14 Oct 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 The sixth tender for early shutdowns of hard coal plants in Germany was undersubscribed and only one plant was successful, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. As part of its plan to end ...
Lawyers acting for an international group, including a family living on the German island of Langeoog, a French lavender farmer, and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden, have launched legal action against the EU for failing to do enough ...
03 Aug 2018, 08:44 Conventional power stations, like hard coal, gas-fired or nuclear plants, are forced to curb generation because of the heat wave hitting Germany. While the stability of the power system as such is not in peril and most renewables are ...
21 Oct 2015
21 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Environment State Secretary Flasbarth (BMUB) Germany must exit coal in the next 25-30 years A well-organised exit from coal which considers social aspects is needed in the next 25 to 30 years if ...
The protests against energy company RWE in that Hambach Forest are directed at a coal lobby that wants to show its power and create precedents, even though clearing the forest is now technically not necessary, Rainer Balcerowiak writes in an opinion piece ...
The German government has agreed to implement a decision by the European Commission on emission limits for power plants and industry facilities by 2021, meaning that many coal plants will have to undergo costly retrofitting, Jakob Schlandt writes in ...
07 Dec 2015
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淪till up in the air鈥� There are still many hurdles to an agreement in Paris and there is a real danger of disappointment, writes Klaus Stratmann in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on developed nations to advance technology and make investments to combat climate change / Protesters interrupt US event on "cleaner fossil fuels" / Peruvian farmer effected by climate change ...
Distribution grids used to have a reputation as a boring low-profit business but have become a key source of revenue for German utility innogy, Helmut B眉nder writes in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Just like its competitor E.ON, the subsidiary of RWE ...
08 Apr 2022, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU Focus Online The Desertec project- which caused a hype in the German solar power industry around 2010 but was later largely abandoned due to unclear political and economic perspectives- is being resurrected ...
19 Apr 2022, 13:37 Kerstine Appunn Gas Handelsblatt The German finance ministry has approved the spending of up to three billion euros from the budget to finance floating terminals for liquified natural gas (LNG) in German ports. With the signing of the ...
24 Mar 2022, 12:07 Jessica Bateman Gas Der Spiegel The energy minister of Lower Saxony has called on the German federal government to provide partial funding for four liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in his state, Der Spiegel reports. In a letter to ...
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 ...
A farmer family from Germany has sued the federal government for failing to take adequate climate action and damaging the family鈥檚 economic livelihood, the newspaper Tagesspiegel reports. The extreme drought in large parts of Germany in 2018 has caused ...
11 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Bild Zeitung The Association of German Towns and Municipalities (DStGB) ...
The government of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has stopped the clearing of anti-coal activist camps in Hambach Forest 鈥渦ntil further notice鈥� after a journalist fell to his death, writes Der Tagesspiegel. 鈥淲e cannot simply return to business ...
German utility RWE may build a gas power plant to replace power generation currently provided by nuclear power station Gundremmingen in Bavaria, writes Michael Gassmann in Welt. One of the two remaining reactors at Gundremmingen is scheduled for shutdown ...
22 Jan 2015
22 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wirtschaftswoche 鈥�RWE: shut down or sale?鈥� RWE 鈥檚 deputy chairman of the executive board Rolf Martin Schmitz said that power stations hit by falling electricity prices could no longer turn a profit ...
13 Nov 2014
13 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕ermany鈥檚 problems with climate protection鈥� Draft versions of Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Programme (Aktionsprogramm Klimaschutz), designed to reduce greenhouse gas ...
17 Sep 2018, 10:30 A report about a proposal by one of Germany鈥檚 coal commission co-heads for a coal exit by 2038 has caused irritation. Some commission members were quick to reject the report and warned that the commission's work was in peril should ...
30 Sep 2015
30 Sep 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 FAZ/World Economic Forum 鈥淧raise for German competitiveness鈥� According to the World Economic Forum鈥檚 new Global Competitiveness Report, Germany is one of the most economically competitive countries in the world, ...
09 Jan 2023, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Coal Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The climate activists occupying the western German village of L眉tzerath, which is slated for demolition to make way for a nearby lignite mine, are set to be evicted by 鈥渕assive鈥� police ...
15 Dec 2014
15 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓lectricity crime story鈥� Wherever they can afford it, German towns and municipalities have been buying back power grids and gas supply networks and are beginning to generate ...
Qatar Petroleum, the world鈥檚 largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is in talks with German energy companies about cooperating on a potential LNG terminal, writes Mathias Bruggmann in an article in Handelsblatt. 鈥淲e have a serious interest in ...
The new governing coalition in Germany鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) may not care too much about climate protection despite ambitious promises, Ralf K枚pke writes in a commentary for Energie & Management. The conservative ...
The most important political decisions in Germany cannot be made by directives but must be earned by reconciling antagonist factions in society trough compromise and consideration, Thorsten Knuf writes in a commentary for the Frankfurter Rundschau. 鈥淭his ...
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 ...
18 Nov 2017, 00:00 Bonn had delivered what was necessary to be on schedule for the decisions needed at COP24 in Katowice, the Germany delegation said / Negotiations finished in the early hours of 18 November / Last contentious issues still debated through ...
23 Nov 2015
23 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) / Green Budget Germany (F脰S) 鈥淓nergiewende in transport a long time coming鈥� Fundamental political steps to relocate and avoid traffic and push alternative fuels and engines are ...
06 Jan 2022, 13:41 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Kerstine Appunn Utilities Reuters / dpa German energy company Uniper has secured credit facilities worth up to 10 billion euros, including up to 2 billion euros with German state-owned KfW bank, in a ...
15 Mar 2016
15 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淲as the nuclear phase-out unconstitutional?鈥� Germany鈥檚 Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe will on Tuesday and Wednesday hear parties in the case of the country鈥檚 nuclear phase ...
A particularly dark and windless January has led to natural gas and coal plants becoming Germany鈥檚 sole warrantor of a secure power supply, J眉rgen Flauger writes in Handelsblatt. But 鈥渃oal and gas plants are increasingly being pushed out of the market,鈥� ...
Climate activists鈥� guerrilla-style protest against lignite mining in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has divided the region, reports Stefan Schultz in a long article in Spiegel Online. The dispute dates back to 2012, but is now ...
Many companies in Germany have understood that a more sustainable way of making business will dominate the economy of the future, Green politician Julia Verlinden writes in a guest commentarty in the Frankfurter Rundschau. But some of the country鈥檚 ...
01 Nov 2019, 13:22 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit filed against the German government for not doing enough to avert ...
The German Energiewende has a 鈥渕ixed, but very troubling鈥� record, Christine Sturm says in a long article on the Energiewende for Issues in Science and Technology, an online magazine from The University of Texas at Dallas. 鈥淥n the plus side is continued ...
German nuclear utilities E.ON, RWE and EnBW can hope for the repayment of about 6 billion euros after the Federal Constitutional Court declared the nuclear fuel tax law invalid and incompatible with basic law, reports Reuters. The federal government did ...
As Germany鈥檚 coal commission prepares to convene for the first time on Tuesday, environmental groups are criticising the government鈥檚 slow action on combatting climate change, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in the taz. Organised by environmental groups like ...
22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淭o inflate or to die鈥� Nordex, the small Danish wind turbine manufacturer, has confirmed the takeover of the wind branch of the Spanish group Acconia. The cartel ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:39 The German government, its coal mining states and several major utilities have agreed on a roadmap for shutting down the country's lignite-fired power plants and on compensation payments for operators. Many analysts and ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Tagesspiegel Background The European gas infrastructure would have to be changed quickly and extensively to be able to maintain supply in the event of an embargo or export ban on supplies from Russia, but ...
The embattled Hambach Forest could turn out to become a symbol for Germany鈥檚 acclerated coal exit as much as the nuclear disaster in Fukushima became a symbol for the country鈥檚 accelerated nuclear exit, J眉rgen Flauger writes in a commentary for ...
The ongoing conflict between anti-coal protesters and energy company RWE at the Hambach Forest is but one of several recent examples that illustrate the indecisiveness of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 fourth government coalition, Germany鈥檚 largest tabloid, ...
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 ...
10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 麻豆无码版 The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
17 Aug 2023, 14:30 Expert RWI 鈥� Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥� Leibniz-Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Germany ...
The Energiewende deeply affected not only fossil power plant operators like RWE and the old E.ON, but also companies involved in their construction, such as Siemens and US-rival General Electric, reports Martin Wocher in business daily Handelsblatt. The ...
鈥淚n the next twelve to eighteen months, important conditions for a breakthrough in electric mobility will be created," innogy head Peter Terium told news agency dpa ahead of the Handelsblatt energy conference in Berlin. Innogy, a spin off from RWE, ...
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 ...
Due to its apparent lack of will to achieve a consensus, the mandate of Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission should be annulled and the government itself should find a consensus on how to end coal-fired power production in the country, Angela Hennersdorf writes ...
20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Preview 2020: The fate of coal-fired power production in Germany has been sealed with the agreement of a government-appointed commission to phase-out the fossil fuel no later than 2038. But the proposal so far has not been translated ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:12 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Plans by Germany's economy and climate ministry to lower industry power prices with ...
06 Oct 2015
06 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bloomberg/The Economic Times/Environment Ministry 鈥淢erkel pledges 1 billion euros to fund Indian solar projects鈥� During Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 state visit to India, Germany pledged investment of more than one ...
04 Nov 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Business Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 leading business executives are taking climate and environmental protection increasingly serious, according to a survey presented at the COP26 climate ...
17 Jun 2021, 13:03 Edgar Meza Transport 麻豆无码版 Germany railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) is aiming to become climate neutral a decade earlier than its previous 2050 target. Announcing its new 2040 target, the company said it would already be ...
09 Sep 2015
09 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淪ummer, sun and sorrows鈥� There has never been more green energy in Germany鈥檚 grid than in the first half of this year, state secretary Uwe Beckmeyer from the Ministry for ...
09 Jan 2019, 12:18 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels Society Tageszeitung German police are preparing a new round of evictions from tree houses built in protest against lignite mining in Hambach forest,聽 reports Anett Selle in the ...
25 Mar 2020, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Passauer Neue Presse / 麻豆无码版 The nuclear plant Gundremmingen in Bavaria will go offline until the end of March or early April due to a malfunctioning fuel element that needs replacing, the ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Fossil fuels 麻豆无码版 Eastern German lignite mining and power plant company Leag has received the green light for up to 1.75 billion euros in state support to compensate for the implementation of the ...
RWE鈥檚 coal mining in the old Hambach Forest in western German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) 鈥渋s unparalleled in its stupidity鈥�, Ingo Arzt writes in a commentary for the left-wing Tageszeitung (taz). It is well known that the lignite mined in the ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:44 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Eastern German lignite company LEAG has accepted a loan of over five billion euros from ...
09 Jan 2019, 12:06 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fossil fuels Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Germany鈥檚 coal commission will agree on a phase-out within around 20 years, according to Armin Laschet, premier of the western coal mining state ...
17 May 2016
17 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Tagesspiegel / Vattenfall 鈥淎round 3,000 participants end blockade鈥� As part of the worldwide protests 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥� around 3,000 demonstrators from all over ...
05 Aug 2021, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 On the path to making industry climate neutral, corporate decision-makers in Germany call for allowing the use of 鈥渂lue鈥� hydrogen made from natural gas where the CO2 is captured and stored 鈥� ...
An energy transition in mobility could pose the same challenges for German carmakers that the power transition has posed for big German utilities, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an opinion piece for the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淚f the carmakers don鈥檛 pay ...
A report commissioned by RWE, one of Germany's largest owners of lignite mines and coal-fired power generation, says that a mandated German coal exit by 2040 would shift power generation and related CO鈧� emissions to neighbouring countries and lead to ...
09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕rid fees push up power price鈥� An internal analysis by the federal grid agency reveals that the systemic costs of the Energiewende will push up grid fees, reports ...
15 Apr 2016
15 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 New draft version of Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act released The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 has released a new draft of the Renewable ...
04 Oct 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices EU Handelsblatt Some of Germany鈥檚 biggest CO2 emitters have taken advantage of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure their own emissions remain low-priced, according to a Handelsblatt report by ...
15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 麻豆无码版 The first jetty for arrival of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed in northern German Wilhelmshaven, with the first delivery set to arrive in mid-January 2023, reports ...
Many pro-Energiewende politicians are complaining bitterly about plans to rein in renewables expansion through the reform of Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act, but in reality, the government is still going ahead with plans for a 45 percent renewables share in 2025, up ...
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 ...
26 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Online 鈥淎igner under pressure鈥� Writing for S眉ddeutsche Online, Frank M眉ller reports on tensions between Bavarian energy minister Ilse Aigner and state prime minister Horst Seehofer, as Aigner prepares ...
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 ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs EU Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The looming trade conflict between Europe and the U.S. about government subsidies for green investments could be significantly defused after the American ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 government is expected to adopt a regulation on 13 July that would allow operators of certain hard coal plants to temporarily reactivate their units to help ...
Nuclear plant operators in Germany revoked around 20 lawsuits against the state in return for government guarantees of a limited financial liability for the country鈥檚 nuclear phase-out, Stefan Schultz writes on Spiegel Online. The utilities E.ON, RWE, ...
20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BMUB / Deutsche Welle 鈥淕ermany asks Belgium to hit the switch on disputed Tihange and Doel nuclear reactors鈥� Environment minister Barbara Hendricks submitted an ...
22 Feb 2023, 13:47 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Carolina Kyllmann Coal Zeit Online / Frankfurter Allgemeine Regional representatives of the eastern German coal region Lusatia renewed their ...
01 Apr 2019, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Rheinische Post The leader of Germany鈥檚 governing Social Democrats (SPD), Andrea Nahles, has called for a quick implementation of the proposals made by the country鈥檚 coal exit commission, Jan Drebes ...
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 ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 The German energy crisis has not ended yet, but has become 鈥渕anageable鈥� to a point where the government is confident it could be overcome for good by 2024, economy and climate minister ...
26 Feb 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society WDR A slim majority of 51 percent of citizens in Germany鈥檚 largest coal state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), say the 2038 deadline to give up all coal-fired power production in the country is 鈥渢oo late鈥�, ...
Nuclear plant operators affected by Germany鈥檚 accelerated nuclear exit after the 2011 Fukushima disaster are eligible for an 鈥渁dequate鈥� compensation, the Federal Constitutional Court has ruled. The court explained in a press release that the legal ...
01 Jun 2015
01 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Interview with Chancellor on Climate Summit In an interview with the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, Germany鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel said that preparing for the climate summit in Paris ...
14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021, 13:03 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版, Reuters The German and Australian governments have signed a letter of intent on sustainable hydrogen production, according to the German ministries of economic affairs and energy and education and research. ...
12 May 2020, 13:09 Edgar Meza Coal Solar Plans by聽Swiss technology company and solar panel manufacturer聽Meyer Burger to supply panels for a 10 gigawatt (GW) floating solar plant on a lake to be left behind by the future closure of the Hambach coal mine is ...
The prospect of a new government coalition in Germany that would include the Green Party resulted in a drop in utility RWE鈥檚 share price of more than five percent on Monday, making the energy company that operates many coal-fired power plants the biggest ...
31 Mar 2022, 13:53 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Transnational cooperation in the development of a common hydrogen market and the construction of hydrogen infrastructure can strengthen the Netherlands and Germany in the decarbonisation of their ...
22 Apr 2016
22 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 UBA Record high CO2 measurements in Germany Germany鈥檚 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has measured the highest annual CO2 concentrations ever in 2015. In its research stations on ...
The embattled Hambach Forest has to be cut down to ensure a secure power supply for Germany, energy state secretary Thomas Barei脽 said at an event organised by Bloomberg New 麻豆无码版 Finance (BNEF) in London, Adam Vaughan writes in The Guardian. Barei脽 said ...
The federal cabinet today decided on draft legislation for a nuclear clean-up pact that would rid utilities of the responsibility for storing Germany鈥檚 radioactive waste. Germany鈥檚 four nuclear power station operators, RWE, E.ON, EnBW and Vattenfall, are ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Nuclear phase-out AFP / n-tv / 麻豆无码版 Germany has agreed to repatriate several tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste from the French reprocessing plant La Hague, news agency AFP ...
17 May 2019, 13:00 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The 18-year old student and Fridays ForFuture activist Ferdinand Klemm has ...
07 Mar 2022, 13:56 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
20 Mar 2020, 13:55 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Expert Fraunhofer ISI Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewables Freja Eriksen Gas ...
18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he Goliath in open-cast mining鈥� The illegal protests against open-cast mining in Western Germany over the weekend are strongly reminiscent of the violent demonstrations in the country against ...
10 Jan 2019, 09:15 The German coal exit commission is set to deliver its final recommendations for the country鈥檚 coal exit in February 2019, but this report is likely to be only the beginning of a long and controversial policymaking process in the country ...
13 Jan 2021, 13:35 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Fossil fuels Tagesspiegel Background The amendment for the tightening of air pollution limits for Germany's fossil power plants that is discussed in parliament on Wednesday draws sharp criticism from ...
21 Dec 2021, 13:27 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Utilities ...
25 Mar 2022, 15:02 Germany is making considerable progress in weaning itself off fossil fuel imports from Russia and could become virtually independent of the country鈥檚 coal and oil by the end of this year, said economy and climate minister Robert Habeck ...
麻豆无码版 experts of Germany鈥檚 grand coalition of conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) have rebuffed the Green Party鈥檚 plans for an accelerated coal exit. 鈥淲e cannot phase out both nuclear and coal-fired power production within 15 or 20 years,鈥� ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 A government appointed commission has unanimously suggested that Germany's four large utilities should pay a large share of their provisions made for storing nuclear waste into a state administered fund. While the idea of a fund is ...
25 Mar 2021, 13:58 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany must prepare different ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:23 Expert Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 (now Green Planet 麻豆无码版) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 麻豆无码版 Eastern German lignite power plants that are scheduled to ...
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 ...
05 Mar 2019, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas Handelsblatt The planned exit from coal-fired power generation in Germany may require large-scale construction of gas-fired power plants, but the necessary investments in the technology still remain wanting, ...
07 Oct 2019, 14:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Der Spiegel Hundreds of companies may have used a loophole in Germany's Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act to avoid paying their share of the country's renewables support- and passed on the energy ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:44 Expert B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance Watch Germany Finance Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Finance 麻豆无码版 / Reuters An overwhelming majority of Germans see no place for nuclear power in sustainable investments, according to ...
27 Nov 2019, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs The emissions reduction targets of several major German companies would violate the Paris Climate Agreement 's goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, a聽 ...
10 Aug 2020, 13:25 Coal Society n-tv Climate activists demanding an end to coal power occupied two German coal-fired powered stations over the weekend, news website n-tv reports. Around 20 members of Direkte Aktion Berlin, which campaigns for an end to ...
12 Apr 2022, 11:50 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background Plans to build import infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany are quickly taking shape as more companies decide to invest, but NGOs and ...
10 Sep 2021, 14:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The latest round of offshore wind power auctions in Germany has led to three bids claiming zero support for their operations wining the tender, the Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA) ...
25 May 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 聽The German government鈥檚 goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2045 has put companies from energy-intensive industries, such as steel, chemicals, paper and cement, ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:42 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 As lignite (brown coal) power plants in Germany increasingly make losses ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Focus Online / B枚rsen-Zeitung Plans by Germany鈥檚 future government coalition to bring forward the coal exit to 2030 have elicited criticism from state politicians in the country鈥檚 coal mining regions, Focus Online ...
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 ...
27 May 2016, 00:00 Update 27 May 2016 [European Commission approves state aid for closure of lignite power plants] | The government has approved wide reaching power market reform, including a phase-out plan for some lignite plants. A "coal reserve ...
29 Mar 2016
29 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel Handelsblatt 鈥淰attenfall delays coal sale鈥� Vattenfall has postponed the sale of its German lignite operations, insiders told Handelsblatt鈥檚 J眉rgen Flauger. The Swedish utility initially planned to make a ...
15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淎 fight for survival鈥� Due to recent government decisions to mothball some lignite plants, utility RWE will cut 900 to 1000 jobs in the western German lignite industry, which ...
18 Dec 2015
18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federation of German Consumer Organisations 鈥淐onsumers remain paymasters of the Energiewende in 2016鈥� A new survey shows that two thirds of German consumers are sceptical that the government can ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:19 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Society Lausitzer Rundschau A 200-inhabitant German village will be demolished to make way for a lignite coal mine, after many years of uncertainty related to the future of coal power in ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:50 A plea for an accelerated coal exit in Germany by the state premier of Bavaria, Markus S枚der, has caused a row within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance over how to deal with growing political pressure to improve the ...
28 Oct 2021, 13:37 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas 麻豆无码版 / EurActiv Germany鈥檚 chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz (SPD) has re-iterated that the country must build new gas-fired power plants to complement renewables and guarantee ...
13 Feb 2015
13 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Night storage heating has comeback thanks to the Energiewende Night storage heating, ovens that take up power at night when there used to be an over-supply of cheap power and ...
26 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥� A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
21 Sep 2020, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 麻豆无码版 Billions of euros in German taxpayers' money are still flowing into stock transactions that contribute to a global warming trajectory far above that agreed on in the Paris Climate ...
Germany鈥檚 last lignite-fired power plant will go off-line by 2040, the Social Democratic energy politician Bernd Westphal said at an event of innogy, the renewables spin-off of utility RWE, which owns many of the country鈥檚 lignite plants. But the move ...
24 Jul 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Rheinische Post / Die Welt The German fund for nuclear waste management is set to make a profit in 2019, putting the long-term disposal of radioactive waste on a financially sound basis, the fund鈥檚 ...
28 Jan 2020, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany has reached the lowest level in 20 years, figures by the German Wind Power Association (BWE) confirm. With only 243 turbines and a ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:32 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Clean ...
05 Mar 2021, 13:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid 麻豆无码版 Three German hard coal power plants ...
20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
23 Feb 2016
23 Feb 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淣uclear giants buy their way out for 18 billion鈥� The expert commission on financing the nuclear clean-up will suggest to the government that utilities transfer their ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society Rheinische Post / WDR The villages around Germany's open-cast lignite mines in federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) that are slated for demolition to make room for expanding the mines see ...
The goals in Germany鈥檚 climate action plan, agreed by the government in November 2016, mean that half of the country鈥檚 coal-fired power capacity must retire by 2030, state secretary in the economy and energy ministry Rainer Baake told a business ...
31 Jul 2015
31 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) Government launches suggestions for new auction design for renewables The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has launched the ...
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) / German Engineering Association (VDMA) 鈥淏reather for the German wind industry鈥� Onshore wind power development in Germany decreased by 34 percent ...
24 Apr 2015, 00:00 [Updates explanation of climate contribution] The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has signalled it might make changes to its climate levy to ease concerns over potential job losses, media report on Friday as supporters ...
21 Apr 2016, 00:00 On 26 April 1986 a nuclear meltdown at a Soviet reactor in today鈥檚 Ukraine sent radioactive particles across Europe and shockwaves through the political debate over nuclear safety. 30 years on from the Chernobyl accident, Germany is in ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Die Welt / B枚rsen-Zeitung / manager magazin Policymakers and energy companies in Germany have no intention to put the scheduled end to nuclear power production in ...
26 Mar 2015
26 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue Ministers and energy experts meet at international energy conference in Berlin Under the slogan 鈥渢owards a global Energiewende鈥� the first 麻豆无码版 Transition ...
19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) 鈥淭he environment encyclical is a historic event鈥� The Pope鈥檚 environment encyclical 鈥� Laudato si 鈥� could have a big climate impact on climate politics in Poland, ...
14 Jan 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal The state premier of Germany's most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Armin Laschet, has called for a "week of decisions" regarding the country's planned coal phase-out, ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:03 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Society dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / 麻豆无码版 The COVID-19 pandemic is leading German companies to rethink the need for business trips and promote video conferencing instead, according to a report by ...
11 Feb 2015, 00:00 Analysts have welcomed a new planning framework for the German grid that works on the basis of less lignite being burned in Germany, saying grid development must serve the country鈥檚 climate targets. Expert DIW- German Institute for ...
16 Dec 2020, 15:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Society Die Zeit / Der Spiegel The fight against a planned resettlement of five villages due to expansion of a lignite mine in West Germany continues, writes newspaper die Zeit. In a state parliament hearing, the ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
19 Nov 2014
19 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Institute for Economic Research 鈥淪hutting down old coal-fired power stations could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 23 million tones and stabilise the power market鈥� A new study by the German ...
05 Jul 2019, 14:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market ...
17 Jul 2021, 10:30 Catastrophic floods have killed more than 130 people in Germany in one of the worst natural disasters in the country's post-war history. The torrential rains have been widely linked to climate change, swinging the issue into focus ...
03 Jul 2015
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 ...
22 Jan 2019, 12:46 The top brass from energy companies, regulators, ministries and political parties gather in Berlin to discuss the challenges of the energy transition at the Handelsblatt energy conference, the traditional annual kick-off for the sector. ...
30 Nov 2021, 10:50 The three "traffic light coalition" parties have agreed to form Germany's next government and tabled a coalition treaty that they promise will put the country on a path compatible with Paris Climate Agreement 's ...
29 May 2019, 15:11 Julian Wettengel Coal International 麻豆无码版 [Update adds reaction by non-profit environmental law organisation ClientEarth.] Environmental NGOs Climate Action Network Europe (CAN) and Sandbag criticised some EU member states ...
16 Feb 2015
16 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕oodbye coal鈥� 鈥淣ow the British also have their Energiewende,鈥� Bj枚rn Finke comments on British plans to exit coal announced over the weekend. He argues London鈥檚 energy ...
15 Aug 2022, 14:30 A new levy on natural gas use that is meant to save struggling importers from bankruptcy is going to further inflate already high bills of German consumers. The government argues the levy is needed to ensure the country鈥檚 gas market ...
13 Jul 2023, 13:40 Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in the world鈥檚 largest ever offshore wind auction. Environmentalists hailed the result as a ...
07 Mar 2016
07 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Federal Motor Transport Authority Number of e-cars on German roads rises to 25,502 The number of pure electric vehicles on German roads rose to 25,502 at the beginning of the year, an increase of 35 percent compared to ...
Germany鈥檚 big four utilities want greater security and clarity on costs they will incur from the nuclear phase-out, and are proposing detailed contracts with the government, writes Angela Hennersdorf in Wirtschaftswoche. The contracts would establish how ...
18 Jan 2021, 13:57 Armin Laschet has been elected the new leader of Germany's largest party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), clearing a major hurdle on what could be his way to becoming next German Chancellor. The premier of Germany's largest ...
19 May 2015, 00:00 UPDATE: Angela Merkel weighs into the dispute about the proposed climate levy on old fossil-fuelled power stations and summons ministers to the chancellery on Wednesday. The climate levy could be reduced and special rules applied to ...
05 Jan 2015
05 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕abriel pushes Bayern to decide on power network鈥� Bavaria risks a weakening of its economy and higher electricity prices unless it agrees to the two planned power lines transporting wind ...
27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In first paragraph on e-car premium: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
20 May 2016
20 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Institute for Renewable 麻豆无码版 (IWR) 鈥淲ind power overtakes nuclear energy for first time in Germany鈥� Germany鈥檚 wind turbines will generate more electricity this year than nuclear ...
29 Oct 2019, 17:41 Germany is headed for second consecutive year of substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as a sharp drop in coal consumption is driving a decline of the country鈥檚 overall energy use in 2019. If this trend continues, the ...
13 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany should implement a national tax on carbon emissions in order to meet its own emission reduction targets in the an efficient and straight forward way, the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) proposed based on a study by ...
17 Mar 2016
17 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Emissions data 2015 鈥� 6 million tonnes more聽CO2 2015 has seen a slight increase in greenhouse gas emissions, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) reports. According ...
25 Nov 2015
25 Nov 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online/Urgewald 鈥淕erman banks still put billions into brown coal鈥� A study by environmental NGO Urgewald shows that German banks continue to finance climate-damaging brown coal, reports Spiegel Online. Deutsche Bank alone has ...
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 ...
04 Dec 2014
04 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Welt online "Government advisors pick apart the Energiewende" Official advisors to the German government have criticised Energiewende policies as 鈥渘ot concrete enough鈥� and 鈥渘ot enough to achieve Germany鈥檚 ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:10 With its third energy cost relief package since the start of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, the German government hopes to alleviate concerns over skyrocketing prices for heating and electricity in the coming winter. The large package worth ...
20 Nov 2018, 10:30 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission聽aims to propose a path for the country鈥檚 phase-out by the end of November. Agreeing a compromise on how to end the use of Germany's most important fossil fuel in such a short time will be difficult, ...
02 May 2022, 14:14 Voters in the northern wind power state of Schleswig-Holstein head to the polls this Sunday (8 May) to elect a new parliament in one of the regions most crucial to Germany鈥檚 efforts to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports and massively ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:00 Banks, insurers and investment funds in Germany look back at nearly two decades of energy transition 鈥� but many of the biggest actors still struggle to embrace its potential as a core business area. While most are well aware of the ...
17 Jan 2020, 13:36 German media commentators have mixed views on the coal exit path fixed by the federal government, mining states and utilities. While some call it a 鈥渉istoric鈥� deal that could make Germany a global role model, others say it turned out to ...
02 Apr 2015
02 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt Fracking law: 鈥淕erman Angst鈥� There is no rational explanation for the resistance against fracking among German parliamentarians, Thomas Sigmund writes in an opinion piece for the ...
13 May 2016
13 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bundesregierung / dpa-AFX 鈥淔ederal and state governments stall on green electricity reform鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel and the state premiers postponed a decision on contentious issues ...
25 Nov 2014
25 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Dow Jones Newswires "Gabriel's coal proposal: utilities keep calm" German utilities are prepared to shut down some power stations, reports Dow Jones Newswires. They agreed to Economy ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of Germany鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淪imply carry on鈥� G7 politicians want to rid the world of fossil fuels but German industry will demand support for the decarbonisation, Karl-Heinz B眉schemann writes in the ...
16 Jan 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 experts say the German chancellor's secpticism over extensive payments to conventional power plants as back-up for renewables sends a strong signal that capacity markets may not be on the cards in the upcoming power market ...
22 Jun 2016
22 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淐oalition wants to push through fracking law on Friday鈥� The government has scheduled 聽the Bundestag聽vote on a law restricting fracking in Germany for ...
18 Jul 2019, 17:05 A fuel switch from coal to gas cut emissions from German fossil fuel power plants by a third in June 2019 as compared to the same month the year before. Lower gas prices and higher costs for CO2 allowances are part of the explanation. ...
15 Jul 2021, 09:30 The German environment ministry has called new EU proposals to reform the bloc's climate and energy policy 鈥渘othing less than a new industrial revolution in the European Union.鈥� The European Commission's comprehensive proposal ...
24 Feb 2023, 11:00 One year after Russia started its devastating war on Ukraine, the energy policy landscape of Germany and most of Europe has changed radically. European states to a large extent lowered or even completely cut their reliance on Russian ...
08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau Nuclear decommissioning: Environmental activists worried about security An alliance of 76 environmental groups is demanding stricter security standards and more public ...
27 Apr 2015
27 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淩esistance at the bucket wheel鈥� 10,000 coal workers demonstrated聽 in Berlin on Saturday 聽against energy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 planned climate levy. These were supported by ...
18 Mar 2016, 00:00 Renewable energy sources already play a key role in keeping Germany's carbon emissions in check, the country's environment minster told an international conference on Friday in Berlin. However, completing the energy transition ...
09 Jan 2019, 13:53 Municipal utility chief executive Andreas Feicht will take on the role as Germany's energy state secretary on 1 February. With his appointment, economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier fills a position crucial to the progress of ...
14 Aug 2015
14 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Network Agency / German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) 33 successful bids in second PV auction round Germany鈥檚 second-ever photovoltaic tendering round has resulted in 33 successful bids ...
28 May 2015
28 May 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Eurostat/ZEW German households pay second highest power price in EU Household electricity prices in Germany are among the highest in the EU. According to the EU鈥檚 statistics office Eurostat, German households on ...
16 Dec 2014
16 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Study: Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) 鈥淓nvironmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros鈥� Even as Germany聽 focuses much effort and funding on climate protection measures, it ...
10 Oct 2018, 17:18 Two days after the UN's latest IPCC report on global warming urged greater international efforts against climate change, the German parliament saw a heated debate about the implications for Germany. While the Green Party, which had ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
03 Nov 2015
03 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BDEW / ZSW 鈥淩enewables share will likely rise to 33 percent in 2015鈥� Renewable energies are likely to cover around 33 percent of Germany鈥檚 gross power consumption in 2015, research institute ZSW ...
16 Apr 2015
16 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 IG BCE / Friends of the Earth Germany Supporters and opponents of coal gear up for mass protests The heated debate over the future of coal in Germany will be taken to the streets next weekend, as ...
27 Jan 2016
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓-car collision in the coalition鈥� The Social Democrats鈥� parliamentary group wants to push e-mobility with incentives worth billions, reports Andreas Mihm in the ...
23 Jul 2015
23 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn tagesschau.de 鈥淢ore eco and a little less nuclear鈥� Many German media are reporting about France鈥檚 new energy transition law, passed on Wednesday. The law says energy usage must be halved by 2050 and nuclear鈥檚 share of ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:15 Germany's government has removed the last hurdles to finalising the country's much-anticipated coal exit law, clearing the way for a passage of the bill in parliament at the end of the week. The draft agreement grants ...
02 Jun 2015
02 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淏ad atmosphere in the power sector鈥� One of Germany鈥檚 four largest utilities, EnBW, has come out in favour of the government鈥檚 proposal for an additional levy on old coal-fired ...
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 ...
23 Dec 2021, 13:13 A new German government has started its work shortly before Christmas, kicking off its four-year term with a key promise to make the country ready for its ambitious bid to become climate neutral before the middle of the century. At a ...
27 Nov 2018, 12:01 Germany risks showing up empty-handed at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Poland in December as the country鈥檚 coal exit commission has decided to extend its work beyond the original end-of-2018 deadline. The task force has set ...
02 Jan 2015
02 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt / dpa 鈥淪olar boom continues to ebb鈥� Germany built 1.95 gigawatts-worth of solar installations in 2014 鈥� 43 percent fewer than the year before, the Handelsblatt writes, reporting ...
11 Jan 2016
11 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Agora Energiewende 鈥淗ow the exit from coal power generation by 2040 can be managed鈥� Germany can exit coal by 2040 without significant effects on power prices or supply security, and the government ...
01 Dec 2020, 14:48 The first auction for the decommissioning of hard coal plants in Germany has been hailed as a success both by coal plant operators and climate activists, as it ensures that plants with a capacity of almost 5 gigawatts will be off the ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:32 The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet adopted a law detailing plant shutdowns and compensation payments for coal companies, confirming a ...
08 Apr 2016
08 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Berliner Zeitung 鈥淭he federal government is shifting into reverse gear concerning Energiewende鈥� The federal government鈥檚 plans to reform the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) will lead to ...
28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淕overnment wants to kill the engine鈥� Onshore wind power is the backbone of Germany鈥檚 energy transition, but government reform plans for the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act risk slowing down its ...
20 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Germany needs a national instrument to reduce carbon emissions from the power sector to meet climate targets by 2020 because even a reformed European Emissions Trading System (ETS) alone will not have enough impact, leaked ...
15 Nov 2017, 00:00 The German coalition talks on climate and energy policy stumble over a dispute over the reduction of coal fired power production. Just days before exploratory talks are scheduled to finish, the Green Party and its negotiating partners ...
21 Apr 2021, 12:37 Germany鈥檚 conservatives have chosen Armin Laschet as their leading candidate for the national election in September, signalling continuity with the era of Chancellor Angela Merkel and ending a days-long power struggle with top rival ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 Germany will not impose an additional climate levy on old and dirty power plants. In late-night negotiations, the ruling government coalition buried a levy proposal, choosing instead to mothball and later decommission some lignite power ...
28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 AFP 鈥淢ore companies are making their peace with the energy transition鈥� An increasing number of companies in Germany are supporting the country鈥檚 move to replace conventional energy sources with ...
05 Aug 2022, 11:34 With natural gas deliveries from Russia dwindling, the German government is preparing for a winter without sufficient supplies of the fossil fuel it relies on heavily for heating homes. As well as increasing the import of liquified gas ...
23 Jan 2015
23 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt / sh:z 鈥濼he North focuses on wind power鈥� Germany鈥檚 northern state of Schleswig-Holstein wants to increase its share of renewables in the power mix and for heating and wants to lower energy ...
28 Jan 2019, 11:36 The agreement by Germany's coal exit commission to end the fossil power source's use by 2038 the latest is welcomed by the country's climate activists and energy industry representatives alike. They praise the final ...
11 Apr 2016
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online/AFP/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淯tilities increase nuclear provisions鈥� The utilities have increased their provisions for the nuclear exit in the last year, according to a report by press agency AFP ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 The German government finally buried plans for a levy on old coal-fired power plants. Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel, energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and leading politicians from the ruling coalition adopted a union proposal to pay ...
31 Aug 2021, 08:44 Tighter emission targets and mounting signs of climate change have once again turned Germany's coal exit into a hotly debated election campaign issue. The country agreed last year to phase out coal by 2038 at the latest, but many ...
10 Nov 2021, 13:00 A string of landmark rulings forcing governments to step up emission cuts have turned the courts into a new and powerful line of defence in the fight against climate change. An increasing number of judges now consider global warming a ...
26 Jan 2019, 16:45 麻豆无码版 transition home country Germany eyes a phase-out of coal power by 2038 at the very latest, as the country tries to get back on track to create a climate-friendly economy. In its highly anticipated phase-out proposal, the country ...
07 Apr 2021, 08:47 Germany鈥檚 ruling conservatives and the Greens are about to kick off the 2021 national election race in earnest by naming their respective leading candidates to take over the helm of Europe鈥檚 biggest economy in autumn. While the country ...
07 Oct 2015
07 Oct 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bloomberg Business, Greenpeace,聽S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕reenpeace says can find cash to buy Vattenfall coal assets鈥� Bloomberg Business reports that Greenpeace has registered its interest in buying ...
21 Aug 2018, 15:33 The projected rise in CO2 prices in Europe could see coal-fired power plants being replaced by gas plants in Germany, thereby saving millions of tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions and helping the country to achieve its energy transition ...
10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
11 Jan 2021, 13:32 Three men compete to take the lead of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany's largest party, and to possibly follow in the footsteps of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who leaves office after 16 years in September amid a global ...
07 Feb 2018, 00:00 Agreeing on climate and energy policy was one of the simpler tasks during Germany's coalition negotiations, says Social Democratic (SPD) energy spokesman Bernd Westphal. However, he concedes that the challenges awaiting the country ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:52 Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to argue the case for using emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate change if they become part of the next federal government. The party wants to extend the ...
10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
21 Nov 2014, 00:00 Ten days before the plan to fix Germany鈥檚 "climate gap" is set for cabinet approval, it is still unclear how much the power sector will contribute toward the carbon emissions target of a 40 percent cut by 2020. Expert BMWi- ...
20 Dec 2021, 10:55 The start of Germany's new government makes 2022 a crucial year for the country's landmark energy transition. All eyes are on the three-way coalition's first steps towards implementing its ambitious climate plans, which ...
11 Jul 2019, 13:33 The shift to a low-carbon future is turning the economy inside out. Policy has a crucial role to play, but ultimately it is businesses that will make the energy transition happen. In Energiewende home country Germany, many start-ups are ...
03 Apr 2019, 13:13 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
07 Dec 2018, 19:29 Germany's conservative Christian Democrats elected general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm of the party. The election of Merkel's close ally and former premier in the ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
