05 Mar 2024, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Cars EU 麻豆无码版 Germany's alliance of centre-right conservative parties CDU/CSU is aiming to reverse the ban on new combustion engine cars from 2035, which the EU decided on last year, according to a ...
10 Sep 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The agriculture and forestry sector could play an important role in the EU's goal to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, while at the same time improving biodiversity ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
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 ...
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 ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:45 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 dpa Temperatures in Lake Constance, located in the border triangle of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are rising, with harmful consequences for fish and plants living there, reports news agency dpa. ...
08 Jan 2016
08 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淕reens sharpen their eco-profile鈥� Germany鈥檚 Green Party has called for a coal exit by 2036, Barbara Gillmann reports in the Handelsblatt. By that time, petrol and diesel cars should ...
07 Dec 2017, 00:00 A coal exit is inevitable to reach Germany鈥檚 climate targets, but the shift must not come at the expense of workers, according to SPD head Martin Schulz. In an address to a party convention in which delegates voted for holding coalition ...
04 Apr 2016
04 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel Sandbag 鈥淭op 10 European polluters still dominated by German lignite鈥� 鈥淔our out of five of the biggest polluters in Europe are still German lignite plants,鈥� reports UK-based sandbag. The not-for-profit ...
16 Jul 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to have a diversified import structure for green hydrogen, shows a draft strategy seen by Tagesspiegel Background. It counts on pipelines to supplier ...
22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
28 Feb 2020, 13:48 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 Freja Eriksen Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥� result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
20 Mar 2023, 12:12 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out Funke Mediengruppe / Nikkei The lifespan of Germany鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants will not be further extended, environment and nuclear safety minister Steffi Lemke told publishing house ...
17 Aug 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 The number of bids in the ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Storage Resources & Recycling MDR The planned construction of a recycling plant for used electric car batteries in Eastern Germany has been met with much opposition, according to a report from public broadcaster MDR. ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 As the European Union has entered into the process of selecting a new leadership team for the next legislative term after the June elections, key climate science advisors call on the ...
11 Feb 2015
11 Feb 2015, 00:00 Agora Energiewende 鈥淲ithout a decisive change of course the emissions trading system will fail permanently鈥� Only the rapid introduction of a market stability reserve to increase the price of CO2 emissions can salvage the European system ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind EU 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 plans for a rapid expansion of offshore wind energy at the end of the decade could clash with similar plans of its neighbours around the North Sea, the country鈥檚 section of ...
21 Jun 2024, 12:52 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Two investors have bid a total of more than 3 billion euros for permits to build offshore wind parks in the German North Sea, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. The two ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:15 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy S枚ren Amelang Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 Decarbonising the freight transport sector will require a shift from planes and trucks to ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:07 S枚ren Amelang Coal dpa / Welt / Bild Germany鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck has called for pulling forward the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030 from 2038 in the east of the country, following an agreement in the west. "The generation ...
16 Oct 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Politics Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 / dpa The vice president of the parliamentary group of the Social Democrats (SPD), part of Germany's ruling coalition, has spoken out against ...
05 Nov 2024, 12:57 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt f眉r die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Ruby Russel Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / ARD The BGE (Federal Company for ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Rising temperatures in Europe could have a negative impact on one of the world's most important regions for growing hops, a key ingredient in beer ...
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) / German Engineering Association (VDMA) 鈥淏reather for the German wind industry鈥� Onshore wind power development in Germany decreased by 34 percent ...
01 Feb 2019, 13:53 The initial relief in Germany over a coal exit deal has given way to fresh discussions over how to implement the hard-won compromise. Chancellor Angela Merkel and politicians from her grand coalition government praised the agreement by ...
12 Jul 2023, 14:02 Differing views on the place of nuclear power in Europe have dominated public perceptions of energy policy cooperation between France and Germany for years. Given the urgent need to agree on European energy policy strategies in light of ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche / 麻豆无码版 The end of Germany鈥檚 buyer鈥檚 premium for electric company cars will hurt the market and place an extra burden on medium-sized businesses, the German ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Industry 麻豆无码版 The global emission-cutting drive is among several factors dampening the long-term growth outlook of Europe鈥檚 largest economy, the country鈥檚 leading economic research institutes said in their ...
28 Feb 2025, 15:00 Last week鈥檚 parliamentary snap election changed Germany鈥檚 political landscape: The former tripartite 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥� of chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clearly voted out- and conservative CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Several environmental NGOs have said they will take legal action against a partial permit for a planned controversial gas extraction project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands in the ...
06 Sep 2024, 13:20 Jennifer Collins Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Germany's federal government may have to pick up a one billion euro tab to dismantle a nuclear power plant that shut down in 1989 as the operating ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating Society 麻豆无码版 The rate of energy-efficient housing renovations in Germany improved slightly in the last couple of years, but remains far below the levels needed to reach the country鈥檚 climate ...
23 Jun 2017, 00:00 The leading candidates of the two smaller yet influential German political parties sparred at a utilities conference in Berlin over major energy policy issues, such as the exit from coal-fired power generation and a national versus a ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:58 Jack McGovan Industry EU 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt Germany鈥檚 largest industry decarbonisation project to date has been approved for funding by the EU Commission,聽 according to 聽the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...
03 May 2021, 10:50 The batteries used in electric cars will quickly become more sustainable, and many concerns about their CO2 footprint are overblown, says Hans Eric Melin, founder and managing director of London-based consultancy聽 Circular 麻豆无码版 ...
03 May 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 Approval rates for the construction of new wind turbines in the vicinity of people's homes in Germany can rise significantly if local electricity prices would drop as a result, ...
In 2017, renewables represented a record of around 38.5 percent of public net power generation (33.8 percent in 2016), writes Bruno Burger of Fraunhofer ISE in an end-of-year assessment. In total, renewables contributed 15 percent more to Germany鈥檚 public ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:28 Jennifer Collins Cars Policy Wirtschaftswoche / n-tv The German government is readying the implementation of new tax breaks for electric company cars, amid collapsing sales and mooted unprecedented plants closures at VW, reported ...
09 Feb 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Coal 麻豆无码版 The 鈥榠ntensive use鈥� of German coal power plants lead to additional emissions of 15.8 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, according to a report by consultancy 麻豆无码版 Brainpool commissioned by Green ...
23 Sep 2024
23 Sep 2024, 11:23 麻豆无码版 Team DW: Germany increases 'Deutschlandticket' price to 鈧�58 The "Deutschlandticket" monthly travel pass allows passengers unlimited trips on local and regional trains, trams and buses. Starting in 2025, the ...
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 ...
24 Jun 2022, 14:08 The German government has launched the second of a total of three escalation stages of its national gas supply security plan, which was drawn up in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After triggering the first "early ...
German utility RWE has reorganised its power generation business by spinning off its lignite and nuclear power operations into a separate company, the company says in a press release. The move was intended to 鈥渕ake our electricity generation companies ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 麻豆无码版 The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
18 Nov 2014
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淪tate premier Kraft fights for lignite鈥� North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft (Social Democrats) advocates the preservation of coal power in her state, since a ...
04 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 麻豆无码版 The European Union can cut its fossil gas use in half by 2030 and fully exit the fuel by 2050聽while maintaining supply security and industrial production at today鈥檚 levels without disruptive ...
21 Nov 2014, 00:00 Ten days before the plan to fix Germany鈥檚 "climate gap" is set for cabinet approval, it is still unclear how much the power sector will contribute toward the carbon emissions target of a 40 percent cut by 2020. Expert BMWi- ...
24 Jun 2024, 14:00 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 conservative opposition party alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) are looking to save some 35 billion ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Seven lignite-fired power plant units with a combined capacity of 3.1 gigawatt will finally be shut down in Germany at the end of March, after their decommissioning had been postponed due ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang Industry 麻豆无码版 Existing estimates on how much green hydrogen Germany鈥檚 chemical industry will need to decarbonise vary widely, according to a meta-analysis by the country鈥檚 science academy acatech and DECHEMA, ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / n-tv / NZZ The stock price of Swiss solar panel manufacturer Meyer Burger has plunged after the company聽 announced 聽it would not follow through on plans to open a new ...
07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
06 Aug 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Gas Society 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt / NDR As a gas drilling project off the German North Sea island of Borkum advances, environmental organisations have renewed calls to shutter the new extraction site. Groups ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Bioenergy Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans to tighten restrictions on the use of biomass, according to a draft national strategy for the renewable power technology聽 seen by 聽energy and climate newsletter ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Gas NDR Germany鈥檚 controversial new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen is ready to start commercial operations 鈥� but the project lacks demand, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. ...
20 Mar 2024, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 One in two German utilities are finding it difficult to attract new employees, and four out of five companies in the sector expect the problem to worsen in the near future and slow ...
18 Dec 2023, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars Policy 麻豆无码版 The German government has abruptly ended its electric car subsidy programme in the wake of last week鈥檚 agreement on savings to overcome the budget crisis. The economy and climate ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
11 Jan 2023, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices n-tv Lower-than expected energy prices mean that Germany is set to spend much less from its federal budget for the gas and power price subsidies than anticipated, Marco W眉nsch from energy ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:28 Edgar Meza Coal Finance 麻豆无码版 As part of its efforts to achieve a coal phaseout in Germany by 2030, Commerzbank is introducing a number of measures aimed at decreasing business linked to fossil fuels. From 1 January, ...
01 Oct 2024, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Storage Resources & Recycling EU 麻豆无码版 The longevity of electric car batteries will cause a scarcity of recycled raw materials, making some of the EU鈥檚 targets for battery recycling unrealistic, researchers ...
07 Jun 2024, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 parliament has passed a government reform package designed to speed up the rollout of wind power, as well as industry decarbonisation, by removing red tape. The amendment to ...
23 Aug 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Cars 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany needs biofuels and synthetic fuels made from renewable electricity (e-fuels) to ensure that the country's existing fleet of combustion engine vehicles can help reach climate ...
28 Sep 2020, 13:18 Germany has made the first step in finding a final resting place for its nuclear waste in what will be an intricate, drawn-out process over the coming decade. An initial report by the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal ...
24 Feb 2023, 13:03 Expert VDE- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies Verband der Elektrotechnik Informationstechnik e.V. Technology Carolina Kyllmann Solar Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The installation of plug-in ...
07 Jan 2020, 16:05 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 2020 climate target, writes energy think tank Agora Energiewende in its 2019 review. But a rising CO2 ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Renewables pv magazine Despite experiencing a comparatively cloudy summer, Germany鈥檚 solar PV installations have generated 40.7 terawatt-hours (TWh) worth of electricity between January and August 2021, roughly the same ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
05 Sep 2023, 14:55 Jennifer Collins Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Germany is off track regarding many areas of its famed energy transition, with several indicators either "unrealistic" or at risk, consultancy firm McKinsey聽 found in its ...
21 Nov 2019, 13:03 Hydrogen production with renewable power is seen by many countries as an essential tool to decarbonise the economy. The UK and Germany, the world鈥檚 two leading offshore wind power nations, have started to sound out how they could ...
17 May 2024, 15:00 Just as France is marking the biggest drop in its greenhouse gas emissions in almost a decade, the debate about the country鈥檚 future energy policy continues in full swing. This applies to almost all sectors of the economy 鈥� and the ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:38 The era of nuclear power in Germany will end on 15 April as planned, the country鈥檚 environment minister has said. Minister Steffi Lemke stressed that the phase-out would not endanger the power supply security in Germany or other ...
24 Sep 2024, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The share of people in Germany who say that their diet does not contain meat has remained largely unchanged in recent years, figures in the agriculture ministry's nutrition report ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Citizens' energy Solar pv magazine Plug-in solar panels accounted for 200 megawatts (MW) of added photovoltaic (PV) power capacity in Germany in the first half of 2024, pv magazine reports, citing data from the Federal ...
24 Nov 2020, 13:26 Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Hydropower plant operators in the central German state of Hesse are fighting what they consider to be too strict and unjustified environmental regulations, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. A ...
12 May 2020, 13:19 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Freja Eriksen Coal Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Coal's share in Germany's net public power production fell to around 16 ...
14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become Germany鈥檚 next chancellor 鈥� but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
25 Jan 2023, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German government no longer believes that the energy crisis will plunge Europe鈥檚 largest economy into recession this year. The government鈥檚 latest economic forecast said the ...
12 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form Germany鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt Several large energy companies say that a potential bottleneck for components needed for gas turbines in power stations could threaten Germany's plans for expanding gas-fired power generation in ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:26 Edgar Meza Electricity Solar 麻豆无码版 Germany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 ...
09 Oct 2019, 10:44 Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Technology 麻豆无码版 It is possible for the German chemical industry- ...
24 May 2024, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Finance PV Magazine Finance minister Christian Lindner has presented a draft law reform that aims to ease the access for investment funds into Germany鈥檚 renewable power and energy system infrastructure, PV ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
12 May 2021, 13:48 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 current climate protection measures do not go far enough to reach its existing CO2 reduction targets in the building sector by 2050, but there is nevertheless great ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Industry groups in southern Germany have banded together to reject a possible split of the country鈥檚 uniform power pricing zone, arguing that this would damage ...
30 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Solar 麻豆无码版 A 鈥渞adical simplification鈥� in the registration, installation and commissioning of plug-in solar units is needed in Germany to involve more homeowners and tenants to ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Electricity Gas 麻豆无码版 The German government will stick to its plan to add gas power capacity in the country, despite the difficult supply situation for the fossil fuel caused by the energy crisis. 鈥淚 would ...
28 Jan 2019, 17:56 The German government is ready to quickly supply financial means for the country鈥檚 exit from coal, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier. It will now examine the details of the proposal agreed by the country鈥檚 coal exit ...
08 Jan 2024, 13:54 Workers from agricultural companies across Germany have launched a week of authorised protests in the country by blocking roads and motorways with their tractors. They are demonstrating against cuts to tax breaks for diesel fuel widely ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥�, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
13 Sep 2024, 15:00 The fate of France鈥檚 green transition remains on hold despite President Emmanuel Macron finally appointing a new prime minister in Michel Barnier. The decision to name a new prime minister had been a long time coming, following the ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:08 Kerstine Appunn Wind 麻豆无码版 The May tender for building new onshore wind capacity in Germany has attracted fewer bidders than expected, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. After two rounds of oversubscribed auctions ...
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) ...
02 Jan 2019, 13:12 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Electricity ...
15 Nov 2021, 13:56 Negotiators in Glasgow reached a breakthrough on the rules for global carbon emission reduction trade. After five years of unsuccessful deliberations since the Paris Agreement laid down the framework for a new market where states and ...
15 May 2024, 12:35 Jack McGovan Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany could meet 25 percent of its heat demand from deep geothermal energy and the government should therefore make better use of this energy source, says NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) in a ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Technology 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 key document laying out its climate and energy policy targets and plans shows that the country 鈥渋s underestimating the scale and complexity of the ...
14 Sep 2022, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Readying retired German coal plants for use during the winter in case of gas shortfalls is not economically viable for the sector, Germany鈥檚 coal industry has said. The lifetime ...
01 Aug 2024, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Electricity 麻豆无码版 Primary energy consumption in Germany has continued to decrease in the first half of 2024 with the country consuming 3.4 percent less than the same period the previous ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 Charging an electric vehicle at home costs German drivers just half the price of refuelling a conventional car with petrol, according to聽 an analysis 聽by price comparison website Verivox. 鈥淭he ...
13 May 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 German forests are in a poor state, as four out of five trees of the most common species 鈥� spruce, pine, beech and oak 鈥� are damaged, said the agriculture ministry' ...
02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Taking her final bow on the world stage after 26 years of climate policy involvement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow that progress in emission reductions has been insufficient to achieve the ...
24 Apr 2019, 17:27 Power production from renewable sources in Germany hit a new record high on Easter Monday when renewable installations such as wind and solar PV generated 77 percent of net public electricity supply thanks to strong winds and abundant ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:12 Edgar Meza Heating Construction 麻豆无码版 The climate-friendly conversion of Germany's building sector should include socially-just financing models, as housing, heating and retrofitting costs increasingly place a burden on ...
25 Jan 2016
25 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淪upport for wind power in windless locations鈥� Current proposals for the reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) from Economy and 麻豆无码版 Minister Sigmar Gabriel ...
18 Jun 2025, 14:00 The European Union should bet on a closer climate alliance with China despite differences in other fields, says Jochen Flasbarth, Germany鈥檚 top climate policy official. The United States鈥� reduced engagement in global climate action and ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:10 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany has awarded the most onshore wind contracts ever following the latest round of tenders by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). "The current round of tenders represents a record with almost ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
31 Aug 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 volatile 2023 summer weather was marked by heat peaks, extreme rainfall and above-average sunshine 鈥� with the temperature once again being significantly above the long-term ...
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 ...
11 Dec 2023, 12:20 Italy aims to become an important player once again at the table of international climate negotiations, the country鈥檚 recently appointed special envoy for climate Francesco Corvaro said. The university professor and engineer said that ...
29 Sep 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang International 麻豆无码版 Public climate financing from Germany for poorer countries reached a new record level last year, already surpassing the 6-billion euro target set for 2025, the government has said. A total ...
06 Jun 2019, 13:54 Germany certainly does not need to return to nuclear energy and should push through with its energy transition instead, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Following isolated calls to extend the lifetime of the country鈥檚 ...
13 Aug 2015
13 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE RWE operating result down by 11 percent / increased earnings from renewables Germany鈥檚 second biggest energy utility RWE reported a reduced operating result and EBITDA for the first six months ...
18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
22 Dec 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Die Welt Germany鈥檚 energy regulator BNetzA has said that several coal power plants should remain as a reserve until the end of March 2031 to ensure grid stability in times of need, reports Die Welt. The plants ...
25 Oct 2019, 15:22 The share of renewable energy in Germany's gross power consumption reached a record of almost 43 percent in the first nine months of 2019. But a near halt in the country's onshore wind power expansion overshadows the ...
24 Sep 2021, 13:43 In a last TV debate three days before the German elections, the representatives of almost all major parties have agreed that more rapid and effective climate protection must be a priority for the next government. At the same time, the ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 The results of Germany's latest offshore wind power auction indicate that revenues are on a sharp decline, reported energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
21 Mar 2022, 12:17 S枚ren Amelang Solar 麻豆无码版 The construction of new residential buildings in Germany offers a large potential for the rollout of solar energy, according to calculations by utility E.ON and think tank 麻豆无码版 Brainpool. "If ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Die Welt / B枚rsen-Zeitung / manager magazin Policymakers and energy companies in Germany have no intention to put the scheduled end to nuclear power production in ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is conducting test runs today (21 September) for a possible聽gas supply crisis, aiming to practice what would happen should the agency need to order ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:37 The construction of new wind turbines in Germany picked up slightly again in the first six months of 2020, but expansion figures are still far too low to bolster an industry that suffered two years of steeply declining growth. As the ...
06 May 2024, 12:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Der Spiegel The expansion of power transmission lines ...
12 Jun 2025, 10:30 The re-arming of Europe looks set to become one of the most dynamic policy areas for the EU in the foreseeable future. Hundreds of billions of euros will be invested between Portugal and Finland in the coming years to bolster national ...
28 May 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 In an effort to boost climate-neutrality in the shipping industry, the German government is bringing together representatives of the maritime sector, science, industrial and environmental ...
28 May 2024, 13:26 Edgar Meza Storage Business pv magazine / electrive German solar photovoltaics company Solarwatt is halting production of battery storage systems at its site in Dresden by the end of the year, pv magazine reports. The move follows ...
02 Oct 2020, 14:23 Expert Ministry of Economic Affairs, State Development and 麻豆无码版, State of Bavaria Staatsministerium f眉r Wirtschaftm Landesentwicklung und Energie Bayern Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities ...
17 Jan 2020, 13:36 German media commentators have mixed views on the coal exit path fixed by the federal government, mining states and utilities. While some call it a 鈥渉istoric鈥� deal that could make Germany a global role model, others say it turned out to ...
15 Jun 2022, 15:01 German states will have to actively look for areas that can be designated for wind farm construction in order to meet government targets. The cabinet is forwarding another set of draft laws aimed at accelerating the country鈥檚 energy ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:23 Edgar Meza Cars 麻豆无码版 German exports of electric cars rose more than 65 percent last year to some 500,000 units valued at 24.2 billion euros, statistical office (Destatis) reports. While foreign trade of electric vehicles is ...
27 May 2024, 13:22 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation dpa / Handelsblatt Germany's health minister Karl Lauterbach has called on the country鈥檚 hospitals and care facilities to improve their preparedness against the negative health effects posed by ...
17 Jul 2024
17 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel EU Council greenlights 鈧�2.3 billion energy transition support for Germany The EU approved Germany鈥檚 amended recovery and resilience plan, which now includes an additional 鈧�2.3 billion to contribute to accelerating ...
05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, Germany鈥檚 economy ministry said in a statement ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 麻豆无码版 / Zeit Online Car registrations in Germany have risen by 13 percent in the first half of 2023- compared to the same period last year- with the number of newly registered electric vehicles ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 Germany鈥檚 likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
07 Jun 2015, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced optimism that Germany can find a way to cut emissions from coal-fired power plants. Merkel, who seeks to convince other leaders of major industrialised countries to commit to ambitious climate action ...
09 Oct 2023, 14:24 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany should phase out its subsidy scheme to cap electricity and gas prices, introduced during the energy crisis, by the end of 2023,聽 said 聽the ...
06 May 2015
06 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) New incentive programme for energy efficiency measures The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has announced a new support package to ...
Modern solar PV installations in Germany have the lowest power generation costs of all technologies, the Fraunhofer ISE research institute writes in a press release. Depending on the type of installation and the sun's intensity, generating one ...
28 Apr 2015
28 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E.ON E.ON to move headquarters, founds "Uniper" Germany鈥檚 top utility E.ON announced details of its planned split into two companies, one focused on renewables, power grids and energy ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Start-ups 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt The number of new start-ups in Germany increased by 17 percent in 2023, with energy sector companies on the rise, said a report by industry data provider Startupdetector. While ...
05 Jan 2015
05 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕abriel pushes Bayern to decide on power network鈥� Bavaria risks a weakening of its economy and higher electricity prices unless it agrees to the two planned power lines transporting wind ...
09 Dec 2014
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 ...
RWE鈥檚 CEO Rolf Martin Schmitz plans to reorganise the company鈥檚 senior management, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt, citing company sources. Subsidiaries RWE Power 鈥� responsible for lignite and nuclear power 鈥� and RWE Generation, which deals with gas ...
17 Mar 2015
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Fraunhofer IWES/Agora Energiewende "The Eclipse 2015: Preview of the Power System in 2030" Friday鈥檚 solar eclipse will provide a taste of Germany鈥檚 power system in 2030, according to a ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥� winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥� ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:14 Edgar Meza Cars 麻豆无码版 Demand for purely battery-electric vehicles (BEV) dropped dramatically in Germany during the first half of 2024 and the country鈥檚 automotive sector is bracing for a gloomy full year as high prices and ...
09 May 2023, 12:10 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport International 麻豆无码版 German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has seen international long-distance traffic grow faster than ever ...
28 Mar 2024, 13:42 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 German postal service Deutsche Post has ended its domestic air transport service after nearly 63 years in order to reduce costs and limit its climate footprint, the company said. This will ...
21 Mar 2024, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Grid Cost & Prices Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The German economy ministry is considering to stabilise electricity prices with a new instrument designed to reign in rising grid fees. "I want us to protect private ...
14 May 2024, 13:26 Jack McGovan Gas 麻豆无码版 / Bloomberg Thanks to very warm temperatures in the 2023/2024 winter, gas storage levels at the start of May were significantly higher than the historical average, said the association of storage ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:17 Germany's Council of Experts on Climate Change has confirmed that the country's transport sector again exceeded its annual greenhouse gas emissions limit in 2023, and that current policies are insufficient to put the sector on ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 consumption in Germany is expected to decline 2.7 percent this year as savings triggered by high prices and relatively warm weather more than compensated for a growing economy and ...
14 May 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Society 麻豆无码版 Climate change is a great concern for middle-aged and older people in Germany, according to a survey published by the German Centre of Gerontology. People over the age of 43, which is defined as ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:45 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 German gas consumption decreased yet again in 2023, while the country's role as a European gas hub diminished further following the halt of Russian pipeline gas supply in 2022. Gas use was ...
13 May 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany will need more hydrogen than previously expected across all economic sectors by 2030, said the national hydrogen council in an updated assessment of future demand. The council gauged ...
11 May 2023, 11:58 A regional election in the northern German city-state of Bremen is set to shed light on how much the weeks of wrangling over key climate policy in the federal government coalition have left their mark on public approval. Issues like ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:36 A sudden and sharp electricity price spike during a day of very little wind and solar power output in Germany has prompted the country鈥檚 grid regulator to investigate a possible market manipulation. Fossil backup plants that are meant ...
25 May 2016
25 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters Campaigners urge Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad Environmental groups urged G7 nations led by Japan and Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad, reports ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Joey Grostern Adaptation Cities 麻豆无码版 Campaigners from the NGOs German Environmental Aid (DUH) and German Children鈥檚 Aid (DKHW) have ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:48 Germany鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
17 Oct 2022, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Wind Handelsblatt Meteorological institutes forecast mild weather in their new winter prognostics for Europe, concluding that less heating gas could be used but also that wind power production might decline as a ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Industry association vbw has ...
18 Jun 2021, 10:22 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Carmaker Audi will stop launching new combustion engine or hybrid models in 2026 to focus exclusively on pure battery-electric cars, reports Max H盲gler in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung ...
19 Apr 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany will be able to fully fill its gas storage facilities over the summer even if only a moderate volume of the fuel is available in the EU internal market, but there is still a risk of a ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Heating Politics 麻豆无码版 In a setback for Germany鈥檚 coalition government, the country鈥檚 constitutional court has stalled the rapid parliamentary adoption of the coalition鈥檚 controversial heating law. The court ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed聽in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
29 Apr 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 麻豆无码版 The German network agency BNetzA has approved the route for the first section the key electricity transmission power line SuedOstLink, which is set to transport offshore wind power from the ...
07 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks to phase out coal power in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 shift to renewable power. The 麻豆无码版 collects reactions from ...
27 Mar 2024, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 German municipalities fail to adequately deal with the question of retiring no-longer-needed local gas grids due to the energy transition, because they face high financial and regulatory hurdles, ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Heating Tagesspiegel Background Municipalities should expand their mandatory planning for future climate-friendly heating to encompass general energy distribution, think tank Agora Energiewende has proposed, ...
Siemens will cut about 6,900 jobs, or about 2 percent of its global workforce, mainly at its power and gas division hit by rapid renewables growth, report Georgina Prodhan and Christoph Steitz for Reuters. 鈥淭he power generation industry is experiencing ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
12 Dec 2018, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable power generation in Germany is headed for a record this year, according to utility E.ON. 鈥淏y year-end, we expect more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of ...
16 May 2023, 13:40 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices BR In the month after ...
26 Jan 2016
26 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 manager magazine / Bloomberg 鈥淕as-fired power stations rise from the dead鈥� What might be the biggest absurdity of the German Energiewende could now be ending, as relatively clean gas-fired power ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt A report by the Federal Court of Auditors has slammed the German government over its failure to reduce subsidies as promised, including those that are harmful to the climate, ...
22 Feb 2023, 13:47 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Carolina Kyllmann Coal Zeit Online / Frankfurter Allgemeine Regional representatives of the eastern German coal region Lusatia renewed their ...
25 Mar 2021, 13:57 Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany should use hydrogen ...
German company NEMOS will construct the prototype of a power plant that uses wind and wave power to generate electricity, writes Wolfgang Kempkens in WirtschaftsWoche. The company connects a floating unit with a generator attached to a regular wind ...
02 Mar 2015
02 Mar 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淰attenfall connects coal-fired power plant Moorburg to the grid鈥� After trial runs lasting over a year, the controversial coal-fired Moorburg聽power plant in Hamburg has begun commercial operation, ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 coalition government has greenlighted a controversial reform of the country鈥檚 climate action law, which is set to effectively weaken ministerial responsibility for excessive emissions in ...
21 May 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background A law reform agreed by lawmakers from Germany's government coalition would speed up approval processes around the planning and construction of new ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 District heating already supplies more than a third of houses in Germany鈥檚 three largest cities of Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, according to utility E.ON. In Munich and Hamburg, the share ...
24 Apr 2024, 14:15 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German economy ministry sees "signs of a slight economic upturn" in the country as energy-intensive industries have expanded their production since the beginning of ...
08 Dec 2020, 13:32 Edgar Meza Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy and telecommunications group EWE has said it plans to become climate-neutral by 2035. In order to achieve its target, the company is exiting coal-fired power generation and investing ...
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 Germany鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants would not help the ...
11 Dec 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Grid Storage 麻豆无码版 Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems can make electricity systems much more flexible in the future, saving generation costs and thus lowering overall ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:30 Leading climate experts have called on the next German government voted in after the February snap election to reintroduce the so-called 鈥榗limate cabinet鈥�. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of Germany鈥檚 future ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:37 Joey Grostern Grid 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel A key operator of Germany鈥檚 electricity grid, TenneT, has hit several important milestones in its goal to expand the grid and help the country meet its decarbonisation plans, according ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:32 Joey Grostern Adaptation 麻豆无码版 More workers are being exposed to heat stress across the world due to climate change, with Europe and Central Asia experiencing the largest rise in excessive heat exposure in 20 years, ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Transport EU ntv Germany鈥檚 government coalition disagrees about the EU Commission鈥檚 proposal to tighten vehicle emission limits with the so-called Euro 7 regulation. Green environment minister Steffi Lemke urged for the ...
20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert 麻豆无码版 Brainpool 麻豆无码版 consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
15 May 2024, 12:32 Jack McGovan Citizens' energy Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Convincing those living in rural areas of the importance of the energy transition is a 鈥渂asic requirement鈥� for transforming the energy system successfully, according to a ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany will enter into solidarity agreements for gas supply with Italy and Switzerland in a bid to improve energy security across Europe in response to the energy crisis of 2022, the ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The German parliament (Bundestag) has given the green light for the construction of a 9,700-kilometre pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its ...
16 Mar 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 麻豆无码版 The number of e-bikes sold in Germany might overtake conventional bikes for the first time in 2023, cycling industry associations ZIV and VDZ said. Last year, almost every second bicycle sold ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany's government will have to amend its national clean air programme and present effective measures to reduce air pollution in line with EU rules, a court has ruled. ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background One of Germany's major gas grid operators has joined the pipeline project "H2Med", which is set to transport hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula towards ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Several boroughs in Germany鈥檚 capital Berlin have rejected a new analysis commissioned by the senate to assess the prospects for onshore wind power installations on the city ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
06 Jun 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cars 麻豆无码版 Figures used by the government for planning the buildout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany are 鈥渕assively鈥� overestimating the actual need for new charging points, ...
27 May 2022, 13:31 The Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) has committed to making their electricity systems 鈥減redominantly鈥� carbon-free by 2035, but stopped short of setting a concrete date for exiting coal. Following their meeting in ...
24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
29 Jun 2015
29 Jun 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 鈥淯nemployment benefit for coal鈥� The apparent death of the levy on old coal-fired power plants is bad news because the alternative presented by major utilities and mining ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:45 Electricity supply in Germany is secure even as the country is phasing out coal-fired power generation, according to a monitoring report which sets new standards for supply security from the economy ministry. The report also changes the ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 / rbb Construction of one of the largest heat pumps in Europe has started in Berlin in a bid to bring the German capital closer to its goal of decarbonising its heating system. The heat ...
20 May 2016
20 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Institute for Renewable 麻豆无码版 (IWR) 鈥淲ind power overtakes nuclear energy for first time in Germany鈥� Germany鈥檚 wind turbines will generate more electricity this year than nuclear ...
06 May 2024, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Two pioneering electric air taxi start-ups from Germany have criticised the government for not doing enough to provide the budding industry with a viable commercial ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:33 Jennifer Collins Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 People in Germany needed to use much less energy to heat their homes between September 2023 and February 2024 due to an exceptionally warm autumn and winter, and also benefited from a ...
09 Apr 2021, 09:39 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 [CLARIFICATION: Agora Energiewende said Q1 developments in the power market show greenhouse gas emissions could rise in 2021. Drops reference to 2020 target.] 聽 Unfavourable weather ...
05 Jan 2021, 12:51 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 & Jobs Cost & Prices International Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity ...
According to consultancy Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research 鈥檚 May 2018 鈥淕erman Plant Performance Summary鈥�, the average load factors for thermal generation have declined for the third month in a row. In May 2018, renewable generation was 14 percent higher compared to ...
19 Feb 2021, 13:59 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Sea levels on the German coast have risen by around 15 to 20 centimeters in the last hundred years,聽 according to Sea Level Monitor data 聽from the research ...
06 Mar 2024, 10:00 UEFA is reining in the climate impact of the Euro 2024 football tournament by funding subsidised rail travel for fans, and initiatives to make Germany鈥檚 amateur football scene greener. But critics argue that for long-term sustainability ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:47 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 Edgar Meza Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 The European ...
26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Berliner Morgenpost /dpa 鈥淰attenfall stops resettlement plans near lignite mine in Nochten鈥� 麻豆无码版 utility Vattenfall has stopped plans to resettle around 1700 people near its open cast lignite ...
12 Nov 2021, 17:20 With only hours officially left to conclude talks in Glasgow, the details of how future carbon markets can help to increase climate mitigation ambition are being formed at the hands of government ministers while NGOs warn that current ...
18 Apr 2016
18 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淐zech investor wants to take over brown coal operations鈥� A year and a half after Sweden's Vattenfall said it would sell its German lignite ...
29 Dec 2014
29 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hamburger Abendblatt 鈥淗amburg puts focus on development of green energies鈥� The city-state of Hamburg is profiting from Germany's Energiewende in the form of investment and new jobs, the ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Jack McGovan Solar Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Rundschau Germany鈥檚 most recent push to boost the rollout of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the country, which is set to be agreed upon in parliament on Friday (26 April), could result in ...
04 Aug 2023, 13:05 Julian Wettengel Utilities 麻豆无码版 The government of the southern German state of Bavaria seeks to take over all hydropower plants by energy company Uniper in the region, turning them into a state-owned operating company, it ...
23 May 2024, 14:41 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Jack McGovan Cars Hydrogen Handelsblatt The head of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard M眉ller, has called on the government to expand ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
27 Sep 2022, 14:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 BR Scientists in Germany have declared the Southern Schneeferner in Bavaria can no longer be classed as a glacier due to rapid ice loss over the summer, when much of Europe was hit by recurring heat ...
02 Sep 2020, 12:55 A faster deployment of more renewable installations that run into less problems with citizens and are able to quickly survive in the market without government support are at the centre of a renewables law reform proposal by Germany鈥檚 ...
14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥� to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
28 Mar 2022, 12:49 Kerstine Appunn Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 federal parliament (Bundestag)聽 has passed 聽legislation forcing gas infrastructure operators to fill storage facilities to certain levels throughout the year in order to avoid shortages ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:50 Jessica Bateman 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society 麻豆无码版 Young Germans supported by an environmental NGO have filed a new lawsuit with the country's highest court to force the government to further step up its climate ...
07 Feb 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background / ntv The 鈥榥eglected topic鈥� of building renovations and an absence of energy consumption optimisation have cost Germany an "unnecessary" 50 billion euros ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country鈥檚 digital industry ...
10 May 2022, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The business confidence index for Germany鈥檚 solar power industry has reached a new all-time high, as solar PV installations become more and more popular among house owners and the government鈥檚 ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt Sewage treatment plants could unlock their clean power potential by producing and using hydrogen while treating wastewater, business daily Handelsblatt reports. ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:55 Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly five percent in 2021, in an expected rebound during the economic revival after the pandemic. The country's Federal Environment Agency warned that the 鈥淐orona windfall ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Finance Society 麻豆无码版 Clients and financing partners both increasingly demand more climate action from German companies, which respond with a growing emission reduction engagement, according ...
20 Feb 2015
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 World 麻豆无码版 Council 鈥淕erman energy transition is currently not an export hit鈥� Many international energy experts doubt that Germany's energy transition works as a blueprint for other countries ...
23 Mar 2022, 15:41 A sudden stop of energy imports from Russia would threaten "hundreds of thousands of jobs" and push Europe's economy into recession, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned. He said Germany will end its energy dependence as ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 麻豆无码版 Germany should urgently tackle the task of restoring nature regardless of the outcome of the discussion on a European level, said Josef Settele, member of country's ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:48 Jack McGovan Adaptation Tagesspiegel Reinsurance company Munich Re's top climate scientist has said that many settlements destroyed by floods shouldn鈥檛 be rebuilt. With reference to Germany's Ahr valley, which suffered 40 ...
03 May 2024, 10:42 Making buildings more sustainable hinges on being able to measure what sustainability actually means. Definitions and standards vary widely across Europe, making it hard to compare projects and assess progress. Certifications can ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 The German government can count on very broad popular support for its plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energies, a survey has revealed. 鈥淭he population is ready for a ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society EU 麻豆无码版 Security and affordability is the top priority for the future young Europeans want, followed by a liveable planet and social justice, according to the Next Generations Study 2023 survey by ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:50 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Germany's government wants to boost the expansion of hydrogen projects by giving them "overriding public interest" status, which would streamline planning ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:48 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany covered just 6 percent of its natural gas and 2 percent of oil demand with domestic supplies in 2023 as production continues to sink, according to an ...
Germany could reduce its power generation from lignite by more than 80 percent and cut related high emissions if it stopped electricity exports and largely replaced lignite-based power with electricity from existing modern gas and hard coal plants, Bruno ...
24 Jul 2015
24 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淧risoners of the atom鈥� The share of nuclear power in France鈥檚 power generation is to be reduced from 75 percent today to 50 percent in 2025. But it鈥檚 wrong to think that the ...
03 Jun 2019, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Renew Economy Germany鈥檚 share of renewable energy in net public electricity generation rose to 47 percent in the first five months of 2019, reports Giles Parkinson in Renew Economy on the basis of data by ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:20 Edgar Meza Solar 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has increased maximum support rates for ground-mounted solar system tenders by 25 percent to 7.37 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The move is expected to make ...
12 Oct 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not give up the government鈥檚 goal to reduce CO鈧� emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which would 鈥減lay a big role鈥� in the upcoming talks to form a new government coalition. Germany鈥檚 broad ...
10 Feb 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 CO2 emissions from the German power mix range between 87 and 664 grammes per kilowatt-hour depending on the time of year and day, researchers from consultancy EUPD Research ...
30 Mar 2020, 13:56 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Rachel Waldholz Solar 麻豆无码版 / pv magazine The number of sites that both operate ...
12 Nov 2014, 00:00 After more than a decade of rising electricity prices, German utilities are passing on some of their savings from lower wholesale prices and a cut in the renewable energy surcharge. But with a number of government decisions on the next ...
31 Oct 2014, 00:00 The German government plans a complete overhaul of energy sector legislation. But one key question is as yet unanswered: Do fossil power plants need subsidies if Germany is to avoid power shortages? A green paper on energy market reform ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann International 麻豆无码版 Germany imported around 62 billion euros of Norwegian natural gas, oil and condensates in 2022 and has become the country鈥檚 number one goods importer, said the German-Norwegian chamber ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Business 麻豆无码版 Germany has slipped to one of the last places in an index ranking industrialised countries for their attractiveness as a business location, a report found. The country slipped four places to ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 Czechia and eastern German state Saxony have agreed to deepen their cooperation on a joint network for hydrogen and to generally intensify research and industry exchange in the budding ...
12 Mar 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Falling energy prices continue to pull down overall inflation in Germany, which in February receded to its lowest level since mid-2021, the country鈥檚 statistical office Destatis聽 ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Wind Freight Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Federal Association of Offshore Wind 麻豆无码版 (BWO) is calling for greater capacity for the country鈥檚 ports in order to expand turbine installations at sea. Offshore wind ...
07 May 2015
07 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 The New York Times 鈥淕ermany, the Green Superpower鈥� With a generous feed-in tariff 鈥渢hat made it a no-brainer for Germans to install solar power (or wind) at home,鈥� Germany has made a 鈥渨orld-saving ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 German grid operator Amprion can start construction of a key power line seven months sooner than planned thanks to new regulations to speed up permitting procedures, said the economy ministry in a ...
10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
Because of comparably low winds in 2016, renewable power generation rose only slightly by 4.1 terawatt hours (TWh) compared to 2015, accounting for a share of 30 percent, according to preliminary figures by the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water ...
02 Aug 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Four in ten industrial companies in Germany are considering production cuts in the country or relocating parts of their production capacities outside of the country due to ...
24 Apr 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to go beyond a rational take on the Energiewende and develop 鈥渁 certain passion and joy鈥� for the country鈥檚 generational project. Speaking at an event by her conservative CDU/CSU group in the ...
08 Jan 2015
08 Jan 2015, 00:00 Proving Energiewende critics wrong or only a minor step in the right direction? Recent data indicated that Germany has started substituting power from hard coal with renewable electricity while lower power consumption has contributed to ...
29 Apr 2019, 13:47 Rachel Waldholz Coal Reuters / pv magazine The French utility Engie will sell four coal-fired power plants in Germany and the Netherlands as part of the utility鈥檚 strategy to focus on its renewable energy business, Catherine Rollett ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Zeit Online / 麻豆无码版 Geothermal energy is a key tool for reaching climate neutrality and could cover 40 percent of Germany's heating needs, the head of the country's geothermal association ...
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024, 11:43 German ministers and lawmakers, just like most of their peers across the European Union, are heading into the parliaments鈥� summer 2024 recess and some time off. However, there are exceptions: three eastern German federal states will ...
22 Dec 2020, 13:07 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Charlotte Nijhuis Policy 麻豆无码版 Reducing the environmental damages caused by greenhouse gases, nitrogen emissions, other ...
06 Jan 2023, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Cars AFP / heise online The German government wants to stick to the development of synthetic fuels despite the planned phaseout of combustion engines at EU level by 2035. 鈧�1.9 billion have been earmarked to support the ...
31 Jan 2024, 13:21 Franca Quecke Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 The volume of bids in the latest German auction for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects has once again by far exceeded the auctioned capacity, the Federal Network Agency ...
German utility E.ON aims to transform the global offshore wind generation market with high-altitude wind power generation technology, the company announced in a press release. New technology is harvesting wind by using a sail comparable to kite surfing in ...
27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 The Energiewende is gradually transforming German homes 鈥� not just towards greater energy efficiency but to become producers as well as consumers of energy. Expert Institute for Housing and Environment Institut Wohnen und Umwelt ...
The share of renewable energies in German gross power consumption was 32 percent in the first quarter of 2017, a slight increase compared to the same period in 2016, German utility association BDEW said in a press release. Power generation by wind, solar ...
29 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government 麻豆无码版 The Free Democrats (FDP) in Germany鈥檚 government coalition have criticised the decision by Green Party economy and climate minister Robert Habeck to transfer two of the ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business Policy Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Solar panel manufacturer Solarwatt is set to halt production of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in its factory in Dresden, business daily Handelsblatt reported. ...
03 Apr 2024, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Better recycling infrastructure is needed for discarded solar panels in Germany, especially as waste volume is set to increase in the coming years, according to a report by ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
02 Feb 2024, 14:35 Franca Quecke Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 The German parliament has passed the 2024 federal budget after delays caused by a聽constitutional court ruling on the country's debt limit and subsequent ...
25 Mar 2019, 14:51 After months of negotiations, the commission tasked with proposing measures to cut emissions from Germany鈥檚 transport sector has come together for its final meeting. So far, the task force has made headlines mainly for fierce dispute ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:30 Jennifer Collins Wind Business & Jobs Die Welt The management board of Siemens 麻豆无码版 faced down displeased shareholders looking for answers to spiralling losses from wind turbine subsidiary Siemens Gamesa at the group's annual ...
07 Oct 2020, 13:41 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 German government buildings are much too inefficient to contribute to the country's climate ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 Registrations of new electric vehicles collapsed in Germany following cuts in buyers鈥� premiums at the beginning of the year. Registrations for battery electric vehicles dropped about 83 percent ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:03 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany's Constitutional Court ruling that the government鈥檚 climate policies are insufficient will have a major impact on the country's election campaign and beyond, media ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Handelsblatt German power transmission grid operators have said that an additional 7.8 billion euros from the country's budget is needed to pay out renewable energy support in 2024, reports ...
27 Sep 2023, 14:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 famed 鈥淢ittelstand鈥� sector of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) has coped well with turbulent prices on the energy markets caused by the Ukraine war,聽 ...
26 Jul 2021, 11:54 One of the first project financed interconnectors in Europe is due to be built between Germany and the UK by 2023-24. The opening up of the interconnector market to private investment has been promoted by both the UK and German ...
20 Mar 2024, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Edgar Meza Gas Grid 麻豆无码版 The German government has kickstarted the planning for a gradual decommissioning of the country鈥檚 gas distribution network in order to organise a smooth transition to climate-neutral ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
The Philippsburg nuclear power plant鈥檚 second generating unit near the German city of Karlsruhe will stay offline longer than planned, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. According to a spokesperson of Baden-W眉rttemberg鈥檚 federal state ...
02 Mar 2023, 14:06 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Storage 麻豆无码版 / dpa Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report ...
20 Sep 2019
20 Sep 2019, 12:55 Hundreds of thousands of people demanded rapid climate action at Germany's Fridays for Future protests, keeping public pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's government following the announcement of a broad action package to ...
04 Jan 2019, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Handelsblatt Edison The combined electricity generation of wind turbines (111 terawatt-hours (TWh)) and hydro power (17 TWh) in 2018 equalled the electricity consumption of all German households (estimated at ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Electricity market Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Europe鈥檚 CO2 price for the energy and industry sector (EU ETS) has reached a record 38 euros per tonne. In Germany this has caused electricity production from ...
30 Jun 2023, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 New regional projections for future electricity consumption and production show that Germany鈥檚 electricity distribution grid operators will face massive challenges in the coming years of the ...
07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of 鈥渘ear 100 percent renewables鈥� in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
06 Jan 2023, 11:03 Germany and the EU must focus on reducing their dependence on raw materials that are critical for key energy transition technologies this year, says economist and government advisor Veronika Grimm. 鈥淲e are [faced] with the task of more ...
29 May 2024, 13:42 Julian Wettengel International 麻豆无码版 Developed countries finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years later than promised, the ...
20 Jan 2022, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Germany narrowly managed to meet its emissions budget for 2020 under the EU鈥檚 climate action targets for sectors such as transport and buildings (Effort Sharing Decision), the final ...
28 Jan 2020, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt Germany's gas industry plans to establish a pipeline network measuring 5,900 kilometres to enable the large-scale use of hydrogen in the country. According to a plan seen by business daily ...
27 Jan 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 麻豆无码版 A new research project aimed at solving one of the major technological difficulties of the energy transition is seeking to use the energy from wind turbines' moving rotors and ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:20 Jennifer Collins Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A mooted cap on industry power prices could stall green energy expansion in Germany by making investments in wind and solar unprofitable, according to a report by business daily ...
The share of renewables in German electricity generation grew from 29 percent in 2016 to a record 33 percent this year, according to preliminary calculations by the Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW). 鈥淭he gap between coal and renewables in ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 German households face much lower costs at the start of the 2023 heating period than a year earlier, said price comparison website Verivox. Prices for natural gas have fallen by ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:23 Edgar Meza Heating Tagesspiegel Background Representatives of federal and state consumer protection ministries report an "urgent need for action" in view of recent price hikes in Germany鈥檚 district heating market, energy ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:15 Germany's government has removed the last hurdles to finalising the country's much-anticipated coal exit law, clearing the way for a passage of the bill in parliament at the end of the week. The draft agreement grants ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Solar Cost & Prices pv magazine Solar photovoltaics (PV) became the main source in Germany鈥檚 net power production in the month of June while also achieving its highest price ever, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine, ...
12 May 2017, 00:00 In what is often dubbed 鈥渢he small-scale federal election鈥�, voters in Germany鈥檚 industrial powerhouse and most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia decide on a new government on 14 May. The exit from coal-fired power generation 鈥� a ...
07 Jul 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Grid Industry 麻豆无码版 German companies could make a significant contribution to stabilising the electricity grid by flexibly adapting their demand to available supply, according to a new study conducted by the ...
09 Nov 2022, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 麻豆无码版 Heat pumps are starting to play a significant role in Germany鈥檚 heat supply and were installed as the primary heating system in more than half of all new buildings in 2021, the national energy ...
12 Jul 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Industry Policy 麻豆无码版 / WirtschaftsWoche The German government鈥檚 plans for a so-called capacity market, which would reward power plant operators for providing generation capacity rather ...
09 Aug 2019, 13:59 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Freja Eriksen Utilities German fossil utility Uniper cited rising costs for carbon allowances as a main reason for declining ...
22 May 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Industry 麻豆无码版 Using public procurement contracts and quotas for climate-friendly basic materials could help drive demand for climate-friendly products like green steel or cement, the German economy ministry ...
10 Dec 2014
10 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/dpa 鈥淓conomy minister Gabriel has still hopes for gas pipeline South Stream鈥� 鈥淚t would be better for Europe if the project still had a chance,鈥� Germany鈥檚 Minister for ...
29 Apr 2021, 14:43 In an unexpected decision widely hailed as historic, Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate legislation is insufficient, lacking detail on emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The decision ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 prices for German households have dropped markedly in early 2023 but remain at a high level overall since the start of the energy crisis, price comparison website Check24 ...
07 Jul 2023, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon market 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 emissions under the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) remained constant in 2022 compared to the previous year, the annual report from the German Emissions Trading ...
19 Aug 2024, 13:26 Germany's coalition government has agreed a draft federal budget for 2025, which cuts funds earmarked for climate action and has come under fire for what researchers criticise as "optimistic assumptions without secure ...
02 Jul 2019, 14:09 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 For the first time, solar energy topped the list of sources for Germany鈥檚 net public electricity ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:08 Franca Quecke Renewables Solar Wind dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in renewable energy expansion, news agency dpa reports in an article published in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung ...
15 Dec 2021, 13:44 Edgar Meza Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy made up approximately 42 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany in 2021, according to preliminary calculations by the Centre for Solar 麻豆无码版 and Hydrogen ...
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 ...
23 Jun 2023, 11:00 The role of nuclear power within Europe鈥檚 energy transition is a clear point of contention between Paris and Berlin. However, there is much more agreement between the EU鈥檚 two largest powers on major strategic priorities, including the ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:30 The climate impact of construction has mostly remained an afterthought in Europe's efforts to make its buildings climate-friendly, which has largely focused on heating emissions. Yet, as homes and offices become more energy ...
24 Aug 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Die Zeit The parliamentary group of Germany鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) has presented its own concept for reducing power prices for energy-intensive industry 鈥� an idea so far ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
21 Jun 2019, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Solar Utilities ntv Two thirds of all people who own a PV array generate enough electricity to become self-sufficient if they have access to storage, according to German utility E.ON. 鈥�66 percent of our clients with a ...
25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Last year was the sunniest and among the warmest years in Germany, according to the National Meteorological Service (DWD). With an average annual temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius, 2022 ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:22 Edgar Meza Coal Finance Reuters / Der Spiegel After acquiring a stake in RWE, Germany鈥檚 largest energy company, activist fund Enkraft is pushing for the company to divest its brown coal division, Reuters reports. In a letter to the ...
21 Aug 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cities Tagesspiegel Berlin could use its two disused airfields to build wind turbines on, Christian Gr盲ff, member of the Berlin House of Representatives with the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), told ...
Wind power generation in Germany in the first nine months of 2017 has exceeded the amount of electricity generated in coal and nuclear plants for the first time, Bloomberg Technology reports. Bruno Burger, professor at Fraunhofer ISE said that this was ...
06 Jan 2016
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 ...
16 Nov 2023, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The expansion of green hydrogen production efforts Germany is slowing down, says a聽 report 聽commissioned by utility E.ON. 鈥淭he hydrogen generation capacity planned by 2030 has risen from 8.1 ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating 麻豆无码版 More than 200 climate and energy organisations have warned German municipalities against falling prey to gas industry lobbying for including hydrogen in their obligatory local plans for ...
Damages discovered at Germany鈥檚 Brokdorf nuclear power plant seem to support the theory that nuclear power is not suitable as a bridging technology which could rapidly adapt power generation to the fluctuating supply of renewable electricity, writes ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:46 Onshore wind power is a key element of Germany's energy transition and a leading force of the country's renewables industry. But after years of rapid growth, the sector's expansion has almost come to a standstill in the ...
18 Jan 2024, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Cars Die Welt / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 sudden cut of electric vehicle purchasing subsidies has caused carmakers to outdo each other with heavy discounts, reports Die Welt. Tesla, the U.S. electric car company, cut the ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Grid EU 麻豆无码版 / Reuters The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that Germany's network regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), must act more independently when applying the ...
20 Mar 2024, 10:10 Julian Wettengel EUElections2024 International EU 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media / Reuters The German government has said it will give its consent to the EU nature restoration law in an upcoming member state meeting which is set to ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 麻豆无码版 / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
14 May 2019, 13:33 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 The cost of stabilising the ...
09 May 2016
09 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel Agora Energiewende Preliminary data suggests renewable record in Germany Strong winds and sun all over Germany might have pushed renewable power production to a new record share on Sunday. Renewable ...
Increasing the deployment of 鈥渧olatile鈥� renewable energies in Europe threatens power supply security across the continent, Klaus Stratmann writes in the Handelsblatt, citing an analysis from the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW), ...
16 Feb 2024, 12:28 Franca Quecke Transport Freight electrive The German government has terminated two subsidy schemes for electric trucks and buses, the transport ministry (BMDV) told specialist publication electrive. The cancellation applies to two ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 [Updates with cabinet agreement] The German government has earmarked almost 60 billion euros to boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts next year. The designated ...
27 Sep 2021, 09:30 Germany is heading towards a three-party federal government with a significant climate action focus as the Social Democrats scored a thin victory in the federal elections following an unexpected comeback, and the long-ruling ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:30 Ruby Russel Transport Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Projects to build green hydrogen electrolysers at refineries are being cancelled because oil companies lack guarantees that the investments will be profitable, even though the ...
05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by Germany鈥檚 federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
05 Oct 2015
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 ...
29 Mar 2019, 14:03 Swedish activist Greta Thunberg visited Berlin on Friday, joining thousands of young people who took to the streets in the most recent "Fridays for Future" school strike demanding more action on climate change. Protesters ...
17 Dec 2014, 00:00 The latest figures on Germany鈥檚 energy consumption and electricity generation for 2014 suggest that the country鈥檚 recent rise in greenhouse gas emissions could be coming to an end. Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 ...
14 Jun 2024, 16:07 Poor results in the EU elections mean that governing is set to be anything but smooth sailing for Germany's ruling coalition. Pressure is mounting on all three partners 鈥� chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, the Green Party and the ...
09 Jan 2024, 14:03 Franca Quecke Gas Security Der Spiegel / Hamburger Abendblatt The alleged sabotage of an important gas pipeline currently under construction in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein might lead to damages of at least 1.6 million euros, ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:32 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Industry 麻豆无码版 Natural gas has become by far the most important energy source for power generation of Germany's ...
10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
A pilot project in the city of Hamburg tests how container ship pollution in ports could be reduced by propelling them with electricity via mobile generators powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), reports the public broadcaster NDR.聽The LNG PowerPac, a ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:27 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Handelsblatt ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 麻豆无码版 A new wind power research project at Germany鈥檚 national metrology institute PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) offers the world鈥檚 largest facility for the precise measuring of ...
11 Mar 2022, 13:03 As president Vladimir Putin continues to wage war in Ukraine and the U.S. is preparing to ban all oil imports from Russia, calls are getting louder for Germany and Europe to follow Washington鈥檚 lead. European countries are paying ...
03 Jan 2022, 14:09 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The weather in Germany last year may have been average overall, but severe rainfall in July led to the worst flooding in decades, with 鈥渃atastrophic consequences鈥�, according to Germany鈥檚 ...
German energy company E.ON will integrate the emergency power generators of airport operator Fraport at Frankfurt airport 鈥� Germany鈥檚 largest airline hub 鈥� in its virtual power plant, the company said. The diesel generators can feed up to 5 megawatt of ...
23 May 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Bloomberg In the looming trade conflict with China over import tariffs on electric vehicles, Germany is at risk of seeing its rejection of trade restrictions being outvoted in the EU, the ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淗ow the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle鈥� The Paris climate summit could result in a global commitment to decarbonisation, writes Axel Bojanowski for Spiegel, but there is still resistance from the oil producing ...
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 ...
05 Dec 2024, 11:49 Germany鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
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 ...
04 Dec 2023, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 The governments of Germany's coastal northern states have insisted on federal funding for agreed climate projects, and ensuring that these do not become subject to ...
Germany produced more solar power than ever before in the first four months of a year in 2018, boosting power generation by 25 percent compared to 2016, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Handelsblatt. By the end of a particularly sunny ...
22 Nov 2023, 12:39 Jack McGovan Cars Spiegel German chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to meet with heads of the car industry this coming Monday to discuss electric vehicle targets as part of the country鈥檚 plans to move away from fossil fuels, reports Spiegel. ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Companies are no longer allowed to label their products 鈥榗limate neutral鈥� in Germany without adding a detailed explanation to ...
21 May 2015
21 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淐oalition doesn鈥檛 get together in coal politics鈥� A meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel on the additional levy on old coal ...
31 Mar 2020, 14:14 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 BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
02 Feb 2024, 14:01 Franca Quecke Heating Tagesschau / 麻豆无码版 German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called for more transparent and fairer prices for district heating customers, reports Tagesschau. "You can't change ...
01 Jun 2021, 12:41 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Julian Wettengel Wind Energiewende 麻豆无码版 German coal and natural gas use increased in the first three months of 2021, compared ...
21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India鈥檚 industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
The Economic Council of the CDU (CDU Wirtschaftsrat), a professional association of business actors associated with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has come out against an official end date for coal-fired power generation in Germany, ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:44 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind 麻豆无码版 Grid congestion due to a lack of new onshore power line connections has let the output of Germany鈥檚 offshore wind turbine fleet ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Airplanes in Germany will be made more environmentally friendly by supplying them with clean electricity during stops at the airport, the country鈥檚 transport minister, Volker Wissing, has said. Airplanes ...
28 Mar 2022, 14:25 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security 麻豆无码版 After a meeting with his G7 counterparts, German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said on Monday (28 March) that Putin's demand to only receive payment ...
18 Jun 2018, 14:58 Social justice should be a guiding principle of modern climate policy, German environment minister Svenja Schulze said at the opening of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Samantha Smith of the International Trade Union ...
02 Feb 2022, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating Society 麻豆无码版 The German government has agreed to review applications by home builders under a controversial funding programme set up by the previous administration. Its aim is to pacify ...
03 Jun 2024, 13:19 Edgar Meza Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Augsburger Allgemeine Catastrophic flooding following heavy and long-lasting rainfall in southern Germany over the first weekend in June has led to calls for ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total ...
29 Jul 2020, 13:43 Grid Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 federal government believes the country has sufficient power generation capacity to accommodate a major expansion in the number of electric cars, according to a parliamentary report. The government ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:06 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Reuters / 麻豆无码版 German energy company RWE rejected an analysis by financial think tank Carbon Tracker saying the German power firm would ...
15 Jul 2020, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The output of Europe's solar power panels is influenced by particulate matter in the atmosphere that can partly block sunlight from reaching the earth's surface, researchers from the ...
21 Nov 2023, 12:30 Edgar Meza Solar Wind n-tv Despite Germany鈥檚 increased focus on renewable energy following its decoupling from Russian energy sources in the wake of the war on Ukraine, high inflation and other economic developments have thrown the wind ...
The last factory of Germany鈥檚 former solar power champion SolarWorld in the eastern German state of Saxony has ceased production, Frank Hommel writes in the newspaper Freie Presse. 鈥淭he last remaining materials have been used up, the last solar panel has ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International 麻豆无码版 The agreement among shareholders of the World Bank on a reform that will facilitate investments in climate action and development assistance projects is a sign that significant ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Utilities Heating 麻豆无码版 The largest river-based heat pump in Germany has started operations in the southern city of Mannheim. It will use water from the Rhine River to heat some 3,500 households, the local ...
20 Apr 2020, 13:37 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German farmers are fearing yet another dry summer as the country has ...
23 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany may have to resort to an unusual measure to comply with the EU's 2020 climate targets in sectors not covered by the union's emissions trading scheme (ETS). Achieving the non-ETS goal looks increasingly unfeasible, a ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:52 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 / Deutschlandfunk Cuts in public funding for energy research could lead to a "massive decline in German industry's ability to innovate in technologies for the ...
20 Dec 2019, 14:23 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:25 Following Croatia鈥檚 inconclusive elections in April, the country鈥檚 parliament finally approved the new coalition government on 16 May. The centre-right HDZ, which won the most seats, formed a coalition with the right-wing Homeland ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Fossil fuels 麻豆无码版 Eastern German lignite mining and power plant company Leag has received the green light for up to 1.75 billion euros in state support to compensate for the implementation of the ...
29 Mar 2022, 13:51 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 overall energy consumption slightly increased in 2021, ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 The council of federal state governments (Bundesrat) has greenlit聽 Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Law 聽and the聽 planned national emissions trading system for transport and ...
Berlin will end coal-fired energy generation by 2030, the city's government, the Senat, said in a press release. The city will stop using lignite by the end of 2017. A corresponding draft law will now be introduced in the city鈥檚 parliament. Berlin ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:16 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 chemical industry will have to place a strong focus on recycling of products, the switch to electricity-based process heat and the use of renewable raw materials on its way to ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super ...
11 Apr 2024, 13:21 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 Wind EU 麻豆无码版 The Federation ...
23 Jan 2020, 15:45 The expansion of offshore wind power capacity in Germany has exceeded that of onshore turbines for the first time ever last year. This is both due to a particularly bad year for onshore expansion and the increasing competitiveness of ...
10 Feb 2016
10 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淚nternal market analysis: EU member states鈥� nuclear provisions more than 100 billion euros short鈥� An EU analysis has revealed that the member states are not well prepared for the ...
For the first time ever, renewable energy sources in Germany have generated more power in the first half of 2018 than all coal plants taken together, making wind, solar, and other green energy sources the largest power source in the country, preliminary ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 An alliance of civil society groups has called on the German government to better anticipate possible carbon price jumps at the time of the introduction of the EU ...
25 Jul 2022, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Gas Bild / Tagesspiegel Background / Rheinische Post The German government is considering financial aid to protect households that can鈥檛 afford rising gas bills, reports tabloid Bild. Coalition sources told the paper that ...
28 Mar 2019, 13:23 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Rachel Waldholz Utilities Reuters / 麻豆无码版 German utility EnBW will invest billions of euros in its power grids and other ...
06 Dec 2024, 11:14 The appointment of Michel Barnier as France鈥檚 new prime minister in September sparked as many concerns as it ignited hopes for advocates of more ambitious climate action. But the former environment minister, who had laid some of the ...
11 Mar 2024, 13:06 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 The German government has promised an additional 195 million euros in support to Ukraine, about half of which is designated for the protection and rebuilding the country鈥檚 energy ...
The German wind power industry generated turnover of 17.7 billion euros in 2016, making it 鈥渢he most important pillar in the green economy鈥�, Germany鈥檚 Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) says in a press release. Manufacturing, installation and ...
04 Mar 2015, 00:00 The consultation period for the government's green paper on power market reform is over and submissions reveal stakeholders' different ideas and priorities for a redesign. Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Electricity ...
28 Oct 2020, 14:31 Edgar Meza Coal Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Frankfurter Rundschau / Deutsche Welle Denouncing wasteful public spending, the German Taxpayers聽Federation has taken issue with what it perceives to be the country鈥檚 overly costly coal ...
17 Mar 2021, 13:04 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Electricity market 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The planned tightening of the EU climate target for 2030 would significantly increase CO2 prices in European emissions trading and thereby largely ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Salt caverns could be an effective location for storing hydrogen in Germany due to their geological, physical and chemical properties, according聽 to a report published 聽by the Institute of 麻豆无码版 ...
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 ...
11 Mar 2020, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Utilities 麻豆无码版 The number of German energy companies that consider the energy transition good for business has risen considerably, according to a survey by business consultancy Horvath & ...
18 Nov 2019, 13:33 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende 麻豆无码版 The amount of packaging waste accruing in Germany has reached a new record high, the Federal ...
01 Apr 2021, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid 麻豆无码版 The conversion of large parts of the German gas infrastructure to reflect changing supply is well underway, the country鈥檚 gas grid operators write in their implementation report for the ...
10 Jul 2019, 18:03 LEAG, eastern Germany鈥檚 largest energy and mining company, is building a 50 MW battery that could help stabilise the country鈥檚 electricity grid partly through renewable energy. Environment minister Svenja Schulze lauded the project in ...
16 Oct 2017, 00:00 Not far from Germany's largest brown coal mine, the United Nations鈥� 23rd COP climate summit will take place in Bonn. While implementing the Paris Agreement will take centre stage under the presidency of Fiji, the host country ...
06 Jun 2016
06 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Tagesspiegel 鈥�80 percent renewables are not a problem鈥� There is much more flexibility in the German power grid to cope with renewables development than currently needed, said Boris ...
14 Mar 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Dutch electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will require investments of 111 billion euros over the next decade to expand and modernise its grid infrastructure in ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
18 Mar 2015
18 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 taz / dpa 鈥淭he concept has definitely failed鈥� Germany鈥檚 Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks considers negotiations between the federal government and state governments over which states will ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year鈥檚 harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German ...
Germany needs to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2030 to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement and help limit global warming to 1.5掳 Celsius, according to a report by Berlin-based non-profit climate science and policy institute Climate ...
12 Oct 2023, 12:11 Jack McGovan Renewables Wind dpa / Stuttgarter Zeitung Germany has added 50 percent more new wind power capacity in the first nine months of 2023 than in the same time period last year, reports news agency dpa in an article published by ...
02 Apr 2024, 10:30 鈥淩euse and recycle鈥� is a catchphrase most people associate with plastic bags or bottles. But our homes, schools and offices are also made with materials that are far too valuable and carbon-intensive for single use: They shouldn鈥檛 ...
