03 Jan 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first full cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached the import terminal in Wilhelmshaven on 3 January, energy company Uniper said. The ship Maria Energy was loaded with approximately ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Cars Spiegel / Automobilwoche The Volkswagen group鈥檚 future CEO, Oliver Blume, who is set to take the reins at the German carmaker on 1 September, has again expressed his support for electrofuels, also known as e-fuels and ...
VW management have announced plans to reduce the number of employees, according to media reports.聽 "We are facing a tough fitness programme," VW human resources chief Karlheinz Blessing said at a staff meeting, according to a Reuters report. ...
06 Jun 2015
06 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv Oxfam / E3G 鈥淟et them eat coal鈥� Five of the G7 countries are burning more coal now than before the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009, while the G7 coal plants together emit ...
29 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert NPE- German National Platform for Electric Mobility Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit盲t Transport Policy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Transport Cars 91tv Germany's federal government does not plan to ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 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) ...
07 Jun 2021, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Digitalisation Technology Resources & Recycling 91tv A rising number of manufacturing companies in Germany use artificial intelligence to optimise product development and production, ...
05 Feb 2024, 14:34 Franca Quecke Solar Business & Jobs Handelsblatt / 91tv In聽 a resolution, the council of German state governments (Bundesrat) called for special support for solar power products manufactured in the country or the ...
German car manufacturers 鈥渙utbid each other鈥� with buyer鈥檚 bonuses for customers switching away from an old diesel car, writes Henrik Mortsiefer for Tagesspiegel. Volkswagen launched its 鈥渆nvironmental programme鈥�, promising up to 10,000 euros on purchasing ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
Germany will need to reduce transport emissions without prescribing particular technologies, according to transport minister Andreas Scheuer. 鈥淚n some instances, it will be an electric car, and in other cases a hydrogen engine or synthetic fuels,鈥� Scheuer ...
The proposed goal by EU ministers to cut the average CO鈧� emissions of new passenger cars by 35 percent by 2030 is 鈥渘ot mature,鈥� the head of the metal industry union IG Metall J枚rg Hofmann told Alfons Frese in an interview with the Tagesspiegel. 鈥淚 can& ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Security 91tv Accelerating the transition to largely domestically produced sustainable energy such as wind and solar electricity is the only way to really ensure energy security in Europe, said the European ...
23 Oct 2019, 13:24 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
28 Feb 2025
28 Feb 2025, 11:54 91tv Team AP: UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv More than one million new solar power systems were installed in Germany last year, an all-time record, according to the country鈥檚 solar industry association BSW. The new arrays had a ...
20 Oct 2020, 12:34 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Wind Handelsblatt German electricity transmission grid operator 50Hertz wants to see a more aggressive expansion of wind power in the Baltic Sea than currently ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently introduced electric vehicle subsidy programme, which went into effect 18 May has so far turned out to be a flop, according to experts, Karl-Heinz B眉schemann writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Financed by the government and the German ...
A broad alliance of actors that includes environmental NGOs, trade unions, and the efficiency industry has urged the German government to honour its coalition pledge to support measures to lower the energy consumption of buildings. The alliance says it is ...
15 Oct 2021, 11:32 Edgar Meza Agriculture Bioenergy 91tv The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) are increasingly relying on certified sustainable palm oil in its procurement of food as part of an effort to counter new rainforest destruction by ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Coal Social Europe There is a wide gap between environmental rhetoric and climate action in Germany, as displayed by the 鈥渋nadequate compromise鈥� found by the coal exit commission, which 鈥渄oes not amount to a coherent ...
Czech investor EPH鈥檚 acquisition of Vattenfall鈥檚 German lignite operations could be 鈥渁 high stakes game鈥� because lignite is 鈥渇ront and centre among risks facing investors from global efforts to slow climate change鈥�, writes Gerard Wynn on the Energy & ...
21 Aug 2019, 12:02 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport dpa The revenues from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aviation ...
19 Dec 2024
19 Dec 2024, 11:48 91tv Team Eurostat: Renewables account for 24.5% of EU energy use in 2023 In 2023, 24.5 percent of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 1.4 percentage points compared with 2022. IISD: Fossil fuels ...
11 Mar 2025
11 Mar 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: Clock ticks for German fiscal bonanza but Merz ally optimistic A senior ally of Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday (11 March) was optimistic about securing support for a massive increase ...
People need cars for different purposes but they do not necessarily need to own them, says Christian Hochfeld, director of think tank Agora Verkehrswende in an interview with the taz. The future could bring a kind of 鈥渕obility pass鈥� that would allow ...
22 Oct 2024, 13:31 Jennifer Collins Adaptation 91tv Human-driven climate change was linked to more than 30 percent of the intensity and physical extent of an extreme drought which lasted throughout the summer of 2022 in Europe, according to a ...
With anti-coal protests in the state of Saxony, environmental NGO Greenpeace says that the German government鈥檚 policy on coal fuels weather extremes. 鈥淭he current heat wave is a taste of what awaits us if the CO鈧� emissions are not decreased fast,鈥� said ...
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hopes to engage developing countries in mobilising green finance projects with a new investment platform, according to NAMA News. Around 25 countries involved in the 鈥渄ialogue鈥� ...
26 Nov 2024, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Businesses in Germany invested 85 billion euros in measures to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, a 12 percent increase over the previous year, shows a survey ...
13 Jun 2018, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 policymakers have not kept pace with the energy industry鈥檚 rapid transformation caused by the Energiewende, and must catch up urgently, according to the utility association BDEW. The utilities also say that Germany needs a ...
The German Federal Court of Auditors鈥� criticism of how the economy ministry has managed the costs of the Energiewende is an embarrassment for minister Sigmar Gabriel, Thorsten Knuf writes in a commentary for Frankfurter Rundschau. 鈥淣o idea of the actual ...
25 Mar 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Solar ARD / Tagesspiegel Background The head of Germany's treasury, finance minister Christian Lindner, has reiterated his opposition to more state support for Germany's domestic solar industry. In an ...
07 May 2019, 13:32 Expert Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv 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. ...
24 Nov 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 network of charging points for electric cars is growing rapidly, according to utility association BDEW. 鈥淎s of 1 October, 113,112 public charging points with a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar Utilities 91tv Germany must urgently and massively step up the rollout of solar power in order to become more independent from Russian energy imports and reach its climate targets, the country ...
Germany scores poorly in a new ranking of EU member states鈥� ambition and progress on slowing global warming, according to a press release from Climate Action Network Europe, an umbrella organisation of European civil society groups working to fight ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 91tv Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company鈥檚 CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
The European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the EU鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 40 percent to 45 percent relative to 1990 levels is misguided, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Deputy Director Holger L枚sch says in a statement. ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv The sixth tender for early shutdowns of hard coal plants in Germany was undersubscribed and only one plant was successful, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. As part of its plan to end ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Students in Germany and around the world are expected to walk out of school Friday for what is being billed as a 鈥済lobal strike鈥� to demand action on climate change. Organisers hope it will be the largest demonstration yet in the series ...
30 Apr 2019, 13:10 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 main conservative party (CDU) 聽will present its own concept for a CO2 pricing scheme ...
28 Jul 2021, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Elections & Politics EU 91tv A post-Merkel coalition government is likely to help drive forward the EU鈥檚 climate targets, an analysis by Deutsche Bank has concluded. In a paper, analysts for the bank ...
27 May 2016, 00:00 Update 27 May 2016 [European Commission approves state aid for closure of lignite power plants] | The government has approved wide reaching power market reform, including a phase-out plan for some lignite plants. A "coal reserve ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 91tv / dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / ZDF Germany's environment minister has promised better precautions to prevent fraud in emissions reduction schemes abroad after a special session in ...
01 Apr 2025, 17:38 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv Planned investments to expand and modernise the EU's electricity grids by 2050 fall short of the necessary amounts of money required to support the bloc's move to climate neutrality, ...
The climate science and communication website klimafakten.de, the German language project of the team also working on the 91tv, has won the NGO Environmental Action 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 (DUH) prestigious environmental media award in the online category. ...
The coming EU budget must 鈥渓ead the way for investments in climate action鈥� and set an example for 鈥� steering investments in the right direction 鈥�, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks says in a press release by the environment ministry (BMUB). ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Resources & Recycling The German environment ministry (BMU) has set up a stakeholder process to assess the status quo of standardisation and describe the requirements for future standards, in a bid to enable a more ...
20 Feb 2020, 13:39 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Cars Die Welt German drivers are choosing cars with more and more horsepower, which poses a challenge for carmakers who must comply with EU emissions regulations, Olaf Preu脽 writes in the newspaper Die ...
The city of Berlin has decided to exit coal power generation by 2030 to protect the climate. The state coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), the Left Party, and the Greens has passed a corresponding law, according to a news report by press agency dpa ...
02 Aug 2022, 14:20 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Edgar Meza Renewables Solar pv magazine Photovoltaic systems in Germany generated a new record level of electricity in the month July 2022, the pv ...
Better insulation for existing buildings to make them more energy efficient is the cheapest and most promising way to reach 2030 climate targets in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 building sector, according to a study by energy think tank Agora Energiewende* and the European ...
A quick phase-out of coal-fired power production would pose a threat to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, the head of the pro-business party FDP, Christian Lindner, has said in an interview with national broadcaster ZDF, Montel News writes in an article. Closing coal ...
The non-governmental Global Climate Action Summit in California brings together representatives of private companies and cities from around the world and adds pressure on the German government and the European Union to step up their efforts to comply with ...
05 Oct 2015
05 Oct 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/WAZ 鈥淢inister Gabriel does not want to 鈥榮have鈥� utilities鈥� German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel surprised stockmarkets with conciliatory remarks about the country鈥檚 troubled ...
20 Aug 2019, 13:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
29 Nov 2018, 15:45 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Politics International German President German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is among several European heads of state who signed a declaration calling for more ambitious ...
07 Nov 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices ARD / 91tv The nationwide public transport ticket for Germany will still be available in 2024 but its monthly price may go up, the federal government and the country鈥檚 16 states ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 and by at least 55 percent by 2030 looks to be in grave danger following reports that the state of Brandenburg may drastically soften its climate protection targets. The ...
Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement will be challenging, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.聽 She said at the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this was already evident at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 present work on a Climate Action Plan. All ...
20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
It is technically feasible and may also be economically beneficial for Europe to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, says a report published jointly by the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and Climact. However, reaching this goal ...
The parliamentary group of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 Conservative alliance (CDU/CSU) has rejected environment minister Svenja Schulze鈥檚 proposal to introduce a price on CO 2 聽emissions. 鈥淲e say No to higher taxes on petrol and heating oil,鈥� said Georg ...
07 Dec 2022, 12:41 Expert bne- Association of Energy Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Cost & Prices RND / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is reducing its fossil fuel imports even as the cost of buying them has increased from 2021 to 2023, according to a report by the 脰ko-Institut ...
27 Apr 2020, 13:53 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Transport Clean Energy ...
The climate talks in Bangkok聽must lead to tangible results that make this year鈥檚 COP24 UN climate conference in Poland a success, NGO Germanwatch says in a press release. 鈥淩obust rules for the Paris Climate Agreement, improved climate goals for countries ...
A new online tool by the German Development Institute (DIE) compares national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Agreement. The 鈥淣DC Explorer鈥� offers an analysis of 60 different categories like mitigation, adaption, and finance, and visualises ...
05 Feb 2025
05 Feb 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Agora Energiewende: Stronger incentives needed to fast-track Europe鈥檚 heating transition With current policies, Europe may end up installing tens of millions of new fossil fuel boilers by 2040, jeopardising climate and energy ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:31 Edgar Meza Society 91tv A large majority of people in Germany continue to support the expansion of renewable energy, but the percentage of those who see it as very or extremely important has declined, according to the ...
01 Apr 2019, 13:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables Policy Clean ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:27 Jack McGovan Electricity Storage Table.Media / PV Magazine The long-awaited electricity storage strategy by Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), due to be published today (19 December), is unlikely to meet the expectations of the ...
04 May 2016
04 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Reuters 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y to exit coal power 'well before' 2050- draft document鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 use of coal-fired power should come to an end 鈥渨ell before鈥� 2050, a draft document from the ...
16 May 2019, 16:50 Chancellor Angela Merkel has put carbon capture and storage (CCS) back on the table, saying the controversial technology was crucial for Germany to reach climate neutrality by mid-century. CCS has been met with a lot of public mistrust ...
19 Sep 2018, 15:20 The German government has launched a new advisory panel to reduce transport emissions in line with national climate targets. The task force will broaden the focus of an earlier panel concentrated on electric cars, to discuss the entire ...
30 Jun 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's states are demanding substantial support payments from the federal government to fund the expansion of public transport systems in a bid to reduce the ...
The speedy start of the coal exit is more important than finding a final end date, writes the Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), an expert advisory panel to the government focussing on environmental protection, in a statement. 鈥淔or the climate, ...
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025, 11:45 91tv Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government dpa / n-tv Germany's Court of Auditors has criticised the supplementary budget presented by finance minister Christian Lindner, which rededicates billions of euros reserved for ...
Energy efficiency businesses say the Greens are the most competent among German political parties when it comes to their field, according to a survey by the German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF). Social Democrats and Christian ...
09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
30 Sep 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance COP26 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A month ahead of the international climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, 220 financial institutions call on 1,600 companies to define solid targets to reduce their greenhouse ...
09 Jun 2016
09 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Federal government Gabriel rejects commission with exclusive focus on coal exit Germany's economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said he will not convene a commission ...
09 Jul 2021, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Mobility 91tv The government 鈥渋nnovation premium鈥� for e-car buyers will be extended until 2025, the German energy and economy ministry (BMWi) has announced. In a press release, the BMWi said that the support ...
29 Jun 2017, 00:00 European Union leaders have underscored their commitment to work towards a joint solution on climate issues at the G20 summit in Hamburg. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would not be easy regarding questions such as climate ...
According to a survey by Leipzig-based research and consulting group Hitschfeld, 53 percent of residents in Germany would invest in renewable energy projects. Young educated people in particular聽 indicated a great willingness to do so. Social aspects ...
Contrary to the German government鈥檚 promise to close the gap towards reaching the country鈥檚 2020 climate target as much as possible and take steps towards reaching the 2030 target, it 鈥� is doing nothing," Malte Kreutzfeldt writes in an opinion piece ...
Germany, France, and Sweden are among seven European Union countries advocating a faster transition to a clean economy, arguing that 2018 is a critical year for strengthening this ambition, reports Megan Darby for Climate Home. 鈥淓nhanced action by all ...
Climate protection targets should play a 鈥渟ignificantly bigger role鈥� in federal transport minister Alexander Dobrindt鈥檚 transport infrastructure plan 2030, Maria Krautzberger, president of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), said in an interview with ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Die Welt By supporting the call for climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has practically also tightened national climate goals, writes Daniel Wetzel in an opinion piece ...
The prospect of a new government coalition in Germany that would include the Green Party resulted in a drop in utility RWE鈥檚 share price of more than five percent on Monday, making the energy company that operates many coal-fired power plants the biggest ...
10 May 2019, 13:27 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Handelsblatt The CEO of German rail company Deutsche Bahn, Richard Lutz, has called for an expansion of the ...
29 Mar 2022, 12:06 Edgar Meza Coal Der Spiegel A state court in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled in favour of German utility RWE in a land dispute linked to the expansion of its Garzweiler lignite opencast mine located in the western German hamlet of ...
17 Aug 2020, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Renewables Society 91tv 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 ...
23 Feb 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv / Spiegel Renewables expansion in Germany and across the world is insufficient to help keep global temperature rise below 1.5掳C, a key goal of the Paris Climate ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Climate resilience should be at the forefront of reconstruction and repair efforts of homes that have been damaged by storms, the General Association of the German Insurance ...
27 Apr 2015, 00:00 The environment ministry has rebuffed utilities鈥� criticism of the planned levy for coal-fired power plants and maintains the sector shoulder its share of cutting CO2 emissions. Government and researchers stress the need for efficiency ...
23 May 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Gas International Tagesspiegel Background The EU鈥檚 and, in particular, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urgent drive to replace Russian gas imports has revived controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Canada, to the dismay of ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:03 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Society dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / 91tv The COVID-19 pandemic is leading German companies to rethink the need for business trips and promote video conferencing instead, according to a report by ...
08 Dec 2021, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Society 91tv A slight majority of respondents from Germany in a survey on the future of nuclear power in climate policy conducted by pollster YouGov in several European countries, have ...
EU energy ministers are attending an informal meeting in Bratislava this week聽to discuss steering and monitoring mechanisms for the European聽 Energy Union, sustainable financing structures for low-carbon technologies, energy prices and energy supply ...
The Munich Security Conference included climate change and emissions pollution as some of the biggest issues for international security in its 2018 report. 鈥淚n the end, few experts doubt the long-term effects a changing climate will have on international ...
26 Feb 2020, 13:47 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Rachel Waldholz Coal Climate & CO2 Zeit Online / Der Spiegel / 91tv Environmental activists occupied part of the ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 91tv With its largest offshore wind power auction to date, Germany aims to make progress on its ambitious target to nearly quadruple capacity by the end of the decade 鈥� and could ...
Unveiling its Climate Strategy 2.0, the German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) said climate change posed an enormous challenge for German farmers. 鈥淟ike no other economic sector, agriculture and forestry are directly affected, as extreme weather events in the ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Politico / 91tv / Reuters The European Union as a business location is set to profit from additional infrastructure investments planned by the likely next German government, Philipp J盲ger of the Jacques ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:38 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv Eurelectric corrects figures: Power demand in the EU decreased by 5.1% in the first half of 2023, compared to 2022, and was 4.8% lower in the first half of 2024, compared to 2022. 聽 Electricity ...
15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 91tv 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 ...
Environment minister Svenja Schulze鈥檚 proposal to introduce a CO 2 聽price could make petrol and heating oil even more expensive, write Fritz Esser, Kai Weise, Karina M枚ssbauer and Larissa Kr眉ger in mass-daily Bild. 鈥淎s if petrol and heating oil didn鈥檛 ...
25 Apr 2019, 13:04 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As new warnings of drought show that "the climate crisis is intensifying", the German ...
In an effort to promote energy efficiency in the heating sector, the federal economy ministry (BMWi) today started two programmes to support highly efficient heating pumps and fuel-cell heaters, according to a press release. 鈥淲e are bringing energy ...
13 Aug 2019, 13:42 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Spiegel Online German Chancellor Angela Merkel "stands by the objective of a balanced budget", her spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said at a government press ...
21 Feb 2022, 13:52 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Almost one quarter of German small and medium-sized industrial companies say the high energy prices endanger their survival, according to a survey by the Federation of German ...
Energy and climate policy must be key policy areas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government in 2019 in order to significantly reduce carbon emissions and make a substantial contribution to limiting climate change, Social Democratic (SPD) energy and climate politician ...
23 Dec 2020, 13:54 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt Hydrogen technology can become a key component of Siemens Energy鈥檚 business model, the company鈥檚 CEO, Christian Bruch, told Handelsblatt in an interview. ...
11 May 2022, 13:10 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:30 Germany's environment ministry has warned that climate-neutral fuels made with renewables must not become an excuse for neglecting the domestic roll-out of renewables, increasing efficiency and other efforts to cut emissions. " ...
22 Dec 2020, 12:28 Edgar Meza Wind Spiegel Online / 91tv 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 ...
17 Nov 2020, 14:02 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Society 91tv The majority of Germans are willing to adopt a more sustainable ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Finance Government 91tv / FAZ / taz / Rheinische Post / Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government cabinet has passed a supplementary budget to boost the country鈥檚 climate and transformation fund with debt ...
The German environment ministry has called for much more ambitious EU targets to lower car emissions than those proposed by the EU Commission. In a position paper seen by the 91tv, the ministry says car emissions must be halved between 2021 ...
22 May 2017, 00:00 Germany and China increased pressure on the US government to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement ahead of the G7 and G20 summits. The continuing uncertainty about the US position puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim to agree on a G20 energy and climate ...
23 Oct 2024, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Society 91tv Anchoring health, climate and environment in all government departments and ministries is one of the recommendations put forward by Germany's health and resilience expert council, an ...
Germany is home to the world鈥檚 largest and most diverse reusability system for beverages, which saves natural resources and contributes to environment and climate protection, according to a new consumer campaign by Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and ...
11 Sep 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Frankfurter Rundschau A German entrepreneur is offering a supplement for cow fodder that could reduce the animals鈥� methane emissions by up to almost 40 percent. The Switzerland-based company Mootral, which ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv More than 60 local German utilities have called for the introduction of a mandatory share of renewables-based gases to be added to the country鈥檚 natural gas supply for sectors not covered ...
26 Jan 2021, 12:06 Edgar Meza Industry Handelsblatt Industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, the only bidder for German conglomerate Thyssen-Krupp's loss-making steel business, plans to convert the mills to produce green steel if he鈥檚 successful, reports German ...
Large German companies have criticised the coalition agreement between Social Democrats and the conservative CDU/CSU for being too weak on climate action, Handelsblatt reports. A survey among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 30 Dax-listed companies also shows they support a ...
Environmental organisations have responded to a government proposal to decarbonise the economy with outrage. They say the Climate Action Plan 2050 will fall well short of meeting climate targets, and accuse the environment ministry of caving in to ...
07 Dec 2018, 14:33 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Policy Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The so-called 鈥榶ellow vests鈥� protest against higher taxes on fuel and heating oil in France are a major disappointment for all who advocate a tax on ...
07 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & ...
16 Sep 2016, 00:00 To decarbonise 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, small amounts of renewable electricity will have to replace large amounts of fossil fuel. The policies to make this Energiewende happen must be decided now, the economy ministry says in a new discussion ...
10 Jun 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Society Die Welt German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on what they describe as climate offenders in the wake of a court ruling in the Netherlands last month ordering ...
03 Nov 2021, 12:33 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv ...
07 Mar 2022, 13:56 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean Energy ...
If climate action and renewables growth are constrained under the new US administration, the EU must step up its efforts and join forces with China and India, according to a joint report by Allianz Climate Solutions, NewClimate Institute and Germanwatch. ...
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 ...
A long-term policy approach to achieving the climate protection effects required by the Paris Agreement is crucial for the successful transformation of the affected economic sectors, but progress in this field varies considerably across different ...
23 Aug 2021, 13:32 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany lacks the infrastructure to ...
The bankruptcy of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008 demonstrated the fragility of the global financial system, and ten years later it is time to recognise that neglecting climate risks could trigger another financial crisis, the ...
30 Oct 2020, 10:18 91tv 91tv Grid 91tv Some 110 billion euros will need to be invested in expanding and updating 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity network by 2050 in order to meet the demands of the energy transition, according to a study ...
25 May 2021, 13:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Welt am Sonntag Audi boss Markus Duesmann is calling for a clear political commitment to electric cars from German politicians, Welt am Sonntag reports. Instead of building a hydrogen infrastructure and ...
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty have kicked off in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 91tv ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Energiewende International Handelsblatt Despite EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announcing this month that the European energy union has become reality, unifying Europe鈥檚 big energy markets is more an ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Jessica Bateman Grid 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has published the transmission grid operators鈥� draft scenario framework for network development for the years ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
Climate change is just 鈥渇iction鈥� and the Energiewende is a 鈥済lobal socialist redistribution action鈥�, said Ralf Borschke of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a session of the state parliament Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, reports ...
22 Mar 2019, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cities The Guardian In a long article, British newspaper The Guardian explores the history of the dieselgate scandal, which involved most German carmakers. Author Beth Gardiner argues that the companies worked ...
12 Oct 2018
Unless Germany quickly phases out coal-fired power generation, diesel cars will continue to be better for the climate than e-cars, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung in an interview. For this reason, Germany will need diesel cars ...
At the next UN climate conference in Poland, the German government can credibly call on the international community to put more effort into climate protection only if it successfully manages its own coal exit, write Ottmar Edenhofer and Hans Joachim ...
08 Apr 2019, 12:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ ...
12 Aug 2024, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv The聽 Wadden Sea, the world鈥檚 largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the southern North Sea, is changing at an unprecedented rate due to climate change, ...
17 Apr 2019, 13:35 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Bild Zeitung German transport minister Andreas Scheuer ...
29 Aug 2024, 14:15 Jack McGovan Adaptation Agriculture Weather conditions exacerbated by the climate crisis 鈥� like late frosts, a wet autumn and a record-breaking warm spring 鈥� have led to a 9.1 percent decrease in grain yields (excluding maize), ...
15 Feb 2022, 14:11 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / Der Spiegel German economy and climate protection minister Robert Habeck said hydrogen would soon establish itself as a key component of the energy transition, according to a dpa report ...
08 Dec 2022, 08:58 Climate activists must strike a careful balance between conciliatory offers for discussion and constructive provocation, argues political scientist J茅r茅mie Gagn茅 from More in Common, an international non-profit initiative studying ...
German carmakers Daimler, VW and BMW try to appear environmentally conscious, but in the US they seem determined to sow doubts over climate science, Jan Keuchel writes for Handelsblatt. The companies have all announced ambitious plans to engage in climate ...
27 Jul 2018, 13:55 Germany's coal mines seen from space, the talk on electric cars and Chinese-German battery production cooperation- 91tv's 2018 visiting cartoonist Mwelwa Musonko presents his view of the Energiewende and its many big and small ...
Once a world leader in renewables, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition progress has stalled and the 2020 targets are out of reach unless the next government realigns its policies, writes energy economist Claudia Kemfert in an article in Nature. The country should ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 91tv The German government has proposed the right steps to accelerate the rollout of photovoltaic (PV) systems, local utilities association VKU said ahead of a parliamentary discussion about ...
Germany needs to be bolder with its Climate Action Plan 2050 to set a benchmark for other countries,聽former Polish environment minister Maciej Nowicki writes in a guest commentary for Zeit Online. 鈥淚f the latest known draft is not fundamentally revised, ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:48 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Current plans for gas networks in European countries largely fail to account for the necessary decline in gas consumption in the coming years as states try to reach climate targets, according to a ...
The German state of Brandenburg is planning to invest 50 million euros in developing electricity and heat storage technology, but the European Commission must first decide if the programme abides by EU competition rules, writes Potsdamer Neueste ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in May that her government was probably going to miss its goal of putting one million e-cars on the road by 2020- but now the mood seems to have changed, Peter Hannen writes in pv magazine. In a response to a ...
20 May 2020, 13:44 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business ...
Lignite mining regions in Germany received at least 13.8 billion euros in state support between 2013 and 2017 to help them cope with the challenges of structural economic change, the German government says in an answer to a parliamentary inquiry initiated ...
10 Dec 2018, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Society ARD The UN is unlikely to find a solution to the world鈥檚 climate crisis, most Germans believe according to a survey commissioned by the public broadcaster ARD. In the ...
The decision by Swedish carmaker Volvo to equip all its cars with electric engines by 2019 demonstrates the rapid change seen in the international automotive industry, Manfred Kriener writes in a commentary for Tageszeitung (taz). 鈥淰olvo has understood,鈥� ...
14 Jan 2025
14 Jan 2025, 11:26 91tv Team Reuters: German premium carmakers' sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held ...
There will be great upheaval in individual economic sectors from decisions made in the latest Climate Action Plan 2050 agreement, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He says that many of the demands that have ...
03 Jul 2019, 14:56 The nomination of Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission has come as a surprise for many political observers in Germany and across Europe. Little is known about the incumbent German defence minister's climate ...
03 May 2021, 12:57 Edgar Meza Renewables 91tv The European Commission聽 has approved 聽the prolongation and modification of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚聽 Renewable Energy Act (EEG) designed to support the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources. ...
26 May 2021, 13:27 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 91tv The aviation sector requires a very high fleet-wide blending rate sustainable fuels in order to reverse the trend of rising CO2 emissions as the sector continues to grow, says the German ...
Deutsche Welle鈥檚 Jens Thurau finds it embarrassing that the German government seems to be unable to approve environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� Climate Action Plan 2050 before the climate conference in Marrakesh. Without Germany as a credible driving ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:51 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Reuters To counteract future gas supply shortages, the government cabinet has decided on new regulations for the provision of backup power stations and to minimise the use of natural gas in power generation, ...
As climate change exacerbates existing conflicts and has a destabilising effect on countries and entire regions, the German government aims to 鈥渃ounter climate risks as part of a preventive and stabilising foreign policy,鈥� said foreign minister Heiko Maas ...
06 Oct 2021, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / Spiegel German election winner the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the pro-business FDP have decided to enter joint talks to sound out a common base to form the ...
09 Jan 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Security 91tv The German government supports the Dominican Republic in its preparations for a UN Security Council (UNSC) high-level open debate about the impacts of ...
12 Mar 2021, 13:36 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen International ...
08 Jan 2019, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background The German government has presented an incomplete National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) draft to the European Commission at the last minute ...
29 Oct 2024
29 Oct 2024, 12:06 91tv Team 10 New Insights in Climate Science: Leading scientists review the most pressing findings New report responds to calls for policy guidance during a climate-critical decade. UN Climate Change: New climate change report shows ...
In its report 鈥淎 stress test for coal in Europe under the Paris Agreement," the Berlin-based climate research institute Climate Analytics says the EU will have to end CO鈧� emissions from all coal plants by 2030 in order to meet its commitments under ...
09 Apr 2021, 12:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Spiegel Germany needs to do more on climate, Markus S枚der, leader of the ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland鈥檚 president Andrzej Duda has condemned 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
20 Feb 2018
Germany will definitely miss its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which is a 鈥渂itter defeat for climate politicians,鈥� said Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the environment ministry, at the annual conference of the German ...
01 Feb 2019, 12:26 S枚ren Amelang Coal Climate & CO2 Carbon Pulse Carbon market experts remain unsure about the impact of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plan to cancel CO2聽certificates in the EU鈥檚 Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure the pending coal exit will have the ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Digitalisation 91tv Germany's utility companies have warned that the country's slow digitalisation is imperilling its landmark energy transition. "Without digital ...
US President Donald 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 decision to take the country out of the international Paris agreement on climate has harmed global trust and will also hurt the US economy, German environment minister Barbara Hendricks told company leaders at a conference on ...
02 Feb 2022, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Heating 91tv Deep geothermal energy can make a major contribution to the decarbonisation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector, a paper published by researchers from the Fraunhofer and Helmholtz associations shows. ...
The government's difficulty finding agreement on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 聽was a preview of similar negotiations in the future, writes Theo Geers in an opinion piece for Deutschlandfunk. 鈥淓very saved tonne of CO鈧� will have to be seized from ...
Driving bans would fall short of what鈥檚 needed to make transportation more sustainable, according to Olaf Lies, social democrat environment minister in Lower Saxony, where carmaker VW is based. 鈥淚 am sure we can get by in Lower Saxony without driving bans ...
06 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks on phasing out coal in power generation. The aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 ongoing shift to renewable power. The government on ...
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 91tv The government must make ...
01 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel could use her appearance at the COP to advance coalition talks on climate, says Ann-Kathrin Schneider, specialist for international climate policy at Friends of the Earth Germany. Meanwhile, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 NGOs want ...
The聽 recent IPCC report 聽and this summer's record temperatures show the urgency of climate action, writes Annette Prosinger in a commentary for the conservative daily Die Welt. 鈥淭o stop Earth鈥檚 warming, we need a radical transformation of nearly all ...
10 Jul 2020, 12:41 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism ...
02 Jul 2021, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 91tv The European Green Deal should be expanded to also include African states as partners in the bid to achieve a climate-friendly economic recovery after the downturn caused by the ...
29 Nov 2019, 14:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities Frankfurter Rundschau The city of Frankfurt is struggling to reduce its energy use as the growth in internet data traffic boosts power demand in Germany's most important computing centre, ...
02 Jun 2022, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities rbb / 91tv The city of Berlin must consider building large modern wind turbines on its territory if it wants to meet its contribution to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power expansion target, the city state鈥檚 ...
18 Jun 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid Hydrogen Technology 91tv Renewables-based gases such as hydrogen and synthetic methane will be increasingly important for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 to reach climate targets, say gas transmission grid operators ...
08 Oct 2020, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's government together with researchers, water industry representatives and local authorities is working on a national water strategy aimed at coping with recurring ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country鈥檚 existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
22 Jan 2019, 13:14 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Transport Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Germany must 鈥渇inally鈥� do something to ...
16 Mar 2021, 13:23 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The steel industry needs a clear and reliable framework for its decarbonisation, said Heinz J枚rg Fuhrmann, CEO of the Salzgitter Group, at the presentation of the company鈥檚 ...
09 Jun 2021, 13:17 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Rising temperatures in Germany due to climate change are having a direct impact on the health of people, particularly the elderly, according to a聽 new report ...
12 May 2022, 13:57 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry has approved a grant of 155.4 million euros for Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt, which is planning to set up a large battery cell ...
10 Mar 2016
10 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Climate Action Network 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥� Climate activist movement 350.org and Climate Action Network have announced a series of peaceful, coordinated actions 鈥渢o disrupt ...
13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country鈥檚 energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government lacks an overall strategy for the electrification of the country鈥檚 railway network, according to the lobby group Pro-Rail Alliance. Citing the latest EU comparative figures, the Alliance said there were large differences in ...
German and European truck makers like to forget their climate problem while celebrating strong industry growth at the commercial vehicle show in Hanover (IAA), according to environmental NGO Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (Nabu). 鈥淏ehind ...
25 Mar 2019, 14:51 After months of negotiations, the commission tasked with proposing measures to cut emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector has come together for its final meeting. So far, the task force has made headlines mainly for fierce dispute ...
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 ...
11 Dec 2024
11 Dec 2024, 11:42 91tv Team France24: Germany's Scholz calls for European EV subsidy plan Chancellor's call comes as country's flagship auto industry struggles with the transition to battery-powered cars. WEF: The Cost of Inaction: A CEO ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Gas Government EU 91tv / Reuters / ZDF Climate and energy policy has emerged as a key issue for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and members of his cabinet on their first official trips abroad. Scholz ...
13 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Kerstine Appunn Mobility Cars 91tv / tagesschau.de The first IAA mobility motor show held in Munich which closed on Sunday was deemed a success by industry ...
The members of the German government disagree over the country鈥檚 position on future EU car emission limits, according to media reports. The ministries of economic affairs and transport both reject the environment ministry鈥檚 call for more ambitious targets ...
16 Jan 2024, 12:51 Edgar Meza Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A global rush to find natural hydrogen (H2) is intensifying the focus on what could turn out to be a much cheaper source for the gas, seen to play a key role in the energy ...
As Germany continues to experience record-breaking heat, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is calling for increased efforts to both cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the changes brought on by global warming, Joachim Wille writes in the ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:37 Jessica Bateman Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen EU Tagesspiegel Background German industry association BDI has criticised the EU鈥檚 natural gas taxonomy plans due to conditions regarding the share of climate-friendly gases in newly built ...
Transitioning to efficient and zero-emissions road freight transport will significantly reduce European spending and dependence on oil imports and spur economic growth, the European Climate Foundation and Cambridge Econometrics say in a report backed by ...
Big financial investors, such as banks, insurance companies, investment trusts or pension funds, have long ignored the climate crisis as a field of action. But by now they have become one of the biggest drivers of change in the approach of industrial ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Industry EU 91tv The European Commission's plans to replace emission rights trading with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which aims to create a level playing field for EU producers subject to EU ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 91tv The German government wants to build on last year鈥檚 G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
The federal government鈥檚 鈥�climate 谤丑别迟辞谤颈肠鈥� runs contrary to recent plans and regulatory reforms, writes Joachim Wille in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Rundschau. Cabinet聽 decided 聽on a draft law to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement and Chancellor ...
11 Feb 2025
11 Feb 2025, 11:00 91tv Team PIK: Research institute compiles 85,000 individual studies about climate policy, offering "wealth of evidence" Over a quarter of studies reviewed from 2020 or later; Potsdam Institute for Cliamte Impact Research ...
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 ...
Power generation from coal, oil and gas, and transport produce the largest share of emissions in the vast majority of G20 countries and none of these economies鈥� climate pledges are on a 1.5藲C-compatible pathway, according to the Brown to Green Report 2018 ...
Germany will miss its climate targets unless the next federal government steps up its efforts, according to non-profit environmental and consumer protection association Environmental Action Germany (DUH). In a list of 85 measures for the energy, heating ...
11 Oct 2017
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry鈥檚 warning in an internal paper seen by the Clean ...
Germany and other European countries need to 鈥渕ove ahead鈥� with their climate commitments and should 鈥渋ntensify their efforts鈥� following the election of Donald Trump, which has made international climate diplomacy far less predictable, said climate policy ...
Germany will have to consider installing small new gas power plants in the 2020s to ensure power supply security as the country鈥檚 coal exit progresses, Patrick Graichen, head of the think tank Agora Energiewende*, told Georg Ehring in an interview with ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:35 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 91tv Germany's should not jeopardise its national climate goals by committing to green hydrogen on a long-term technology path today, as it is still out in the open how innovations and ...
07 Jan 2022, 11:54 Kerstine Appunn International ARD The escalation of violence in Kazakhstan is causing concern among German businesses who were planning to tap into the country鈥檚 rich potential for developing climate-friendly technologies, renewable ...
The German Green Party is calling for a cross-party commission to prepare the shift to emissions-free transportation akin to the commission that brokered 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear exit and the transition to renewable energy sources, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 91tv / ARD Germany's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) plans to test long-range drones that can survey railway tracks after severe weather events. From 2025, DB plans to deploy ...
In an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, Michael Bauchm眉ller asks if Chancellor Angela Merkel can be trusted, after the parties in exploratory talks to form a new grand coalition government dropped 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 climate target.聽The outgoing coalition ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:00 Banks, insurers and investment funds in Germany look back at nearly two decades of energy transition 鈥� but many of the biggest actors still struggle to embrace its potential as a core business area. While most are well aware of the ...
20 Feb 2019, 13:26 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society Washington Post Tens of thousands of teenagers across Europe have skipped school since the beginning of the year, joining protests demanding action on climate change, Luisa Beck reports in the ...
22 Jul 2019, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Bild am Sonntag A survey by weekly tabloid Bild am Sonntag found people in Germany would be willing to spend an average of 32 euros per month on climate action. Around 16 percent of ...
20 Sep 2024, 12:14 Edgar Meza Adaptation 91tv Case studies on climate adaptation from around the world do not yet demonstrate truly sustainable strategies, yet sustainable climate adaptation is key for measures to be successful in the long ...
11 Sep 2019, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Wind 91tv 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 ...
There is growing opposition within the federal government to the Energiewende and bold climate targets, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in tageszeitung (taz). Last week, the聽EU Commission聽 called for greater commitment from German ministries to cutting ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government, the states, and its municipalities have agreed on a fund worth one billion euros to invest in measures to prevent a looming driving ban in many of the country鈥檚 inner cities, the government says in a press release. ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Cities 91tv / Die Welt The city of Hamburg is aiming to play a key role in the German and European shift towards a hydrogen economy with a new import strategy for the climate-friendly fuel. The ...
02 Dec 2020, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Business & Jobs 91tv Up to two thirds of the gross value added by investments in local energy infrastructure and production remain in the German state where the investment takes place, an聽 analysis 聽by ...
Nearly 100 civil society organisations from across the world 鈥� including Greenpeace International, Banktrack, 250.org, Climate Action Network and E3G 鈥� have sent a joint letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to intervene in the escalating ...
17 Feb 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Policy 91tv A government-sponsored "renaissance of Europe's solar industry" is needed to ensure secure access to resources and hardware components that are ...
Representatives from different ministries of the French and German governments met in Paris for the first meeting of the inter-ministerial High Level Working Group on climate change, the so-called 鈥淢eseberg Climate Working Group鈥�, the environment ministry ...
01 Jul 2019, 13:46 Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 right-wing Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD) wants to appeal to 聽people who dislike consequences of climate policy and the energy transition measures such as ...
12 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Hydrogen DENEFF / PwC 鈥�10 percent turnover growth in the efficiency sector鈥� Companies in the business of supplying energy efficiency solutions grow much faster than the rest of the economy, ...
The car industry may have managed to weaken new EU car emissions regulations, but at least the new rules provide urgently needed planning security, argues a commentary in Tagesspiegel. 鈥淭hat is necessary, because a lot of money will need to be invested. A ...
18 Feb 2021, 14:16 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Solar Storage 91tv The number of battery storage systems linked ...
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 4 at the UN climate conference: EU and G77 + China clash over differentiated responsibilities / A 2掳C slogan translates into a 1.5掳C target / Government compensation for CO2 emissions in transport Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for ...
30 Jun 2020, 13:44 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Clean ...
31 Mar 2021, 13:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 ...
The German-Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC), a bi-national research council for cooperation in energy transition and climate action established in 2016, has published its first major studies on research synergies between the two countries, the ...
30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
31 Oct 2019, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv / WDR The former German capital Bonn could become the venue for the next UN climate summit COP25, after the government of Chile has聽 said 聽it has to cancel the event ...
It is 鈥渟urprising鈥� that major German banks did so little to finance renewable energy internationally while the country was a driver of the global energy transition, Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE) told Christian Schaudwet ...
07 May 2021, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Clean ...
14 Aug 2020, 13:56 Renewables Industry industrie.de Engineering and technology firm Bosch is expanding its use of renewable electricity, with the goal of reaching climate neutrality at its 400 worldwide locations by the end of the year. According to聽 ...
02 Apr 2019, 13:52 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Politics Society 91tv Germany should strive to find consensus on the ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight ARD German courier company Deutsche Post has said it would like to stop using domestic flights for deliveries but would need political assistance to do so by relaxing the mandatory delivery speed for ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:21 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Government 91tv Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a candidate to succeed her at the helm of the ...
19 Jul 2022, 13:49 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating 91tv The ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:17 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e ...
26 Oct 2021, 17:29 High gas, petrol and power prices are set to play a part in the ongoing negotiations to form the next German government coalition, which will shape the country鈥檚 energy transition policy for years. The election winner Social Democrats, ...
11 Apr 2016
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online/AFP/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淯tilities increase nuclear provisions鈥� The utilities have increased their provisions for the nuclear exit in the last year, according to a report by press agency AFP ...
A socially just transition of all economic sectors should be the guiding principal for modern climate policy, German environment minister Svenja Schulze told more than 30 ministers at the opening of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. According to ...
07 Jan 2025, 14:01 Jennifer Collins Heating dpa / 91tv More than a third of Germany's municipalities are working on municipal heat planning to help phase out fossil fuel systems, with 13 percent already finished with their plans, reports ...
The commission tasked with 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal phase-out should avoid coming up with 鈥渜uick and symbolic鈥� scenarios to end the use of the fossil power source in the country, Dieter Kempf, president of the influential industry association BDI said in a guest ...
02 Dec 2020, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Members of the regional Green Party in central German state Hesse have said they might leave the party and join a new 鈥�climate list鈥� due to the regional party ...
19 Jan 2021, 12:21 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Charlotte Nijhuis Cars 91tv Structural challenges pose a threat to the competitiveness of Germany as a business ...
A recent study by Agora Energiewende * shows that Germany can achieve its climate goals in the heating sector by increasing efficiency and by rolling out millions of heat pumps to replace oil-fired heating systems, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. But it ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Coal 91tv / Der Spiegel A German court has ruled against the country鈥檚 newest coal plant, finding that building permission for the facility was granted illegally. The ruling removes one of two legal foundations ...
12 Aug 2021, 13:25 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 91tv Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
21 Oct 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Policy Tagesspiegel Background The German government will evaluate methods for CO2 removal and storage in its聽first online聽consultation on a planned long-term strategy for negative emissions to help ...
02 Apr 2020, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 1,850 stationary facilities covered under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emitted about 363 million tonnes of CO鈧� equivalents (CO鈧俥q) in 2019, a drop of ...
20 Jan 2020, 13:23 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Freja Eriksen Coal Tagesspiegel Background Critics of Germany's roadmap for phasing out lignite-fired power plants have ...
11 Feb 2022, 14:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Finance Der Spiegel The planned end of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables levy will not become a burden on the country鈥檚 budget this year, news magazine Der Spiegel reports. The country鈥檚 so-called EEG account, which ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Swiss solar module maker Meyer Burger has announced its intention to wind up panel production in Germany, citing 鈥済rave market distortion鈥� and better investment conditions in ...
16 Jun 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cities Tagesspiegel / Berliner Zeitung The conservative Cristian Democrats (CDU) who lead the new government coalition of the city of Berlin aim to freeze all new cylce lane projects if their construction ...
23 Aug 2018, 18:15 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal commission will not give any recommendation regarding mining-owner RWE鈥檚 plans to continue clearing forest for the planned extension of the Hambach lignite mine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The country's ...
26 May 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv Germany will need some 60 terawatt-hours of hydrogen by 2030 and domestic production can only cover a third of that demand, according to a paper by Berlin-based think tank Climate Neutrality ...
The United States鈥� delegation successfully pushed for significant changes to the G20 climate and energy action plan draft during working group negotiations, reports Arthur Neslen for Climate Home. The latest draft of the plan, which was initiated by the ...
Driving bans on diesel vehicles will take effect on selected roads in Hamburg after Whitsunday, the city鈥檚 environment senator, Jens Kerstan, told the newspaper Die Welt. 鈥淭he road signs have been ordered, and once everything is settled legally, the rule ...
The two major German insurance companies Allianz and Munich Re have until now often been viewed as 鈥渂eing in the camp of climate activists鈥�, but a study by NGO Unfriend Coal now suggests both companies are quite active in insuring Poland鈥檚 coal industry, ...
19 Oct 2020, 12:59 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Europe needs a new way of using resources and should bring together design and sustainability, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in an op-ed ...
10 Jul 2019, 12:53 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kennedy Nyavaya Grid Wind 91tv Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial 鈥渆nergy islands鈥� as wind power hubs in the North ...
Increasing the admissible maximum weight of freight trucks from 40 to 44 tonnes could save 鈥渕illions of truck rides鈥� and reduce carbon emissions in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector, the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI) says in a press release. ...
15 Apr 2021, 14:03 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Gas Germany will ...
Energiewende country Germany will use its G20 presidency this year to push for a global price on carbon as one of many measures to achieve climate goal, reports Roger Harrabin for BBC News. 鈥淲e need to find a mechanism for a carbon price. Then it鈥檒l be ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Der Spiegel / 91tv The decommissioning of local gas grids in German cities should be flagged ten years in advance to allow households to prepare accordingly and avoid the purchase ...
06 Jan 2016
06 Jan 2016, 00:00 91tv 91tv Rheinische Post 鈥淕rand coalition plans buyers鈥� incentives for electric cars鈥� The German government plans to introduce new incentives for e-cars, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淎 ...
23 Jan 2019, 13:27 Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv Energiewende Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 approach to exiting coal-fired power generation via a phase-out plan suggested by a stakeholder commission will cost the country more than necessary, ...
02 Dec 2021, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 five biggest power ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal dpa / Euwid The legacy of lignite mining is posing great challenges to the water management of eastern German coal mining area Lusatia. The issue could also affect the water supply of the country鈥檚 nearby capital ...
29 Jun 2020, 12:53 Renewables covered more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first estimate聽 by think tank Agora Energiewende*. As coal use dropped and demand was low due to the coronavirus crisis and ...
19 Aug 2021, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars Manager magazine The German government has created a one billion euro fund to support the car industry's shift to low-emission mobility. A "future fund" earmarked for this purpose ...
10 Mar 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Industry EU 91tv / Financial Times / Reuters / NY Times German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed the European Commission鈥檚 decision to further relax state aid rules for clean technologies as part ...
German utility E.ON 鈥檚 fossil-fuel subsidiary Uniper plans layoffs and wage cuts due to challenges caused by the country鈥檚 transition to low-carbon energy generation, Rheinische Post reports. During collective negotiations with trade unions Verdi and IG ...
04 Jun 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry, transport and heating sectors will need significantly more hydrogen to help reach future climate targets than the government currently expects, said the head of the ...
15 Sep 2021, 12:29 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Fossil fuels The German government has issued export credit guarantees to 12 billion euros鈥� worth of fossil fuel projects over the ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute鈥檚 (IW) ...
31 Aug 2020, 13:48 91tv 91tv Digitalisation Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government wants to make server farms climate neutral by 2030, sparking concern in the industry, Handelsblatt reports. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said she ...
09 Jan 2025
09 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Northvolt owners back battery output as funding search continues EV supplier has been seeking investors post-Chapter 11 filing in US Swedish law requires shareholder assent after equity declines Bloomberg: Amundi, ...
The energy and coal industry is happy about the new, weakened language in the draft version of the Climate Action Plan 2050, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. Share prices of energy companies E.ON and RWE have increased in the past days 鈥� against ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv In order to reach climate neutrality in the most affordable way, Germany must ensure it can transport energy across its regions by expanding its electricity and hydrogen grids, ...
26 Sep 2019, 13:59 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are prepared to ...
28 Jan 2019, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Security 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the United Nations at Friday鈥檚 open debate of the UN Security Council to take the link between climate and security into account in all conflict ...
The group of Christian Democrats and Christian Socials in the federal parliament (Bundestag) has criticised environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� Climate Action Plan 2050, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hendricks had bet 鈥渙ne ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:10 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport Freight 91tv Many German shipping companies are reluctant to implement emissions reduction ...
16 Mar 2021, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Climate & CO2 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background German energy utility RWE is struggling to make the transition to climate-neutrality, according to a report published by EnergyComment and commissioned ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:50 Freja Eriksen Cost & Prices Policy The deputy head of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU parliamentary group, Andreas Jung, has suggested consumers should pay less for electricity and receive an 鈥渆co commuters鈥� allowance鈥�, ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Hydrogen Handelsblatt Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power was a "historic mistake," Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told business daily Handelsblatt. ...
The Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) calls for an end of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which is aimed at supporting the expansion of renewable energy sources financially. In a press release on its 鈥淎genda for Germany鈥� for the year 2030, the vbw ...
07 Feb 2019, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Focus Online Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called the proposed 2038 deadline for ending coal-fired power production in Germany 鈥渁bsurd.鈥� The 16-year-old ...
Germany will have to gradually lower its coal-fired power production to meet its climate targets, the federal government writes in response to a parliamentary inquiry by the Left Party. But it adds that a coal phase-out cannot commence until regions have ...
The direct physical effects of climate change 鈥渧ery likely do not constitute a risk鈥� for the stability of European financial markets until 2030, according to preliminary results of an upcoming report by the Federal Ministry of Finance. 鈥淗ow likely ...
07 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks to phase out coal power in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 shift to renewable power. The 91tv collects reactions from ...
14 May 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Finance Society 91tv The youth climate activists from Fridays for Future are for the first time specifically targeting banks and other financial services companies for their involvement in ...
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11 Nov 2024, 11:24 91tv Team Guardian: The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will delight Trump 鈥� and his European friends The German dream of centrist, stable government has been dashed by geopolitical forces and the cult of balanced budgets, writes Paul ...
25 Oct 2022, 13:44 Jessica Bateman Transport 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈧�9聽nationwide public transport ticket improved low-income households鈥� social participation and boosted their overall quality of life, a report has found. Researchers from the ...
07 May 2020, 08:58 The performance of Germany's electricity system during the coronavirus pandemic offers important lessons for the future of the country's landmark energy transition, says Hanns Koenig from consultancy Aurora Energy Research. ...
Fast decisions on climate targets, renewable growth and fossil fuel phase-out are required to plan the future German grid system, a study by the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) within a project funded by the Ministry for Education and ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:41 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Clean Energy ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government and the country鈥檚 municipalities want to use the so-called diesel summit to set up a programme worth over one billion euros to improve air quality in German cities and prevent looming driving bans for polluting cars, Zeit ...
18 Mar 2022, 16:15 The EU's taxonomy has been widely perceived as a product of regulators eager to steer financial markets to a more environmentally-friendly and socially just future- a major misconception that is typical for the neglect given to ...
13 Mar 2019, 11:10 The Hambach Forest in western Germany has become a symbol for climate activists, who are seeking to prevent energy company RWE from razing it to expand a nearby coal mine. A lawsuit by the environmental NGO BUND last year temporarily ...
The German federal government must implement the promised additional tenders for offshore wind energy without delay and must also rapidly increase the expansion paths for all renewable energy sources, the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) ...
Environment and climate policy 鈥� do not take place 鈥� in Germany under the current grand coalition government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD), writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an opinion piece ...
01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 91tv The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
The Green Party has failed to learn from past experience that insisting on controversial demands can cost the party dearly in terms of voter approval, Ludwig Greven writes in a commentary for Zeit Online. While the world is 鈥済rappling with Donald Trump,鈥� ...
19 Jul 2021, 13:46 Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has to increase its climate protection efforts after catastrophic floods killed over 150 people in the country. The disaster has brought climate change to the centre of the election campaign. After ...
19 Nov 2019, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Central banks should not actively engage in climate policy as they lack both the expertise and the mandate to decide which investments make sense from a climate protection point of view, ...
The German chancellor鈥檚 track record on environmental policy has been a disaster, writes George Monbiot in an opinion piece for The Guardian. 鈥淲hat counts, and should be judged, as she seeks a fourth term as German chancellor in the elections on Sunday, ...
In a further erosion of Germany's political mainstream, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) has lost its absolute majority in Bavaria鈥檚 state elections, while the Greens have become the second largest political force there, writes Deutsche ...
15 May 2019, 12:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics The Guardian Climate change denial has become a key topic of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 far-right populist party AfD ahead of the EU parliamentary elections and the party particularly focuses ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Wind Die Welt Shipping, fisheries, offshore wind power, raw material extraction and nature conservation all have been assigned their space in the German waters in the latest plan of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:43 Franca Quecke Cars Cities 91tv Following the decision by the citizens of the French capital Paris in a recent referendum to triple the parking fees for SUVs, NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has announced formal ...
02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016, 00:00 tageszeitung 鈥淪hort-sighted cap fans鈥� Despite fighting climate change being a national objective and renewables now the cheapest source of energy, leading conservative politicians want to use reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) to ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Der Spiegel聽 A proposal by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport ministry to accelerate the planning and construction of new motorways is causing an uproar by the Green Party, which ...
01 Apr 2021, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid 91tv The conversion of large parts of the German gas infrastructure to reflect changing supply is well underway, the country鈥檚 gas grid operators write in their implementation report for the ...
22 Aug 2019, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Hydrogen Deutsche Welle The German government wants to promote a culture of innovation to develop CO鈧�-neutral aviation, reports Deutsche Welle. "We want to make Germany a leading ...
The debate between politicians and scientists in one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most popular political talk shows 鈥� Anne Will 鈥� makes clear that this year鈥檚 heat wave and resulting draught is unlikely to fundamentally change 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy, writes Joachim ...
03 Jun 2019, 14:04 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cars 91tv Electric cars are unlikely to reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carbon footprint by any ...
07 Jul 2021, 13:13 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry ...
16 Nov 2020, 13:35 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Solar dpa / Focus Online Germany's solar industry ...
18 May 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels 91tv Germany should legally anchor its 2045 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target in a way that prevents operators of fossil fuel-burning power plants from later seeking taxpayer-funded ...
The next federal government should put a high priority on introducing a higher price on CO鈧� across all economic sectors and a fundamental reform of energy-related taxes and levies in Germany, if climate targets are to be taken seriously, according to a ...
31 May 2019, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Euractiv German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the world to do 鈥渆verything humanly possible鈥� to combat climate change and pledged to do her part,聽 reports Euractiv. 鈥�Climate ...
05 Oct 2021, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices EU 91tv A European CO2 border adjustment payment can be a first step towards a fairer competition environment regarding emission costs but not accounting for indirect emissions means that a ...
03 Apr 2019, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest emissions drop since the 2009 recession is a success, but it should not be overvalued considering the country鈥檚 ambitious ...
27 Sep 2024, 13:33 It will be very difficult for Germany to reach its target of providing developing countries with at least six billion euros in climate finance from its federal budget by 2025, said government officials in Berlin. The recent budget ...
08 Aug 2019, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt An increasing number of MPs from Germany's governing parties are in favour of abandoning the target of a balanced budget in order to finance the fight against climate ...
The German Green Party鈥檚 new-found readiness to compromise on a coal exit and a ban on combustion engines by 2030 might give the impression that the party is caving in to pressure from its negotiating partners in the Jamaica coalition talks but this view ...
10 Sep 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture 91tv The agriculture and forestry sector could play an important role in the EU's goal to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, while at the same time improving biodiversity ...
Environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� announcement that she did not expect the cabinet to approve her Climate Action Plan 2050 before COP22 in Marrakesh next week 鈥渕arks the latest embarrassment for a country that once pioneered the fight against global ...
The Energiewende and climate protection are 鈥渃entral projects鈥� of the new government coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party in the federal state of Berlin. The three parties confirm Berlin鈥檚 plan to become climate-neutral by ...
Germany must immediately and drastically reduce emissions in the transport sector to meet the goals of both the Paris Climate Agreement and 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050, according to an analysis by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The UBA makes ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv With a rather low offshore wind power capacity expansion of 342 megawatts (MW) in 2022, Germany must quickly gear up to bring the buildout in line with its ambitious renewable power targets, wind ...
11 Oct 2024, 16:39 In Italian, the expression 鈥渉ot autumn鈥� describes what happens when, after the long summer lull, political and social conflict cyclically rises again. For the energy transition, this is going to be a hot autumn indeed. Three of Italy鈥檚 ...
The German Green Party is polling at its lowest nationwide level in 15 years and risks falling below the five-percent-threshold required to stay in parliament, Robert Rossmann writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. In several recent polls, the Greens鈥� ...
19 Nov 2020, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Mobility Der Spiegel State-owned German railway company Deutsche Bahn will sharply cut back its use of coal power by increasing the share of renewable electricity,聽 reports 聽Gerald Traufetter in ...
The fact that climate protection has been one of the most discussed topics at the G20 summit in Hamburg is 鈥渙ne of the paradoxical achievements of Donald Trump鈥�, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in an opinion piece for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎las, the climate ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Solar International 91tv Germany has joined an international alliance of 75 countries to further the expansion of solar energy generation, the ministries for energy and development announced after a cabinet ...
03 Jun 2020, 13:15 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity ...
11 Apr 2024, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 91tv Electricity prices in Germany are unlikely to go down in the near future, despite repeated claims that a complete switch to renewable power is going to make ...
In the lead-up to the next climate change conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, in December, the EU is focussing on its global leadership role in the areas of energy and climate policy, writes Susanne Ehlerding in Tagesspiegel Background. For that ...
24 Oct 2019, 12:19 Expert Economic Council- CDU Wirtschaftsrat Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) of Germany Business & Jobs Society Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities S枚ren Amelang Gas Nuclear ...
21 Mar 2019, 12:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Efficiency Government Die Welt German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has opted to pay expensive fines for failing to meet emissions targets rather than invest in climate action, Daniel Wetzel writes for Die Welt. ...
Germany is ranked 29th in this year鈥檚 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by environmental organisation Germanwatch 鈥� a position blamed on lagging greenhouse gas emissions reduction and the lack of a clear roadmap for ending coal-fired power ...
The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacities has failed to fulfil government targets for the fourth year in a row, with additional installations reaching just 1.6 gigawatt (GW) instead of the planned 2.5 GW, industry association BSW Solar says in a ...
08 Jan 2020, 12:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv German media have commented on the news that a sharp drop in coal use put a break on Germany's CO2 emissions last year and pushed the country "surprisingly鈥� close to its ...
When it comes to progress in phasing out carbon-intensive coal from the national power mix, Germany is the worst performing western country in the industrialised nations鈥� G7 club, only trailed by Japan but outperformed by the US and its pro-coal ...
In a bid to avoid the decision to implement climate protection steps such as introducing a price on CO鈧� emissions, politicians often hide behind citizens who supposedly do not want such measures, Director and Chief Economist of the Potsdam Institute for ...
13 Nov 2020, 15:01 Charlotte Nijhuis Cars 91tv The majority of driving license holders in Germany would consider buying an electric car, a survey by E.ON shows. 鈥淚n principle, 64 percent would consider purchasing such a vehicle,鈥� says Jonas ...
10 Oct 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv Germany should alter its current plans for a national carbon price for transport and heating fuel emissions and stick to a fixed price until the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:47 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs International 91tv The expansion of renewable energies, in particular geothermal, as well as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shortage of skilled workers needed to implement its landmark energy transition will be ...
07 Nov 2019, 14:05 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Rheinische ...
Trying to micro-manage 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 long-term path to decarbonisation with a government climate plan is doomed to fail, because 鈥減olitics is regularly unable to plan and regulate for decades,鈥� writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. He ...
Electric cars can significantly reduce CO 2 emissions and air pollutants in Europe, but only if they are powered predominantly by renewable 鈥� rather than fossil-fuelled 鈥� electricity, according to a study by the Institute of Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Electricity Security 91tv Germany saw a slight drop in ...
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. ...
04 Nov 2020, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Opposition parties in Germany have criticised energy minister Peter Altmaier for insisting that the country will consume less electricity in 2030 than it does today, ...
17 Sep 2020, 13:08 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Society 91tv Germans have particularly strong aspirations for their country to become more environmentally friendly when compared to people in many other countries,聽 a survey by the ...
The German government has rejected a proposal by VW CEO Matthias M眉ller to abolish the tax privilege for diesel cars, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. 鈥淭here are currently no plans by the federal government to change the taxation of diesel cars ...
15 May 2020, 14:17 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Security 91tv Several German parliamentarians have criticised government plans to set up a domestic ...
Electric cars produced by US manufacturer Tesla have been removed from the list of e-cars eligible for subsidies in Germany because Tesla鈥檚 Model S was 鈥渢oo expensive鈥� to qualify for the support, Business Insider reports on its website. A spokesman for ...
19 Nov 2020, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices 91tv Household power prices in Germany are unlikely to fall next year despite government efforts to lower prices, according to price comparison websites. Some power ...
17 Jul 2019, 12:50 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen H2 Mobility Deutschland / Fraunhofer ISE For cars with ranges higher than 250 kilometres, hydrogen fuel cell drives are ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:31 Jack McGovan Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background The CDU/CSU conservative alliance in Germany has called for revenues from the upcoming Emissions Trading System (ETS II) for fuels used in transport and heating to ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv High energy prices are beginning to bite into companies鈥� investment plans and curtail production in Germany, raising the spectre of de-industrialisation in the country ...
A farmer family from Germany has sued the federal government for failing to take adequate climate action and damaging the family鈥檚 economic livelihood, the newspaper Tagesspiegel reports. The extreme drought in large parts of Germany in 2018 has caused ...
13 Sep 2024
13 Sep 2024, 13:14 Jack McGovan 91tv A vast majority of municipalities in Germany have already suffered from the impacts of climate change, according to a survey commissioned by the country's environment agency (UBA). Seventy-seven ...
Germany and France have agreed to develop a 2050 European Union strategy for long-term decarbonisation, both governments said in a declaration following a joint ministerial meeting near Berlin. This is not only a necessity, but also an economic ...
No tax money should be used to finance the hardware retrofitting of older diesel vehicles, writes Markus Balser in an opinion piece in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淚nstead of subsidising the ironing out of funny business, the federal government must finally ...
A majority of Germans want the federal government to do more for climate protection, according to a representative survey by public broadcaster ARD, conducted by Infratest dimap. 74 percent of respondents said the government should do more, 22 percent ...
The former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and a group of scientists including Hans Joachim Schellnhuber of聽the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) set out a six-point plan for ...
17 Aug 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv The number of bids in the ...
Germany and California have agreed to ramp up their cooperation and commitment to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement and limiting the effects of global warming, the California Environmental Protection Agency said in a press release. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 State ...
The new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 contributes little to solving environmental problems, writes Dagmar Dehmer in an opinion piece for Der Tagesspiegel. 鈥淣ot using the federal transport infrastructure plan as an element of a climate concept ...
Donald 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 decision to withdraw his support for the joint communiqu茅 at the G7 summit in Canada is 鈥渟obering and a bit depressing鈥�, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Anne Will in a television interview for German public broadcaster ARD. Merkel said ...
21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:45 Jack McGovan Electricity Heating 91tv Corrects third paragraph to specify share of heat pump sales compared to all heating sytems sold, a previous version of the article incorrectly stated this was the share of heat pumps ...
21 Jun 2016
21 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) Climate Action Plan 2050 delayed The Climate Action Plan 2050 that is to describe a pathway and policy measures for Germany to cut its ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:10 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Welt / Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion by the energy law firm Rosin ...
12 Nov 2018, 14:15 Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze continued her push for a price on CO2 emissions, announcing plans to team up with fellow Social Democrat Olaf Scholz's finance ministry in order to prepare a concept in line with ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Hydrogen 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Key raw materials needed for most types of clean hydrogen production could become scarce and much more expensive, Germany's Federal Institute ...
22 Jan 2021, 14:07 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating Clean Energy ...
10 Jan 2022
10 Jan 2022, 13:30 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv / RND Quickly rising prices for raw materials needed to build a fossil-free energy infrastructure could ...
16 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
01 Aug 2022, 13:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security dpa / Zeit Online The first retired hard coal ...
Among the motivations for Germany's聽 reform of its renewable energy support system have been complaints from neighbouring countries, and the EU Commission鈥檚 rules on state aid to the energy sector, writes Dave Keating for Deutsche Welle. But D枚rte ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables EU 91tv The implementation into national law agreed by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government of an EU emergency regulation on the accelerated buildout of renewable energy sources will greatly boost the country鈥檚 ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:48 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
27 Jun 2024, 14:15 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Adaptation The probability of stronger rains has increased due to the climate crisis, an analysis by the German Meteorological Service (DWD) has found, as reported by news magazine Der Spiegel. Heavy rains ...
Global warming is a phenomenon whose nature makes it very unattractive for the fast-paced news business, Dagmar Dehmer writes in Der Tagesspiegel. 鈥淭he events are complex and non-linear鈥�, Dehmer says, arguing that climate change as a news event is ...
16 Jul 2024, 12:24 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems that serve as natural marine carbon sinks, such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes, can be a significant measure for ...
17 Nov 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 international ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) were the two most popular parties among young voters in the German elections, an analysis conducted by research institute ...
24 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
06 Jun 2018
Ahead of the G7 summit in Canada, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated the importance of her government鈥檚 commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, after the US had decided to leave the accord last year. 鈥淎ll the more it鈥檚 on us to reach our ...
28 Jan 2019, 12:48 Kerstine Appunn Solar 91tv Germany has the fourth largest solar PV capacity in the world (46 gigawatt [GW]), German Solar Association (BSW) has said in a press release. But the former front runner has in recent years been ...
20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv BMUB / Deutsche Welle 鈥淕别谤尘补苍y asks Belgium to hit the switch on disputed Tihange and Doel nuclear reactors鈥� Environment minister Barbara Hendricks submitted an ...
04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
Climate activist group Ende Gel盲nde has announced it will hold at least two major protests against coal-fired power production in Germany this year. The activists said they would 鈥渂lock the production of coal in the Rhineland lignite fields- as long as ...
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 ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:53 Rising energy and food prices and climate change top the list of main worries in Germany, several surveys show. Investing in renewables by a wide margin is seen as the best way to achieve energy independence from Russia by respondents ...
The star of Germany as a climate action leader has been descending for several years, not least due to its rigid stance on phasing out nuclear power and filling the energy generation gap with carbon-intensive coal power, Michael Shellenberger writes for ...
09 Dec 2014
09 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv EurActiv 鈥淕lobal comparison reveals Germany's 'Energiewende dilemma'鈥� Germany scored average results (place 22 of 61) in the global climate protection index, compiled by the NGO ...
23 Sep 2020, 13:30 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 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Clean ...
28 Jan 2025
28 Jan 2025, 11:44 91tv Team Reuters: Germany election 2025: Parties, polls and key issues Here are the main parties contending, their poll standings, and the key policy issues ahead of a snap national election on 23 February. Bloomberg: Germany fears ...
30 Oct 2020, 10:42 91tv 91tv Mobility 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states are lagging behind on many sustainable transport targets, particularly on climate protection goals, according to a study commissioned by German transport and ...
24 Jun 2022, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Cars Deutschlandfunk Environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) remains optimistic that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government cabinet will find a common line on the ban of internal combustion engine cars in the EU, despite recent ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition can only become a success if the country does not neglect efficiency, the second important pillar of the Energiewende besides renewables expansion, said acting German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries at the annual kick-off ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Energy and climate cooperation, as well as countering migration, will be among the top priorities of Italy's G7 presidency this year. Led by prime minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's right-wing government will bring its ...
07 Feb 2018, 00:00 Agreeing on climate and energy policy was one of the simpler tasks during Germany's coalition negotiations, says Social Democratic (SPD) energy spokesman Bernd Westphal. However, he concedes that the challenges awaiting the country ...
The intense media coverage of the 2015 Paris Climate Summit only had a 鈥渕odest appeasing rather than mobilizing effect鈥� on the German public, according to a five-author paper published by Nature Climate Change. Before and after surveys showed that ...
A gradual reduction of coal-fired power production and the parallel expansion of renewable energy sources to 65 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2030 power mix would reduce electricity costs and emissions and allow the country to reach its climate target in the ...
17 Jun 2021, 11:48 La铆s Clemente Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The student climate protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) has announced to bring activists to the streets in 25 German cities on 18 June. As German COVID-19 ...
Germany is an industrial leader with a reputation for being 鈥渁 righteous leader in climate 辫谤辞迟别肠迟颈辞苍鈥�- but a closer look at its actions suggests it deserves to be labelled a 鈥�climate change hypocrite鈥�, Paul Hockenos writes in Foreign Policy. While it may ...
Germany can reach its target of increasing the share of renewable energy to 65 percent of power consumption by 2030 from the current 36 percent at moderate costs,聽according to energy think tank Agora Energiewende*. Agora proposes a series of measures to ...
17 Sep 2020, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Industry 91tv HeidelbergCement, one of the world's largest cement makers, has stepped up its climate ambitions. The German company聽 said 聽it would reduce CO2聽emissions per tonne by ...
30 Sep 2024, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal 91tv 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 ...
15 Aug 2019, 12:34 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Climate & CO2 91tv German energy company RWE's opencast ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices 91tv German consumers saw the greatest rise in prices ever recorded for electricity, gas and heating oil in 2021, comparison website Verivox has said. The price for gas climbed by almost ...
10 Dec 2018, 09:03 Germany is under scrutiny at the UN climate summit COP24 in Poland: the country will fail its 2020 climate target and only the next year will show if a push to phase-out coal-fired power production will result in an end date for the CO2 ...
09 Oct 2023, 13:49 The parties of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition suffered heavy losses in two state elections in economically strong Hesse and Bavaria in western and southern Germany, while populist parties including the far-right AfD celebrated ...
German bilateral cooperation such as with the state of California in the USA is 鈥渁 good recipe to implement a sustainable and dependable energy system quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently,鈥� said state secretary Thomas Barei脽 in a statement ahead of a ...
17 Feb 2021, 13:23 Expert Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition Office Franco-Allemand pour la Transition 脡nerg茅tique / Deutsch-Franz枚sisches B眉ro f眉r die Energiewende Renewables Energiewende S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv The upcoming ...
14 Sep 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal International 91tv Colombia has become an important supplier of hard coal to Germany, substituting for Russia, the government has said in an聽 answer 聽to a parliamentary inquiry by the Left Party. ...
05 Nov 2021, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Der Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The German coalition talks could take longer than the planned deadline at the end of November, Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock ...
Forcing global carmakers based on 130-year-old technology to switch to e-mobility will be complicated and protracted, writes Hannes Koch in a commentary for tageszeitung. He says even the Green party depends on the well-being of large companies for its ...
04 Jan 2022, 11:00 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Solar 91tv / pv magazine Germany saw the installation of 240 ...
05 May 2021, 12:35 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Many European Union member states are rejecting calls to expand emissions trading to聽the heating and transport聽sectors in the bloc in order to more ...
20 Feb 2020, 13:35 Rachel Waldholz Electricity Coal 91tv Eighty-five percent of Germans believe the country鈥檚 coal exit will lead to significantly higher electricity prices, according to a survey of 500 households conducted by the Bonn-based ...
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. ...
13 Feb 2020, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Finance Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Reinsurer Munich Re has joined the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, promising to make its asset portfolio climate-neutral by 2050. "We extend our climate strategy with this step, ...
13 Jan 2020, 17:00 Preview 2020: Green and sustainable finance has made a steep ascent in Germany last year and established itself as a key element of climate policy. Government plans to become a leading location for green financial products, intensifying ...
05 Apr 2016
05 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Federal Environment Agency 鈥淓missions trading: industry鈥檚 emissions almost unchanged in 2015鈥� The CO鈧� emissions of German energy intensive industry remained virtually unchanged for the ...
14 Jun 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit At the end of her term in office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to resume her former self-styled role as 鈥� climate chancellor 鈥�, motivated by the Fridays For ...
The commission tasked with planning 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit could extend its negotiations well into 2019, although it is scheduled to deliver ideas for quick emissions reduction and an end date for coal-fired power production by December this year. According ...
10 Feb 2025, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Industry WirtschaftsWoche Parties鈥� failure to agree on final details of a reform to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany ahead of the election on 23 February will set efforts back significantly, industry ...
15 Jan 2019, 11:55 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Fossil fuels Society Die Welt Activists鈥� elevation of the Hambach Forest, which energy company RWE wants to cut down to expand ...
