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  • German industry embraces Energiewende transformation challenge

    The energy transition's effects on the economy 20 Apr 2018, 00:00 After balking at the Energiewende for many years, German industry has made a notable shift- embracing the energy transition with a new fervour. To be sure, efforts to curb climate ...
  • Germany gets serious about decarbonising its prized heavy industry

    17 Jun 2020, 11:28 In its pursuit of climate-neutrality by mid-century, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. Sectors such as steel, cement and chemicals are some of the Energiewende's toughest ...
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  • Germany must insist on ambitious EU car emission rules to safeguard 2030 climate target 鈥 commentary

    Germany will only be able to reach its 2030 climate targets with the help of ambitious EU car emission rules, writes Christian Hochfeld, head of mobility think tank Agora Verkehrswende*, in a guest article for Zeit Online. The current EU Commission ...
  • 13 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淕reen Party鈥檚 parliamentary group devises whole new economy鈥

    The Green Party鈥檚 parliamentary group in the Bundestag (federal parliament) has decided on a programme for an 鈥渆cological modernisation of the economy鈥 that would overturn the current economic order in Germany, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports ...
  • German parties at odds over idea of banning short-distance flights in Europe

    20 May 2019, 13:12 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Policy Hamburger Abendblatt / 麻豆无码版 The idea by socialist EU Commission ...
  • 21 Nov 2022 |

    Bureaucracy, supply chains and skills shortage curb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables shift 鈥 report

    21 Nov 2022, 13:59 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Policy The lack of cooperation between authorities, supply chain problems, rising costs, a lack of skilled workers and legal issues are the main culprits for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 failure to massively speed up the ...
  • 27 May 2021 |

    German industry leaders call for 鈥渁ccelerated ramp-up鈥 of hydrogen market

    27 May 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Handelsblatt German industry leaders expressed concerns that Germany will lose out when it comes to building a hydrogen economy, Handelsblatt reports. "It is five to twelve," Martin Bruderm眉ller, CEO ...
  • 24 Sep 2021 |

    Global climate policy must top agenda of German G7 presidency in 2022 鈥 Laschet

    24 Sep 2021, 13:38 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 International The fight against climate change must be top of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 agenda when it takes over the 2022 G7 presidency in three months, writes conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet in聽 ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    German solar power capacity in 2022 sees fast growth, still well below target

    03 Feb 2023, 13:36 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Solar PV expansion in Germany jumped ...
  • 15 May 2019 |

    OECD highlights need for rethinking financial sector as part of climate action strategy

    15 May 2019, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 麻豆无码版 Most nations in the world have subscribed to the goal of limiting global warming and reining in climate change but the financial long-term strategy often does not match this ambition yet, a ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Thousands of German students to join global strike for climate action

    14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Students in Germany and around the world are expected to walk out of school Friday for what is being billed as a 鈥済lobal strike鈥 to demand action on climate change. Organisers hope it will be the largest demonstration yet in the series ...
  • 01 Jun 2021 |
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    German NGO welcomes Franco-German climate statement, calls for greater speed

    01 Jun 2021, 12:35 Julian Wettengel EU 麻豆无码版 NGO Germanwatch聽 has welcomed 聽the Franco-German statements on climate action after the two government cabinets met virtually on Monday (31 May), but called for greater speed of cooperation. 鈥淲e are ...
  • 05 Feb 2020 |

    US Heartland Institute supports European climate science deniers 鈥 media report

    05 Feb 2020, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society CORRECTIV / Frontal21 Conservative US policy think tank The Heartland Institute supports climate science deniers from Germany and other European countries, write German non-profit investigative ...
  • 23 May 2025

    In brief | 23 May '25

    23 May 2025, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Financial Times: Merz backs Nord Stream ban to prevent US and Russia restarting gas link German chancellor is worried about reigniting domestic row over Russian gas imports. Reuters: German Q1 GDP upgraded as orders rush to ...
  • 09 Apr 2018 |

    Medical doctors call for German coal exit by 2030

    On the occasion of World Health Day on 7 April, medical doctors and climate protection proponents called for a coal exit in Germany by 2030. "We are firmly opposed to an economy that causes and tolerates illness," reads a declaration issued by ...
  • 27 Apr 2020 |

    Lufthansa aid after initial rescue package must incorporate climate action 鈥 env min

    27 Apr 2020, 13:53 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 Freja Eriksen Transport Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • Coalition talks stuck over climate, energy policy

    As expected, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future energy and climate policy has emerged as the main stumbling block in Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 effort to form a government coalition of her conservatives, the Free Democrats, and the Green Party. According to media reports, ...
  • 13 Feb 2025

    In brief | 13 February '25

    13 Feb 2025, 13:49 麻豆无码版 Team Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)- Little potential for "climate plantations" within planetary boundaries Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is being discussed as a way to remove ...
  • 17 May 2016

    State minister calls coal protests 'arrogant vigilantism'

    17 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Tagesspiegel / Vattenfall 鈥淎round 3,000 participants end blockade鈥 As part of the worldwide protests 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥 around 3,000 demonstrators from all over ...
  • 16 Apr 2019 |

    Merkel opens Baltic鈥檚 largest offshore wind farm as industry warns against slow-down

    16 Apr 2019, 14:41 The opening of a new offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea gives Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel an opportunity to show her climate policy credentials and welcome the German-Norwegian project as a milestone for the energy ...
  • 08 Aug 2018 |

    On 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 highest mountain, climate activists call for coal exit

    This summer's heatwave show that Germany must exit coal quickly, according to Greenpeace. The NGO said 10 of their activists ascended a glacier on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 highest mountain, the Zugspitze, to unfold a banner saying 鈥淪ummer 2018: heat, drought, ...
  • 02 Apr 2024 |

    Germany simplifies registration of balcony photovoltaic units

    02 Apr 2024, 13:26 Edgar Meza Electricity Solar 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has simplified the registration of plug-in balcony solar photovoltaic (PV) units or 'balcony power plants' as of 1 April. "People ...
  • 01 Dec 2022 |

    German energy industry calls for 'urgent' fundamental power market reform

    01 Dec 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 麻豆无码版 Germany's electricity market design needs a fundamental overhaul more urgently than ever before to make the economic value of supply security visible, the country's energy ...
  • 01 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y and the Brexit鈥

    鈥淟ittle will change on the European continent due to the decision of the British people, including when it comes to the climate and energy agency,鈥 writes Sabrina Schulz in the blog of climate and energy think tank E3G. In Germany, the fight over the ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    Merkel puts contentious CCS technology back on German agenda

    16 May 2019, 16:50 Chancellor Angela Merkel has put carbon capture and storage (CCS) back on the table, saying the controversial technology was crucial for Germany to reach climate neutrality by mid-century. CCS has been met with a lot of public mistrust ...
  • 10 May 2019 |

    Deutsche Bahn CEO calls for expanding Europe鈥檚 rail network and more climate action in transport

    10 May 2019, 13:27 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Handelsblatt The CEO of German rail company Deutsche Bahn, Richard Lutz, has called for an expansion of the ...
  • 20 Apr 2018 |

    Renewable gas could become cheaper than natural gas in 2030s 鈥 analysis

    Gas made by electrolysis using renewable electricity could become cheaper than natural gas in the 2030s, according to an analysis by consultancy 麻豆无码版 Brainpool commissioned by Greenpeace 麻豆无码版. This would require investments to push costs down, cheap ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Northeastern German state aims for climate neutrality 2040 under new SPD-led govt

    16 Nov 2021, 13:59 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel Online Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has reelected Manuela Schwesig as premier of the northeastern coastal state, which is aiming for climate neutrality by 2040. A member ...
  • Green economy minister鈥檚 鈥減ragmatism鈥 relief for German business elite 鈥 opinion

    14 Apr 2022, 12:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Government Handelsblatt Business leaders in Germany are reacting with relief that the country鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck from the Green Party is putting economic stability in the ...
  • German stock exchange's energy branch EEX cashes in on climate action

    19 Feb 2020, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Finance Tagesspiegel The operator of Germany's stock exchange, Deutsche B枚rse Group, is profiting from increasing climate action activities through its energy trading branch EEX, the newspaper ...
  • 07 Oct 2021 |

    Greens co-leader calls for speedy coalition talks to create new German 鈥climate 驳辞惫别谤苍尘别苍迟鈥

    07 Oct 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Dlf Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock has called for speedy coalition talks with election winner SPD and the pro-business FDP to make the next German government a ...
  • 10 Dec 2021 |

    Structural change in western German coal region could create up to 27,000 new jobs 鈥 report

    10 Dec 2021, 14:05 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Investments in the former coal mining region in the western German state of ...
  • 16 May 2025 |

    Solidarity topped high prices as main driver of heating savings during 2022 energy crisis 鈥 report

    16 May 2025, 13:10 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 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices ...
  • 28 May 2020 |

    鈥淪trong signal from Brussels鈥 鈥 German reactions to EU recovery proposal

    28 May 2020, 12:34 German industry and energy sector associations have welcomed the coronavirus recovery proposal presented by the European Commission. Lobby group BDI said the funds should focus on sustainability not only in regard to climate and ...
  • 07 Nov 2022 |

    Sprawling and slow bureaucracy undermines 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition 鈥 industry

    07 Nov 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 麻豆无码版 Excessive red tape hinders 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift to a low-emission economy, according to a report by industry association BDI. Planning and approval procedures are not only becoming ...
  • 11 Mar 2025 |

    New gas boilers in Germany more expensive than heat pumps in the long run 鈥 report

    11 Mar 2025, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 麻豆无码版 The cost of buying and running a new gas boiler in Germany is predicted to be twice as high as a heat pump over a 20-year period, according to a report by non-profit ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Q&A: Why is Germany phasing out nuclear power- and why now?

    14 Apr 2023, 10:18 Nuclear power production in Germany comes to an end on 15 April 2023, marking a milestone in the long and controversial process of the technology's phase-out in the country. Europe鈥檚 energy crisis, fuelled by the fallout of Russia ...
  • 03 Dec 2021 |

    Sustainability has become 鈥渆xistential challenge鈥 for companies 鈥 Siemens

    03 Dec 2021, 13:20 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Business Handelsblatt German industrial giant Siemens regards industrial companies' responsibility to become more environmentally friendly as a defining task of the future and ...
  • German nuclear extension would not reduce CO2 emissions 鈥 ifo institute

    15 Sep 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Renewables 麻豆无码版 Calculations by the ifo Institute for Economic Research suggest that postponing the decommissioning of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants would not help the ...
  • 鈥淒eath by instalments鈥

    The decision by Czech mining company EPH, the new owner of eastern German lignite-mine operator LEAG, to cut back its extension plans for the Lusatia region might provide local actors with 鈥渟ome planning security鈥 but is 鈥渨ithout a doubt a step towards ...
  • 13 Feb 2025 |

    German gov't aims to improve health and climate outcomes with pedestrian transport strategy

    13 Feb 2025, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Transport 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has agreed on the country鈥檚 first ever聽 pedestrian transport strategy 聽that aims to strengthen walking as a sustainable and healthy way of getting around. Transport ...
  • 20 Sep 2018 |

    EU must ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 to achieve climate targets - study

    The European Union will have to prohibit new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 to ensure that the continent meets its emissions reduction obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement, a study commissioned by Greenpeace and conducted by the German Aerospace ...
  • 09 Jan 2025 |

    Security concerns in focus as Norway provides almost half of German gas supply

    09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

    Climate neutral flying is realistic, regulations and technical innovations needed 鈥 report

    25 Jan 2021, 12:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 麻豆无码版 Bringing aviation in line with climate protection is a realistic goal, but a regulatory framework and technological innovations are needed, according to the Roadmap Climate Neutral Flying, ...
  • 15 Oct 2021 |

    German Armed Forces join fight against tropical forest destruction

    15 Oct 2021, 11:32 Edgar Meza Agriculture Bioenergy 麻豆无码版 The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) are increasingly relying on certified sustainable palm oil in its procurement of food as part of an effort to counter new rainforest destruction by ...
  • 22 Apr 2025

    In brief | 22 April '25

    22 Apr 2025, 12:35 麻豆无码版 Team FT: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 neighbours eye share of Friedrich Merz鈥檚 big spending plans 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economically liberal neighbours are warming to relaxing EU state subsidy rules for the long term, as they bet on their national industries ...
  • 22 Jan 2020 |

    Venture capital providers agree sustainability clause to green Germany's start-up scene

    22 Jan 2020, 13:31 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Start-ups Finance 麻豆无码版 Twenty-odd venture capital providers active in Germany have teamed up to introduce a sustainability clause in new ...
  • 25 Nov 2021 |

    Greens criticise European Commission's plans against methane emissions

    25 Nov 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas International dpa The European Commission is planning measures against methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the EU, according to a draft law proposal seen by聽 German news agency ...
  • 27 Mar 2025

    In brief | 27 March '25

    27 Mar 2025, 12:11 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Trump unveils 25% auto tariff, threatens new levies on allies The new tariffs, which will hit German automakers in particular, will take effect on 3 April 鈥 one day after a broader range of so-called reciprocal ...
  • 15 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淰olkswagen announces job cuts鈥

    VW management have announced plans to reduce the number of employees, according to media reports.聽 "We are facing a tough fitness programme," VW human resources chief Karlheinz Blessing said at a staff meeting, according to a Reuters report. ...
  • 18 Dec 2018 |

    CDU ponders how to rein in NGO pushing for diesel driving bans in Germany

    18 Dec 2018, 13:21 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Politics Handelsblatt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party is exploring options to rein in ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    Wealthy nations to 鈥済et very close鈥 to $100-bln climate finance pledge in 2022 鈥 state sec

    03 Nov 2021, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn COP26 麻豆无码版 New pledges made at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow mean that wealthy nations will almost deliver on their promise to provide 100 billion US dollars per year in climate finance to ...
  • 14 May 2025

    In brief | 14 May '25

    14 May 2025, 12:30 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Merz risks coalition spat with call to scrap EU supply-chain law 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, reiterated a call for the European Union to scrap rules designed to make companies pursue sustainable ...
  • SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz proposes international climate organisation

    19 May 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics International RND German federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has proposed the creation of an international organisation of countries to lead the way in climate protection, Andreas Niesmann writes for ...
  • 11 May 2018 |

    Future mobility 鈥淢ade in Germany鈥 can become export hit 鈥 Transport minister

    Germany will need to reduce transport emissions without prescribing particular technologies, according to transport minister Andreas Scheuer. 鈥淚n some instances, it will be an electric car, and in other cases a hydrogen engine or synthetic fuels,鈥 Scheuer ...
  • 04 Feb 2025 |

    Fossil fuel subsidies in G7 countries grow despite reduction pledges 鈥 report

    04 Feb 2025, 13:41 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels 麻豆无码版 The G7 group of industrialised nations failed on a 2016 pledge to phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" by 2025, according to a report commissioned by NGO Greenpeace ...
  • 09 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淐armakers outbid each other with buyer鈥檚 bonuses for old diesel cars鈥

    German car manufacturers 鈥渙utbid each other鈥 with buyer鈥檚 bonuses for customers switching away from an old diesel car, writes Henrik Mortsiefer for Tagesspiegel. Volkswagen launched its 鈥渆nvironmental programme鈥, promising up to 10,000 euros on purchasing ...
  • 07 May 2019 |

    Expanding European emissions trade to transport and buildings 鈥渧ery difficult鈥 鈥 economists

    07 May 2019, 13:32 Expert Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate ...
  • 28 Oct 2022 |

    Wind power expansion in Germany too slow 鈥 report

    28 Oct 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 麻豆无码版 Long approval procedures and insufficient land designation mean the expansion of wind power capacity across Germany is too slow to meet climate targets, a聽 report 聽by the federal and state ...
  • 17 Apr 2025

    In brief | 17 April '25

    17 Apr 2025, 11:28 麻豆无码版 Team Euronews: "The West as we knew it no longer exists," von der Leyen argues amid Trump tensions聽 "We don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules," European Commission head says in interview. Bloomberg: ...
  • 17 May 2017 |

    鈥淔oundations from all over the world initiate G20 platform for climate protection and sustainability鈥

    More than 30 foundations from eight countries have initiated the Foundations Platform (F20) 鈥渢o further shape the political discourse on future sustainability measures before, during and after the G20 summit鈥澛 on聽7-8 July聽in Hamburg. The goal is to ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    Climate activists establish new national party, stop short of eying 2021 elections

    02 Jul 2021, 14:15 Charlotte Nijhuis Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The German activist group Climate List (Klimaliste) has announced the establishment of a national political party, but will not yet run in the upcoming ...
  • 30 Apr 2019 |

    Merkel鈥檚 CDU party to wait until after European elections with CO2 price decision

    30 Apr 2019, 13:10 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 main conservative party (CDU) 聽will present its own concept for a CO2 pricing scheme ...
  • 21 Feb 2024 |

    Germany to provide 3.5 billion euros for green hydrogen import auction scheme

    21 Feb 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany will provide up to 3.53 billion euros in the period 2027 to 2036 to procure hydrogen and hydrogen-based derivatives from different regions, said the economy ministry ...
  • 11 Aug 2022 |

    Heat pump installations up 25% in Germany in first half 2022 while gas heating sales slump

    11 Aug 2022, 14:03 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Hannah Naylor Business & Jobs Heating Handelsblatt Deliveries of heat pumps are up 25 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period ...
  • 08 Aug 2016 |

    "German car buyers opt against electric vehicles"

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently introduced electric vehicle subsidy programme, which went into effect 18 May has so far turned out to be a flop, according to experts, Karl-Heinz B眉schemann writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Financed by the government and the German ...
  • 20 Jul 2022 |

    Low German river levels pose issues for ship loading, complicates coal supply

    20 Jul 2022, 14:02 Hannah Naylor Coal Transport n-tv Low river levels across Germany, including on the Rhine, are threatening the supply of shipped materials such as coal, chemicals and gravel, reports n-tv. The drought comes at a time when demand is ...
  • 25 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 G20 presidency launches GreenInvest platform鈥

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hopes to engage developing countries in mobilising green finance projects with a new investment platform, according to NAMA News. Around 25 countries involved in the 鈥渄ialogue鈥 ...
  • 28 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淒o I need my own car?鈥

    People need cars for different purposes but they do not necessarily need to own them, says Christian Hochfeld, director of think tank Agora Verkehrswende in an interview with the taz. The future could bring a kind of 鈥渕obility pass鈥 that would allow ...
  • 21 Feb 2025 |

    EU advisory board urges rapid scale-up of carbon dioxide removals

    21 Feb 2025, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal EU 麻豆无码版 EU scientific advisors聽 have called 聽for a rapid scale-up of methods to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Both nature-based carbon removal solutions, such as plants, and modern ...
  • German election primer 鈥 Fight over combustion engine phase-out heats up

    12 Jul 2021, 12:20 Germany's upcoming general election adds fuel to the debate about whether combustion engines have a future in the birth country of the automobile and whether a general speed limit should be introduced on its famed autobahns. Given ...
  • 鈥淒isastrous credentials鈥

    The German Federal Court of Auditors鈥 criticism of how the economy ministry has managed the costs of the Energiewende is an embarrassment for minister Sigmar Gabriel, Thorsten Knuf writes in a commentary for Frankfurter Rundschau. 鈥淣o idea of the actual ...
  • Next German government must pave way for climate-neutral flying- NGOs

    17 Jan 2025, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Transport Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The next German government must ensure that aviation can become climate-neutral within 20 years, which will require a plethora of policy initiatives, an alliance of ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition wrangles over feasibility of 65 percent renewables goal for 2030

    30 Nov 2018, 15:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition parties have locked horns over the envisaged 65 percent share of renewables in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gross power ...
  • Flexible biomass reaches capacity limit for financial support

    03 Sep 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy ...
  • 02 Oct 2023 |

    Key solar PV manufacturing states in Germany urge EU-wide industry revival

    02 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Policy EU 麻豆无码版 Solar PV companies and several German states have agreed on a 10-point action plan to protect and strengthen the country鈥檚 solar power industry in order to ensure the planned large ...
  • 01 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淢erkel should stop Dobrindt鈥檚 transport plans鈥

    Federal transport minister Alexander Dobrindt鈥檚 transport infrastructure plan 2030 is harmful to the climate, several members of the Green group in the Bundestag have told Chancellor Angela Merkel, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淭he transport minister鈥檚 ...
  • 16 Feb 2024 |

    Hydrogen storages important foundation for solar PV expansion in Europe 鈥 German govt scenarios

    16 Feb 2024, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Renewables Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The construction of hydrogen storage facilities beyond the existing caverns is crucial for the energy system of the future, especially as a basis for solar photovoltaics (PV) ...
  • 16 Feb 2024 |

    EU greenlights 鈧4.6 billion in German state support for hydrogen projects

    16 Feb 2024, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 The European Union has given Germany and six other EU countries the green light to provide a total of 6.9 billion euros in state support to companies for 33 projects along the hydrogen ...
  • 09 May 2018 |

    New government doesn鈥檛 care about the climate 鈥 opinion

    The energy transition and climate protection are not among the new government鈥檚 priorities, and it would be more honest to give up on聽 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate targets 聽altogether, writes Daniel Wetzel in a commentary in Die Welt. The energy transition urgently ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    Next German govt likely to support EU carbon border mechanism 鈥 state secretary

    03 Nov 2021, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective next government coalition will likely support EU plans to introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), said Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the ...
  • Climate levy 鈥 the debate and proposals for cutting CO2 emissions

    27 May 2016, 00:00 Update 27 May 2016 [European Commission approves state aid for closure of lignite power plants] | The government has approved wide reaching power market reform, including a phase-out plan for some lignite plants. A "coal reserve ...
  • Merkel will leave vacuum in climate negotiations when her Chancellorship is over 鈥 commentary

    05 Dec 2018, 14:00 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Politics International Social Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 decision not to run for re-election will create a vacuum in international negotiations on global warming, ...
  • 13 Dec 2024 |

    Short-term power prices spike amid new 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 in Germany, most customers unaffected

    13 Dec 2024, 13:38 Unusually low wind power output has caused another 'Dunkelflaute' period in Germany with significantly reduced renewable power production and extreme price hikes in short-term electricity trading. Most customers are shielded ...
  • 04 Nov 2019 |

    Volkswagen announces 'system change' as production of e-car model ID.3 starts

    04 Nov 2019, 14:13 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 The beginning of serial production of Volkswagen's e-car flagship model ID.3 in a factory in Zwickau marks a "system change" for Germany's ...
  • German Greens vow to speed up low-carbon transition

    23 Nov 2020, 14:00 Germany's Greens have backed a more ambitious climate target in a bid to defuse growing tensions with more radical activists. At a virtual convention designed to showcase the party's ability to govern Europe's largest ...
  • 07 Nov 2017 |

    Germany bad example in climate action

    Germany, host of this year鈥檚 UN climate summit, is a bad example when it comes to climate action, writes Petra Pinzler in an opinion piece on Zeit Online. The country of 鈥Climate Chancellor鈥 Angela Merkel is not adhering to its promised CO 2 reductions, ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y seeks to boost climate and development on G20 agenda鈥

    The German government tried to bring climate and sustainable development into the mainstream of international politics at the G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in light of leadership changes in several member states, writes Irene Quaile for Deutsche ...
  • 24 Jan 2022 |

    Investors plan import terminal for synthetic methane from Middle East in Germany

    24 Jan 2022, 12:51 Jessica Bateman 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen Die Welt Investors plan to build an import terminal for synthetic methane made in the Middle East on Germany's North Sea coast, reports newspaper Die Welt. The company Tree 麻豆无码版 ...
  • European leaders call for ambition ahead of climate conference

    29 Nov 2018, 15:45 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Politics International German President German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is among several European heads of state who signed a declaration calling for more ambitious ...
  • Online tool compares national climate action plans submitted under Paris Agreement

    A new online tool by the German Development Institute (DIE) compares national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Agreement. The 鈥淣DC Explorer鈥 offers an analysis of 60 different categories like mitigation, adaption, and finance, and visualises ...
  • 06 Jun 2015

    In the media: G7, coal, fracking and a call to end fossil fuels

    06 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Oxfam / E3G 鈥淟et them eat coal鈥 Five of the G7 countries are burning more coal now than before the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009, while the G7 coal plants together emit ...
  • 20 Feb 2020 |

    German car fleet hits horsepower record, challenging EU emission limits

    20 Feb 2020, 13:39 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Cars Die Welt German drivers are choosing cars with more and more horsepower, which poses a challenge for carmakers who must comply with EU emissions regulations, Olaf Preu脽 writes in the newspaper Die ...
  • Oil majors pay 鈧13-bln entry fee in 鈥渜uantum leap鈥 for offshore wind energy

    13 Jul 2023, 13:40 Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in the world鈥檚 largest ever offshore wind auction. Environmentalists hailed the result as a ...
  • Electrification crucial for EU energy security and industry competitiveness 鈥 power sector

    03 Jun 2025, 13:07 Expert Eurelectric European electricity industry interest group Electricity market EU Julian Wettengel Electricity Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Increased production and use of electricity across all sectors is key for the ...
  • 20 Dec 2021 |

    New German environment minister wants to reconcile wind power demand and nature conservation

    20 Dec 2021, 13:57 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung New German environment minister Steffi Lemke plans to focus on reconciling climate protection and nature conservation during the impending massive rollout of windpower. Speaking ...
  • 11 May 2020 |

    Grid expansion delay due to pandemic threatens to split German power price zone

    11 May 2020, 13:46 Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid Tagesspiegel Background Germany's single power price zone could come under threat as the coronavirus has practically slowed power grid expansion to a standstill, reports Steven Hanke in the ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    World鈥檚 first industrial CO2-neutral e-kerosene plant inaugurated in Germany

    04 Oct 2021, 13:40 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Kerstine Appunn Mobility Hydrogen Clean ...
  • 11 Jun 2019 |

    Wide gap between environmental rhetoric and climate action in Germany- opinion

    11 Jun 2019, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Coal Social Europe There is a wide gap between environmental rhetoric and climate action in Germany, as displayed by the 鈥渋nadequate compromise鈥 found by the coal exit commission, which 鈥渄oes not amount to a coherent ...
  • 05 Oct 2016 |

    Climate risk and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 lignite鈥

    Czech investor EPH鈥檚 acquisition of Vattenfall鈥檚 German lignite operations could be 鈥渁 high stakes game鈥 because lignite is 鈥渇ront and centre among risks facing investors from global efforts to slow climate change鈥, writes Gerard Wynn on the 麻豆无码版 & ...
  • 15 May 2023 |

    SPD wins northern German city state election, Greens suffer heavy losses

    15 May 2023, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics NDR / Weser Kurier The Social Democrats (SPD) have emerged as the clear winner of the state election in Bremen, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 smallest state, while the Green Party suffered its worst result in the ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 env min Hendricks calls for framing EU budget around climate action

    The coming EU budget must 鈥渓ead the way for investments in climate action鈥 and set an example for 鈥 steering investments in the right direction 鈥, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks says in a press release by the environment ministry (BMUB). ...
  • Tighter German-African relations 鈥渙f strategic importance鈥 for raw material supply diversification 鈥 industry

    30 Nov 2022, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 A new start in German-African relations is needed to diversify raw material providers and reduce dependencies, a report by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) ...
  • 25 Apr 2019 |

    Green Party: CO2 tax is not enough

    25 Apr 2019, 13:04 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As new warnings of drought show that "the climate crisis is intensifying", the German ...
  • As renewables grow, Germany must jumpstart flexible electricity consumption 鈥 start-up unicorn

    28 Nov 2024, 11:05 The cheapest way to make the most of a growing renewable electricity supply is to ensure demand follows power generation, and not the other way around 鈥 which is still the case today. Dynamic electricity tariffs, which reward households ...
  • 30 May 2024 |

    Electricity system flexibility to become top priority in Franco-German cooperation

    30 May 2024, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity International 麻豆无码版 France and Germany will strengthen bilateral cooperation to unlock the potential of flexibility in the electricity system, government representatives agreed on the margins of ...
  • 03 Dec 2024 |

    Reform of German flood protection law postponed until after snap election

    03 Dec 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government had aimed to reform several laws to improve flood protection in the country, but environment minister Steffi Lemke told news magazine Spiegel that the reform is no longer possible ...
  • German government denies media report on latest coal exit commission draft

    The German government denies a report by news website Spiegel Online that the country's coal exit commission will propose to initiate the fossil fuel's phase-out in the west of the country and favours to finish it by 2035. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and ...
  • 07 Nov 2023 |

    Germany agrees comprehensive bureaucracy cuts for energy transition, NGOs fear lower standards

    07 Nov 2023, 12:25 With a wide range of measures to cut red tape and ease licensing procedures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal and state governments want to speed up investments in and construction of renewable power installations, transmission lines, hydrogen ...
  • 09 Jan 2019 |

    Germany supports Dominican Republic鈥檚 push for climate action in UN Security Council- source

    09 Jan 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Security 麻豆无码版 The German government supports the Dominican Republic in its preparations for a UN Security Council (UNSC) high-level open debate about the impacts of ...
  • Breakthrough in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables law reform: wind and solar capacity to grow faster

    14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Members of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition have agreed on new rules to ensure a significant increase in the country鈥檚 renewable power production. However, exact targets of the much-anticipated reform of the country's landmark ...
  • Climate protection 鈥渃lear priority鈥 in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 UN Security Council application 鈥 foreign minister

    Foreign minister Heiko Maas said that Germany would be dedicated to dealing with climate change-related conflict risks should the country be elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2019/2020, reports the AFP news ...
  • Germany could lose 730 bln euros and nearly half a million jobs by 2070 if it fails to adopt green economy 鈥 report

    26 Oct 2021, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German economy could suffer climate change-related damage totalling 730 billion euros in the next 50 years if countermeasures are not taken early enough, a new ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    German wind energy tender once again undersubscribed, but grid agency sees 鈥渉ope鈥

    15 Dec 2023, 13:16 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 In its latest auction for onshore wind turbines, Germany failed to secure enough investment deals to ensure the rollout of the technology proceeds with sufficient speed to reach renewable ...
  • 09 Mar 2022 |

    Germany should support unbureaucratic model for carbon border tax 鈥 researchers

    09 Mar 2022, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Industry International EU Handelsblatt The German government must urgently take position on the future design of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and should support the proposal for an unbureaucratic ...
  • Expansion of low-carbon energy sources too slow in Germany 鈥 utility association

    01 Apr 2019, 13:42 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 Climate & CO2 Renewables Policy Clean ...
  • Trade union boss says coal exit is a symbolic 鈥渓egend鈥

    In an interview with German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk, Michael Vassiliadis, head of IG BCE, the German trade union for mining, chemicals and energy industries, says the Green Party鈥檚 insistence on a coal exit in the ongoing coalition talks is ...
  • 29 Jan 2019 |

    German government has no plans for autobahn speed limit

    29 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert NPE- German National Platform for Electric Mobility Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit盲t Transport Policy Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany's federal government does not plan to ...
  • German industry worried by lack of progress at UN climate talks

    10 Dec 2018, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has urged delegates at the UN climate conference COP24 in Poland to ensure progress is made in ...
  • 17 Jun 2024 |
    EU

    Germany welcomes adoption of EU nature restoration law, criticism from farmers

    17 Jun 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel EU 麻豆无码版 / AP Government members and NGOs from Germany have welcomed the adoption of the EU nature restoration law by member states following months of delay. Member states on Monday gave their final ...
  • 21 Feb 2025

    In brief | 21 February '25

    21 Feb 2025, 12:18 麻豆无码版 Team E3G: German election 鈥 What鈥檚 at stake? Next government must develop joint EU strategy for competitiveness and decarbonisation. DW: German election: Parties face off over Ukraine, NATO, Trump Top German politicians traded ...
  • 20 Jun 2019 |

    Merkel's 2050 EU carbon neutrality bid complicates Germany's climate policy 鈥 opinion

    20 Jun 2019, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Die Welt By supporting the call for climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has practically also tightened national climate goals, writes Daniel Wetzel in an opinion piece ...
  • Env ministry warns renewable fuels are no substitute for climate action

    20 Nov 2019, 13:30 Germany's environment ministry has warned that climate-neutral fuels made with renewables must not become an excuse for neglecting the domestic roll-out of renewables, increasing efficiency and other efforts to cut emissions. " ...
  • 23 Nov 2017 |

    Climate science & communication site klimafakten.de wins media award

    The climate science and communication website klimafakten.de, the German language project of the team also working on the 麻豆无码版, has won the NGO Environmental Action 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 (DUH) prestigious environmental media award in the online category. ...
  • 03 Dec 2018 |

    Has-been climate pioneer Germany 鈥渢otal failure鈥 at COP24 鈥 opinion

    03 Dec 2018, 14:40 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 COP24 Die Welt 鈥淲ithout a doubt鈥, Germany 鈥 once a role model in international climate protection 鈥 is a 鈥渢otal failure鈥 at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Poland, ...
  • Entrepreneur initiative calls for fast, effective CO鈧 price, will join global climate strike

    22 Aug 2019, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Rundschau A German business initiative called "Entrepreneurs for Future" will join the global climate strike on 20 September and call for a ...
  • 20 May 2025 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plan for industrial electricity price faces steep EU challenges- leaked govt report

    20 May 2025, 13:11 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A key plan by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to introduce a subsidised electricity price for industry and revive the sector could be prevented by European Union law, business daily ...
  • German emissions trading scheme for transport and heating would delay action several years 鈥 study

    20 Aug 2019, 13:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
  • 18 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 climate targets in danger鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 and by at least 55 percent by 2030 looks to be in grave danger following reports that the state of Brandenburg may drastically soften its climate protection targets. The ...
  • 09 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淓xisting east German open pit lignite mines suffice until phase-out鈥

    There will be no need to extend 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 open pit lignite mines if the country sticks to its climate protection targets, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) writes in a press release. Lignite reserves in already-approved mines were ...
  • 23 Oct 2019 |

    Germany slashes key efficiency target in new building energy draft law

    23 Oct 2019, 13:24 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    SPD hopes to cushion snap election defeat with victory in upcoming Hamburg state vote

    28 Feb 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Hamburger Morgenpost / Tagesspiegel / Die Zeit / Merkur / Radio Hamburg Just one week after their defeat at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf ...
  • 鈥溌槎刮蘼氚 efficiency industry believes Green Party most competent鈥

    麻豆无码版 efficiency businesses say the Greens are the most competent among German political parties when it comes to their field, according to a survey by the German Industry Initiative for 麻豆无码版 Efficiency (DENEFF). Social Democrats and Christian ...
  • 鈥淭here is no planet B鈥 鈥 video message from the ISS

    04 Dec 2018, 15:29 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Politics COP24 Federal Environment Ministry For the start of the UN climate change conference in Poland, German astronaut Alexander Gerst has called for increased action to protect ...
  • 05 Oct 2015

    In the media: Gabriel takes conciliatory tone over troubled utilities

    05 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/WAZ 鈥淢inister Gabriel does not want to 鈥榮have鈥 utilities鈥 German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel surprised stockmarkets with conciliatory remarks about the country鈥檚 troubled ...
  • 11 Sep 2020 |

    Food supplement for cows could reduce methane emissions by nearly 40 percent, company says

    11 Sep 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Frankfurter Rundschau A German entrepreneur is offering a supplement for cow fodder that could reduce the animals鈥 methane emissions by up to almost 40 percent. The Switzerland-based company Mootral, which ...
  • 25 Feb 2025 |

    German energy industry, NGO call on EU to retain green growth focus in upcoming 'omnibus package'

    25 Feb 2025, 13:44 Edgar Meza Industry Policy EU 麻豆无码版 Expectations among industrial players and environmental NGOs are high for the EU鈥檚 highly anticipated Clean Industrial Deal, a follow-up to the European Green Deal that aims to build on ...
  • Critics warn moving climate from German environment to economy ministry could backfire

    08 Dec 2021, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Tageszeitung (taz) / Der Tagesspiegel The novel climate and economy ministry in the new German government has the potential to become a 鈥渟uper ministry鈥 that combines two crucial ...
  • Set end date for coal in coalition talks, Gore tells negotiators

    Former US Vice President and environmentalist Al Gore has called on Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU union and the Social Democrats (SPD) to agree on a coal phase-out by 2030 during their ongoing coalition negotiations. In two messages, Gore said that ...
  • 22 Jan 2019 |

    Action needed to cut transport sector emissions 鈥 environment agency president

    22 Jan 2019, 13:14 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Transport Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Germany must 鈥渇inally鈥 do something to ...
  • 16 Aug 2016 |

    Survey finds strong support for renewable energy and local, decentralised energy sources

    According to a survey by Leipzig-based research and consulting group Hitschfeld, 53 percent of residents in Germany would invest in renewable energy projects. Young educated people in particular聽 indicated a great willingness to do so. Social aspects ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    Share of trucks in German road freight transport hits record high

    21 Dec 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 Despite increasingly ambitious climate targets, truck traffic in Germany reached a record level last year, according to pro-rail group Allianz pro Schiene. The market ...
  • 28 Nov 2024 |

    German agriculture task force calls for benchmarking system to better reward sustainable practices

    28 Nov 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Agriculture 麻豆无码版 German stakeholders in agriculture support calls for an EU-wide benchmarking system, arguing that this could help reward sustainable practices in the sector. Such a system has been proposed ...
  • 08 Dec 2021 |

    About half of Germans say nuclear energy should remain an option in climate policy

    08 Dec 2021, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Society 麻豆无码版 A slight majority of respondents from Germany in a survey on the future of nuclear power in climate policy conducted by pollster YouGov in several European countries, have ...
  • 09 Jul 2021 |

    Germany extends e-car purchasing support to 2025

    09 Jul 2021, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Mobility 麻豆无码版 The government 鈥渋nnovation premium鈥 for e-car buyers will be extended until 2025, the German energy and economy ministry (BMWi) has announced. In a press release, the BMWi said that the support ...
  • 24 Oct 2023 |

    A quarter of offshore wind production curtailed in first quarter of 2023 鈥 media report

    24 Oct 2023, 13:35 Jack McGovan Grid Wind Tagesspiegel Background Onshore grid bottlenecks in northwest Germany have led to a quarter of offshore wind power generation being curtailed in the first three months of 2023, reports Tagesspiegel Background ...
  • 09 Jun 2016

    Gabriel rejects commission with coal exit focus / E.ON split approval

    09 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal government Gabriel rejects commission with exclusive focus on coal exit Germany's economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said he will not convene a commission ...
  • 13 Feb 2023 |

    German states show 'unknown unity' in preparing faster wind power roll-out

    13 Feb 2023, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 麻豆无码版 The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country 鈥渋n almost unknown unity鈥, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His ...
  • 09 Nov 2016 |

    Coal exit dispute delays 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan

    09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
  • 09 Mar 2021 |

    Must step up renewables expansion, also in heating sector 鈥 Merkel

    09 Mar 2021, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany must step up renewables expansion and put a focus on the heating sector, where the majority of energy is still produced with fossil fuels, said Chancellor Angela Merkel at ...
  • 26 Feb 2020 |

    Protesters occupy Datteln 4 coal plant, as survey finds most Germans oppose it

    26 Feb 2020, 13:47 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Rachel Waldholz Coal Climate & CO2 Zeit Online / Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Environmental activists occupied part of the ...
  • Africa key European energy transition partner, says Kenya鈥檚 president, warns against trade barriers

    28 Mar 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling International 麻豆无码版 Africa could become Europe's most important partner for the development of the energy transition, provided the right kinds of investments are made at ...
  • 13 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淩eusable bottles contribute to climate 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥

    Germany is home to the world鈥檚 largest and most diverse reusability system for beverages, which saves natural resources and contributes to environment and climate protection, according to a new consumer campaign by Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and ...
  • 21 Nov 2018 |

    German rail operator aims to increase share of green power to 80 percent by 2030

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 rail operator Deutsche Bahn has stepped up its green energy ambitions. The company announced its intention to increase the share of renewable power in its total electricity consumption to 80 percent by 2030, reports the newswire dpa. One year ...
  • Taxpayers face billions in costs if Germany misses climate protection goals

    Germany's climate protection efforts are proving insufficient to achieve its climate protection targets for 2020 as well as for the period from 2021 to 2030 in the areas of transport, buildings and agriculture, according to a joint report by sister ...
  • 01 Aug 2016 |

    New support programmes for heating pumps and fuel-cell heaters

    In an effort to promote energy efficiency in the heating sector, the federal economy ministry (BMWi) today started two programmes to support highly efficient heating pumps and fuel-cell heaters, according to a press release. 鈥淲e are bringing energy ...
  • 22 Sep 2021 |

    German city announces six-fold increase in resident parking fees for SUVs

    22 Sep 2021, 13:44 Jessica Bateman 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Spiegel Online The German city of T眉bingen has announced SUV drivers will soon need to pay six times the current parking fees. According to an article in聽 Spiegel Online, local Green mayor ...
  • 16 Dec 2021 |
    EU

    German stakeholders welcome EU energy proposals, criticise lack of ambition

    16 Dec 2021, 12:26 Julian Wettengel EU 麻豆无码版 German politicians, NGOs and industry representatives have generally welcomed the second part of the European Commission鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥 package of energy and climate legislation, but criticised ...
  • 03 Jan 2023 |
    Gas

    First U.S. LNG shipment arrives in German port

    03 Jan 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first full cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached the import terminal in Wilhelmshaven on 3 January, energy company Uniper said. The ship Maria 麻豆无码版 was loaded with approximately ...
  • 04 Nov 2022 |

    Germany agrees key steps to speed up offshore wind expansion

    04 Nov 2022, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government, several of its states and grid operators have agreed on how to implement the country鈥檚 more ambitious targets for the expansion of offshore wind turbines. With the ...
  • 10 Oct 2024 |

    Water conflicts to intensify in Germany due to climate change 鈥 report

    10 Oct 2024, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Increasing heatwaves and droughts in recent years have led to regional water scarcity and associated conflicts in Germany and the situation is set to intensify as climate change ...
  • 20 Oct 2020 |

    German transmission grid operator 50Hertz calls for more Baltic offshore wind power

    20 Oct 2020, 12:34 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Wind Handelsblatt German electricity transmission grid operator 50Hertz wants to see a more aggressive expansion of wind power in the Baltic Sea than currently ...
  • 27 Jul 2020 |

    German corporations see 'enormous savings potential' in reducing business trips

    27 Jul 2020, 13:03 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Society dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / 麻豆无码版 The COVID-19 pandemic is leading German companies to rethink the need for business trips and promote video conferencing instead, according to a report by ...
  • Worldwide renewables growth rate must rise to meet climate targets 鈥 German engineers

    23 Feb 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel Renewables expansion in Germany and across the world is insufficient to help keep global temperature rise below 1.5掳C, a key goal of the Paris Climate ...
  • 鈥淭he Paris climate targets can also be met with coal鈥

    Germany will be able to fulfil its Paris Climate Agreement obligations as well as the EU鈥檚 2030 climate targets with a continued use of coal-fired power production, trade union IG BCE鈥檚 head Michael Vassiliadis said in an interview with Dresdner Neueste ...
  • German heating industry calls for policy commitment as sales of climate-friendly systems halve

    27 Jan 2025, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Solar and heating industry associations have appealed to politicians at the federal and state levels to show clear policy commitments to the energy transition after ...
  • 10 Dec 2018 |

    Most Germans unconvinced UN will be able to solve climate crisis

    10 Dec 2018, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Society ARD The UN is unlikely to find a solution to the world鈥檚 climate crisis, most Germans believe according to a survey commissioned by the public broadcaster ARD. In the ...
  • 22 Jan 2025

    In brief | 22 January '25

    22 Jan 2025, 11:30 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Europe extends hand to US, warns of 'race to bottom' German chancellor Scholz voices cautious optimism after first contact with Trump administration. Politico: EU鈥檚 Clean Industrial Deal to cover 6 themes ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    German, French economic advisors champion battery-electric trucks to decarbonise freight transport

    24 Mar 2025, 13:34 Edgar Meza Mobility Freight 麻豆无码版 Economic experts in Germany and France are calling for the two countries to coordinate strategies in the decarbonisation of road freight transport. In a joint statement, the Franco-German ...
  • 22 Dec 2020 |

    Green Party calls for exceptions in nature conservation for wind energy expansion

    22 Dec 2020, 12:28 Edgar Meza Wind Spiegel Online / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party is ready to accept exceptions to nature conservation in order to accelerate the expansion of wind farms, Valerie H枚hne writes in Spiegel Online, citing a Green ...
  • 23 Aug 2021 |

    Freight traffic lacks climate-friendly alternatives 鈥 German industry

    23 Aug 2021, 13:32 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany lacks the infrastructure to ...
  • 22 Nov 2022 |

    Germany examines state guarantees for wind and solar power

    22 Nov 2022, 13:56 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany is examining the introduction of state guarantees for investments in wind and solar power to improve the country鈥檚 industrial potential, economy minister Robert Habeck has ...
  • Germany presents patchy climate plan draft to European Commission- report

    08 Jan 2019, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background The German government has presented an incomplete National 麻豆无码版 and Climate Plan (NECP) draft to the European Commission at the last minute ...
  • 20 Feb 2018

    Germany missing 2020 climate target 鈥渁 bitter defeat for climate politicians鈥 鈥 env min state sec

    Germany will definitely miss its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which is a 鈥渂itter defeat for climate politicians,鈥 said Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the environment ministry, at the annual conference of the German ...
  • Germany lags behind other EU countries on climate change mitigation 鈥 environmental coalition

    Germany scores poorly in a new ranking of EU member states鈥 ambition and progress on slowing global warming, according to a press release from Climate Action Network Europe, an umbrella organisation of European civil society groups working to fight ...
  • 13 Jun 2018 |

    German utilities urge gvt to speed up Energiewende policy making

    13 Jun 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 policymakers have not kept pace with the energy industry鈥檚 rapid transformation caused by the Energiewende, and must catch up urgently, according to the utility association BDEW. The utilities also say that Germany needs a ...
  • 28 Apr 2025

    In brief | 28 April '25

    28 Apr 2025, 13:45 麻豆无码版 Team Euronews: Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage A nationwide power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, leaving millions without electricity. Reports indicate issues with the European electric ...
  • Germans willing to pay 32 euros per month for climate action 鈥 survey

    22 Jul 2019, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Bild am Sonntag A survey by weekly tabloid Bild am Sonntag found people in Germany would be willing to spend an average of 32 euros per month on climate action. Around 16 percent of ...
  • 05 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's finance industry struggles to marry climate action and business strategy

    05 Sep 2019, 12:00 Banks, insurers and investment funds in Germany look back at nearly two decades of energy transition 鈥 but many of the biggest actors still struggle to embrace its potential as a core business area. While most are well aware of the ...
  • 24 Aug 2022 |

    Future Volkswagen boss renews backing for controversial synthetic fuels

    24 Aug 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Cars Spiegel / Automobilwoche The Volkswagen group鈥檚 future CEO, Oliver Blume, who is set to take the reins at the German carmaker on 1 September, has again expressed his support for electrofuels, also known as e-fuels and ...
  • Govt coalition party calls for keeping German nuclear plants in reserve after shutdown

    12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
  • 04 May 2016

    Coal exit 'well before' 2050 / Blocked grid annoys Germany's neighbours

    04 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y to exit coal power 'well before' 2050- draft document鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 use of coal-fired power should come to an end 鈥渨ell before鈥 2050, a draft document from the ...
  • 03 Dec 2015 |

    COP21 Interview: Next innovation wave in economy will be 鈥済reen"

    03 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty have kicked off in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 麻豆无码版 ...
  • German companies use artificial intelligence to save resources and energy

    07 Jun 2021, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation Technology Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 A rising number of manufacturing companies in Germany use artificial intelligence to optimise product development and production, ...
  • 13 Mar 2025

    In brief | 13 March '25

    13 Mar 2025, 12:02 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: German parliament debates borrowing bonanza as clock ticks down Germany's outgoing lower house of parliament began a special session on Thursday (13 March) to debate a 500 billion euro fund for infrastructure and ...
  • Utilities urged to face reality in row over coal levy

    27 Apr 2015, 00:00 The environment ministry has rebuffed utilities鈥 criticism of the planned levy for coal-fired power plants and maintains the sector shoulder its share of cutting CO2 emissions. Government and researchers stress the need for efficiency ...
  • Global Climate Action Summit adds pressure on Germany and EU to act 鈥 NGO

    The non-governmental Global Climate Action Summit in California brings together representatives of private companies and cities from around the world and adds pressure on the German government and the European Union to step up their efforts to comply with ...
  • 18 Jan 2022 |

    Draft power grid scenarios show ways to ready system for climate neutrality by 2045

    18 Jan 2022, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Jessica Bateman Grid 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has published the transmission grid operators鈥 draft scenario framework for network development for the years ...
  • 19 Oct 2023 |

    France and Germany claim EU deal on electricity market a success despite unresolved nuclear questions

    19 Oct 2023, 13:46 The EU member states' agreement on reforming the bloc's electricity market has been hailed as a success from ministers in France and Germany, whose dispute over the role of nuclear power in European climate action has ...
  • 15 Sep 2021 |

    Government initiates new standardisation roadmap for a circular economy

    15 Sep 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Resources & Recycling The German environment ministry (BMU) has set up a stakeholder process to assess the status quo of standardisation and describe the requirements for future standards, in a bid to enable a more ...
  • 23 Nov 2021 |

    UK makes carbon capture central pillar of net-zero drive

    23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
  • 08 Oct 2020 |

    Germany carves out national water strategy to cope with increasing droughts

    08 Oct 2020, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany's government together with researchers, water industry representatives and local authorities is working on a national water strategy aimed at coping with recurring ...
  • 10 Mar 2023 |

    National solar PV strategy aims to strengthen Germany's renewable power sovereignty

    10 Mar 2023, 13:29 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 A new solar PV strategy tabled by the ...
  • 29 Oct 2018 |

    EU ministers鈥 proposal to cut CO鈧 car emissions by 35 percent 鈥渘ot mature鈥 鈥 union head

    The proposed goal by EU ministers to cut the average CO鈧 emissions of new passenger cars by 35 percent by 2030 is 鈥渘ot mature,鈥 the head of the metal industry union IG Metall J枚rg Hofmann told Alfons Frese in an interview with the Tagesspiegel. 鈥淚 can& ...
  • 27 Sep 2018 |

    Reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Europe by 2050 feasible 鈥 report

    It is technically feasible and may also be economically beneficial for Europe to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, says a report published jointly by the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and Climact. However, reaching this goal ...
  • 26 Jan 2021 |

    Industrialist Gupta aims to acquire Thyssen-Krupp's steel business and make it climate-friendly

    26 Jan 2021, 12:06 Edgar Meza Industry Handelsblatt Industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, the only bidder for German conglomerate Thyssen-Krupp's loss-making steel business, plans to convert the mills to produce green steel if he鈥檚 successful, reports German ...
  • 05 Nov 2018 |

    Insulation is key to reach climate targets in building sector 鈥 study

    Better insulation for existing buildings to make them more energy efficient is the cheapest and most promising way to reach 2030 climate targets in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 building sector, according to a study by energy think tank Agora Energiewende* and the European ...
  • 09 Nov 2018 |

    Angela Merkel鈥檚 Conservatives reject CO2 price proposal

    The parliamentary group of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 Conservative alliance (CDU/CSU) has rejected environment minister Svenja Schulze鈥檚 proposal to introduce a price on CO 2 聽emissions. 鈥淲e say No to higher taxes on petrol and heating oil,鈥 said Georg ...
  • 鈥淓urope鈥檚 common energy market is an open-ended experiment鈥

    23 Apr 2019, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Energiewende International Handelsblatt Despite EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announcing this month that the European energy union has become reality, unifying Europe鈥檚 big energy markets is more an ...
  • 25 May 2021 |

    German politicians should clearly commit to e-mobility 鈥 Audi CEO

    25 May 2021, 13:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Welt am Sonntag Audi boss Markus Duesmann is calling for a clear political commitment to electric cars from German politicians, Welt am Sonntag reports. Instead of building a hydrogen infrastructure and ...
  • 05 Jul 2016 |

    Climate targets and growth will be important topics for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G20 presidency 2017

    Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement will be challenging, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.聽 She said at the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this was already evident at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 present work on a Climate Action Plan. All ...
  • Efficiency proponents urge government to fulfil promise to support building modernisation

    A broad alliance of actors that includes environmental NGOs, trade unions, and the efficiency industry has urged the German government to honour its coalition pledge to support measures to lower the energy consumption of buildings. The alliance says it is ...
  • New economy ministry proposal to fire up renewables in all sectors

    16 Sep 2016, 00:00 To decarbonise 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, small amounts of renewable electricity will have to replace large amounts of fossil fuel. The policies to make this Energiewende happen must be decided now, the economy ministry says in a new discussion ...
  • 14 Oct 2022 |

    Germany continues coal exit auctions amid energy crisis

    14 Oct 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 The sixth tender for early shutdowns of hard coal plants in Germany was undersubscribed and only one plant was successful, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. As part of its plan to end ...
  • 鈥淐oal fuels heat wave鈥 鈥 Greenpeace

    With anti-coal protests in the state of Saxony, environmental NGO Greenpeace says that the German government鈥檚 policy on coal fuels weather extremes. 鈥淭he current heat wave is a taste of what awaits us if the CO鈧 emissions are not decreased fast,鈥 said ...
  • 17 Aug 2020 |

    Most Germans say economic growth no justification for neglecting environment

    17 Aug 2020, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 A clear majority of people in Germany say that the environment must not be damaged in order to increase economic growth, a major survey by the country's ...
  • 10 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淏randenburg wants to become storage state鈥

    The German state of Brandenburg is planning to invest 50 million euros in developing electricity and heat storage technology, but the European Commission must first decide if the programme abides by EU competition rules, writes Potsdamer Neueste ...
  • German NGO urges progress on rulebook in Bangkok talks leading to COP24

    The climate talks in Bangkok聽must lead to tangible results that make this year鈥檚 COP24 UN climate conference in Poland a success, NGO Germanwatch says in a press release. 鈥淩obust rules for the Paris Climate Agreement, improved climate goals for countries ...
  • Promise to abolish heating law set to turn into communication challenge for German conservatives

    31 Mar 2025, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Merkur An election promise by German conservative alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) to abolish parts ...
  • 鈥淔ederal government remains optimistic with regard to e-cars鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in May that her government was probably going to miss its goal of putting one million e-cars on the road by 2020- but now the mood seems to have changed, Peter Hannen writes in pv magazine. In a response to a ...
  • 15 Nov 2018 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 lignite mining regions have received nearly 14 billion euros in support since 2013

    Lignite mining regions in Germany received at least 13.8 billion euros in state support between 2013 and 2017 to help them cope with the challenges of structural economic change, the German government says in an answer to a parliamentary inquiry initiated ...
  • 16 Oct 2018 |

    Stopping climate change will require radical transformation of all economic sectors 鈥 opinion

    The聽 recent IPCC report 聽and this summer's record temperatures show the urgency of climate action, writes Annette Prosinger in a commentary for the conservative daily Die Welt. 鈥淭o stop Earth鈥檚 warming, we need a radical transformation of nearly all ...
  • Leading German industry group strongly opposes push to raise EU鈥檚 2030 emissions reduction goal

    The European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the EU鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 40 percent to 45 percent relative to 1990 levels is misguided, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Deputy Director Holger L枚sch says in a statement. ...
  • 08 Aug 2022 |

    Bavaria retains leading position among German states in solar power expansion

    08 Aug 2022, 12:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in solar power expansion in the country, increasing its capacity by more than 1 gigawatt (GW) in the first half of 2022 alone. ...
  • 07 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淓濒别肠迟谤颈蹿颈别诲鈥

    The decision by Swedish carmaker Volvo to equip all its cars with electric engines by 2019 demonstrates the rapid change seen in the international automotive industry, Manfred Kriener writes in a commentary for Tageszeitung (taz). 鈥淰olvo has understood,鈥 ...
  • 16 Mar 2022 |

    麻豆无码版 industry calls for 'igniting the PV turbo' to reduce Germany's import dependence

    16 Mar 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar Utilities 麻豆无码版 Germany must urgently and massively step up the rollout of solar power in order to become more independent from Russian energy imports and reach its climate targets, the country ...
  • 28 Jul 2021 |

    Post-Merkel government will likely be greener partner in EU 鈥 Deutsche Bank

    28 Jul 2021, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Elections & Politics EU 麻豆无码版 A post-Merkel coalition government is likely to help drive forward the EU鈥檚 climate targets, an analysis by Deutsche Bank has concluded. In a paper, analysts for the bank ...
  • 12 Oct 2018

    To protect climate, we will need diesel cars even in ten years 鈥 VW CEO

    Unless Germany quickly phases out coal-fired power generation, diesel cars will continue to be better for the climate than e-cars, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung in an interview. For this reason, Germany will need diesel cars ...
  • 14 Dec 2021 |

    Support for use and expansion of renewable energy in Germany remains strong 鈥 survey

    14 Dec 2021, 11:31 Edgar Meza Society 麻豆无码版 A large majority of people in Germany continue to support the expansion of renewable energy, but the percentage of those who see it as very or extremely important has declined, according to the ...
  • 15 Mar 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 storage capacity continues solid growth in Germany, households lead the charge

    15 Mar 2024, 13:30 Jack McGovan Storage 麻豆无码版 With a turnover of over 15.7 billion euros, and a 46 percent growth increase in comparison to 2022, the energy storage sector鈥檚 expansion in Germany continues at a fast pace, according to industry ...
  • 29 Jun 2017 |

    EU leaders pledge to work for joint solution on climate at G20

    29 Jun 2017, 00:00 European Union leaders have underscored their commitment to work towards a joint solution on climate issues at the G20 summit in Hamburg. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would not be easy regarding questions such as climate ...
  • 07 Sep 2016 |

    Government avoids concrete targets in weakened Climate Action Plan

    Environmental organisations have responded to a government proposal to decarbonise the economy with outrage. They say the Climate Action Plan 2050 will fall well short of meeting climate targets, and accuse the environment ministry of caving in to ...
  • 17 Feb 2025 |

    German states call for EU-wide approach on coastal protection, costs to reach billions of euros

    17 Feb 2025, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Cost & Prices dpa / Stern Protecting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts is expected to cost billions of euros in the coming years, government members of coastal states have warned and called for ...
  • 07 Dec 2022 |

    Solar power auctions in Germany again fail to meet government's ambitious capacity targets

    07 Dec 2022, 12:41 Expert bne- Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables ...
  • 19 Sep 2018 |

    Germany launches task force to kickstart shift to sustainable mobility

    19 Sep 2018, 15:20 The German government has launched a new advisory panel to reduce transport emissions in line with national climate targets. The task force will broaden the focus of an earlier panel concentrated on electric cars, to discuss the entire ...
  • Coal exit must be initiated quickly to reach climate goals 鈥 government advisors

    The speedy start of the coal exit is more important than finding a final end date, writes the Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), an expert advisory panel to the government focussing on environmental protection, in a statement. 鈥淔or the climate, ...
  • 01 Feb 2019 |

    Market effects of plan to cancel emission rights during coal exit unclear- media

    01 Feb 2019, 12:26 S枚ren Amelang Coal Climate & CO2 Carbon Pulse Carbon market experts remain unsure about the impact of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plan to cancel CO2聽certificates in the EU鈥檚 Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure the pending coal exit will have the ...
  • 02 Aug 2022 |

    July marks 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third monthly solar power output record in a row

    02 Aug 2022, 14:20 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Edgar Meza Renewables Solar pv magazine Photovoltaic systems in Germany generated a new record level of electricity in the month July 2022, the pv ...
  • 20 Oct 2017 |

    City of Berlin adopts law to exit coal power by 2030

    The city of Berlin has decided to exit coal power generation by 2030 to protect the climate. The state coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), the Left Party, and the Greens has passed a corresponding law, according to a news report by press agency dpa ...
  • 16 Sep 2024 |

    Central Europe hit by 'historic flooding'

    16 Sep 2024, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Extreme rainfall in Central Europe has led to large scale flooding, damaged homes and infrastructure, and resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of homes. While Czechia, ...
  • 31 Jul 2018 |

    Federal Environment Agency president calls for climate change adaptation measures, redoubled efforts to cut carbon pollution

    As Germany continues to experience record-breaking heat, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is calling for increased efforts to both cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the changes brought on by global warming, Joachim Wille writes in the ...
  • 30 Sep 2021 |

    Financial institutions call on German companies to set climate targets ahead of COP26

    30 Sep 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance COP26 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A month ahead of the international climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, 220 financial institutions call on 1,600 companies to define solid targets to reduce their greenhouse ...
  • 23 Feb 2018 |

    鈥淲e can get by without driving bans鈥 鈥 Lower Saxony environment minister

    Driving bans would fall short of what鈥檚 needed to make transportation more sustainable, according to Olaf Lies, social democrat environment minister in Lower Saxony, where carmaker VW is based. 鈥淚 am sure we can get by in Lower Saxony without driving bans ...
  • Seven member states want EU to raise climate targets

    Germany, France, and Sweden are among seven European Union countries advocating a faster transition to a clean economy, arguing that 2018 is a critical year for strengthening this ambition, reports Megan Darby for Climate Home. 鈥淓nhanced action by all ...
  • Coal exit would damage German economy, pro-business party FDP warns

    A quick phase-out of coal-fired power production would pose a threat to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, the head of the pro-business party FDP, Christian Lindner, has said in an interview with national broadcaster ZDF, Montel News writes in an article. Closing coal ...
  • Regional AfD politician calls climate change 鈥渇iction鈥

    Climate change is just 鈥渇iction鈥 and the Energiewende is a 鈥済lobal socialist redistribution action鈥, said Ralf Borschke of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a session of the state parliament Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, reports ...
  • 29 Nov 2019 |

    Internet hub Frankfurt struggles to reduce energy use as online data volumes skyrocket

    29 Nov 2019, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities Frankfurter Rundschau The city of Frankfurt is struggling to reduce its energy use as the growth in internet data traffic boosts power demand in Germany's most important computing centre, ...
  • 10 Jan 2022 |

    Auditors say German finance minister's climate funding booster 'constitutionally questionable'

    10 Jan 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government dpa / n-tv Germany's Court of Auditors has criticised the supplementary budget presented by finance minister Christian Lindner, which rededicates billions of euros reserved for ...
  • 27 Jul 2018 |

    Elephants and aliens- a cartoonist's take on the Energiewende

    27 Jul 2018, 13:55 Germany's coal mines seen from space, the talk on electric cars and Chinese-German battery production cooperation- 麻豆无码版's 2018 visiting cartoonist Mwelwa Musonko presents his view of the Energiewende and its many big and small ...
  • German transport minister pledges to avoid bans, price hikes ahead of commission鈥檚 final meeting

    25 Mar 2019, 14:51 After months of negotiations, the commission tasked with proposing measures to cut emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector has come together for its final meeting. So far, the task force has made headlines mainly for fierce dispute ...
  • 05 Jan 2024 |

    German renewables expansion picks up speed in 2023, onshore wind still lagging

    05 Jan 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 installed renewable power production capacity has increased by about 17 gigawatt in 2023 (to some 170 GW total), figures released by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
  • 27 Sep 2024 |

    Climate change to increase heat-related health risks for children- report

    27 Sep 2024, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 High temperatures pose an increasing health risk in Germany as climate change progresses and younger children are more likely to suffer, said a report by German health insurance ...
  • Germany could step in for Chile as host of UN climate summit

    31 Oct 2019, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 / WDR The former German capital Bonn could become the venue for the next UN climate summit COP25, after the government of Chile has聽 said 聽it has to cancel the event ...
  • 14 Nov 2016 |

    Climate Action Plan 2050鈥

    There will be great upheaval in individual economic sectors from decisions made in the latest Climate Action Plan 2050 agreement, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He says that many of the demands that have ...
  • 13 Dec 2021 |

    Climate and energy key issues in German cabinet members鈥 first trips abroad

    13 Dec 2021, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Gas Government EU 麻豆无码版 / Reuters / ZDF Climate and energy policy has emerged as a key issue for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and members of his cabinet on their first official trips abroad. Scholz ...
  • 09 Feb 2018 |

    Air pollution and climate change issues for international security

    The Munich Security Conference included climate change and emissions pollution as some of the biggest issues for international security in its 2018 report. 鈥淚n the end, few experts doubt the long-term effects a changing climate will have on international ...
  • 31 Mar 2021 |

    New regulation aims to prevent carbon leakage due to national CO2 price

    31 Mar 2021, 13:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 rail electrification lags behind European leaders - lobby group

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government lacks an overall strategy for the electrification of the country鈥檚 railway network, according to the lobby group Pro-Rail Alliance. Citing the latest EU comparative figures, the Alliance said there were large differences in ...
  • 22 May 2017 |

    Germany, China urge US to remain in climate agreement

    22 May 2017, 00:00 Germany and China increased pressure on the US government to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement ahead of the G7 and G20 summits. The continuing uncertainty about the US position puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim to agree on a G20 energy and climate ...
  • 03 Jan 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar additions jump to new record of 1 million new systems in 2023

    03 Jan 2024, 12:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 More than one million new solar power systems were installed in Germany last year, an all-time record, according to the country鈥檚 solar industry association BSW. The new arrays had a ...
  • 07 Nov 2023 |

    German govt and states agree on continuing nationwide public transport ticket, price may go up

    07 Nov 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices ARD / 麻豆无码版 The nationwide public transport ticket for Germany will still be available in 2024 but its monthly price may go up, the federal government and the country鈥檚 16 states ...
  • 09 Nov 2018 |

    CO2 price could become 鈥渘ext tax hammer鈥 for petrol and heating oil

    Environment minister Svenja Schulze鈥檚 proposal to introduce a CO 2 聽price could make petrol and heating oil even more expensive, write Fritz Esser, Kai Weise, Karina M枚ssbauer and Larissa Kr眉ger in mass-daily Bild. 鈥淎s if petrol and heating oil didn鈥檛 ...
  • RWE share price falls in light of potential Green government participation

    The prospect of a new government coalition in Germany that would include the Green Party resulted in a drop in utility RWE鈥檚 share price of more than five percent on Monday, making the energy company that operates many coal-fired power plants the biggest ...
  • 05 Feb 2024 |

    German state govts call for special support for domestically manufactured solar power products

    05 Feb 2024, 14:34 Franca Quecke Solar Business & Jobs Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 In聽 a resolution, the council of German state governments (Bundesrat) called for special support for solar power products manufactured in the country or the ...
  • 23 Dec 2020 |

    Hydrogen can become billion-euro business for Siemens 麻豆无码版 鈥 CEO

    23 Dec 2020, 13:54 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt Hydrogen technology can become a key component of Siemens 麻豆无码版鈥檚 business model, the company鈥檚 CEO, Christian Bruch, told Handelsblatt in an interview. ...
  • 30 Jun 2021 |

    German states demand more federal support to make public transport fit for future

    30 Jun 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's states are demanding substantial support payments from the federal government to fund the expansion of public transport systems in a bid to reduce the ...
  • 23 May 2022 |

    Europe鈥檚 move away from Russian gas revives controversial LNG projects in Canada

    23 May 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Gas International Tagesspiegel Background The EU鈥檚 and, in particular, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urgent drive to replace Russian gas imports has revived controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Canada, to the dismay of ...
  • Merkel aims for balanced budget in fight against climate change

    13 Aug 2019, 13:42 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel Online German Chancellor Angela Merkel "stands by the objective of a balanced budget", her spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said at a government press ...
  • UN biodiversity COP 鈥渆normous step,鈥 combines climate and environment policies, says Germany

    04 Nov 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 The UN biodiversity conference in the Colombian city of Cali achieved real progress by improving coordination between climate and environmental protection, according to ...
  • 24 Nov 2023 |

    Number of electric car charging points in Germany rises 30% since start of the year

    24 Nov 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 network of charging points for electric cars is growing rapidly, according to utility association BDEW. 鈥淎s of 1 October, 113,112 public charging points with a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    German EU lawmaker proposes temporary 鈥渙pt out鈥 for CO2 price in private transport and buildings

    12 Jan 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes ...
  • SPD climate and energy politician Miersch says 2019 will be year of key challenges

    麻豆无码版 and climate policy must be key policy areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government in 2019 in order to significantly reduce carbon emissions and make a substantial contribution to limiting climate change, Social Democratic (SPD) energy and climate politician ...
  • 30 Sep 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | September '24

    30 Sep 2024, 12:00 The late summer months brought bad energy and climate news for Croatians. August 鈥 a traditionally low activity month during the holiday season 鈥 saw record-breaking heat, with temperatures exceeding long-term averages by almost 5掳C in ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    Extreme heat causing greater health problems among German seniors

    09 Jun 2021, 13:17 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Rising temperatures in Germany due to climate change are having a direct impact on the health of people, particularly the elderly, according to a聽 new report ...
  • 02 Apr 2020 |

    German emissions covered by European trading drop 14 percent in 2019

    02 Apr 2020, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 1,850 stationary facilities covered under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emitted about 363 million tonnes of CO鈧 equivalents (CO鈧俥q) in 2019, a drop of ...
  • 20 May 2020 |

    Researchers weigh in on scope and scale of hydrogen use ahead of Germany's national strategy launch

    20 May 2020, 13:44 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business ...
  • 21 Feb 2022 |

    One in four German industry companies fear for existence due to costly energy- survey

    21 Feb 2022, 13:52 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Almost one quarter of German small and medium-sized industrial companies say the high energy prices endanger their survival, according to a survey by the Federation of German ...
  • 13 Jan 2025 |

    Local towns turn to Lake Constance as energy source for climate-friendly heating

    13 Jan 2025, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating dpa A growing number of towns on the shores of Lake Constance are planning to use the water鈥檚 thermal energy to switch to carbon-neutral heating,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa. 鈥淟ake thermal energy offers ...
  • 30 Dax listed companies want global CO2 price 鈥 report

    Large German companies have criticised the coalition agreement between Social Democrats and the conservative CDU/CSU for being too weak on climate action, Handelsblatt reports. A survey among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 30 Dax-listed companies also shows they support a ...
  • Germany's economic powerhouse states demand clear federal energy policy concept

    08 Apr 2019, 12:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ ...
  • 17 Nov 2020 |

    Elderly Germans more willing to live sustainably than younger ones- survey

    17 Nov 2020, 14:02 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and 麻豆无码版 Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Society 麻豆无码版 The majority of Germans are willing to adopt a more sustainable ...
  • 17 Jan 2025 |

    Germany must catch up with other EU countries and collect building efficiency data- report

    17 Jan 2025, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany must systematically collect building efficiency data like all other EU countries, which would boost its lagging efforts to make its housing stock climate-neutral,聽 according to 聽the ...
  • 17 Apr 2019 |

    German transport minister considers cutting VAT on train tickets

    17 Apr 2019, 13:35 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Bild Zeitung German transport minister Andreas Scheuer ...
  • 01 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淕reens want exit commission鈥

    The German Green Party is calling for a cross-party commission to prepare the shift to emissions-free transportation akin to the commission that brokered 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear exit and the transition to renewable energy sources, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten ...
  • 08 Jan 2025

    In brief | 8 January '25

    08 Jan 2025, 10:14 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Automakers to pool CO2 emissions with Tesla, Polestar to meet EU 2025 rules Automakers facing tougher European Union 2025 emissions rules are planning to buy carbon credits from electric vehicle companies including ...
  • 18 Feb 2025

    In brief | 18 February '25

    18 Feb 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Germany set to scale down climate ambitions- Billions in climate subsidies have been frozen for months- Main parties focusing on security, migration before election CNBC: Wind energy just had a record year in ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    Germany finishes construction of first floating LNG terminal

    15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 麻豆无码版 The first jetty for arrival of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed in northern German Wilhelmshaven, with the first delivery set to arrive in mid-January 2023, reports ...
  • 11 May 2022 |

    Praise and criticism for German government鈥檚 LNG acceleration act

    11 May 2022, 13:10 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 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche ...
  • 07 Dec 2018 |

    鈥榊ellow vests鈥 protests in France are blow to climate activists

    07 Dec 2018, 14:33 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The so-called 鈥榶ellow vests鈥 protest against higher taxes on fuel and heating oil in France are a major disappointment for all who advocate a tax on ...
  • 29 Mar 2022 |

    RWE wins legal battle to continue coal mine expansion

    29 Mar 2022, 12:06 Edgar Meza Coal Der Spiegel A state court in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled in favour of German utility RWE in a land dispute linked to the expansion of its Garzweiler lignite opencast mine located in the western German hamlet of ...
  • 11 Jan 2018 |

    "German agriculture with ambitious goals in climate 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥

    Unveiling its Climate Strategy 2.0, the German Farmers鈥 Association (DBV) said climate change posed an enormous challenge for German farmers. 鈥淟ike no other economic sector, agriculture and forestry are directly affected, as extreme weather events in the ...
  • 30 Aug 2018 |

    Germany 鈥渋s doing nothing鈥 to reach its climate targets 鈥 opinion

    Contrary to the German government鈥檚 promise to close the gap towards reaching the country鈥檚 2020 climate target as much as possible and take steps towards reaching the 2030 target, it 鈥 is doing nothing," Malte Kreutzfeldt writes in an opinion piece ...
  • 09 Dec 2024 |

    Green German state premier says EU fines for excessive car emissions 鈥渕ake no sense鈥

    09 Dec 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The state premier of southern German Baden-Wurttemberg, Green Party politician Winfried Kretschmann, has called for the suspension of possible EU climate ...
  • Lower renewables, hydrogen buildout could greatly reduce Germany's energy transition costs- energy company

    03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
  • 14 Jun 2017 |

    Climate protection law, swift coal exit, EU CO鈧 floor price 鈥 DUH demands for next Energiewende government

    Germany will miss its climate targets unless the next federal government steps up its efforts, according to non-profit environmental and consumer protection association Environmental Action Germany (DUH). In a list of 85 measures for the energy, heating ...
  • 29 Nov 2017 |

    One billion euros to avoid driving bans

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government, the states, and its municipalities have agreed on a fund worth one billion euros to invest in measures to prevent a looming driving ban in many of the country鈥檚 inner cities, the government says in a press release. ...
  • Study compares long-term policy frameworks for implementation of Paris Agreement

    A long-term policy approach to achieving the climate protection effects required by the Paris Agreement is crucial for the successful transformation of the affected economic sectors, but progress in this field varies considerably across different ...
  • EU must step up if US falls behind on climate

    If climate action and renewables growth are constrained under the new US administration, the EU must step up its efforts and join forces with China and India, according to a joint report by Allianz Climate Solutions, NewClimate Institute and Germanwatch. ...
  • 04 Jul 2019 |

    Local utilities call for mandatory share of renewable gases

    04 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 More than 60 local German utilities have called for the introduction of a mandatory share of renewables-based gases to be added to the country鈥檚 natural gas supply for sectors not covered ...
  • 01 Feb 2023 |

    Bidders could end up paying production fee in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest-ever offshore wind auction

    01 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 With its largest offshore wind power auction to date, Germany aims to make progress on its ambitious target to nearly quadruple capacity by the end of the decade 鈥 and could ...
  • 14 Dec 2021 |

    Auditors and opposition criticise German govt鈥檚 debt-financed boost to climate fund

    14 Dec 2021, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Finance Government 麻豆无码版 / FAZ / taz / Rheinische Post / Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government cabinet has passed a supplementary budget to boost the country鈥檚 climate and transformation fund with debt ...
  • German industry urges next government to ensure lower energy prices at EU and national level

    04 Feb 2025, 13:25 Bennet Ribbeck Industry Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 German industry association BDI has called on the next government to focus on lowering energy prices at both the national and European level. In its recommendations for ...
  • Ten years after the Lehman Brothers鈥 crash, climate risks need integrating in global finance 鈥 WWF

    The bankruptcy of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008 demonstrated the fragility of the global financial system, and ten years later it is time to recognise that neglecting climate risks could trigger another financial crisis, the ...
  • 03 Jul 2019 |

    Recent remarks suggest EU top job frontrunner von der Leyen takes climate crisis seriously

    03 Jul 2019, 14:56 The nomination of Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission has come as a surprise for many political observers in Germany and across Europe. Little is known about the incumbent German defence minister's climate ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Shell ruling

    10 Jun 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society Die Welt German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering ...
  • 12 Aug 2021 |

    Coal power could use up almost half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining CO2 budget by 2038 鈥 report

    12 Aug 2021, 13:25 Expert 麻豆无码版 Brainpool 麻豆无码版 consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Expert Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 (now Green Planet 麻豆无码版) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal ...
  • 02 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淭he focus is simply wrong鈥

    Climate protection targets should play a 鈥渟ignificantly bigger role鈥 in federal transport minister Alexander Dobrindt鈥檚 transport infrastructure plan 2030, Maria Krautzberger, president of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), said in an interview with ...
  • Germany starts coal exit talks in bid to improve patchy climate record

    06 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks on phasing out coal in power generation. The aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 ongoing shift to renewable power. The government on ...
  • 25 Mar 2024 |

    German treasury rejects additional large-scale state support for solar PV industry

    25 Mar 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Solar ARD / Tagesspiegel Background The head of Germany's treasury, finance minister Christian Lindner, has reiterated his opposition to more state support for Germany's domestic solar industry. In an ...
  • 01 Apr 2025

    In brief | 1 April '25

    01 Apr 2025, 11:22 麻豆无码版 Team Politico: EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal The European Commission wants to keep a 90 percent emissions-cutting target but to change how countries calculate their progress. Eurelectric: Solar breaks historical record in ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |

    Germany to spend 200 billion euros on energy transition in independence push

    07 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |

    Germany will fund half of new LNG terminal in alliance with Dutch operator

    07 Mar 2022, 13:56 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 30 Oct 2020 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grids need 110 billion euros of investment by 2050, operator says

    30 Oct 2020, 10:18 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid 麻豆无码版 Some 110 billion euros will need to be invested in expanding and updating 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity network by 2050 in order to meet the demands of the energy transition, according to a study ...
  • 13 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淓U energy ministers debate important elements of 麻豆无码版 Union鈥

    EU energy ministers are attending an informal meeting in Bratislava this week聽to discuss steering and monitoring mechanisms for the European聽 麻豆无码版 Union, sustainable financing structures for low-carbon technologies, energy prices and energy supply ...
  • German finance minister opts for emission fines rather than climate action- report

    21 Mar 2019, 12:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Efficiency Government Die Welt German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has opted to pay expensive fines for failing to meet emissions targets rather than invest in climate action, Daniel Wetzel writes for Die Welt. ...
  • Power and transport most urgent in G20 country climate action 鈥 report

    Power generation from coal, oil and gas, and transport produce the largest share of emissions in the vast majority of G20 countries and none of these economies鈥 climate pledges are on a 1.5藲C-compatible pathway, according to the Brown to Green Report 2018 ...
  • 12 Apr 2016 |

    Growth in the efficiency sector / Electric trucks / Concerns over coal

    12 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Hydrogen DENEFF / PwC 鈥10 percent turnover growth in the efficiency sector鈥 Companies in the business of supplying energy efficiency solutions grow much faster than the rest of the economy, ...
  • 03 Apr 2025

    In brief | 3 April '25

    03 Apr 2025, 10:35 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Deutsche Bank-owned asset manager DWS fined 鈧25 million for greenwashing German prosecutors have fined asset manager DWS 25 million euros after a lengthy probe found the firm guilty of greenwashing, or making ...
  • German carmakers in US join climate sceptic efforts to avoid tight emissions limits 鈥 report

    German carmakers Daimler, VW and BMW try to appear environmentally conscious, but in the US they seem determined to sow doubts over climate science, Jan Keuchel writes for Handelsblatt. The companies have all announced ambitious plans to engage in climate ...
  • 10 Mar 2016

    'Coal battle, next round' / Power trends since Fukushima

    10 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate Action Network 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥 Climate activist movement 350.org and Climate Action Network have announced a series of peaceful, coordinated actions 鈥渢o disrupt ...
  • 19 Dec 2023 |

    Germany's electricity storage strategy to fall short of industry expectations 鈥 media

    19 Dec 2023, 13:27 Jack McGovan Electricity Storage Table.Media / PV Magazine The long-awaited electricity storage strategy by Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), due to be published today (19 December), is unlikely to meet the expectations of the ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    Germany partners with UAE to develop green hydrogen, synthetic fuels

    03 Nov 2021, 12:33 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 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 ...
  • German environment ministry pushes for tougher EU car emission rules

    The German environment ministry has called for much more ambitious EU targets to lower car emissions than those proposed by the EU Commission. In a position paper seen by the 麻豆无码版, the ministry says car emissions must be halved between 2021 ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y, please be bolder!鈥

    Germany needs to be bolder with its Climate Action Plan 2050 to set a benchmark for other countries,聽former Polish environment minister Maciej Nowicki writes in a guest commentary for Zeit Online. 鈥淚f the latest known draft is not fundamentally revised, ...
  • 15 Mar 2022 |

    EU's CO2 border adjustment plans threaten German steel industry鈥檚 climate-neutral future- report

    15 Mar 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Industry EU 麻豆无码版 The European Commission's plans to replace emission rights trading with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which aims to create a level playing field for EU producers subject to EU ...
  • 20 Feb 2019 |

    German school protests will focus on transport emissions on global strike day in March

    20 Feb 2019, 13:26 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Washington Post Tens of thousands of teenagers across Europe have skipped school since the beginning of the year, joining protests demanding action on climate change, Luisa Beck reports in the ...
  • 01 Nov 2017 |

    COP23 鈥 鈥極utgoing government could well act more boldly in Bonn鈥

    01 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel could use her appearance at the COP to advance coalition talks on climate, says Ann-Kathrin Schneider, specialist for international climate policy at Friends of the Earth Germany. Meanwhile, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 NGOs want ...
  • 25 Sep 2018 |

    Foreign minister Maas calls for better information base and climate risk analysis at UN Security Council

    As climate change exacerbates existing conflicts and has a destabilising effect on countries and entire regions, the German government aims to 鈥渃ounter climate risks as part of a preventive and stabilising foreign policy,鈥 said foreign minister Heiko Maas ...
  • 03 Apr 2019 |

    German media welcome emissions reduction success, debate causes and solutions

    03 Apr 2019, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest emissions drop since the 2009 recession is a success, but it should not be overvalued considering the country鈥檚 ambitious ...
  • 26 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淐onservative group in the Bundestag rejects government鈥檚 Climate 笔濒补苍鈥

    The group of Christian Democrats and Christian Socials in the federal parliament (Bundestag) has criticised environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 Climate Action Plan 2050, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hendricks had bet 鈥渙ne ...
  • 03 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淥ff to Morocco, empty-handed鈥

    Deutsche Welle鈥檚 Jens Thurau finds it embarrassing that the German government seems to be unable to approve environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 Climate Action Plan 2050 before the climate conference in Marrakesh. Without Germany as a credible driving ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y 鈥榤assively weakened鈥 draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump鈥

    The United States鈥 delegation successfully pushed for significant changes to the G20 climate and energy action plan draft during working group negotiations, reports Arthur Neslen for Climate Home. The latest draft of the plan, which was initiated by the ...
  • 06 Oct 2021 |

    SPD, Greens and FDP to enter exploratory coalition talks in Germany

    06 Oct 2021, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel German election winner the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the pro-business FDP have decided to enter joint talks to sound out a common base to form the ...
  • 14 May 2018 |

    Diesel driving ban imminent on selected roads in Hamburg

    Driving bans on diesel vehicles will take effect on selected roads in Hamburg after Whitsunday, the city鈥檚 environment senator, Jens Kerstan, told the newspaper Die Welt. 鈥淭he road signs have been ordered, and once everything is settled legally, the rule ...
  • 21 Jan 2025

    In brief | 21 January '25

    21 Jan 2025, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team AP: Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement 鈥 again Move is blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Ursula von ...
  • 06 Jan 2016

    Government plans new incentives for e-cars

    06 Jan 2016, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Rheinische Post 鈥淕rand coalition plans buyers鈥 incentives for electric cars鈥 The German government plans to introduce new incentives for e-cars, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淎 ...
  • Kramp-Karrenbauer sets herself apart from other CDU leadership candidates on climate action

    29 Nov 2018, 16:21 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Government 麻豆无码版 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a candidate to succeed her at the helm of the ...
  • 11 Apr 2016

    Utilities increase nuclear provisions / A 'power market pentagon'

    11 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online/AFP/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淯tilities increase nuclear provisions鈥 The utilities have increased their provisions for the nuclear exit in the last year, according to a report by press agency AFP ...
  • 22 Mar 2019 |

    鈥淗ow the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions鈥

    22 Mar 2019, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cities The Guardian In a long article, British newspaper The Guardian explores the history of the dieselgate scandal, which involved most German carmakers. Author Beth Gardiner argues that the companies worked ...
  • 12 Sep 2024 |

    German environment minister promises better fraud prevention in wake of fake climate projects in China

    12 Sep 2024, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / ZDF Germany's environment minister has promised better precautions to prevent fraud in emissions reduction schemes abroad after a special session in ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 climate decision harms global trust and US economy 鈥 German minister

    US President Donald 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 decision to take the country out of the international Paris agreement on climate has harmed global trust and will also hurt the US economy, German environment minister Barbara Hendricks told company leaders at a conference on ...
  • Deutsche Bahn demands up to 鈧150bln from planned infrastructure fund for railway upgrades

    13 Mar 2025, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dpa / Der Spiegel / DVZ 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railway operator Deutsche Bahn has laid claims to almost one third of the entire 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund planned by the ...
  • 30 Jan 2023 |

    Renewable energy leaders show mixed views on whether Germany can meet renewable targets 鈥 media

    30 Jan 2023, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine The heads of many renewable energy companies showed mixed opinions in whether Germany can meet its targets for green electricity generation, according to an article in newspaper ...
  • 13 Jan 2025

    In brief | 13 January '25

    13 Jan 2025, 11:50 麻豆无码版 Team Science Direct: CO2-tax on emission-intensive agricultural goods could cut German agricultural emissions by 22.5% The CO2-tax could generate over 8.2 billion euros in annual revenue, analysis finds. Bloomberg: Europe threatens ...
  • 22 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淯niper wants to cut 500 jobs鈥

    German utility E.ON 鈥檚 fossil-fuel subsidiary Uniper plans layoffs and wage cuts due to challenges caused by the country鈥檚 transition to low-carbon energy generation, Rheinische Post reports. During collective negotiations with trade unions Verdi and IG ...
  • 鈥淲e need a Green Deal for Germany鈥 鈥 Bavarian CSU head S枚der

    09 Apr 2021, 12:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Spiegel Germany needs to do more on climate, Markus S枚der, leader of the ...
  • 19 Jan 2021 |

    Climate regulation threatens competitiveness of German auto industry- Deutsche Bank

    19 Jan 2021, 12:21 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Charlotte Nijhuis Cars 麻豆无码版 Structural challenges pose a threat to the competitiveness of Germany as a business ...
  • 14 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淎 pyrrhic victory鈥

    The government's difficulty finding agreement on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 聽was a preview of similar negotiations in the future, writes Theo Geers in an opinion piece for Deutschlandfunk. 鈥淓very saved tonne of CO鈧 will have to be seized from ...
  • Merkel's climate record "a planetary disaster" 鈥 opinion

    The German chancellor鈥檚 track record on environmental policy has been a disaster, writes George Monbiot in an opinion piece for The Guardian. 鈥淲hat counts, and should be judged, as she seeks a fourth term as German chancellor in the elections on Sunday, ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    Govt approves plan for larger coal plant reserve and gas cut for power stations

    08 Jun 2022, 13:51 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Reuters To counteract future gas supply shortages, the government cabinet has decided on new regulations for the provision of backup power stations and to minimise the use of natural gas in power generation, ...
  • 08 Jan 2020 |

    Germany's emission cut is 鈥渏oyful but clouded New Year鈥檚 message鈥 鈥 commentaries

    08 Jan 2020, 12:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 German media have commented on the news that a sharp drop in coal use put a break on Germany's CO2 emissions last year and pushed the country "surprisingly鈥 close to its ...
  • 30 Oct 2018 |

    Financial investors have evolved from bystanders to leaders in climate action

    Big financial investors, such as banks, insurance companies, investment trusts or pension funds, have long ignored the climate crisis as a field of action. But by now they have become one of the biggest drivers of change in the approach of industrial ...
  • 02 Aug 2022 |

    Insistence on Nord Stream 2 biggest stain on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reputation 鈥 Polish president

    02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland鈥檚 president Andrzej Duda has condemned 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate credibility depends on successful coal exit - commentary

    At the next UN climate conference in Poland, the German government can credibly call on the international community to put more effort into climate protection only if it successfully manages its own coal exit, write Ottmar Edenhofer and Hans Joachim ...
  • 2018 drought unlikely to change 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy - opinion

    The debate between politicians and scientists in one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most popular political talk shows 鈥 Anne Will 鈥 makes clear that this year鈥檚 heat wave and resulting draught is unlikely to fundamentally change 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy, writes Joachim ...
  • 10 Jul 2020 |
    Gas

    German NGOs call for European gas infrastructure moratorium- media report

    10 Jul 2020, 12:41 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism ...
  • 16 Mar 2021 |

    Utility RWE has long way to go to climate-neutrality 鈥 Greenpeace report

    16 Mar 2021, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background German energy utility RWE is struggling to make the transition to climate-neutrality, according to a report published by 麻豆无码版Comment and commissioned ...
  • 15 Feb 2022 |

    Hydrogen production in Germany will be booming soon 鈥 economy minster

    15 Feb 2022, 14:11 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / Der Spiegel German economy and climate protection minister Robert Habeck said hydrogen would soon establish itself as a key component of the energy transition, according to a dpa report ...
  • 22 Oct 2024 |

    Climate change intensified 2022's extreme drought in central and southern Europe 鈥 report

    22 Oct 2024, 13:31 Jennifer Collins Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Human-driven climate change was linked to more than 30 percent of the intensity and physical extent of an extreme drought which lasted throughout the summer of 2022 in Europe, according to a ...
  • 07 Sep 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y must go back to its low-carbon future鈥

    Once a world leader in renewables, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition progress has stalled and the 2020 targets are out of reach unless the next government realigns its policies, writes energy economist Claudia Kemfert in an article in Nature. The country should ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    European Commission approves 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform of renewables support

    03 May 2021, 12:57 Edgar Meza Renewables 麻豆无码版 The European Commission聽 has approved 聽the prolongation and modification of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚聽 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) designed to support the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources. ...
  • Germany could have 7.5 GW power-to-gas capacity by 2030, say gas grid operators

    18 Jun 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid Hydrogen Technology 麻豆无码版 Renewables-based gases such as hydrogen and synthetic methane will be increasingly important for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 to reach climate targets, say gas transmission grid operators ...
  • 26 Oct 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 price hike to leave mark on coalition talks as parties aim to help households

    26 Oct 2021, 17:29 High gas, petrol and power prices are set to play a part in the ongoing negotiations to form the next German government coalition, which will shape the country鈥檚 energy transition policy for years. The election winner Social Democrats, ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    EU Green Deal should be expanded to renewables and hydrogen in Africa 鈥 German dev min

    02 Jul 2021, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 The European Green Deal should be expanded to also include African states as partners in the bid to achieve a climate-friendly economic recovery after the downturn caused by the ...
  • 04 Jul 2019 |

    CO鈧 emissions from German power production down 15 pct in first half of 2019

    04 Jul 2019, 12:41 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 Climate & CO2 Renewables Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 28 Nov 2017 |

    Diesel summit: state to set up billion-euro programme to prevent driving bans

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government and the country鈥檚 municipalities want to use the so-called diesel summit to set up a programme worth over one billion euros to improve air quality in German cities and prevent looming driving bans for polluting cars, Zeit ...
  • 08 Dec 2022 |

    Climate activists risk antagonising people with blame games 鈥 researcher

    08 Dec 2022, 08:58 Climate activists must strike a careful balance between conciliatory offers for discussion and constructive provocation, argues political scientist J茅r茅mie Gagn茅 from More in Common, an international non-profit initiative studying ...
  • 03 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍y hits delay with climate-change plan ahead of U.N. meeting in Marrakesh鈥

    Environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥 announcement that she did not expect the cabinet to approve her Climate Action Plan 2050 before COP22 in Marrakesh next week 鈥渕arks the latest embarrassment for a country that once pioneered the fight against global ...
  • 01 Jul 2016 |

    Climate Action Plan boosts the share prices of E.ON and RWE鈥

    The energy and coal industry is happy about the new, weakened language in the draft version of the Climate Action Plan 2050, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. Share prices of energy companies E.ON and RWE have increased in the past days 鈥 against ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    Munich auto show IAA ends with large protests and 400,000 visitors

    13 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Kerstine Appunn Mobility Cars 麻豆无码版 / tagesschau.de The first IAA mobility motor show held in Munich which closed on Sunday was deemed a success by industry ...
  • 31 Aug 2020 |

    German plan to make server farms climate-neutral sparks industry backlash

    31 Aug 2020, 13:48 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government wants to make server farms climate neutral by 2030, sparking concern in the industry, Handelsblatt reports. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said she ...
  • 03 Dec 2015 |

    COP21 鈥 Day 4: Slow progress, transport and the German COP slogan

    03 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 4 at the UN climate conference: EU and G77 + China clash over differentiated responsibilities / A 2掳C slogan translates into a 1.5掳C target / Government compensation for CO2 emissions in transport Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for ...
  • 鈥淐omplete uncertainty鈥 on climate ahead of G20 summit 鈥 German official

    29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The German government wants to build on last year鈥檚 G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
  • 12 Mar 2021 |

    Germany and Saudi Arabia want to cooperate on hydrogen

    12 Mar 2021, 13:36 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 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen International ...
  • Coal commission keeps out of lignite mine expansion dispute

    23 Aug 2018, 18:15 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission will not give any recommendation regarding mining-owner RWE鈥檚 plans to continue clearing forest for the planned extension of the Hambach lignite mine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The country's ...
  • 26 May 2021 |

    Aviation sector needs very high share of sustainable fuels to reverse trend of rising CO2 emissions- report

    26 May 2021, 13:27 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 麻豆无码版 The aviation sector requires a very high fleet-wide blending rate sustainable fuels in order to reverse the trend of rising CO2 emissions as the sector continues to grow, says the German ...
  • 鈥淕reen death wish鈥

    The Green Party has failed to learn from past experience that insisting on controversial demands can cost the party dearly in terms of voter approval, Ludwig Greven writes in a commentary for Zeit Online. While the world is 鈥済rappling with Donald Trump,鈥 ...
  • Merkel's conservative allies battered in Bavaria, Greens gain big

    In a further erosion of Germany's political mainstream, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) has lost its absolute majority in Bavaria鈥檚 state elections, while the Greens have become the second largest political force there, writes Deutsche ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    Germany's digitalisation lag puts energy transition at risk 鈥 utilities

    23 Sep 2021, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Germany's utility companies have warned that the country's slow digitalisation is imperilling its landmark energy transition. "Without digital ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    G20 climate, energy plan goes to the wire at Hamburg summit

    30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
  • 09 Dec 2014

    In the media: Mediocre score for German climate measures, grid fees rise, solar auction capacity seen curbed

    09 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 EurActiv 鈥淕lobal comparison reveals Germany's 'Energiewende dilemma'鈥 Germany scored average results (place 22 of 61) in the global climate protection index, compiled by the NGO ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    Geothermal energy could cover a quarter of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating needs 鈥 researchers

    02 Feb 2022, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Heating 麻豆无码版 Deep geothermal energy can make a major contribution to the decarbonisation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector, a paper published by researchers from the Fraunhofer and Helmholtz associations shows. ...
  • EU accelerates publication of its long-term energy and climate strategy

    In the lead-up to the next climate change conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, in December, the EU is focussing on its global leadership role in the areas of energy and climate policy, writes Susanne Ehlerding in Tagesspiegel Background. For that ...
  • 11 Oct 2017

    Germany set to widely miss climate targets, env ministry warns

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry鈥檚 warning in an internal paper seen by the Clean ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Low-income households need financial support to avoid fossil fuel lock-in 鈥 think tank

    06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 麻豆无码版 The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
  • 03 Jun 2019 |

    Shift to electric cars unlikely to reduce CO2 emissions in Germany before 2040- study

    03 Jun 2019, 14:04 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars 麻豆无码版 Electric cars are unlikely to reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carbon footprint by any ...
  • 02 Apr 2019 |

    Engineering association urges consensus on wind power expansion in Germany

    02 Apr 2019, 13:52 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Politics Society 麻豆无码版 Germany should strive to find consensus on the ...
  • 鈥淛耻蝉迟 climate 谤丑别迟辞谤颈肠鈥

    The federal government鈥檚 鈥climate 谤丑别迟辞谤颈肠鈥 runs contrary to recent plans and regulatory reforms, writes Joachim Wille in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Rundschau. Cabinet聽 decided 聽on a draft law to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement and Chancellor ...
  • 22 Aug 2016 |

    Climate change not a risk to financial markets in short term

    The direct physical effects of climate change 鈥渧ery likely do not constitute a risk鈥 for the stability of European financial markets until 2030, according to preliminary results of an upcoming report by the Federal Ministry of Finance. 鈥淗ow likely ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    Merz calls for 鈥渞estart鈥 for Europe as new chancellor makes first official trips to France, Poland

    09 May 2025, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU ARD / Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 The new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a 鈥渞estart鈥 of Franco-German relations at his first international trip on Wednesday (7 May), after his ...
  • 10 Feb 2017 |

    Report says EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet Paris pledges

    In its report 鈥淎 stress test for coal in Europe under the Paris Agreement," the Berlin-based climate research institute Climate Analytics says the EU will have to end CO鈧 emissions from all coal plants by 2030 in order to meet its commitments under ...
  • 16 Aug 2024 |

    Residential buildings should be better protected from climate risks after storm damage 鈥 insurance association

    16 Aug 2024, 12:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Climate resilience should be at the forefront of reconstruction and repair efforts of homes that have been damaged by storms, the General Association of the German Insurance ...
  • 21 Jun 2016

    Climate Action Plan 2050 delayed / 'VW is more than diesel'

    21 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) Climate Action Plan 2050 delayed The Climate Action Plan 2050 that is to describe a pathway and policy measures for Germany to cut its ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    Government must put acceptance at centre of energy policy- think tank

    02 Jul 2020, 13:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Kerstine Appunn Society 麻豆无码版 The government must make ...
  • 鈥淪trong German climate policy needed in wake of Trump victory鈥

    Germany and other European countries need to 鈥渕ove ahead鈥 with their climate commitments and should 鈥渋ntensify their efforts鈥 following the election of Donald Trump, which has made international climate diplomacy far less predictable, said climate policy ...
  • "Climate failures"

    In an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, Michael Bauchm眉ller asks if Chancellor Angela Merkel can be trusted, after the parties in exploratory talks to form a new grand coalition government dropped 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 climate target.聽The outgoing coalition ...
  • 05 Oct 2018 |

    International NGOs call on Merkel to intervene in Hambach Forest dispute

    Nearly 100 civil society organisations from across the world 鈥 including Greenpeace International, Banktrack, 250.org, Climate Action Network and E3G 鈥 have sent a joint letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to intervene in the escalating ...
  • 15 Jan 2019 |

    Making the Hambach Forest symbol of climate action could backfire

    15 Jan 2019, 11:55 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels Society Die Welt Activists鈥 elevation of the Hambach Forest, which energy company RWE wants to cut down to expand ...
  • 02 Mar 2016

    Moves to cap renewables / West German buyer for east German lignite?

    02 Mar 2016, 00:00 tageszeitung 鈥淪hort-sighted cap fans鈥 Despite fighting climate change being a national objective and renewables now the cheapest source of energy, leading conservative politicians want to use reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) to ...
  • 25 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淧R world champion鈥

    There is growing opposition within the federal government to the Energiewende and bold climate targets, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in tageszeitung (taz). Last week, the聽EU Commission聽 called for greater commitment from German ministries to cutting ...
  • First meeting of Franco-German inter-ministerial High Level Working Group on climate change

    Representatives from different ministries of the French and German governments met in Paris for the first meeting of the inter-ministerial High Level Working Group on climate change, the so-called 鈥淢eseberg Climate Working Group鈥, the environment ministry ...
  • 02 Jun 2022 |

    City of Berlin mulls wind power buildout, Bavaria has highest expansion potential

    02 Jun 2022, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities rbb / 麻豆无码版 The city of Berlin must consider building large modern wind turbines on its territory if it wants to meet its contribution to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power expansion target, the city state鈥檚 ...
  • 12 May 2022 |

    Germany greenlights over 150 million euros for Northvolt battery factory

    12 May 2022, 13:57 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry has approved a grant of 155.4 million euros for Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt, which is planning to set up a large battery cell ...
  • 11 Sep 2019 |

    Coal exit compels Germany to raise offshore wind power expansion plans 鈥 industry study

    11 Sep 2019, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Wind 麻豆无码版 The German coal exit can only be carried out safely if the country raises its current offshore wind power expansion plans, a meta-study commissioned by offshore industry association BWO has ...
  • Binational research council publishes reports on German-Japanese energy transition cooperation

    The German-Japanese 麻豆无码版 Transition Council (GJETC), a bi-national research council for cooperation in energy transition and climate action established in 2016, has published its first major studies on research synergies between the two countries, the ...
  • 19 Oct 2023 |

    Germany taking right steps to speed up solar PV expansion 鈥 associations

    19 Oct 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 The German government has proposed the right steps to accelerate the rollout of photovoltaic (PV) systems, local utilities association VKU said ahead of a parliamentary discussion about ...
  • 07 Nov 2019 |

    Farmers call for better inclusion in Germany's climate policy, announce more protests

    07 Nov 2019, 14:05 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Rheinische ...
  • 16 Mar 2021 |

    Steel producer Salzgitter wants EU protection during green transformation

    16 Mar 2021, 13:23 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The steel industry needs a clear and reliable framework for its decarbonisation, said Heinz J枚rg Fuhrmann, CEO of the Salzgitter Group, at the presentation of the company鈥檚 ...
  • 鈥淥ptional instead of popular鈥

    The German Green Party is polling at its lowest nationwide level in 15 years and risks falling below the five-percent-threshold required to stay in parliament, Robert Rossmann writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. In several recent polls, the Greens鈥 ...
  • 28 Jun 2018 |

    German Greens fear government will drop special renewables auctions altogether

    The German Green Party fears that the government could cancel two special auctions for wind and solar power projects that the governing CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) promised in its coalition treaty, the German Federal Parliament says in ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 industry calls for faster construction of new gas power plants for supply security

    13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country鈥檚 energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
  • 19 Sep 2018 |

    Truck makers ignore emission problem while celebrating strong growth at commercial vehicle show IAA - NGO

    German and European truck makers like to forget their climate problem while celebrating strong industry growth at the commercial vehicle show in Hanover (IAA), according to environmental NGO Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (Nabu). 鈥淏ehind ...
  • 05 Nov 2018 |

    German farmer family sues government over climate inaction

    A farmer family from Germany has sued the federal government for failing to take adequate climate action and damaging the family鈥檚 economic livelihood, the newspaper Tagesspiegel reports. The extreme drought in large parts of Germany in 2018 has caused ...
  • Quotes from the Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue

    21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
  • 18 Jan 2022 |

    EU taxonomy plans could lead to waste of precious green hydrogen 鈥 German industry

    18 Jan 2022, 12:37 Jessica Bateman Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen EU Tagesspiegel Background German industry association BDI has criticised the EU鈥檚 natural gas taxonomy plans due to conditions regarding the share of climate-friendly gases in newly built ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |

    City of Hamburg presents strategy to become European green hydrogen hub

    07 Mar 2022, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Cities 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt The city of Hamburg is aiming to play a key role in the German and European shift towards a hydrogen economy with a new import strategy for the climate-friendly fuel. The ...
  • 04 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淕20 needs to show concrete steps to implement Paris climate 补肠肠辞谤诲鈥

    04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
  • 21 Jun 2018 |

    German government reportedly split over EU car emission limits

    The members of the German government disagree over the country鈥檚 position on future EU car emission limits, according to media reports. The ministries of economic affairs and transport both reject the environment ministry鈥檚 call for more ambitious targets ...
  • 09 Jan 2018 |

    Germany misses solar power expansion target again

    The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacities has failed to fulfil government targets for the fourth year in a row, with additional installations reaching just 1.6 gigawatt (GW) instead of the planned 2.5 GW, industry association BSW Solar says in a ...
  • 15 Dec 2022 |

    Ministry paper says Germany could be headed for LNG import overcapacity

    15 Dec 2022, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Gas Government Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry expects a significant import overcapacity if all planned floating and fixed onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are implemented as planned, reports Table ...
  • 06 Sep 2018 |

    Zero-emission road freight can spur economic growth in Europe 鈥 report

    Transitioning to efficient and zero-emissions road freight transport will significantly reduce European spending and dependence on oil imports and spur economic growth, the European Climate Foundation and Cambridge Econometrics say in a report backed by ...
  • German env minister plans CO鈧 price concept to boost climate action

    12 Nov 2018, 14:15 Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze continued her push for a price on CO2 emissions, announcing plans to team up with fellow Social Democrat Olaf Scholz's finance ministry in order to prepare a concept in line with ...
  • Electrical companies warn Germany's energy transition must not become bargaining chip in election

    15 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Electrical and IT companies in Germany have called on Germany's parties to not discredit the energy transition in the federal election campaign leading up to the vote ...
  • 03 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淕别谤尘补苍 major banks merely extras鈥

    It is 鈥渟urprising鈥 that major German banks did so little to finance renewable energy internationally while the country was a driver of the global energy transition, Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE) told Christian Schaudwet ...
  • 13 Mar 2019 |

    Court rejects lawsuit aiming to protect Hambach Forest, woodland鈥檚 future still uncertain

    13 Mar 2019, 11:10 The Hambach Forest in western Germany has become a symbol for climate activists, who are seeking to prevent energy company RWE from razing it to expand a nearby coal mine. A lawsuit by the environmental NGO BUND last year temporarily ...
  • 07 Jan 2022 |

    Kazakhstan crisis causing concern among German energy partners

    07 Jan 2022, 11:54 Kerstine Appunn International ARD The escalation of violence in Kazakhstan is causing concern among German businesses who were planning to tap into the country鈥檚 rich potential for developing climate-friendly technologies, renewable ...
  • 24 Aug 2018 |

    Small gas motors could be used to secure power supply until storages developed 鈥 think tank head

    Germany will have to consider installing small new gas power plants in the 2020s to ensure power supply security as the country鈥檚 coal exit progresses, Patrick Graichen, head of the think tank Agora Energiewende*, told Georg Ehring in an interview with ...
  • 04 Feb 2025

    In brief | 4 February '25

    04 Feb 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team EEA: EU maritime transport: progress made but environmental, sustainability challenges persist Europe鈥檚 maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Germany should keep its options open on green hydrogen- govt advisers

    16 Nov 2021, 13:35 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany's should not jeopardise its national climate goals by committing to green hydrogen on a long-term technology path today, as it is still out in the open how innovations and ...
  • 08 Nov 2017 |

    Nature of climate change makes it a very difficult topic to report on

    Global warming is a phenomenon whose nature makes it very unattractive for the fast-paced news business, Dagmar Dehmer writes in Der Tagesspiegel. 鈥淭he events are complex and non-linear鈥, Dehmer says, arguing that climate change as a news event is ...
  • Raising carbon price could help lower German renewables levy to 2.5 cents 鈥 think tank

    07 May 2021, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Cost & Prices Clean ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |

    EU surpasses 50% renewable power share for first time in first half of 2024

    01 Jul 2024, 13:38 Ruby Russel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Eurelectric corrects figures: Power demand in the EU decreased by 5.1% in the first half of 2023, compared to 2022, and was 4.8% lower in the first half of 2024, compared to 2022. 聽 Electricity ...
  • 12 Dec 2017 |

    Transport minister rejects VW CEO鈥檚 proposal on abolishing diesel tax breaks

    The German government has rejected a proposal by VW CEO Matthias M眉ller to abolish the tax privilege for diesel cars, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. 鈥淭here are currently no plans by the federal government to change the taxation of diesel cars ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission "a model for a just transition"

    A socially just transition of all economic sectors should be the guiding principal for modern climate policy, German environment minister Svenja Schulze told more than 30 ministers at the opening of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. According to ...
  • Coal exit commission should avoid 鈥渜uick and symbolic鈥 exit scenarios 鈥 BDI president

    The commission tasked with 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal phase-out should avoid coming up with 鈥渜uick and symbolic鈥 scenarios to end the use of the fossil power source in the country, Dieter Kempf, president of the influential industry association BDI said in a guest ...
  • 29 Jun 2020 |

    Renewables cover over half of German electricity use- preliminary data

    29 Jun 2020, 12:53 Renewables covered more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first estimate聽 by think tank Agora Energiewende*. As coal use dropped and demand was low due to the coronavirus crisis and ...
  • 04 Dec 2017 |

    Tesla removed from list of e-cars eligible for subsidies in Germany

    Electric cars produced by US manufacturer Tesla have been removed from the list of e-cars eligible for subsidies in Germany because Tesla鈥檚 Model S was 鈥渢oo expensive鈥 to qualify for the support, Business Insider reports on its website. A spokesman for ...
  • 02 Dec 2020 |

    Investment in renewables creates added value and local jobs 鈥 study

    02 Dec 2020, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Up to two thirds of the gross value added by investments in local energy infrastructure and production remain in the German state where the investment takes place, an聽 analysis 聽by ...
  • 02 Dec 2020 |

    Disgruntled Green Party members in Hesse consider joining new 'Climate list' party

    02 Dec 2020, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Members of the regional Green Party in central German state Hesse have said they might leave the party and join a new 鈥climate list鈥 due to the regional party ...
  • 26 May 2021 |

    Germany must accelerate hydrogen ramp-up to achieve 2045 climate target 鈥 report

    26 May 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany will need some 60 terawatt-hours of hydrogen by 2030 and domestic production can only cover a third of that demand, according to a paper by Berlin-based think tank Climate Neutrality ...
  • 15 Aug 2019 |

    Opencast coal mining dries out Germany's embattled Hambach Forest 鈥 study

    15 Aug 2019, 12:34 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 German energy company RWE's opencast ...
  • 18 Feb 2021 |

    Number of residential solar batteries increases by 50% in Germany

    18 Feb 2021, 14:16 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Solar Storage 麻豆无码版 The number of battery storage systems linked ...
  • 19 Nov 2020 |

    German household power prices unlikely to decrease despite government efforts

    19 Nov 2020, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Household power prices in Germany are unlikely to fall next year despite government efforts to lower prices, according to price comparison websites. Some power ...
  • 19 Jul 2022 |

    鈥淧ublic consultation鈥 launched to kickstart 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector transition

    19 Jul 2022, 13:49 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 Heating 麻豆无码版 The ...
  • 19 Oct 2020 |

    EU chief wants new vision for European buildings

    19 Oct 2020, 12:59 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Europe needs a new way of using resources and should bring together design and sustainability, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in an op-ed ...
  • 23 Jan 2019 |

    German Energiewende destroys capital 鈥 NZZ

    23 Jan 2019, 13:27 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Energiewende Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 approach to exiting coal-fired power generation via a phase-out plan suggested by a stakeholder commission will cost the country more than necessary, ...
  • 30 Oct 2018 |

    German politicians not good at explaining necessity of climate action 鈥 researcher

    In a bid to avoid the decision to implement climate protection steps such as introducing a price on CO鈧 emissions, politicians often hide behind citizens who supposedly do not want such measures, Director and Chief Economist of the Potsdam Institute for ...
  • 20 Jan 2020 |

    Germany's gradual coal phase-out path causes avoidable emissions- critics

    20 Jan 2020, 13:23 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Freja Eriksen Coal Tagesspiegel Background Critics of Germany's roadmap for phasing out lignite-fired power plants have ...
  • 09 Nov 2017 |

    New car emission limits finally provide planning security 鈥 opinion

    The car industry may have managed to weaken new EU car emissions regulations, but at least the new rules provide urgently needed planning security, argues a commentary in Tagesspiegel. 鈥淭hat is necessary, because a lot of money will need to be invested. A ...
  • 15 Sep 2021 |

    German government supporting 12 billion euros worth of fossil fuel projects 鈥 NGOs

    15 Sep 2021, 12:29 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Fossil fuels The German government has issued export credit guarantees to 12 billion euros鈥 worth of fossil fuel projects over the ...
  • 16 Nov 2020 |

    German solar lobby warns 450,000 PV arrays could be decommissioned by 2030

    16 Nov 2020, 13:35 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Solar dpa / Focus Online Germany's solar industry ...
  • 27 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淓lectric Mobility: Opportunities for climate protection in Europe鈥

    Electric cars can significantly reduce CO 2 emissions and air pollutants in Europe, but only if they are powered predominantly by renewable 鈥 rather than fossil-fuelled 鈥 electricity, according to a study by the Institute of Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) ...
  • Right-wing AfD plans 鈥渆co-strategy鈥 to build on opposition to energy transition

    01 Jul 2019, 13:46 Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 right-wing Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) wants to appeal to 聽people who dislike consequences of climate policy and the energy transition measures such as ...
  • 10 Jan 2022

    鈥淕reenflation鈥 for energy transition resources could derail 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate plans 鈥 analysis

    10 Jan 2022, 13:30 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 / RND Quickly rising prices for raw materials needed to build a fossil-free energy infrastructure could ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large insurance companies finance Poland鈥檚 coal industry

    The two major German insurance companies Allianz and Munich Re have until now often been viewed as 鈥渂eing in the camp of climate activists鈥, but a study by NGO Unfriend Coal now suggests both companies are quite active in insuring Poland鈥檚 coal industry, ...
  • 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y to push for carbon price at G20鈥

    Energiewende country Germany will use its G20 presidency this year to push for a global price on carbon as one of many measures to achieve climate goal, reports Roger Harrabin for BBC News. 鈥淲e need to find a mechanism for a carbon price. Then it鈥檒l be ...
  • 12 Aug 2024 |

    Rising temperatures transform Wadden Sea at record speed 鈥 researchers

    12 Aug 2024, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 The聽 Wadden Sea, the world鈥檚 largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the southern North Sea, is changing at an unprecedented rate due to climate change, ...
  • 30 Jun 2020 |

    Germany to invest 3 billion euros annually in railway expansion

    30 Jun 2020, 13:44 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Clean ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Ending renewables levy early might not cost German treasury extra money in 2022 鈥 media

    11 Feb 2022, 14:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Finance Der Spiegel The planned end of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables levy will not become a burden on the country鈥檚 budget this year, news magazine Der Spiegel reports. The country鈥檚 so-called EEG account, which ...
  • 17 Dec 2024

    In brief | 17 December '24

    17 Dec 2024, 12:28 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Europe's carmakers discount EVs, hike petrol car prices as new emissions rules loom The European Union will drastically lower its cap on automotive carbon dioxide emissions from Jan. 1, meaning at least one-fifth ...
  • 17 Jul 2019 |

    Hydrogen fuel cell cars have climate advantage over battery electric cars at high range 鈥 study

    17 Jul 2019, 12:50 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen H2 Mobility Deutschland / Fraunhofer ISE For cars with ranges higher than 250 kilometres, hydrogen fuel cell drives are ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |
    Gas

    Germany's natural gas infrastructure plans violate Paris Agreement 鈥 report

    15 Apr 2021, 14:03 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 S枚ren Amelang Gas Germany will ...
  • 10 Jul 2019 |

    Grid operators propose at least ten offshore wind power hubs in North Sea

    10 Jul 2019, 12:53 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kennedy Nyavaya Grid Wind 麻豆无码版 Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 as wind power hubs in the North ...
  • 14 Aug 2020 |

    Car supplier Bosch expands green power supply in carbon neutral push

    14 Aug 2020, 13:56 Renewables Industry industrie.de Engineering and technology firm Bosch is expanding its use of renewable electricity, with the goal of reaching climate neutrality at its 400 worldwide locations by the end of the year. According to聽 ...
  • 17 Dec 2021 |

    Deutsche Post ready to end domestic flights if German govt relaxes delivery deadline

    17 Dec 2021, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight ARD German courier company Deutsche Post has said it would like to stop using domestic flights for deliveries but would need political assistance to do so by relaxing the mandatory delivery speed for ...
  • PV sector calls on Germany to facilitate solar industry 'renaissance' in Europe

    17 Feb 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Policy 麻豆无码版 A government-sponsored "renaissance of Europe's solar industry" is needed to ensure secure access to resources and hardware components that are ...
  • 30 Aug 2019 |

    German government says new Rhine river engineering is adequate climate adaptation measure

    30 Aug 2019, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 New barrages and sluices in the Rhine are a possible solution to keep Germany's most important waterway working if recurring dry spells drain water levels 聽below the ...
  • 02 Sep 2022 |

    Rising prices and climate top worries in Germany, energy transition seen as solution

    02 Sep 2022, 12:53 Rising energy and food prices and climate change top the list of main worries in Germany, several surveys show. Investing in renewables by a wide margin is seen as the best way to achieve energy independence from Russia by respondents ...
  • 29 Aug 2024 |

    Climate crisis is clearly impacting crop yields in Germany 鈥 ministry

    29 Aug 2024, 14:15 Jack McGovan Adaptation Agriculture Weather conditions exacerbated by the climate crisis 鈥 like late frosts, a wet autumn and a record-breaking warm spring 鈥 have led to a 9.1 percent decrease in grain yields (excluding maize), ...
  • 10 Feb 2025 |

    German steel industry calls for delay of green hydrogen switch

    10 Feb 2025, 13:21 Bennet Ribbeck Industry Handelsblatt The German steel industry, which is central to Europe鈥檚 plans to establish a green hydrogen economy, is calling for postponing existing deadlines for using the climate-neutral gas, reported business ...
  • Student climate activist Greta Thunberg calls 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2038 coal exit proposal 鈥渁bsurd鈥

    07 Feb 2019, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Focus Online Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called the proposed 2038 deadline for ending coal-fired power production in Germany 鈥渁bsurd.鈥 The 16-year-old ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Climate change unlikely to increase Dunkelflaute events in central Europe- weather service

    20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
  • 28 Jan 2019 |

    Climate change is a threat to peace and security 鈥 German foreign minister

    28 Jan 2019, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Security 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the United Nations at Friday鈥檚 open debate of the UN Security Council to take the link between climate and security into account in all conflict ...
  • 03 Sep 2021 |

    Bioenergy sector wants next govt to advance its role in emission removal

    03 Sep 2021, 12:17 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e ...
  • 13 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淐oal-fired power production needs to be reduced鈥

    Germany will have to gradually lower its coal-fired power production to meet its climate targets, the federal government writes in response to a parliamentary inquiry by the Left Party. But it adds that a coal phase-out cannot commence until regions have ...
  • Germans want more climate action from their government

    A majority of Germans want the federal government to do more for climate protection, according to a representative survey by public broadcaster ARD, conducted by Infratest dimap. 74 percent of respondents said the government should do more, 22 percent ...
  • Pandemic effects underscore key lessons for German power market 鈥 analyst

    07 May 2020, 08:58 The performance of Germany's electricity system during the coronavirus pandemic offers important lessons for the future of the country's landmark energy transition, says Hanns Koenig from consultancy Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research. ...
  • 26 Aug 2019 |

    Germany's green finance key actors at a glance

    26 Aug 2019, 15:13 The integration of climate action and other sustainability criteria in Germany's finance sector is a complex task that involves or affects a multitude of financial market actors. From commercial banks to state control authorities, ...
  • 12 Dec 2017 |

    Climate finance: A brief overview of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 contributions

    12 Dec 2017, 00:00 This factsheet provides information on how much the German government contributes to climate funding 鈥 the financial support of projects aimed at mitigating climate change and helping vulnerable countries adapt to its effects. Finance ...
  • Opportunities and opposition 鈥 East Germany's oscillating energy transition

    30 Aug 2024, 12:00 Beyond technical necessities, any country's energy system is the result of political preferences, the general state of development, resource endowment and the level of demand from citizens and businesses. In Germany, this led to ...
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  • 27 Jan 2021 |

    France eagerly awaits more detailed climate plan from China

    27 Jan 2021, 10:38 International The two countries have been solid partners throughout the Trump era and France is now watching China's investments closely, both at home and abroad. This report is part of the "Postcard from Europe" series ...
  • 27 Mar 2019 |

    Jury picks ambitious cross-border projects from three continents to pitch for top-prize

    27 Mar 2019, 10:32 Rose-Anne Clermont Business After a first successful run, 麻豆无码版 invited journalists from around the world to pitch their best ideas to聽 Go Collaborate 鈥 麻豆无码版 transition story grant for a second time. This year's three finalist ...
  • 09 May 2019 |

    European Elections 2019: 麻豆无码版 and climate policy contacts for journalists

    09 May 2019, 14:49 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 has compiled a list of contacts as a jumping-off point for journalists covering the 2019 European Parliament elections. With voting just weeks away (23-26 May), we've been ...
  • Renewables Grid Initiative

    The Renewables Grid Initiative brings together NGOs (e.g. Climate Action Network, WWF, Germanwatch) and transmission grid operators (TSOs) from across Europe. RGI promotes an environmentally sensitive grid development to enable the growth of renewable ...
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    The FFU is an international team of social science researchers and students who research, study, and provide policy advice related to environmental and sustainable energy politics and policies. The FFU community is engaged in academic as well as more ...
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    More in Common Germany is a non-profit initiative that researches social cohesion. They deal with topics that influence cohesion, including climate, migration, democracy and inflation.聽 Their work focuses on strengthening social cohesion and trust in ...
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  • The Energiewende: Making it happen on the autobahn

    18- 20 Sep 2016 Hannover How the world鈥檚 No. 2 exporter could decarbonise freight transport: The trucks. The technology. The politics ||| Media workshop for European journalists in the run-up to the IAA Commercial Vehicles Trade Fair ||| Organised by the ...
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  • 27 Jan 2022 |

    Event: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 G7 presidency as a stepping stone for the 2022 international climate agenda

    27 Jan 2022 Berlin Sign up now! The new German government has to hit the ground running on the international stage as the country assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) mere days after taking office. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his team have ...
  • Mobility innovations for bigger cities in a laboratory

    In a laboratory just outside of the city, the聽 EUREF Campus, a partner of Berlin鈥檚 Technical University, electric cars, buses, cargo loaders, scooters and pedelecs are networked through a high-tech micro smart grid. The EUREF Campus, which the UN ...
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    Denmark Agriculture Business Finance Society Brazilian Tha铆s Mathos Pinheiro is a freelance journalist specialised in data-driven pieces on economics, society and culture. She also covers climate and energy topics, including extreme weather events and ESG ...
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    Spain Climate & CO2 Adaptation Fossil fuels Cities Green stimulus COP21 Spanish Mar铆a de Lourdes UquiIlas covers various energy and climate topics for EFE, one of the world's largest wire services. She focuses on construction, climate mitigation ...
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    United Kingdom Climate & CO2 Cars Technology Policy Government EU Portuguese Patricia Figueiredo is a tech correspondent for聽MLex, where she also focuses on聽climate and energy regulations.聽 ...
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    Italy Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Society EU COP29 Italian Marta 础产产脿 is a freelance investigative journalist and environmental physicist, focusing on climate and gender justice. In her work she explores the link between climate ...
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    Nigeria Climate & CO2 Agriculture Business Elections & Politics Nigerian Aaron Atsahyel is a journalist and documentary maker. He works for Daily Trust and Trust TV. He focuses on various environmental and climate topics, and the consequences for ...
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    Portugal Climate & CO2 Nuclear phase-out Society International EU COP29 Portuguese Clara Barata covers various climate and environmental issues for the newspaper Publico. ...
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    Croatia Climate & CO2 Bioenergy Renewables Storage Wind Technology Croatian Vedrana 厂颈尘颈膷别惫颈膰 is a freelance journalist covering climate change, science and environment protection for various outlets including Balkan Insight, BBC Future, Jutarnji list ...
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    Ireland Adaptation Agriculture Carbon market Fossil fuels Business Industry Policy Irish Nour Ghantous is a freelance journalist covering various environmental and climate topics focusing on just transition, land rights, human rights, resilience building ...
  • Doue

    Liberia Adaptation Agriculture Company climate claims Liberian Doue has been a journalist for 15 years as a freelancer. Doue reports on deforestation and extractive industry and publishes in The Bush Chicken, Front Page Africa, and the Liberian ...
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    Pakistan Climate & CO2 Renewables Policy Society Pakistan Annam Lodhi is a freelance journalist covers various climate and energy topics, as well as gender. Her work has been published by Inter Press Service and Business Recorder. ...
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    Sri Lanka Climate & CO2 Agriculture Citizens' energy Fossil fuels Finance Elections & Politics Sri Lankan Arul Karki is a freelance journalist covering various climate and energy stories, as well as biodiversity and forests. His work has been ...
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    India Climate & CO2 Agriculture Renewables Cities Indian Shariq Majeed is Assistant Editor at The Times of India. He covers climate, air pollution and agriculture- as well as health, public administration and crime. ...
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    United Kingdom Climate & CO2 Agriculture Renewables Policy Elections & Politics EU British Alexandra Warren is a senior environment reporter for ENDS Europe. ...
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