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  • EU's net-zero emissions plans shift focus to carbon management solutions

    Role of CCS, CCU and negative emissions in Europe's quest for climate neutrality by 2050 19 Sep 2024, 11:44 As the European Union's aim to reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 begins to be filled with concrete measures, the bloc has begun to ...
  • The Energiewende's booming flagship braces for stormy times

    Onshore wind power in Germany 14 Jun 2017, 00:00 Onshore wind power capacity in Germany has increased more than 1,000 times since 1990. A combination of idealistic impetus and entrepreneurial enthusiasm among citizens has brought the number of wind ...
  • Power production at sea re-emerges as Energiewende cornerstone

    Offshore wind power in Germany 04 May 2018, 00:00 Offshore wind power production for long has been a gleam of hope for Germany's energy transition as a renewable power resource with vast potential to make the shift away from fossil fuels affordable. ...
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  • 03 Jul 2025 |

    Onshore wind power auction again oversubscribed in Germany, record in PV storage bids

    03 Jul 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The latest round of onshore wind power auctions in Germany has resulted in a clear oversubscription and falling guaranteed remuneration levels, the country鈥檚 network agency BNetzA has ...
  • 25 Jun 2025 |

    German government approves draft law to accelerate renewables expansion

    25 Jun 2025, 13:33 Edgar Meza Renewables Policy taz 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has approved a draft law to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy sources in line with the European Union鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Directive (RED)聽III, newspaper taz聽 ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    European wind power capacity grows but expansion rate slightly down in 2024

    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. " ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Onshore wind power continues dynamic growth in Germany in early 2025

    17 Apr 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power capacity continued to grow apace in early 2025 after four gigawatts (GW) of new turbines were licensed in the first three months of the year, industry ...
  • 07 Feb 2025 |

    Germany likely to exceed 2030 onshore wind power targets 鈥 think tank

    07 Feb 2025, 13:22 Joey Grostern Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany looks set to exceed its 2030 onshore wind power target by 2.6 percent, according to an analysis by the Google-backed think tank Goal100. Considering the number of applications and permits for ...
  • 04 Jul 2024 |

    Awarded onshore wind contracts jump to 2.4 GW in Germany's latest tender

    04 Jul 2024, 14:10 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany has awarded the most onshore wind contracts ever following the latest round of tenders by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). "The current round of tenders represents a record with almost ...
  • 11 Dec 2024 |

    Record bids in German onshore wind tender will spur rollout from next year 鈥 regulator

    11 Dec 2024, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Onshore wind power auctions held in November in Germany have led to a new record in submitted bids, the country鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. Bidders submitted ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    Most of 440,000 objections to wind power in German state stem from core protest group 鈥 report

    31 Jan 2025, 11:50 Joey Grostern Wind Society SWR A group of about 6,660 people are behind a slew of over 440,000 letters objecting to plans for wind farm developments in 40 areas in the Neckar-Alb region of Baden-W眉rttemberg, according to reporting from ...
  • 18 Apr 2024 |

    Germany's onshore wind power construction permits reach new quarterly record in early 2024

    18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
  • 20 Feb 2024 |

    Support for onshore wind energy expansion remains high in Germany

    20 Feb 2024, 14:08 Jack McGovan Wind Society 麻豆无码版 More than three-quarters of the German population (81%) think the use and expansion of onshore wind energy is important or very important, according to a new analysis published today by the ...
  • 15 Jan 2025 |

    Industry groups hopeful after 2024 record year for onshore wind power in Germany

    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 ...
  • 24 Apr 2025 |

    Weak winds eat up generation capacity gains in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable fleet in early 2025

    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 ...
  • 19 Jul 2024 |

    Number of wind turbines in Germany down in H1 2024, total capacity up

    19 Jul 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The number of operational onshore wind turbines installed in Germany has shrunk in the first six months of 2024, when 250 new installations were added while 280 older ones were taken ...
  • 22 Feb 2024 |

    Wind farms boost local economies and municipal budgets 鈥 analysis

    22 Feb 2024, 14:09 Ruby Russel Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 / Die Welt New wind farms greatly benefit the local economy and municipal budgets, says a case study by industry consultancy Deutsche WindGuard. Building and operating several wind ...
  • 16 Jul 2025

    In brief | 16 July '25

    16 Jul 2025, 10:43 麻豆无码版 Team Montel: Green push must not mean 鈥渄eindustrialisation鈥 鈥 German industry Many sceptical about government efforts to tackle spiralling energy bills, energy-intensive industry told Montel. Agora Energiewende: A new investment ...
  • 16 Jan 2024 |

    German onshore wind power expansion gets significant push in 2023 but auctions miss target

    16 Jan 2024, 13:09 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 Onshore wind power was significantly ...
  • 19 Jul 2023 |

    Wind power expansion in Germany accelerating but still off 2030 target path

    19 Jul 2023, 13:18 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business ...
  • 14 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | March 2025

    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 ...
  • 08 Sep 2023 |

    CORRECTION- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind tender is yet again undersubscribed

    08 Sep 2023, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Corrects tender volumes to GW from MW. Investors again showed insufficient interest to build all of the onshore wind farms on offer in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest tender. The auction remained ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    German energy companies say 2030 wind power targets cannot be achieved without Chinese hardware

    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 ...
  • 04 Oct 2024 |
    Gas

    German LNG terminal more expensive than expected 鈥 media

    04 Oct 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Gas NDR / 麻豆无码版 The cost of a planned permanent onshore import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in northern Germany is likely to be more than expected and require additional state support, reports ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power expansion firmly back on growth track, industry says

    11 Mar 2024, 13:06 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 20 Sep 2023 |

    German wind power association warns against loss of land due to planned military restrictions

    20 Sep 2023, 13:34 Edgar Meza Wind Tagesspiegel Background New military exclusion zones could lead to the loss of up to a third of federal land for wind power generation in Germany, Tagesspiegel Background reported. The German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE ...
  • 26 Mar 2024 |

    Windiest year in over a decade enabled Germany's 2023 renewables "success" 鈥 weather service

    26 Mar 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 The year 2023 was the windiest in Germany in more than 15 years, providing excellent conditions for wind electricity generation, said Germany's National Meteorological ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    Lower local electricity prices could increase acceptance of onshore wind power expansion 鈥 survey

    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, ...
  • 13 Dec 2024 |

    Germany on course for 54 percent renewable power production share in 2024 鈥 UBA

    13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
  • 15 Jul 2025 |

    Renewables share slightly down in Germany in first half of 2025, but wind expansion gains steam

    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%) ...
  • 18 Jan 2023 |

    Germany auctions record onshore wind capacity to compensate slow 2022 rollout

    18 Jan 2023, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 麻豆无码版 The expansion of onshore wind power capacity in Germany in 2022 again remained below the level required for reaching the country鈥檚 renewable power targets, a shortcoming that ...
  • 11 Jun 2025

    In brief | 11 June '25

    11 Jun 2025, 11:51 麻豆无码版 Team OECD & UNDP: Accelerated climate action can be a driver of growth and development Ambitious climate targets that are underpinned by robust implementation and investment plans can provide economic opportunities, unlock ...
  • 08 Jul 2024

    In brief | 8 July '24

    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 ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind and solar 2030 targets almost compatible with 1.5掳C limit 鈥 report

    23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
  • 08 May 2023 |

    300-metre wind power testing mast in Germany hoped to herald new turbine generation

    08 May 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 麻豆无码版 With the inauguration of a new onshore wind power testing mast with a height of 300 metres, project developers in Germany hope it will pave the way for a new generation of wind ...
  • 15 Oct 2024 |

    Wind industry proposes rent limit for land in Germany as competition drives up prices

    15 Oct 2024, 12:58 Jack McGovan Wind Cost & Prices taz The German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) has proposed a statutory maximum limit on prices for land use among industry complaints that rents for wind farms continue to rise, newspaper Tageszeitung ...
  • 12 Jun 2025 |

    Mood in German wind power industry darkens as US bets on fossil fuels

    12 Jun 2025, 12:08 Jack McGovan Wind Politics Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The business climate in Germany's wind industry has fallen to the lowest level in four years, reported business daily Handelsblatt. The biggest reason for the mood shift 鈥 ...
  • 07 Jun 2022 |

    Return of undersubscribed wind power auctions a setback for Germany's expansion push

    07 Jun 2022, 13:08 Kerstine Appunn Wind 麻豆无码版 The May tender for building new onshore wind capacity in Germany has attracted fewer bidders than expected, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. After two rounds of oversubscribed auctions ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should restrict CCS to unavoidable CO2 emissions 鈥 govt advisors

    11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
  • 18 Jun 2025 |

    German gov't must swiftly implement electricity price reduction measures 鈥 northern states

    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 ...
  • 22 Jan 2025

    In brief | 22 January '25

    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 Jul 2022 |

    Number of wind turbines in German state falling amid government鈥檚 expansion push

    18 Jul 2022, 13:11 Hannah Naylor Renewables Wind Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Despite the German government鈥檚 efforts to increase onshore wind power, in the first half of 2022 there has been a loss of wind turbines by dismantling of the infrastructure in the ...
  • 21 Aug 2023 |

    Most populous German state set to abolish minimum distance rule for wind turbines

    21 Aug 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Policy Der Spiegel The government of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, looks set to abolish a controversial minimum distance rule for wind turbines, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. ...
  • 07 Jun 2024 |

    German parliament approves removal of red tape to fast-track renewables and hydrogen rollout

    07 Jun 2024, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliament has passed a government reform package designed to speed up the rollout of wind power, as well as industry decarbonisation, by removing red tape. The amendment to ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |
    Gas

    Construction begins on controversial onshore LNG terminal near Hamburg

    01 Jul 2024, 13:33 Ruby Russel Gas Zeit Online Construction of Germany's first onshore liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal has begun at Stade in the state of Lower Saxony, close to the northern port city Hamburg. Expected to be operational by 2027, ...
  • 06 Apr 2023 |

    Windpower industry needs tens of thousands of new workers in Germany

    06 Apr 2023, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Wind Business & Jobs dpa / 麻豆无码版 Germany needs to increase its workforce in the windpower industry for the planned doubling of installed wind power capacity by 2030, industry association BWE聽 told news ...
  • German coal power production drops to record low in Q2 as renewables soar

    11 Jul 2024, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Coal Renewables 麻豆无码版 Electricity generation from coal dropped to a record low in Germany in the spring, while renewables produced more electricity than ever during the same period. Lignite feed-in ...
  • 12 Sep 2024 |

    Germany aims for large-scale carbon capture projects in cement and waste by 2030 鈥 draft strategy

    12 Sep 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry FAZ / 麻豆无码版 The German government is continuing its push for carbon capture and storage technologies with the draft of its planned Carbon Management Strategy, reported Frankfurter ...
  • 23 Mar 2023 |

    German states have now fundamentally embraced wind power 鈥 minister

    23 Mar 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 states have understood the importance of renewable energy for the future of local industry as they gear up for a fast expansion of onshore wind power, economy and climate ...
  • 21 Aug 2023 |

    Berlin could use disused airfields for wind turbines, says state govt official

    21 Aug 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cities Tagesspiegel Berlin could use its two disused airfields to build wind turbines on, Christian Gr盲ff, member of the Berlin House of Representatives with the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), told ...
  • 24 Nov 2022 |

    Ukraine war pushes Germans鈥 acceptance of wind turbines to record level 鈥 survey

    24 Nov 2022, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Wind Society 麻豆无码版 Onshore wind power has become more popular than ever among people living in Germany as a result of the war in Ukraine,聽 a poll 聽has found. One in three respondents said Russia's war and ...
  • 28 Oct 2022 |

    Wind power expansion in Germany too slow 鈥 report

    28 Oct 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 麻豆无码版 Long approval procedures and insufficient land designation mean the expansion of wind power capacity across Germany is too slow to meet climate targets, a聽 report 聽by the federal and state ...
  • 30 Mar 2021 |

    New German company aims to achieve 5 GW of onshore wind by 2030

    30 Mar 2021, 13:43 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 The Aloys Wobben Foundation (AWS), the sole shareholder of wind turbine company Enercon, and German utility EWE AG have launched the 50-50 joint venture Alterric to develop and operate onshore wind ...
  • 18 Jun 2024 |

    Baltic gas grid operators agree to speed up hydrogen infrastructure development

    18 Jun 2024, 13:19 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Nine gas transmission system operators (TSOs) from countries bordering the Baltic Sea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that declares the aim to coordinate and facilitate the buildout ...
  • Construction of world's tallest wind turbine starts in German lignite region

    25 Sep 2024, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Technology Society Heise online / mdr Work has begun on the construction of the world鈥檚 highest wind turbine in the eastern German lignite region Lusatia,聽 reports 聽technology website heise online. The ...
  • 26 Apr 2024 |

    Renewables cover 56% of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power consumption in first quarter of the year, utilities say

    26 Apr 2024, 13:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 08 Nov 2019 |

    Onshore wind permits in Germany fell by 70 percent since 2016- utility group

    08 Nov 2019, 14:09 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The number of permits issued for onshore wind turbines in Germany has dropped by more than 70 percent within three years, says German utility association BDEW. "Whereas three years ...
  • 07 Aug 2024 |

    Electricity from large solar arrays with batteries now cheaper than from fossil plants in Germany 鈥 report

    07 Aug 2024, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers from ...
  • 30 Sep 2024 |

    NGOs urge strict limits on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 CCS use, criticise law reform

    30 Sep 2024, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal 麻豆无码版 The German government's current plan for allowing carbon capture and storage (CCS) is far too permissive and set to delay the phase-out of fossil fuels, said environmental NGOs. They ...
  • 24 Oct 2023 |

    A quarter of offshore wind production curtailed in first quarter of 2023 鈥 media report

    24 Oct 2023, 13:35 Jack McGovan Grid Wind Tagesspiegel Background Onshore grid bottlenecks in northwest Germany have led to a quarter of offshore wind power generation being curtailed in the first three months of 2023, reports Tagesspiegel Background ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    German wind energy tender once again undersubscribed, but grid agency sees 鈥渉ope鈥

    15 Dec 2023, 13:16 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 In its latest auction for onshore wind turbines, Germany failed to secure enough investment deals to ensure the rollout of the technology proceeds with sufficient speed to reach renewable ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    German govt to curtail state prerogatives and cancel wind power distances- media

    08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
  • 28 Sep 2022 |

    Wind power expansion success depends entirely on efforts by German states 鈥 econ min

    28 Sep 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Die Welt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called on the country鈥檚 states to massively ramp up their onshore wind power efforts, newspaper Die Welt reports. ...
  • 04 Feb 2025 |

    Germany largely on track for offshore wind expansion targets 鈥 industry

    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 Jan 2024 |

    German renewables expansion picks up speed in 2023, onshore wind still lagging

    05 Jan 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 installed renewable power production capacity has increased by about 17 gigawatt in 2023 (to some 170 GW total), figures released by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
  • 29 Mar 2022 |

    Germany must shed 鈥渂ureaucratic corset鈥 for renewables in next legislation package 鈥 wind industry

    29 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Having announced higher renewables targets ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    Renewables on rise in Germany, but faster growth needed for 2030 target 鈥 report

    02 May 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy capacity has increased rapidly in Germany in the past year, but the expansion must be accelerated further for the country to meet its target of sourcing ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    Long-term market outlook boosts confidence in wind energy sector

    10 Jun 2021, 13:56 Edgar Meza 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The future of the wind power sector is looking increasingly rosy according to the latest聽 Wind麻豆无码版 trend:index (WEtix), published by global wind energy event ...
  • 06 Feb 2023 |

    Scholz promises construction of 鈥渇our to five wind turbines per day鈥 to reach 2030 target

    06 Feb 2023, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Government Bild Zeitung In a bid to achieve the high renewable power expansion targets for the end of the decade, German chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to make the buildout a priority and hold talks with the 16 ...
  • 12 Aug 2019 |

    Low auction turnout means 鈥渞enewed wake-up call鈥 for German wind power

    12 Aug 2019, 12:25 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 14 Oct 2021 |

    Onshore wind energy continues slow recovery in Germany with more bids in latest tender

    14 Oct 2021, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Renewables 麻豆无码版 For the first time since December 2020, an onshore wind power auction was oversubscribed in Germany. Developers submitted 210 bids totalling 1,824megawatt (MW) for the tender volume of 1,492 ...
  • 15 Jun 2021 |

    German onshore wind tender surpasses 1,000 megawatt mark for first time since 2017

    15 Jun 2021, 12:33 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind tender has resulted in 240 new planned wind turbines with a combined capacity of 1,110 megawatt (MW), just under the total offered volume of 1,243 MW, the Federal Network ...
  • 02 Mar 2023 |

    Lack of interest in German PV and wind tenders 'painful aftermath' of energy crisis- industry

    02 Mar 2023, 14:06 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 17 Jan 2022 |

    Clash between wind power expansion plans and military needs can be resolved 鈥 industry

    17 Jan 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 Military obstacles and air traffic control systems often stand in the way of the much-needed expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, but the problem could be resolved quickly, said wind energy ...
  • 14 Jul 2023 |

    Rising costs put 4 GW of wind energy projects planned in Germany at risk 鈥 media report

    14 Jul 2023, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Klimareporter Rapidly rising costs could jeopardise the construction of already planned wind turbines with a total capacity of several gigawatts, news outlet klimareporter聽 reports. Up to 4 gigawatts (GW) ...
  • 鈥淔ederal Network Agency starts second onshore wind auction鈥

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) today started 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second onshore wind power auction, the agency announced in a press release. With 1,000 megawatt (MW), the tender volume is 200 MW higher than the first tender. Deadline for bids is 1 August 2017 ...
  • 09 Jan 2024 |

    Wind power turbine fleet's output grows 25 percent in Germany over five years

    09 Jan 2024, 13:37 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Edgar Meza Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 From January to September 2023, wind turbines fed almost 89.9 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity into ...
  • 29 Aug 2024 |

    Short-term wind power targets in Germany at risk due to implementation delays 鈥 analysis

    29 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The short-term wind power expansion targets in Germany are unlikely to be met, given that project implementation of licensed wind farms is taking longer than expected, according to an ...
  • 13 Feb 2025 |

    Northern states say German autobahn exits must be enlarged for wind turbine blade transport

    13 Feb 2025, 13:36 Bennet Ribbeck Renewables Wind Focus Online Many autobahn exits in northern Germany are too small to handle the transportation of modern wind turbine rotor blades and should be enlarged, according to several German states,聽Focus Online ...
  • 31 Oct 2019 |

    Large majority of Germans support wind power rollout 鈥 survey

    31 Oct 2019, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Wind 麻豆无码版 A stable majority of people in Germany support the continued rollout of wind power in the country, according to聽 a survey 聽conducted by pollster forsa and commissioned by the agency for onshore wind ...
  • 26 Jul 2018 |

    Onshore wind power expansion slows down

    After a record 2017, Germany saw an 鈥渆xpected鈥 decrease in onshore wind power expansion in the first half of 2018, said German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) and industry association VDMA Power Systems at a press conference in Berlin. The 鈥渕arket slump鈥 ...
  • Germany's grid agency launches 2018 wind & solar tenders

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid agency (BNetzA) has launched the first 2018 onshore wind and solar tenders. In a change to previous auctions, all onshore wind projects now need to have a planning permission to place a bid, the agency said in a press release. Citizen ...
  • 17 Sep 2024

    In brief | 17 September '24

    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 ...
  • 23 May 2023 |

    Germany can double onshore wind power capacity buildout in 2023 鈥 economy minister

    23 May 2023, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The buildout of onshore wind power in Germany can be doubled in 2023 with respect to the previous year and set the country on track towards its ambitious renewable power goals, economy ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    鈥淧ositive signals鈥 as last German wind power auction 2019 oversubscribed

    20 Dec 2019, 14:23 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    Few bids for onshore wind but big interest in solar in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables tenders

    03 May 2021, 12:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore ...
  • 25 Nov 2019 |

    Yet again, no onshore wind bids in fourth joint renewables auction, solar wins

    25 Nov 2019, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Solar power projects聽 again 聽secured the entire volume of capacity available in the fourth joint auction for new solar and onshore wind, as no onshore bids were submitted, the German Federal ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    German onshore wind growth achieves turnaround in 2020 but still off target

    28 Jan 2021, 13:25 Onshore wind power- the cornerstone of Germany's decarbonisation plans- 聽has suffered from chronically low additional installations in the past years. The industry seems to have achieved a turnaround in 2020, connecting almost 50 ...
  • 04 Apr 2022 |

    Govt attempts to reconcile bird protection and wind power in bid to boost renewables

    04 Apr 2022, 13:51 The German government presented another piece of the puzzle to hurry along the growth of renewables in its energy mix, seen by now as much of a bid for fossil fuel import independence as a means of achieving climate neutrality by 2045. ...
  • 01 Aug 2024

    In brief | 1 August '24

    01 Aug 2024, 11:00 麻豆无码版 Team Footprint Network: August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day With the beginning of August, humanity鈥檚 demand on nature鈥檚 resources this year surpasses Earth鈥檚 capacity to regenerate them, the international sustainability ...
  • 18 Oct 2019 |

    Engineering association rings alarm as next German wind power auction undersubscribed

    18 Oct 2019, 14:27 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und ...
  • 19 Dec 2024 |
    Gas

    Pending state aid decision and technical issues weigh on German LNG terminals

    19 Dec 2024, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Gas Table Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 LNG import terminals are under pressure as technical issues and a wait for approval from the European Commission regarding state aid could lead to months-long disruptions, reported news service ...
  • 24 Jan 2020 |

    Support of wind power expansion continues to be widespread in Germany

    24 Jan 2020, 14:08 Expert YouGov Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Society 麻豆无码版 Despite a slump in the expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, most people in the country remain fundamentally in favour of the renewable energy ...
  • German onshore wind power sees record growth in 2017

    Onshore wind power in Germany grew by about 1,700 turbines, with a total capacity of roughly 5,300 megawatts (MW) in 2017, a gross increase of 15 percent compared to the previous year, according to the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE). In a press ...
  • 28 Apr 2022 |

    Conservatives agree on exceptions for wind power distance rules in Bavaria

    28 Apr 2022, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The parliamentary group of the ruling conservative CSU in Bavaria has come out in favour of relaxing the strict wind power turbine distance rules in the southern German state,聽 reports ...
  • Germany to open door for onshore CO2 storage in federal states

    29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore 鈥 but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
  • German grid agency cuts onshore wind subsidies by 2.4 percent again

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has decided to cut feed-in tariffs again for onshore wind parks not awarded in auctions by 2.4 percent from 1 July 2018, the agency announced in a press release. It is the fourth time in a row the agency has decided to ...
  • 24 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | April 2025

    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 ...
  • 13 Aug 2020 |

    Germany paves way for faster wind power expansion licenses

    13 Aug 2020, 13:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has set out to accelerate planning procedures for infrastructure projects linked to the energy transition with a focus on speeding up onshore wind power expansion in particular. Utilities welcomed the streamlining ...
  • 28 Apr 2023 |

    Renewables cover half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity demand in first quarter of 2023

    28 Apr 2023, 13:21 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable ...
  • 10 Sep 2019 |

    Onshore wind power auction in Germany once again fails to attract enough bidders

    10 Sep 2019, 14:10 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The lack of interest in Germany' ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Onshore wind power

    31 May 2021, 11:05 Many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 early renewable energy pioneers were experimenters with onshore wind technology. Inspired by the example of neighbouring Denmark, which had already proven the effectiveness of wind technology in the early 1990s, a ...
  • 30 May 2017 |

    鈥淐ontinued cost declines expected for onshore 飞颈苍诲鈥

    Onshore wind energy will become much cheaper in Germany over the coming years, with power costs dropping to 3 to 4.5 eurocents per kilowatt hour at top sites, according to a new study conducted by the think tank Agora Energiewende.* Find a press release ...
  • 19 Sep 2019 |

    E-mobility and wind power auctions suffer from flawed competition 鈥 German Monopolies Commission

    19 Sep 2019, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cars 麻豆无码版 The German Monopolies Commission has warned that the breakthrough of electric cars and the expansion of onshore wind power in the country both suffer from a lack of competition that brings ...
  • 01 Oct 2020 |

    Solar, storage hybrid projects win majority of Germany's new 鈥渋nnovation auctions鈥

    01 Oct 2020, 13:25 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 BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband ...
  • 22 Jul 2019 |

    More than 2,000 new wind power turbines in Germany on hold due to licensing issues

    22 Jul 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Society 麻豆无码版 Construction of more than 2,000 onshore wind turbines in Germany-- with a combined capacity of nearly 10 gigawatts (GW)-- is on hold due to bureaucratic hurdles and delays in ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    German North Sea wind power share increases in first half 2021

    26 Jul 2021, 12:26 Jessica Bateman Wind 麻豆无码版 The total share of German wind power produced by North Sea plants rose to 16.63 percent so far in 2021 despite an overall generation decrease compared to the first half 2020 due to calm weather, ...
  • 07 Jul 2021 |

    Flexibility solutions could allow German industry to relieve power grid

    07 Jul 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Grid Industry 麻豆无码版 German companies could make a significant contribution to stabilising the electricity grid by flexibly adapting their demand to available supply, according to a new study conducted by the ...
  • Slowdown in wind power expansion could signal end to Germany's 鈥済reen fairy tale鈥 鈥 commentary

    02 Sep 2019, 13:13 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Renewables Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's "green fairy tale is in danger" as wind power expansion in the country has almost come to a "complete standstill,"聽 writes Michael ...
  • 12 Nov 2019 |

    Economy and environment ministries pass the blame for slump in German wind power expansion

    12 Nov 2019, 12:40 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 10 Aug 2023 |

    Bavarian mayors call for accelerated windpower rollout in cross-party appeal

    10 Aug 2023, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Wind Elections & Politics dpa A fifth of all mayors in Bavaria have called on the regional government to speed up the construction of wind turbines in the state,聽newswire dpa reported. In a cross-party appeal, 432 ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    German renewables record overshadowed by slump in onshore wind power expansion

    25 Oct 2019, 15:22 The share of renewable energy in Germany's gross power consumption reached a record of almost 43 percent in the first nine months of 2019. But a near halt in the country's onshore wind power expansion overshadows the ...
  • 14 May 2019 |

    German wind industry and grid agency sound alarm after substantial drop in auction turnout

    14 May 2019, 13:27 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 16 Aug 2024

    In brief | 16 August '24

    16 Aug 2024, 10:08 Julian Wettengel Eurostat: EU economy greenhouse gas emissions:-4.0% in Q1 2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0 percent ...
  • Two percent of German land area for onshore wind by 2032- cabinet approves next batch of energy transition laws

    15 Jun 2022, 15:01 German states will have to actively look for areas that can be designated for wind farm construction in order to meet government targets. The cabinet is forwarding another set of draft laws aimed at accelerating the country鈥檚 energy ...
  • 22 Oct 2024 |

    Grid operator lays first underground cables of key energy transition power line

    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 ...
  • 16 Sep 2021 |

    Growth in solar PV capacity makes up for Germany's cloudy summer 2021

    16 Sep 2021, 13:15 Kerstine Appunn Renewables pv magazine Despite experiencing a comparatively cloudy summer, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar PV installations have generated 40.7 terawatt-hours (TWh) worth of electricity between January and August 2021, roughly the same ...
  • 11 Nov 2019 |

    German wind turbine maker Enercon to cut 3,000 jobs

    11 Nov 2019, 12:58 Expert Enercon GmbH Wind turbine manufacturer Wind Business & Jobs Technology Freja Eriksen Wind Business & Jobs dpa German wind turbine maker Enercon has announced it will cut up to 3,000 jobs, saying the federal government& ...
  • 14 Jun 2021 |

    German government, air navigation service facilitate onshore wind power expansion

    14 Jun 2021, 13:00 Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 The German economy ministry (BMWi) is providing 14 million euros of funding to help modernise conventional navigation facilities operated by German air navigation service provider DFS, a move that will ...
  • 鈥淚ncreased uncertainty鈥 whether post-2018 wind expansion targets will be reached

    With projects officially defined as citizens鈥 energy again dominating the second onshore wind auction, the risk of not reaching the expansion targets after 2018 increases, writes the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) in a press release. 鈥淲e see the ...
  • 28 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淕ermany is affording expensive wind power compared to other countries鈥

    Germany boasts the best framework conditions (e.g. financing) and with 41.5 gigawatt has the biggest onshore wind power capacity in Europe, but the industry has not achieved considerable price cuts compared to other European countries, writes Christian ...
  • 07 Oct 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany to have two more floating LNG import terminals in operation by winter 鈥 operator

    07 Oct 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are due to go into operation before the winter in Germany, state-owned operating company Deutsche 麻豆无码版 Terminal (DET) told news agency ...
  • 27 Feb 2023 |

    Meagre onshore expansion in early 2023 rings alarm for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power industry

    27 Feb 2023, 13:48 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind dpa / Der Spiegel The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
  • 02 Aug 2024

    Dispatch from Poland | August '24

    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 ...
  • 22 Dec 2020 |

    Onshore wind bids exceed auctioned capacity for first time in 2020 in Germany

    22 Dec 2020, 13:36 [updates with comment from German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association BWE] Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind ...
  • 02 May 2019 |

    Onshore wind power expansion in Germany drops to lowest level since 2000

    02 May 2019, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The first three months of 2019 have seen the lowest level of onshore wind power expansion in Germany since the year 2000, says the FA Windenergie an Land (Onshore Wind Power Agency), a group ...
  • 26 Jul 2018

    Wind industry calls for special auctions amid expansion slowdown

    26 Jul 2018, 16:22 Following last year鈥檚 strong growth, wind energy expansion in the first half of 2018 dropped substantially. Wind power groups are calling on the government to launch the special auctions for renewable energies that it agreed to hold in ...
  • 12 Apr 2018 |

    Solar and wind industries regard joint auction as a failure

    The German Solar Association (BSW) and the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) 鈥渞egard the first joint auction [for onshore wind and solar power] as a failure,鈥 and call for separate auctions to be held in the future, the two organisations write in a ...
  • 15 Aug 2017 |

    Onshore wind prices continue to drop in German auction

    The average support rate for all successful bidders in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second onshore wind power auction was 4.28 eurocent per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh). 鈥淭he average support rate decreased by more than a cent per kilowatt hour, compared to the first round,鈥 said ...
  • 08 Jun 2023 |

    Wind power tops Germany's electricity mix as total power output shrinks in early 2023

    08 Jun 2023, 13:45 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind power has become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important electricity source again in the first quarter of 2023, ...
  • 24 May 2018 |

    Wind power industry calls on German government to hold special renewables auctions

    The expansion of wind power in Germany must be accelerated both onshore and offshore to make good on climate action plans outlined in the government鈥檚 coalition treaty, industry organisations German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) and Offshore Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
  • German wind industry relishes international attention as domestic perspectives stagnate

    The German wind industry has lauded the international optimism regarding the renewable energy source at the global fair Wind麻豆无码版 Hamburg but complained that the interest of German politicians in this growth sector has faded. Nearly 1,500 exhibitors from ...
  • Carbon capturing plans stall amid ongoing talks after German coalition break-up

    09 Dec 2024, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background It remains unclear whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned reform of its carbon storage law will make it through parliament ahead of the snap election in February 2025,聽 ...
  • Wind power employed five times more people than coal in Germany in 2016 - report

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power sector employed about five times more people than the country鈥檚 coal industry in 2016, the website strom-report.de reports. About 160,000 people worked in onshore and offshore wind power in that year, compared to roughly 31,000 in the ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    Persisting slump in German wind power expansion poses 鈥渄rastic鈥 threat to jobs, climate targets 鈥 VDMA study

    25 Oct 2019, 14:17 Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A ...
  • 11 Sep 2019 |

    Coal exit compels Germany to raise offshore wind power expansion plans 鈥 industry study

    11 Sep 2019, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Wind 麻豆无码版 The German coal exit can only be carried out safely if the country raises its current offshore wind power expansion plans, a meta-study commissioned by offshore industry association BWO has ...
  • 22 Nov 2021 |

    Southern German states call on EU to allow regional wind power privileges

    22 Nov 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The leader of four German states have asked the European Commission to pass a special wind energy quota for the country's South, arguing that the expansion of wind energy needs to 鈥減ick up ...
  • 12 Oct 2022 |

    Key renewable energy tenders significantly undersubscribed as projects face rising costs

    12 Oct 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Bioenergy Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Recent tenders for onshore wind, biomass and biomethane plants in Germany attracted fewer bidders than expected, leaving all three rounds clearly undersubscribed, ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Solar PV overtakes wind power capacity in Germany in 2021- media

    01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total ...
  • German states aim to change rules for onshore wind power auctions

    The council of federal state governments in Germany (Bundesrat) wants to counter 鈥渦ndesirable developments鈥 in the country鈥檚 auction system for onshore wind power by changing the rules for citizens鈥 energy projects, the Bundesrat says in a press release. ...
  • 04 Mar 2020 |

    Quick renewables boom required to cushion Germany's nuclear and coal exit 鈥 think tank

    04 Mar 2020, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Germany must move quickly to get its renewables expansion back on track if the country wants to avoid a "green power gap," forcing it to rely on power imports or fossil reserve ...
  • 13 Dec 2022 |

    Germany curtails four percent of renewable power production due to grid bottlenecks

    13 Dec 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables taz Around four percent of the renewable electricity generated in Germany could not be used in the first half of 2022 because the grids lacked the capacity to transmit power, newspaper Die Tageszeitung ...
  • 12 Jul 2022 |

    Germany installed only 235 new onshore wind turbines in first half of 2022

    12 Jul 2022, 12:23 Jessica Bateman Wind Handelsblatt German wind power expansion is declining despite government efforts to increase capacity, according to figures from the Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA Wind) as seen by business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    Next oversubscribed auction and energy independence push spur German wind industry

    11 Mar 2022, 13:50 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The second oversubscribed onshore wind ...
  • 09 Nov 2021 |

    New German gov鈥檛 must back goal of 2% land area for wind power with other measures- advisors

    09 Nov 2021, 12:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The possible next German government鈥檚 plans to dedicate two percent of the country鈥檚 land area to wind power generation will need to be backed by a wide range of additional activities to ensure ...
  • 鈥淲indy invitations鈥

    Successful citizens鈥 energy projects in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first onshore wind power auction still have to prove that they can live up to their name, Bernward Janzing writes in the Tageszeitung (taz). While 93 percent of successful bidders in the auction were ...
  • 12 Jul 2021 |

    Bird protection pilot site hoped to boost wind power in southern Germany

    12 Jul 2021, 13:23 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind 麻豆无码版 Researchers in Germany are ...
  • Shorter implementation period pushes up prices in German onshore wind power auction

    A shorter implementation period has led to a rise of the average price offered in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest auction for onshore wind power installations, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) says in a press release. The increase to 4.6 eurocents per kilowatt hour ...
  • 15 Sep 2020 |

    German wind industry hopeful amid expansion recovery but laments regional imbalance

    15 Sep 2020, 14:25 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Wind 麻豆无码版 Over 2,000 megawatts (MW) of onshore wind installations ...
  • Cabinet adopts draft regulation for common solar and wind power tenders

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 cabinet has adopted a draft regulation for the introduction of common tenders for solar and onshore wind power installations, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) said in a press release. The tenders will be tested in a 鈥減ilot ...
  • 15 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淪envion and EnBW conclude cooperation agreement鈥

    Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion and German utility EnBW concluded a cooperation agreement for onshore projects totalling several hundred megawatts (MW) throughout Germany, Senvion announced in a press release. Find the press release in ...
  • Heating and transport are still laggard sectors in Germany's energy transition 鈥 report

    28 Jan 2025, 13:17 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 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ...
  • 20 Nov 2018 |

    Solar power bidders eliminate onshore wind competitors in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second joint auction

    In the second joint renewables auction for solar power and onshore wind power in Germany, solar power bidders have secured the entire auctioned volume of 201 megawatts (MW) at an average support rate of 5.27 eurocents per kilowatt hour (kWh), the Federal ...
  • 07 Apr 2020 |

    German wind power collapse thwarts new European expansion record in 2019

    07 Apr 2020, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The slump in wind power expansion in Germany has prevented a new record for investments in the technology in Europe, industry association WindEurope says in an analysis of 2019 financing trends ...
  • Maximum support rate for onshore wind raised to ensure continuous expansion

    The maximum support rate for onshore wind power installations in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables auctions scheme has been raised to 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour to ensure competition among bidders and a continuous expansion of the energy source, the Federal Grid ...
  • 07 Sep 2017 |

    鈥淲indfall for the wind industry鈥

    The sudden price drop for winning bids in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power auctions raised questions about the much higher returns wind park operators could bank on in recent years, writes Jakob Schlandt in Berliner Morgenpost. A study by Deutsche WindGuard ...
  • 11 Sep 2019 |

    German wind power industry warns of 鈥減recarious鈥 situation at major industry fair

    11 Sep 2019, 13:55 The German wind power industry has warned of the "precarious" situation of the country's dominant renewable power technology. As the industry gathered in the northern German town of Husum for one of the sector鈥檚 most ...
  • 11 Feb 2020 |

    Solar and offshore wind are Germans' favourites for future power production

    11 Feb 2020, 13:33 Expert LichtBlick Green power provider Electricity market Renewables Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Rooftop solar and offshore wind power are the most popular technologies for Germany's future power mix, ...
  • Germany starts second tender in 2018 for onshore wind power

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has started the second auction for onshore wind power in 2018. The tendered volume is about 670 megawatt and bids can be submitted until 1 May, the BNetzA says in a press release. The maximum support level is 6.3 ...
  • 17 Jun 2022 |

    Turbines in commercial zones needed to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power target- industry

    17 Jun 2022, 14:12 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 麻豆无码版 Industrial and commercial zones in urban areas ...
  • 05 Sep 2024 |

    First pilot project connects large wind turbine directly to hydrogen electrolysers

    05 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Wind Hydrogen Technology A European hydrogen test project has successfully linked a wind turbine with two electrolysers, which could make it possible to generate off-grid green hydrogen at sea and drive down production ...
  • 20 Sep 2018 |

    Growth of German onshore wind sector will normalise from 2020 鈥 bank

    German wind power "will see a brief decline in 2019", but growth of the onshore sector is expected to normalise from 2020, writes the Commerzbank in its market assessments of the wind energy market. 鈥淲e continue to observe a robust global ...
  • 13 Nov 2019 |

    German industry warns government's strict wind power rules threaten climate targets

    13 Nov 2019, 13:53 Government plans to tighten distance rules for onshore wind turbines are a threat to Germany's energy and climate targets, according to stark warnings by industry, trade unions and environmental NGOs. Strict minimum distances to ...
  • Siemens Gamesa to acquire assets from wind turbine maker Senvion

    22 Oct 2019, 14:13 Edgar Meza Renewables Wind Business & Jobs Reuters / 麻豆无码版 German-Spanish wind energy company Siemens Gamesa has agreed to buy major assets from insolvent German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion for 200 million euros, ...
  • "Surprising start for onshore wind power auctions"

    The German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) has called the dominance of citizens' energy cooperatives in the first round of onshore wind power tenders a "surprise"聺 and a "pleasant signal". Citizens' cooperatives increased wind ...
  • 17 May 2024 |

    Finland with high potential to produce green hydrogen for central Europe 鈥 report

    17 May 2024, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 There is a significant potential in the northern Baltic states, especially in Finland, to produce green hydrogen for export to central Europe, said a report by certifier and consultancy DNV, ...
  • 12 Dec 2022 |

    Germany sets renewable power record in 2022, but is off-track for 2030 target

    12 Dec 2022, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany is set to produce a record 256 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity from renewable sources this year, but the amount is still insufficient to put it on track to its 2030 targets, ...
  • Germany leads in newly installed European wind power capacity 2017

    Germany installed the most wind power capacity in Europe in 2017, with 42 percent of the total EU installations, writes industry association Wind Europe in its annual report. The country installed 6.6 gigawatt, followed by the UK with 4.3 gigawatt and ...
  • Higher prices in auctions reflect real market value, says BWE

    The rise in prices in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind power auction is an 鈥渁pproximation to the real market value鈥 of the technology, the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) says in a press release. Previous auctions were characterised by 鈥渕assive ...
  • 23 Apr 2019 |

    Onshore wind projects miss out in joint renewables auction

    23 Apr 2019, 13:35 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy ...
  • Majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pioneer wind turbines continue operation after end of renewables support

    25 Feb 2021, 13:17 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background / Tagesschau ...
  • 13 Feb 2023 |

    German states show 'unknown unity' in preparing faster wind power roll-out

    13 Feb 2023, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 麻豆无码版 The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country 鈥渋n almost unknown unity鈥, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    First mandatory resident participation option for German wind farm as auction problems continue

    20 Jan 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background The first mandatory share offers in a new wind power farm for neighbouring residents have been introduced in Germany, news website Der Spiegel reports. ...
  • 27 Jul 2021 |

    Slow pick-up of German onshore wind expansion threatens renewables targets 鈥 industry

    27 Jul 2021, 16:55 After several years of expansion doldrums, onshore wind power development in Germany has slowly picked up in the first half of 2021, but remains insufficient for renewables expansion and climate targets, the country's wind power ...
  • 26 Jun 2024 |

    German firms increase revenue from environmental goods and services by 17%

    26 Jun 2024, 13:55 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Companies in the German manufacturing and service sectors generated 107.5 billion euros in revenue from output that ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

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

    30 Jan 2020, 13:43 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's ...
  • 01 Oct 2019 |

    WWF calls for higher renewables and onshore wind energy targets in Germany

    01 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Freja Eriksen Wind 麻豆无码版 The targets for renewable power consumption and wind energy expansion on land set by the German government's new ...
  • Raise of maximum support rate for onshore wind power auctions 鈥渁 necessary correction鈥

    The decision by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA) to increase the maximum support rate for onshore wind power installations in renewables auctions to 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour was 鈥渁 first step to correct undesired developments鈥 in the tender ...
  • 30 Jul 2020 |

    Modest wind power expansion recovery in Germany fails to allay industry fears

    30 Jul 2020, 13:37 The construction of new wind turbines in Germany picked up slightly again in the first six months of 2020, but expansion figures are still far too low to bolster an industry that suffered two years of steeply declining growth. As the ...
  • Solar beats onshore wind in first joint auction

    Only solar bids have been successful in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first joint solar and onshore wind auction for renewables support, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. 鈥淚n competition, it simply is the technology that offers the lowest costs ...
  • 21 Oct 2022 |

    Slow German wind energy expansion continues as applications wait for approval

    21 Oct 2022, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind Handelsblatt / RND The number of approved applications for ...
  • 14 Dec 2018 |

    Renewable power share in Germany rises to record level in 2018

    14 Dec 2018, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy sources are set to contribute about 38 percent to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gross power consumption in 2018, a two-point increase over the previous year and a new ...
  • 28 Nov 2024 |

    Vast majority of Germans continue to support renewables roll-out 鈥 survey

    28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 麻豆无码版 [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 25 Jul 2018 |

    Push to build wind turbines in Hessian forest elicits protests

    Plans by the government of the federal state of Hesse to build wind turbines in protected forest areas have sparked opposition from some environmentalists, according to an article in Die Welt. They say the government is disregarding the protection of ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    Supply chain disruptions and rising costs unsettle German windpower investors

    08 Jun 2022, 13:27 Kerstine Appunn Wind Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Growing uncertainties are putting off wind farm investors and have led to another public tender for new wind capacity being undersubscribed, German wind energy association BWE has ...
  • 29 Jan 2019 |

    German wind industry worries about public resistance as installations slump

    29 Jan 2019, 15:02 Following a sharp drop in new onshore wind power installations in Germany in 2018, the industry warns that mounting resistance against new turbines endangers a sufficient supply of renewable energy demanded by industry and national ...
  • Green Party head calls for immediate launch of auctions to bolster domestic wind-turbine producers

    Green Party chairman Robert Habeck has warned that Germany risks haemorrhaging wind-turbine manufacturers, just as it lost its manufacturers of solar panels, dpa reports in an article carried by Die Welt. 鈥淲e have promoted the technology for many years ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    German wind power installations slightly up in early 2020 but still below required levels

    09 Apr 2020, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 / dpa / Focus Online The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany has moderately picked up again in the first quarter of 2020, figures compiled by industry expert group Fachagentur Windenergie ...
  • 29 Aug 2019 |

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

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

    German grid agency urges federal states to back wind power expansion

    30 Aug 2019, 14:12 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's ...
  • 20 Nov 2019 |

    Design of Germany's wind power distance rules undecided as opposition to policy grows

    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 ...
  • Parliament amends energy transition laws, weakens 2035 renewables target

    07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of 鈥渘ear 100 percent renewables鈥 in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
  • German connection to Dutch carbon storage project to see years' long delay 鈥 media report

    02 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Carbon removal Industry International Die Welt A project that would connect Germany's Rhine-Ruhr industrial heartland to an undersea carbon storage project in the Dutch North Sea is set to be delayed by years, ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Renewables cover 57% of Germany's electricity consumption in first half 2024

    18 Jul 2024, 13:29 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable power sources covered around 57 percent of Germany's gross ...
  • 15 Jun 2018 |

    Wind power industry turnover reaches nearly 18 billion euros in Germany in 2016

    The German wind power industry generated turnover of 17.7 billion euros in 2016, making it 鈥渢he most important pillar in the green economy鈥, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) says in a press release. Manufacturing, installation and ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    German wind power industry anxious as technology tops power mix

    20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Preview 2020: Wind power became Germany's single most important power source in 2019 and appears well under way to fulfill its role as the central technology of the country's energy transition. Nevertheless, the wind industry ...
  • 24 Nov 2022 |
    Gas

    First LNG regasification ship arrives in Germany

    24 Nov 2022, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 / Frankfurter Allgemeine The first ship designed to convert liquefied natural gas (LNG) back 聽to gaseous state has聽 arrived 聽in Germany, Deutsche ReGas, 聽the company developing the country's ...
  • 14 Dec 2017 |

    Business lobby criticises increase of maximum wind power remuneration

    The Association of German Family Businesses has criticised the Federal Network Agency鈥檚 (BNetzA) decision to increase the maximum remuneration rate for onshore wind power auctions, Klaus Stratmann writes in Handelsblatt. The business lobby says the BNetzA ...
  • 17 Aug 2018 |

    Slight increase in support rate in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind power auction

    The average support rate for new onshore wind power projects has slightly increased in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third auction in 2018, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said in a press release. Average support climbed to 6.16 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), from 5.73 ...
  • 11 Dec 2017 |

    Offshore wind farms deliver power on 363 days a year

    Offshore wind farms produce electricity more reliably than previously thought, a study by research institute Fraunhofer IWES has shown. Wind turbines in the German North- and Baltic Sea produce power on 363 days a year, while older data from 2013 had seen ...
  • 09 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淲ind power: Flying high before the fall鈥

    In a commentary in the online magazine, Erneuerbare Energien, Nicole Weinhold writes that despite the best quarter ever for German wind power producers, expansion in the coming years is likely to be curbed. Projects that were successful in Germany's ...
  • 30 Jan 2023 |

    Renewable energy leaders show mixed views on whether Germany can meet renewable targets 鈥 media

    30 Jan 2023, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine The heads of many renewable energy companies showed mixed opinions in whether Germany can meet its targets for green electricity generation, according to an article in newspaper ...
  • 12 Jun 2020 |

    Most wind turbines' output could be boosted by changing rotational direction- study

    12 Jun 2020, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel The energy output of most wind turbines around the world could be increased by changing their direction of rotation from clockwise to anti-clockwise, a study ...
  • Coalition agrees on last-minute change to wind-power auctions

    A last-minute fix to the rules for onshore wind tenders is designed to ensure commercial projects posing as citizens鈥 initiatives don鈥檛 dominate the next rounds of auctions. The government fast-tracked the most pressing change to the system, to be passed ...
  • Germany must prepare for 鈥渨ind turbine decommissioning wave鈥

    Many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 28,000-odd onshore wind turbines will soon meet the end of their guaranteed 20-year feed-in tariff lifespan, meaning that the country can expect 鈥渁 decommissioning wave鈥 in the sector, Hinrich Neumann writes for Top Agrar. The Institute ...
  • 04 Nov 2019 |

    Mass dismantling of old wind turbines could overburden Germany's recycling capacities

    04 Nov 2019, 14:01 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The expected dismantling of thousands of old wind turbines in Germany could overburden ...
  • 04 Sep 2019 |

    German gov鈥檛 urged to unblock wind power expansion ahead of summit

    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 ...
  • 22 Nov 2017 |

    Winning bids in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third onshore wind auction average 3.8 cents/kWh

    The price for onshore wind power fell a further ten percent in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third auction for the technology to an average of 3.8 cents per kilowatt-hour. The federal grid agency (BNetzA) said the winning bids came almost exclusively from projects proposed ...
  • 05 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

    German Baltic LNG terminal ready for entering operations, lacks demand 鈥 report

    05 Aug 2024, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Gas NDR 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 controversial new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen is ready to start commercial operations 鈥 but the project lacks demand, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. ...
  • 01 Feb 2021 |

    Germany's wind industry at risk of losing market to Chinese producers 鈥 metal industry

    01 Feb 2021, 13:52 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Welt am Sonntag 聽 Please note: an earlier version of this blurb sent on ...
  • 17 May 2018 |

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

    The German Green Party has requested special wind power auctions to ensure enough new renewable power capacity. In a draft law to amend the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the Greens propose auctioning off an additional 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind ...
  • 15 Dec 2022 |

    Ministry paper says Germany could be headed for LNG import overcapacity

    15 Dec 2022, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Gas Government Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry expects a significant import overcapacity if all planned floating and fixed onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are implemented as planned, reports Table ...
  • Share of private individuals involved in renewables production falls in Germany

    15 Jan 2021, 12:57 Expert Renewable Energies Agency Agentur f眉r Erneuerbare Energien Citizens' energy Renewables Technology Kerstine Appunn Citizens' energy Renewables 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy production capacity is to a ...
  • 01 Feb 2017 |

    Expanding 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power transmission grid could cost about 50 billion euros until 2030

    The cost of expanding 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power transmission grid onshore and in the Baltic and North Seas to adapt to the future power system brought on by the Energiewende could be between 50-52 billion euros until 2030, the country鈥檚 four transmission system ...
  • Penalty payments for unimplemented wind power projects could safeguard expansion

    Successful bidders in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 auction system for onshore wind power projects should be subject to penalty payments if they fail to implement their accepted projects in time, Hilke Wilts and Ruth Delzeit write in a policy brief by the Kiel Institute for ...
  • 30 Aug 2021 |

    RWE CEO renews call to remove barriers to renewables expansion

    30 Aug 2021, 13:30 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Edgar Meza Industry Welt am Sonntag German energy giant RWE is accelerating the expansion of renewable energy sources, Guido M. Hartmann writes in Welt am Sonntag. ...
  • Next government must put more effort into Energiewende - survey

    Sixty-eight percent of Germans say that the future federal government should put more effort into implementing the Energiewende 鈥 with just 24 percent claiming the government should continue as before, according to a representative Forsa survey, ...
  • 100% green power by 2035 鈥 high hopes for Germany's next renewables reform

    01 Mar 2022, 14:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 麻豆无码版, the economy and climate ...
  • 鈥淨uestionable 鈥榗itizens鈥 energy' projects鈥

    The high number of citizens鈥 energy projects among successful bids in the second round of wind power auctions- which can be attributed to a single project developer, UKA 鈥 has led to renewed criticism of the current auction regulations, writes J枚rg Staude ...
  • 07 Nov 2019 |

    German wind industry warns distance rules threaten country's competitiveness

    07 Nov 2019, 14:03 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 The German government's ...
  • 01 Oct 2024 |

    Offshore hydrogen production on 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 could save Germany 鈧4 bln per year 鈥 report

    01 Oct 2024, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Wind Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Building 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using 20 gigawatts of offshore wind power can save Germany billions of euros, according to a report by the Fraunhofer ...
  • 16 Oct 2017 |

    Renewables levy to fall slightly in 2018

    The EEG surcharge 鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 levy to support renewables expansion that consumers pay with their power bill 鈥 will fall to 6.792 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) in 2018, from 6.88 ct/kWh in 2017. The country鈥檚 four transmission grid operators (TSOs) ...
  • Germany to launch emergency programme for 鈥渉uge, gigantic鈥 2030 emissions target task

    12 Jan 2022, 12:20 Faced with a 鈥渄rastic backlog鈥 of too-high emissions left by the previous government and with not enough measures in place to reach the 2030 climate targets, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new minister for the economy and climate, Robert Habeck, has ...
  • Economy ministry to amend several energy laws - report

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) is working on draft amendments to the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the Combined Heat and Power Act (CHP), and other energy laws, writes Hendrik K枚stens for Tagesspiegel Background. The ...
  • 27 Mar 2020 |

    German wind industry says corona must not overshadow need for action as auction once again falls short

    27 Mar 2020, 13:44 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 current difficulties caused by the ...
  • 06 Apr 2018 |

    In 2017, Germany spent less on renewables as prices fell, auction uncertainty weighs

    As global new investment in renewable energies grew in 2017, Germany spent less on new renewable installations because the costs of offshore wind power have dropped, and the shift to auctions for onshore wind has created uncertainty, according to a report ...
  • E.ON board member demands changes for onshore wind power auctions

    German utility E.ON鈥 chief operating officer for grids and renewable energies, Leonhard Birnbaum, demands a change to the country鈥檚 onshore wind power auctions to ensure that professional wind power project developers cannot benefit from advantages given ...
  • 06 Mar 2018 |

    Combination of renewable sources can stabilise weather-related power production

    The combined used of onshore and offshore wind power, solar power and a European power network can significantly can stabilise weather-related power production during periods of little wind and sunshine, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD) ...
  • 05 Aug 2019 |

    Grid agency to further limit new wind turbines in northern Germany due to lagging grid expansion 鈥 media

    05 Aug 2019, 13:09 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Wind Frankfurter Rundschau Sluggish power grid expansion ...
  • Without privilege, small projects have 鈥渃lose to no chance鈥 in renewables auctions

    The coalition agreement between Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) would mean that citizens鈥 energy projects will lose a key advantage in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables auction system, writes Marlies Uken for Zeit Online. ...
  • 27 Jan 2020 |

    麻豆无码版 heavyweight RWE calls for roundtable on solving Germany's wind power impasse

    27 Jan 2020, 14:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Utilities dpa / Tagesspiegel / Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung German energy industry heavyweight RWE has called for a roundtable of stakeholders to make progress on ending the current slump of onshore wind power ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    Over 400 old wind turbines go offline in state of Brandenburg after losing support payments

    08 Sep 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind rbb Hundreds of wind turbines in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will be decommissioned this year because they will lose their guaranteed funding after 20 years in operation and can no longer be operated ...
  • SPD deputy group leader reiterates call for additional renewables auctions

    Matthias Miersch, deputy leader of the Social Democratic (SPD) group in the German parliament, reiterated his party鈥檚 call for additional renewables auctions 鈥 as foreseen in the coalition treaty 鈥 in an upcoming reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), ...
  • 19 May 2017 |

    93 percent of successful bids from citizens' energy cooperatives in first onshore auction

    鈥淐itizens' energy is the big winner鈥 of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first round of onshore wind power auctions, said Rainer Baake,聽state secretary in the economy ministry (BMWi), in a press release on the results. 93 percent of all successful bids for the auctioned ...
  • 25 Jul 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power expansion threatens to grind to a halt

    25 Jul 2019, 14:46 Onshore wind power is a key element of Germany's energy transition and a leading force of the country's renewables industry. But after years of rapid growth, the sector's expansion has almost come to a standstill in the ...
  • 麻豆无码版 minister: 鈥渟pecial auctions鈥 not part of current reform draft

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier said that current amendment plans for the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) do not yet include 鈥渟pecial auctions鈥 for onshore wind and solar PV, which were agreed in the grand coalition treaty, reports ...
  • 25 Jul 2024 |

    Germany grants fast-track areas, shorter approval times to renewables and electrolysers

    25 Jul 2024, 13:12 Jack McGovan Renewables Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The German government drafted a law to accelerate the expansion of onshore wind, solar farms and energy storage facilities by shortening approval times for projects and designing so ...
  • 23 Jan 2020 |

    Offshore wind power expansion in Germany overtakes onshore for first time in 2019

    23 Jan 2020, 15:45 The expansion of offshore wind power capacity in Germany has exceeded that of onshore turbines for the first time ever last year. This is both due to a particularly bad year for onshore expansion and the increasing competitiveness of ...
  • 04 Aug 2022 |

    Wind power industry appeals to Bavaria to 鈥渃hange course鈥 and embrace new turbines

    04 Aug 2022, 13:55 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 expansion of onshore wind power in ...
  • Solar PV cheapest power generation technology in Germany

    Modern solar PV installations in Germany have the lowest power generation costs of all technologies, the Fraunhofer ISE research institute writes in a press release. Depending on the type of installation and the sun's intensity, generating one ...
  • 22 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭he bluff with citizens鈥 wind farms鈥

    The apparent聽 success of citizens鈥 energy projects in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first onshore wind power auction in May was met with relief by those who feared the new support scheme might favour large companies at the expense of smaller bidders, Daniel Wetzel writes in ...
  • 15 Feb 2019 |

    German grid agency worries about low participation in wind tenders

    15 Feb 2019, 12:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Solar Wind Federal Network Agency ...
  • 06 Feb 2024 |

    Germany to lead EU solar PV expansion in 2024 鈥 consultancy

    06 Feb 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Solar 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Solar power is set to lead renewable power expansion both in terms of capacity and generation in Europe in 2024, with Germany set to install more solar capacity than any other country, ...
  • 05 May 2017 |

    鈥淪pecial offshore offer鈥

    The offer by some bidders in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first offshore wind power auction to build their projects with zero financial support has raised a lot of questions, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淲ind parks have been sponsored by the ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

    Germany mulls compensation fee for environmental impact of renewable energy projects

    08 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Renewables 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ministries for the economy, the environment and construction have released a draft for translating the EU鈥檚 renewable energy directive (RED) into German law to speed up the roll-out of ...
  • Trade union calls for greater expansion of wind power

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must ramp up expansion targets for wind power to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets and secure stable conditions for the industry, trade union IG Metall K眉ste says in a press release. IG Metall called on state premiers, ...
  • 27 Mar 2025 |

    Prospective new German government shows no ambition to speed up coal exit

    27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
  • 19 Apr 2021 |

    German grid agency expects too little interest in next wind power auction, cuts capacity

    19 Apr 2021, 13:33 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation ...
  • 29 Jan 2019 |

    German wind industry worry about public resistance as installations slump

    29 Jan 2019, 13:34 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business ...
  • 18 Jul 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | July '25

    18 Jul 2025, 15:00 This year鈥檚 summer in Poland is characterised not only by extreme weather events, but also by political turmoil. While heatwaves and heavy rains roll through the country, prime minister Donald Tusk鈥檚 government still appears unable to ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    Onshore wind expansion in Germany at 2011 level as industry hopes grow

    20 Jan 2022, 12:01 Germany's onshore wind power capacity is recovering from years of depressed expansion, but is still not close to levels necessary for the country鈥檚 renewables targets for 2030, the country's wind power industry聽said in its ...
  • 29 Jul 2020 |

    German wind turbine producer Nordex seeks state support 鈥 report

    29 Jul 2020, 13:31 Expert Nordex Renewables Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs NDR / Recharge News Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex might be seeking help from the German government to cover losses in earnings due to ...
  • 24 Jan 2024 |

    German renewables sector employment in 2022 at highest level in a decade

    24 Jan 2024, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany's renewable energy sector employed 387,700 people in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent and the highest level in a decade, said the economy ...
  • German wind power market faces severe slump in expansion 鈥 report

    Germany could see a substantial drop in wind power expansion in the next years, Kathrin Witsch writes for the Handelsblatt. Capacity growth could drop from 6,500 megawatts (MW) in 2017 to merely 1,100 in 2019, she writes. The introduction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • Improving energy transition acceptance in rural areas crucial for success 鈥 govt advisors

    15 May 2024, 12:32 Jack McGovan Citizens' energy Energiewende 麻豆无码版 Convincing those living in rural areas of the importance of the energy transition is a 鈥渂asic requirement鈥 for transforming the energy system successfully, according to a ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    Government must put acceptance at centre of energy policy- think tank

    02 Jul 2020, 13:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Kerstine Appunn Society 麻豆无码版 The government must make ...
  • 鈥淏ig corporation benefits from citizens鈥 energy鈥

    Many German wind power projects that appear to be owned by citizens鈥 energy cooperatives can be associated with the major wind power planning company UKA, German national TV station MDR says in an article on its website. According to MDR, UKA is 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • 08 Feb 2022 |

    Bavaria鈥檚 econ min says exceptions to state鈥檚 strict wind power distance rules are necessary

    08 Feb 2022, 14:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The strict minimum distance rules for new onshore wind turbines in Bavaria need to be relaxed to ensure a faster expansion of the renewable power source, the state鈥檚 economy minister Hubert ...
  • 15 Jun 2017 |

    Germany opens renewables auctions to bidders in other EU countries

    The German cabinet has paved the way for projects located in other EU countries to take part in national renewable energy auctions, the Federal Ministry for the Economy and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi) has said in a press release. Five percent of annual bidding capacity ...
  • 16 Sep 2020 |

    German company powering turbines with kites eyes expansion

    16 Sep 2020, 13:05 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Technology NDR After a two-year trial period in the town of Klixb眉ll in northern Germany, renewables company SkySails Power is looking to build more of its turbines powered by large kites ...
  • Onshore wind auction undersubscribed for the first time

    In this year鈥檚 second auction of onshore wind power capacity, not enough bids were submitted to cover the 670 megawatts (MW) on offer, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) says in a press release. 鈥淭he moderate undersubscription of an auction confirms a ...
  • 05 Mar 2021 |

    EU court's bird protection ruling deals blow to German wind power plans

    05 Mar 2021, 14:14 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind EU Handelsblatt In a blow to Germany's ambitious wind power ...
  • 28 Feb 2024 |

    Discontent at Siemens 麻豆无码版 over wind division losses 鈥 media report

    28 Feb 2024, 12:30 Jennifer Collins Wind Business & Jobs Die Welt The management board of Siemens 麻豆无码版 faced down displeased shareholders looking for answers to spiralling losses from wind turbine subsidiary Siemens Gamesa at the group's annual ...
  • 28 Feb 2020 |

    February sets German wind power record

    28 Feb 2020, 13:48 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Wind 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel ...
  • 01 Jul 2022 |

    Shut down of last German wind turbine rotor plant could put renewables expansion in danger

    01 Jul 2022, 13:02 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 / NDR The closure of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 last wind turbine rotor ...
  • 05 May 2020 |

    German environment ministry weighs wind farm distance regulations to protect birds

    05 May 2020, 14:09 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Wind Tagesspiegel Background ...
  • 25 Oct 2023 |

    Germany must use more land for agriculture and renewables at same time 鈥 report

    25 Oct 2023, 12:53 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Renewables 麻豆无码版 Land used for agriculture has been declining in Germany over the past decades 鈥 a trend that is set to continue in the coming years 鈥 and the country must put more focus on the ...
  • 鈥沦迟谤辞苍驳 expansion before the switch to tendering鈥

    Germany has seen a net addition of onshore wind capacity of 1,892 megawatt (MW) in the first half of 2016, the BWE and VDMA report. That is 73 percent more than in the same period in 2015 when 1,093 MW were added. Wind energy association BWE and industry ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    Europe at risk of falling short in wind turbine production capacity, labour union and NGO warn

    24 May 2024, 14:08 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 17 Oct 2024 |

    Germany, wind power industry agree steps to improve security and competitiveness

    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 ...
  • 17 Mar 2020 |

    Nine-year completion time illustrates struggle of Germany's wind farms

    17 Mar 2020, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Aachener Zeitung The case of a new wind farm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that took nine years to complete illustrates the difficulties project developers across the country face when trying to ...
  • 鈥淣umber of wind turbines to rise to 30,220 in Germany鈥

    Onshore wind power in Germany will be expanded beyond the industry鈥檚 expectations and federal government plans in the coming years, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt, based on data provided by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Investors who had ...
  • 08 Apr 2021 |

    German wind permits rise in Q1 as concerns about auction design grow

    08 Apr 2021, 12:46 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany saw the highest number of new wind energy capacity ...
  • 25 Jan 2024 |

    Bavaria maintains lead in Germany's solar power expansion, still trails behind on wind power

    25 Jan 2024, 13:08 Franca Quecke Renewables Solar Wind dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in renewable energy expansion, news agency dpa reports in an article published in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung ...
  • 20 Feb 2020 |

    Failed auction illustrates 'dramatic' struggle of German wind power- industry

    20 Feb 2020, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany's first renewable power auction of 2020 has once more failed to attract enough bidders for onshore wind power projects, leading industry groups to call for a ...
  • 27 Aug 2019 |

    Vestas to install 29 MW of wind power in 鈥渓ighthouse project鈥 at German steel plant

    27 Aug 2019, 13:27 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Freja Eriksen Wind 麻豆无码版 Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has won an order to build a 29 megawatt (MW) wind power plant at a steel ...
  • 26 Jul 2024 |

    Germany's grid expansion picking up pace- operator

    26 Jul 2024, 13:37 Joey Grostern Grid 麻豆无码版 / Der Spiegel A key operator of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid, TenneT, has hit several important milestones in its goal to expand the grid and help the country meet its decarbonisation plans, according ...
  • 鈥沦迟谤辞苍驳 onshore wind expansion during transition, clear risks in 2018/19鈥

    Germany saw strong onshore wind power expansion in the first half of 2017, but development could severely slow after the transition phase from set feed-in tariffs to auction-based remuneration by 2019, said German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) and ...
  • 01 Nov 2018 |

    Government coalition reaches deal to boost renewable energy capacity

    Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and its Social Democrat (SPD) partners have agreed to keep their promise to speed up the expansion of renewable power installations, ending months of wrangling, reports Thorsten Severin for Reuters. ...
  • 20 Dec 2023 |

    German energy industry welcomes extension of EU emergency measures

    20 Dec 2023, 12:53 Ruby Russel Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 German industry associations have welcomed a decision by EU energy ministers to extend temporary measures 聽to reduce dependence on Russian gas and protect EU energy consumers from price spikes ...
  • 04 Sep 2019 |

    Renewables expansion recklessly ignored in climate debate 鈥 opinion

    04 Sep 2019, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The expansion of renewable electricity facilities, such as wind and solar PV parks, is the crucial challenge currently facing Germany's energy transition (Energiewende), ...
  • 07 Dec 2020 |

    German Greens and wind power-critical NGO find bird protection compromise 鈥 report

    07 Dec 2020, 13:55 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German Greens and one of the country's largest environmental organisations have reached a compromise on reconciling wind power expansion with bird protection,聽 ...
  • 12 May 2020 |

    German econ minister proposes levies, cheap electricity for wind power communities

    12 May 2020, 13:07 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Wind In聽an effort聽to reduce ...
  • 19 Sep 2023 |

    Industry association calls for revision of German long-term renewable energy forecast

    19 Sep 2023, 13:47 Edgar Meza Renewables 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background The German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE) has called for a revision of long-term renewable power scenarios detailed in an analysis by the economy ministry (BMWK). The ...
  • 29 Jan 2024 |

    Lack of grid capacity lets output of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 North Sea offshore wind turbines drop in 2023

    29 Jan 2024, 13:44 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind 麻豆无码版 Grid congestion due to a lack of new onshore power line connections has let the output of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind turbine fleet ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Ukraine to receive more German support for rebuilding and modernising energy infrastructure

    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 ...
  • Parliament weakens building efficiency standards, nature protection 鈥 reactions to new energy transition laws

    08 Jul 2022, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 Both the federal parliament (Bundestag) and the council of state governments (Bundesrat) have passed this year鈥檚 first major batch of energy ...
  • 23 Sep 2022 |

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

    23 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics WirtschaftsWoche The energy crisis forces Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, Stephan Weil, state premier of ...
  • 15 Jul 2021 |

    Germany to build no new offshore wind turbines in 2021 for first time in ten years

    15 Jul 2021, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany will not add ...
  • Renewable tenders offer greater advantage for large market players- report

    09 Jul 2021, 12:25 Expert Leuphana University of L眉neburg Energiewende Business & Jobs Society Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Citizens' energy Renewables pv magazine, ...
  • First reactions to Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act reform proposal

    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 ...
  • 07 Feb 2019 |

    German wind turbines generate three quarters of expected output

    07 Feb 2019, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind power in Germany largely contributes about as much electricity to the national power mix as can be expected given the country鈥檚 meteorological conditions, the research ...
  • 12 Jan 2024 |

    Plans for wind power expansion in Berlin irk city state鈥檚 local mayors

    12 Jan 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Several boroughs in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin have rejected a new analysis commissioned by the senate to assess the prospects for onshore wind power installations on the city ...
  • 28 Jun 2021 |

    New RWE head calls for "urgent" removal of hurdles for rapid renewables expansion

    28 Jun 2021, 13:49 Edgar Meza Renewables Utilities Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The new CEO of Germany's largest energy company RWE, Markus Krebber, expressed hope that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government will quickly clear hurdles currently ...
  • 13 May 2020 |

    Survey reveals brighter outlook in German wind power industry

    13 May 2020, 13:32 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Business & Jobs Business confidence within the German wind power industry has reversed its downward trend for the first time in two years. While still in negative territory, market sentiment in both the ...
  • 04 Oct 2023 |

    EU plans to boost domestic wind industry competitiveness against China 鈥 media report

    04 Oct 2023, 13:19 Jack McGovan Renewables Policy EU Handelsblatt The EU is responding to the expansion of the Chinese wind industry by developing a plan to make the domestic industry more competitive, EU Commission sources told business daily ...
  • 11 million people working in renewables worldwide in 2018; Germany largest workforce in EU

    14 Jun 2019, 13:10 Julian Wettengel Renewables Business & Jobs IRENA Eleven million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, most in China (4.1 million), the European Union (1.2 million) and Brazil (1.1 million), writes the ...
  • 11 Feb 2020 |

    Storm 'Ciara' blows German wind power production to new record

    11 Feb 2020, 13:36 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin ...
  • 30 Nov 2023 |

    Evaluation criteria, bonus payments could boost European renewable energy manufacturers 鈥 report

    30 Nov 2023, 13:10 Edgar Meza Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 In order to increase the market share of European manufacturers in the renewable energy sector, wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) roof systems could receive more funding if they are produced ...
  • Wind development has to wait for grid expansion

    02 Jun 2016, 00:00 The latest reform of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy law is taking shape 鈥 on Tuesday the federal government and the heads of the 16 states reached an agreement on essential aspects of a reformed bill, such as the amount of onshore wind and ...
  • 24 Nov 2023 |

    Germany faces shortage of 300,000 workers by 2030 as demand for jobs in renewable industry rises 鈥 report

    24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
  • 28 Jun 2021 |

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

    28 Jun 2021, 13:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 The share of ...
  • Share of citizen energy in decline as funding runs out and big investors take over

    28 May 2021, 13:29 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 push to replace conventional power with renewables like wind and solar PV has not only altered its energy system and shaken up established energy utility giants, it has also turned millions of Germans into electricity ...
  • 07 Feb 2017 |

    German onshore wind industry expects challenging times

    Challenging times lie ahead for the German onshore wind industry after strong growth in 2016, according to business associations BWE and VDMA. In the past year, capacity additions grew by around one quarter compared to 2015 to 4,625 megawatts. The number ...
  • Germany scraps support plans for old wind turbines over state aid concerns

    22 Apr 2021, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 11 Apr 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 industry calls for quick adoption of EU renewables rules in Germany to keep track

    11 Apr 2024, 13:21 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Wind EU 麻豆无码版 The Federation ...
  • 09 Aug 2023 |

    German wind industry decries 鈥渟abotage鈥 of turbine rollout by Autobahn operator

    09 Aug 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Wind Policy Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind industry has accused the operator of the country鈥檚 motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines, which are key to reaching climate targets. The government-owned ...
  • Half of Germans would accept CO2 storage sites in their region- survey

    12 May 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Der Spiegel About half of the people in Germany would accept a carbon storage site in their region, an online聽 survey 聽commissioned by news magazine Der Spiegel has found. In the survey ...
  • 鈥淕ermany's Siemens wins tender for Turkish wind power project鈥

    A consortium led by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Siemens was picked by the Turkish government as the winning bidder for a one billion US Dollar wind power project, which will increase Turkey's wind energy production by 17 percent, reports Ercan Gurses for Reuters. Read ...
  • 17 Jul 2020 |

    Onshore wind power expansion in Germany slowly picking up again

    17 Jul 2020, 13:28 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The number of newly installed wind power ...
  • 26 Feb 2020 |

    Ministry plans to soften controversial wind distance rules 鈥 report

    26 Feb 2020, 13:52 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Wind Germany's economy ministry has ...
  • 17 Feb 2020 |

    New rules on wind turbine lighting intended to assuage critics in Germany

    17 Feb 2020, 14:09 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 The German Bundesrat, the council of state governments ...
  • 20 Apr 2023 |

    Renewable operators accuse German rail company of slowing energy transition

    20 Apr 2023, 12:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables WirtschaftsWoche / Spiegel Renewable energy operators and lobby groups have accused 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public rail company Deutsche Bahn of slowing the energy transition by massively overcharging for the permission to ...
  • 31 Aug 2020 |

    Germany needs power market overhaul to reach renewables targets- industry group

    31 Aug 2020, 13:42 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • Ministry plans renewables expansion push to reach Germany's 2030 target

    02 Sep 2020, 12:55 A faster deployment of more renewable installations that run into less problems with citizens and are able to quickly survive in the market without government support are at the centre of a renewables law reform proposal by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • 07 Oct 2019 |

    German economy ministry presents onshore wind power rescue plan

    07 Oct 2019, 14:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Government Clean ...
  • 17 Aug 2020 |

    Most Germans say economic growth no justification for neglecting environment

    17 Aug 2020, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 A clear majority of people in Germany say that the environment must not be damaged in order to increase economic growth, a major survey by the country's ...
  • 06 Jan 2020 |

    Proposed compensation payments for wind turbine neighbours met with scepticism in Germany

    06 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 ...
  • 18 Oct 2018 |

    Renewables like wind and solar on par with conventional energy sources

    Renewable power sources are not only competitive compared to conventional energies, they are also more and more sought after by industrialised and emerging nations alike, a report published by the consultancy Deloitte finds. As an example, the study cites ...
  • 鈥淕erman wind power beats hard coal, nuclear power for first time鈥

    Wind power generation in Germany in the first nine months of 2017 has exceeded the amount of electricity generated in coal and nuclear plants for the first time, Bloomberg Technology reports. Bruno Burger, professor at Fraunhofer ISE said that this was ...
  • German parliament passes renewables reform, paves way for hydrogen ramp-up

    17 Dec 2020, 14:20 Kerstine Appunn Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 The German parliament has passed the聽 latest reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG),聽which specifies a timeline of tenders for renewable power installation additions until ...
  • 13 Nov 2023 |

    This decade 鈥渃rucial鈥 for Germany en route to climate neutrality by 2045 鈥 researchers

    13 Nov 2023, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 Comprehensive measures in all sectors must be implemented in the 2020s to ensure Germany has a chance to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said researchers from Forschungszentrum ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | January '25

    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 ...
  • German parliament agrees higher renewable expansion goals for 2022

    23 Apr 2021, 12:17 The governing coalition parties in German parliament have agreed on higher tender volumes for next year's wind and solar PV installations. But parliamentarians did not make headway on a new renewables target for 2030, which has ...
  • 18 Aug 2017 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first wind park turns 30

    In 1987, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first wind park began operation in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, reports the news agency dpa in an article carried by WirtschaftsWoche. Thirty turbines with a total of 1,000 kilowatt capacity were installed. Today, four modern ...
  • German cabinet approves renewables reform, but parliamentarians eye changes

    23 Sep 2020, 15:30 Germany's government has agreed on an overhaul of the country's Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act, the core legislation for its landmark energy transition, to enable a share of 65 percent renewables in 2030 power consumption and a ...
  • German 2030 power use forecast up due to heat pumps, e-cars and hydrogen

    13 Jul 2021, 13:07 The German energy ministry has increased the country鈥檚 estimated power needs in 2030-- a figure that will be crucial after the general elections in September, when a new government has to set renewable energy expansion targets based on ...
  • 18 Dec 2023 |

    Renewables cover more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity demand for first time this year

    18 Dec 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany has generated more than half of the electricity it used this year with renewable energy for the first time, according to preliminary calculations by the Centre for Solar ...
  • 28 Jan 2020 |

    Calls for roll-out compromise as data confirms Germany's wind power collapse

    28 Jan 2020, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany has reached the lowest level in 20 years, figures by the German Wind Power Association (BWE) confirm. With only 243 turbines and a ...
  • 12 May 2023 |

    New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023

    12 May 2023, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 gigawatts (GW) between January and April 2023, an increase in the growth rate of 46 ...
  • 26 Apr 2023 |

    Majority of rooftop solar to be in Germany's south and west, show power grid plans

    26 Apr 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 By mapping the areas in Germany where renewable power is likely to be distributed in the future, energy researchers hope to help transmission system operators (TSOs) plan a forward ...
  • 04 Dec 2019 |

    German state energy ministers criticise climate package, call for 'massive' renewables expansion

    04 Dec 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy 麻豆无码版 The energy ministers of Germany's federal states have criticised the government's climate package for being full of "gaps and shortcomings" and called for measures to ensure ...
  • 29 Aug 2018 |

    Wind power 鈥渢hreatens fairy tale forest鈥 in Germany

    The construction of wind power plants in the German state of Hesse could upset fans of Grimms' fairy tales as one of their stories鈥 favourite locations, the Reinhardswald, could become a wind farm location, G眉ven Purtul writes on Worldcrunch. While ...
  • 24 Aug 2018 |

    Wind energy financing faces headwind

    Renewable energy financing by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, a bank that provides refinancing for agriculture and rural areas, plummeted in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year, the bank said in a press release. 鈥淐hanges in ...
  • Merkel, state premiers seek compromise on core Energiewende law

    31 May 2016, 00:00 [UPDATE with new details on 2025 renewable target in paragraph 3, ads News Digest items] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers will meet on Tuesday to work out a compromise on reforming the core piece of legislation behind ...
  • 09 Feb 2017 |

    鈥渋nnogy wants to build new offshore wind park鈥

    German energy company innogy will take part in the country鈥檚 first call for tenders for offshore wind power plants with a 280 megawatt capacity project near the island of Heligoland in the North Sea, reports J眉rgen Flauger for Handelsblatt. Innogy鈥檚 ...
  • 25 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淯nfazed by Trump, innogy sticks with U.S. wind expansion plans鈥

    German energy company innogy will continue with plans to enter the U.S. onshore wind market, despite worries over future support of renewables in the wake of Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency, reports Reuters. "We are not in waiting mode in the United States ...
  • 15 May 2017 |

    "EnBW posts profit drop on Philippsburg 2 nuclear plant outage"

    German utility EnBW posted a 17-percent decline in first-quarter core profit, reports Christoph Steitz for Reuters. The company blamed the unscheduled shutdown of its Philippsburg 2 nuclear plant. EnBW reaffirmed full-year financial forecasts, because it ...
  • 鈥淏undestag and Bundesrat ring in end of Energiewende鈥

    Citizen energy projects 聽and the development of wind power will suffer most from the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) reform passed by both chambers of the German parliament, writes聽 Hans-Josef Fell 聽in a guest commentary for pv magazine. 鈥淭he wind sector will ...
  • 14 Mar 2023 |

    Long way to go to increase digitalisation in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urban planning process 鈥 experts

    14 Mar 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background There is still a long way to go to increase digitalisation and make planning procedures faster and more efficient, for example for site planning for ...
  • 16 Oct 2018 |

    Land set to become 鈥渘ew currency鈥 of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition 鈥 study

    The demand for land to construct wind turbines and solar power arrays is set to replace monetary costs as the central restrictive factor for renewable power expansion and will become 鈥渢he new currency鈥 of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, the Energiewende, a ...
  • 16 Aug 2018 |

    Germany launches next round of solar and wind power tenders

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has announced the next round of auctions for solar and wind power installations in Germany. In a press release, the agency said the auctions, with a capacity of 670 megawatts (MW) for wind and 182 MW for solar power, ...
  • 19 Jun 2019 |

    Massive renewables expansion needed, says energy industry

    19 Jun 2019, 12:01 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 / ...
  • 鈥淔ederal Network Agency launches first onshore wind tender鈥

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) launched 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first onshore wind tender, introduced by last year鈥檚 reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the agency says in a press release. Tenders affect facilities with an installed capacity larger than 750 ...
  • 13 Jul 2017 |

    Wind power jobs to be moved to Portugal

    Wind power company Senvion has rejected a workers鈥 council job recovery plan and is set to move rotor manufacturing for its turbines from the northern German city of Bremerhaven to Portugal, citing increasing international competition and price pressure, ...
  • 15 Jan 2018 |

    North Sea wind power production increases by 47 percent in 2017

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind power production in the North Sea in 2017 was 47 percent higher than in 2016, writes grid operator TenneT in a press release. With a record of 15.97 terawatt hours (TWh), North Sea wind made up a total of 15.9 percent of all German ...
  • 27 Oct 2022 |

    German wind power industry says fixed remuneration in auctions too low

    27 Oct 2022, 13:15 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Jessica Bateman Wind 麻豆无码版 The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) specified in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • 05 Dec 2017 |

    Citizen groups collect signatures in support of 鈥榳ind power democracy鈥

    Two citizen action groups have collected almost 50,000 signatures on a petition calling for amendments to the rules on wind turbine construction in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, Dow Jones Newswires reports. The signatories want the rules ...
  • Auctions to set the price for wind and solar- the debate

    11 Apr 2016, 00:00 [Updated 11 April with results from fourth round of solar PV auctions] Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have driven the expansion of renewable energy in Germany, but in 2014 the government decided to gradually replace them with an auction system. ...
  • 08 Aug 2016 |

    E.ON starts operations of new onshore wind park in Texas

    German utility company E.ON has launched a new onshore wind park in the United States (Texas) with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts. The 112 turbines at Colbeck鈥檚 Corner can produce electricity for 64,000 households, the company said in a press ...
  • 28 May 2018 |

    Wind power companies should not bet on German market alone 鈥 opinion

    German wind power companies should not repeat the solar industry鈥檚 mistakes, and need to focus more on international markets, Kathrin Witsch writes in an opinion piece for Handelsblatt. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables auction system and a general drop in support ...
  • 02 Dec 2019 |

    Renewables overtake fossil fuels in Germany's annual power production for first time

    02 Dec 2019, 13:40 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables Power production with renewable energy ...
  • 25 Oct 2018 |

    Cruise ship business getting cleaner

    A total of 915,000 cruise ship passengers landed in Hamburg this year, up from 813,000 in 2017, Cruise Gate Hamburg, which operates three terminals in the harbour, said in a press release. Despite the increasing number of cruise ships visiting Hamburg, CO ...
  • Financial support for renewables could end in a few years鈥 time

    The renewable energy sector will be competitive without financial support within the next four to five years, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Minister for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 Peter Altmaier said on the sidelines of the Berlin 麻豆无码版 Transition Dialogue. As an example, ...
  • 08 Jun 2020 |

    Coronavirus-induced power price drop prompts calls for extending Germany's renewables support

    08 Jun 2020, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 麻豆无码版 The聽 price drop on electricity markets 聽due to the coronavirus pandemic has led to calls for extending Germany's renewable energy support for wind turbines that are poised to fall out ...
  • New company buys old wind farms to operate without support payments

    A new company founded by Munich鈥檚 public utilities plans to buy small and old wind farms no longer eligible for support under the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the company, Hanse Windkraft, says in a press release. The company plans to repower wind farms ...
  • 15 Mar 2018 |

    Solar and wind industry oppose joint auctions

    The German Solar Industry Association BSW and the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association BWE say joint auctions for solar and wind power capacity won鈥檛 achieve a well-balanced mix of renewables, Sandra Enkhardt reports for pv magazine. While prices are currently ...
  • 24 Jan 2023 |

    Germany raises auction support rates for ground-mounted solar PV by 25 percent

    24 Jan 2023, 13:20 Edgar Meza Solar 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has increased maximum support rates for ground-mounted solar system tenders by 25 percent to 7.37 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The move is expected to make ...
  • 01 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淚llusionary giant offshore鈥

    Despite their massive size, offshore wind farms only contribute 1.3 percent to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power supply because they are expensive and grid connections are problematic, writes J眉rgen D枚schner in a commentary for public regional broadcaster Radio Bremen. ...
  • Citizens鈥 energy projects dominate first onshore wind power auction

    19 May 2017, 00:00 The dominance of citizens鈥 energy projects among the successful bids in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first onshore wind power auctions comes as a big surprise for industry observers. Not only did citizen cooperatives account for the bulk of accepted ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Efforts to speed up grid expansion in Germany show first effects 鈥 Amprion CEO

    14 Apr 2023, 13:35 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 麻豆无码版 The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity transmission grid is starting to make progress after the government introduced steps to ...
  • Utility EnBW鈥檚 profits up by one third in first quarter 2018

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

    Still no date for additional solar and onshore wind power auctions

    In a parliamentary debate, representatives of the centre-left SPD and Greens again called on Peter Altmaier, the federal minister for economic affairs and energy, to set a date for the promised special auctions for a combined 4 gigawatts of solar ...
  • 18 Oct 2018 |

    Push for stricter wind turbine rules and planning delays outrage renewable associations

    The states of Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia are pushing for stricter rules on minimum wind turbine distances near settlements and for curbing planning privileges that enable wind parks to be planned and built in less time. The Bundesrat, Germany ...
  • 08 Nov 2017 |

    German company builds world鈥檚 tallest wind turbine

    German wind power company Max B枚gl Wind has built the world鈥檚 tallest wind power turbine near the southern German city of Stuttgart. In a press release, the company says the turbine, with a hub height of 178 metres and a total height of over 246 metres, ...
  • 27 Oct 2017 |

    Wind power record forecast for Sunday

    Wind generation is forecast to climb to a record on Sunday, creating more output than needed and driving electricity prices below zero, reports Jesper Starn for Bloomberg. It would be the first time this year that聽the average price for a whole day is ...
  • 鈥淲e need more speed in the energy transition鈥 鈥 Schleswig-Holstein energy minister

    If future power needs are around 600 terawatt-hours, Germany would need 97 gigawatt (GW) of onshore wind, 25-35 GW offshore wind and 102 GW solar PV capacity, Schleswig-Holstein鈥檚 energy transition minister and head of the federal Green Party Robert ...
  • 10 Sep 2018 |

    Wind industry still dependent on state support - opinion

    Having received state support for twenty years through the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), the German wind power industry 鈥渟till cannot stand on its own feet,鈥 writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In the current ...
  • 07 Sep 2018 |

    German wind power companies to move jobs abroad as domestic market slumps

    As wind power generation starts to take off internationally, companies from the former global lead market Germany are set to close down parts of production at home and move jobs closer to growth markets, Brian Parkin and William Wilkes write for Bloomberg ...
  • 21 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淎fter coal exit, Vattenfall sees German future in heat鈥

    Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to grow in Germany after selling all of its lignite activities in the country, report Vera Eckert, Christoph Steitz and Tom Kaeckenhoff for Reuters. The company counts on promising heat operations in its largest foreign ...
  • 鈥淭he cap has to go鈥

    German port industries and state politicians call for removing the cap on offshore wind power expansion, Jan Peter Naumann writes in DVZ 鈥 Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung. The current expansion corridor of 15 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 had to be expanded to 30GW by ...
  • 11 Aug 2022 |

    RWE boosts spending on renewables amid energy crisis

    11 Aug 2022, 14:07 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy company RWE will spend about 5 billion euros 鈥 30 percent more than originally planned 颅鈥 on ...
  • 03 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淔ighting word fracking鈥

    The term 鈥渇racking鈥, commonly understood in Germany as unconventional gas drilling by means of chemicals, has discredited almost any form of onshore welling in the country regardless of its actual environmental impact, Frank Pergande writes in Frankfurter ...
  • Renewables cover 35 percent of German power demand

    Renewable energy sources covered 35 percent of power demand in Germany in the first half of 2017, utilities association BDEW said on Friday. In the first half of 2016, the renewables share was 33 percent. Onshore wind power installations made the largest ...
  • 13 Jul 2018 |

    Climate change to impact wind energy generation in Europe 鈥 study

    Global warming is likely to increase the volatility of wind power production throughout large parts of Europe, a new study from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has found. According to a press release from KIT, wind power generation on the ...
  • Head of liberal Free Democrats wants to curb wind power expansion

    Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner wants to slow down wind power expansion throughout Germany, after having pushed for similar policy in the聽 new coalition agreement 聽for North Rhine-Westphalia, reports news agency dpa. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 make ...
  • 04 Jul 2018 |

    Economy minister delays launch of additional auctions for wind and solar energies

    For the time being, economy minister Peter Altmaier will not specify a date for the launch of additional auctions for wind and solar energies, according to an article in the Handelsblatt. In their coalition treaty, the parties that make up the current ...
  • 30 Jan 2024 |

    German offshore wind expansion slowly picking up in 2023, must multiply soon to meet targets

    30 Jan 2024, 13:12 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business ...
  • 12 Dec 2017 |

    Grid operator Tennet starts construction of important offshore-power transmission line

    A new project by grid operator Tennet will facilitate the power supply from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind parks to the densely populated regions in the country鈥檚 west, business magazine stadt+werk reports. Tennet recently started construction of the extra-high ...
  • 06 May 2022 |

    Mandatory share in wind power profits to communities constitutional

    06 May 2022, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Wind Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that laws requiring wind park operators to give neighbouring residents or communities the opportunity to share in the profits are ...
  • Utility Vattenfall orders over 110 modern offshore turbines from Siemens-Gamesa

    Swedish Utility Vattenfall has made 鈥渙ne of the single biggest investments in renewables 鈥 in its history by ordering 113 modern 8 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines from Spanish-German manufacturer Siemens-Gamesa, Vattenfall says in a press release. ...
  • 22 Nov 2017 |

    Wind 麻豆无码版 Association says auction results increase risk projects will not be realised

    The price drop at the onshore wind auction is good news for consumers and policymakers, but they increase the risk that the construction of wind energy projects will fall off a cliff in 2019 and 2020 in Germany, according to the Wind 麻豆无码版 Association ...
  • 20 Oct 2017 |

    Wind power industry sees Saxony blocking expansion

    The federal state of Saxony deliberately blocks the expansion of wind power on its territory, the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) says in a press release. 鈥淭he sole focus of Saxony鈥檚 energy policy is on romanticising lignite in Lusatia, and this ...
  • Wind turbine heavyweight Siemens-Gamesa in trouble

    The world鈥檚 largest wind turbine manufacturer, Siemens-Gamesa, has downgraded its business prospects without specifying the reasons for the adjusted prognosis, the Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung reports. The German-Spanish company that merged about half a ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    Vote25: Geopolitical instability could undermine climate commitments in 2025, warns German env agency

    16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dr枚ge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
  • 10 Nov 2022 |

    Wind turbine construction in German woodlands cannot be sweepingly banned 鈥 court

    10 Nov 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Building wind power turbines in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 woodlands is permissible and cannot be prohibited by individual states on the basis of their own environmental regulation, the country鈥檚 ...
  • 22 Feb 2023 |

    Germany eyes state aid to boost domestic production of solar and wind technologies

    22 Feb 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Better financing, hedging tools and support for innovation are needed to strengthen the production of energy transition technologies in Germany and Europe, economy ...
  • 29 Mar 2018 |

    State of Schleswig-Holstein increases minimum distance for new wind turbines

    The new government coalition in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northernmost state, Schleswig-Holstein, has agreed on new regulations for wind energy expansion. This includes an increase of the minimum distance between turbines and the nearest settlement from 800 to 1,000 ...
  • 05 Sep 2018 |

    Brandenburg state government wants to control wind power expansion

    The state government of Brandenburg plans to increasingly regulate what it sees as excessive wind power expansion to ensure the continued acceptance by the population, writes Benjamin Lassiwe in Lausitzer Rundschau. State premier Dietmar Woidke said he ...
  • 15 May 2023 |

    Majority in wind power laggard state Bavaria would accept turbines in their vicinity 鈥 survey

    15 May 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 麻豆无码版 The majority of citizens in the German state of Bavaria would accept wind turbines in their vicinity under certain circumstances, a survey commissioned by the Initiative Climate ...
  • 08 Aug 2018 |

    New wind farms send E.ON鈥檚 renewables profits higher

    Despite unfavourable wind conditions, the commissioning of new offshore and onshore wind farms increased sales and earnings from renewables at German utility E.ON in the first half of 2018, reports Bernd Radowitz in Recharge. Sales in the renewables ...
  • 11 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淓urope鈥檚 growth rate in offshore wind must triple to get Paris goals into reach鈥

    Europe needs to triple its current offshore wind installation rate to keep with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5掳 Celsius, wrote consultancy Ecofys鈥檚 Michiel M眉ller in a guest article for energy post on 8 August. 鈥淪uch ...
  • Dispatch from Germany | April '25

    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 ...
  • 10 Jul 2018 |

    Wind power industry says repowering of old turbines needed for Germany to reach renewables goal

    Old wind turbines in Germany must be refurbished and modernised to ensure that the country meets its 2030 goal of increasing the share of renewables to 65 percent of power consumption, the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) says in a press release. The ...
  • 14 Dec 2017 |

    Plans to limit wind power expansion in NRW met with criticism

    麻豆无码版 experts in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have slammed聽 plans by the state government 聽to tighten regulations for the construction of new onshore wind power installations, Dow Jones Newswires reports. The plan ...
  • State premier Weil says Lower Saxony will become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 number one green energy state

    The northern German federal state of Lower Saxony will 鈥減robably become the number one energy state鈥 in the country thanks to its large installed and potential capacity of onshore and offshore wind power, the state鈥檚 Social Democrat (SPD) minister ...
  • German wind power tender fails to attract enough bids, PV strong

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest tender for new onshore wind power installations failed to attract enough bids to award the full offered amount of 670 megawatts, the country鈥檚 grid regulator said. The average support rate for the accepted bids with a total amount of 363 ...
  • German wind turbine producer Senvion secures large project in India

    Wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has secured a large construction project in India with a capacity of 300 megawatt (MW), the company says in a press release. The German company will deliver over 130 turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW that can power ...
  • 25 Apr 2017 |

    鈥淩enewable energies stay on growth track鈥

    The share of renewable energies in German gross power consumption was 32 percent in the first quarter of 2017, a slight increase compared to the same period in 2016, German utility association BDEW said in a press release. Power generation by wind, solar ...
  • German wind industry calls for direct sale option for facilities supported by renewables law

    According to the wind industry, German turbine operators supported under the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) should be able to sell their electricity directly to companies, reports Klaus Stratmann in the Handelsblatt. Until now, renewable electricity supported ...
  • 27 Jun 2023 |

    Renewables covered more than half of German electricity consumption in first half of 2023

    27 Jun 2023, 12:05 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
  • Grid agency lowers maximum support level in second offshore wind power auction

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid agency BNetzA has said it will lower the maximum support rate in the second round of auctions for offshore wind power. Support will be reduced to a maximum of 10 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), after average support in the first round ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淔ishermen want to fish in offshore wind farms鈥

    German fishermen want to be allowed to fish between offshore wind turbines in the North Sea but operators are worried about insufficient insurance cover in case of damage to their installations, Birger Nicolai and Daniel Wetzel write on Welt Online. ...
  • 27 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淒on鈥檛 write off wind power鈥

    Despite continuing subsidies for wind power, the technology is likely to prove very beneficial for regional economies in Germany in the long run, Steffen H枚hne writes in a commentary for Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. In the eastern German federal state of ...
  • One thousand wind turbines in Hesse to allow for nuclear exit

    Central German federal state Hesse is about to inaugurate its 1,000th wind turbine, putting it firmly on its way to ending the state鈥檚 reliance on nuclear power, Hesse鈥檚 economy minister Tarek al-Wazir told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淲e鈥檒l tear ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    Two thirds of eastern Germans dissatisfied with government's climate policy- survey

    17 Aug 2023, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Residents in eastern German states are generally critical of the federal government鈥檚 energy and climate policies, while at the same time endorsing measures to reduce ...
  • 12 Dec 2022 |
    Gas

    First direct LNG flows into German gas grid expected before end of 2022

    12 Dec 2022, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Tagesspiegel Background / Bloomberg The first gas flows into the German grid from the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven are expected on 22 December, newspaper ...
  • 08 Aug 2022 |

    Bavaria retains leading position among German states in solar power expansion

    08 Aug 2022, 12:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in solar power expansion in the country, increasing its capacity by more than 1 gigawatt (GW) in the first half of 2022 alone. ...
  • Renewables in German auctions cheaper than existing coal and gas 鈥 Sandbag analysis

    The rise in the price of carbon emissions, coal, and gas means that new onshore wind and solar can compete with the short term-costs of generating electricity from existing hard coal and gas plants for the first time, writes Dave Jones in an analysis for ...
  • 30 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淪ituation in wind power industry comes to a head鈥

    More than 40 percent of work council representatives in the German wind power sector expect market conditions to deteriorate, trade union IG Metall Coast says in a press release. In a survey of wind power companies, around a quarter of respondents said ...
  • Industry, NGOs implore German govt to end renewables impasse at key conference

    11 Mar 2020, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind Policy 麻豆无码版 Germany's federal states need to band together and devise a coherent strategy to ensure that the expansion of renewable energy sources can proceed in line with the ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    Germany needs renewables push to reach targets and avoid prolonged cost crisis 鈥 BEE

    15 Nov 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany still needs a bigger push to speed up renewables expansion to avoid a prolonged cost crisis and ensure that the country reaches its targets, said the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation (BEE). ...
  • 26 Jul 2018 |

    Growth in EnBW鈥檚 renewables segment in first half of 2018 due to new onshore wind

    German energy company EnBW increased its operating result (adjusted EBITDA) by 6.4 percent to 1.14 billion euros in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period last year, the company said in a press release. Net profit attributable to the ...
  • 13 Aug 2021 |

    Majority of Germans believe scientists鈥 climate change warnings are correct

    13 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 麻豆无码版 The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent global warming, a survey among 1,000 consumers commissioned by heating technology company ...
  • 14 Feb 2022 |

    Netherlands, Belgium and Germany must step up cooperation on CO2 infrastructure 鈥 company alliance

    14 Feb 2022, 13:35 Paul Gordon Industry Policy 麻豆无码版 A company alliance has called for closer cooperation on the capture, storage and transport of CO2聽between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In a聽 joint letter, the signatories 鈥 among ...
  • 09 Feb 2016

    Mining union warns against 'premature lignite exit' / Too few 'negawatts'

    09 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Rheinische Post 鈥淲e can鈥檛 cope with a premature lignite exit鈥 The Paris Agreement has no consequences for Germany, because the country already has the most ambitious climate targets, according to ...
  • 06 Feb 2023 |

    Low investment volumes leave 600-billion-euro gap for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition 鈥 report

    06 Feb 2023, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 28 Jun 2022 |

    Number of green jobs up 2% in Germany in 2020 as industry turnover grows

    28 Jun 2022, 13:17 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 Companies in Germany generated 78.9 billion euros in turnover with goods, construction and services ...
  • German wind sector "slump" political failure, not companies鈥 fault 鈥 wind industry association

    The 鈥渕arket slump鈥 in the German wind power sector, which continues to lead to job cuts at manufacturers and suppliers, is caused by government regulation, writes the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) in a press release. 鈥淥n the one hand, the federal ...
  • 14 Mar 2018 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition requires grid expansion, even with decentralised solutions 鈥 study

    A study by the 脰ko-Institut for the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) and Germanwatch聽says Germany has little chance of generating electricity close enough to consumers to make planned grid expansion unnecessary. In a meta-study comparing the conclusions ...
  • 03 Aug 2018 |

    Politics rather than economics responsible for German wind power companies鈥 trouble 鈥 BWE

    Political restrictions on wind power expansion rather than cost pressure in the sector are responsible for the current troubles of many wind power companies in Germany, Hermann Albers, head of the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE), says in a press ...
  • 10 Jun 2022 |

    Germany's wind power acceleration legislation could be delayed due to formality

    10 Jun 2022, 13:10 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Wind Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 The German government鈥檚 push for ...
  • 28 Jun 2018 |

    German Greens fear government will drop special renewables auctions altogether

    The German Green Party fears that the government could cancel two special auctions for wind and solar power projects that the governing CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) promised in its coalition treaty, the German Federal Parliament says in ...
  • 01 Oct 2021 |

    Germany facilitates green hydrogen production at sea with new regulation

    01 Oct 2021, 12:50 Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Regulation that will enable green hydrogen production in the North Sea entered into force on 1 October. With the new ordinance, the German government facilitates the testing of hydrogen ...
  • 23 Jun 2017 |

    SPD deputy chair says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit a 鈥渜uestion not of 鈥榠f鈥, but 鈥榟ow鈥欌

    The Social Democrats鈥 (SPD) deputy chair Ralf Stegner has said that as far as he is concerned, the German coal exit is not a question of 鈥渋f鈥 but 鈥渉ow.鈥 At the debate forum鈥淪ustainability and climate protection: What roadmap do the parties have?鈥, ...
  • 18 Dec 2017 |

    Effects of climate change on wind power yield unclear, German scientists say

    The effects of climate change on the yield of European wind turbines are far less clear than suggested by a recent study from the University of Colorado, Piotr Heller writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. The study, published Nature ...
  • Danish Dong/脴rsted bid for zero-support offshore wind will pay off 鈥 CEO

    The bid by Danish energy supplier 脴rsted, formerly known as Dong, to build offshore wind farms in German waters without guaranteed remuneration is a 鈥 giant strategic bet 鈥 that is going to be profitable, 脴rsted CEO Henrik Poulsen says in an interview ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister questions need of state support for batteries, hydrogen, semiconductors

    07 Dec 2023, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche German finance minister Christian Lindner has questioned the need for generous state support to attract investments in future industries, such as battery, hydrogen or ...
  • Wind power price drop squeezes industry profits

    The spectacular price drop in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 auctions for wind energy spells trouble for the industry, write John Blau and Franz Hubik for Handelsblatt Global. 鈥淲e are going through turbulent times; there will be some upheavals in our industry,鈥 Hans-Dieter ...
  • 06 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淕abriel criticised for energy prices鈥

    The prospects of permanently increasing energy prices due to the renewables development have caused a dispute between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition partners from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), writes Tobias ...
  • 03 Dec 2021 |

    New govt鈥檚 renewables expansion plans could double Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 鈥 report

    03 Dec 2021, 13:18 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Renewables 麻豆无码版 / dpa Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 could more than double as a ...
  • 06 Sep 2019 |

    German energy ministers promise legal overhaul to revive ailing wind power expansion

    06 Sep 2019, 13:34 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 expansion of onshore wind power in ...
  • 21 Mar 2023 |

    Better working conditions and faster licensing key to Germany's wind power buildout 鈥 report

    21 Mar 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind energy sector requires faster approval procedures and better working conditions to attract the skilled workers needed reach expansion targets, a report commissioned by ...
  • 鈥淐limate protection: loser of the election battle鈥

    The election battle in Germany leaves little room for hoping that the country鈥檚 climate protection record will improve soon, Ralf K枚pke writes in Energie & Management. While the wind power industry currently approaches a new expansion record and ...
  • 14 Feb 2018 |

    脴rsted picks Siemens Gamesa as exclusive supplier of turbines for world鈥檚 largest offshore wind farm

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable 麻豆无码版 SA has won exclusivity for the supply and service of turbines for 脴rsted鈥檚 1,386 megawatt Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in British waters, the company has announced in a press release. This offshore wind farm will ...
  • 08 Dec 2022 |
    Gas

    Plans for German LNG terminals 鈥渕assively oversized鈥 鈥 NewClimate Institute

    08 Dec 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 The planned infrastructure for direct imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coastlines are 鈥渕assively oversized鈥 and state involvement means that taxpayer money is used for what could ...
  • 鈥淎nnounced botch鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥渢echnology-neutral鈥 joint auctions for wind and solar power projects are the result of 鈥渁 political bargaining process鈥 instead of sound economic strategy, Angelika Nikionok-Ehrlich writes for Energie & Management. 鈥淓ven the Federal ...
  • Renewables share in German transport sector rises to 7.3% in 2020

    30 Mar 2021, 13:38 The share of renewables in the transport, electricity and heating sectors increased in 2020, said an analysis by the government鈥檚 AGEE stat working group and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). As larger amounts of biofuels were used ...
  • 02 Oct 2018 |

    Government to decide on special renewables auctions in October

    After several hours of negotiations on diesel emissions and immigration, the federal government coalition also agreed that it would decide to implement special renewables auctions 鈥渢o contribute to closing the gap in the 2020 climate target鈥 in a cabinet ...
  • 28 Sep 2018 |

    Guaranteed capacity of German wind power much lower than installed capacity, association says

    麻豆无码版 industry association VGB Power Tech says that the guaranteed capacity of German wind power is less than one percent of the 56 gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity in the country, Klaus Stratmann writes in the Handelsblatt. According to the ...
  • 鈥淲ind power industry has become energy industry powerhouse鈥

    Technological progress, systematic services, and efficiency have made the German wind power industry 鈥 a powerhouse of the energy industry 鈥, according to Uwe Beckmeyer, state secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi). In a press release ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German government plans extensive LNG infrastructure build-up to ensure security of European supply

    03 Mar 2023, 13:34 With a significant 鈥渟afety buffer鈥 of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity, the German government aims to ensure that the country and neighbouring states will receive sufficient supply of natural gas in the coming years, says ...
  • Power price will determine fate of wind turbines after 20-year support period

    The development of power prices in Germany will have a big impact on the lifespan of wind turbines that are more than 20 years old and therefore no longer offer the guaranteed electricity price to investors mandated by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) ...
  • Company buys up old wind turbines in Germany to operate them without renewables support

    One of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest wind farm operators, wpd AG, is buying up old wind farms that are about to reach the end of their 20-year guaranteed remuneration period to operate the turbines without renewables support, Daniel Wetzel writes on Welt Online. 鈥淲e ...
  • 23 Feb 2023 |
    Gas

    Germany is unlikely to face gas shortage next winter 鈥 economic research institute

    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, ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    Environment agency calls for more ambitious climate targets 鈥 media report

    04 Oct 2021, 13:44 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel The German Environment Agency (UBA) has called to raise the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emission ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid expansion going slower than planned

    04 Oct 2021, 12:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Der Spiegel Bureaucratic hurdles and citizens鈥 initiatives ...
  • 12 May 2020 |

    German government, coastal states reach agreement for offshore wind expansion

    12 May 2020, 13:16 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 08 Mar 2022 |

    Bavaria urges EU to allow state support to wind power expansion in Southern Germany

    08 Mar 2022, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind EU 麻豆无码版 The energy and economy minister of the southern German state Bavaria, Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), has called on the federal government to remove bureaucratic hurdles at the EU level that ...
  • 08 Nov 2022 |

    Bavaria to invest 500 million euros in hydrogen and green energy projects

    08 Nov 2022, 14:08 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The southern German state of Bavaria is set to invest 500 million euros in renewable energy and hydrogen production projects, the state鈥檚 economy minister, Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), ...
  • 03 Jun 2021 |

    German govt to propose higher renewables targets in climate emergency programme

    03 Jun 2021, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is aiming for higher renewables expansion targets for 2030 as part of ...
  • 29 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland | November '24

    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 ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    NGO urges 鈥減ause to think鈥 about LNG expansion as Germany overshoots gas storage target

    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 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
  • Germany launches joint onshore wind and solar tender, including 鈥済rid component鈥

    The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched the first joint tender for onshore wind and solar power. The auctioned capacity is 200 megawatts (MW), the agency says in a press release. 鈥淭he technologies directly compete for the lowest cost in ...
  • 10 Jul 2017 |

    Wind power expansion faces political hurdles in NRW

    The new governing coalition of conservative CDU and economic liberal FDP in Germany's most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) seems intent on curbing wind power expansion but is hit by resistance from the job-creating industry, Guido ...
  • Germany set to retire 20 GW of wind power by 2023 - Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation head

    Due to the end of their 20-year life span of guaranteed support payments, about 20 gigawatt (GW) of wind power capacity in Germany will be retired by 2023 as their operation is no longer profitable, Simone Peter, head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
  • Reform of renewables law delayed again

    The reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) was postponed for the third week in a row on Wednesday. The changes proposed to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables law, which enabled the rapid growth of solar, wind and biogas generated power, are subject to disagreements ...
  • 06 Jul 2017 |

    鈥淐limate protection requires renewables expansion 鈥 wind power is a pillar鈥

    International efforts in the framework of the G20 to limit the effects of climate change will have to rely on wind power as a pillar of low-carbon energy generation, the German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association (BWE) says in a press release. 鈥淎uctions for wind and ...
  • 22 Dec 2020 |

    Green Party calls for exceptions in nature conservation for wind energy expansion

    22 Dec 2020, 12:28 Edgar Meza Wind Spiegel Online / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party is ready to accept exceptions to nature conservation in order to accelerate the expansion of wind farms, Valerie H枚hne writes in Spiegel Online, citing a Green ...
  • 23 May 2017 |

    "CDU wants to stop wind power expansion"

    The vice-chairman of the CDU's parliamentary group, Michael Fuchs, says wind power expansion in northern Germany "urgently"聺 needed to be stopped due to mounting costs linked with Germany's lagging grid expansion, Andreas Mihm writes ...
  • 29 Jan 2015

    In the media: Germany's silicon valley of renewables, onshore wind power record

    29 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Frankfurter Rundschau Minister sees Bavaria as showcase for the Energiewende Bavarian economy minister Ilse Aigner says that far from blocking the energy transition, her state is a driver of the ...
  • Germany to support CCS for industry, allow offshore carbon storage with upcoming strategy

    26 Feb 2024, 15:55 The German government has proposed plans to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) possible to help the country reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. State support would focus on capturing and storing or using carbon from industrial ...
  • 12 Oct 2023 |

    Strong uptick in expansion of onshore wind farms in Germany

    12 Oct 2023, 12:11 Jack McGovan Renewables Wind dpa / Stuttgarter Zeitung Germany has added 50 percent more new wind power capacity in the first nine months of 2023 than in the same time period last year, reports news agency dpa in an article published by ...
  • 11 Apr 2022 |

    Onshore wind power permits in Germany decrease despite expansion push

    11 Apr 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Wind 麻豆无码版 The number of construction permits issued for new onshore wind turbines in the first three months of 2022 fell 14 percent compared to the same period last year, wind energy industry association ...
  • 09 Feb 2018 |

    鈥淕ermany needs more than 飞颈苍诲鈥 鈥 opinion

    Wind power turbines are 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important renewable energy source and in 2017 produced more electricity than coal plants for the first time, Thorsten Preuschgas, CEO of Soventix, writes in a guest commentary in the pv magazine. 聽But it is 鈥渁 false ...
  • 16 Jan 2018 |

    Municipalities near wind farms should receive 鈥檞ind levy鈥 to secure acceptance of further expansion 鈥 think tank

    The German government must take precautions to secure citizens鈥 acceptance for future wind power expansion, as it is a central pillar of the country鈥檚 energy transition, writes the energy think tank Agora Energiewende* in a report. Municipalities located ...
  • German offshore wind pioneers mull global expansion

    Leading energy companies from Germany plan to take advantage of their know-how acquired聽 through the Energiewende and take their business to the global stage, J眉rgen Flauger and Franz Hubik write in Handelsblatt. Utility EnBW, which used to be heavily ...
  • 麻豆无码版 ministry prepares new calculations for higher German electricity demand 鈥 minister

    14 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables WirtschaftsWoche German economic affairs and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said his ministry will submit new calculations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 expected energy demand in the coming years due to ...
  • 08 Oct 2015

    In the media: Wind now cheapest power to produce in UK and Germany

    08 Oct 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) 鈥淎verage duration of power supply cuts per consumer and year less than 12 minutes for first time鈥 The average power consumer in Germany ...
  • 02 Sep 2022 |
    Gas

    Germany charters fifth floating LNG terminal

    02 Sep 2022, 12:46 Julian Wettengel Gas 麻豆无码版 The German government has chartered a fifth floating import terminal (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help the country wean itself off Russian pipeline gas and ensure supply security,聽 the ...
  • 01 Jun 2021 |

    Weak wind power months push up German fossil fuel use in first quarter 2021

    01 Jun 2021, 12:41 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Julian Wettengel Wind Energiewende 麻豆无码版 German coal and natural gas use increased in the first three months of 2021, compared ...
  • 28 Jul 2015

    In the media: Testing overhead lines for electric trucks

    28 Jul 2015, 00:00 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Can overhead lines electrify freight traffic? Industry giant Siemens is testing the electrification of freight transport with overhead power lines on a two-kilometre track north of Berlin, ...
  • 05 May 2022 |

    Germany goes full steam ahead on LNG import infrastructure

    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 ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    Germany could see installation of 150,000 residential batteries in 2021 amid solar PV boom

    21 May 2021, 12:49 Edgar Meza Solar pv magazine Germany is seeing a major boost in residential photovoltaic installations and that is leading to an increased uptake in home storage systems, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine, citing a report by EUPD ...
  • 21 Mar 2019 |

    German wind turbine maker Senvion stops operations in 30 countries, curtails production

    21 Mar 2019, 12:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs Recharge News German wind turbine producer Senvion will shut down operations in about 30 countries around the world and focus on 20 鈥渒ey markets鈥 in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, Bernd ...
  • 13 Sep 2017 |

    鈥淪tate government decides on controversial wind power decree鈥

    The government coalition of conservative CDU and pro-business FDP in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has passed legislation on the limitation of wind power expansion, Welt Online reports. NRW鈥檚 economy minister Andreas ...
  • Parliament energy committee agrees to contested renewables reform

    The federal parliament鈥檚 committee for economics and energy has agreed to the reform of the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), including many last-minute changes, according to a press release. The government coalition parties, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 ...
  • 04 Jun 2018 |

    New solar power output record in one of warmest May ever in Germany

    Solar power plants Germany produced more electricity than ever before in May, which brought 275 hours of sunshine instead of the average 196, the Renewable 麻豆无码版 Industry Initiative (IWR) reports. According to preliminary data by grid operators, solar ...
  • "Electricity managers wary of centre-right government"

    Managers in the utilities sector seem wary of a centre-right coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservatives and the business-oriented Free Democrats (FDP) after September鈥檚 federal election, although the pairing has traditionally been seen ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    Germany finishes construction of first floating LNG terminal

    15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 麻豆无码版 The first jetty for arrival of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed in northern German Wilhelmshaven, with the first delivery set to arrive in mid-January 2023, reports ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    麻豆无码版 transition to see winners and losers- philosopher of technology

    21 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Technology Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Energiewende Society Spiegel Online The switch from fossil ...
  • EEG reform 2016 鈥 switching to auctions for renewables

    08 Jul 2016, 00:00 Germany has reformed its much-lauded Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG), casting aside the feed-in-tariffs credited with the rapid rise in renewable energy sources since 1990. The new system of auctions aims at keeping a steady hand on how much ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2022 renewables and efficiency reforms

    07 Dec 2022, 12:08 The new German government was determined to dedicate considerable effort towards climate and energy reforms even before Russia started its war against Ukraine, when energy concerns took centre stage. The war has prompted the economy and ...
  • What's new in Germany's Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act 2021

    23 Apr 2021, 12:59 Germany's landmark Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG)- credited with making solar and wind power two of the most important electricity sources in the country- is undergoing another reform. Renewables shall grow faster, become cheaper and ...
  • What Germany's 2025 coalition agreement says on climate and energy

    22 Apr 2025, 12:38 The conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats want to form Germany's next government. The parties' coalition agreement shows that the next government aims to continue the country's landmark energy transition ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    German onshore wind power 鈥 output, business and perspectives

    31 Jan 2025, 10:00 Wind power is Germany's most important renewable electricity source. It is projected to become the backbone of the country's entire energy system in its shift away from fossil fuels. The country boasts one of the largest ...
  • 05 Oct 2023 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate action programme 2023

    05 Oct 2023, 15:15 The German government in October adopted the final version of its long-due comprehensive climate action programme to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate targets. With a delay of several months due to fights within the ...
  • 20 years on: German renewables pioneers face end of guaranteed payment

    16 Sep 2019, 14:00 Guaranteed remuneration for operators of renewable power installations has been a key component of Germany's energy transition. Feed-in tariffs were introduced with the country's Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act (EEG) in the year 2000. ...
  • High hopes and concerns over onshore wind power auctions

    30 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany has switched its support model for onshore wind power installations from predetermined and guaranteed remuneration rates to setting the price in auctions. Following solar power and offshore wind power, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important ...
  • Q&A- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 draft Carbon Management Strategy

    19 Sep 2024, 10:30 Germany's government has launched a push for technologies to capture, store, transport and use CO2 (CCS/CCU) and is set to soon adopt its Carbon Management Strategy. It is meant to create the framework for using these technologies, ...
  • What does the coalition deal mean for renewables, coal and the power market in Germany?

    08 Dec 2021, 12:13 One of the core topics of the new German government's plan for the next four years is putting the country on track to meet its 2045 climate neutrality target 鈥 and key to this goal is the build-up of renewable energies and the ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    How energy systems and policies of Germany and France compare

    03 Jul 2023, 14:45 Germany and France are the most populous countries in the EU and also the bloc's largest energy consumers. The neighbours therefore wield enormous influence over EU energy policy and are pivotal to implementing a sustainable ...
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    Founded in 1996 and based in Rhineland-Palatinate, juwi AG maintains a strong presence and ties to the region, despite having made itself at home in the international renewable energy business. The company, whose activities are mainly focused on national ...
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