08 Apr 2025, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 Accelerating the transition to largely domestically produced sustainable energy such as wind and solar electricity is the only way to really ensure energy security in Europe, said the European ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Security 麻豆无码版 Climate change poses the greatest threat to German and European security because it destabilises states, undermines food security, increases conflicts over resources like water, according to ...
16 Jul 2025, 10:46 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Security Handelsblatt Germany's economy and energy ministry is examining whether China could gain access to the German gas network via an Italian energy company, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The ...
07 Jul 2025, 11:18 Joey Grostern Gas Security Die Welt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals covered 8 percent of Germany鈥檚 total gas imports in the first half of the year, a level similar to the past year. 麻豆无码版 industry ...
02 Jul 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 The German government has lowered the country鈥檚 gas supply alert to the lowest level thanks to a 鈥渟ignificantly improved鈥 supply situation, the economy ministry has said. The country ...
12 Jun 2025, 10:30 The re-arming of Europe looks set to become one of the most dynamic policy areas for the EU in the foreseeable future. Hundreds of billions of euros will be invested between Portugal and Finland in the coming years to bolster national ...
20 Jun 2025, 13:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The findings of the Spanish government鈥檚 report on the causes of the massive nationwide blackout that hit the country in late April suggest that a similar event is unlikely to occur in ...
26 May 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Security Funke Mediengruppe Germany鈥檚 electricity supply infrastructure increasingly represents a target for cyber attacks, Claudia Plattner, president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ...
23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
13 May 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has emphasised the value in working with European partners to ensure energy supply for the continent. 鈥淐ooperation with European ...
09 May 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Security 麻豆无码版 Germany must speed up the electrification of its rail network for military purposes as well as for environmental reasons, said the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) ...
25 Apr 2025, 09:00 European and UK leaders have pledged to cooperate closely to strengthen energy supply security, and said bringing down fossil fuel imports and ramping up domestic clean sources is the only way to do so. At an energy security summit in ...
12 May 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The massive nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal on 28 April continues to raise questions across Europe regarding the incident鈥檚 origins and the conclusions that need ...
28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain鈥檚 secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
23 Jul 2025
23 Jul 2025, 12:45 麻豆无码版 Team IRENA: 91% of new renewable projects now cheaper than fossil fuels alternatives New IRENA report confirms cost-competitiveness of renewables; warns of mounting grid integration and financing challenges notably in emerging and ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:14 Edgar Meza Wind Security WirtschaftsWoche Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path ...
01 Jul 2025
01 Jul 2025, 13:40 麻豆无码版 Team E3G: European Commission must not further delay 2040 climate target Achieving at least 90% emissions reduction "is feasible and necessary" for net-zero in 2050 and EU competitiveness, think tank says.聽 Euractiv: ...
17 Jun 2025, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Technology Security 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 largest arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has entered a strategic partnership with synthetic fuels producer INERATEC to scale up e-fuel ...
02 May 2025, 09:30 The European Union should strive for a well-connected energy system designed in a way that allows different national strengths to complement each other, says Nikos Tsafos, deputy energy minister of Greece. The country is expected to ...
13 Jun 2025
13 Jun 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Bid to refill key German gas storage site ends in failure Germany鈥檚 race to fill its vast gas storage sites ahead of next winter is entering crunch time after one of the country鈥檚 largest facilities failed to find ...
01 Aug 2025, 12:39 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 government should quickly create the legal basis for back-up power plants to be built to secure the country鈥檚 electricity system stability, the federal network agency BNetzA ...
05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 麻豆无码版 The climate crisis is 鈥渢he biggest security crisis of our time,鈥 said German foreign minister Annalena ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany and Europe are well prepared to deal with serious disruptions to their gas supply in the long term, according to a report by consultancy PwC assessing the reliability of gas ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 麻豆无码版 A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into Germany鈥檚 electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
20 Jun 2025
20 Jun 2025, 12:15 麻豆无码版 Team Carbon Pulse:聽 EU Commission announces withdrawal of Green Claims Directive The European Commission said it intends to withdraw its proposal for a Green Claims Directive on Friday (20 June), in answer to a question by Carbon ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
02 May 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Table Media / Handelsblatt Several international climate policy experts have warned that the next German government鈥檚 decision to strip the foreign office of its responsibility for ...
16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 麻豆无码版 / rbb Germany鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
18 Jun 2025, 13:50 Jack McGovan Electricity Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German federal government should significantly reduce electricity costs for citizens, industry, and small and medium-sized businesses ...
03 Jul 2025, 13:11 The European Commission has presented its proposal for an EU climate target for 2040. The Commission set the ambitious goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent compared to 1990 levels 鈥 but included a backdoor for allowing for a ...
02 Jul 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU 麻豆无码版 Scepticism is growing among Germany鈥檚 European neighbours regarding the country鈥檚 energy policy choices, found a survey among energy sector experts in dozens of countries by the World ...
03 Mar 2025, 13:43 Edgar Meza Wind Handelsblatt The planned installation of 16 Chinese wind turbines off the German coast should be prevented on the grounds of public safety, business daily Handelsblatt reported based on an advisory paper from the German ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:25 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security Tagesspiegel Background The German government has agreed to hand extra power to the country鈥檚 grid agency to improve the protection of critical energy infrastructure. The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Grid Security 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel Disruptions to electricity supply within the German network remained around the ten-year average in 2023, the year in which the country had to deal with the fallout of the ...
30 May 2025, 12:41 Julian Wettengel Grid 麻豆无码版 Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer ...
30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025, 12:46 麻豆无码版 Team IEEFA: D茅j脿 vu as EU risks overreliance on one gas supplier Plan of purchasing 750 billion dollars of US energy in next three years could risk bloc鈥檚 energy security. Allianz: Insurance market for hydrogen could reach more ...
04 Apr 2025
04 Apr 2025, 11:05 麻豆无码版 Team NYTimes: Volkswagen to add 鈥榠mport fee鈥 to cars sold in US The company鈥檚 move is one of the first and clearest examples of automakers using price increases to deal with the 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on car and ...
09 May 2025, 16:15 Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies. The bloc has come a long way from the dependency it once had, yet certain EU countries still rely on Russia for ...
03 Jun 2025, 13:07 Expert Eurelectric European electricity industry interest group Electricity market EU Julian Wettengel Electricity Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Increased production and use of electricity across all sectors is key for the ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:30 Edgar Meza Adaptation Society 麻豆无码版 Germany's major aid organisations are urging the future government to increase civil protections in light of " the disasters resulting from rapidly increasing global warming and ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Thousands of scientists from a broad section of fields have come together to urge Germany's next government to prioritise climate policy. "We are very ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 The German government has promised an additional 195 million euros in support to Ukraine, about half of which is designated for the protection and rebuilding the country鈥檚 energy ...
18 Jul 2025
18 Jul 2025, 11:31 麻豆无码版 Team BBC: Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty UK聽Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said the rail link could offer an alternative to flying within the next decade. DW:聽 Deutsche Bahn is on track for more ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 10:50 麻豆无码版 Team Eurelectric: Europe needs an energy security strategy based on clean electrification A new report demonstrates the need for a new approach to energy security based on clean electrification to reduce fuel imports dependence, ...
17 Mar 2025
17 Mar 2025, 13:00 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Green energy stocks fall back to levels last seen 5 years ago聽 Uncertainty over political support for clean transition depresses market. Reuters: Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate ...
10 May 2024, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 麻豆无码版 Germany has vowed to support the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine鈥檚 power grid, which has been greatly damaged by missile attacks over the past two years in the context of ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Die Welt A legislative standstill in plans to build new gas-fired power plants poses a threat to the transformation of East German coal-mining regions, the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has said ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 The German government is open to partnering with African countries on fossil gas projects, as well as blue hydrogen production (made from fossil gas, ...
26 Mar 2025
26 Mar 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Vattenfall to build Germany's largest offshore wind farm Swedish power utility Vattenfall said it has made a final investment decision for two wind farm projects in the German North Sea, Nordlicht 1 and 2, the ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
25 Jul 2025
25 Jul 2025, 12:19 麻豆无码版 Team AP: Europe and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else in tense Beijing summit The two economic juggernauts issued a joint statement on climate change, urging more emission cuts and greater use of green ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:37 Germany is unlikely to face the kind of massive power outage which hit Spain and Portugal on 28 April, as the country鈥檚 system is based on redundancies and many safeguard measures are in place, said grid agency BNetzA. The two countries ...
01 Aug 2025, 14:30 Just before shutting down for the summer break, Brussels unveiled a two trillion-euro long-term budget blueprint, pitched by European Commission president Ursula von鈥痙er鈥疞eyen as signalling a 鈥渘ew era鈥 for the EU鈥檚 ambitions.聽The budget ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:45 Exceeding the 1.5掳C temperature limit of the Paris Climate Agreement would jeopardise the prospect of living in security and prosperity in Germany and globally, says Germany鈥檚 first-ever National Security Strategy. In the document, the ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 麻豆无码版 Setting up multiple local pricing zones instead of having one big market area could help bring electricity prices down in Germany and increase supply security, according to a report ...
05 Jun 2025, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Utilities 麻豆无码版 Auctions for new gas-fired power plants in Germany should be held before the end of this year, economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has said. While the ...
06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
10 Jun 2025
10 Jun 2025, 11:23 麻豆无码版 Team EEA: 鈥淟eave no one behind鈥 must be central to Europe鈥檚 climate resilience efforts New report from the European Environment Agency shows that most vulnerable groups are often overlooked in climate adaptation. NYTimes: Europe ...
04 Jun 2025, 16:37 The Danish government intends to use its EU Council presidency in the second half of this year to prioritise reaching an agreement among member states on a 2040 climate target for the European Union, said climate and energy minister ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
27 May 2025
27 May 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team ECB: The European economy is not drought-proof 聽 The degradation of natural ecosystems slows growth and leads to financial instability. Water scarcity, natural flood protection and water quality are most critical. Euractiv: ...
06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to Germany鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
02 Jun 2025
02 Jun 2025, 13:29 麻豆无码版 Team European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness Board calls on the European Union to maintain high climate ambition as it revises the ...
24 Apr 2025
24 Apr 2025, 13:14 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: German economy to flatline in 2025 as tariff turmoil hits, government says The German government cut its economic growth forecast and now sees stagnation in 2025 instead of a 0.3% expansion as uncertainty from global ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The EU isn鈥檛 prepared to properly deal with a future gas crisis like the one resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new report ...
03 Jun 2025
03 Jun 2025, 12:10 麻豆无码版 Team IMF: Making germany grow again聽 Labor costs are main driver of decline in German price competitiveness, even more so than rising energy costs.聽 PIK: Scientists say next few years vital to securing the future of the West ...
09 Jul 2025
09 Jul 2025, 11:28 麻豆无码版 Team EU Commission: Clarity to hydrogen sector with new EU methodology for low-carbon hydrogen and fuels To be considered low carbon, hydrogen and related fuels will need to reach a threshold of 70 percent greenhouse gas emission ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Europe's wind power industry and the German government have agreed on a set of measures to tackle challenges regarding the sector鈥檚 competitiveness, continued investments ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices Handelsblatt 麻豆无码版 sector experts as well as industry representatives have warned that a shortage of constantly available electricity capacity could lead to new short-lived but ...
09 May 2025, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU ARD / Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 The new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a 鈥渞estart鈥 of Franco-German relations at his first international trip on Wednesday (7 May), after his ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany is likely to reach its target of having a total offshore wind electricity capacity of 30 gigawatt (GW) in 2031, one year later than planned, said several industry groups in a joint press ...
05 Mar 2025, 17:07 Germany鈥檚 likely next government coalition parties have proposed an overhaul of state debt rules to make hundreds of billions of euros available for defence and infrastructure investments. The agreement, which faces a big hurdle in the ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel / WDR The construction of new gas-fired power plants that are supposed to provide backup capacity for the German electricity system amid the transition to renewable power needs ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann International EU Handelsblatt France and Germany are preparing a relaunch of their cooperation on energy policy, competitiveness, and technology for when conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has formed his ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:38 S枚ren Amelang Policy International Security 麻豆无码版 / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to 鈥渟ystematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement鈥 in the Arctic in聽 new policy guidelines ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 麻豆无码版 A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 An earlier phase-out of coal-fired power production in Germany by 2030 is unlikely if the country does not manage to install sufficient alternative backup capacity to ...
03 Jun 2024, 14:08 For years, Germany's government heavily lobbied for the completion of an additional direct natural gas link to Russia, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, while publicly calling it a "private sector project", internal documents ...
02 Apr 2025, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 麻豆无码版 Europe could reduce its spending on security and defence by cutting its reliance on fossil fuels 鈥 thereby starving Russia of funds from oil exports which are critical ...
22 Apr 2025
22 Apr 2025, 12:35 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Germany鈥檚 neighbours eye share of Friedrich Merz鈥檚 big spending plans Germany鈥檚 economically liberal neighbours are warming to relaxing EU state subsidy rules for the long term, as they bet on their national industries ...
01 Apr 2025, 12:20 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 / MDR / epd / Tagesspiegel Background UK mining and metals company Zinnwald Lithium could begin lithium mining operations in Germany鈥檚 Eastern Ore Mountains as soon as in 2030 in ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 German industry's dependence on ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
14 Oct 2024, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 The expansion of Germany鈥檚 electricity grid in line with the growing share of renewable energy sources will require the build-up of greater national production ...
26 Jun 2025, 13:49 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany has for the first time cancelled more than 500,000 emission certificates from the ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:19 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Germany's energy industry has warned that the country might struggle to find investors to build new hydrogen-ready gas power plants, following the end of a ...
26 Nov 2024, 13:21 Jack McGovan Electricity market 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 company RWE has been found for the fifth time in a row to be in a dominant position in the German electricity market, according to a report by the Federal Cartel Office. Although ...
14 Feb 2025, 10:00 Germany鈥檚 snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
10 Apr 2025
10 Apr 2025, 13:30 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: AI data center growth means more coal and gas plants, IEA says Growth in artificial intelligence-focused data centers will drive demand for gas- and coal-fired power plants, according to new report. Tennet: 12 ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute鈥檚 (IW) ...
30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
05 Jun 2025
05 Jun 2025, 11:51 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg:聽 There aren鈥檛 enough engineers to meet world鈥檚 growing hunger for power The world鈥檚 need for power is outstripping the workforce that can build it. Aging populations and anti-immigration rhetoric aren鈥檛 helping. ...
14 Jul 2025, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 [CLARIFICATION: Edits headline to clarify savings refer both to electricity and gas contracts] German households are saving money on electricity and gas bills by ...
19 May 2025, 17:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Policy 麻豆无码版 [UPDATE adds quotes by minister Reiche, Commissioner Ribera] The new German government should largely adopt the previous government's plans for building new gas power ...
23 Jul 2025, 12:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Exploiting a recent oil discovery in Poland鈥檚 section of the Baltic Sea could come with substantial costs to tourism and environmental protection, the ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Electricity Security 麻豆无码版 Germany saw a slight drop in ...
15 May 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, ...
21 May 2025
21 May 2025, 12:50 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: EU likely to propose quota to ban Russia gas imports by end 2027 The European Union is likely to propose a quota as the mechanism to enforce a bloc-wide import ban on Russian gas by the end of 2027, which officials ...
20 May 2025
20 May 2025, 11:30 麻豆无码版 Team Prospect: Germany鈥檚 next move could make or break green Europe Urgent national security and economic demands are competing with the country鈥檚 climate commitments. European Commission: Economic forecast for Germany After ...
11 Jun 2025, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany must unleash the potential of power purchase agreements (PPAs) to raise private capital for the fast expansion of its renewable energy system, the ...
04 Jul 2025, 13:05 Jennifer Collins Grid Storage Handelsblatt A boom in large-scale battery storage systems is pushing Germany's power grid operators to their limits, with some calling on lawmakers to intervene to "stem the flood" of grid ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / BR The plan to reform Germany鈥檚 debt brake to allow greater defence spending and set up a 500-billion-euro special fund for infrastructure faces another hurdle ...
19 Jun 2025, 12:38 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Jack McGovan Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The ...
25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:38 European transmission system operators (TSOs) have recommended that Germany split its single electricity price zone into up to five bidding zones. This should maximise economic efficiency across the whole market area, ensuring security ...
22 May 2025
22 May 2025, 12:05 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe鈥檚 battery industry Swedish start-up鈥檚 fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the 鈥榲alley of death鈥. Bloomberg: Spain, Portugal urge EU effort on power link after ...
07 Apr 2025
07 Apr 2025, 13:36 麻豆无码版 Team International 麻豆无码版 Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of Germany鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
18 Mar 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media / The Guardian Germany鈥檚 defence ministry expects climate change to have a profound impact on security issues and has presented a plan to prepare its military for the new ...
29 Nov 2024, 11:00 Military and energy security are key priorities for Poland as it prepares to assume the EU鈥檚 rotating presidency in January 2025. The country plans to achieve these targets by pushing for nuclear energy, sanctions on Russia, and EU ...
16 Jul 2025, 12:18 Carolina Kyllmann Storage 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background / pv magazine Battery operators will not be exempt from a levy for the construction of the electricity grid if this is required for their connection, one of Germany& ...
11 Oct 2022, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 Germany aims to keep the Paris Climate Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5掳C within reach, even as the energy crisis in Europe puts a focus on fossil fuels in the short term, ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The collapse of Germany鈥檚 coalition government could threaten important energy transition projects across the country if no precautions are taken ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU 麻豆无码版 French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have vowed to uphold close Franco-German cooperation to ensure European sovereignty in key industrial areas as the new U ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany will enter into solidarity agreements for gas supply with Italy and Switzerland in a bid to improve energy security across Europe in response to the energy crisis of 2022, the ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Electricity market Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 麻豆无码版 Germany's plan to secure the supply of electricity at all times through hydrogen-ready gas power plants could not materialise ...
05 Feb 2025
05 Feb 2025, 11:30 麻豆无码版 Team Agora Energiewende: Stronger incentives needed to fast-track Europe鈥檚 heating transition With current policies, Europe may end up installing tens of millions of new fossil fuel boilers by 2040, jeopardising climate and energy ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:29 Jack McGovan Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany is expected to completely fill its gas storage by the 2024/2025 winter, according to storage system association INES. Gas levels remain sufficient and the association doesn鈥檛 expect to ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥 winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥 ...
04 Dec 2024
04 Dec 2024, 11:44 麻豆无码版 Team Argus: Germany's 2030 coal phase-out ambitions called into question Earlier phase-out target is being reassessed owing to likelihood of further delays to power plant security act, which is meant to secure back-up capacity ...
14 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
02 Jun 2025, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation 麻豆无码版 / Zeit Heavy rainfall and flooding caused insured damages worth 2.6 billion euros in Germany last year, around one billion euros more than the long-term average, industry association GDV聽 said. ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 Government representatives from Algeria, Austria, Italy, Germany, and Tunisia have signed a joint letter of intent for a new hydrogen corridor that should connect southern ...
24 Jun 2025, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cost & Prices Policy WirtschaftsWoche A new social leasing programme should enable those in lower income brackets in Germany to participate in the transition to climate-friendly mobility, Isabel ...
23 Jun 2025, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Only four countries in the world had higher household electricity prices than Germany in the first quarter of 2025, according to an analysis by price comparison website ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU鈥檚 most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
13 May 2025, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The new German government鈥檚 energy policy framework is 鈥減romising鈥 despite few concrete quantitative targets in the coalition agreement, a report from Deutsche Bank ...
09 Feb 2024, 13:04 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany can probably fill its gas storages to the brim before next winter, operators have said. 鈥淚t is possible to completely refill the gas storage facilities again before the coming winter ...
25 Apr 2025
25 Apr 2025, 12:30 麻豆无码版 Team Politico: German coalition member backs US easing Nord Stream sanctions in Russia peace talks One of Germany's leading Social Democrats said Thursday that a potential U.S. move to ease sanctions on Russian energy could be ...
06 Jun 2025, 13:04 Germany鈥檚 most important car industry association VDA has called for a de facto reversal of the EU鈥檚 2035 ban on the sale of new cars powered by a combustion engine, according to media reports. The Social Democrats, who govern in a ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, conservative Christian Democrat Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, has reached a breakthrough deal on the 500-billion-euros ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Handelsblatt Gas supply in Germany at the beginning of winter is stable and storage facilities are well stocked as the heating season gets underway, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The risk of a tight gas ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The European Commission has given the greenlight for a German government scheme supporting energy intensive industries grappling with the rise in prices exacerbated ...
19 May 2025, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government needs to provide additional funds for climate mitigation and adaptation measures, and make these easily available to its states ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:28 Kerstine Appunn Security Handelsblatt Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will cooperate on an accelerated energy transition to meet their climate neutrality targets, the UAE鈥檚 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International ...
05 Mar 2025
05 Mar 2025, 11:25 麻豆无码版 Team European Commission boosts European automotive industry's global competitiveness As part of an action plan for the sector, the Commission proposed to weaken CO2 limit rules for carmakers. Bloomberg: Europe鈥檚 EV market ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market 麻豆无码版 An energy system dominated by solar and wind energy does not require baseload power stations to guarantee supply security, German research academies聽 have said. 鈥淭he academy project ...
09 Jan 2024, 14:03 Franca Quecke Gas Security Der Spiegel / Hamburger Abendblatt The alleged sabotage of an important gas pipeline currently under construction in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein might lead to damages of at least 1.6 million euros, ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition鈥檚 break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
27 Jun 2025
27 Jun 2025, 10:51 Two rounds of local elections were held in Croatia but the green transition was almost entirely absent from the campaigns. However, the topic was taken up by both the European Commission and Greenpeace Croatia, who addressed it in their ...
29 Apr 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Security Tagesspiegel / Der Spiegel Russia鈥檚 Gazprom bank has for the first time refused to accept a payment in euros from a German gas trader. Trading company and former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Marketing & ...
22 Jul 2025, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Utilities Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 Amid growing uncertainty about the new German government鈥檚 future energy policy, both energy supplier Vattenfall and the country鈥檚 central bank, the ...
06 Jan 2025
06 Jan 2025, 10:43 麻豆无码版 Team HydrogenInsight: German chancellor calls on EU to shelve 'excessively strict' green hydrogen definition Scholz argues that planned projects cannot compete based on what the European Commission will accept is a ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / ARD The energy industry has welcomed the new German government鈥檚 鈥渋nvestment booster鈥 to stimulate growth in Europe鈥檚 biggest economy, which includes tax incentives for ...
24 Jun 2025, 13:18 With a massive increase in defence spending and energy cost subsidies for companies and citizens, Germany鈥檚 new budget aims to achieve the twin goal of ramping up the country鈥檚 military and reviving growth in Europe鈥檚 biggest economy. ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Several environmental and political NGOs have called on Germany鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
19 May 2025
19 May 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team FT: Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable energy in EU legislation, ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Security 麻豆无码版 [Adds paragraph on related study about climate policy perception by science platform WPKS] The 鈥渋ncreasingly tangible鈥 threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the ...
28 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Finance Company climate claims 麻豆无码版 EU rules have pushed many investment funds to drop terms like 鈥渟ustainable鈥 or 鈥渃limate鈥 from their names if they could not live up to the promise, even though guidelines ...
04 Jun 2025, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating 麻豆无码版 A large majority of new residential houses and buildings in Germany feature a heat pump as their main heating system, showed numbers from the government鈥檚 statistical office Destatis. ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
22 May 2025, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy 麻豆无码版 The German government must quickly provide clarity on how it plans to cut emissions in the heating sector and create reliable framework conditions, a host of energy industry ...
03 Dec 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Germany's government cabinet is set to adopt a national circular economy strategy tomorrow (4 December), said the environment ministry. The ministry spells out targets ...
18 Feb 2025
18 Feb 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Germany set to scale down climate ambitions- Billions in climate subsidies have been frozen for months- Main parties focusing on security, migration before election CNBC: Wind energy just had a record year in ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:19 Sven Egenter International Security Increasing competition and new global power structures caused by the shift to climate-neutral industries and energy sources risk splitting the world anew into conflictive spheres, German economy and ...
31 Jan 2025, 14:00 Poland鈥檚 energy transition is lagging and set to rely on natural gas as a bridge fuel and nuclear energy for baseload capacity. A far-right party is pushing against new renewable investment with a referendum on a pending new wind farm ...
27 Mar 2025
27 Mar 2025, 12:11 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Trump unveils 25% auto tariff, threatens new levies on allies The new tariffs, which will hit German automakers in particular, will take effect on 3 April 鈥 one day after a broader range of so-called reciprocal ...
30 May 2025, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of ...
22 Jan 2025
22 Jan 2025, 11:30 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Europe extends hand to US, warns of 'race to bottom' German chancellor Scholz voices cautious optimism after first contact with Trump administration. Politico: EU鈥檚 Clean Industrial Deal to cover 6 themes ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 麻豆无码版 Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:01 Ruby Russel Heating 麻豆无码版 Heat pump sales in Germany are set to fall to around 200,000 units this year, from 350,000 in 2023, according to the German Heat Pump Association (BWP), which blames the 45 percent decline on ...
30 Apr 2025, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Government 麻豆无码版 The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved the coalition agreement with the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, led by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, clearing the final major hurdle to ...
13 May 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Transport 麻豆无码版 A number of environmental organisations, trade unions and others have called on Germany鈥檚 new transport minister, Patrick Schnieder, to commit to sustainable local and regional transport in his ...
11 Mar 2025
11 Mar 2025, 12:00 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Clock ticks for German fiscal bonanza but Merz ally optimistic A senior ally of Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday (11 March) was optimistic about securing support for a massive increase ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Importing shipped green hydrogen from Africa could be more expensive for Germany than previously thought, according to a joint study by TU Munich, Oxford University and ETH ...
31 Jul 2025, 13:29 A growing number of critics have voiced concerns over an upcoming energy transition monitoring report, which Germany鈥檚 economy ministry plans to use to guide future energy policy.聽 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Politics The planned ...
01 Jul 2025, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The planned energy transition monitoring by Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has been criticised by NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) for lacking ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics ARD Germany鈥檚 largest opposition group in parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, has supported the continuation of the country鈥檚 national flat-rate ticket for using local ...
08 Jan 2025
08 Jan 2025, 10:14 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Automakers to pool CO2 emissions with Tesla, Polestar to meet EU 2025 rules Automakers facing tougher European Union 2025 emissions rules are planning to buy carbon credits from electric vehicle companies including ...
29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for Germany鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:08 Germany and Europe must urgently strengthen their competitiveness and defence capabilities, government, businesses and NGOs said in first reactions the U.S. presidential election win by Donald Trump. Industry association BDI warned that ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels International Security 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / ZDF The events leading up to Germany鈥檚 commitment to building the controversial Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline to Russia could be ...
16 Jan 2025
16 Jan 2025, 12:00 S枚ren Amelang World Economic Forum:聽 These are the biggest risks we face now and in the next 10 years "Extreme weather events" rank second in the short term of two years and first in the long term of 10 years. Bloomberg: ...
23 Jul 2025, 12:36 Germany鈥檚 new government leaves the option open to convert its planned new natural gas power plants to hydrogen after they begin generating electricity with the fossil fuel. Unlike the previous government, the new coalition hasn鈥檛 ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:21 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Companies in Germany continue to be ...
12 May 2025, 13:47 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Most people in Germany continue to be very concerned about the impact of global ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Business & Jobs Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung French energy company TotalEnergies says it plans to stay on its expansion course in Germany, welcoming the CDU/CSU and SDP coalition deal that will continue ...
02 Jun 2025, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 The new German government could implement its planned support for electric car purchases in a socially fair manner without an additional burden on public coffers, argues a report commissioned by a ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Policy Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 government will present the long-awaited National Security Strategy on Wednesday (14 June), with critical raw materials as one focus, said chancellor Olaf Scholz at the East ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables RBB East German energy company LEAG plans to put a major lignite plant in partial reserve from May to September due to the projected high output of renewable power installations in that period, public ...
12 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025, 10:35 麻豆无码版 Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 Unfavourable weather conditions led to a decrease of renewable energy generation in Germany at the start of the year, outweighing a growth in renewable capacity, figures released by energy ...
17 Jul 2025, 13:42 The EU鈥檚 climate neutrality, resilience and competitiveness goals risk being jeopardised by a lack of funding for climate and biodiversity protection in Europe's proposal for its upcoming budget cycle, environmental groups said. ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Many nuclear waste storage facilities in Germany are not up to safety standards with issues like rusting drums and interim sites being used without permits, ...
07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
06 Jun 2025, 15:00 Poland鈥檚 newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, brings strong backing from the right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) and he has shown a hardline stance against EU climate policies. Like his predecessor Andrzej Duda, Nawrocki has ...
07 Mar 2025, 15:00 Winter may finally be on the way out but Italy is still grappling with high electricity prices, with average wholesale prices in February among the highest in Europe. Under increasing pressure to halt further rises, the government ...
04 Mar 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 next coalition government should push to decarbonise the country鈥檚 heating systems, said a wide alliance of sector associations in a joint appeal. The ...
21 Oct 2024
21 Oct 2024, 12:25 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Scholz courts needed workers abroad as anti-migrant parties rise Scholz is betting on negotiating migration deals directly with foreign governments to secure skilled workers in understaffed industries. Reuters: Top ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:52 Several days of little sunshine and wind have pushed down renewable electricity production in Germany in early November, causing an increase of fossil fuel use and high power prices. However, energy analysts said such conditions are ...
20 Jun 2025, 15:30 The coming weeks will be decisive for the European Union鈥檚 climate trajectory, with several key milestones rapidly approaching. Central among these is the European Commission鈥檚 long-awaited proposal for the EU鈥檚 2040 emissions reduction ...
29 Apr 2025
29 Apr 2025, 13:45 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early on 29 April, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe鈥檚 worst ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Finance 麻豆无码版 Fourteen percent of German households are already putting their money into sustainable investments, while another 30 percent can imagine doing so in the future, a survey by the government-owned ...
27 Feb 2025
27 Feb 2025, 13:14 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Don't sound the death knell for Germany's green wave yet The nation鈥檚 industrial giants believe clean technology is the best bet for the future. That should be an incentive for Friedrich Merz to stay the ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 麻豆无码版 Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa鈥檚 energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe鈥檚 green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics International 麻豆无码版 The EU and the U.S. should have strong incentives to develop a joint green agenda 鈥 given their shared aim to foster decarbonisation while 鈥渄e-risking鈥 from China ...
24 Feb 2021, 12:38 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 German foreign minister Heiko Maas has reiterated his government鈥檚 calls to make climate change a key focus of all ...
10 May 2024, 14:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Russian nuclear power experts have been deployed to the northern German town of Lingen to assist French company Framatome in modernising the local nuclear fuel rod factory ...
14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 麻豆无码版 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥 to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Renewables Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), which is currently run by the Greens, who will likely not be part of the new coalition government, has presented ...
15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Government International 麻豆无码版 Several climate and environmental NGOs have called on the German government to step up its leadership efforts and remain a reliable climate protection advocate ahead of the ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 It is unclear whether and to what extent conventional fracking 鈥 a controversial gas extraction method currently banned in Germany 鈥 could make a contribution to supply security in the ...
12 Dec 2024
12 Dec 2024, 13:23 麻豆无码版 Team Financial Times: Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar Country鈥檚 energy minister describes 鈥榮hit situation鈥 as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009. Electrive: Germany's economy ...
09 Jul 2024, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Electricity market Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's government is planning a new levy for electricity consumers to fund the construction of the country's planned ...
15 Jul 2025, 14:30 Despite the ongoing expansion of Germany's wind and solar power capacity, renewables provided 54 percent of electricity consumption聽between January and the end of June 2025, a slight drop compared to the same period last year (57%) ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / ARD Railway and road infrastructure are priority areas for Germany鈥檚 major investment package for infrastructure and climate neutrality, the country鈥檚 chancellor-in ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Seven lignite-fired power plant units with a combined capacity of 3.1 gigawatt will finally be shut down in Germany at the end of March, after their decommissioning had been postponed due ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:16 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Policy 麻豆无码版 Progress of German energy transition continues to be mostly stagnating, 聽a report by research centre Prognos carried out on behalf of the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) said ...
20 Oct 2020, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Security Tagesspiegel Background The coronavirus pandemic shows that Europe needs to broaden its security policy focus to include non-military or terrorist threats such as infectious disease and global warming, former ...
24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an 鈥渆conomic nationalism鈥 policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
08 Jun 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Hamburger Abendblatt The energy crisis in ...
11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany鈥檚 steel and chemical industries, the country鈥檚 government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance聽 has warned. These sectors ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Concern about the impact of climate change is rising, while fewer people feel individual action is needed to combat the problem, according to a survey in 32 countries on ...
29 Nov 2024
29 Nov 2024, 11:05 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: German government plans about 鈧2 billion in new chip subsidies-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Part of a push to build chip supply resilience in Europe-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Intel recently delayed a 30-billion-euro chip factory in Magdeburg EU: ...
10 Jan 2025, 09:59 Croatian citizens ended 2024 with a first round of presidential elections, marking the finale of a super election year. In terms of the climate, it was yet another year of above-average warmth, accompanied by numerous extreme weather ...
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025, 11:45 麻豆无码版 Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
02 Aug 2024
02 Aug 2024, 14:20 Six months after the new ruling coalition in Poland came to power, there are still no significant changes to the country鈥檚 energy policy. The government of Donald Tusk, however, is finally getting back to work on key laws for the energy ...
20 May 2025, 13:06 Germany鈥檚 new government aims for a speedy adoption of the 2025 federal budget to finally end months of provisional budget operations resulting from the break-up of the previous coalition government. The finance ministry under its new ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:05 Warnings by the works council at carmaker Volkswagen that the company plans to make significant cuts to its production sites and workforce in Germany have led policymakers to call for the protection of jobs and local economies. ...
28 Feb 2025, 15:00 Last week鈥檚 parliamentary snap election changed Germany鈥檚 political landscape: The former tripartite 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥 of chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clearly voted out- and conservative CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Cars 麻豆无码版 Germany's economy and climate ministry has welcomed the European Commission鈥檚 plans for the automotive sector, arguing it will increase the sector's international competitiveness. "With ...
09 May 2023, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Security 麻豆无码版 German energy policy in the Baltic Sea region has been a major failure that will now have to be corrected through a rigorous pivot towards offshore wind power, foreign minister Annalena ...
13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country鈥檚 energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Heating Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany would like to see more factual information around policies to make heating and transport more climate-friendly, such as carbon pricing, and they attach great ...
02 Oct 2024, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 three-party coalition government is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in several elections, casting a shadow over the progress of the country鈥檚 energy transition. 麻豆无码版 industry and ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of Germany鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
11 May 2023, 13:11 Edgar Meza Policy Security Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Economy minister Robert Habeck has warned against over-reliance on China and called for the broadening of supply chains while reassessing 鈥渢he opportunities and risks of our ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥 conservatives have won Germany鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
28 Feb 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind EU 麻豆无码版 Europe installed a total 16.4 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity in 2024, down from 18.4 GW achieved in the previous year, according to data by industry association WindEurope. " ...
27 Jun 2022, 14:23 Kerstine Appunn International Security 麻豆无码版 The G7 leaders should agree on import tariffs on Russian oil and gas at their summit in Elmau, according to researchers from the economic institute IfW Kiel. "A tariff ...
11 Sep 2024
11 Sep 2024, 11:18 Julian Wettengel EU Commission: State of the 麻豆无码版 Union Report 2024 shows EU progress The EU has managed to withstand critical risks to its security of energy supply, regain control over the energy market and prices, and accelerate ...
02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 麻豆无码版 EU member states鈥 national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:39 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 Electricity Elections & Politics ...
28 Sep 2020, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Security FAZ / Tagesspiegel Background The German national parliament鈥檚 (Bundestag) research service does not regard US sanctions against German companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline as a ...
09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
07 Nov 2024
07 Nov 2024, 10:00 麻豆无码版 Team Politico: 聽 Scholz bows out of COP29 climate summit after government collapses 聽 The decision follows a dramatic breakdown of Germany鈥檚 three-party coalition government. Bloomberg: Italy renews push to revise EU鈥檚 combustion ...
26 May 2025, 12:04 Germany鈥檚 plans for the ramp-up of a green hydrogen economy has run into significant uncertainties, including over the fuel鈥檚 future price, regulation, and the necessary infrastructure development, said an energy industry report. ...
02 Mar 2023, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Die Zeit The possible earlier coal phase-out in eastern Germany continues to lead to clashes between the federal government and state governments in the east, with views differing on how a coal exit in ...
05 Nov 2024
05 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Ember: Nominated EU Commissioner for 麻豆无码版 is being put to the test in the EU Parliament Think tank Ember agrees with candidate Dan Jorgensen's stated aim to prioritise grid modernisation. T&E: Our take on the EU ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:38 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Policy 麻豆无码版 The German government has started its largest green hydrogen import auction yet. For the first time, one portion of the tender worth 2.5 billion euros in total will be funded jointly by ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Handelsblatt The German government is considering allowing old coal power plants to remain on standby beyond the currently planned spring 2024 to help save gas and ensure supply security when necessary, ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:41 Julian Wettengel International Security 麻豆无码版 The climate crisis and its effects on people鈥檚 lives around the world will be at the heart of the National Security Strategy being developed by the German government, said ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in Germany鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:25 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Jack McGovan Grid Solar 麻豆无码版 Necessary regulatory and technical precautions ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The German offshore wind power industry has proposed a range of measures for the country鈥檚 next government that could set off 鈥渁 Germany-wide economic miracle at sea鈥 by boosting the output of ...
03 Jul 2024, 13:19 Jack McGovan Politics rbb / 麻豆无码版 Germany and Poland have agreed on a 40 page action plan for the countries to collaborate more closely on issues like energy and security, reports rbb24. The announcement comes after German ...
31 May 2024, 12:50 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International 麻豆无码版 Germany has signed a declaration of intent with Italy and Austria to develop a green hydrogen import corridor in a bid to improve future energy security, the economy ministry ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Business Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Bureaucracy and energy are the top issues that German companies say the next government to should prioritise, according to a survey by economic research institute ifo ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Cost & Prices RND / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is reducing its fossil fuel imports even as the cost of buying them has increased from 2021 to 2023, according to a report by the 脰ko-Institut ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Bids from southern states for support in building new gas power plants will be given priority to ensure the projects are built where they are most needed, according to key ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:35 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 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity ...
10 Sep 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The wind power industry in Germany must not repeat the same mistakes as the country鈥檚 solar power industry and cede significant market shares to cheaper Chinese competitors, labour union IG ...
24 May 2024, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Finance PV Magazine Finance minister Christian Lindner has presented a draft law reform that aims to ease the access for investment funds into Germany鈥檚 renewable power and energy system infrastructure, PV ...
08 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Security NY Times / ZEIT, ARD, SWR / Dlf German defence minister Boris Pistorius has reacted cautiously to media reports that a pro-Ukrainian group could be behind the attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:43 Jack McGovan Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The new German government after the election on 23 February should implement an ambitious heating package that promotes the expansion of climate-neutral heat supply, said ...
08 Oct 2024
08 Oct 2024, 10:30 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: EU backing for China EV tariffs shows Berlin's waning influence Germany was one of only five EU members to reject tariffs after months of pressure from its carmakers, which rely on China for almost a third of ...
06 Nov 2024
06 Nov 2024, 13:24 麻豆无码版 Team Euronews: Thousands of jobs to go at German car parts maker Sch盲ffler The company is downsizing at 10 locations in Germany and five other sites in Europe, further illustrating the challenges facing the European car industry. ...
10 Feb 2025
10 Feb 2025, 13:25 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:22 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Think tank Agora Energiewende has聽 outlined 聽a number of possible solutions that could speed up the expansion of offshore wind power in Germany. Supply bottlenecks and price increases are currently ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Cars 麻豆无码版 / Spiegel / Bild / dpa German policymakers, industry experts, environmental NGOs and unions were split over a proposal to support the country鈥檚 ailing car industry with a new 鈥榗ash for clunkers鈥 ...
21 May 2024, 14:09 Jack McGovan Grid International 麻豆无码版 The construction of a major power line connecting Great Britain to Germany through the North Sea has begun in the coastal city Wilhelmshaven in northwestern Germany. Spanning a total ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Storage Handelsblatt The surging interest of potential operators of large-scale battery storage units that seek connections to Germany鈥檚 transmission grid could聽put聽network operators in a difficult situation, reported ...
08 Mar 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 麻豆无码版 / The Guardian / CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected calls for immediately ending all energy trading with Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. 鈥淓urope鈥檚 ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor鈥檚 three-party ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 In the landmark climate litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy company RWE, the judge responsible for the case at a German ...
11 Mar 2022, 14:26 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Security Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:45 Jack McGovan Electricity Heating 麻豆无码版 Corrects third paragraph to specify share of heat pump sales compared to all heating sytems sold, a previous version of the article incorrectly stated this was the share of heat pumps ...
13 Dec 2024
13 Dec 2024, 15:30 The coming year will show whether the EU can use a new strategy to clean its industry and continue the path laid out over the past five years in the European Green Deal, or whether increasing global competition and protectionist efforts ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Der Spiegel Germany's highly anticipated government strategy for constructing gas power plants as a backup for rapidly increasing renewable generation will be delayed by one year, news magazine Der ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:56 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 The hasty buildout of Germany鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:14 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany rank security as their top priority when it comes to energy supply, according to a survey by consultancy EY. The majority (61%) of those surveyed ranked energy supply ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:07 Months of negotiations among the parties in Germany鈥檚 governing coalition about the country鈥檚 2025 budget have ushered in 鈥渞ecord investments鈥 into renewable power, industrial decarbonisation, electric mobility and a faster transition ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 麻豆无码版 Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Handelsblatt German transmission grid operator 50Hertz has called for a more balanced and careful approach when it comes to the further expansion of solar photovoltaics (PV), saying there is a risk of overloading ...
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 ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Security 麻豆无码版 Pressure is mounting to better protect the coasts of Germany and other North Sea countries against threats such as storm tides. Rising sea levels and increased rainfall and floods ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:38 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 A large part of Germany's future hydrogen demand could be supplied to the country via pipelines from neighbouring countries, according to a report by think tanks Agora Energiewende and ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:45 Jack McGovan Policy Tagesspiegel Background 麻豆无码版 sector groups have called for improvements to a German interior ministry draft law set to regulate the resilience and physical safety of critical infrastructure, reports Tagesspiegel ...
12 Jul 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Industry Policy 麻豆无码版 / WirtschaftsWoche The German government鈥檚 plans for a so-called capacity market, which would reward power plant operators for providing generation capacity rather ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 / Deutsche Welle / ZDF German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the US sanctions to be imposed on companies working on the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, recently approved by the US ...
06 Jan 2023, 11:03 Germany and the EU must focus on reducing their dependence on raw materials that are critical for key energy transition technologies this year, says economist and government advisor Veronika Grimm. 鈥淲e are [faced] with the task of more ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Die Welt Coal mining states in eastern Germany have warned that the energy crisis makes an early phase-out of the fossil fuel too risky for the country鈥檚 energy supply. 鈥淟ignite is needed now and for the ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:38 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Der Spiegel Most German citizens still believe the energy transition is ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:49 Edgar Meza Society EU 麻豆无码版 People in Germany would like to see more European cooperation in energy and climate policy, according to a survey conducted by market research institute Prolytics on behalf of the German ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 first import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) opened on Saturday, 17 December, and is slated to supply gas to the German grid within days. 鈥淭his is a very special moment ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥 as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany must systematically collect building efficiency data like all other EU countries, which would boost its lagging efforts to make its housing stock climate-neutral,聽 according to 聽the ...
31 May 2024, 12:52 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Policy 麻豆无码版 An alliance of environmental NGOs, a motorist club, trade unions and various labour unions and associations has called on Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner to slash ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ZDF The cold snap that has gripped large parts ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:52 Filling gas storages in 2023 might not be as easy as this past year in the absence of Russian pipeline gas, and Europe should focus on energy saving and finding ways to increase especially LNG supply to address the global shortage next ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 麻豆无码版 The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥 Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
08 Feb 2024, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out International S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Bayerischer Rundfunk Local politicians from Germany鈥檚 border region in Bavaria have expressed concerns about the security of nuclear power stations planned in the ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The absence of climate mitigation measures is the greatest threat to prosperity and security in Germany and Europe, a group of environmental organisations said in a joint ...
05 Dec 2024, 11:49 Germany鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
21 Nov 2024
21 Nov 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team AP: Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe Of the total, 2,900 jobs would be lost in Germany, 800 in Britain and 300 in other European Union countries. Reuters: Volkswagen enters third ...
30 Jun 2023, 12:18 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Agriculture EU 麻豆无码版 / Dlf / taz German farmers have called on the EU to put more emphasis on food security in its "Green Deal" strategy to become climate neutral by 2050. The farmers& ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
18 Nov 2022, 14:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 A major gas shortage in Germany during the coming winter has become 鈥渉ighly unlikely,鈥 the country鈥檚 gas storage operator association INES has said. In a review of supply scenarios for ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
14 Oct 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Die Zeit / ntv / ARD / Politico Germany鈥檚 parties are gearing up for their election campaigns with around a year to go before the country鈥檚 next scheduled national vote. Chancellor ...
19 Jul 2024, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 EUElections2024 麻豆无码版 The re-election of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has largely been welcomed by Germany鈥檚 government, observers in the energy industry and by civil ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:27 With competing ideas for Germany鈥檚 industrial recovery, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 three-party coalition is showing clear signs of disunity. Ahead of the crucial round of talks for agreeing next year鈥檚 budget, coalition party ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking as many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB has warned. ...
08 Aug 2024, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Society dpa / 麻豆无码版 A German court has temporarily banned the construction of an electricity connection needed to power a planned gas drilling platform in the Wadden Sea, a World Heritage Site in ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The final shutdown of seven lignite and eight smaller hard coal power plant units with a combined capacity of 4.4 gigawatts (GW) over the Easter holidays does not threaten Germany's energy supply security, ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:53 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 In addition to electrification and a massive ramp-up of renewables, a greater use of diverse technologies such as seasonal heat storage or feed additives that reduce methane emissions from ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of Germany鈥檚 leading parties say they are committed to the country鈥檚 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major聽 TV debate 聽on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany is set to reform its electricity market design as it moves to decarbonise its power sector. In a paper outlining fields of action, the economy ministry ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:39 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market ...
28 Jan 2019, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the United Nations at Friday鈥檚 open debate of the UN Security Council to take the link between climate and security into account in all conflict ...
17 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024, 12:27 麻豆无码版 Team Reuters: Von der Leyen names new European Commission with focus on climate change, security, competitiveness European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen named her team, which will lead the EU's most powerful ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Europe and Germany should ensure that certain elements of the supply chain of industries critical for the move to climate neutrality happen on their home turf to make the ...
03 May 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 Approval rates for the construction of new wind turbines in the vicinity of people's homes in Germany can rise significantly if local electricity prices would drop as a result, ...
11 Jul 2025, 15:00 It鈥檚 been a difficult few weeks for Italy: heatwaves have slowed the economy, and extreme weather events have caused casualties and damage, bringing debates around climate change back to the front pages. The Meloni government has ...
20 Oct 2022, 14:48 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany can implement ambitious climate action and at the same time strive for long-term energy sovereignty as it attempts to find a way out of the current energy crisis, said researchers ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Heating Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 Electrical and IT companies in Germany have called on Germany's parties to not discredit the energy transition in the federal election campaign leading up to the vote ...
24 May 2024, 14:00 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Clean ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:51 Bennet Ribbeck Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security ...
29 Apr 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Eastern Germany鈥檚 largest lignite mine operator, LEAG, is ready to build one of Germany's first hydrogen-ready gas power plants. The company said the gas turbine power plant ...
27 Sep 2022, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 High energy prices and possibly also pleas by the German government to save gas appear to show an effect among households in the country: The head of the federal grid agency (BNetzA) Klaus ...
20 Sep 2024
20 Sep 2024, 09:15 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: Tesla could help far right secure win in German state vote Tesla鈥檚 first factory in Europe was supposed to revitalize the region near Berlin with thousands of jobs and millions in extra tax revenue. It succeeded on ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background / Deutsche Welle Authorities in Germany, Sweden and Denmark are investigating a sudden drop of pressure in the two offshore Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines ...
23 Sep 2022, 14:02 Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Clean ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union鈥檚 focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
16 Sep 2022, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Handelsblatt Germany will only be able to find out at short notice whether it will face any form of gas shortage in winter, which will then be impossible to prevent, according to the country鈥檚 grid agency ...
07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany and Italy have agreed to expand energy cooperation in order to strengthen supply security and the transition to climate neutrality, with gas and hydrogen pipelines across the Alps ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The preparations for a collapse of gas trading with Russia have advanced enough to get Germany through the coming winter, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. 鈥淲e are prepared ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany no longer counts on receiving gas from Russia after deliveries through the pipeline Nord Stream 1 have been suspended indefinitely by Russian supplier Gazprom. 鈥淕as deliveries ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Government Security 麻豆无码版 In an unusually emotional response to criticism over the government鈥檚 handling of the energy crisis, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised conservative CDU leader Friedrich ...
09 Nov 2023, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 With a new factory for building electrolysers in Berlin, Germany鈥檚 Siemens 麻豆无码版 and France鈥檚 Air Liquide hope to lay the groundwork for a flourishing hydrogen economy in ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 麻豆无码版 Germany's electricity market design needs a fundamental overhaul more urgently than ever before to make the economic value of supply security visible, the country's energy ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Security Handelsblatt / Bild-Zeitung Russia鈥檚 government is actively trying to exploit Germany鈥檚 current energy supply crisis by sowing division and spreading disinformation, security agencies in Germany have ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Security Der Tagesspiegel The European energy crisis caused by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine has created the right environment for 鈥渇inally and forcefully implementing a Europeanisation of energy and climate policy,鈥 ...
20 Feb 2023, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann International 麻豆无码版 The economic interests of all states need to be accounted for in the fight against climate change, as moral reasons won鈥檛 be enough to motivate a successful green transition, German ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:06 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Storage Technology pv magazine Large-scale battery projects with a combined capacity of 226 gigawatts (GW) seek to be connected to Germany鈥檚 transmission grid, fanning industry speculation that the ...
15 Aug 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Leading members of the German government have renewed calls for perseverance and willingness to make sacrifices to beat the energy crisis, with the upcoming heating season set to drive up ...
19 Aug 2022, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Tagesspiegel Background A second wholesale levy on natural gas on top of the existing gas consumption levy in Germany signals that the country鈥檚 gas trading platform Trading Hub Europe (THE) is preparing ...
20 Jun 2022, 12:23 Edgar Meza Wind Security Der Spiegel Growing tensions between the West and China are leading to increasing concern over the role of Chinese companies in Germany鈥檚 energy sector, particularly in the wind power segment, Spiegel reports. A ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 Germany should introduce a "balanced catalogue of measures" to secure its supply of necessary raw materials as the world shifts through a dual transformation of ...
04 Aug 2022, 14:05 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Hannah Naylor EU Security RND / Deutschlandfunk / 麻豆无码版 NGOs ...
01 Aug 2022, 13:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security dpa / Zeit Online The first retired hard coal ...
01 Nov 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Society 麻豆无码版 People in Germany are increasingly doubtful that the country will achieve its 2030 climate targets, from the expansion of renewable energy to the growth of electric vehicles on the country& ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland鈥檚 president Andrzej Duda has condemned Germany鈥檚 past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany can be 鈥渇airly optimistic鈥 regarding its gas supply in winter 2023/2024, said energy industry association BDEW, one year after Russia ended its pipeline supply to the country on 31 August. ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:03 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Gas has started to flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany following a 10-day closure for annual maintenance work. The lower utilisation at around 40 percent of ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:37 Russia is ready to use 鈥減retexts and invented reasons鈥 to obstruct Europe鈥檚 energy supply, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said as his government prepares for a possible full halt to natural gas trading with the country鈥檚 most ...
14 Jul 2022, 12:52 Jessica Bateman Gas Security RND Germany's public is yet to experience the full impact of rising gas prices as bills could 鈥渢riple鈥 from 2023, Klaus M眉ller, the president of the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), has warned in ...
22 Oct 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 麻豆无码版 / Focus Online A key high-voltage power line set to transport electricity from Germany's windy north to the industrial south has begun construction. Grid operator TenneT has laid the first ...
20 Mar 2023, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling Security 麻豆无码版 Japan and Germany have agreed stronger cooperation to ensure sufficient supply of raw materials in areas critical to transforming their economies, such as ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating 麻豆无码版 Sales of heat pumps in Germany dropped by almost half (46%) in 2024 but the industry is confident that support mechanisms will quickly lead to a strong increase in ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:40 Sven Egenter Finance Security 麻豆无码版 Russia鈥檚 cuts to natural gas supplies and the wider economic fallout from the war against Ukraine will push the German economy into recession, analysts at Deutsche Bank forecast. 鈥淎 likely ...
14 Jul 2022, 13:18 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Europe will be faced with gas shortages until new import infrastructure, a reduction of gas consumption, as well as better coordinated cooperation between European countries are in place to ...
24 May 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Security Tagesspiegel Background A string of apparently targeted cyberattacks on German wind farms has led to worries that the country鈥檚 main future power source is not聽 sufficiently protected, Simon Frost reports ...
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024, 09:00 麻豆无码版 Team Bloomberg: The secret behind Germany鈥檚 record renewables buildout As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry鈥檚 toughest problem: slow permitting, writes Bloomberg. Bloomberg: ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany will provide up to 3.53 billion euros in the period 2027 to 2036 to procure hydrogen and hydrogen-based derivatives from different regions, said the economy ministry ...
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 ...
06 Jul 2022, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Tagesspiegel Background The reactivation of mothballed coal plants in Germany- in response to the energy crisis fuelled by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine- could include old lignite-fired power stations which do ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / Dlf Russian natural gas supplier Gazprom halted flows almost entirely through Nord Stream on Monday morning (11 July) as about ten days of planned maintenance work began, with the German ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 Following the attacks of the Nord Stream pipelines in September, the German government wants to expand the requirement for operators of so-called critical infrastructure (kritis) ...
19 May 2022, 12:04 Julian Wettengel EU Security 麻豆无码版 European Union countries must support each other during the current energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a government statement ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:24 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 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany鈥檚 ...
22 Jun 2022, 14:29 Edgar Meza Gas Security Die Welt, Bloomberg The German government looks set to move its national gas emergency plan to "alarm" level, Die Welt and Bloomberg report. Germany has been at the 鈥渆arly warning鈥 stage since March 30 ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 13:57 Administrative "simplification" will be a key focus of the European Commission's 2025 work programme, trade and economic security聽 commissioner Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 told MEPs during the European Parliament鈥檚 plenary session in ...
17 Jun 2022, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ARD / Tagesspiegel The increasing pressure on Germany鈥檚 gas supply system could lead the government to tighten its grip on gas distribution and enforce savings by law, economy and climate minister Robert ...
11 Jan 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background A lack of IT specialists is becoming a cyber security risk for German energy industry companies, reports newsletter service Tagesspiegel Background Cybersecurity. 鈥淓lectricity grid ...
19 Aug 2024, 13:26 Germany's coalition government has agreed a draft federal budget for 2025, which cuts funds earmarked for climate action and has come under fire for what researchers criticise as "optimistic assumptions without secure ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 A majority of people in Germany (53%) agree that the next government should do more for climate protection, according to a survey commissioned by environmental NGO ...
15 Jun 2022, 13:00 Gas flows from Russia to Germany through the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline will be drastically reduced for an unspecified period, state-owned Russian gas provider Gazprom has announced. The company said that German engineering company ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:25 Jessica Bateman Gas Security 麻豆无码版 EU tariffs on energy imports from Russia would be supported by a majority of economists, a survey has found. According to the survey by Ifo Institute and German newspaper Frankfurter ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:35 Germany's outgoing government made important moves to protect the country against the worsening effects of climate change. Notably, it introduced the first legally-binding climate adaptation law and presented a strategy to protect ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:51 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Reuters To counteract future gas supply shortages, the government cabinet has decided on new regulations for the provision of backup power stations and to minimise the use of natural gas in power generation, ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:02 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security ZDF / ARD Germany鈥檚 economy and climate minister has arrived in Israel for talks about bilateral energy cooperation, with a focus on developing renewable energies rather than short-term deliveries of ...
25 May 2022, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Wind Security RND / 麻豆无码版 Germany wants to increase international cooperation on making the Baltic Sea an important location for offshore wind generation. The country plans to use its one-year presidency of the ...
06 May 2025, 13:00 Germans cast their vote in the country's federal election on 23 February. Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor and will now lead the formal coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 In order to reach climate neutrality in the most affordable way, Germany must ensure it can transport energy across its regions by expanding its electricity and hydrogen grids, ...
25 Jul 2025, 14:47 The patience of France鈥檚 energy companies is wearing thin as they wait for regulations governing the sector鈥檚 future to be drawn up. President Emmanuel Macron may have insisted on the need to expand both renewable and nuclear energy but ...
18 May 2022, 12:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ARD / 麻豆无码版 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany grapples with the connections of some of its senior party members with Russian fossil fuel companies. ...
13 May 2022, 13:00 Russia has started to use fossil fuel deliveries as 鈥渁 weapon鈥 with the introduction of sanctions on Gazprom Germania, the former German unit of Gazprom, said economy and climate minister Robert Habeck. While the situation was ...
10 May 2022, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Rheinische Post Local politicians in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) say the region that heavily relies on coal power and mining can achieve its goal to end the fossil fuel鈥檚 use ...
02 Oct 2024
02 Oct 2024, 11:21 麻豆无码版 Team Bruno Burger (Fraunhofer ISE): In the first three quarters of 2024, around 106 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted from electricity generation in Germany This is 15 per cent less than in the first three quarters of 2023 and ...
11 May 2022, 13:10 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche ...
18 May 2022, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / FAZ There will be no fixed shutdown sequence with regard to individual consumers or sectors in case of a stop or stark reduction of gas supply from Russia, the Federal Network Agency ...
02 May 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Grid Security Germany has raised its power plant backup reserve to ensure a stable winter electricity supply due to grid extensions not keeping pace with the country's renewables rollout. "The delays in grid ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
28 Mar 2022, 10:56 A complete disruption of energy trading between Russia and the rest of Europe would have grave consequences for the economies of Germany and other EU countries, says energy and security policy expert Kirsten Westphal. If the flow of gas ...
11 Jun 2025, 13:55 German startup Proxima Fusion has raised 130 million euros from private investors. The record funding reflects both growing optimism that nuclear fusion will provide plentiful and clean energy in the not-too-distant future, and Europe鈥檚 ...
10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Coal 麻豆无码版 Former coal regions in eastern Germany have secured a budget worth 1.44 billion euros for the renaturation of lignite mines over the next five years. The states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony ...
05 May 2022, 13:32 Germany is rapidly pushing several infrastructure projects for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to wean itself off Russian natural gas. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck visited the kick-off ceremony for the ...
28 Apr 2022, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Cars Security 麻豆无码版 Europe鈥檚 largest motoring association ADAC has called on its members to save fuel and take the bicycle wherever possible to help reduce the reliance on Russian oil imports. In聽 an open ...
25 Apr 2022, 12:42 Edgar Meza Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung In an op-ed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, economics editor Johannes Pennekamp calls on Germany government to justify its refusal to cut off oil and gas imports from Russia with ...
16 Dec 2024, 14:02 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Many people in Germany associate climate policy with state control and the fear of being financially overburdened due to decisions made by the departing coalition government, ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:11 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 past year was 鈥渁 record year鈥 for ...
28 Nov 2024, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Coal Renewables 麻豆无码版 The incoming coalition government in the eastern German state of Brandenburg has said it aims to continue the expansion of renewable energies to make the region surrounding the country ...
23 Nov 2020, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn International Security dpa The government of the United States is increasing its pressure on people and companies associated with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany again, reported ...
08 Apr 2022, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security 麻豆无码版 / Bloomberg The embargo on Russian coal agreed by the EU will be 鈥渢emporarily unpleasant but tolerable鈥 for the German economy, Karen Pittel from the Institute for Economic Research (ifo ...
26 Nov 2024, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Businesses in Germany invested 85 billion euros in measures to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, a 12 percent increase over the previous year, shows a survey ...
31 Mar 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Coal Security 麻豆无码版 Utility RWE continues to implement the country's official coal exit timetable by switching off a unit of one of Europe's most polluting power stations, but will ensure the facility ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Staatsanzeiger Baden-W眉rttemberg / 麻豆无码版 Dissatisfaction with Germany鈥檚 energy policy and soaring prices are driving company investments out of the southwestern ...
30 Mar 2022, 13:49 Germany has triggered the first stage of its national gas supply emergency plan over fears that Russia might soon cut supplies if it doesn't receive payments from foreign buyers in roubles. The government called on all consumers to ...
19 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024, 09:33 麻豆无码版 Team Electric-Vehicles.com: Nio in talks to buy Audi鈥檚 factory in Belgium Move is part of its strategy to establish local production in Europe and avoid European Commission tariffs on imported Chinese EVs. Euractiv: Europe's ...
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 ...
12 Apr 2022, 09:53 Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine has added a new dimension to Germany鈥檚 ambitious aims for ramping up the share of renewables in its energy system. Marking a 鈥 historic turning point,鈥 the fast elimination of fossil fuel imports for Germany ...
24 Mar 2022, 14:07 Vladimir Putin鈥檚 announcement to only accept payment in roubles for gas deliveries to Europe has rattled Germany鈥檚 energy industry and sent natural gas prices soaring. Economy minister Robert Habeck called Russia鈥檚 move a 鈥渂reach of ...
10 Oct 2024, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Increasing heatwaves and droughts in recent years have led to regional water scarcity and associated conflicts in Germany and the situation is set to intensify as climate change ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:19 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Expert ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:00 Jessica Bateman Gas Security Zeit / Tagesspiegel / Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 opinion writers have weighed in on the government鈥檚 liquid natural gas (LNG) deal with Qatar, concluding that the country has little choice but to accept an ...
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 ...
03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
21 Mar 2022, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 / ARD Germany鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has launched an energy partnership with the Emir of Qatar which includes both the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:58 The outbreak of war in eastern Europe is sending shockwaves through Germany鈥檚 political class and is reshaping the energy transition debate, as the country鈥檚 most important energy trading partner Russia increasingly turns into a ...
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 ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Germany has agreed with its Western allies to oust Russian banks from the SWIFT global payments system in response to the war in Ukraine. The sanctions agreed by Germany, France, the European ...
23 Feb 2022, 10:15 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the economy ministry to halt the certification process for the already completed ...
29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country鈥檚 large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: EU wind industry warns Germany over large Chinese turbine deal Europe鈥檚 wind industry warned Germany that a deal for 16 Chinese offshore wind turbines risks fostering unfair competition for local suppliers ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Representatives of Germany鈥檚 renewable power industry have criticised the government鈥檚 planned legislation package for expanding the capacity of solar, wind and other renewable energy ...
22 Jun 2023, 14:00 Edgar Meza Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 In an effort to make Germany鈥檚 solar expansion more socially acceptable and sustainable, the Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (bne) has presented a聽 legislative proposal 聽detailing ...
15 May 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Electricity smart meter should become 鈥渓argely standard鈥 in Germany鈥檚 homes by 2032 as the Bundesrat 鈥 the country鈥檚 upper house of parliament representing its 16 states 鈥 approved a ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jack McGovan Transport Start-ups Business & Jobs Policy Spiegel / ntv / revolution Struggling electric air taxi company Lilium will not receive German state aid in its bid to avoid insolvency. Lawmakers rejected the Bavarian startup ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Gas 麻豆无码版 The German government will hold the first round of tenders for hydrogen-ready gas fired power plants by the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025, the economy ministry (BMWK) has ...
25 Jan 2022, 13:59 Jessica Bateman Gas Security Der Tagesspiegel / TASS The British government has declared the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should be abandoned if Russia launches an attack on Ukraine, newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports. In an interview with ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:26 Edgar Meza Gas Security WirtschaftsWoche As energy prices in Germany continue to rise, the chairman of the German Bundestag鈥檚 climate committee, Klaus Ernst, is pushing for the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to begin ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
16 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Bloomberg: Top polluter China鈥檚 shrinking emissions put carbon peak in play-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Use of coal for power generation tumbled in second quarter-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nation鈥檚 emissions seen on track to begin decline ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Coal 麻豆无码版 Several lignite power plants in Germany will be allowed to return to the market this winter to help secure supply and save gas during the heating period, said the economy ministry in a press ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country鈥檚 industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:11 Ruby Russel Freight 麻豆无码版 Battery-electric trucks are the best option to reduce emissions from road freight transport, and market forces are working in their favour, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 麻豆无码版 The U.S. government鈥檚 decision to put a halt to licensing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
12 Apr 2024, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government 麻豆无码版 Most people in Germany want the government to take on new debt to invest in areas that are important for security and prosperity in the future, rather than complying with strict ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating 麻豆无码版 To聽supply a sufficient number of homes聽with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology,聽 a report 聽by ...
11 Apr 2024
11 Apr 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 An alliance of civil society groups has issued an聽 appeal 聽to the German government to not implement planned cuts in the 2025 budget and avoid damage 鈥渢o the economic, ecological, and social stability ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 industry association BDEW has聽 presented a proposal 聽for a new electricity market design in Germany, with a new capacity mechanism at the heart of the plan. 鈥淭he current ...
30 Oct 2024
30 Oct 2024, 10:49 麻豆无码版 Team IEA: Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than 2 trillion USD over the coming decade as energy transitions advance IEA analysis shows complex interplay between energy, industrial and trade policies as ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 An group of energy, economy and finance experts 鈥 the Council for 麻豆无码版 Independence 鈥 has presented a roadmap urging Germany to prioritise independence from natural gas in its energy policy. ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages next winter, the Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has said in a report. Following a halt of Russian gas deliveries into Germany in September 2022, ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 麻豆无码版 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out against linking the operating permit for the controversial Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to efforts to de-escalate the Ukraine ...
21 Apr 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Gas Policy Society dpa German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and economy and climate minister Robert Habeck (Greens) have defended controversial government plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the ...
15 Nov 2022, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The German government has nationalised energy company Securing 麻豆无码版 for Europe GmbH (SEFE), formerly Gazprom Germania, in a bid to secure gas supply to the country, the ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society EU 麻豆无码版 Security and affordability is the top priority for the future young Europeans want, followed by a liveable planet and social justice, according to the Next Generations Study 2023 survey by ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Augsburger Allgemeine / dpa Germany's Olaf Scholz considers a gas drilling project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands as likely, as environmentalists continue to push back, the chancellor told radio ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
02 Mar 2022, 13:31 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Renewables Security 麻豆无码版 Ensuring energy supply security can take priority over climate action, Germany鈥檚 economy and climate minister has said. Speaking to Deutschlandfunk (Dlf) radio, Robert ...
04 Jul 2024
04 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann France 24: EU slaps Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 38% The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid Nuclear phase-out Renewables Germany will not experience an electricity shortage as a result of an exit from coal and nuclear power generation if it rolls out renewables as planned, even if the country鈥檚 power ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 麻豆无码版 / Die Zeit Germany鈥檚 government has formally adopted the country鈥檚 draft budget for 2025 and amended the 2024 budget, which had become a difficult task after a court ...
13 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024, 11:35 Julian Wettengel ISGlobal: Heat caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Europe last year 鈥 study More than 47,000 people died in Europe in 2023 due to extreme heat, says the study by Barcelona Institute for Global Health. E3G: Investment ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling 麻豆无码版 / ARD Serbia鈥檚 president Aleksandr Vucic visited a lithium mining project in eastern Germany together with German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a bid to underline the two ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:53 Germany鈥檚 efforts to replace Russian gas this year are perceived internationally as lacking coherence with its climate ambitions and the government must show that these efforts do not impede the country鈥檚 emissions reduction plans, says ...
10 May 2023, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Resources & Recycling Security 麻豆无码版 Germany should make its landmark energy transition more crisis-resilient by increasing independence from raw materials that are needed for climate-friendly technologies ...
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 ...
08 Jul 2024
08 Jul 2024, 11:00 S枚ren Amelang Reuters: France faces coalition puzzle after left-wing surge Left-wing bloc comes first but no majority in parliament Macron's centrists second, far-right RN in third place Unexpected outcome leaves France in limbo ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:29 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables 麻豆无码版 Higher electricity demand, fewer fossil power plants, and insufficient renewable energy, combined with extreme weather conditions, could lead to gaps in Germany鈥檚 power supply ...
29 Aug 2024, 14:15 Jack McGovan Adaptation Agriculture Weather conditions exacerbated by the climate crisis 鈥 like late frosts, a wet autumn and a record-breaking warm spring 鈥 have led to a 9.1 percent decrease in grain yields (excluding maize), ...
10 Jan 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD) are doubling down on their efforts to achieve a reform of the country鈥檚 constitutionally enshrined limit on new government lending, the ...
15 Feb 2023, 13:02 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt The expansion targets for renewable power in ...
05 Jul 2024
05 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: Germany to scrutinize Chinese turbine deal for offshore project-Government to look at impact on security and competition-Hamburg-based asset manager set to purchase 16 turbines Electrive: Tesla gets ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...