12 Oct 2018, 16:40 Germany鈥檚 coal commission wants to ease the coal exit by granting lignite mining regions preferential treatment in infrastructure and innovation projects, according to a leaked draft report seen by the 麻豆无码版. The paper ...
05 Jul 2017, 00:00 The pressure on Germany to take global leadership on climate action has been constantly mounting since US President Donald Trump decided to take the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. Ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg ...
11 Apr 2016
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online/AFP/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淯tilities increase nuclear provisions鈥� The utilities have increased their provisions for the nuclear exit in the last year, according to a report by press agency AFP ...
22 May 2018, 00:00 麻豆无码版 transition pioneer Germany is about to launch a highly anticipated task force on phasing out coal power, the most prominent blemish on the country鈥檚 climate record. The government will likely nominate the coal exit commission on ...
21 Jan 2021, 11:30 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
31 Aug 2018, 13:36 With its vast amounts of hydro energy, many would like Norway to become Europe鈥檚 鈥済reen battery鈥�, supplying neighbours with steady power when there is little wind or sun. An extreme heat wave and dry weather in the first half of 2018 ...
28 Apr 2017, 00:00 No other party has been part of a German federal government longer than the Free Democrats (FDP). They also governed together with Angela Merkel's CDU at the time of the Fukushima disaster and supported the second nuclear phase-out ...
21 Sep 2021, 10:43 Regional votes in two German states on 26 September are being overshadowed by the federal election on the same day. But the outcome in German capital Berlin and in the north-eastern state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will affect how ...
30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淗ow the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle鈥� The Paris climate summit could result in a global commitment to decarbonisation, writes Axel Bojanowski for Spiegel, but there is still resistance from the oil producing ...
24 Nov 2015
24 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ZDF / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Allianz 鈥淎llianz quits coal financing鈥� German insurance company Allianz will no longer invest in companies that get more than 30 percent of their revenue ...
27 May 2019, 15:43 Germany鈥檚 ruling parties have taken another blow in the European elections, further rattling the fragile government coalition, as voters increasingly turn away from the established forces in the political centre. Against the backdrop of ...
06 Nov 2015
06 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Fraunhofer ISE 鈥淲hat does the Energiewende cost?鈥� The costs of a climate-friendly transformation of the German energy system from now until 2050- when the country wants to emit 80 percent less ...
02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
30 May 2018, 00:00 Germany struggles to get its highly anticipated coal exit task force on track. The government on Wednesday postponed at the last minute the official launch of the phase-out commission for the third time. The quarrels over the commission ...
01 Aug 2019, 09:00 Germany鈥檚 fleet of lignite power stations has likely lost more than 600 million euros in the first half of 2019, as profits 鈥渃ollapsed鈥� and fixed costs could not be covered, according to modelling by Sandbag. The climate change think ...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bloomberg 鈥淲hy Germany鈥檚 nuclear power exit is causing havoc for utilities鈥� Financing the nuclear phase-out is the biggest challenge yet for Germany鈥檚 large utilities, which explains this week鈥檚 ...
15 Jul 2021, 09:30 The German environment ministry has called new EU proposals to reform the bloc's climate and energy policy 鈥渘othing less than a new industrial revolution in the European Union.鈥� The European Commission's comprehensive proposal ...
19 Apr 2021, 13:55 The German Green Party unveiled Annalena Baerbock as their candidate for chancellor, touted as the party's first ever serious contender to lead the government in Europe's largest economy. In her nomination speech as the only ...
03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 The German government finally buried plans for a levy on old coal-fired power plants. Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel, energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and leading politicians from the ruling coalition adopted a union proposal to pay ...
27 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 future energy and climate policy has proven the expected difficult issue in Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 effort to form a government coalition of her conservatives, the Free Democrats, and the Green Party. According to media ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
14 Nov 2018, 14:13 A new government report detailing Germany鈥檚 failure to cut emissions increases pressure on the country鈥檚 coal commission to agree on a speedy phase-out plan. Work in the coal commission enters a critical stage for climate protection ...
08 Jul 2020, 13:14 The European Union wants to establish itself as the world leader in hydrogen technologies and will focus on ramping up electrolyser capacities in the next four years. According to the European Commission's hydrogen strategy, the ...
18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Second parliament chamber passes laws for combined heat and power support and new power cables / Progress in grid expansion and more money for efficient power stations will advance energy transition and national climate targets, says ...
17 Dec 2015, 00:00 [UPDATES with comments from VKU] German politicians, climate activists, scientists and media celebrated the "historic" Paris climate agreement. Some business associations as well as activists pointed to flaws of the deal, and ...
17 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
12 Jan 2017, 00:00 The German government lacks clear overview of the costs of the country鈥檚 shift to renewable energy, according to the country鈥檚 Federal Court of Auditors. The auditors said the economy ministry had 鈥渘o overview of the financial ...
20 Nov 2014
20 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Zeit online "Billions for utilities" If coal fired power stations were retired, everybody could profit: the climate, consumers and utilities, writes Marlies Uken for Zeit online. The problem is, none of the ...
13 Mar 2019, 11:10 The Hambach Forest in western Germany has become a symbol for climate activists, who are seeking to prevent energy company RWE from razing it to expand a nearby coal mine. A lawsuit by the environmental NGO BUND last year temporarily ...
25 Jan 2021, 10:48 Germany is facing a packed election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of parties ...
29 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 VW / Handelsblatt 鈥淲e plan to make electric cars one of Volkswagen鈥檚 new hallmarks鈥� German carmaker Volkswagen wants to be at the forefront of big changes in the auto industry, in ...
19 Jan 2021, 09:30 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 federal states and the federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and ...
21 Mar 2016
21 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters / EnBW 鈥淕ermany's EnBW cuts dividend, sees lower profits in 2016鈥� Germany鈥檚 third largest utility EnBW posted a 125-million-euro net profit in 2015, but the adjusted operating result ...
18 Jun 2015
18 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 REN21 "Renewables 2015: Global Status Report" Paris-based non-profit group REN21 has published its annual report on the global status of renewable energy around the world. The 250-page ...
02 May 2019, 11:32 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
08 Mar 2016, 00:00 (UPDATE- adds quote from WWF's G眉nther in paragraph 5, more external content)- The nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, in the wake of a tsunami five years ago on 11 March, was a key turning point in German energy policy. Chancellor ...
27 May 2015
27 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BEE / BWE 鈥淕ermany risks missing binding EU target for renewables鈥� If Germany sticks to current policies, it will miss its official target of 18 percent renewables in final energy consumption by ...
10 Jul 2019, 18:03 LEAG, eastern Germany鈥檚 largest energy and mining company, is building a 50 MW battery that could help stabilise the country鈥檚 electricity grid partly through renewable energy. Environment minister Svenja Schulze lauded the project in ...
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 The centrepiece of Germany's Energiewende in the power sector is to undergo a profound revision this year. The government has tabled a draft law for the reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act, which has stirred a heated debate. The ...
08 Sep 2021, 12:30 The Left Party would enter negotiations to form Germany鈥檚 next government with a demand to abolish the recently introduced carbon price on transport and heating fuels, according to MP Lorenz G枚sta Beutin, a climate and energy expert ...
24 Jan 2020, 12:12 Pressure is rising fast on industry to join the great decarbonisation race. Many energy-intensive German companies, like chemical giant BASF or steelmaker thyssenkrupp, already have detailed plans for drastic emission cuts, but lack ...
17 May 2018, 00:00 Germany must ensure a "just Energiewende" by making sure the project remains affordable for all and provides high quality jobs, according to the 6 million-member trade union group DGB. The unions back Germany鈥檚 climate targets ...
18 Mar 2015
18 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 taz / dpa 鈥淭he concept has definitely failed鈥� Germany鈥檚 Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks considers negotiations between the federal government and state governments over which states will ...
03 Mar 2015, 00:00 Chemicals industry and energy minister sign joint statement on energy and climate policy. Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BMWi- ...
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 The first block of a large coal-fired power station has just gone online in Hamburg, even as two thirds of German fossil-fuelled facilities fail to turn a profit and their operators are applying for many to be mothballed. So is the ...
20 Nov 2018, 10:30 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission聽aims to propose a path for the country鈥檚 phase-out by the end of November. Agreeing a compromise on how to end the use of Germany's most important fossil fuel in such a short time will be difficult, ...
07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
15 Oct 2021, 14:29 Three weeks after Germany鈥檚 election, the country is moving one step closer towards its first three-party government coalition. Following several days of intensive preliminary talks, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Free ...
25 May 2020, 14:58 Experts have criticised the German government's draft coal exit law for deviating from the compromise found by the coal commission in early 2019. At a parliamentary committee hearing, representatives from industry, research ...
24 Jul 2020, 10:40 The rivalry between Europe and China in emission-free hydrogen technologies could become one of the defining business stories in the global effort to stop climate change. Scarred by its painful experience in solar PV manufacturing, ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
21 Sep 2018, 16:19 Germany will miss its climate targets for the building sector if it continues to neglect efficiency because of the increasingly tight housing market, environmental NGOs and efficiency associations warn. The climate action proponents ...
17 Sep 2018, 10:30 A report about a proposal by one of Germany鈥檚 coal commission co-heads for a coal exit by 2038 has caused irritation. Some commission members were quick to reject the report and warned that the commission's work was in peril should ...
12 Feb 2016
12 Feb 2016, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版transition.de 鈥淕as makes a (small) comeback in Germany鈥� There are signs that gas turbines have become profitable again in Germany, even though they continue to produce very little power, Craig Morris reports ...
05 Jun 2015
05 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Carbon Tracker Initiative "Coal: caught in the EU utility death spiral" New coal-fired power plants fail to generate positive cash-flows even under the most optimistic ...
04 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
04 Mar 2019, 12:01 The school student protests for rapid climate action make headlines in Germany as well as in other countries, putting pressure on politicians to take a stance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this weekend she 鈥渟trongly welcomes鈥� ...
21 Jan 2016
21 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 鈥淔lawed subsidies鈥� Britain is planning a different kind of energy transition, writes Bj枚rn Finke in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. While they want to shut down all ...
19 Feb 2019, 13:28 Renewables' growing raw material needs could become the energy transition's "Achilles' heel", warns Germany's environment agency UBA. It calls for better ecological and social mining standards to become an ...
25 Jan 2019, 11:58 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission has begun what could be its decisive meeting on Friday. In crucial last-minute talks, the commission must agree on a timetable to phase out the climate-damaging fossil fuel for electricity production ...
30 May 2016
30 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淓U wants to split Germany into two power price zones鈥� The European Commission 鈥渋s threatening to split [Germany] into two power price zones,鈥� which would make power more ...
02 Oct 2015
02 Oct 2015, 00:00 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淪upport for nuclear plant operators鈥� The home region of battered utilities RWE and E.ON has suggested the companies should receive state aid if their provisions for nuclear decommissioning prove too small ...
27 Feb 2018, 00:00 Germany's Federal Administrative Court has ruled that cities can ban dirty diesel cars to improve local air quality. The 麻豆无码版 presents reactions to the landmark ruling from NGOs, politicians and industry associations. ...
07 Dec 2018, 09:13 With her decision not to seek re-election as party chair and chancellor, Angela Merkel has kicked off what is a novelty for her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU): an organised internal election campaign for the party鈥檚 ...
10 Sep 2015, 00:00 Major utility E.ON has abandoned plans to spin off its nuclear power plants when it splits in two next year. The operation and decommissioning of the company鈥檚 German nuclear activities will not be transferred to the new spin-off Uniper ...
25 Sep 2017
German chancellor Angela Merkel will face plenty of stumbling blocks if she sets out to forge a coalition of her conservative CDU/CSU block with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and The Greens, media commentators point out on the day after federal ...
21 Dec 2018, 09:32 Ambitious climate action and a resolute energy transition are already possible in Germany but the country's government has yet to prove how serious it is about putting words into action, says Andreas Kuhlmann, the head of the ...
29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
08 Apr 2020, 15:30 The coronavirus crisis is driving many economies around the globe into recession, leading policymakers to draw up unprecedented spending plans to cushion the impact and enable recoveries. Activists, environmental think tanks and others ...
29 Sep 2016, 00:00 One year after the Dieselgate scandal hit the industry, German carmakers VW and Daimler unveiled their first models developed exclusively for an electric motor at the Paris Car Show on Thursday. Many industry experts say the move is key ...
14 Jul 2015
14 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE 鈥淧oll 鈥� Lignite is essential stabiliser for energy supply鈥� Two thirds of Germans believe electricity prices have a large influence on the competitiveness of German industry, according to a ...
07 Jul 2015
07 Jul 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淗eadwind鈥� The rapid increase in the number of wind turbines is leading to rising resistance in many rural areas in Germany鈥檚 north, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung in a full-page report on the ...
21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
22 May 2015
22 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Destatis 鈥淕7 in Figures鈥� Germany鈥檚 Federal Statistical Office Destatis has published a booklet ahead of the G7 summit in Bavaria this June, including data on energy and climate protection efforts ...
07 Jul 2021, 11:50 With a revamped sustainable finance strategy that introduces a new green bond standard and support for smaller companies, the EU hopes to provide the financial market guidelines needed to achieve the bloc's ambitious climate ...
22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online Resistance among Christian Democrats against power market law Four senior members of Angela Merkel鈥檚 ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) have send a letter to all members of the CDU-CSU ...
14 Apr 2015
14 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) 鈥淕ermany as a business location: Energiewende beats Industry 4.0鈥� A majority of companies in the electrical industry is ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
01 Apr 2015
01 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Environment Ministry (BMUB) 鈥淐abinet decides on extensive restrictions on fracking鈥� The German government has published a law proposal regulating the use of fracking for gas and oil exploitation. ...
22 Jun 2021, 12:56 The manifesto of Germany鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance for the upcoming national election remains vague on climate and energy, leaving plenty of leeway for possible government coalition negotiations with competitors like the Green ...
20 May 2019, 16:29 Financial markets are excellent processors of information- and they currently don't seem to expect that the global economy will be geared towards respecting the Paris Climate Agreement 's goals and give up fossil fuel ...
04 Jan 2022, 08:37 German ministers have criticised EU plans to label nuclear energy as a sustainable investment, but the government coalition is split on also including fossil gas in the taxonomy. Finance minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business ...
19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017, 00:00 Operators have offered to build offshore wind farms in the North Sea without relying on support payments, in Germany鈥檚 first competitive auction for the technology. Instead, the operators only will rely on the market rate for ...
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 With backing from economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, thousands of German steelworkers rallied against EU reform plans for the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) on Monday. Gabriel said there must be no contradiction between climate ...
15 Sep 2015
15 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Economy Ministry/Reuters German economy min: No nuclear stress test results yet Germany's energy minister Sigmar Gabriel rejected media reports about provisioning shortfalls for ...
26 Nov 2014
26 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 FAZ/dpa 鈥淐oal sector resists Gabriel鈥檚 plans鈥� Germany鈥檚 energy sector believes it has already done plenty to increase efficiency and reach climate protection targets, according to the German ...
19 Nov 2014
19 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Institute for Economic Research 鈥淪hutting down old coal-fired power stations could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 23 million tones and stabilise the power market鈥� A new study by the German ...
04 Nov 2014
04 Nov 2014, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 聽鈥淐ontroversial power lines: Network operators want to considerably lengthen transmission routes鈥� Germany鈥檚 four big electricity network operators want to expand new transmission lines that will ...
24 Oct 2014
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淎greement at EU summit: Merkel鈥檚 rotten climate deal鈥� The German government wanted ambitious climate targets but only partially succeeded in pushing them through, says Gregor Peter ...
08 Feb 2016
08 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment could use mercury limits to take coal plants offline鈥� The government 鈥渉as a plan B up its sleeve" in case there is no political agreement on a coal exit, reports ...
29 Apr 2020, 13:49 Government help for Germany鈥檚 green start-ups is vital to overcome the economic crisis while also fighting climate change, a new survey of the lively sector showed. Current policies do not do enough to honour the "double dividend ...
26 Sep 2019, 14:12 Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives insist on a low initial price tag for CO2 emissions to secure public acceptance for the government's new climate strategy. In the first parliamentary debate on the package unveiled ...
04 Jun 2015
04 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 BDI / IG BCE Industry Association joins forces with mining union to combat coal levy Leading German industry association BDI has thrown its weight behind mining union IG BCE 鈥檚 efforts to thwart ...
03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Transition/Fraunhofer ISE 鈥淲ind power #1 electricity source in November鈥� Stormy weather pushed Germany鈥檚 wind power production to a new record in November, covering a full quarter of domestic demand. It ...
09 Oct 2015
09 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淣uclear 麻豆无码版? Never Again!鈥� The history of nuclear energy in Germany is a total fiasco, write J眉rgen Flauger and Klaus Stratmann in a 鈥渃losing balance sheet鈥� in business daily Handelsblatt. The ...
21 Feb 2020, 13:25 Greta Thunberg will travel to Hamburg to participate in the student climate protests preceding local elections in the maritime city on 23 February, according to media reports. The Swedish activist's presence at the "Hamburg ...
01 Dec 2020, 14:48 The first auction for the decommissioning of hard coal plants in Germany has been hailed as a success both by coal plant operators and climate activists, as it ensures that plants with a capacity of almost 5 gigawatts will be off the ...
22 Jun 2015
22 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕erman govt clashes with Bavaria over nuclear storage site plan鈥� The German government has put forth a plan for storing nuclear waste that has been processed and stored in France and the ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:51 Few nominations for Germany鈥檚 new government cabinet have caused as much international uproar as that of FDP leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. Critics have warned that the head of the pro-business party could thwart ...
23 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. " ...
07 May 2015, 00:00 Superfluous emission allowances will be put into a market stability reserve from 2019 onwards, EU institutions agreed. The German government鈥檚 core demands have been included in the reform. But the chemicals industry fears for its ...
06 Jun 2019, 13:54 Germany certainly does not need to return to nuclear energy and should push through with its energy transition instead, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Following isolated calls to extend the lifetime of the country鈥檚 ...
09 Jan 2019, 13:53 Municipal utility chief executive Andreas Feicht will take on the role as Germany's energy state secretary on 1 February. With his appointment, economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier fills a position crucial to the progress of ...
15 Apr 2015
15 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 The Guardian 鈥淕erman backlash grows against coal power clampdown鈥� The proposed levy on old coal-fired power stations is fast becoming a test of the German government鈥檚 commitment to decarbonise its ...
13 May 2016
13 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bundesregierung / dpa-AFX 鈥淔ederal and state governments stall on green electricity reform鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel and the state premiers postponed a decision on contentious issues ...
17 Mar 2015
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Fraunhofer IWES/Agora Energiewende "The Eclipse 2015: Preview of the Power System in 2030" Friday鈥檚 solar eclipse will provide a taste of Germany鈥檚 power system in 2030, according to a ...
11 Mar 2015
11 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淓.ON paves way for spin-off following record loss鈥� Germany鈥檚 biggest utility, E.ON, booked its largest ever annual loss, as a result of its ailing power plants, Reuters reports. The ...
06 Mar 2015
06 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕ermany says using tax money for nuclear power 鈥榦ut of question鈥欌�� Germany鈥檚 Minister for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版, Sigmar Gabriel, said that he would not agree 鈥渂y any means that ...
27 Feb 2015, 00:00 Amidst political tussle over new power lines crossing Germany from north to south, which many see as one of the next big steps in the country's energy transition, the grid agency in charge has called the power highways in question ...
08 Nov 2017, 00:00 Following intense lobbying by German carmakers, the EU has proposed car emission targets that will be insufficient to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets in the transport sector, according to environmental organisations. Critics said the ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 The UNFCCC conference in Bonn needs to see more states make ambitious climate mitigation pledges, Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director of the Foundation 2掳- German Businesses for Climate Protection, tells 麻豆无码版. The outcome could spur the ...
18 May 2020, 18:14 The German government has agreed to remove key hurdles to the rollout of renewable energies that had begun to slow the country's landmark energy transition. The deal between chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance ...
05 Oct 2020, 10:45 Stepping up the 2030 EU climate target to an emission reduction of at least 55 percent as proposed by the European Commission would very likely require the bloc to phase out coal almost entirely by that date, according to experts. The ...
11 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
03 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
05 Nov 2019, 14:43 The German government believes hydrogen is key not only for a successful energy transition, but also for the future of the country's famed industry. This is why Germany must beat Asian countries 鈥� in particular China and Japan 鈥� to ...
15 Oct 2014
15 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 "State Secretary Baake: 'Target triad for 2030 is the most cost-efficient and effective route to decarbonising Europe's energy system'" Ahead ...
11 Sep 2020, 14:36 One year before Germany's next general election, economy minister Peter Altmaier calls for a "historic consensus" between all democratic parties, businesses and civil society to ensure that climate action and the ...
18 Dec 2015
18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federation of German Consumer Organisations 鈥淐onsumers remain paymasters of the Energiewende in 2016鈥� A new survey shows that two thirds of German consumers are sceptical that the government can ...
22 Dec 2017, 00:00 After a year filled with events that put Germany鈥檚 climate policy in the limelight, such as the G20 summit in Hamburg, the COP23 in Bonn, or the debate over coal in the ill-fated 鈥楯amaica coalition鈥� talks, the country鈥檚 political life ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:41 With a new sustainable finance strategy, Germany's government hopes to better align financial policies with climate targets and to ensure the country moves from a cautious to a more proactive role in the budding green finance ...
27 Sep 2021, 15:30 Germany is set to vote for a new government on 26 September. After 16 years at the helm of Europe's largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will make room for a successor who will shape the country's energy and climate ...
30 Nov 2015
30 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Agora Energiewende 鈥淕erman climate goals for 2030 and 2040 require extensive coal exit鈥� Germany must reduce coal-fired power generation by 60 percent by 2030 and phase it out almost entirely by 2040 to achieve its ...
23 Nov 2015
23 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) / Green Budget Germany (F脰S) 鈥淓nergiewende in transport a long time coming鈥� Fundamental political steps to relocate and avoid traffic and push alternative fuels and engines are ...
22 Oct 2015
22 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) 鈥淭he energy transition in Europe: initial lessons from Germany, the UK and France鈥� The experience of Germany, the UK and France shows that the transition to a ...
10 Oct 2016, 00:00 German federal states want to ensure that the sale of new diesel and petrol cars in the European Union ends by 2030, in order to protect the climate. The surprising cross-party initiative in the upper house of parliament (Bundesrat), ...
04 Sep 2019, 13:12 The expansion of Germany's most important renewable energy source, onshore wind, has almost come to a standstill. Bureaucratic hurdles and resistance to new turbines from different interest groups mean that only a handful of new ...
10 Sep 2015
10 Sep 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 FAZ/Handelsblatt "Werner M眉ller wants to save RWE" RWE鈥檚 municipal shareholders plan to put former German economy minister聽 Werner M眉ller 聽in charge of the stricken utility鈥檚 supervisory ...
15 Aug 2016, 00:00 Germany's energy ministry wants to give top priority to saving energy in its move to a renewable future. It admits the long-term targets of the energy transition, or Energiewende, will be missed with current policies, and that ...
11 Aug 2015
11 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓xhausted鈥� RWE boss Peter Terium has announced the complete overhaul of his company, says Markus Balser in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. He is cutting out an immense bureaucracy of ...
07 Aug 2015
07 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淕ood solution for new energy鈥� The German state could become responsible for offshore scoping and measuring activities if future wind parks in the sea are paid via a ...
24 Jul 2015
24 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淧risoners of the atom鈥� The share of nuclear power in France鈥檚 power generation is to be reduced from 75 percent today to 50 percent in 2025. But it鈥檚 wrong to think that the ...
08 Jun 2015, 00:00 The G7 has published its final communiqu茅 after the summit in Elmau in southern Germany. 麻豆无码版 presents reactions from Germany to the results of the meeting of major industrialised countries. Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
08 Jul 2019, 12:08 Financial markets can be a great accelerator for developments in the economy, but without a clear political roadmap for emissions reduction, they are unable to unleash their supporting abilities, Gerhard Schick, founder of the German ...
31 Aug 2021, 11:38 Ahead of Germany鈥檚 September federal election, almost all parties in parliament are calling for climate policies that quickly and lastingly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country鈥檚 plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 ...
18 Jun 2019, 08:43 Germany will join a growing group of EU countries to support the pledge to aim for carbon neutrality by 2050, increasing the likelihood EU leaders will agree to the goal at a meeting this week (20-21 June), several media outlets report. ...
28 Sep 2020, 13:18 Germany has made the first step in finding a final resting place for its nuclear waste in what will be an intricate, drawn-out process over the coming decade. An initial report by the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal ...
24 Feb 2015, 00:00 A vote in the European Parliament on the reform of the EU's emissions trading system has prompted applause by some and disappointment from others. The 麻豆无码版 has compiled some of the reactions out of Germany to the ...
12 Dec 2018, 17:52 Germany is under scrutiny at the UN climate summit COP24 in Poland: the country will fail its 2020 climate target and only the next year will show if a push to phase-out coal-fired power production will result in an end date for the CO2 ...
18 Mar 2016, 00:00 Renewable energy sources already play a key role in keeping Germany's carbon emissions in check, the country's environment minster told an international conference on Friday in Berlin. However, completing the energy transition ...
20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Preview 2020: The fate of coal-fired power production in Germany has been sealed with the agreement of a government-appointed commission to phase-out the fossil fuel no later than 2038. But the proposal so far has not been translated ...
03 Feb 2015
03 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淏avaria does not need two grid extensions鈥� The southern German state of Bavaria, one of the country鈥檚 industrial powerhouses, has completed a three-month 鈥溌槎刮蘼氚� Dialogue鈥� ...
04 Mar 2016, 00:00 Hydrogen Die Welt 鈥淣orth Rhine-Westphalia cities agree to forego RWE dividend鈥� Despite their own financial difficulties, cities in North Rhine-Westphalia that own stakes in utility RWE have accepted that there will be no dividend this ...
17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO鈧� price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
20 Jan 2022, 10:22 Germany's new government must take rapid policy decisions at home and actively engage at the EU level and beyond to pave the way for urgent emission cuts in energy-intensive industry. The start of the country's government ...
10 Dec 2014
10 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/dpa 鈥淓conomy minister Gabriel has still hopes for gas pipeline South Stream鈥� 鈥淚t would be better for Europe if the project still had a chance,鈥� Germany鈥檚 Minister for ...
26 Oct 2021, 17:29 High gas, petrol and power prices are set to play a part in the ongoing negotiations to form the next German government coalition, which will shape the country鈥檚 energy transition policy for years. The election winner Social Democrats, ...
19 Jan 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to establish a round table on the future of coal in the country of the Energiewende this year. He said only factual discussions, rather than emotional debates, could provide the long-term ...
30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕overnment puts pressure on municipal utilities鈥� Germany鈥檚 municipal utilities have criticised the federal government鈥檚 plans for digitalising the Energiewende and its ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:04 Following intense criticism of the German government's planned minimum distance rules for wind power by industry and environmental groups, economy minister Peter Altmaier says the government has not made a final decision on what ...
09 Apr 2019, 13:29 The speed of energy transition innovations led by start-ups around the world continues to exceed expectations and is our biggest hope in the fight against climate change, according to Christoph Frei, secretary general and CEO of the ...
29 Oct 2019, 17:41 Germany is headed for second consecutive year of substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as a sharp drop in coal consumption is driving a decline of the country鈥檚 overall energy use in 2019. If this trend continues, the ...
05 Nov 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
02 Jul 2018, 15:13 The production of renewable energy in Germany dashes to a new record output, providing more than 40 percent of the country's power supply in the first half of 2018. Yet, the good news for proponents of Germany's trademark ...
04 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
31 Aug 2016, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 refugee policy continues to dominate the political debates across all federal states and immigration trumps other topics in the upcoming state elections in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western ...
05 Oct 2015
05 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/WAZ 鈥淢inister Gabriel does not want to 鈥榮have鈥� utilities鈥� German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel surprised stockmarkets with conciliatory remarks about the country鈥檚 troubled ...
07 Oct 2019, 16:41 The German government has presented a draft of Germany鈥檚 first-ever major Climate Action Law, which assigns flexible annual greenhouse gas budgets to economic sectors for the years 2020-2030, but does not make long-term climate targets ...
14 Sep 2015
14 Sep 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淓U casts doubt over lignite compromise鈥� The European Commission has doubts about whether the German government鈥檚 plan to put some old lignite power plants in a so-called capacity reserve is ...
09 Aug 2016, 00:00 A study identifying potential risks for the energy transition in Germany finds the project to be overall 鈥渞obust and resilient鈥�. However, falling fossil fuel prices could pose a serious threat to the decarbonisation of Germany鈥檚 economy ...
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) / German Engineering Association (VDMA) 鈥淏reather for the German wind industry鈥� Onshore wind power development in Germany decreased by 34 percent ...
31 Jul 2015
31 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) Government launches suggestions for new auction design for renewables The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has launched the ...
29 Mar 2021, 13:16 Germany will spend over 40 percent of the farming subsidies it expects to receive from the EU on climate, biodiversity and other sustainability-related practices, the country鈥檚 16 state agriculture ministers have agreed after 33 hours ...
27 Apr 2018, 00:00 The Energiewende is an indispensable project even if future economic returns remain uncertain, according to Christoph M. Schmidt, president of the RWI- Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, and chair of the German Council of Economic ...
06 Jul 2015
06 Jul 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt Global Edition 鈥淧ower provider鈥檚 new playbook鈥� German utility RWE is planning a major reorganisation聽 in response to the rising tide of renewable energies in the German power market, much like 聽rival ...
24 Jun 2020, 17:30 Germany is one step closer to finalising legislation on the planned coal exit by 2038 at the latest, as the government approved a draft contract between the state and companies to flesh out the country鈥檚 farewell to lignite. Among other ...
21 Aug 2019, 17:10 Angela Merkel's grand coalition government may survive yet another election debacle in the upcoming East German state votes 鈥� despite ongoing leadership problems, says political scientist Gero Neugebauer. The Social Democratic ...
10 Jun 2020, 16:10 Germany places a large bet on hydrogen produced using renewable energy in its highly anticipated national hydrogen strategy that serves to underpin the country's ambitions to become a global leader in the technology. The strategy ...
12 May 2015
12 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt 鈥淓nergiewende show on the high seas鈥� Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel invited his G7 counterparts to visit a new offshore wind converter platform in the North ...
24 Apr 2015, 00:00 [Updates explanation of climate contribution] The Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has signalled it might make changes to its climate levy to ease concerns over potential job losses, media report on Friday as supporters ...
13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
07 Apr 2016
07 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bundestag Federal government rejects national CO鈧� price floor The federal government continues to have reservations over a national price floor for carbon allowances, according to ...
13 Dec 2018, 18:20 The global community is closely watching Germany鈥檚 lagging domestic climate action, which certainly does not help the country鈥檚 credibility in international negotiations, says Lisa Badum, climate policy spokesperson of the Greens' ...
08 Mar 2016
08 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE/Bloomberg RWE posts second net loss in two years Germany鈥檚 biggest power producer RWE posted its second net loss in three years, reports Tino Andresen for Bloomberg. The group鈥檚 net loss ...
26 Feb 2016
26 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淭he 54 billion-euro bill鈥� On balance, it doesn鈥檛 matter how much the decommissioning of atomic power plants and the storage of nuclear waste will cost 鈥� it鈥檚 already clear that ...
27 Nov 2018, 12:01 Germany risks showing up empty-handed at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Poland in December as the country鈥檚 coal exit commission has decided to extend its work beyond the original end-of-2018 deadline. The task force has set ...
21 Apr 2021, 16:38 German politicians have welcomed the deal concluded by EU lawmakers on a climate law that enshrines the goal of climate-neutrality 2050 and a more ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. However, conservatives and industry ...
11 Feb 2015, 00:00 Analysts have welcomed a new planning framework for the German grid that works on the basis of less lignite being burned in Germany, saying grid development must serve the country鈥檚 climate targets. Expert DIW- German Institute for ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 Banning combustion engines in new cars by 2030 and exiting coal-fired power production as early as 2025 are likely to be two key Green Party demands in the general elections in autumn 2017, the party decided at its convention. But ...
04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
09 Feb 2021, 14:40 The energy transition marks the single largest effort in history to reduce industrial waste by pursuing the goal of burning zero fossil resources and replacing them with renewables- but it does not come without waste on its own. Germany ...
13 Jan 2015
13 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥溾�橢lon鈥� und 鈥楩elix鈥� cost consumers millions鈥�/ 鈥淪tormy times on the power market鈥� Heavy winds from two low pressure systems created an enormous oversupply of wind power ...
02 Dec 2015
02 Dec 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淟ate, perhaps too late鈥� RWE鈥檚 plans are radical and effectively split Germany鈥檚 second largest utility in two, writes Caspar Busse in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淭he decision is ...
13 Nov 2015
13 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 EnBW 鈥淪table development and progress with restructuring鈥� Germany鈥檚 third largest utility EnBW has achieved revenue of around 15.3 billion euros and an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of around ...
26 Oct 2015
26 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 鈥淕abriel: Brown coal agreement is important contribution to reaching climate targets鈥� Coal power plant operators will gradually transfer 2.7 ...
14 Oct 2015
14 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online/dpa-AFX 鈥淩enewable energy surcharge rises to record level of 6.35 cents鈥� The renewables surcharge German consumers pay with their power bills will rise to a record 6.35 cents per KWh next year, ...
12 Mar 2021, 14:30 Youth climate activists agree on one thing: Germany needs to adopt radical climate policies in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. How best to push this agenda is a different question entirely. In this German 鈥渟uper election ...
23 Sep 2015
23 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淭he German government knew the cheating technology鈥� The German ministry for transport has known for a long time that car manufacturers are using technologies that interfere ...
09 Mar 2021, 09:00 A regional vote in the south-western German state of Baden-W眉rttemberg on 14 March kicks off a busy election year in Germany that will conclude with the general elections in September and the selection of a new chancellor. While the ...
14 Aug 2018, 14:31 Technical fixes, better communication and smoother planning procedures are to accelerate Germany鈥檚 grid expansion, the energy minister has proposed in a new plan. Heading off on a visit to contested power line building sites in western ...
13 Aug 2015
13 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RWE RWE operating result down by 11 percent / increased earnings from renewables Germany鈥檚 second biggest energy utility RWE reported a reduced operating result and EBITDA for the first six months ...
05 Aug 2015
05 Aug 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淕erman environment agency takes aim at auto sector over climate change 鈥� The German Environment Agency (UBA) has called on the German transport sector to step up efforts to combat climate ...
09 Jun 2016
09 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal government Gabriel rejects commission with exclusive focus on coal exit Germany's economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said he will not convene a commission ...
07 Jun 2016
07 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Crucial German power grid extension delayed The construction and completion of important power lines in Germany will be delayed by at least three ...
30 Jun 2015
30 Jun 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) 鈥淲ind strengthens power sector, renewable heat and transport stagnate鈥� The share of renewables in total German power consumption has risen to a record 32.5 percent in the ...
27 May 2016
27 May 2016, 00:00 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Panorama (ARD) 鈥淎bsurd Energiewende: climate law rewards electricity waste鈥� To be exempted from Germany's聽 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG)聽 surcharge, 聽some companies just on 聽the threshold of ...
10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
09 Mar 2016
09 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Government approves Paris climate deal The German cabinet of government ministers has approved the Paris Agreement on climate change, which 195 countries successfully negotiated in ...
29 Feb 2016
29 Feb 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Rheinische Post 鈥淯nion demands lignite fund鈥� Mining union IG BCE argues Germany will need lignite power production until 2047 and should create a fund to finance the technology after it stops earning money in about 15 ...
23 Sep 2019, 09:41 The German government coalition has reached an agreement on the country's climate action strategy, including a pricing system for carbon emissions in all major sectors. The 麻豆无码版 presents reactions to the deal. S枚ren ...
15 Feb 2016
15 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Bild 鈥淒obrindt plans doping tests for cars鈥� In response to the VW emissions scandal, Germany鈥檚 transport minister Alexander Dobrindt plans to introduce spot checks for car emissions. 鈥淭here will be ...
28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt 鈥淕overnment wants to kill the engine鈥� Onshore wind power is the backbone of Germany鈥檚 energy transition, but government reform plans for the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act risk slowing down its ...
19 Oct 2016, 00:00 The German government decided on a pact to free nuclear power plant operators of responsibility for storing radioactive waste, and transfer it into the hands of the state. Utilities welcomed the decision made on Wednesday, while critics ...
01 Jun 2017, 00:00 According to several US media reports, the Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The US President said on Twitter he would announce his decision on Thursday. The USA would be the first country to ...
21 Jan 2015
21 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Dow Jones Newswires 鈥淕abriel undermines electricity industry鈥檚 confidence in the Energiewende鈥� Writing for Dow Jones Newswires, Christian Grimm says energy minister Sigmar Gabriel has 鈥渂roken his ...
16 Nov 2015
16 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online 鈥淕rid Agency: About 350,000 households had their power cut off鈥� The number of power cut-offs in Germany rose by two percent to a new record in 2014, reports Spiegel Online. According ...
18 Nov 2015
18 Nov 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) Balance Sheet of Energiewende Germany has published an assessment of its national climate protection efforts. The government says Germany is making 鈥済ood ...
11 Nov 2015
11 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Reuters 鈥淓.ON sticks to spin-off plans after record net loss鈥� E.ON says it is sticking to its plans to spin off its conventional power operations, after posting a record net loss in the first nine months of 2015 on the ...
16 Feb 2018, 00:00 A group of energy transition researchers will present their findings on the transformation of the German energy system at the world鈥檚 largest general scientific conference organised by the American Association for the Advancement of ...
10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥�, Germany鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
02 Sep 2015
02 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Spiegel Online/IZES 鈥淐oal plants can be shut down despite nuclear phase-out鈥� Germany can shut down its coal-fired power plants by 2040, despite the nuclear phase-out and without endangering power ...
18 May 2016
18 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal government 鈥淭ax breaks and buyer鈥檚 premium agreed to鈥� The government cabinet has agreed to an e-car buyer鈥檚 premium worth 4,000 euros and ten-year tax breaks for new electric ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:48 Germany鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:01 The Social Democrats- emerging from a legislative period with a 鈥済reat deal of dissent鈥� in energy policy with its conservative coalition partner- are hoping to find new partners and new ways to drive forward the expansion of renewable ...
21 Apr 2016
21 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 WWF Germany 鈥淕ermans want more climate action鈥� German citizens would like to see more engagement in the fight against climate change, environment organisation WWF Germany says, ...
26 May 2021, 10:29 The EU's bid for climate neutrality puts a big question mark over the future of generating electricity by incinerating waste. The fiercely disputed process emits CO2 and toxins, although its proponents point out that it prevents ...
24 Nov 2017, 00:00 For the first time in its post-war history, Germany struggles to form a stable government coalition two months after voters cast their ballot in September's elections. The so-called Jamaica coalition talks' collapse plunges ...
07 Nov 2017, 00:00 As Germany鈥檚 Jamaica coalition talks are approaching a critical point, the Green Party appears to soften core climate policy demands in an attempt to achieve similar concessions from its negotiating partners. Party leaders say that ...
11 Feb 2016
11 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment sees no future for two thirds of ski regions鈥� The government predicts that with a 2 degree Celsius warming, 61 percent of Germany鈥檚 ski regions would not be suitable ...
07 Apr 2015
07 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Unions 鈥� CO2 levy could erase 100,000 jobs The additional CO2 levy on old power plants, proposed by the German government to achieve climate targets, puts up to 100,000 jobs ...
01 Apr 2015, 00:00 Fracking is to be banned in all protected areas and near aquifers in Germany, a government draft law proposes. Unconventional fracking in upper rock layers is only permitted for scientific purposes or in individual cases. Environmental ...
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- While millions of Europeans will look skyward for a glimpse of a rare solar eclipse on March 20, technicians at German power grid operator TenneT will be glued to their controls. When the moon covers parts of the sun, the ...
08 Sep 2016, 00:00 Environmental organisations have responded to a government proposal to decarbonise the economy with outrage. They say the Climate Action Plan 2050 will fall well short of meeting climate targets, and accuse the environment ministry of ...
17 Dec 2015
17 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Zeit 鈥淲e can do it one more time鈥� Germany needs nothing less than a second energy transition in order to achieve its climate target of reducing emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050, writes Petra ...
08 Dec 2015
08 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 DENA "Only one third of households know their electricity bills exactly" Only about one third of German households know the exact amount they pay for electricity, a survey by the German ...
02 Nov 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
20 Jun 2016
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW) 鈥淣ew study: EEG 2016 thwarts Paris climate agreement鈥� If Germany continued the deployment of renewable energies at the average pace of ...
18 Sep 2015
18 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Osnabr眉cker Zeitung / Dow Jones Newswires E.ON CEO compares cheap renewable power to 鈥渦npaid slaves鈥� Current power market structures are not geared to taking up large amounts of renewable energy, E ...
09 Oct 2014, 00:00 Resistance to Germany鈥檚 subsidies for the renewables industry have left politicians questioning why financing for the UK鈥檚 Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been granted EU approval. Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation ...
06 Jul 2017, 00:00 With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, China and Germany are making a very public display of leadership on climate protection and transition to green energy. The export heavyweights are eager to keep the global economy on track ...
12 Aug 2015
12 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E.ON Conventional power business causes E.ON loss in profits / debt reduced Half way into its 鈥渢ransformative year,鈥� Germany鈥檚 largest utility E.ON has reported a reduced operating profit and ...
28 Apr 2016
28 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淎 bird in the hand鈥� The proposed fund for nuclear storage costs is in breach of some fundamental principles, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an op ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 A government appointed commission has unanimously suggested that Germany's four large utilities should pay a large share of their provisions made for storing nuclear waste into a state administered fund. While the idea of a fund is ...
23 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 World 麻豆无码版 Council/Roland Berger 鈥淓nergiewende requires new financing models鈥� Traditional utilities can no longer shoulder the huge infrastructure investments necessary for the Energiewende, ...
19 May 2017, 00:00 The dominance of citizens鈥� energy projects among the successful bids in Germany鈥檚 first onshore wind power auctions comes as a big surprise for industry observers. Not only did citizen cooperatives account for the bulk of accepted ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:33 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government coalition is racing to put together a major climate action package by 20 September, just in time for UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres' climate summit in New York on 23 September. Mere ...
04 Mar 2015
04 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) 鈥淣o capacity payments to coal- and gas-fired power plants鈥� Additional payments to operators of coal- and gas-fired power plants are currently not ...
12 Feb 2015
12 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Windmesse/Handelsblatt 鈥淕E and Deutsche Telekom join forces for energy transition鈥� US industrial conglomerate General Electric and Deutsche Telekom will cooperate to offer new solutions for smart ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:24 A dispute over what is supposed to be its most important climate policy is adding to the woes of Germany鈥檚 governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and their centre-left coalition partner SPD are ...
29 Oct 2015
29 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) 鈥淓nergiewende: Industrial consumers can use power more flexibly鈥� German industry could make their power demand more flexible and thus reduce load by up to 6 ...
27 Oct 2015
27 Oct 2015, 00:00 CORRECTION- Vattenfall's underlying operating profit was 3,388 million SEK in the third quarter of 2015, not 3,388 billion. Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Vattenfall 3rd quarter results / Two 500 MW lignite units will be ...
19 Oct 2015
19 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 National Geographic 鈥淕ermany Could Be a Model for How We鈥檒l Get Power in the Future鈥� In a long feature for National Geographic, Robert Kunzig takes an in-depth look at the 鈥渆pochal transformation鈥� ...
18 Dec 2014, 00:00 A leaked document outlines plans to transfer some provisions German utilities have put aside for nuclear decommissioning and waste disposal to a state-managed fund. The 麻豆无码版 spoke to two policy analysts about the ...
13 Oct 2015
13 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 (Modifies headline to clearify sourcing) 聽 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he VW scandal calls Brussels into action鈥� Even after the VW emissions cheating scandal, it appears the German government is trying to ...
15 Dec 2014
15 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓lectricity crime story鈥� Wherever they can afford it, German towns and municipalities have been buying back power grids and gas supply networks and are beginning to generate ...
13 Nov 2014
13 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 聽 Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕ermany鈥檚 problems with climate protection鈥� Draft versions of Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Programme (Aktionsprogramm Klimaschutz), designed to reduce greenhouse gas ...
18 Nov 2017, 00:00 Bonn had delivered what was necessary to be on schedule for the decisions needed at COP24 in Katowice, the Germany delegation said / Negotiations finished in the early hours of 18 November / Last contentious issues still debated through ...
16 Sep 2015
16 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 /sites/default/files/files/article/media-utility-shares-slump-criticism-coal-plant-export-financing/clew-reporters-guide-2015.pdf S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淲hy shares of E ...
17 Aug 2015
17 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 dpa / S眉ddeutsche.de 鈥淩aid on Garzweiler鈥� Hundreds of activists entered the open cast lignite mine of Garzweiler, in North-Rhine Westphalia, on Saturday, the German press agency dpa reports. Some ...
13 May 2015
13 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ARD tagesschau.de 鈥淭he German energy transformation is impressive鈥� Ernest Moniz, the United States Secretary of 麻豆无码版, has praised Germany鈥檚 development of renewables but said the US were not ...
23 Apr 2015
23 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 ZDF heute.de 鈥淐limate levy on coal: Gabriel puts his foot down鈥� With pressure and criticism from coalition partner CDU-CSU increasing, Economy and 麻豆无码版 Minister Sigmar Gabriel has defended his ...
30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
20 Feb 2015
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 World 麻豆无码版 Council 鈥淕erman energy transition is currently not an export hit鈥� Many international energy experts doubt that Germany's energy transition works as a blueprint for other countries ...
10 Feb 2015
10 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Reuters 鈥淪tudy 鈥� Germany spends billions on export of coal technology鈥� Germany and France are the EU鈥檚 biggest sponsors of the export of coal technology, according to a confidential OECD study ...
16 Jun 2016
16 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Volkswagen Group VW aims to sell 2-3 million e-cars by 2025 Car giant VW plans a "major electrification initiative" with more than 30 new聽purely battery ...
23 Jan 2015
23 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt / sh:z 鈥濼he North focuses on wind power鈥� Germany鈥檚 northern state of Schleswig-Holstein wants to increase its share of renewables in the power mix and for heating and wants to lower energy ...
24 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. ...
12 May 2016
12 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Ministry for 麻豆无码版 and Economic Affairs (BMWi) Germany aims to give energy efficiency new push The German government has launched a new offensive to increase energy efficiency. ...
28 Nov 2014
28 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 RBB Info Interview with Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks With the Climate Action Programme, due to be passed by cabinet next week, Germany is on track to reach its greenhouse gas reduction ...
15 Jan 2021, 10:19 While our roads are increasingly abuzz with electric cars and scooters, low-emission trucks are conspicuous by their absence. But this is about to change as new climate targets force sharp emission cuts in heavy duty transport. The ...
27 Aug 2018, 14:30 Germany鈥檚 current boom in residential solar batteries has profound effects on the Energiewende (energy transition), says Kai-Philipp Kairies, director of technical consulting at RWTH Aachen University, one of Germany鈥檚 largest technical ...
21 Aug 2018, 15:33 The projected rise in CO2 prices in Europe could see coal-fired power plants being replaced by gas plants in Germany, thereby saving millions of tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions and helping the country to achieve its energy transition ...
14 Jan 2020, 10:06 Germany's shift to electric mobility looks set to get underway in earnest in 2020, and the country's mighty carmakers look ahead with trepidation to what promises to be a tremendous effort for the industry. Against the ...
14 Apr 2016
14 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淐hristian Democrats put the breaks on renewable development鈥� Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party wants to make changes to the ...
31 Oct 2014, 00:00 The German government plans a complete overhaul of energy sector legislation. But one key question is as yet unanswered: Do fossil power plants need subsidies if Germany is to avoid power shortages? A green paper on energy market reform ...
08 Jan 2018, 00:00 The negotiation partners in Germany's ongoing coalition talks have agreed to postpone the country's 2020 emissions reduction target until "the early 2020s". Party negotiators also agreed on introducing a climate ...
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 The framework for energy policy until 2030 failed to meet all Germany鈥檚 ambitions but government says the agreement is in line with the energy transition. Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der ...
22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Handelsblatt 鈥淭o inflate or to die鈥� Nordex, the small Danish wind turbine manufacturer, has confirmed the takeover of the wind branch of the Spanish group Acconia. The cartel ...
16 Jan 2019, 14:18 Berlin aims to slash carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2050. For a city growing at a rate of 50,000 inhabitants a year, that鈥檚 no mean feat. But Ramona Pop, Berlin鈥檚 Senator (minister) for Economy, ...
22 Feb 2016
22 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Die Welt Industry softens Energiewende-bashing At the latest meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party鈥檚 economic council (CDU Wirtschaftsrat), business leaders softened their ...
18 Feb 2016
18 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) "Gabriel: Europe needs more industry鈥� Europe鈥檚 aim to increase the share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 percent ...
20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
04 Jan 2016
04 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 E.ON Separation of E.ON and Uniper operations completed Effective 1 January 2016 E.ON has completed separation of operations from its planned spin-off Uniper. E.ON will focus on renewables, energy ...
26 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥� A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
26 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germans have handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in the country鈥檚 federal election. Most likely, Merkel will have to start talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a so-called "Jamaica coalition, ...
29 Oct 2018, 16:39 The elections in the German state of Hesse have set in motion a major shift in the country's political landscape. Germany's national government coalition parties took the second pounding at regional elections in a row, ...
22 Sep 2015
22 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) 鈥淭he VW scandal鈥� It is a mystery why VW decided to take the risk of manipulating emission results with rather limited benefits, writes Holger Appel in FAZ. Why ...
27 Jul 2020, 09:50 Europe's economy is well placed to benefit from the fledgling global hydrogen economy and should decisively follow through with its hydrogen strategies, says Veronika Grimm, a member of Germany's council of economic experts, ...
23 Jun 2020, 15:13 Tough talks on how to make the European Union climate neutral by 2050 are a major challenge for Germany鈥檚 6-month EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020. The negotiations for a European economic recovery programme will be a ...
01 Jun 2015
01 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Interview with Chancellor on Climate Summit In an interview with the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, Germany鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel said that preparing for the climate summit in Paris ...
21 Jun 2018
21 Jun 2018, 16:13 An internal brawl in the German government's conservative camp over immigration has a paralysing effect on the country's energy and climate policymaking. After 100 days in office, the government coalition officially has to ...
31 Mar 2016
31 Mar 2016, 00:00 (UPDATE- clarifies sourcing in section on emissions trading in paragraph 6- sources are Prognos and German Steel Federation, not Die Welt. Headline changes accordingly.) S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter ...
03 Dec 2014, 00:00 The government approved what it claims to be the largest climate action package in the country鈥檚 history. Most observers applauded the commitment to emissions reduction goals by 2020. But environmentalists criticised the lack of a ...
26 Nov 2014, 00:00 The German government looks set to approve plans to force the power sector to reduce carbon emissions by an additional 22 million tons by 2020. Environmentalists worry the plans don't go far enough and are calling for more coal ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:16 The financial sector in Germany needs better regulation to fully incorporate sustainability criteria in its business practices, says Kristina Jeromin, head of sustainability at the German stock exchange Deutsche B枚rse and managing ...
18 Sep 2017, 00:00 With Germans about to cast their votes in the federal election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is virtually certain to retain power. But the make-up of the next coalition will be key to how the new government tackles a host of energy and ...
15 Mar 2018, 00:00 Germany's new environment minister Svenja Schulze is a new face in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth cabinet. But the Social Democrat inherits a range of well-known challenges- from coal emissions to air pollution by diesel ...
12 Mar 2018, 00:00 Car industry hub Germany is under increasing pressure to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility in order to reach its climate targets and improve the quality of air in inner city areas. Against the backdrop of a looming ban on ...
09 Feb 2018, 00:00 The coalition agreement by Germany's would-be coalition parties CDU/CSU and SPD is a step towards "realistic" Energiewende policy, says CDU energy policy spokesperson Joachim Pfeiffer. He argues a coal exit date for ...
27 Mar 2019, 11:14 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its coverage of how business is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we have launched a series on start-ups that ...
09 Jul 2018, 15:15 Natural gas is needed to complement renewable energies today and will increasingly be replaced by 鈥榞reen gases鈥�, enabling the continued use of existing infrastructure, says Timm Kehler, head of the gas industry initiative Zukunft ERDGAS ...
09 Sep 2019, 12:00 Citizens have been a crucial driver of Germany's energy transition and many regard sustainability and especially environmental action a crucial feature of sound investments. Yet, the vast majority of savings in the country are not ...
17 Nov 2017, 00:00 The Bonn climate summit of 2017, a short way from Germany鈥檚 largest coal mining district, is almost over. But the COP will reconvene next year, 1,050 kilometres away from Bonn in Katowice, another traditional coal mining area located in ...
13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on developed nations to advance technology and make investments to combat climate change / Protesters interrupt US event on "cleaner fossil fuels" / Peruvian farmer effected by climate change ...
28 Sep 2018, 15:37 Germany's solar power industry used to be a leader of the renewable technology's global expansion but a series of political blunders has killed off solar power companies and passed the torch on to China, solar power researcher ...
08 May 2015, 00:00 Feed-in tariffs set by government or parliament have supported rapid expansion of renewable power production, along with falling costs. Now the government wants to move to a more market-based approach. With this is mind, the 2014 ...
02 Feb 2016
02 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he government, the e-car and the subsidy trap鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel would be well advised not to adopt a buyer鈥檚 premium for electric cars after her meeting with industry ...
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 The Energiewende is gradually transforming German homes 鈥� not just towards greater energy efficiency but to become producers as well as consumers of energy. Expert Institute for Housing and Environment Institut Wohnen und Umwelt ...
27 Apr 2020, 13:10 In the fight against climate change, hydrogen made with renewable electricity is increasingly seen as a silver bullet for sectors with particularly stubborn emissions, such as heavy industry and aviation. As a result, the emission-free ...
23 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germany is heading into a year filled with international top-events and elections that will determine the future course of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project. The uncertainties about the new US administration and the exact details of ...
03 Dec 2018, 11:28 Politicians across party lines, environmental and industry groups and researchers alike are in favour of a price on carbon emissions in all sectors. There is debate on details such as the pros and cons of a carbon tax versus a trading ...
18 Jun 2020, 12:00 A joint push by the EU and China remains the best hope to drive global climate action and build momentum ahead of next year鈥檚 UN climate talks, researchers and NGOs say. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted national priorities, raised ...
02 Dec 2014
02 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he end of dinosaurs鈥� In the end, the large dinosaurs who had ruled the world disappeared 鈥� Germany鈥檚 big energy companies face a similar fate, writes Markus Balser in the ...
10 Apr 2019, 13:44 German ministers, high-level policymakers, as well as representatives from industry, science and civil society gather at the Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue on 9-10 April 2019 to discuss the progress of a global energy transition. ...
11 Jul 2019, 13:33 The shift to a low-carbon future is turning the economy inside out. Policy has a crucial role to play, but ultimately it is businesses that will make the energy transition happen. In Energiewende home country Germany, many start-ups are ...
22 Apr 2016
22 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 UBA Record high CO2 measurements in Germany Germany鈥檚 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has measured the highest annual CO2 concentrations ever in 2015. In its research stations on ...
22 Sep 2020, 10:30 As the coronavirus crisis drives many governments across the globe to introduce emergency plans to cushion the immediate economic effects, there are growing calls to align any mid and long-term stimulus efforts with climate targets. ...
16 Aug 2019, 10:00 Voters in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg head to the polls on 1 September for crucial state elections. The results could have an outsized impact on German climate policy for three reasons. First, these states are ...
02 Jun 2017, 00:00 President Donald Trump has announced that he will pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. The USA will be the first country to leave the seminal 2015 treaty signed by nearly 200 individual nations that agreed ...
14 Jun 2019, 09:07 麻豆无码版 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
14 Mar 2018, 00:00 The 2017 September election results have led to unprecedented difficulties in forming a new government in Germany. After the longest government building process in modern Germany, Angela Merkel was re-elected as chancellor of a renewed ...
21 Aug 2019, 16:00 Moment of truth for German climate policy: Right in time for the UN Climate Action Summit, chancellor Angela Merkel's government is due to present a raft of measures to drastically cut emissions. The eagerly awaited announcements ...
29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 2016 is set to be another eventful year in German energy policy. The Paris climate summit underlined the need to reduce emissions even further, which will ultimately involve painful decisions about the future of coal. A series of ...
16 Dec 2019, 12:00 The UN climate summit COP25 in Spain is the last meeting of its kind before countries around the world are supposed to step up their ambitions under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020. Germany has made several key climate action ...
30 Dec 2014, 00:00 After an eventful 2014 鈥� marked by the reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), a new climate action package and the first fall in CO2 emissions for two years 鈥� German energy policy is primed for action in 2015. Expert AGEB- AG ...
11 May 2015, 00:00 Large utilities are being forced to take radical steps to reshape their business models to fit the new energy landscape. But experts say it remains to be seen if they can innovate their way out of the crisis. Expert BDEW-German ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:28 After shying away from the debate for a long time, Germany's political leaders are finally considering putting a price on CO2 to help reach the country's climate targets. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her " climate cabinet ...
