called 鈥渆connect Germany鈥� aims to demonstrate the opportunities ...
17 Apr 2019, 09:50 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
04 Sep 2015
04 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BDEW / afp 鈥淭he power price turn-around鈥� Electricity has become cheaper for private consumers for the first time since 2000, the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW) reports. ...
18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he Goliath in open-cast mining鈥� The illegal protests against open-cast mining in Western Germany over the weekend are strongly reminiscent of the violent demonstrations in the country against ...
21 Jan 2016
21 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 鈥淔lawed subsidies鈥� Britain is planning a different kind of energy transition, writes Bj枚rn Finke in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. While they want to shut down all ...
09 Jul 2015
09 Jul 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Zeit 鈥淲e have to exit within 25 or 30 years鈥� German environment minister Barbara Hendricks expects coal to be phased out in Germany by 2045 at the very latest. 鈥淲e have to exit the burning of coal step by step ...
02 Oct 2015
02 Oct 2015, 00:00 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淪upport for nuclear plant operators鈥� The home region of battered utilities RWE and E.ON has suggested the companies should receive state aid if their provisions for nuclear decommissioning prove too small ...
27 Nov 2014
27 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Tageszeitung (taz) "Trade union association DGB gets on side with coal" What started off as an appeal by industry and energy unions is now supported by most German trade unions (apart ...
15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淔ull wind speed ahead鈥� The reason why payments for renewables have increased to 24.1 billion euros in 2015 is to be found in their success, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel in a Q ...
14 Jul 2015
14 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE 鈥淧oll 鈥� Lignite is essential stabiliser for energy supply鈥� Two thirds of Germans believe electricity prices have a large influence on the competitiveness of German industry, according to a ...
22 May 2015
22 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Destatis 鈥淕7 in Figures鈥� Germany鈥檚 Federal Statistical Office Destatis has published a booklet ahead of the G7 summit in Bavaria this June, including data on energy and climate protection efforts ...
14 Jun 2019, 09:07 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
21 Apr 2015
21 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淎 grand coalition against CO2 targets鈥� German carmakers VW, BMW and Mercedes, as well as metalworkers union IG Metall, are lobbying against the EU Commission鈥檚 plan ...
02 May 2018, 00:00 Josef Kallo, director of the Institute for 麻豆无码版 Conversion and Storage at Ulm University and coordinator of the Research Group 麻豆无码版 Systems Integration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), says electric flight is not just a distant ...
28 Sep 2018, 15:37 Germany's solar power industry used to be a leader of the renewable technology's global expansion but a series of political blunders has killed off solar power companies and passed the torch on to China, solar power researcher ...
20 Jan 2015, 00:00 Sigmar Gabriel has made strong statements against capacity markets, with the utilities once again insisting they are needed to ensure investment in the power sector. The state secretary for energy said that with current overcapacity, ...
22 Jan 2015
22 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wirtschaftswoche 鈥淩WE: shut down or sale?鈥� RWE 鈥檚 deputy chairman of the executive board Rolf Martin Schmitz said that power stations hit by falling electricity prices could no longer turn a profit ...
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Europe鈥檚 power grids are supposed to become increasingly integrated 鈥� but right now the opposite seems to be happening. Germany鈥檚 eastern neighbours complain that the country鈥檚 renewable power production is putting a strain on their ...
14 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 聽 Ernst & Young 鈥淐autious upward trend: Approval of the Energiewende rises slightly鈥� Business approval for Germany鈥檚 energy is gradually rising, according to Ernst & Young鈥檚 quarterly Energiewende Index ...
10 Sep 2015
10 Sep 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 FAZ/Handelsblatt "Werner M眉ller wants to save RWE" RWE鈥檚 municipal shareholders plan to put former German economy minister聽 Werner M眉ller 聽in charge of the stricken utility鈥檚 supervisory ...
19 Oct 2016, 00:00 The German government decided on a pact to free nuclear power plant operators of responsibility for storing radioactive waste, and transfer it into the hands of the state. Utilities welcomed the decision made on Wednesday, while critics ...
17 Apr 2015
17 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung "Powered out" The German nuclear power sector's聽final battle is currently being fought on paper, writes Markus Balser in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The likes of E ...
07 Apr 2016
07 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bundestag Federal government rejects national CO鈧� price floor The federal government continues to have reservations over a national price floor for carbon allowances, according to ...
06 Mar 2015
06 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕ermany says using tax money for nuclear power 鈥榦ut of question鈥欌�� Germany鈥檚 Minister for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版, Sigmar Gabriel, said that he would not agree 鈥渂y any means that ...
02 Mar 2015
02 Mar 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淰attenfall connects coal-fired power plant Moorburg to the grid鈥� After trial runs lasting over a year, the controversial coal-fired Moorburg聽power plant in Hamburg has begun commercial operation, ...
14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Dow Jones Newswires "Gabriel鈥檚 three building sites for the Energiewende" In an analysis piece for Dow Jones Newswires, Christian Grimm gives an overview of the three biggest issues of ...
15 May 2015
15 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt 鈥淩WE fights for brown coal鈥� Power company RWE is toughening its stance on energy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 proposal for a climate levy on old coal ...
08 Dec 2014
08 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Spiegel 鈥淧ower monster eats the Chancellor鈥� Frank Dohmen und Gerald Trautfetter in Der Spiegel say the government is under pressure to draft and pass a law on the power market design by summer ...
03 Nov 2015
03 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BDEW / ZSW 鈥淩enewables share will likely rise to 33 percent in 2015鈥� Renewable energies are likely to cover around 33 percent of Germany鈥檚 gross power consumption in 2015, research institute ZSW ...
13 Feb 2015
13 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Night storage heating has comeback thanks to the Energiewende Night storage heating, ovens that take up power at night when there used to be an over-supply of cheap power and ...
26 Jan 2016
26 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 manager magazine / Bloomberg 鈥淕as-fired power stations rise from the dead鈥� What might be the biggest absurdity of the German Energiewende could now be ending, as relatively clean gas-fired power ...
23 Feb 2017, 00:00 Against a backdrop of general elections later this year, a debate about a general overhaul of Germany鈥檚 much-imitated system for renewables support is gathering pace. Many proponents of replacing the current Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) ...
12 May 2015
12 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt 鈥淓nergiewende show on the high seas鈥� Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel invited his G7 counterparts to visit a new offshore wind converter platform in the North ...
07 Mar 2016
07 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Federal Motor Transport Authority Number of e-cars on German roads rises to 25,502 The number of pure electric vehicles on German roads rose to 25,502 at the beginning of the year, an increase of 35 percent compared to ...
17 Nov 2015
17 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淐an E.ON survive alone?鈥� Writing for WitschaftsWoche, Christof Sch眉rmann says there are doubts over whether the new E.ON, which will split from its fossil-fuel business in a few weeks, will be ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 A government appointed commission has unanimously suggested that Germany's four large utilities should pay a large share of their provisions made for storing nuclear waste into a state administered fund. While the idea of a fund is ...
28 Apr 2016
28 Apr 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 鈥淎 bird in the hand鈥� The proposed fund for nuclear storage costs is in breach of some fundamental principles, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an op ...
05 Jan 2015
05 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕abriel pushes Bayern to decide on power network鈥� Bavaria risks a weakening of its economy and higher electricity prices unless it agrees to the two planned power lines transporting wind ...
24 Mar 2015
24 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 dpa / AFP Opposition to Minister Gabriel鈥檚 power station levy 鈥� discussion postponed The debate over the levy for older power stations emmitting聽CO2聽beyond a certain limit, proposed last week by ...
16 Mar 2015
16 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽Bild am Sonntag 鈥淕etting the green light?鈥� Germany鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon economy is not very environmentally friendly and doesn鈥檛 make economic sense, argues Olaf Wilke in a seven-sentence ...
24 Feb 2015
24 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓U wants to break Moscow鈥檚 energy power鈥� A draft of the EU Commission鈥檚 concept for a European 麻豆无码版 Union (due to be published tomorrow) includes new rules for ...
08 Apr 2015, 00:00 Regardless of recent squabbles about new power lines and rising electricity prices, Germans remain staunch supporters of the principles behind the Energiewende. Survey after survey shows a large majority of the population is in favour ...
01 Apr 2015, 00:00 Fracking is to be banned in all protected areas and near aquifers in Germany, a government draft law proposes. Unconventional fracking in upper rock layers is only permitted for scientific purposes or in individual cases. Environmental ...
16 Sep 2015
16 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 /sites/default/files/files/article/media-utility-shares-slump-criticism-coal-plant-export-financing/clew-reporters-guide-2015.pdf S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淲hy shares of E ...
11 Mar 2015, 00:00 E.ON posts record loss for 2014 and RWE鈥檚 outlook is bleak, fuelling debate over their future. 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Utilities Electricity market Germany's largest utility, E.ON, posted a loss of 3.16 billion聽euros for 2014- ...
12 Nov 2014
12 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 聽 Reactions to energy minister's warning against quick exit from coal power Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淭oo much coal鈥� Everything points to a show-down between energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and environment ...
09 Oct 2014, 00:00 Resistance to Germany鈥檚 subsidies for the renewables industry have left politicians questioning why financing for the UK鈥檚 Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been granted EU approval. Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation ...
12 Nov 2014, 00:00 After more than a decade of rising electricity prices, German utilities are passing on some of their savings from lower wholesale prices and a cut in the renewable energy surcharge. But with a number of government decisions on the next ...
31 Oct 2014, 00:00 The German government plans a complete overhaul of energy sector legislation. But one key question is as yet unanswered: Do fossil power plants need subsidies if Germany is to avoid power shortages? A green paper on energy market reform ...
29 Jan 2015, 00:00 The German government has launched a pilot scheme that requires operators of open-space solar installations to bid for subsidies, rather than automatically receiving them. Berlin hopes competition among solar energy producers will ...
15 Jan 2015, 00:00 German trade unions are vocal stakeholders in the Energiewende, wary of job losses in the conventional energy sector and campaigning for labour rights in the growing renewables sector. Their importance is amplified by their traditional ...
Germany鈥檚 environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has weighed in on the dispute between environmental groups and energy company RWE over the expansion of a lignite mine and the clearing of a nearby forest, tagesschau.de reports. 鈥淚f we want to achieve a ...
A price on carbon emissions from fossil fuels could help to drastically reduce the cost of Germany鈥檚 renewables surcharge for customers and effectively accelerate emissions reduction in the country, according to an expert opinion commissioned by the ...
When CO 2 prices rise to over 50 euros per allowance under the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), even lignite plants will struggle to remain profitable, writes Daniel Wetzel in an article for Die Welt. However, these plants, which are always ...
The high implementation rate of solar power projects awarded support in Germany鈥檚 renewables auctions is being upheld after the latest implementation period for open area solar arrays closed on 18 August, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said in a ...
German e-car pioneer G眉nther Schuh, founder of the successful e-van company StreetScooter and inventor of the new compact e-car e.GO Life, says he is 鈥渙ptimistic鈥� that there will be more than one million electric cars on the country鈥檚 roads by 2022, two ...
17 Apr 2015, 00:00 Amid all the broad support for Germany's energy transition, rising electricity costs have added to the pressures for the weakest in society. The issue rarely makes front-page news, but soaring power prices have squeezed Germans who ...
