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  • 06 Aug 2018 |

    How Germany is greening its growing freight sector to meet climate targets

    Cargo transport and the energy transition 06 Aug 2018, 11:00 The Dieselgate scandal has put passenger car emissions in the public spotlight in Germany, but an even bigger road polluter 鈥 freight transport 鈥 remains a sideshow. Transporting goods by road, ...
  • 27 Sep 2021 |

    Vote21- German elections set the scene for key decade of energy transition

    Climate and COVID define campaigns as Merkel's era comes to an end 27 Sep 2021, 15:00 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 ...
  • Europe's gas crisis- boon or bane for climate policy ambitions?

    麻豆无码版 crunch 2022 11 Feb 2022, 13:37 Europe is experiencing new extremes in energy price hikes, caused by strong demand for natural gas during the economic recovery from the pandemic and exacerbated by geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West. ...
  • 06 Aug 2015 |

    Energiewende effects on power prices, costs and industry

    German industry and its competitive edge in times of the Energiewende 06 Aug 2015, 00:00 Industrial competitiveness in times of an energy transition: few issues have been watched as closely as this. So far, German manufacturers have kept their competitive ...
  • German industry embraces Energiewende transformation challenge

    The energy transition's effects on the economy 20 Apr 2018, 00:00 After balking at the Energiewende for many years, German industry has made a notable shift- embracing the energy transition with a new fervour. To be sure, efforts to curb climate ...
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  • 30 Nov 2021 |

    New Berlin state government to introduce citizen climate council and 'climate check' for laws

    30 Nov 2021, 13:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background The new Berlin state government consisting of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party has presented its coalition agreement on Monday. The threey-party ...
  • 06 Jan 2017 |

    Little headway in 2016 for Germany鈥檚 energy transition- think tank

    06 Jan 2017, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 Energiewende 鈥 the country鈥檚 double shift to a low-carbon and nuclear-free economy 鈥 yielded mixed results in the past year, according to an analysis by energy think tank Agora Energiewende. Thanks to a partial switch from ...
  • 30 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淭rend of falling power prices in Germany continues鈥

    Average German wholesale electricity prices fell almost nine percent to 28.96 euros per megawatt-hour last year, according to a power market review by grid operator TenneT. Redispatch volumes fell for the first time since 2013, due to a decrease in wind ...
  • 14 May 2021 |

    Production of vegetarian meat substitutes grows quickly in Germany

    14 May 2021, 14:14 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society Agriculture Tofu sausages, veggie burgers and other plant-based alternatives to meat are quickly becoming more popular in Germany, but their share remains tiny when compared to animal products. ...
  • Launch of coal exit commission postponed for third time

    The government has postponed at the last minute the official start of the phase-out commission for the third time. The official launch was removed from the聽cabinet agenda only hours before聽the meeting was due to start.聽The聽 coal commission 聽鈥 officially ...
  • 04 Apr 2019 |

    German coal commission helpful example but no climate policy panacea 鈥 analysis

    04 Apr 2019, 13:43 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Employing multi-stakeholder task forces like Germany鈥檚 coal exit ...
  • 30 Jan 2019 |

    VW鈥檚 private customers order more diesel vehicles in 2018

    30 Jan 2019, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars 麻豆无码版 VW customers in Germany are once again placing more orders for diesel vehicles. Europe鈥檚 largest automaker said the share of new orders for diesel vehicles rose from 39聽percent ...
  • 26 Oct 2020 |

    Daimler and BMW mulling partial sale of jointly run mobility services 鈥 reports

    26 Oct 2020, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Mobility electrive / manager magazine A partial sale of BMW and Daimler's mobility service joint ventures looks increasingly likely, reports Sebastian Schaal for specialist website electrive. "Most recently, ...
  • 21 Nov 2019 |

    Solar parks have positive effect on biodiversity 鈥 study

    21 Nov 2019, 13:13 Expert bne- Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Solar parks can have a positive effect on plant and animal life ...
  • 19 May 2020 |

    Controversial new coal plant Datteln 4 test runs disrupt German power prices

    19 May 2020, 14:38 Edgar Meza Coal Renewables Tageszeitung (taz) Germany's controversial new Datteln 4 coal plant in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is running at full capacity in test operation despite the low demand for electricity on the ...
  • 鈥淪eizing the initiative to create better cleantech policies in Germany鈥

    A group of green startups and other organisations including CleanTechnica and Berlin-based green energy quarterly The Beam, is calling for German politicians in talks to form the next federal government to look at measures to boost green business in ...
  • 14 Feb 2022 |
    Gas

    Plans for construction of first German LNG terminal plagued by delays and uncertainty

    14 Feb 2022, 13:55 Jessica Bateman Gas dpa / ntv The construction of Germany's first liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal remains uncertain as a key project continues to face delays, reports newswire dpa in an article carried by ntv. There is still ...
  • Coal commission can finish fast if finance min puts money up 鈥 RWE CEO

    29 Nov 2018, 15:40 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Government 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 coal commission can conclude its work soon if the country鈥檚 finance minister puts enough money on the table, the head of the ...
  • German utility RWE raises earnings forecast for 2019 amid lignite compensation talks

    31 Jul 2019, 13:52 Freja Eriksen Coal Electricity market Utilities 麻豆无码版 / Reuters RWE AG, one of Germany鈥檚 largest utilities, has raised its earnings expectations for 2019 due to a stronger than anticipated performance in its energy trading ...
  • 12 Oct 2020 |

    Consumer groups say German climate plan only works with lower power prices

    12 Oct 2020, 13:37 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 The German Climate Action Programme 2030 will only become ...
  • 15 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淕erman retailers join e-car infrastructure expansion鈥

    Leading retailers in Germany plan to significantly expand their network of e-car charging stations in 2017, report Br铆an Hanrahan and Florian Kolf in Handelsblatt Global Edition. About 200 new stations will be built in customer parking lots of supermarket ...
  • 09 Mar 2021 |

    Grid agency awards blackout-proof radio frequency to energy industry alliance

    09 Mar 2021, 13:26 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany's grid agency (BNetzA) ...
  • 22 Jan 2019 |

    BMW and Daimler eye autonomous driving alliance- report

    22 Jan 2019, 13:28 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Handelsblatt Long-time rivals BMW and Daimler are considering ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Fridays for Future accuses new German government of failing on climate promise

    11 Feb 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Society 麻豆无码版 The German Fridays for Future climate protest movement has said the new German government is nowhere near to implementing the policies necessary to address the climate emergency. "It's ...
  • Utility EnBW鈥檚 profits up by one third in first quarter 2018

    German utility EnBW has increased its profits by one third in the first quarter 2018 compared to the same period last year, the company said in a press release. EnBW made 687 million euros in profits between January and March, with all business segments ...
  • 27 Oct 2017 |

    Power blackouts in Germany fall to record low in 2016

    In 2016, the German power supply system was more reliable than ever before, according to the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE). The average German power consumer had to cope without electricity for 11.5 minutes, ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    Germany says green hydrogen imports should not harm environment in partner countries

    06 Oct 2020, 13:30 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 The German government says green hydrogen production projects with partner countries should not come at the expense of local ...
  • 01 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淧ower from next door鈥

    Several German companies plan to provide customers with transparency on the exact geographical origin of the energy they purchase, writes Ralph Diermann on Spiegel Online. If consumers know their energy comes from the wind turbine next door and not from a ...
  • Germany's solar power capacity approaching 52 GW support cap, industry warns

    23 Jul 2019, 13:53 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 dpa / Handelsblatt Online Germany鈥檚 ...
  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    麻豆无码版 price hike erodes approval of phase-out in eastern German coal regions 鈥 survey

    07 Feb 2022, 13:51 Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Rising energy costs have led to a drop in approval ratings for Germany鈥檚 coal exit in eastern German mining regions, according to the Central Germany Monitor ...
  • 22 Jul 2019 |

    German grid expansion at risk as TenneT enforces Dutch control 鈥 media reports

    22 Jul 2019, 13:47 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Freja Eriksen Grid Handelsblatt Dutch government-owned grid operator TenneT plans to tie its German subsidiary closer to its head office as part of a larger restructuring, ...
  • 15 Nov 2017 |

    COP23- Day 10: Merkel disappoints hopes for clear words on coal

    15 Nov 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor calls on world to walk the talk, fails to deliver strong statement on German coal / Representatives from science, climate and environmental NGOs, and vulnerable small island states appealed to Merkel to meet the ...
  • 24 Oct 2016 |

    CDU wants to prevent planned commission on coal phase-out

    High-ranking members of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) want to prevent a commission to plan a coal phase-out in Germany proposed in the environment ministry鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, reports Reuters. Michael Fuchs and ...
  • Hydrogen a focus of German government funding for real-world test projects

    19 Jul 2019, 13:56 Freja Eriksen Storage Hydrogen Technology 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen projects are one of the key themes of 20 test projects selected for funding by the German government. Germany ultimately plans to put 100 million euros per year into ...
  • 26 Jul 2018 |

    Transport minister calls on auto industry to accelerate move to e-mobility

    Three years after the uncovery the diesel scandal, transport minister Andreas Scheuer is pushing carmakers to more rapidly advance the transition to electric mobility, according to a dpa article carried by Berliner Morgenpost. At the 鈥 diesel summit 鈥 ...
  • 06 Oct 2017 |

    Household power prices at record high

    The annual electricity cost for an average German household reached a record high in September, reports Christian Siedenbiedel based on data by price comparison websites Verivox and Check24. A four-person household consuming 5,000 kilowatt-hours per year ...
  • 05 Jan 2016

    Renewables growth in 2015- 'normal' slowing or year of 'disillusionment'?

    05 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 dpa/Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕rowth of wind power sluggish in 2015鈥 2015 will enter the history of German renewables as a year of disillusionment, according to a report by press agency dpa. ...
  • 15 Mar 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 utilities are dwarfs, not champions 鈥 op-ed

    15 Mar 2019, 13:49 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Utilities Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 economy and energy ...
  • Germany earmarks 4 billion euros to restore ecosystems for natural climate protection

    30 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥 Association ...
  • Gov advisors say Energiewende will only thrive in European framework

    28 Jun 2018, 16:17 The German government鈥檚 Energiewende advisors say the country must put much greater emphasis on the project鈥檚 European dimension to achieve the shift to renewables and the necessary emissions reduction during the next decade. The group ...
  • 06 Jun 2017 |

    Economy ministry publishes results of consultations on energy efficiency green book and 鈥淓lectricity 2030鈥 paper

    The federal economy ministry (BMWi) has published the results of the discussion process concerning last year鈥檚 green book on energy efficiency and the impulse paper on long term trends 鈥淓lectricity 2030鈥. BMWi plans a white book on energy efficiency as a ...
  • 01 Feb 2017 |

    pv expansion almost reaches 450 MW in December

    The installed capacity of pv power plants in Germany grew by 450 MW in December, almost a third of the 2016 total of roughly 1,500 MW, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. According to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), 14 new solar power parks were ...
  • 19 May 2021 |

    Pandemic slows German grid planning but central powerlines show progress

    19 May 2021, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Project planning for additional powerlines in Germany has been slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic as many public consultations were postponed or held online, Jochen Homann, president of the ...
  • 17 Jan 2020 |

    Saxony premier's talk of future nuclear power uses gets swift rejection

    17 Jan 2020, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy Oldenburger Onlinezeitung / Die Welt / RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland The suggestion by Saxony's state premier Michael Kretschmer that Germany should keep the door open for future uses of ...
  • 17 May 2021 |

    NGOs obtain govt calculations for coal exit compensations, say sums are too high

    17 May 2021, 13:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Ember Climate & energy think ...
  • Northern German states want to integrate sectors to utilise more green electricity

    06 Mar 2019, 13:28 Kerstine Appunn Electricity market Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 northern states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein 鈥 both of which generate more renewable electricity than they can use within their ...
  • 15 May 2017 |

    鈥淎ngela Merkel鈥檚 party scores big win in key German state election鈥

    Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 Christian Democrats (CDU) garnered another election victory and beat the governing Social Democrats (SPD) in their 鈥渉eartland鈥, Germany鈥檚 most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). Preliminary results show that the CDU ...
  • Maximum support rate for onshore wind raised to ensure continuous expansion

    The maximum support rate for onshore wind power installations in Germany鈥檚 renewables auctions scheme has been raised to 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour to ensure competition among bidders and a continuous expansion of the energy source, the Federal Grid ...
  • 17 Oct 2019 |

    No new lignite mines in Brandenburg, parties agree in state govt coalition talks

    17 Oct 2019, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • 18 Oct 2018 |

    Germany鈥檚 energy transition will require significant imports of green fuels - study

    The global energy transition will require the presence of a sizeable international market for synthetic fuels and Germany will have to import significant amounts of green fuels created by converting renewable energy with so-called power-to-x technologies, ...
  • 17 Nov 2015

    Utilities want shared nuclear responsibility / No political will for Paris?

    17 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淐an E.ON survive alone?鈥 Writing for WitschaftsWoche, Christof Sch眉rmann says there are doubts over whether the new E.ON, which will split from its fossil-fuel business in a few weeks, will be ...
  • French nuclear fleet 鈥減roblem child鈥 of Europe鈥檚 electricity system 鈥 researcher

    04 Aug 2022, 13:43 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices Die Zeit France鈥檚 huge nuclear power plant fleet currently only delivers a fraction of its energy ...
  • 鈥淲rong example Germany鈥

    Germany鈥檚 Energiewende is not a model for Switzerland, Christoph Eisenring writes in the Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung as the country gears up for a referendum about the Swiss government鈥檚 energy strategy 2050, which includes a nuclear phase-out. German ...
  • Preview 2023: 'Investment offensive' must secure fossil fuel independence- energy industry

    22 Dec 2022, 12:40 Germany has taken important steps to secure its energy supply and help households and businesses cope with the energy crisis, but it is important to continue along this path consistently in the coming year, according to the country' ...
  • 10 Dec 2018 |

    Merkel leaves long list of unsolved energy policy tasks to her successor

    10 Dec 2018, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Energiewende Government Bloomberg Germany鈥檚 long-time Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will leave her successor a long list of unsolved tasks once she leaves office, which will happen in 2021 the ...
  • 10 May 2017 |

    鈥淒igital is decentral鈥

    The German energy sector is slowly embracing digitalisation with its push towards decentralisation, writes Ulrich Sch盲fer in a column in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. It is starting to depart from 鈥渢he centralistic, military precision鈥 thinking and management. ...
  • 22 Feb 2019 |

    RWE wants at least 12 times more compensation for lignite plants than they are worth- report

    22 Feb 2019, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 麻豆无码版 Current market prices 鈥渕ake a mockery鈥 of compensation claims by Germany鈥檚 biggest utility RWE under the country鈥檚 coal phase-out plan, according to think-tank Institute for 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 08 May 2017 |

    鈥淓.ON: Costly liberation鈥

    E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen calls the company鈥檚 split last year an 鈥渁ct of liberation,鈥 but according to an article by J眉rgen Flauger in business daily Handelsblatt, it was an extremely expensive one. In a long analysis of the company鈥檚 balance sheet, ...
  • 鈥淭enant electricity support brings Energiewende to the inner cities鈥

    The federal cabinet鈥檚 approval of a bill for supporting tenant electricity models in Germany will 鈥渕ake tenants directly participate at energy transition鈥, economy minister Brigitte Zypries said in a press release by the Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 04 May 2017 |

    鈥淪trategic key for the energy transition鈥

    The energy transition is one of the world鈥檚 largest modernisation and investment projects, and intensive research will remain key to the endeavour, writes Germany鈥檚 economy and energy minister Brigitte Zypries in a guest commentary in newspaper ...
  • 04 Oct 2019 |

    State premier of Saarland calls for billions in support to turn steel industry climate neutral

    04 Oct 2019, 13:42 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German steel industry should receive billions in ...
  • 01 Nov 2021 |

    Merkel calls G20 climate outcome 鈥済ood signal鈥 for COP26, NGOs cry foul

    01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 麻豆无码版 The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
  • 28 Sep 2018 |

    Greens want climate protection included in German Basic Law

    The Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag has introduced a draft law that would make international climate goals and obligations, as well as the nuclear exit, binding under German Basic Law. In a plenary debate, Green group leader Anton Hofreiter ...
  • 08 Jul 2020 |

    EU wants to become market leader in hydrogen technologies, create 1 million jobs

    08 Jul 2020, 13:14 The European Union wants to establish itself as the world leader in hydrogen technologies and will focus on ramping up electrolyser capacities in the next four years. According to the European Commission's hydrogen strategy, the ...
  • 29 Oct 2021 |

    Environmentally damaging subsidies in Germany cost 65 billion euros

    29 Oct 2021, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany spent 65.4 billion euros on environmentally harmful subsidies in 2018, with the majority going into energy and transport, the country's Federal Environment ...
  • 鈥淐lear position on climate protection鈥

    Environmental NGO WWF Germany is calling on the G20 finance ministers to show a clear commitment to climate protection at the upcoming meeting in Washington, DC., after they聽 made no mention of the issue in the communiqu茅 that followed their last meeting. ...
  • 23 Sep 2019 |

    Germany joins 31 nations in coal phaseout alliance PPCA

    23 Sep 2019, 13:56 Freja Eriksen Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany has joined the international Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) but withheld fully endorsing the PPCA declaration, which would commit OECD countries to phase out unabated coal no later than ...
  • 17 Oct 2018 |

    Disruption caused by energy transition is unstoppable- Amory Lovins

    17 Oct 2018, 14:44 The global energy transition is both accelerating and unstoppable, and will continue to disrupt many industries from carmaking to construction, according to green energy pioneer Amory Lovins. But the cofounder and Chief Scientist of the ...
  • 26 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's climate package will be 鈥渕ajor legislative task鈥 鈥 energy agency

    26 Sep 2019, 13:56 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The German government's newly agreed climate action ...
  • G20 resources dialogue in Berlin

    Representatives of the G20 nations are meeting in Berlin today to talk about resource efficiency. The resource dialogue came out of the G20 summit in Hamburg last summer and aims to find ways of using resources such as water and land more sustainably. ...
  • 麻豆无码版 industry calls for fixing ambitious expansion path in reform of Germany's renewables act

    25 Aug 2020, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG ...
  • Saving Hambach Forest would cost billions of euros 鈥 RWE head

    Not cutting down the embattled Hambach Forest would cost four to five billion euros, Rolf Martin Schmitz, head of energy company RWE, which wants to clear the forest to expand a nearby lignite mine, said聽 in the political talk show Maybrit Illner on ...
  • 05 Jun 2018 |

    Hamburg police start enforcing diesel driving ban

    The northern German city of Hamburg has begun to enforce the diesel driving ban it introduced as the country鈥檚 first city last week, the public broadcaster NDR reports. The ban that affects short stretches of two major roads in the port city and include ...
  • German election primer: Candidates handle agriculture transformation with kid gloves

    06 Aug 2021, 14:00 Germany鈥檚 upcoming national election is the first in which climate and energy policy have truly taken centre stage. In the agriculture sector, droughts and new policies aimed at bringing out the sector鈥檚 potential for eco-system ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    German states and federal government reach agreement on key grid expansion measures

    06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables dpa / Welt Online Several German states and the federal government have reached an agreement on key aspects of the country鈥檚 much-needed transmission grid expansion, news agency dpa reports in an ...
  • 23 Sep 2019 |

    Volkswagen begins battery cell production in Salzgitter

    23 Sep 2019, 13:51 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Freja Eriksen Storage Cars 麻豆无码版 Volkswagen has opened a pilot line for small-series battery cell production in Salzgitter in Lower Saxony and construction of a 16-gigawatt-hour (GWh) ...
  • Germany should consider speed limit, nuclear extension to counter energy crisis 鈥 IEA head

    31 May 2022, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung All countries in Europe and beyond need to take 鈥渆xtraordinary measures鈥 to reduce their fossil energy demand in response to the supply crisis exacerbated by ...
  • 28 Mar 2022 |

    SPD sustains winning streak by gaining absolute majority in Saarland election

    28 Mar 2022, 12:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Saarbr眉cker Zeitung In the first major election in Germany since the federal election last year, voters in the state of Saarland handed the Social Democrats (SPD) a sweeping victory. Official ...
  • 鈥淎n Energiewende fund for more justice鈥

    Replacing Germany鈥檚 renewables surcharge with a tax-financed energy transition fund could help to distribute the financial burden associated with expanding low-carbon energy sources more fairly, a study commissioned by the Federation of German Consumer ...
  • 31 Jan 2019 |

    Ahead of meeting with Merkel: Saxony state premier expects timetable for mining region support

    31 Jan 2019, 13:19 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Deutschlandfunk Coal state Saxony鈥檚 premier, Michael Kretschmer (CDU), expects decisions ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Increase in living space stumbling block for climate-friendly housing sector

    21 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency Heating 麻豆无码版 The living space per capita in Germany has grown significantly in recent years which has ...
  • 28 Nov 2016 |

    Nuclear power remains phase-out model in Switzerland

    Despite Switzerland鈥檚 rejection of a quick nuclear exit, nuclear power production remains 鈥渁 phase-out model鈥 in the country, Germany鈥檚 environment ministry (BMUB) state secretary Rita Schwarzel眉hr-Sutter said in a press release. Sunday鈥檚 referendum ...
  • 14 Jan 2022 |

    New German government must prepare offshore wind boom after expansion halt in 2021 鈥 industry

    14 Jan 2022, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 offshore wind industry is placing great hope on the new government鈥檚 ambitious renewables expansion plans, after no turbines were added to German waters throughout the whole ...
  • 28 Oct 2022 |

    African countries risk stranded investments in response to European gas supply crisis 鈥 report

    28 Oct 2022, 13:11 Kiprotich Koros Gas Industry 麻豆无码版 African governments run the risk of stranded investments if they respond to the EU's short-term need for natural gas in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a report by the ...
  • 14 Dec 2022 |

    Preview 2023: Germany, EU must respond to U.S. 鈥淚nflation Reduction Act鈥- BEE

    14 Dec 2022, 13:18 Finding a proper economic policy response to the U.S. government's "Inflation Reduction Act" to lure green energy investments into German and European projects will be one of the key challenges the government is going to ...
  • Germany provides extra 220 million euros for climate adaptation in poorest countries

    26 Jan 2021, 12:05 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Germany will provide an additional 120 million euros in financial aid to ...
  • 23 Jan 2019 |

    Research minister urges companies to launch domestic battery cell production

    23 Jan 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Storage 麻豆无码版 German education and research minister Anja Karliczek has urged the country鈥檚 business community to get on with large-scale domestic battery cell production. Batteries are a ...
  • 30 Jun 2016 |

    鈥淏rexit foils EU energy policy鈥

    The European Union would lose a strong voice for ambitious climate protection policy if the UK leaves following last week鈥檚 referendum, writes Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in a guest commentary for Capital. A ...
  • 11 Jan 2022 |

    Netherlands concerned about effects of high German gas demand on domestic reserves

    11 Jan 2022, 13:36 Edgar Meza Gas Cost & Prices Der Spiegel Dutch economic affairs minister, Stef Blok, has expressed concern about Germany鈥檚 large appetite for natural gas sourced from the Netherlands鈥 northern Groningen province, where its continued ...
  • 10 Jun 2020 |

    A fifth of Germans would buy an electric car, one third a conventional model 鈥 survey

    10 Jun 2020, 13:01 Freja Eriksen Cars Focus Online / RND Twenty-one percent of Germans would opt for an electric model when buying a new car after the German government has announced it will double the existing buyer's premium for electric vehicles ...
  • 23 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淏attery prices won鈥檛 keep sinking at same speed鈥

    Battery storage prices will not keep dropping at the same fast speed as in the last few years because further technological leaps could not be expected, Prof Uwe Sauer, of RWTH Aachen University, told renewables magazine EUWID Neue Energie. From a ...
  • Rising EU emissions allowance price fills Germany鈥檚 climate action fund

    The rising price for CO 2 emissions in the EU鈥檚 Emissions Trading System (ETS) has created windfall gains for Germany鈥檚 energy and climate funds, the latest monthly report by Germany鈥檚 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) reveals. According to the July 2018 ...
  • 24 Jun 2016 |

    Parliament votes in favour of power market reform

    The German federal parliament has adopted a new power market law. The reform includes the continuation of an energy-only-market with additional capacity reserves. The new rules will also include retiring 13 percent of lignite power station capacity into a ...
  • 21 Jun 2024 |

    Would a far-right election victory in France knock down EU鈥檚 green hopes?

    21 Jun 2024, 14:14 On the night of the European elections, French president Emmanuel Macron did not wait until the official results were called to announce the dissolution of the country鈥檚 parliament and, consequently, to call new elections already by the ...
  • France and Germany agree on holding joint renewables auctions

    France and Germany have agreed to hold joint auctions for renewable energies, the German ministry for the economy and energy (BMWi) said in a press release. The two countries also agreed to set up a cross-border experiment dubbed 鈥淪mart Border Initiative鈥 ...
  • 鈥淏lown Off Course鈥

    Germany鈥檚 wind power industry could soon face 鈥渁 major period of austerity鈥, Franz Hubik writes in Handelsblatt Global Edition. 鈥淲e have seen a 40 percent fall in the price of wind turbines in the last three years鈥 leading to hundreds of layoffs, a ...
  • 08 Aug 2018 |

    On Germany鈥檚 highest mountain, climate activists call for coal exit

    This summer's heatwave show that Germany must exit coal quickly, according to Greenpeace. The NGO said 10 of their activists ascended a glacier on Germany鈥檚 highest mountain, the Zugspitze, to unfold a banner saying 鈥淪ummer 2018: heat, drought, ...
  • 12 Jul 2021 |

    CDU chancellor candidate Laschet expects landlords to share in CO2 heating costs

    12 Jul 2021, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Heating ARD Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet, who is currently most likely to succeed Angela Merkel following Germany's general elections in September, said landlords are likely ...
  • 03 Nov 2016 |

    鈥溌槎刮蘼氚 consumption stays stable in 2016鈥

    Primary energy consumption in Germany 2016 is likely to be on the same level as the previous year, according to estimates by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB). Germany consumed 9,815 petajoules between January and September 2016- 0.3 ...
  • 17 Jun 2022 |

    Ukraine war overshadows energy and climate talks at G7 summit in Bavaria

    17 Jun 2022, 08:50 The German government鈥檚 G7 agenda has been thrown off course by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, but chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is determined to keep climate policy as a top priority for the summit of the seven large economies in ...
  • 04 Sep 2019 |

    Renewables expansion recklessly ignored in climate debate 鈥 opinion

    04 Sep 2019, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The expansion of renewable electricity facilities, such as wind and solar PV parks, is the crucial challenge currently facing Germany's energy transition (Energiewende), ...
  • 07 Sep 2022 |

    German Greens reject calls for greater use of nuclear as plant operators voice concerns

    07 Sep 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out n-tv The German Green Party has rejected criticism from the conservative CDU/CSU opposition alliance over economy and climate minister Robert Habeck鈥檚 decision to put two of the country鈥檚 remaining ...
  • 08 Jan 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 diesel crisis causes staff layoffs at Bosch

    08 Jan 2019, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Cars Xinhua The ongoing diesel crisis cost hundreds of jobs in drive technology last year at the German auto parts supplier Bosch, a board member told the industry newspaper Automobilwoche, according to a聽 Xinhua report. A ...
  • 鈥淔ederal Network Agency launches first onshore wind tender鈥

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) launched Germany鈥檚 first onshore wind tender, introduced by last year鈥檚 reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the agency says in a press release. Tenders affect facilities with an installed capacity larger than 750 ...
  • 10 Mar 2020 |

    Windy February drives record negative power prices in Germany

    10 Mar 2020, 13:46 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Wind Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |

    German civil society alliance calls for just and climate-friendly mobility transition

    15 Apr 2021, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Mobility 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of labour unions, environmental and social organisations, as well as the protestant church, has called on the German government to speed up the transition ...
  • 02 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淓lectric cars finally connect鈥

    A new 300 million euro government subsidy programme designed to promote electric car charging stations in Germany is bearing fruit, according to Handelsblatt. Several utilities are preparing to install several thousand charging stations, whose number ...
  • 10 May 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 company BayWa Re to build Germany鈥檚 first zero-support solar farm

    10 May 2019, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 company BayWa Re says it will build Germany鈥檚 first large-scale solar power installation to be operated outside the system of state-mandated incentives. The company says ...
  • 鈥淣umber of wind turbines to rise to 30,220 in Germany鈥

    Onshore wind power in Germany will be expanded beyond the industry鈥檚 expectations and federal government plans in the coming years, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt, based on data provided by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Investors who had ...
  • 03 Nov 2014 |

    In the media: Power shortage risks, storage debate, hydrogen filling stations

    03 Nov 2014, 00:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Online "Power in ...
  • 03 May 2019 |

    Climate protests accompany RWE鈥檚 shareholder meeting

    03 May 2019, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 麻豆无码版 Climate activists called for a swift end to coal-fired power generation at power plant operator RWE鈥檚 annual general meeting. Members of the Fridays for Future student protest movement ...
  • German research initiative plans world鈥檚 first green hydrogen cavern storage

    03 May 2019, 13:20 S枚ren Amelang Storage Hydrogen Technology A German consortium has launched a research platform to store renewable hydrogen in a salt cavern. Following a two-year research project, the partners of the HYPOS alliance plan to build the ...
  • 21 Aug 2019 |

    German aviation levy revenues must be used for climate action 鈥 transport min

    21 Aug 2019, 12:02 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport dpa The revenues from Germany鈥檚 aviation ...
  • 12 Dec 2016 |

    Legal expert: Coal exit would not necessarily mean hefty state compensation

    According to Thorsten Deppner, an expert on environmental law, the German state would not necessarily have to pay huge sums in compensation for shutting down coal-fired electricity plants, despite a precedent set by a recent constitutional court ruling on ...
  • 19 Aug 2019 |

    Fridays for Future will leave its mark 鈥 study

    19 Aug 2019, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society The Fridays for Future student climate protest movement will leave its mark on society, independent of its eventual duration, according to a working paper by the Institute for Social Movement ...
  • 30 Jan 2017 |

    Schulz nominated to lead Social Democratic Party in federal elections

    In a wide-ranging acceptance speech to members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) after his nomination as Chancellor candidate, former President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz also spoke about environment and climate protection. Schulz said ...
  • Lobbying scandal halts German renewables talks, shakes up election outlook

    19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
  • 13 Jul 2018 |

    Average CO2 emissions of newly-sold European passenger vehicles rose slightly in 2017

    The average CO 2 emissions of new cars sold in the EU rose slightly in 2017, according to a briefing paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation. German automakers BMW, Volkswagen, and Daimler are among the most emissive vehicles sold in ...
  • 09 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淲aiting, worrying, hoping鈥

    Grid operator Amprion鈥檚 statement that Germany鈥檚 power grid was at its limits last winter shows that the energy transition is not on track, because supply security was endangered, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
  • 06 Oct 2021 |

    German government must agree on an ambitious EU climate policy-- NGOs

    06 Oct 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 As political leaders debate the European Commission鈥檚 Fit for 55 package of proposals to reduce emissions by 2030, German NGOs are calling for both the incoming and current governments ...
  • 26 Oct 2020 |

    World's first electric pusher tugboat to start trial operations in Germany

    26 Oct 2020, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Transport Technology Welt am Sonntag German researchers and companies are about to test the world's first emission-free pusher towboat on the rivers and canals between Hamburg and the capital Berlin, reports Stefan ...
  • 13 Feb 2020 |

    Tesla searches for bats and resettles ants in preparation for German gigafactory

    13 Feb 2020, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars Manager magazin Tesla has searched for bats in the wooded area where it plans to build its German car factory and also plans to resettle ants living there,聽 reports 聽manager magazine. In addition, the US carmaker ...
  • 21 Sep 2017 |

    E.ON needs cash for investments and is accountable to its shareholders

    E.ON needs the money of a potential Uniper sale for investments in wind and solar energy, and to compete with energy start-ups and the likes of Google, write J眉rgen Flauger und Franz Hubik in an article in Handelsblatt. The company is accountable to its ...
  • 11 Dec 2018 |

    Coal commission to meet again on 25 January 鈥 source

    11 Dec 2018, 15:47 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Fossil fuels Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 coal commission will hold its next full plenary meeting on 25 January, followed by the last meeting on 1 February, a commission source told Clean ...
  • 05 Mar 2021 |

    Individualised flight routes can minimise planes' climate impact- German space agency

    05 Mar 2021, 13:51 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Transport 麻豆无码版 Customized flight routes for individual planes could significantly lower the aviation sector& ...
  • 31 Mar 2021 |

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

    31 Mar 2021, 13:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 ...
  • 03 Jul 2015

    In the media: Criticism of cost of deal to retire some coal plants

    03 Jul 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Ruby Russell Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 State secretary Baake: power market 2.0 guarantees supply security Germany鈥檚 economy and energy ministry is proposing a reform of the power market based on an energy ...
  • Germany paves way for electrolyser ramp-up by scrapping renewables fee on hydrogen production

    03 Dec 2020, 13:48 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The German government has decided to free producers of green hydrogen from paying the renewables levy on the electricity they use in the process. Chancellor Angela ...
  • 21 Jul 2020 |

    German startup close to increasing biogas yields by turning leaves into fuel

    21 Jul 2020, 13:28 Bioenergy Berliner Zeitung A German startup reportedly is on the verge of industrialising a process that can increase biogas energy yields by 40 percent 鈥 and even turn leaves into fuel, the Berliner Zeitung reports. LXP, based in ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    German government must end its obstruction of European climate law 鈥 opinion

    01 Dec 2020, 14:13 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU In an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau, Green Party colleagues聽Lisa Badum, a member聽of the German parliament, and ...
  • Germany鈥檚 largest state, NRW, trails in renewables expansion

    In spite of a record wind power expansion in the western German region of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the country鈥檚 largest federal state still trails in terms of renewables expansion, Welt Online reports. In 2017, the state added 312 wind turbines, ...
  • 14 Jul 2020 |

    Industry could reduce emissions by nearly 90 percent with modern technology 鈥 VDMA

    14 Jul 2020, 14:15 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen Industry The use of new low-emission technology across all ...
  • 13 Jul 2020 |

    Germany鈥檚 solar industry hopeful pandemic and EU Green Deal will bolster upswing

    13 Jul 2020, 14:12 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Solar Die Welt Germany鈥檚 hollowed-out solar industry is hoping that the coronavirus crisis ...
  • 28 Jun 2021 |

    Little wind and sunshine let German renewables share slide in first half of 2021

    28 Jun 2021, 13:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 The share of ...
  • 15 Jun 2021 |

    Pace of digitalisation of energy transition slows 鈥 govt report

    15 Jun 2021, 12:50 Edgar Meza Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 The digitalisation of the energy transition process again made noticeable progress last year, but long-awaited regulations are still pending, according to the latest study commissioned by the ...
  • Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa sees turnaround, eyes 2020 market leadership

    German-Spanish wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa is optimistic that it has overcome the troubles following its merger last year, report Kathrin Witsch and Sandra Louven in Handelsblatt. Company CEO Markus Tacke told the business daily that the price ...
  • Germany leads G7 in climate pledges but lags behind in implementation 鈥 report

    German climate policy announcements are the most ambitious among all of the western industrialised nations in the G7 but the country only comes second to last in the group when it comes to ending support for fossil fuel use, the think tank Overseas ...
  • 14 Feb 2019 |

    Greens call for implementing coal exit proposal fast

    14 Feb 2019, 14:11 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Politics 麻豆无码版 The opposition Green parliamentary group has called on the federal government 聽to introduce concrete proposals to implement the coal exit commission 's recent ...
  • 04 Aug 2016 |

    鈥溌槎刮蘼氚 consumption rises considerably鈥

    Primary energy consumption in Germany rose by 1.6 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared to the same period last year, the AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) reports. The reasons are the colder weather at the beginning of the year, a growing economy, ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

    Conservatives' draft would further tighten turbine distances, is 'inacceptable' 鈥 wind industry

    30 Jan 2020, 13:43 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    German govt supports car industry transformation with investment programme

    19 Feb 2021, 14:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ...
  • German ports unprepared for offshore ramp-up 鈥 business associations

    25 Feb 2022, 13:20 Expert BVMW- German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses Bundesverband mittelst盲ndische Wirtschaft Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Germany's sea ports are not ...
  • Tumultuous first year for Germany's government may start energy transition push

    01 Dec 2022, 12:20 One year after taking over Germany鈥檚 government, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 鈥渢raffic light鈥 coalition looks back at some turbulent first twelve months in office that were overshadowed by Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine and the subsequent ...
  • 09 Nov 2018 |

    Legal opinion says switching off coal power plants could be illegal and expensive

    A legal opinion commissioned by coal power plant operator RWE argues a coal exit by policy decree would be unconstitutional, reports Klaus Stratmann in business daily Handelsblatt. The 鈥渞enowned鈥 energy law firm Posser Spieth Wolfers & Partners argues ...
  • 21 Apr 2020 |

    Grid agency sends warning notices after 2019 power grid strains

    21 Apr 2020, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
  • 17 Sep 2021 |

    New EV chargers in Germany must be equipped with debit/credit card readers

    17 Sep 2021, 12:45 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 VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations ...
  • 15 May 2020 |
    Gas

    Unravelling the climate footprint of U.S. liquefied natural gas

    15 May 2020, 16:34 The U.S. administration is aggressively promoting the country鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European partners, portraying it both as a supply that would help them diversify away from Russian gas and as a way to reduce greenhouse gas ...
  • Unions, Green MP: Coal exit through climate plan commission 鈥渄epends on election result鈥

    A plan for an exit from coal-fired power generation in Germany will not necessarily be the result of the structural commission agreed by the current government in the country鈥檚 climate action plan 2050. That was the claim made by Michael Vassiliadis, head ...
  • 09 Jan 2019 |

    Uniper to build Germany鈥檚 first gas-fired power plant in a decade

    09 Jan 2019, 11:59 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Grid Utilities Reuters 麻豆无码版 group Uniper is building a gas-fired power plant in Germany, the country鈥檚 first in a decade, to serve as a 鈥渟afety cushion鈥 for grids coping with intermittent ...
  • 28 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淕rid expansion slowly gains speed鈥

    Germany鈥檚 grid expansion is only slowly progressing, according to a report by the federal economy ministry. About half of the 22 most crucial high voltage grid projects 鈥 determined by the German Power Grid Expansion Act 鈥 are approved, but only 650 of ...
  • 18 Jan 2019 |

    Sonnen receives 25-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank

    18 Jan 2019, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Storage Business & Jobs pv magazine German battery storage supplier Sonnen has received a 25-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), reports Marian Willuhn in pv magazine. The EIB said supporting ...
  • 17 Jan 2019 |

    Germany comes 5th in global renewable investment ranking

    17 Jan 2019, 14:16 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Bloomberg NEF Germany ranks fifth in Bloomberg鈥檚 2018 global renewable investment report. China remains the leader with total investments of 100.1 billion dollars, followed by the US (64.2 billion), Japan (27.2 ...
  • Next German govt must put CO2 pricing centre stage of 鈥渕ore European鈥 climate policy 鈥 advisor

    26 Aug 2021, 10:15 International partners can be assured that Germany鈥檚 next government coalition after the September election will not veer far off course of the country鈥檚 current climate and energy policy, says government advisor and director of two ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    Env min proposes strategy for protecting water supply from climate change

    08 Jun 2021, 13:13 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 11 Jun 2018 |

    German utility EnBW enters US offshore wind market with California project

    German utility EnBW is expanding into the North American market for offshore wind, forming a joint venture with Trident Winds to develop a project off the coast of Central California, the German company said on Monday. EnBW North America and Seattle-based ...
  • 鈥淣ordex sorrowfully looks ahead鈥

    Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex聽 achieved its 2016 business targets 聽despite an increasingly difficult market environment, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Die Welt. But the company聽warned investors of a 鈥渄isappointing outlook.鈥澛燚espite a ...
  • Germany updates sustainability strategy, reaches most 2020 energy and climate goals

    10 Mar 2021, 13:44 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Picking up on the United Nations鈥 call for a 鈥渄ecade of action鈥 to implement the 2030 ...
  • 01 Nov 2018 |

    Government coalition reaches deal to boost renewable energy capacity

    Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and its Social Democrat (SPD) partners have agreed to keep their promise to speed up the expansion of renewable power installations, ending months of wrangling, reports Thorsten Severin for Reuters. ...
  • 04 Jun 2021 |

    Germany鈥檚 future hydrogen needs significantly higher than expected 鈥 report

    04 Jun 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 industry, transport and heating sectors will need significantly more hydrogen to help reach future climate targets than the government currently expects, said the head of the ...
  • 29 Sep 2022 |

    Germany鈥檚 basic material industries ring alarm, demand power price cap

    29 Sep 2022, 13:41 Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 麻豆无码版 Leading players in the ...
  • 14 Jan 2020 |

    Sports federations not active enough on climate 鈥 researcher

    14 Jan 2020, 14:29 Expert Mojib Latif Head of the Research Division: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sports federations like the German Football Association ...
  • 20 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淓xporting the Energiewende will be a challenge for Germany鈥

    The German energy transition needs to be 鈥渋nternationalised鈥 if it is to be successful, as Germany鈥檚 Energiewende will continue to have an impact on energy markets of its electrical neighbours and beyond, writes Nick Butler of the Financial Times. The ...
  • 28 Oct 2021 |

    COP26 aims to keep 1.5掳C within reach as Merkel leaves international climate stage

    28 Oct 2021, 13:30 Governments from across the world will descend on Glasgow next week for the UN climate change conference COP26, with the UK presidency鈥檚 key objective as keeping the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5掳C within reach. It is set ...
  • 04 May 2023 |

    Chancellor Scholz pledges 2 billion euros for Green Climate Fund

    04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
  • 03 Dec 2020 |

    Monthly e-car registrations rise six-fold to approach 30,000 in Germany

    03 Dec 2020, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 Registrations of new pure electric cars rose six-fold in Germany in November compared to a year ago, to reach a share of ten percent. A record 28,965 pure electric cars were registered last month, an ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    German households increasingly make individual climate action investments 鈥 KfW study

    08 Sep 2021, 13:41 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Edgar Meza Technology Society 麻豆无码版 Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis, 92 percent of German households continue to see ...
  • 06 Nov 2020 |

    Smaller energy companies vow resistance against E.ON-RWE deal at EU level

    06 Nov 2020, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Utilities EU 麻豆无码版 An alliance of smaller energy companies in Germany is organising opposition to the asset-swap deal of industry heavyweights RWE and E.ON, arguing it would turn "competitors into ...
  • 23 Oct 2017 |

    Power cut-offs due to unpaid bills largely flat in 2016

    Last year, German households had their power cut off due to unpaid bills聽around 330,000 times, according to the draft of the Federal Network Agency's (BNetzA) annual monitoring report, seen by news agency dpa. This represents a small year-on-year ...
  • 08 Jul 2017 |

    G20 communique agreed apart from wrinkle on climate - EU officials

    The G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging countries have agreed on a joint communique at the summit in Hamburg, though leaders had still to iron out one last 鈥渨rinkle鈥 in the climate section, news agency Reuters reported, citing an EU official. ...
  • 31 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淟imits of power鈥

    Grid congestion at the Austrian border that led to last week鈥檚 decision by the German government to prepare the split of the common power price zone was a 鈥渉omemade problem鈥, writes Christian Geinitz in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ...
  • 01 Feb 2021 |

    Most Germans willing to pay more to fight climate change 鈥 survey

    01 Feb 2021, 13:50 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Most Germans are willing to pay higher prices and taxes to fight climate change, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) reports citing the ...
  • 19 Jun 2019 |

    RWE and innogy eye 100 MW power-to-hydrogen plant in Netherlands

    19 Jun 2019, 12:00 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy companies RWE and innogy are jointly looking into large-scale production of green hydrogen and ...
  • 27 Oct 2016 |

    VW brand profit plunges in third quarter

    Third-quarter operating profit at the VW brand plunged more than half to 363 million euros, underlinding the need for savings to finance the transition to electric cars, according to a Reuters report. The figure is well below analysts鈥 forecasts. 聽鈥淭he ...
  • 02 Mar 2017 |

    Court tells Munich to prepare concept for diesel car bans

    A week after Daimler and Porsche hometown Stuttgart said it would impose a diesel ban to improve local air quality, a court has told BMW hometown Munich to also prepare a concept for such a measure. The city and the state of Bavaria, of which it is the ...
  • 27 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淪axony and Thuringia anxious for solar industry鈥

    East German federal states Saxony and Thuringia have turned to the country鈥檚 federal government as well as the European Union to garner support for their聽 ailing solar power industry, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten reports. Both states鈥 economy ministers ...
  • 16 Jun 2020

    Swap German Building 麻豆无码版 Act for tougher efficiency measures, says environment group

    16 Jun 2020, 15:06 麻豆无码版 The German government鈥檚 proposed Building 麻豆无码版 Act is lightweight and should be scrapped in favour of laws that enshrine climate neutrality in all new construction and renovation projects,聽an environmental group has ...
  • Climate change intensifies droughts in Europe

    Due to climate change, droughts in Europe will last longer, affect greater areas, and have an impact on more people, according to an article published in Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for ...
  • 29 Jan 2021 |

    Most Germans want more climate action from their municipalities- survey

    29 Jan 2021, 13:16 Expert Difu- German Institute of Urban Affairs Deutsches Institut f眉r Urbanistik Cities Society Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 German citizens would like to see their municipalities act more on climate ...
  • 23 Sep 2022 |

    2030 coal exit unachievable, German state premier says ahead of vote dominated by energy crisis

    23 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics WirtschaftsWoche The energy crisis forces Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, Stephan Weil, state premier of ...
  • 23 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淐ity of Essen considers withdrawing from RWE鈥

    Municipal shareholders of German utility RWE are under pressure after the energy company announced it wouldn鈥檛 pay a dividend for a second consecutive year, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. The city of Essen, seat of RWE鈥檚 company headquarters and ...
  • 23 Nov 2017 |

    Giant battery 鈥渢he Energiewende鈥檚 magic potion鈥?

    The small municipality of Jemgum on Germany鈥檚 North Sea coast could soon become home to a giant battery, which some hail as 鈥渢he Energiewende鈥檚 magic potion鈥, Burkhard Fraune writes in the WirtschaftsWoche. The redox flow battery, which stores electrical ...
  • 27 Jan 2021 |

    German transport ministry drives development of large-scale synthetic fuel plant

    27 Jan 2021, 13:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Mobility 麻豆无码版 The German transport ministry (BMVI) has commissioned the German Aerospace ...
  • 27 Jan 2021 |

    German government lowers economic forecast for 2021, emphasises green recovery

    27 Jan 2021, 13:29 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The ...
  • 07 Sep 2020 |

    France plans hydrogen alliance with Germany

    07 Sep 2020, 14:21 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen EU dpa / finanzen.net The French government is planning to cooperate with Germany in the development of hydrogen technologies,聽 reports 聽newsagency dpa in article carried by finanzen.net. French economy minister ...
  • 14 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淲inter weather obstructs wind turbines鈥

    Fog and low wind 聽impacted Germany's renewable energy supply in January, meaning conventional power plants had to ramp up production,聽Andreas Mihm writes in Frankfurter Zeitung. 鈥淢any wind and PV plants could not produce any power,鈥 Mihm explains. ...
  • 16 Feb 2015

    In the media: UK exits coal; auction plans unsettle wind power industry

    16 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕oodbye coal鈥 鈥淣ow the British also have their Energiewende,鈥 Bj枚rn Finke comments on British plans to exit coal announced over the weekend. He argues London鈥檚 energy ...
  • 24 Nov 2021 |

    German NGOs want more national climate action to complement EU agriculture funding

    24 Nov 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 麻豆无码版 The European parliament has passed the rules for funding European farmers but German NGOs and farmers associations insist that the new German government has to make changes to its ...
  • 鈥淔irst meeting of German-Belgian nuclear commission鈥

    German representatives used the first meeting by the German-Belgian nuclear commission 鈥渢o convey the worries of the German population [about Belgian nuclear power stations Tihange 2 and Doel 3] and remind them of the request by environment minister ...
  • 09 Apr 2018 |

    New solar auction kicks off with reduced volume

    On 6 April, Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) launched the next round of tenders for solar photovoltaic systems with a minimum 750 kilowatts of power, Sandra Enkhardt reports in PV Magazine. Bids can be submitted until 1 June. Since ground-mounted ...
  • 02 May 2018 |

    Germany again meets around 100 percent of power demand with renewables

    Germany's renewable power production briefly exceeded the entire country's electricity demand on 1 May, data provided by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) suggests. Renewable power output on the windy and sunny public holiday reached 53,987 ...
  • 08 Jun 2017 |

    Uniper meets all 2016 financial targets

    German energy group Uniper, formed last year from the fossil fuel assets of E.ON, achieved all its financial targets in 2016, CEO Klaus Sch盲fer said at the company鈥檚 first annual shareholders meeting in Essen on Thursday. Uniper posted an adjusted pre-tax ...
  • 25 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淭he Energiewende arrives at the financial markets鈥

    With cities, municipalities, foundations and companies divesting from fossil fuels and more 鈥済reen investment鈥 possibilities, the financial sector is rethinking its approach to environmental protection and sustainability on the one hand, and to financial ...
  • 03 Jun 2019 |

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

    03 Jun 2019, 14:04 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars 麻豆无码版 Electric cars are unlikely to reduce Germany鈥檚 carbon footprint by any ...
  • 13 Apr 2022 |

    Germany reports higher emission intensity for first time since 2013

    13 Apr 2022, 13:55 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Greenhouse gas emission intensity, i.e. carbon emissions in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), last year increased in Germany for the first time since 2013, the Expert Council ...
  • 05 Feb 2015

    In the media: Vattenfall eyes more offshore wind

    05 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Vattenfall / Reuters Vattenfall Annual report: Focus on renewables in Germany Swedish utility Vattenfall, who operates power stations, mines and other energy businesses across Europe, highlights in ...
  • Opposition FDP politician calls for delaying CO2 price due to coronavirus

    19 Mar 2020, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics dpa The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country's CO2聽price for heating and transport, which is scheduled to enter into force ...
  • Debate on scrapping renewables levy gathers pace in Merkel's conservative party

    17 Feb 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Policy Handelsblatt / pv magazine Plans to scrap Germany's renewables levy are maturing within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with a new ...
  • A climate policy that spares everyone does not deserve the name 鈥 opinion

    29 May 2019, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The Energiewende (energy transition) is the linchpin of German climate policy, but the governing parties do little to deal with opposition, explain the ...
  • 04 Sep 2020 |

    Vattenfall wants to shut down its largest coal power station in Germany

    04 Sep 2020, 16:24 Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable. After participating in the first hard coal phase-out tender, CEO Magnus Hall said that if his ...
  • 21 Jun 2018 |

    European carmakers invest seven times more in EV production in China than at home

    European carmakers announced last year they would invest 21.7 billion euros in China to manufacture electric vehicles (EV), compared to only 3.2 billion euros in Europe, according to clean mobility lobby group Transport&Environment (T&E). 鈥淐hina ...
  • 17 Nov 2021 |

    German housholds set to see more gas and electricity price hikes through winter

    17 Nov 2021, 12:55 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Gas and electricity prices are soaring in Germany and many energy suppliers have already notified households of further rate hikes in the coming months, according to ...
  • 23 Mar 2018 |

    E.ON CEO Teyssen says German utilities have fallen far behind their international competitors

    German utilities 鈥渉ave fallen far behind their competitors in Europe and the US,鈥 according to Johannes Teyssen, CEO of German utility E.ON. The companies鈥 meagre performance over the last decade has meant investments in research and development are lower ...
  • 11 Dec 2019 |

    Startup Lumenion presents pilot for power storage with steel plates

    11 Dec 2019, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Storage Start-ups 麻豆无码版 Berlin-based energy startup Lumenion has presented the pilot of its 2.4-megawatt-hour (MWh) steel storage system in a housing project in Germany鈥檚 capital. The technology would allow ...
  • German economy minister calls for 'historic' consensus on climate neutrality

    11 Sep 2020, 14:36 One year before Germany's next general election, economy minister Peter Altmaier calls for a "historic consensus" between all democratic parties, businesses and civil society to ensure that climate action and the ...
  • German solar industry examines Nigeria's vast solar power potential

    Nigeria, Africa鈥檚 most populous country and largest economy, can cover a big share of its growing energy demand with solar power, the German industry lobby group BSW Solar says in a press release. In an in-depth analysis of Nigeria鈥檚 solar power potential ...
  • 31 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淓-car produces its own power鈥

    The Munich-based start-up Sono Motors has invented a small e-car that produces its own power through solar cells spread all over the vehicle, writes Wolfgang Kempkens in WirtschaftsWoche. Peak capacity is at about 1 kilowatt, which is supposed to last for ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    Germany eager to partner with West African countries on green hydrogen

    21 May 2021, 13:16 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 The German government is taking firs steps to partner with West African nations in the development of a ...
  • Germany should rethink strategy on domestic fossil resources and nuclear energy 鈥 fin min

    27 Jul 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / RTL Germany should rethink its approach towards domestic fossil fuels and nuclear energy as prices rise and the country is facing potential shortages, fuelled by the ...
  • 08 May 2017 |

    "Speculation over a 鈥榙eclining Schulz effect'"

    The Christian Democrats鈥 (CDU) win in the Schleswig-Holstein state election is "a black eye" for Social Democrats (SPD) and their federal frontrunner Martin Schulz ahead of September federal elections, writes Politico.eu. Results in the last ...
  • 06 Dec 2019 |

    Merkel announces meeting with states to get renewables expansion back on track

    06 Dec 2019, 15:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The German government will meet with state representatives in January to discuss how to expand renewable energy installations at a pace that will raise the share of renewables in ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    Industry heavyweight Viessmann pushes for controversial hydrogen use in heating

    06 Oct 2020, 13:16 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Hydrogen Heating Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Clean ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    German military needs to adapt to momentous climate change challenges 鈥 defence minister

    06 Oct 2020, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 麻豆无码版 German defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said the country's military needs to better adapt to the challenges posed by climate change and improve its equipment ...
  • 18 Aug 2017 |

    Public transport could be 鈥渆missions problem solver #1鈥 in cities

    The increase in public transport passengers in Germany shows the potential for further growth of the system, which in turn could make it 鈥減roblem solver #1鈥 in reducing transport sector emissions in cities and metropolitan areas, said J眉rgen Fenske, ...
  • Germany will reach its 2030 climate targets if it gets to work now, and will use coal for many years 鈥 economy minister

    Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier said that the country will reach its 2030 climate targets if it starts to work towards them without delay. Addressing a joint press conference with North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 (NRW) state premier Armin ...
  • 04 May 2021 |

    Germany to spend additional 5 bln euros on decarbonising steel industry

    04 May 2021, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 04 Jan 2021 |

    2020 second hottest year on record in Germany 鈥 weather service

    04 Jan 2021, 12:51 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 With an annual mean temperature of 10.4 degrees Celsius, 2020 is the second ...
  • Cabinet decides additional renewables auctions as part of energy law reform

    The German government cabinet has decided a collection of energy law amendments, which include the introduction of additional renewables auctions in 2019-2021, the economy ministry (BMWi) said in a press release. The press release 鈥 while not giving many ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Northern and southern German state each take lead in national renewables ranking

    27 Nov 2019, 14:08 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Renewable Energies Agency ...
  • No dominant actor on German electricity market but RWE merits close look 鈥 antitrust authorities

    27 Nov 2019, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 No single energy company can currently claim any dominance over Germany's electricity market, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and the federal antitrust ...
  • 25 May 2018 |

    Potential buyers line up to acquire stake in insolvent German solar power company Solarworld

    German solar panel producer Solarworld is attracting the interest of many potential investors after filing for insolvency in March, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. More than a dozen potential buyers have expressed interest, and insolvency ...
  • 08 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淧orsche looks at accelerated end for diesel鈥

    German sports car manufacturer Porsche is looking at the possibility to phase out the diesel version for its SUV Cayenne with the upcoming new model, writes Susanne Preu脽 for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淚n regards to diesel, we are examining ...
  • 鈥淭he Kaiser has no clothes鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the 鈥渄e facto leader of the global green caucus鈥 after US President Donald Trump decided to pull out of the Paris Agreement, writes Jamie Horgan in a blog article for The American Interest. But with the nuclear phase-out ...
  • 15 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淔ederal State Index Mobility and Environment 2016/17鈥

    Thuringia, the state of Berlin, and Rhineland-Palatinate are the German pioneers regarding sustainable mobility, according to the Federal State Index Mobility and Environment 2016/17 by Allianz pro Schiene, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) and the ...
  • 30 Sep 2020 |

    Shell turns German operations into test case for global sustainability transformation

    30 Sep 2020, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Shell plans to make Germany a test case in its global ambition to become a net-zero emission company. The British-Dutch oil major, one of the world's largest companies by revenues ...
  • 08 Mar 2016

    RWE posts net loss / Nuclear in focus ahead of Fukushima anniversary

    08 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE/Bloomberg RWE posts second net loss in two years Germany鈥檚 biggest power producer RWE posted its second net loss in three years, reports Tino Andresen for Bloomberg. The group鈥檚 net loss ...
  • Power consumption stays stable

    Germany鈥檚 power consumption decreased by 0.2 percent in the first six months of 2016 compared to the same period last year, the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW) reports. The association said that during a time of 鈥渦nchanged robust ...
  • 12 Nov 2014

    In the media: Reactions to energy minister's coal comments

    12 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 聽 Reactions to energy minister's warning against quick exit from coal power Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淭oo much coal鈥 Everything points to a show-down between energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and environment ...
  • 17 May 2018 |

    Green Party submits draft law for special wind power auctions in Germany

    The German Green Party has requested special wind power auctions to ensure enough new renewable power capacity. In a draft law to amend the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the Greens propose auctioning off an additional 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind ...
  • 25 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淧R world champion鈥

    There is growing opposition within the federal government to the Energiewende and bold climate targets, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in tageszeitung (taz). Last week, the聽EU Commission聽 called for greater commitment from German ministries to cutting ...
  • Trade union boss says coal exit is a symbolic 鈥渓egend鈥

    In an interview with German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk, Michael Vassiliadis, head of IG BCE, the German trade union for mining, chemicals and energy industries, says the Green Party鈥檚 insistence on a coal exit in the ongoing coalition talks is ...
  • 14 Mar 2018 |

    Coalition watch 鈥 The making of a new German government

    14 Mar 2018, 00:00 The 2017 September election results have led to unprecedented difficulties in forming a new government in Germany. After the longest government building process in modern Germany, Angela Merkel was re-elected as chancellor of a renewed ...
  • 06 May 2020 |

    Renewables can contribute more to future German power supply security 鈥 study

    06 May 2020, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany's electricity supply can remain secure until 2050 as renewable energy installations and decentralised units such as storages will be able to contribute ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

    Germany could miss industry sector climate target in 2021 鈥 researchers

    05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from Germany鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
  • German Greens want higher CO2 price and ramp-up of hydrogen production

    26 Apr 2021, 13:29 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity market Hydrogen Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Green Party wants to restructure the electricity market to ...
  • 12 Feb 2018 |

    German car manufacturers only 鈥渁dminister past ideas鈥 - opinion

    German car manufacturers are 鈥渨orld champions in restoring the past鈥, but are not able to come up with new basic ideas for a radically changing world, writes Sebastian Matthes in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. German engineers optimised the combustion ...
  • 19 Jul 2016 |

    "Germany sets new solar storage record"

    With the most photovoltaic capacity in Europe, Germany has started to store excess solar energy to enhance local usage. In doing so, the country is piloting a renewable energy strategy that will benefit the rest of the world, Jeffrey Michel writes in ...
  • 16 Apr 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 company RWE's share price up amid coal exit debate and climate protests

    16 Apr 2019, 14:27 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Utilities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German coal plant and lignite mine operator RWE has seen its share price increase by almost 40 percent since ...
  • 14 Jul 2016 |

    Video - 鈥淎t what stage are German makers of pv home storage devices?鈥

    Many producers showcased their storage devices at the Intersolar Europe trade fair in Munich. Jonathan Gifford, pv magazine global editor, and G枚tz Fischbeck, CEO of company Smart Solar Consulting, visited the exhibits and conducted a series of interviews ...
  • 13 Nov 2019 |

    Ban Ki-moon calls on Germany to back EIB ban on loans for fossil fuel projects

    13 Nov 2019, 12:01 Freja Eriksen Gas Finance Der Tagesspiegel / Euractiv Former secretary-general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has called on the German government to back the聽 proposal to ban 聽all fossil fuels projects, including natural gas, from ...
  • 13 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Coal exit must start now"

    13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 鈥淭enants receive solar power from their own roof鈥

    One of the last minute changes to the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) reform could boost local use of solar power, with profound consequences for the German energy market, reports Manuel Berkel in bizz energy. Power that tenants use from a PV array installed ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

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

    12 Jan 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes ...
  • New government in NRW wants to outperform predecessors鈥 climate goals

    The new government of conservative CDU and business-oriented FDP in Germany鈥檚 most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) seems intent on ramping up climate protection goals and quickly remedying air pollution in inner cities associated with car ...
  • 06 Jul 2016 |

    Number of new energy cooperatives decreases

    The number of new renewable energy cooperatives has decreased by another 25 percent in 2015, compared to 2014 figures, cooperatives association DGRV found in a survey. Last year saw the establishment of 40 new cooperatives. But the boom years are over, ...
  • 10 Apr 2019 |

    Coal plant operator Steag reports 20 percent revenue drop, criticises exit plan

    10 Apr 2019, 13:30 Kerstine Appunn Coal Utilities Rheinische Post / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Utility company Steag, which operates 5.5 gigawatt of hard coal power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland and abroad, and is owned by several western German ...
  • 18 Sep 2020 |

    Number of support-free solar parks rises in Germany

    18 Sep 2020, 13:20 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Solar dpa Solar parks built without relying on financial support are becoming increasingly common in Germany, reports Claus Haffert for newswire dpa. Consultancy 麻豆无码版 Brainpool estimates ...
  • 30 Jun 2016 |

    鈥淭ariffs for photovoltaic installations will not be lowered鈥

    The feed-in tariffs for new photovoltaic (PV) installations will not be lowered between 1 July and 30 September 2016 for the fourth time in a row. This is because newly installed capacity of 1,366 megawatts (MW) over the past 12 months was more than 1,000 ...
  • 28 Feb 2019 |

    Grid operator 50Hertz set new renewables record in 2018

    28 Feb 2019, 14:12 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 More than 55 percent of power consumed last year in the area of north-eastern Germany covered by grid ...
  • Germany to pull forward target date for climate neutrality to 2045

    05 May 2021, 14:59 The German government has agreed to aim for climate neutrality as early as 2045, pulling forward its previous target by five years as part of more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases. In a reform to be presented next week, the ...
  • 04 May 2020 |

    Second energy transition sandbox to transform heat supply in lignite mining areas

    04 May 2020, 13:37 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Heating 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 21 Oct 2021 |

    Industry calls on next govt to start 鈥済reatest transformation in Germany's history鈥

    21 Oct 2021, 13:32 Germany鈥檚 next government must act quickly, trigger large-scale investments and set the right framework to ensure the country transforms its economy to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said industry association BDI and Boston ...
  • 10 Jan 2022 |

    German economy minister aims to speed up climate action with emergency measures 鈥 media

    10 Jan 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government dpa / t-online With a set of immediate measures, Germany鈥檚 new economy and climate minister Robert Habeck wants to kickstart the government鈥檚 ambitious plans for fast emissions reduction and ...
  • 10 Jan 2022 |

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

    10 Jan 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government dpa / n-tv Germany's Court of Auditors has criticised the supplementary budget presented by finance minister Christian Lindner, which rededicates billions of euros reserved for ...
  • 27 Apr 2021 |

    German network operators update 2035 grid plan, account for higher renewables share

    27 Apr 2021, 13:48 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
  • New mass protests at Hambach Forest as clearing of activist camp nears end

    About 10,000 people gathered at the Hambach Forest over the past weekend to again protest against the forest鈥檚 clearing to make way for a nearby coal mine, the Rheinische Post reports. At a protest event on Sunday, environment expert Peter Wohlleben told ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    EU Fit for 55 climate and energy package must be implemented quickly 鈥 German state sec

    26 Jul 2021, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU Tagesspiegel The European Union has set itself 鈥渁 damn ambitious鈥 greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 and must therefore quickly negotiate and implement the relevant legislation, said German ...
  • 10 Sep 2020 |

    Future of German offshore wind auction design contested in parliamentary hearing

    10 Sep 2020, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 market experts have debated the future design of offshore wind power auctions in Germany in a聽 parliamentary hearing. Many have railed 聽against the government's idea ...
  • China moves to e-car pole position

    China has moved into pole position in management consultancy Roland Berger鈥檚 international e-mobility ranking for the first time. Whereas Chinese e-car sales doubled last year, the German market remains sluggish, potentially causing German carmakers to ...
  • 16 May 2022 |

    Conservatives win vote in Germany鈥檚 industrial heartland, 鈥渒ingmaker鈥 Green Party with big gains

    16 May 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Rheinische Post / ARD / 麻豆无码版 The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have won the elections in Germany鈥檚 most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia by a wide margin, meaning ...
  • German government postpones decision on diesel retrofits after meeting with carmakers

    The German government has postponed a decision on the hardware retrofitting of manipulated diesel cars, saying it plans to come to a conclusion by the end of the last week of September, the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung reports. 鈥淲e want to make a decision soon,鈥 ...
  • 09 Apr 2021 |

    Expansion of district heating network vital to reach climate targets 鈥 BDEW

    09 Apr 2021, 12:18 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 麻豆无码版 Climate targets in the ...
  • 20 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淭he price of the Energiewende鈥

    Rising power costs stir people鈥檚 emotions because everybody uses electricity and because they suggest a malfunction of government control, writes Til Huber in a commentary for merkur.de. But costs are largely driven by the past solar boom, and recent ...
  • 27 Mar 2019 |

    Germany edges closer to 2020 renewables target

    27 Mar 2019, 12:24 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Federal Environment Agency (UBA) The share of renewables in Germany鈥檚 final energy consumption ...
  • Booming German wind power sector fears 2019 cliff

    11 Sep 2017, 00:00 Wind power lobby groups say new funding rules are resulting in unrealistically low compensation, squeezing wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers, while measures to help citizen-owned projects compete in the sector are being ...
  • 09 Apr 2021 |

    Berlin continues to lead German cities with most e-car charging stations

    09 Apr 2021, 12:20 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 Cars 麻豆无码版 Berlin has expanded its ...
  • 19 Sep 2018 |

    Germany launches task force to kickstart shift to sustainable mobility

    The German government has launched a new advisory panel in order to reduce emissions in the transport sector. The cabinet agreed聽on Wednesday聽on the 鈥淣ational Platform Future of Mobility鈥 that will replace the National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE) ...
  • 13 Feb 2017 |

    Engineering companies believe Energiewende good for business

    A majority of engineering companies believe the Energiewende is good for their own business and good for Germany as a business location, according to a poll by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). Approval rates rose considerably last year, with 63 ...
  • 11 Nov 2016 |

    Germany finally sets specific CO鈧 targets in climate roadmap

    11 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of heated debate, the German government has finally struck an agreement on its contentious Climate Action Plan 2050, due to be signed off by the cabinet over the weekend. It includes emission reduction targets for transport ...
  • 05 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淕erman carmakers unsettled by Chinas e-car revolution from above鈥

    China is placing a radical bet on e-mobility by tabling a proposal to drastically increase e-car sales and ensuring a high share of those vehicles will be made by Chinese auto manufacturers, report Markus Fasse, Stefan Menzel and Stephan Scheuer in ...
  • 19 Mar 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 coal phase-out goal 鈥渟eems completely unrealistic鈥 鈥 JP Morgan

    19 Mar 2019, 14:11 Kerstine Appunn Coal Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The growth in Germany鈥檚 renewable electricity output triggered by the country鈥檚 energy transition policy is 鈥渜uite an achievement,鈥 the JP Morgan 麻豆无码版 Outlook 2019 authored by ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 Preview: Cash-strapped German government faces uphill climate action battle in 2024

    22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    Next oversubscribed auction and energy independence push spur German wind industry

    11 Mar 2022, 13:50 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The second oversubscribed onshore wind ...
  • E-car boom spells trouble for secure lithium supply 鈥 German-Canadian supplier

    15 Jul 2021, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt The rapid increase in e-car purchases in Germany and other countries could thwart existing calculations for the industry supply of lithium, a key raw material for the ...
  • No time to lose for next government to get Germany on path to climate neutrality 鈥 report

    11 Oct 2021, 14:02 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The next German government must get a great deal of ambitious policy underway very quickly to put Germany on a path towards climate neutrality by 2045 right ...
  • 09 May 2022 |

    German transport minister plans massive increase of e-car subsidies 鈥 media report

    09 May 2022, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 transport ministry plans to almost double e-car subsidies to achieve climate targets, but experts and NGOs criticise the plans as hugely expensive and ineffective, ...
  • 07 Mar 2019 |

    EU should focus on transport emissions, battery production to reach climate targets- think tank

    07 Mar 2019, 13:45 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 The EU can meet its 2030 climate targets and even ratchet up its commitments in time for the 2020 UN climate summit, writes energy transition think tank Agora Energiewende* in a ...
  • 13 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淕reen power in trouble鈥

    Grid operators have to intervene ever more often to stabilise the grid due to the rapid expansion of wind power, writes Franz Hubik in business daily Handelsblatt. The blackout prevention cost 1 billion euros in 2015 and the grid agency warns that annual ...
  • Ministers call for global hydrogen cooperation as climate activist says leaders have 鈥渇ailed鈥

    16 Mar 2021, 17:30 Germany鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
  • 08 Jun 2018 |

    Synthetic fuels could replace oil by 2050 - study

    Synthetic fuels will be competitive with conventional liquid fuels by 2050 and replace oil as the primary ingredient for transport and heating fuels by mid-century, a new study by consultancy Prognos, research institute Fraunhofer UMSICHT and the German ...
  • 08 Oct 2021 |

    Germany needs 20-30 GW of new gas plants to ensure supply security 鈥 RWE CEO

    08 Oct 2021, 12:00 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 BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • 01 Sep 2022 |

    Growing energy cooperation between EU and UK defies worst of Brexit fallout

    01 Sep 2022, 13:42 麻豆无码版 policy links between the UK and the European Union have remained strong since the UK officially left the bloc in January 2020, in contrast to complications in many other policy areas. A new renewable power interconnector project ...
  • 17 Mar 2020 |

    Germany's weather service starts ten-year forecast to improve climate adaptation

    17 Mar 2020, 14:32 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 A new decade-long weather forecast made by Germany's ...
  • 鈥淐DU economic council demands lower climate target鈥

    The economic council of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) wants Germany to turn away from its current targets 聽to lower the country鈥檚 primary energy consumption, writes Martin Kessler in RP Online. These targets- a聽 20 percent reduction by 2020 and 50 ...
  • 鈥淚nsincere German climate policy鈥

    German coal states have been insincere by voting for the Paris Climate Agreement last year in the Bundesrat 鈥 the council of state governments 鈥 and now toning down their climate protection efforts, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an opinion piece in ...
  • Penalty payments for unimplemented wind power projects could safeguard expansion

    Successful bidders in Germany鈥檚 auction system for onshore wind power projects should be subject to penalty payments if they fail to implement their accepted projects in time, Hilke Wilts and Ruth Delzeit write in a policy brief by the Kiel Institute for ...
  • 04 Jan 2017 |

    SUVs record largest gains in new car registrations

    The popularity of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) continues to grow in Germany. New SUV registrations rose by a quarter last year, outpacing all other vehicle classes, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). But new cars鈥 average CO 2 ...
  • 01 Apr 2020 |

    Germany marks first ever quarter with more than 50 pct renewable electricity

    01 Apr 2020, 15:11 Germany produced more than half of its electricity with renewable power in the first three months of 2020, the first full quarter in which renewables covered the majority of the country鈥檚 electricity needs. The numbers were driven by ...
  • EU emitters ramp up buying in 2017 German CO2 auctions - report

    The buying appetite of installation operators participating in Germany鈥檚 EUA (EU allowances) auctions last year increased, even though their share of the total successful bidders remained steady compared to 2016, reports Mike Szabo for the Carbon Pulse, ...
  • 23 Mar 2021 |

    Deutsche Post to invest 7 billion euros in climate-neutral logistics by 2030

    23 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert DHL Express Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Freight 麻豆无码版 German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is investing seven billion euros in climate-neutral logistics until 2030, the company ...
  • Germany鈥檚 wind turbines run out of steam in summer heat wave

    Germany's unusually hot summer has dealt a blow to the country鈥檚 wind power output, with the yield in July 2018 being 20 percent lower than in the same month last year, J眉rgen Flauger and Kathrin Witsch write in Handelsblatt. While solar power plants ...
  • 23 May 2018 |

    China tries to buy stake in German grid operator 50Hertz 鈥 again

    Chinese grid operator SGCC is again trying to obtain a 20 percent share in German transmission network operator 50Hertz, Klaus Stratmann reports for the business daily Handelsblatt. In March 2018, SGCC failed to buy a 20 percent stake in 50Hertz, when ...
  • South German power supply secure despite coal exit, imports set to rise- study

    15 Feb 2019, 12:12 Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the 麻豆无码版 Sector, State of Baden-W眉rttemberg Ministerium f眉r Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft, Baden-W眉rttemberg Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
  • 11 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淕reat Britain slows down green RWE subsidiary鈥

    A decline in earnings in the Retail UK segment weighs heavily on German renewable energy company and RWE carve-out innogy, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. This was due to 鈥渇ierce competition and tough regulation鈥, writes Flauger. For the first half ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    Share of trucks in German road freight transport hits record high

    21 Dec 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transport Freight 麻豆无码版 Despite increasingly ambitious climate targets, truck traffic in Germany reached a record level last year, according to pro-rail group Allianz pro Schiene. The market ...
  • 04 Aug 2020 |

    Applications for German government's e-car buyer's premium soar to record level

    04 Aug 2020, 14:38 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r ...
  • 11 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕overnment reaches agreement on Climate Action Plan 2050鈥

    Chancellor Angela Merkel, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel and environment minister Barbara Hendricks have agreed on the Climate Action Plan 2050, which they had heavily debated in the run-up to the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, writes news agency ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Thousands of German students to join global strike for climate action

    14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Students in Germany and around the world are expected to walk out of school Friday for what is being billed as a 鈥済lobal strike鈥 to demand action on climate change. Organisers hope it will be the largest demonstration yet in the series ...
  • On her way out, Merkel could set stage for Germany as even more progressive climate partner

    11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over Germany鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
  • 06 Jul 2015

    In the media: RWE CEO to shift gears on restructuring

    06 Jul 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt Global Edition 鈥淧ower provider鈥檚 new playbook鈥 German utility RWE is planning a major reorganisation聽 in response to the rising tide of renewable energies in the German power market, much like 聽rival ...
  • 02 Jan 2019 |

    Water supply infrastructure must be better prepared for climate change effects 鈥 industry

    02 Jan 2019, 13:17 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 ...
  • 10 Apr 2017 |

    How carmakers try to save the combustion engine

    The German car industry has not given up yet on its highly profitable combustion engine, reports Sebastian Schaal for business magazine WirtschaftsWoche. 鈥淓lectric propulsion remains Plan B, because Plan A is simply working too well,鈥 he wrote. At an ...
  • 10 Mar 2020 |

    German grid operator 50Hertz reports renewables record, plans billions in new investments

    10 Mar 2020, 13:17 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Rachel Waldholz Grid Renewables reNews / Handelsblatt The German grid operator 50Hertz reported delivering a record 60 terawatt hours of renewable electricity ...
  • 09 Dec 2016 |

    Trend of falling prices continues in sixth solar PV auction round

    Prices of winning bids for solar photovoltaic installations have gone down again in the latest round of tenders in Germany, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said in a press release. 27 bids for a total of 163 megawatts of auctioned capacity were ...
  • Raise of maximum support rate for onshore wind power auctions 鈥渁 necessary correction鈥

    The decision by Germany鈥檚 Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA) to increase the maximum support rate for onshore wind power installations in renewables auctions to 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour was 鈥渁 first step to correct undesired developments鈥 in the tender ...
  • Merkel prepares departure in shock move at key time for climate policy

    29 Oct 2018, 16:39 The elections in the German state of Hesse have set in motion a major shift in the country's political landscape. Germany's national government coalition parties took the second pounding at regional elections in a row, ...
  • 18 Mar 2020 |

    German demand for green electricity higher than at any time since Fukushima 鈥 Verivox

    18 Mar 2020, 15:03 Rachel Waldholz Cost & Prices Society Focus Online German households are choosing green energy sources at the highest rate in years, Focus Online reports, citing figures from the rate comparison site Verivox. So far this year, 65 ...
  • 22 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淧ower consumption in Bavaria on the rise鈥

    Electricity consumption in Bavaria has increased by 30 percent over the last 10 years, the Bayerische Staatszeitung reports, referring to data from the Bavarian statistical bureau and Verband der Bayerischen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft VBEW. Many ...
  • 30 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淒aimler accelerates electric car programme鈥

    Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler is accelerating its electric car programme, after it failed to cut fleet emissions in Europe for the first time since 2007 last year, Ilona Wissenbach and Edward Taylor report for Reuters. 鈥淚n the coming years, the company will ...
  • 29 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淭he Sun King and the darkness鈥

    Solarworld still is Germany鈥檚 largest producer of PV and other solar installations, but its outlook is becoming more and more grim, Hannes Koch writes in Hamburger Abendblatt. Last week, the company announced a loss 鈥渆qualling half of our capital stock.鈥 ...
  • 18 Dec 2018 |

    Foundation says it can cover hard coal鈥檚 鈥渆ternity costs鈥 after phase-out

    18 Dec 2018, 13:57 Expert RAG German Coal RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG Coal Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels Deutsche Welle After the closure of Germany鈥檚 last hard coal mine on 21 December, the legacy ...
  • 14 Jun 2023 |

    New climate action package fails to get Germany on course for 2030 targets

    14 Jun 2023, 19:55 The German economy and climate ministry has presented a long-awaited climate action package, but the comprehensive policy proposals will remain insufficient for putting Europe鈥檚 largest economy on track for meeting its 2030 emission ...
  • 21 Dec 2018 |

    Greens leave big mark on coalition treaty with CDU in Hesse

    21 Dec 2018, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The new coalition treaty for the incoming government between the conservative CDU and the Green Party in the German state Hesse bears the ...
  • 04 Nov 2020 |

    Fully electric cars' share of new registrations reaches record 8.4 percent in Germany

    04 Nov 2020, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 Pure electric cars' share of new car registrations in Germany reached 8.4 percent in October as a record number of car buyers opted for alternative propulsion systems.聽The number of new purely ...
  • 29 Jan 2018 |

    Environmental NGOs call on EU Commission to maintain pressure on German government on clean air

    German environmental organisations call on the European Commission to continue the official infringement procedure against Germany regarding high nitrogen dioxide (NOx) levels resulting from road traffic. In a letter ahead of a meeting with affected ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    Germany doubles spending on building renovations to 11.5 bln euros in emissions cuts bid

    23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
  • 23 Jun 2021 |

    Government overturns agreement to relieve tenants of CO2 price burden

    23 Jun 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Heating dpa / Handelsblatt An agreement by the government coalition to split the extra costs from Germany鈥檚 new carbon price on heating fuels 50:50 between landlords and tenants has failed at the last ...
  • 22 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淭ighter regulation for smart meters ahead?鈥

    The German authority responsible for ensuring the correct functioning of smart electricity meters examines whether tighter regulations for producers are necessary, Hanna Decker writes on Frankfurter Allgemeine online. Following a Dutch study, according to ...
  • German industry keenly interested in green PPAs 鈥 dena study

    03 Sep 2019, 13:34 Expert Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & ...
  • Coal and conservatism: How Polish activists push for more climate action

    01 Sep 2021, 12:12 In Poland, the debate about climate change has only recently gained mainstream attention. Two main stumbling blocks 鈥 the economy鈥檚 strong dependency on coal and the conservative political climate 鈥 have caused years-long political ...
  • 16 Jun 2021 |

    Germany鈥檚 oil and natural gas production continues decline 鈥 report

    16 Jun 2021, 12:18 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels Gas 麻豆无码版 Oil and natural gas production in Germany continues to decline sharply, shows an annual report for 2020 published by the Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, 麻豆无码版 and Geology (LBEG). It ...
  • 10 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕abriel dumps climate plan鈥

    Social Democratic economy minister Sigmar Gabriel has lost his credibility regarding climate and environment policy with his last-minute decision to block an agreement on Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 out of consideration for unions and industry, ...
  • 29 Aug 2019 |

    Five new 3 MW wind turbines needed every day to reach 2030 renewables target 鈥 DIHK

    29 Aug 2019, 12:55 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) has ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 minister proposes 2030 review of Germany鈥檚 coal exit strategy

    21 Jan 2019, 13:30 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace ...
  • 19 Aug 2020 |

    Climate change remains big public concern despite pandemic- survey

    19 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society 麻豆无码版 Climate change is still perceived as the top problem facing humanity, a survey 聽carried out in seven European ...
  • 10 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淔ederal government bows to nuclear companies鈥

    The federal government and Germany鈥檚 four nuclear power station operators have agreed on contract details for last year鈥檚 agreement on financing the nuclear clean-up, report Helmut B眉nder and Manfred Sch盲fers for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The ...
  • 27 Aug 2019 |

    Road traffic puts immense financial burden on German society 鈥 pro-rail NGO

    27 Aug 2019, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 麻豆无码版 The bulk of external costs caused by transport in Germany is due to road traffic, which accounts for 95 percent of total costs, NGO Allianz pro Schiene (Pro Rail Alliance) said. The NGO ...
  • Financial and political risks of coal exit remain high 鈥 commentaries

    17 Jan 2019, 14:11 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Germany鈥檚 coal exit will have economic impacts well beyond the coal industry and regions, Andreas Mihm writes in a commentary in the ...
  • 鈥淐omplete uncertainty鈥 on climate ahead of G20 summit 鈥 German official

    29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 麻豆无码版 The German government wants to build on last year鈥檚 G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
  • 14 Feb 2022 |

    German transport ministry opposes raising ambition in EU fleet emission target proposal 鈥 media report

    14 Feb 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Spiegel Online The German transport ministry wants to prevent attempts to step up the climate ambitions of the EU's future car fleet emission targets,聽 reports 聽Der Spiegel. According to documents seen by the ...
  • 23 Nov 2020 |

    German steel, chemicals industry lament lack of support for net-zero transition

    23 Nov 2020, 13:41 Expert German Steel Federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt The German government wants to help the steel and chemical industry become ...
  • 08 Jan 2018 |

    London鈥檚 Grenfell Tower fire speaks distrust of insulation materials

    The Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 79 people in London last summer has led to scepticism of the insulation industry and made it more difficult to achieve the German energy transition goal of greater efficiency in the heating sector, Mechtild ...
  • Complete coal exit in the next 20 years

    The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) is demanding a complete coal phase-out in Germany within the next two decades. The expert panel of seven university professors has published a statement saying that the upcoming legislative period will ...
  • Saxony鈥檚 SPD backs continued lignite mining in Lusatia

    Social Democrats (SPD) in Saxony have made clear they consider lignite mining to play an important role as a 鈥渂ridging technology鈥 in Germany鈥檚 energy supply for the foreseeable future, Welt Online reports. 鈥淲e rely on a gradual approach that equally ...
  • 12 Aug 2020 |

    Large renewable power battery to start operating in Brandenburg

    12 Aug 2020, 13:52 Storage Tagesspiegel Online A large electric battery unit in the German town of Schwarze Pumpe, in the state of Brandenburg, will soon help stabilise the grid as renewable energy sources make up a larger portion of power supply, Ralf ...
  • 10 Jan 2019 |

    Resolute state intervention must initiate heating transition- study

    10 Jan 2019, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Efficiency Policy 麻豆无码版 Getting the energy transition in Germany鈥檚 heating sector off the ground will be difficult since most investments have to be made by private citizens rather ...
  • 16 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淪olar power will kill coal faster than you think鈥

    Solar power costs are falling so rapidly that the technology will replace fossil fuels like coal much faster than previously forecast, Jess Shankleman and Hayley Warren say in an article for Bloomberg. According to an outlook by Bloomberg New 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 26 Feb 2020 |

    Deutsche Bahn has no plans to bring back night trains despite growing popularity

    26 Feb 2020, 13:50 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Transport Tagesspiegel The German state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn has no plans to bring back sleeper cars despite their potential to provide a climate-friendly alternative to flying, the newspaper ...
  • 20 Oct 2020 |

    Public's interest flags in participation in Germany's nuclear waste disposal search

    20 Oct 2020, 12:36 Nuclear phase-out Tageszeitung (taz) An event aimed at boosting public participation in Germany鈥檚 search for a nuclear waste disposal site has drawn less interest than its organisers expected, Malte Kreutzfeldt writes in Die ...
  • 15 Aug 2019 |

    Market introduction strategy for green hydrogen needed 鈥 German industry association

    15 Aug 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Technology Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany needs a market introduction strategy for green fuels based on hydrogen, Carsten Rolle, climate and energy policy head at the Federation of German Industries ...
  • 14 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淓.ON denies speculation over sale of grid business鈥

    German utility E.ON has denied rumours it is considering selling parts of its grid business, the dpa news agency reports. E.ON instead aimed to 鈥渟uccessfully implement鈥 its strategy agreed on during the last annual shareholders鈥 meeting, dpa quoted an E ...
  • 14 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淭he nuclear conflict鈥

    Randomly selected citizens have been invited to participate in talks over finding a final repository for Germany鈥檚 nuclear waste, Dagmar Dehmer reports for Der Tagesspiegel. Anti-nuclear activists from the country鈥檚 controversial nuclear waste disposal ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

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

    10 Jun 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Society Die Welt German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering ...
  • 15 Nov 2018 |

    Regional economy minister warns against building a 鈥渂attery factory in middle of nowhere鈥

    The economy minister of Germany鈥檚 affluent southwestern region of Baden-Wurttemberg, Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, warns against constructing a German battery cell factory 鈥渋n the middle of nowhere鈥 as this would make 鈥渘o sense from an industry perspective.鈥 ...
  • Diesel has become serious danger for German car industry

    The search of Daimler offices last week by prosecutors reveals that the diesel engine has become the biggest and most dangerous problem for German carmakers, writes Grischa Brower-Rabinowitsch in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. The companies ...
  • 29 May 2017 |

    鈥淪olar industry expects new upswing despite Solarworld鈥檚 insolvency鈥

    The German solar industry is confident that the country鈥檚 renewables expansion targets and the growing impact of energy storage solutions will boost the sector鈥檚 progress, Welt Online reports. Carsten K枚rnig, head of the German Solar Industry Association ...
  • 07 Sep 2021 |

    Interest in e-car purchases growing significantly in Germany

    07 Sep 2021, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 Interest in electric cars is growing rapidly in Germany, according to a survey by the Technical Inspection Authority (T脺V). Nearly one in four respondents (23 percent) said they already have ...
  • 27 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淧ower autobahn to be significantly more expensive鈥

    Planned power lines to link renewable production in windy north-eastern Germany to demand in the country鈥檚 industrial south are likely to cost three times the 4 billion euros originally projected, writes Christian Sebald in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Public ...
  • 24 Jul 2019 |

    E-car leader BAIC becomes Daimler鈥檚 second major Chinese investor

    24 Jul 2019, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Die Welt Carmaker BAIC has become the second major Chinese investor in Daimler, bringing its electric mobility know-how to the German firm, Florian Gehm reports for Die Welt. BAIC sold nearly 165,000 e-cars in ...
  • Germany subsidises fossil fuel sector with 37.5 billion euros a year 鈥 media report

    03 Jul 2020, 12:35 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Investigate Europe / Tagesspiegel Background While the EU aims to tackle the climate crisis with its Green Deal, member states, including Germany, continue to subsidise fossil fuels to the tune ...
  • 19 May 2017 |

    "It would be so easy to reduce the renewables levy"

    Germany needs a reform of its renewables support system to bring down costs for power consumers but Berlin lacks 鈥渢he political will鈥 to do anything before the federal elections in September, writes Angela Hennersdorf in an opinion piece for ...
  • 23 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淓nergiewende finds supporters鈥

    An 18 percent drop in global expenditure on renewable energy last year does not mean the energy transition is losing support, Stefan Merx writes for Handelsblatt. Figures compiled by Bloomberg New 麻豆无码版 Finance merely reflected that costs for installing ...
  • 31 May 2021 |

    Industry criticises lack of progress one year after approval of Germany鈥檚 hydrogen strategy

    31 May 2021, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / Handelsblatt Industry representatives have criticised that little has happened since the German government decided its hydrogen strategy one year ago, reports Marcus ...
  • 30 Jun 2020 |

    Germany bankrolls battery producer VARTA with 300 million euros

    30 Jun 2020, 13:38 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
  • 04 Feb 2020 |

    Bavarian industry association gives mixed review on German energy transition

    04 Feb 2020, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Energiewende Germany鈥檚 power supply is secure at the moment, but continued grid expansion delays would pose a great challenge, the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) said in a press release accompanying its 8th ...
  • 13 Mar 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 power storage market reaches 5 billion euros

    13 Mar 2019, 14:19 Rachel Waldholz 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Storage Bloomberg Germany鈥檚 power storage market, including both home- and utility-scale batteries, reached a new high of more than 5 billion euros last year, Brian Parkin reports for Bloomberg. ...
  • 28 Oct 2019 |

    German parliament to compensate CO2 emissions of members' duty travel

    28 Oct 2019, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Tagesspiegel / dpa The German parliament's council of elders has decided that CO2 emissions of duty travel of MPs will have to be compensated through a "climate levy", news ...
  • Energiewende to stay top issue after elections - German chancellery chief

    The Energiewende, Germany鈥檚 energy transition, will stay at the top of the agenda for the next government after September鈥檚 federal elections, Peter Altmaier, head of the Federal Chancellery, said at utility association BDEW鈥檚 Smart Renewables event. An ...
  • 27 Aug 2021 |

    German court rules against coal-fired Datteln 4 plant

    27 Aug 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Coal 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel A German court has ruled against the country鈥檚 newest coal plant, finding that building permission for the facility was granted illegally. The ruling removes one of two legal foundations ...
  • 04 Feb 2021 |

    Nearly 40 percent of German motorists will not buy e-car 'under any circumstances'- survey

    04 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 Many Germans remain deeply sceptical about electric cars. Thirty-nine ...
  • 29 Jan 2021 |

    Ten percent green hydrogen in German gas supply would save 6.5 mio t of CO2- utilities

    29 Jan 2021, 13:14 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 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Hydrogen Clean ...
  • Income from German renewables levy set to fall significantly due to coronavirus 鈥 analysis

    24 Apr 2020, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 The coronavirus crisis is set to have a significant impact on income from the German renewables' levy as power demand falls, consultancy enplify writes in an聽 ...
  • 10 May 2016

    Does Germany turn into a 'wind industry park'? / Car contradictions

    10 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he country, a wind industry park鈥 "Rapeseed, maize, and wind monocultures" in the German countryside reveal what the solar age looks like, ...
  • 09 Dec 2020 |

    Preview 2021: 鈥楨U decision on 2030 target will set tone for next year鈥檚 climate and energy policy鈥

    09 Dec 2020, 11:43 The decision by EU leaders on raising the bloc's 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target has major implications for the Europe鈥檚 and Germany鈥檚 energy and climate policy in 2021 and beyond, says Brick Medak, head of think tank E3G' ...
  • 02 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淣ow is the moment鈥

    The German government has the 鈥渁lmost unique opportunity鈥 to make German car manufacturers 鈥渇inally take decisions鈥 to find a solution for the diesel emissions scandal, writes Peter Fahrenholz in an opinion piece in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The auto industry ...
  • Chancellor Scholz must demonstrate climate credibility at Berlin summit 鈥 NGO

    15 Jul 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under particular pressure to underline Germany's climate policy credibility when ministers from 40 countries meet at the 13th ...
  • 07 Nov 2017 |

    Uniper confident after Q3 results / Fortum launches public takeover offer

    German utility company Uniper swung back to profit, posting a net income of 782 million euros in the first nine months of 2017, after a loss of 4.2 billion euros due to "substantial impariment charges" in the same period last year, the company ...
  • Govt plans for buildings & transport too vague, fall short on boiler bans & speed limits 鈥 NGOs

    14 Jul 2022, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating 麻豆无码版 The government action programmes for bringing the high-emitting transport and buildings sectors back on their emission reduction trajectories, has been criticised for ...
  • 25 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淒iesel loses appeal on car buyers鈥

    German car customers are losing interest in diesel engines as the evolving emissions scandal and looming driving bans in many German cities take their toll on the once dominant technology, Focus Online reports. Diesel registrations fell by 9.1 percent in ...
  • 鈥淗as the time of lawsuits come?鈥

    Germany鈥檚 carmakers might face a wave of lawsuits after reports over possible collusion to fix costs and technology emerged last week, business newspaper Handelsblatt reports. Tens of thousands of customers might seek compensation for 鈥減ossibly paying a ...
  • 01 Feb 2018 |

    Nitrogen dioxide levels down in 2017, many cities still exceed limits - UBA

    Seventy German municipalities exceeded nitrogen oxide air pollution limits in 2017, down from 90 the previous year, writes the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). This development points in 鈥渢he right direction,鈥 said UBA President Maria Krautzberger, 鈥渂ut ...
  • 11 Feb 2019 |

    No investor in sight for Germany鈥檚 former solar power pioneer Solarworld

    11 Feb 2019, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Solar Business & Jobs dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Investors appear uninterested in the main factory of Germany鈥檚 formerly biggest solar panel manufacturer Solarworld, which filed for ...
  • 19 Aug 2021 |

    Germany supports industry in shift to e-cars with 1 bln euros

    19 Aug 2021, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Cars Manager magazine The German government has created a one billion euro fund to support the car industry's shift to low-emission mobility. A "future fund" earmarked for this purpose ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

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

    25 Jan 2021, 12:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 麻豆无码版 Bringing aviation in line with climate protection is a realistic goal, but a regulatory framework and technological innovations are needed, according to the Roadmap Climate Neutral Flying, ...
  • "UN criticises UK and Germany for betraying Paris climate deal"

    Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN special envoy on climate change and El Ni帽o, has condemned the UK and Germany for introducing new support schemes for the fossil fuel industry that betray the Paris climate deal, Adam Vaughan writes in ...
  • 24 Nov 2016 |

    German energy policy could hurt Germany as location for business investments

    Costs connected to the German Energiewende and high industry power prices could hurt the country as a location for business investments, Willem Huisman, president of the chemicals company Dow Germany, told the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI) ...
  • 鈥淭he true picture of the German Energiewende鈥

    Ill-advised legislation and an alienation of citizens from renewable investments put the success of Germany鈥檚 energy transition in jeopardy, Hans-Josef Fell writes for EurActiv. The country continued to be internationally celebrated for its Energiewende, ...
  • 02 Oct 2019 |

    Germany to offer less cash to close coal plants than utilities expected 鈥 Bloomberg

    02 Oct 2019, 13:54 Julian Wettengel Coal Bloomberg Germany鈥檚 government has allocated less money for closing coal-fired power plants than the utilities that own them expected, reports Bloomberg. A government official told the news outlet that Chancellor ...
  • 03 Dec 2014

    In the media: Electric cars, worries about E.ON's nuclear liabilities

    03 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) / NPE 鈥淓xtraordinary write-downs for electric cars demanded鈥 The National Platform for Electromobility (NPE) suggested in a progress report that achieving scale in the ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    German North Sea wind farms produce more electricity in 2020 than ever before

    20 Jan 2021, 13:37 Charlotte Nijhuis 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel German wind farms in the North Sea produced more electricity last year than ever before. In 2020, the amount produced rose by 12.4 percent to 22.76 terawatt ...
  • 03 Jul 2017 |

    EU Commission critical of Nord Stream 2

    The vice-president of the European Commission in charge of the 麻豆无码版 Union, Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷, told weekly news magazine Der Spiegel that the EU wants to negotiate with Russia over the gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, instead of the German government, write ...
  • Green Party鈥檚 policy statement to herald 鈥渘ew stage鈥 in party history

    The German Green Party鈥檚 first fundamental policy statement in 16 years heralds 鈥渁 new stage鈥 in the ecologic-liberal party, Cordula Ebel writes in the Tagesspiegel. The party will use a convention to start working on the paper, which is scheduled for ...
  • 13 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淓lectrifying battle鈥

    Municipal utilities say Germany鈥檚 four transmission grid operators (TSO) are establishing a new 鈥渆nergy oligopoly鈥, because of their request to construct and also operate 鈥渘etwork stability鈥 gas power plants in southern Germany, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel ...
  • 11 Nov 2016 |

    innogy: 9-mo core profit down on high grid maintenance costs

    German utility RWE鈥檚 green subsidiary innogy reported a 7 percent fall in EBITDA聽 in the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period last year. The decline in profits comes one month after the company鈥檚 stock market debut in October. 鈥淭he ...
  • 09 Mar 2017 |

    Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW to build more than 106,000 e-cars this year

    German carmakers Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW are likely to build more than 106,000 e-cars this year, an increase of 54 percent compared to last year, according to a forecast by business consultancy PwC. Production of hybrid models by German carmakers ...
  • New govt report on climate ups pressure on Germany鈥檚 coal commission

    14 Nov 2018, 14:13 A new government report detailing Germany鈥檚 failure to cut emissions increases pressure on the country鈥檚 coal commission to agree on a speedy phase-out plan. Work in the coal commission enters a critical stage for climate protection ...
  • Preview 2023: Germany must avoid exodus of energy-intensive companies 鈥 trade union

    20 Dec 2022, 13:19 The new year is going to pose the great challenge for Germany鈥檚 government to ensure that companies hit by the ongoing energy price crisis do not choose to relocate their business, according to Frederik Moch, head of energy policy at ...
  • 16 Mar 2015

    In the media: Bild am Sonntag attacks German energy policy

    16 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽Bild am Sonntag 鈥淕etting the green light?鈥 Germany鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon economy is not very environmentally friendly and doesn鈥檛 make economic sense, argues Olaf Wilke in a seven-sentence ...
  • 02 Nov 2016 |

    Industry grid fee rebates top 1 billion euros, fuel reform debate

    02 Nov 2016, 00:00 German power consumers will have to shoulder grid fee rebates for energy-intensive industry in excess of 1 billion euros next year, sparking renewed calls for reform of the system to pay for keeping the grid stable as renewable power ...
  • 01 Apr 2020 |

    Germany's solar installations rise to 50GW, approach cap of 52GW

    01 Apr 2020, 15:12 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar pv magazine The combined capacity of Germany's solar pv installations rose to almost 50 gigawatts (GW) in February, further approaching the controversial government cap of 52 gigawatts,聽 reports ...
  • 10 Jan 2022

    鈥淕reenflation鈥 for energy transition resources could derail Germany鈥檚 climate plans 鈥 analysis

    10 Jan 2022, 13:30 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 / RND Quickly rising prices for raw materials needed to build a fossil-free energy infrastructure could ...
  • 19 Sep 2019 |

    Climate change and biodiversity most pressing issues 鈥 German environment ministry report

    19 Sep 2019, 13:23 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Transport ...
  • 06 Aug 2021 |

    Support programme for forest owners to ensure CO2 uptake and biodiversity- env ministry

    06 Aug 2021, 13:20 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 A new funding model should link payments for climate protection performance for forest owners with ambitious biodiversity standards, the federal environment ministry (BMU) has proposed ...
  • End of EU of trade controls for Chinese solar panels sparks fears of glut on market

    Chinese solar panels will no longer be subject to trade controls such as minimum prices in the European Union, the European Commission announced in its official journal. The trade restrictions, introduced in 2013 to shield the European Union鈥檚 solar power ...
  • 18 Oct 2018 |

    Industrial-scale power-to-gas 鈥渋nteresting prospect鈥 for lignite mining region - env min

    Large-scale installations used for storing renewable power as gas (power-to-gas) would be an interesting prospect for the east German lignite mining region of Lusatia, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Speaking at an event organised by the ...
  • 05 Jul 2017 |

    G20: 鈥淢erkel must deliver鈥

    The G20 is in principle 鈥渁n acceptable format鈥 to find solutions for big global challenges, but the Hamburg summit 鈥渕ust deliver results鈥 given the costs associated with hosting the event, said Sweelin Heuss, managing director at Greenpeace Germany, at a ...
  • Nuclear power fills German ministry鈥檚 pension funds

    The German interior ministry (BMI) has invested dozens of millions of euros in funds profiting from nuclear power plants abroad, Jakob Schlandt writes in Der Tagesspiegel. Around 100 million euros are currently invested in foreign nuclear plants, ...
  • 19 Mar 2018 |

    Opinion: EON and RWE exercise the exit from the exit

    The deal between energy companies E.ON and RWE is an attempt to stem their decline by each focusing on a part of the old conventional energy world that may come costly to consumers and ultimately to the whole economy, energy economist Claudia Kemfert from ...
  • Need to focus on long-term goals 鈥 energy transition expert

    Germany鈥檚 politicians should focus less on the 2020 greenhouse gas reductions target and more on the long-term goals, especially in the heating and transport sectors, economist Andreas L枚schel, who heads the advisory board authoring the German government ...
  • 15 Jan 2019 |

    Making the Hambach Forest symbol of climate action could backfire

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

    German industry can become CO2-neutral, but not with new govt strategy 鈥 WWF

    24 Sep 2019, 13:40 Higher energy efficiency, a "paradigm shift" in the circular economy, innovative production processes, as well as carbon capture and usage or storage could make Germany's industry CO2-neutral by 2050, but the government& ...
  • 29 Jun 2022 |

    Germany will miss 2030 e-car target due to lack of charging points 鈥 consultancy

    29 Jun 2022, 13:00 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 / Reuters Germany will ...
  • 29 May 2019 |

    German energy industry says ready for millions of e-cars

    29 May 2019, 12:13 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background / BDEW ...
  • 12 Mar 2018 |

    Next government should set the 鈥渞eference point鈥 of full net carbon neutrality by 2050 鈥 commentary

    Germany鈥檚 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95 percent by 2050 means the remaining 5-20 percent are being 鈥渓eft undiscussed鈥,聽 Oliver Geden, head of the EU division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), ...
  • 04 Dec 2019 |

    Zero-support wind farm secures world's largest offshore power contract

    04 Dec 2019, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Danish offshore wind company Orsted and German chemical maker Covestro have signed the world's biggest purchase agreement for an offshore wind farm planned without support payments. ...
  • 31 Aug 2017 |

    German petroleum sales on the rise in 2017

    German sales of petroleum products have gone up 3.5 percent to 55.8 million tonnes in the first half of 2017, the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bafa) has said in a press release. Compared to the same period last year, German diesel sales ...
  • 鈥淕erman Energiewende: Green job miracle fails to materialise鈥

    The collapse of the German solar PV modules industry and declining job numbers in the renewables sector as a whole show the difficulties in weaning a sector off financial support, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. This invalidated 鈥渢he ...
  • Countries must commit on climate action for 2015 summit success- German minister

    21 Jan 2015, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks looks forward to the UN climate summit and the role of Germany's climate action programme, hails the global contribution made by German renewable technology and doubts the economic sense of ...
  • 16 Feb 2016

    Warning against coal exit / No more traffic accidents in 2025?

    16 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E-World Essen State economy minister warns against decreed coal exit Garrelt Duin,聽economy minister for Germany鈥檚 largest federal state- North-Rhine-Westphalia- warned against a ...
  • 鈥淭he sunshine giants鈥

    Small solar energy companies that invest heavily in research and development are Germany鈥檚 last hope of gaining a good share in an industry in which the country has invested billions in subsidies, Daniel Wetzel writes in weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag. ...
  • 22 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淐limate killer for sale鈥

    Utility Vattenfall wants to sell its Hamburg coal power plant Moorburg, according to a report by daily tageszeitung. Vattenfall CEO Magnus Hall did not rule out a sale within five years, as the company did not need Moorburg in the long term. A Vattenfall ...
  • 22 Apr 2021 |

    Next German government has to make climate action mainstream in politics 鈥 NGOs

    22 Apr 2021, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The coming legislative period is decisive in implementing the sustainable transformation in all economic sectors, a group of German environmental NGOs has said while presenting ...
  • 20 Jan 2017 |

    German authorities allow completion of contested new coal plant

    German utility Uniper has been legally authorised to finish construction of a hard coal plant that a court stopped in 2009, the company said in press release. Authorities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia issued the permission after resolving ...
  • 27 Sep 2018 |

    France and Germany team up with world鈥檚 biggest investment fund to act on climate

    The governments of France and Germany have entered into an unusual alliance with BlackRock, the world鈥檚 biggest investment fund, to achieve progress in unlocking private capital for investments in climate action, Astrid D枚rner and Peter K枚hler write in ...
  • 12 Mar 2020 |

    Seasons in Germany shifting to shorter winters, earlier summers

    12 Mar 2020, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The four seasons in Germany have been shifting over the last decades due to climate change, resulting in shorter winters and earlier summers, phenological data of plant growth ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    G7 say they won't compromise on climate goals as they tackle fallout of war against Ukraine

    28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
  • Public discontent with government risks slowing Germany鈥檚 climate efforts

    10 Aug 2023, 14:20 Nearly halfway through its four-year term, Germany鈥檚 government faces increasing public discontent over its switch from two years of energy crisis management to controversial climate policies. The coalition government of the Social ...
  • 20 May 2019 |

    Economists call for city-toll instead of diesel driving bans in Germany

    20 May 2019, 13:30 Expert RWI 鈥 Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥 Leibniz-Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cities 麻豆无码版 A group of 30 ...
  • Wind power price drop squeezes industry profits

    The spectacular price drop in Germany鈥檚 auctions for wind energy spells trouble for the industry, write John Blau and Franz Hubik for Handelsblatt Global. 鈥淲e are going through turbulent times; there will be some upheavals in our industry,鈥 Hans-Dieter ...
  • 26 Nov 2019 |

    EU mining regions say 鈥渃lean coal鈥 can ease transition, NGOs reject claim

    26 Nov 2019, 12:58 S枚ren Amelang Coal 麻豆无码版 Europe's mining regions call for EU support for "clean coal" technologies to ease their transition, but climate activists warned the coal exit must not be delayed by promoting " ...
  • 15 Jul 2021 |

    Poor power grid investment conditions could hobble energy transition, German utilities say

    15 Jul 2021, 17:19 Updates with original proposal for reducing equity interest rates for investments in the electricity and gas grids by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der ...
  • 26 Aug 2019 |

    Number of domestic and international air passengers continues to rise in Germany

    26 Aug 2019, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 麻豆无码版 The number of flights taken in Germany to domestic as well as international destinations continues to rise, the Destatis national statistical office has found. In the first half of 2019, the ...
  • Climate activists demand faster energy transition after flood disaster hits Germany

    23 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版, Welt Activists are protesting for better climate protection measures after ...
  • Germany鈥檚 new 2030 goal of 65 percent renewables to make power prices more volatile

    The provision in Germany鈥檚 coalition agreement that the country will source 65 percent of its power consumption from renewables by 2030 is likely to make power prices 鈥渕ore volatile and lower鈥 than previously thought, Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research says in an ...
  • 06 Mar 2020 |

    Aviation tax should be postponed due to coronavirus 鈥 Conservative aviation expert

    06 Mar 2020, 14:24 S枚ren Amelang Transport Wirtschaftswoche Germany should postpone the introduction of an aviation levy designed to lower emissions because the sector has already been dealt a blow by the coronavirus, Klaus-Peter Willsch, aviation expert ...
  • 02 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淭he diesel engine鈥檚 creeping death鈥

    Even though the government put plans to enable diesel bans in German cities on ice last month, experts believe diesel engines are doomed, reports Henning Peitsmeier in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Elmar Kades, director at business consultancy Alix ...
  • 27 May 2020 |

    High energy industry investments, but uncertainty for 2020/21 鈥 report

    27 May 2020, 13:38 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Utilities Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 03 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淭he buyer鈥檚 premium is a flop鈥

    Germany鈥檚 buyer鈥檚 premium for electric cars introduced last year has had a meagre impact, writes Hanne Schweitzer in Zeit Online. The money earmarked for the incentive can cover between 300,000 and 400,000 cars, but authorities received a mere 9,023 ...
  • 26 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淕uest commentary: Gaps in environmental protection鈥

    Germany is struggling with 鈥榗ognitive dissonance鈥 in agreeing on the details of its climate protection plan, writes Hermann Falk of the German Association for Renewable 麻豆无码版 (BEE) in a guest commentary in the Frankfurter Rundschau. Various competing ...
  • 17 Dec 2018 |

    Closure of German hard coal mining this week is 鈥渆nd of an epoch鈥

    17 Dec 2018, 13:20 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / Welt am Sonntag Miners will present the last piece of hard coal mined in Germany to the country鈥檚 president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in ...
  • 11 Oct 2021 |

    Tesla's Germany sales overtake leading domestic automakers in September

    11 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs WirtschaftsWoche / Spiegel / Reuters Tesla is flying high in Germany: In September, more electric Tesla Model 3s were registered in the country than leading domestic models, such as the BMW 3 Series, ...
  • 06 Aug 2020 |

    Climate change's role in German media growing constantly

    06 Aug 2020, 14:10 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 The role of global warming and climate action in German media has grown ...
  • 30 Nov 2023 |

    COP28 鈥 Germany and UAE kickstart new climate loss and damage fund with 100 mln USD each

    30 Nov 2023, 15:00 [CORRECTION: Earlier version of the article misstated the number of members in the climate club. The club's website says 36 countries are members.] On the first day of the UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, Germany and ...
  • 06 Feb 2018 |

    Coal company admits lowering lake water levels, but denies polluting Berlin鈥檚 main river

    Mining company Leag has admitted that its lignite mining activities in the east German region of Lusatia contribute to lower water gauges in the region鈥檚 lakes, Thorsten Gellner writes in the M盲rkische Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭he environment ministry [of ...
  • 23 Dec 2021 |

    Share of alternative engines in German car registrations doubles again to over 40% in 2021

    23 Dec 2021, 12:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt More than 40 percent of all cars newly registered in Germany between January and October 2021 came with an alternative engine, the country鈥檚 federal energy agency dena said in its ...
  • 27 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淪olarWorld: short-term solution from investor seems possible鈥

    SolarWorld鈥檚 provisional insolvency administrator is in talks with a group of investors that may be interested in acquiring the company鈥檚 German manufacturing facilities in Freiberg and Arnstadt, according to a company press release, reports pv magazine. ...
  • 24 Feb 2020 |

    German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp funded climate sceptic 鈥 report

    24 Feb 2020, 13:53 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Industry AFP / RP Online / taz German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp was one of several companies that funded influential Dutch climate change sceptic Frits B枚ttcher, according to a major new ...
  • 15 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淐hina makes no compromise鈥

    German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 attempts to negotiate a postponement for German carmakers to implement China鈥檚 new mandatory e-car quota have been in vain, Christoph Giesen and Max H盲gler write in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Beijing is determined to put ...
  • 14 Oct 2019 |

    Coming of age: How will Germany鈥檚 renewable energy pioneers fare in the free market?

    14 Oct 2019, 11:00 Starting in 2021 and throughout the 2020s, many of Germany鈥檚 pioneer wind turbines, solar PV installations and biogas plants will stop receiving fixed feed-in tariffs, meaning many gigwatts in renewable capacity may be shut down if they ...
  • 26 May 2015

    In the media: The Climate Chancellor returns; coal splits government

    26 May 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Berliner Morgenpost 鈥淐limate debate splits government鈥 The discussion about how Germany can achieve its climate goals has raised tensions within the government, reports the Berliner Morgenpost. Armin Laschet, ...
  • 29 Jan 2018 |

    Diesel ban looming for 10 German cities 鈥 study

    Ten German cities considerably exceed EU nitrogen oxide (NOx) limits, making diesel driving bans more likely in 2018, according to calculations by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), reports Der Tagesspiegel. 鈥淥ur results for 2017 show that neither ...
  • Accelerated coal exit would be constitutional, similar to nuclear phase-out 鈥 legal opinion

    The German government could introduce a speedy coal exit without having to pay compensation to power plant operators, think tank Agora Energiewende* writes聽in a press release. Law firm BeckerB眉ttnerHeld (BBH) analysed last year鈥檚 nuclear phase-out ...
  • German households pay highest power prices in Europe

    Private German consumers pay the highest power prices in Europe, strom-report.de reports, alongside Denmark 鈥 formerly the country with the highest consumer electricity bills. With an average price of 30.5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), Germans pay about ...
  • 鈥淣uclear costs won鈥檛 topple E.ON鈥

    After a record loss of 16 billion euros, CEO Johannes Teyssen sees his utility E.ON on track to become 鈥渁 perfectly normal鈥 company again, Helmut B眉nder and Brigitte Koch write in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Since profits in the power and gas ...
  • 鈥淔ederal government remains optimistic with regard to e-cars鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in May that her government was probably going to miss its goal of putting one million e-cars on the road by 2020- but now the mood seems to have changed, Peter Hannen writes in pv magazine. In a response to a ...
  • 21 Feb 2022 |

    Conservative state premiers call for German 'energy plan' to counter price hikes

    21 Feb 2022, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany needs an "energy plan" to ensure energy prices remain affordable for households and businesses while protecting the climate, two conservative state premiers write in ...
  • 19 Jul 2016 |

    "Total of 717 companies exempted from renewable energy levy in 2016"

    The German government partially or fully waived the country鈥檚 renewable energy levy for 717 companies last year because of a special equalisation scheme to mitigate competitive disadvantages for energy intensive industries, Petra Hannen writes in PV ...
  • Germany turns into electricity importer for first time in five years in June

    30 Jul 2019, 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 Julian Wettengel Coal Electricity market Renewables Clean ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    German environment agency calls for increasing e-car recycling capacities

    09 Apr 2020, 13:53 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Technology Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy S枚ren ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    Environmentalists call for halt to German search for nuclear waste site during coronavirus

    09 Apr 2020, 13:51 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Rachel Waldholz Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The environmental group Friends of the Earth Germany ...
  • 30 Apr 2020 |
    Gas

    Gas demand drop hits German energy companies as storages full and prices low

    30 Apr 2020, 13:50 Expert Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas WirtschaftsWoche The fall in natural ...
  • 23 Jul 2020 |

    Swiss solar firm looks to revive Germany鈥檚 'Solar Valley'

    23 Jul 2020, 14:20 Solar International Die Zeit A Swiss solar energy company is looking to revive eastern Germany鈥檚 鈥淪olar Valley鈥, write Barbara Achermann and Martin Nejezchleba in Zeit Schweiz. The solar park, covering 160 hectares in the federal state ...
  • 15 Jan 2016 |

    The 麻豆无码版 Yearbook 2014/2015

    15 Jan 2016, 00:00 We have compiled our 2014/2015 dossiers (long-reads) in a comprehensive PDF format, ready for you to download. The articles in the yearbook showcase the Energiewende鈥檚 shifts in policy and the challenges it faced in the past year. Sven ...
  • 05 May 2020 |

    Germany raises grid stability reserve as network expansion lags behind

    05 May 2020, 13:50 Freja Eriksen Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany has slightly raised its winter power capacity reserve, designed to keep the grid stable in critical situations, to 6,600 megawatts (MW) in 2020-2021 from around 5,100 MW in 2019-2020, the ...
  • 26 Jul 2019 |

    Germany overshoots natural resources two months ahead of global average

    26 Jul 2019, 13:52 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The natural resources humans can consume sustainably this year will be used up by Monday 29 July, according to calculations by the Global Footprint Network. If all the world鈥檚 population ...
  • German parliament passes renewables reform, paves way for hydrogen ramp-up

    17 Dec 2020, 14:20 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 The German parliament has passed the聽 latest reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG),聽which specifies a timeline of tenders for renewable power installation additions until ...
  • 25 Jun 2018 |

    RWE head Schmitz says German coal exit by 2030 is impossible

    Germany will not be able to phase out coal-fired power production by 2030, said Rolf Martin Schmitz, head of RWE, the country鈥檚 biggest power producer and Europe鈥檚 biggest private emitter of CO 2. In an interview with the Rheinische Post on the eve of the ...
  • 25 Jul 2019 |

    Germany sets new heat record as climate debate continues

    25 Jul 2019, 14:48 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Society Germany hit its highest temperature ever on July 24, when the town of Geilenkirchen in the state North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 40.5 degrees Celsius, yet the record may stand of only one day as ...
  • 07 Oct 2016 |

    Ministry projections highlight risk of Germany missing emissions goal

    07 Oct 2016, 00:00 Only in a best case scenario will Germany be able to reach its goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, the latest projections from the environment ministry show according to analysts. The opposition in parliament and ...
  • 26 Mar 2021 |

    German grid agency confirms route corridor for north-south power highway

    26 Mar 2021, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
  • 07 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淐ulture of debate as a leading culture鈥

    The squabbling in the German government over its Climate Action Plan 2050 is a result of the seriousness with which the topic is being treated, writes Bernhard P枚tter in a commentary for Deutschlandfunk鈥檚 website. 鈥淢ost other countries come up with some ...
  • 21 Oct 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 efficiency in Germany improved by 3.2 percent in 2018 鈥 AGEB

    21 Oct 2019, 13:07 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

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

    02 Jul 2021, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 The European Green Deal should be expanded to also include African states as partners in the bid to achieve a climate-friendly economic recovery after the downturn caused by the ...
  • 11 Nov 2015

    E.ON sticks to split after record loss / Poker over brown coal

    11 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Reuters 鈥淓.ON sticks to spin-off plans after record net loss鈥 E.ON says it is sticking to its plans to spin off its conventional power operations, after posting a record net loss in the first nine months of 2015 on the ...
  • 28 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淭he end of oil-fired heating is nothing but wishful thinking鈥

    A recent study by Agora Energiewende * shows that Germany can achieve its climate goals in the heating sector by increasing efficiency and by rolling out millions of heat pumps to replace oil-fired heating systems, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. But it ...
  • Logging row continues to weigh on work of Germany鈥檚 coal commission

    28 Aug 2018, 13:59 The expansion of a lignite mine that threatens a nearby forest has become a first touchstone of the German coal exit commission鈥檚 robustness. But despite fears that the row over the embattled Hambach Forest could gravely impede the ...
  • 14 Aug 2018 |

    New 鈥淧ower Grid Action Plan鈥 to accelerate network development

    14 Aug 2018, 14:31 Technical fixes, better communication and smoother planning procedures are to accelerate Germany鈥檚 grid expansion, the energy minister has proposed in a new plan. Heading off on a visit to contested power line building sites in western ...
  • 22 Mar 2021 |

    Environmental NGOs call on carmakers to phase out combustion engines by 2030

    22 Mar 2021, 12:43 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 German environmental organisations have called on the country's carmakers to stop selling new vehicles with combustion engines in Europe by 2030 at the latest. Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND ...
  • 26 Nov 2020 |

    More durable consumer goods can contribute significantly to GHG reduction 鈥 study

    26 Nov 2020, 13:55 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Business Society 麻豆无码版 Purchase decisions for durable products and their long-term use contribute ...
  • Auctions bring German solar power price to new record low

    16 Oct 2017, 00:00 The average price of new solar power installations in Germany has fallen below five cents per kilowatt hour for the first time ever. Since the introduction of auctions in 2015, prices for the technology have declined by more than 40 ...
  • Unclear responsibilities for climate could dwarf Germany鈥檚 new buildings ministry

    08 Dec 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Focus Online The creation of a new buildings ministry by the next German government gives reason for hope that the country鈥檚 laggard sector will finally make more ...
  • 29 Jun 2021 |

    An 'historic achievement' 鈥 German govt praises nuclear exit decision ten years on

    29 Jun 2021, 14:38 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt f眉r die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 decision to phase out nuclear ...
  • Trump decision on joint G7 statement 鈥渟obering and a bit depressing鈥 - Merkel

    Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to withdraw his support for the joint communiqu茅 at the G7 summit in Canada is 鈥渟obering and a bit depressing鈥, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Anne Will in a television interview for German public broadcaster ARD. Merkel said ...
  • SPD deputy group leader reiterates call for additional renewables auctions

    Matthias Miersch, deputy leader of the Social Democratic (SPD) group in the German parliament, reiterated his party鈥檚 call for additional renewables auctions 鈥 as foreseen in the coalition treaty 鈥 in an upcoming reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), ...
  • 24 Nov 2020 |

    The diesel engine鈥檚 days are numbered in Europe 鈥 industry analyst

    24 Nov 2020, 13:32 Expert Ferdinand Dudenh枚ffer Professor and Director, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Transport Cars Edgar Meza Cars Focus Online Once praised as the 鈥渕iracle engine鈥, the diesel motor is slowly disappearing in Europe despite its ...
  • White paper presents government proposal for power market reform

    09 Jul 2015, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 economy and energy ministry has set out its proposal for the future of the German power market in a white paper, which the cabinet is to take a decision on in October. The proposal is for an energy-only market, plus a capacity ...
  • Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission

    13 Dec 2018, 12:20 Germany has launched a highly anticipated task force on phasing out coal power, the most prominent blemish on the former climate action pioneer country鈥檚 emissions reduction record. The coal exit commission is supposed to find economic ...
  • 14 Oct 2019 |

    Germany's 2030 climate action package

    14 Oct 2019, 13:00 Germany's government coalition on 20 September 2019 agreed on a strategy paper that outlines its policy ideas to reach the 2030 climate targets and reduce emissions in all sectors of the economy. This factsheet summarises the paper ...
  • 23 Jan 2020 |

    Implementing Germany鈥檚 coal exit proposal

    23 Jan 2020, 13:00 Germany's coal exit commission has agreed on a proposal on how the country can manage to phase out its single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions by 2038, and the ensuing political decision-making process is in full swing. ...
  • Power-to-gas: Fix for all problems or simply too expensive?

    20 Jun 2018, 09:35 Using renewable electricity to produce hydrogen and CO鈧-neutral methane could solve some of the Energiewende鈥檚 toughest challenges. Making gas with wind and solar power could provide carbon-neutral fuel for heating and transport, and ...
  • Positions of key stakeholders on the EEG: Research Institutes

    06 Oct 2014, 00:00 This Factsheet lists views and positions of some German research institutes on the new Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) which came into effect on 1 August 2014. Energiewende Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Institute for ...
  • 02 Feb 2016 |

    The role of biofuel and hydrogen in Germany's transport Energiewende

    02 Feb 2016, 00:00 The question of how Germany鈥檚 vehicles, ships, and aircraft of the future will be powered is still unanswered. Biofuels and hydrogen might play a role in the upcoming transition to a green transport sector. Transport Hydrogen Paul ...
  • 30 Mar 2015 |

    Where the Energiewende creates jobs

    30 Mar 2015, 00:00 The near-term impact of the Energiewende on Germany鈥檚 economy remains hotly debated. There is no systematic monitoring of business and job creation-- or losses-- as a result of the country鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon economy. This ...
  • Global surveys show people鈥檚 growing concern about climate change

    20 Jun 2024, 11:00 Polls show that climate change has become a key concern for a majority of people across the globe. However, views about personal impacts or on how to tackle the global challenge differ widely. Some call for more ambition, others ...
  • Electric highways offer the most efficient path to decarbonise trucks

    01 Feb 2021, 16:20 Connecting electric trucks to overhead power lines on so-called electric highways is the most energy-efficient route to zero-emission road freight. The technology is being tested in a number of pilot projects, with Germany and Sweden ...
  • 20 Mar 2020 |

    High-profile advisory group lays out proposals for Germany's sustainable finance push

    20 Mar 2020, 17:00 Germany's government has aimed to make the country the leading location for a sustainable financial system. In a bid to establish a coherent strategy for aligning public and private investments made in the country with ...
  • 23 Feb 2022 |

    Q&A: What does Germany's decision to put Nord Stream 2 on hold mean?

    23 Feb 2022, 14:20 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine 鈥 but what does this decision mean? Is this the end of the project? Is Europe's gas supply at risk? And does the ...
  • 06 Feb 2019 |

    The main stories of Germany's Energiewende

    06 Feb 2019, 11:00 The energy transition is turning many parts of German society upside down. In this factsheet we highlight the main storylines of the generational project Energiewende as a starting point for further research. Energiewende Julian ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    What are the best materials for sustainable construction and renovation?

    25 Apr 2024, 10:22 Most buildings today are predominantly made from conventional construction materials, such as cement and steel, which have a hefty environmental footprint. Substituting them with alternative, regenerative ones, such as timber, clay, ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    Facts on the German state elections in Schleswig-Holstein

    19 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nicknamed the 鈥渃radle of the Energiewende鈥 by its own government, Germany鈥檚 northernmost state Schleswig-Holstein embodies some of the most pressing challenges and solutions to the country鈥檚 energy turnaround. This factsheet provides a ...
  • 01 Jun 2018 |

    How much does Germany鈥檚 energy transition cost?

    01 Jun 2018, 00:00 The price tag for Germany鈥檚 energy transition is one of the project鈥檚 most controversial aspects. Estimates on how much money the country will eventually have to invest in the shift to renewables and the good-bye to nuclear power vary ...
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  • 05 Jun 2020 |

    The rise of environmental journalism in Russia

    05 Jun 2020, 11:15 Milou Dirkx Society International Climate change may still have been a marginal topic in cold Russia in 2009, but over the last eleven years the topic has been elevated to a huge presence in media outlets, covered from many different ...
  • Enter a successful cross-border pitch: 麻豆无码版 jury shares tips

    06 Oct 2022, 15:10 Milou Dirkx Company climate claims International Companies around the world are increasingly making bold claims about becoming net-zero, and producing "climate neutral" products. Do these claims remain consistent across supply ...
  • Martha鈥檚 assignment- Or what makes for a successful media research tour on the Energiewende

    29 Nov 2019, 15:55 Carel Mohn Grid Energiewende International Upon his return from 麻豆无码版's most recent the research tour: ' Get the grid working- how Europe's climate goals depend on a modern power network ', our head of media ...
  • 21 Nov 2023 |

    Reporting on COP28 鈥 Climate talks in a changing geopolitical context

    21 Nov 2023 Berlin Global cooperation on climate change has taken on a new sense of urgency this year as 2023 has seen many climate records shattered, with unprecedented air and ocean temperature anomalies and low sea ice coverage. However, negotiations ...
  • 24 Nov 2019 |

    Research tour: Get the grid working- how Europe's climate goals depend on a modern power network

    24- 26 Nov 2019 NovemberAachen The research tour, organised in collaboration with the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) focuses on electricity grids and the integration of renewables. The tour aims to provide meaningful up-to-date background knowledge ...
  • 15 Mar 2022 |

    Postponed: Fighting climate change in court: Reporting on cases against companies

    15 Mar 2022 Berlin Several headline-grabbing victories for environmentalists have drawn the world's attention to the effectiveness of litigation as a tool for holding governments and companies to account for their carbon emissions. With increasing ...
  • 麻豆无码版 Masterclass: How to report on climate adaptation

    31 May 2023 Berlin In the face of ever more destructive heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and floods, adaptation remains a keystone of climate action. Cities, regions, and entire countries across the globe must act now to prepare for the full impact of ...
  • Ibbenb眉ren coal mine

    Coal-mining company RAG owns and operates Germany鈥檚 last two coal mines and records around 1.5 billion euros in annual sales. It employs 12,000 people, of which more than three quarters work in its mining division, which is scheduled to be wound down in ...
  • Removal of nuclear waste from the defunct Asse nuclear final storage facility

    The Asse is a former salt mine in Lower Saxony. From 1965 onwards, it served as a large-scale research facility to test the final storage of radioactive waste, despite warnings dating back to 1965 that the salt mine was neither watertight nor sufficiently ...
  • Electric mobility, CO2 limits, Dieselgate: The big challenge for German automotive suppliers

    Magna Powertrain/GETRAG is a supplier of transmission systems for passenger cars and light-duty utility vehicles, based in Untergruppenbach- 45 kilometers north of Stuttgart. Magna Powertrain/GETRAG has around 14,200 employees in 20 sites around the world ...
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