29 Jul 2020, 13:47 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Grid dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany is making modest progess in installing ...
22 Dec 2020, 13:14 Edgar Meza Industry WirtschaftsWoche The green energy industry, in particular the wind energy sector, has become increasingly dependent on China for vital magnetic metals, writes Stefan Hajek in WirtschaftsWoche Online. Wind farms are ...
16 Dec 2020, 10:18 The European Green Deal will move from words to action in 2021 and trigger a "tremendous wave of reforms" that are of key concern to German industry, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at the ...
15 Nov 2022, 12:15 Edgar Meza Gas Industry Clean Energy Wire Germany's planned gas price subsidies for industrial consumers 鈥� the so-called "gas price brake" 鈥揷ould lead to supply chain disruptions, a report by the Hans B枚ckler Foundation鈥檚 ...
27 Jun 2018, 16:59 Germany will likely fail on many of its self-imposed energy transition targets, says the government-appointed expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German Energiewende in its opinion on the federal economy ...
20 Apr 2021, 13:00 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 LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:59 Expert Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Bundesanstalt f眉r Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Climate & CO2 Resources & Recycling Policy Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling Die Zeit / dpa The Federal ...
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10 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Reuters 鈥淪tudy 鈥� Germany spends billions on export of coal technology鈥� Germany and France are the EU鈥檚 biggest sponsors of the export of coal technology, according to a confidential OECD study ...
22 Jan 2020, 13:35 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating Welt Online / Clean Energy Wire Tenants in Germany will be placed under further economic pressure by the new climate action ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Trains could play a key role in ensuring a comprehensive transport network for distributing imported green hydrogen across Germany, a report by research institute Fraunhofer ...
02 Jun 2022, 13:27 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables Clean Energy Wire Warm weather and energy saving measures in the context of rising prices ...
15 Nov 2022, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background The German government has nationalised energy company Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE), formerly Gazprom Germania, in a bid to secure gas supply to the country, the ...
20 Feb 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Over the course of the planned coal phase-out in Germany there will be a net increase in available jobs in eastern mining region Lusatia that employers might struggle ...
07 Sep 2020, 14:27 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 achievements in the field of climate and energy policy mustn鈥檛 mean that the country becomes complacent now, Olaf Scholz, finance minister and the ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:49 With the last minister choices announced and the Greens' and Social Democrat's (SPD) party basis confirming the coalition agreement, Germany's next government is set to be elected on Wednesday, 8 December. The SPD will ...
23 Aug 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Clean Energy Wire New constructions and renovations in Germany are failing to sufficiently account for the growing effects of climate change, increasingly putting them at risk of overheating during summer ...
26 Apr 2022, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Security Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has sharpened the tools to fight the escalating crisis on the energy markets by updating the 1975 Energy Security Act. The amended law will allow the ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Politics MDR / Clean Energy Wire The environment minister of Saxony favours an early termination of coal-fired electricity generation in the eastern German state, arguing that coal mining is becoming unprofitable, ...
07 Jan 2021, 13:57 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Business & Jobs Utilities Handelsblatt European ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:19 Jack McGovan Renewables Policy EU Handelsblatt The EU is responding to the expansion of the Chinese wind industry by developing a plan to make the domestic industry more competitive, EU Commission sources told business daily ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang International COP27 Clean Energy Wire The UN climate conference COP27 in Egypt did not deliver what is needed to mitigate the rise in global temperatures, the German government has said. 鈥淭he steps adopted to reduce ...
06 Oct 2020, 13:09 Expert IfW- Kiel Institute for the World Economy Institut f眉r Weltwirtschaft Kiel Society International Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire Support payments for electric mobility are part of " ...
27 Jun 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire The transformation into a truly circular economy would have positive effects on climate, resource and biodiversity protection, as well as supply security in Germany- but the ...
29 Jan 2024, 14:40 Franca Quecke Adaptation Cities Clean Energy Wire / idw The increase in extreme weather events is taking a toll on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urban green areas, a large-scale report by researchers from the Technical University Berlin has revealed. For ...
20 Sep 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Cost & Prices The renewable surcharge Germans pay with their power bills to finance the roll-out of wind and solar energy will decrease substantially next year, economy minister Peter Altmaier ...
05 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Clean Energy Wire The use of synthetic fuels, also known as e-fuels, is unsuitable for road transportation in the medium to long term based on current knowledge, a report by the Fraunhofer Institute for ...
21 Dec 2021, 13:27 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 Clean Energy Wire 91tv Grid Utilities ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:28 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Transport Company climate claims Welt Climate action is set to play an increasingly important role in the travel industry, according to the German Travel Association (DRV). 鈥淚'm sure the CO鈧� footprint ...
14 Apr 2022, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Tageszeitung (taz) Europe鈥檚 energy dependence on Russia is not limited to fossil fuels but also extends to nuclear power, and German company Siemens Energy鈥檚 continued cooperation with Russia ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Gas Table Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 LNG import terminals are under pressure as technical issues and a wait for approval from the European Commission regarding state aid could lead to months-long disruptions, reported news service ...
03 Jan 2024, 13:37 Maximising the use and potential of the existing building stock are key levers to respond to Germany's housing shortage and drive forth the decarbonisation of the buildings sector, say Sibyl Steuwer and Lisa Graaf from think tank ...
16 Jul 2021, 10:23 The UK is leading the world in terms of climate targets as it heads towards COP26. This is in no small part due to the work of climate activists, who, in the words of the campaigning group Extinction Rebellion, have come together to ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:35 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy Clean Energy Wire The share of environmental taxes in Germany's public revenues fell to ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:28 Ruby Russel Grid Nuclear phase-out Storage Norddeutscher Rundfunk PreussenElektra, operator of the decommissioned Brokdorf nuclear power plant in northern German state Schleswig-Holstein, which was taken offline at the end of 2021, ...
27 Jan 2020, 14:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Utilities dpa / Tagesspiegel / Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung German energy industry heavyweight RWE has called for a roundtable of stakeholders to make progress on ending the current slump of onshore wind power ...
14 Mar 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Handelsblatt / Clean Energy Wire Dutch electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will require investments of 111 billion euros over the next decade to expand and modernise its grid infrastructure in ...
06 Apr 2022, 09:49 Europe must act as a true green electricity and hydrogen union to stand its ground in a competitive world that moves to climate neutrality, says energy analyst Kirsten Westphal. The continent should establish hydrogen corridors to ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background The collecting of German energy companies鈥� windfall profits will end on 30 June. "In view of the secure electricity supply, falling ...
28 Jul 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid ARD / Clean Energy Wire Germany should cut the time it takes to approve planned transmission and distribution grid expansions by half, economy minister Robert Habeck said in a report by public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淲e ...
18 Mar 2020, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Clean Energy Wire The German government has agreed to make energy efficiency a key criterion for public procurement. In an "important step towards climate neutrality," procurers must "purchase ...
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 ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply security must not depend on the support of other countries, Thomas Bareiss, state secretary in the economy and energy ministry (BMWi), said at a conference on energy and climate policy organised by newspaper Die Zeit in Berlin. ...
04 Dec 2020, 13:29 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Cost & Prices Utilities Digitalisation WirtschaftsWoche Energy company E.ON is teaming up with software company SAP to digitalise its power grid ...
06 Mar 2024, 10:00 UEFA is reining in the climate impact of the Euro 2024 football tournament by funding subsidised rail travel for fans, and initiatives to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 amateur football scene greener. But critics argue that for long-term sustainability ...
23 Dec 2022, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Clean Energy Wire After two years of negotiations, landowners in four German states have reached agreements with electricity grid operators over compensation for land affected by the construction of underground ...
27 Jul 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Nuclear phase-out Clean Energy Wire / RTL Germany should rethink its approach towards domestic fossil fuels and nuclear energy as prices rise and the country is facing potential shortages, fuelled by the ...
07 Jul 2021, 11:50 With a revamped sustainable finance strategy that introduces a new green bond standard and support for smaller companies, the EU hopes to provide the financial market guidelines needed to achieve the bloc's ambitious climate ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:42 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government Clean Energy Wire聽 The German government coalition's first year in office has brought much-needed progress in key energy transition areas but still falls ...
A new Jamaica coalition government聽of CDU, CSU, FDP and the Greens could 鈥渋mprove the energy transition鈥�, Andreas Kuhlmann, head of the German Energy Agency (dena), told Die Welt in an interview. Kuhlmann said the different demands brought forward by the ...
16 Jan 2024, 13:36 Franca Quecke Transport Society Berliner Morgenpost Following the heat, drought and forest fires in southern Europe in 2023, tourists are increasingly looking to northern Europe in 2024, the holiday home platform Fewo-direkt has found. ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire Europe and Germany should ensure that certain elements of the supply chain of industries critical for the move to climate neutrality happen on their home turf to make the ...
09 Feb 2023, 13:39 Mexico is experiencing a carbon offset gold rush, as polluting multinationals turn to the country鈥檚 extensive forests in droves to absolve their climate sins. Countless companies, eager to prove their climate credentials with 鈥渘et zero鈥� ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire Making greater use of old electric vehicle (EV) batteries could greatly help reduce waste and stabilise the power grid in the shift towards renewable power, the ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:38 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 Industry Business & ...
22 Apr 2022, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars Company climate claims Clean Energy Wire The Volkswagen Group aims to cut CO2聽emissions from car production much faster than previously planned. The world's second largest carmaker raised its targets for 2030 ...
03 Mar 2021, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background The new supply chain law introduced by the German government to improve corporate compliance with social and environmental standards in sourcing and ...
12 Mar 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Falling energy prices continue to pull down overall inflation in Germany, which in February receded to its lowest level since mid-2021, the country鈥檚 statistical office Destatis聽 ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Die Welt / Clean Energy Wire / BR An alliance of northern German states has called for a sweeping reform of the country鈥檚 power market to allow those in the north to pay lower prices due to their ...
03 Dec 2021, 11:39 Many environmentalists have already written off sharp transport emission cuts under the next German government after the coalition agreed a treaty that is weak on mobility, and put the pro-business Free Democrats in charge of the ...
22 Jun 2022, 14:10 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Security M眉nchner Merkur / Handelsblatt Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected calls to extend nuclear power generation in Germany. Speaking to newspaper M眉nchner Merkur, Scholz said it was simply not possible. ...
26 Jan 2021, 12:04 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Wind Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire Deutsche Bahn (DB) will help to continue the operation of two wind farms marketed ...
28 Mar 2022, 14:25 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security Clean Energy Wire After a meeting with his G7 counterparts, German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said on Monday (28 March) that Putin's demand to only receive payment ...
31 Mar 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Coal Security Clean Energy Wire Utility RWE continues to implement the country's official coal exit timetable by switching off a unit of one of Europe's most polluting power stations, but will ensure the facility ...
23 Dec 2022, 10:24 After the shock of the energy crisis in 2022, the German government must tackle a range of issues that have been relegated to the back burner due to Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, says Brigitte Knopf, secretary general at the Mercator ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) opened on Saturday, 17 December, and is slated to supply gas to the German grid within days. 鈥淭his is a very special moment ...
11 Dec 2023, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation dpa Climate change has particularly severe impacts on mountains across the globe, as glaciers disappear, dangerous rockslides and avalanches become more likely, and biodiversity decreases, Swiss researchers have ...
02 Aug 2023, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt Energy politicians from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) are proposing to introduce a mandated share of climate-friendly gases into the German gas mix, reported Handelsblatt. Companies that ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Clean Energy Wire German companies and public authorities should use a mix of renewables, battery storage, fuel cells and microgrids in the event of a power cut, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and ...
16 Sep 2019, 17:01 Gaseous energy sources will play a "crucial role" in Germany's long-term energy supply and industrial production, with CO鈧�-neutral or carbon-free gases, such as green hydrogen, being a key element, according to a draft ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:56 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Clean Energy Wire / Reuters Germany is examining the introduction of state guarantees for investments in wind and solar power to improve the country鈥檚 industrial potential, economy minister Robert Habeck has ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Solar Tagesspiegel Background / Clean Energy Wire The economy ministry aims to speed up solar energy expansion in Germany with legislative reforms it calls 鈥渟olar package I鈥�, which are set to be unveiled before the ...
25 Jul 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Clean Energy Wire Lignite projects in Germany received around 1.7 billion euros worth of support throughout 2022, according to an analysis by think tank Green Budget Germany (F脰S). Despite the country鈥檚 ambition ...
02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:21 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Clean Energy Wire Renewable ...
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, ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs EU Tagesspiegel Background / taz / Clean Energy Wire German companies have complained about highly complicated reporting obligations and a lack of preparation time for the start of the EU鈥檚 first phase ...
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 ...
09 Dec 2020, 15:21 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire German government advisors have launched an urgent call on the country's political parties to make climate action a central topic in their programmes ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:25 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Grid Government Clean Energy Wire / Reuters The German government wants to buy either a majority stake or even all of the German subsidiary of Dutch power grid operator TenneT, two government sources told news agency ...
29 Sep 2022, 10:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Gas Clean Energy Wire Leaking methane from the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines is likely to lead to 鈥渟ignificant climate damage鈥�, Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has said. ...
22 Nov 2022, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Business Clean Energy Wire Companies in Germany invested about 55 billion euros in climate action measures in 2021 but still have to double their financial efforts to get on track towards the country鈥檚 2045 greenhouse ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:41 Julian Wettengel International Security Clean Energy Wire The climate crisis and its effects on people鈥檚 lives around the world will be at the heart of the National Security Strategy being developed by the German government, said ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas Clean Energy Wire / Welt am Sonntag The likelihood of power blackouts in Germany this coming winter is low, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) has聽 said. 鈥淎 large ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 states have understood the importance of renewable energy for the future of local industry as they gear up for a fast expansion of onshore wind power, economy and climate ...
04 Dec 2020, 10:43 The use of hydrogen in transport, climate-damaging subsidies and new motorway constructions will be among the most important clean mobility topics in the run up to Germany's general elections in 2021, says Jens Hilgenberg, who ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Gas Policy Tagesspiegel Background / Clean Energy Wire Gas storage operators and Germany's energy industry have warned that the economy and climate ministry's law proposal aimed at ensuring sufficient gas supply ...
24 Feb 2022, 13:07 Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Die Zeit / Handelsblatt / Clean Energy Wire In view of ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:11 As German stakeholders eagerly await the European Commission鈥檚 proposals on overhauling the EU鈥檚 energy and climate policy, the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has said new EU laws could mean that the country has to once again ...
03 Dec 2021, 13:21 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Gas EU Energate messenger, Clean Energy Wire The 27 EU energy ministers have failed to ...
15 May 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Six German state leaders have spoken out against splitting the country鈥檚 power price zone because of geographically uneven wind power capacities. Northern states had called for ...
07 Aug 2020, 15:05 Coal Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The British green energy transition has proven cheaper and more effective than 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 because of factors including its use of market mechanisms and its embrace of nuclear power, ...
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16 Oct 2015, 00:00 Handelsblatt 鈥淐oal reserve throws up questions鈥� If at all possible, the German government wants to avoid using the planned 聽brown coal reserve as an emergency power back-up, according to the economics and energy ministry, in an answer ...
19 Jun 2020, 14:01 Expert RNE- German Council for Sustainable Development Rat f眉r nachhaltige Entwicklung Society Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government and industry should enter into a "hydrogen pact" to make the gas ...
19 Jan 2022, 12:09 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Germany aims to secure a full supply of green hydrogen in its drive to become climate neutral, but may use blue hydrogen made with natural gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway for a ...
22 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Edgar Meza Agriculture Government Clean Energy Wire / Welt Reducing the environmental impact of food is one of the key priorities of the German government's upcoming nutritional strategy, presented by the ...
06 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background A draft update of the German government鈥檚 2020 national hydrogen strategy assumes a higher demand for the fuel than three years ago, when the country launched its first national strategy ...
21 Sep 2022, 12:59 Julian Wettengel Solar Clean Energy Wire 2022 will become a record year for solar power generation in Germany, data by research institute Fraunhofer ISE鈥檚 Energy Charts suggests. 鈥淏y mid-September, solar plants in Germany had already ...
26 Jan 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport Cars Clean Energy Wire Germany's strategy for transport infrastructure development is not oriented towards the country鈥檚 climate and environmental goals, according to an analysis conducted by ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Germany will not be able to import enough renewable hydrogen to reach the targets laid out in its national hydrogen strategy, according to an analysis conducted by the ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:35 Julian Wettengel Gas Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas pipeline network has to be adapted to a new reality over the coming decade, as gas consumption is expected to decline by at least 20 percent by 2032, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Clean Energy Wire France and Germany could soon agree on a reform of the EU electricity market, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have said after their meeting in ...
14 Mar 2022, 13:56 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Gas Tagesspiegel Germany's coalition government ponders the possibility of new drilling for gas and oil in the North Sea as a step ...
21 Dec 2022, 13:34 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Carbon removal Clean Energy Wire Carbon farming is an essential tool for reaching 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 net zero targets and should therefore ...
02 Aug 2017, 00:00 German carmakers VW, Daimler and BMW 鈥� under pressure to act after the diesel emissions scandal 鈥� pledged to install emissions control software updates in about 5 million diesel passenger cars, offer buyer鈥檚 premiums for customers ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Industry Clean Energy Wire Germany must act quickly to secure its place as a key location for industries in an increasingly climate-friendly global economy, said economy minister Robert Habeck. 鈥淎lmost all major ...
23 Nov 2022, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Policy Society Clean Energy Wire An alliance of environmental NGOs and an industry union have called on the German government to launch an investment initiative to the tune of 100 billion euros per year ...
05 Nov 2024, 12:48 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs International Clean Energy Wire The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is likely to promote German exports rather than harming them, the German Economic Institute (IW) has found. The economists, however, ...
11 Oct 2022, 12:37 Edgar Meza Industry Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The energy crisis and economic slowdown in Germany could hinder the green transition in the country鈥檚 chemical industry, particularly among medium-sized companies, business daily ...
08 Dec 2021, 15:00 The September 2021 election result has left Germany with several options for a new government coalition. Agreeing it will involve lengthy negotiations to overcome major discrepancies between party programmes, and agreeing on a ...
15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
17 Nov 2021, 13:03 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Edgar Meza Clean Energy Wire 91tv Electricity market Renewables Clean Energy Wire Green power purchase ...
18 Jan 2023, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Cities Clean Energy Wire A broad alliance of German trade unions and environmental associations has launched a joint call to the federal government for a legal reform to guarantee more financial support to implement ...
16 Feb 2021, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Handelsblatt The German car industry is headed for a "tragedy" if it does not succeed in becoming a lead market for electric mobility, entrepreneur Bill Gates has told business weekly Handelsblatt. The ...
17 Mar 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire The German government has instructed the country's cartel authorities to look into the recent spike of diesel and petrol prices and to take action on any indication of ...
08 Nov 2023, 14:13 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen International Handelsblatt Norwegian shipping company H枚egh LNG is set to convert its floating liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in Germany to import hydrogen starting 2028, the company's CEO,聽Erik ...
22 Feb 2024, 13:35 Two years after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, Germany continues to struggle with its full economic recovery 鈥� even if energy prices are losing in relevance for the country鈥檚 growth prospects. Presenting the ...
02 Aug 2021, 12:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out International Die Welt Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power means that it must replace the energy source with climate-harmful coal and gas, the executive director of state-owned French ...
02 Aug 2023, 14:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU Clean Energy Wire [Update adds link to report] Germany has generated a record 3.89 billion euros from the sale of allowances under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Germany must accelerate the ramp-up of a hydrogen economy in response to Russia's aggressions to secure and diversify its energy supply, according to the hydrogen council (NWR), which ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:08 Jack McGovan Wind Society Clean Energy Wire More than three-quarters of the German population (81%) think the use and expansion of onshore wind energy is important or very important, according to a new analysis published today by the ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Italy and Germany are pushing for the construction of a new natural gas and hydrogen pipeline via Austria to strengthen inter-European energy trade- the 鈥� SoutH2 Corridor 鈥� project. 鈥淭he ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:47 German stakeholders have welcomed a European Union deal to reform the bloc鈥檚 CO2 emissions trading system. Negotiators from the parliament, member state governments and the European Commission had reached an agreement to strengthen the ...
12 Jan 2021, 14:28 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid Clean Energy Wire A disturbance in the synchronised European high-voltage power grid on Friday, 8 January 2021, which resulted in a separation of ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:34 Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Clean Energy Wire Power generated from renewable sources covered around 43 percent of total electricity consumption in Germany in the first three quarters of 2021, down from 48 percent in the same period ...
10 Feb 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out EU Der Tagesspiegel Germany's economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has denounced France's focus on nuclear power as "outdated." The neighbouring country was pursuing a " ...
20 Mar 2023, 17:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Clean Energy Wire The world is on track to surpassing the crucial target of limiting global warming to 1.5掳C and should prepare accordingly, said Oliver Geden, senior fellow at the German Institute for ...
17 Sep 2021, 12:38 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Efficiency Heating Clean Energy Wire People in Germany are very much in favour of government support for solar thermal heating systems and heat pumps as well as building refurbishments that make homes ...
10 Apr 2024, 12:10 Europe is set to face a climate backlash caused by the divide between urban and rural views, with populists increasingly capitalising on rural resistance against policies seen as elitist, argues Daphne Halikiopoulou, Chair of ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background The government鈥檚 plan to introduce a tender system to ensure new gas-fired power plants are built 鈥� which the government considers necessary as a supplement to renewables ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:44 Edgar Meza Grid Clean Energy Wire Germany experienced its first increase in power supply cuts since 2017 last year, largely due to a single accident at a transformer station and floods, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) reported. The ...
02 Jul 2021, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU Clean Energy Wire 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 ...
28 Jul 2023, 14:30 The European Union鈥檚 two largest economic and industrial leaders, Germany and France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for green industry leadership and decarbonisation technologies. Despite ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Transport Clean Energy Wire German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is testing emission-free delivery on Berlin鈥檚 Spree river with a solar-powered ship. The pilot project in the capital is an addition to the company鈥檚 ...
26 Jan 2023, 12:56 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims Die Zeit German health and beauty products retailer Rossmann said it will remove 鈥渃limate neutral鈥� labels from its own-branded products following a joint investigation by newspapers the Guardian ...
09 Jul 2021, 16:32 UPDATE: Adds background information on climate policy and coal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire CO2 emissions in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia ...
16 Jul 2021, 12:39 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Heating Tagesspiegel Background Germany's interior ministry has finalised an emergency programme to get emissions in the building sector in line with climate targets but will not say whether it ...
04 Aug 2020, 14:38 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r ...
06 Jan 2022, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Storage Resources & Recycling Tageszeitung (taz) Tentative steps聽in Germany to initiate a domestic sourcing of lithium are not making much progress, leading to concerns over their profitability, Michael Bartsch ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:19 Edgar Meza Coal Society rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern states are set to greatly benefit from the country鈥檚 energy transition due to the high number of future-oriented companies based there and to the coal exit compromise, which will see the ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government plans to rapidly accelerate the expansion of solar power capacity in the country with several legal changes, energy policy newsletter Tagesspiegel Background reports. ...
27 Jun 2023, 09:42 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling EU Clean Energy Wire / Bloomberg Ministers from France, Italy and Germany have agreed on closer cooperation on the extraction, processing and recycling of critical raw materials needed for ...
02 Apr 2020, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Storage Clean Energy Wire German storage company Tesvolt says it has started production in "Europe's first gigafactory for commercial battery storage systems." The new production line, in the Eastern German ...
08 Dec 2021, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Society Clean Energy Wire 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 ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:10 Ruby Russel Heating Clean Energy Wire Eastern German cities are taking the lead on energy-saving building upgrades, but the nationwide pace falls well short of climate targets, according to the Federal Association for Energy Efficient ...
28 Jan 2020, 13:48 Corrects third sentence: Energy use for cooling went up 30 percent, not for heating. S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating Clean Energy Wire German households used less energy for heating and lighting in 2018 than 10 years earlier, but more ...
15 Oct 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Households in Germany face an abrupt rise in gas prices at the beginning of next year as grid fees increase in 2025, an analysis by price comparison website Verivox has found. ...
12 May 2015, 00:00 G7 energy ministers agree on increasing efficiency as a no-regret measure to achieve energy security and greenhouse gas reductions. Joint action planned on cybersecurity for the electricity sector and a transparent gas market. Expert ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Renewables Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire US technology company Google has announced it will invest 1 billion euros in digital infrastructure and clean energy in Germany from now until 2030. As part of this, ...
11 Jan 2019, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Renewables Cities Clean Energy Wire The US leads the world in cities and regions that are aiming for 100 percent renewable energy, and Germany takes second place, according to an overview by the ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:26 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
04 May 2022, 13:54 S枚ren Amelang Cities Der Tagesspiegel Berlin's city government has rejected a popular petition calling for Germany's capital to become climate neutral by 2030,聽 reports regional newspaper Tagesspiegel. "We must now use ...
02 Feb 2023, 10:20 Deadly summer heatwaves, floods, and snow-free ski slopes in winter are a wake-up call: Europe must urgently adapt to climate change, in addition to reducing emissions. Temperatures in the region have increased at more than twice the ...
20 Jan 2020, 12:37 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 Electricity market ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:45 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Handelsblatt The slow development of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
16 Aug 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Energiewende International Die Zeit The German government's energy policy often lacks an appropriate and necessary coordination with European neighbours, writes Michael Thumann in an opinion piece in Die Zeit. ...
24 Feb 2023, 13:03 Expert VDE- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies Verband der Elektrotechnik Informationstechnik e.V. Technology Carolina Kyllmann Solar Handelsblatt / Clean Energy Wire The installation of plug-in ...
14 Jun 2021, 12:17 The German Greens opted for a moderate climate policy path at a party conference over the weekend and officially anointed party co-leader Annalena Baerbock as chancellor candidate for the September elections. Facing a recent dip in the ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Clean Energy Wire 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. ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Utilities Heating Table.Media / mdr 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 district heating companies are planning to launch a price comparison platform, following controversies over sharp and intransparent cost increases. Around 150 ...
23 Feb 2022, 14:35 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen EU Clean Energy Wire The EU Commission's proposals for adapting the gas market to climate targets are not enough to ensure a rapid scale-up of the hydrogen economy, according to Germany's hydrogen ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU Handelsblatt Proposed changes to EU state aid regulations are causing concern among Germany's most energy-intensive companies that are currently benefiting from rebates that shield them from paying the ...
30 Sep 2024, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Gas Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire German household gas prices remain around three quarters higher than before Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine. During the first half of this year, households paid 11.87 cents ...
12 Sep 2022, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out International Clean Energy Wire Germany will assess Switzerland鈥檚 proposal to build a deep-underground nuclear waste site close to the border between the two countries, a German environment ministry ...
22 May 2020, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland An alliance of hard coal plant operators plans to achieve an expansion of the runtime of Germany's seven most modern hard coal plants by ...
03 Jun 2020, 13:25 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Coal Clean Energy Wire The sharp decline of coal use in Germany this ...
30 Mar 2022, 15:54 Renewable energy sources are the answer to both the climate crisis and the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine, said ministers at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue. Experts, politicians, business leaders and ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The preparations for a collapse of gas trading with Russia have advanced enough to get Germany through the coming winter, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. 鈥淲e are prepared ...
05 Jul 2021, 12:59 High uptake of government subsidies for electric cars has put Germany within striking distance of its original target of having 1 million e-cars on the road by 2020. Energy and economy minister Peter Altmaier said that subsidies for ...
04 Jan 2023, 13:25 The central role of financial markets in advancing the global transformation towards more sustainable economies has been overshadowed during the turbulent year 2022 on European energy markets, sustainable finance researcher Franziska ...
The 鈥渃haotic鈥� internal strife in the German government's conservative camp over immigration means that no progress of any kind can be expected in the country's energy and climate policymaking for some time, writes Tagesspiegel Background in an ...
08 Dec 2021, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Tageszeitung (taz) / Der Tagesspiegel The novel climate and economy ministry in the new German government has the potential to become a 鈥渟uper ministry鈥� that combines two crucial ...
15 Oct 2021, 14:29 Three weeks after 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 election, the country is moving one step closer towards its first three-party government coalition. Following several days of intensive preliminary talks, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Free ...
08 Feb 2024, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Utilities Clean Energy Wire German energy company Uniper plans to operate salt caverns as large-scale hydrogen storage within around six years. 鈥淭he initially envisaged storage capacity will be 250 to 600 GWh, ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:12 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Plans by Germany's economy and climate ministry to lower industry power prices with ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:00 Climate is planned to figure high on the agenda as leaders of the G7 democratic economies come together in a remote castle with picturesque views of alpine peaks in southern German state Bavaria. The German presidency has promised to ...
04 Aug 2023, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Dimethyl ether (DME) 鈥� a compound used as propellant in deodorant sprays 鈥� is a 鈥渉itherto underestimated鈥� way to store and transport hydrogen over long distances, said researchers of the ...
21 Dec 2021, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Cars Business & Jobs Focus Online Germany's massive industry of car suppliers faces a wave of insolvencies because the companies are unprepared for the shift to electric mobility, ...
15 Dec 2020, 14:14 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 Climate & CO2 EU ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Cost & Prices Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's prospective new government coalition has signaled it will provide financial relief to households hit by the spike in ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Transport Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 flat-rate ticket for local and regional public transport, the Deutschlandticket, helped push people to switch from using cars to taking the train, which reduced car emissions by 6.7 ...
12 Oct 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not give up the government鈥檚 goal to reduce CO鈧� emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which would 鈥減lay a big role鈥� in the upcoming talks to form a new government coalition. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 broad ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Clean Energy Wire Germany has agreed with its Western allies to oust Russian banks from the SWIFT global payments system in response to the war in Ukraine. The sanctions agreed by Germany, France, the European ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:02 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security ZDF / ARD 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister has arrived in Israel for talks about bilateral energy cooperation, with a focus on developing renewable energies rather than short-term deliveries of ...
While the energy transition is one of most important political projects in Germany, the end does not justify the means, Martin Wanninger writes in the Passauer Neue Presse. Greatest efforts are called for to achieve greater energy efficiency, but not ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:59 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background Key raw materials needed for most types of clean hydrogen production could become scarce and much more expensive, Germany's Federal Institute ...
16 Dec 2021, 12:26 Julian Wettengel EU Clean Energy Wire German politicians, NGOs and industry representatives have generally welcomed the second part of the European Commission鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥� package of energy and climate legislation, but criticised ...
24 Mar 2020, 14:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2030 emissions targets can only be achieved if the country "substantially" changes track and carries out "enormous efforts" to electrify its ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
13 Oct 2022, 10:52 Climate activist Greta Thunberg has backed the continued use of nuclear power plants that are still in operation in Germany, fuelling a heated debate over runtime extensions as the government struggles to find a unified position on the ...
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 ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy Clean Energy Wire More than one billion euros will be invested by the German government on fusion research over the next five years. "Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy ...
11 Jun 2021, 12:54 Green delegates are pushing for more ambitious climate policies in the party's election manifesto to be finalised at a party congress over the weekend, as the party seeks to stem a recent slide in the polls. Against the backdrop of ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
17 Jun 2021, 12:00 As the German election campaign kicks into its next gear, the chancellor candidates of the country鈥檚 major parties met face to face on Wednesday to discuss climate and energy issues at an event organised by energy industry association ...
21 Feb 2022, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy Handelsblatt / dpa The German government wants to ensure by law that the planned elimination of the country's renewables levy exclusively benefits consumers and not power providers, saying it ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:38 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt f眉r die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 decision to phase out nuclear ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Clean Energy Wire Hybrid cars can make an important contribution to CO2聽savings and also facilitate the switch from combustion engines to electric vehicles, German transport minister Volker Wissing said ...
17 Mar 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Clean Energy Wire / Politico Germany backs the EU proposal to phase out the sale of combustion engine cars from 2035, dropping its earlier insistence on an exception for cars using synthetic e-fuels made with ...
13 Jan 2016
13 Jan 2016, 00:00 [Updates German industry association on energy policy] Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Clean Energy Wire 91tv Federation of German Industries (BDI) German industry association warns against German 鈥渟olo鈥� in climate, energy policy The ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:33 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire The first long-distance gas pipeline in Germany is being converted for hydrogen use, gas infrastructure company Open Grid Europe (OGE) announced. Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the ...
04 May 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang Cars Clean Energy Wire BMW and Mercedes-Benz have agreed to sell their joint car-sharing venture Share Now to Stellantis, a company formed last year through a merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA. The German ...
03 May 2021, 10:50 The batteries used in electric cars will quickly become more sustainable, and many concerns about their CO2 footprint are overblown, says Hans Eric Melin, founder and managing director of London-based consultancy聽 Circular Energy ...
20 Jul 2022, 13:56 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business Clean Energy Wire Customer protection association vzbv has filed a lawsuit against Tesla over ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:22 Edgar Meza Coal Finance Reuters / Der Spiegel After acquiring a stake in RWE, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest energy company, activist fund Enkraft is pushing for the company to divest its brown coal division, Reuters reports. In a letter to the ...
23 Feb 2016
23 Feb 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Die Welt 鈥淣uclear giants buy their way out for 18 billion鈥� The expert commission on financing the nuclear clean-up will suggest to the government that utilities transfer their ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:44 S枚ren Amelang Cars Clean Energy Wire / taz The switch to electric vehicles is not yet possible for all income groups equally in Germany, according to a report by clean mobility NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).聽聽 ...
05 Jun 2023, 14:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities Der Spiegel District heating could help to decarbonise up to 20 million of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 roughly 43 million households, if the government introduced the right subsidies and framework conditions, the industry ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:45 S枚ren Amelang Storage Technology Clean Energy Wire The number of large-scale battery storage projects in Germany will increase rapidly over the next two years, the country鈥檚 solar industry association BSW said. Around seven gigawatt ...
17 Aug 2023, 14:30 Expert RWI 鈥� Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥� Leibniz-Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire Germany ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Several southern German states have called on the federal government to design state support rules for electrolysers in a way that includes their regions, reported ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Handelsblatt Gas supply in Germany at the beginning of winter is stable and storage facilities are well stocked as the heating season gets underway, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The risk of a tight gas ...
11 Feb 2020, 13:36 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Government EU Clean Energy Wire France and Germany, who have recently been at odds over the future role of nuclear and gas, will intensify their cooperation on climate action in Europe and work ...
24 Mar 2022, 14:15 S枚ren Amelang Heating Clean Energy Wire The Ukraine war has sharply increased demand for renewable heating systems, such as heat pumps, according to manufacturers. "We feel a huge surge in demand for renewable solutions," said ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:53 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Handelsblatt A ...
16 May 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Transport Clean Energy Wire The number of buses with emission-free, electrified drives on Germany's roads doubled from 2020 to 2021, heralding the 鈥渄ecade of the e-bus,鈥� said consultancy and accounting firm PwC. ...
16 Jul 2015
16 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Die Zeit 鈥淒on鈥檛 get distracted鈥� The carbon divestment movement and the G7 commitment to decarbonisation indicate that climate policy is getting serious and irreversible, writes Andreas Kuhlmann, ...
15 Nov 2021, 13:48 The results of the UN climate conference in Glasgow (COP26) add pressure to Germany's ongoing negotiations to form a new government coalition that needs to agree on ambitious steps to cut emissions. As the coalition negotiations ...
16 Oct 2023, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Society Clean Energy Wire The amount of meat being eaten in Germany per year is dropping and people think more about what impact their dietary choices have on the environment and climate, according to the ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza Clean Energy Wire 91tv Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The operators of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 six remaining nuclear power stations, utilities E.ON, RWE and EnBW, have rejected calls to keep the plants in operation beyond their scheduled ...
10 Sep 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Clean Energy Wire The wind power industry in Germany must not repeat the same mistakes as the country鈥檚 solar power industry and cede significant market shares to cheaper Chinese competitors, labour union IG ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:32 Edgar Meza Carbon removal Technology Clean Energy Wire NGO Germanwatch, which promotes sustainable development and climate protection, is warning against the country鈥檚 CO2 management policy opening the door to 鈥渁 permanent extension of ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:19 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities Clean Energy Wire / HR German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is planning one of the largest infrastrucuture projects of the ...
07 Jun 2021, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Digitalisation Technology Resources & Recycling Clean Energy Wire A rising number of manufacturing companies in Germany use artificial intelligence to optimise product development and production, ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Adaptation dpa / Bild Germany's health minister Karl Lauterbach is set to present first proposals for a national heat protection plan to better help the population in case of heat waves, reported news agency dpa. ...
06 Apr 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Clean Energy Wire Following growing criticism and a wave of court cases against product labels promising climate neutrality, German certifier ClimatePartner is withdrawing its 鈥榗arbon neutral鈥� label. ...
05 May 2021, 12:37 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 Energiewende Clean Energy ...
05 Jan 2016
05 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv dpa/Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕rowth of wind power sluggish in 2015鈥� 2015 will enter the history of German renewables as a year of disillusionment, according to a report by press agency dpa. ...
17 Jul 2020, 13:31 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean Energy Wire / Reuters The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has ...
08 Jun 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Norway has said it can supply industry customers in northern Germany with so-called blue hydrogen to push the ramp-up of hydrogen infrastructure in Germany, Norwegian government ...
05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry said in a statement ...
12 Apr 2021, 14:11 Edgar Meza Clean Energy Wire 91tv Storage Cars The German government has assured US automaker Tesla that it will make financial support available for battery production at its new factory near Berlin, Dietmar Neuerer聽 reports 聽in ...
09 Mar 2020, 13:42 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:33 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Renewables Solar Clean Energy Wire / pv magazine Germany's ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:13 Municipalities of all sizes are at the forefront of the transformation of cities, infrastructure and Europe鈥檚 energy system, and should therefore lead this change actively, the聽German Institute for Urban Affairs (Difu) said. Enabling ...
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 Clean Energy Wire The number of bids in the ...
20 Jul 2022, 14:02 Hannah Naylor Coal Transport n-tv Low river levels across Germany, including on the Rhine, are threatening the supply of shipped materials such as coal, chemicals and gravel, reports n-tv. The drought comes at a time when demand is ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International Clean Energy Wire German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under particular pressure to underline Germany's climate policy credibility when ministers from 40 countries meet at the 13th ...
29 Jul 2021, 13:31 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Coal Solar dpa / Clean Energy Wire German lignite operator Leag seeks to take advantage of the country's coal phase-out and ...
27 Apr 2023, 13:02 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry is planning to present a plan for an industrial electricity price in the coming week, Tagesspiegel Background reports. Speaking in Berlin on ...
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 Clean Energy Wire 91tv Heating Clean Energy ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt A report by the Federal Court of Auditors has slammed the German government over its failure to reduce subsidies as promised, including those that are harmful to the climate, ...
24 Nov 2021, 12:14 Jessica Bateman Industry The Federal Environment Ministry in Germany (BMU) is funding two projects researching alternatives to fossil fuel use in the glass industry. Glass manufacturer Schott, based in Mainz, will receive around 4.5 ...
01 Apr 2022, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Security Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The heads of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large, energy intensive companies have warned against severe damages that would be caused by a stop to Russian gas ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:20 The European Union aims to take on a leadership role when the global community meets in Egypt for the annual UN climate change conference. But a unified European voice is difficult to maintain as member states are hampered by ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Heating Clean Energy Wire Activists for a better inclusion of the buildings sector in Germany's climate plans have voiced their concerns in a parliamentary petition committee, calling for a true " ...
04 Jan 2016
04 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv E.ON Separation of E.ON and Uniper operations completed Effective 1 January 2016 E.ON has completed separation of operations from its planned spin-off Uniper. E.ON will focus on renewables, energy ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jack McGovan Transport Start-ups Business & Jobs Policy Spiegel / ntv / revolution Struggling electric air taxi company Lilium will not receive German state aid in its bid to avoid insolvency. Lawmakers rejected the Bavarian startup ...
28 Mar 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background, Clean Energy Wire With the development of green hydrogen forming a key part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, leading research institutions have thrown their support behind the idea of ...
26 Aug 2022, 14:08 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices Die Welt The German government will revisit the recently adopted regulation to introduce a levy to help gas importers affected by supply cuts from Russia, amid growing criticism about well-off ...
20 Feb 2020, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind Clean Energy Wire Germany's first renewable power auction of 2020 has once more failed to attract enough bidders for onshore wind power projects, leading industry groups to call for a ...
02 Feb 2016
02 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he government, the e-car and the subsidy trap鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel would be well advised not to adopt a buyer鈥檚 premium for electric cars after her meeting with industry ...
22 Sep 2021, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Wind Clean Energy Wire Germany could install offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 60 gigawatts (GW), says a聽 study 聽by wind power consultancy WindGuard. According to the ...
05 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany's energy minister Peter Altmaier said there won't be any changes to fees on power and heat during his term, refuting the idea of a price for CO2 emissions floated by coalition partner SPD and the environment ministry. ...
27 Mar 2024, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Solar Business & Jobs MDR Swiss photovoltaics manufacturer Meyer Burger has sealed the closure of its solar module plant in eastern German state Saxony, following news that the federal government is unlikely to ...
The outcome of the struggle over the embattled Hambach Forest, which German energy company RWE wants to cut down to make way for the expansion of a lignite mine, will have 鈥減rofound significance for the future of energy in Germany, as well as for climate ...
23 Jun 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Technology Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 research ministry, which is led by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), wants to accelerate research into nuclear fusion with a new funding programme. 鈥淭he energy ...
27 Mar 2020, 13:49 Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire / Erneuerbare Energien Germany's largest carmaker, VW, has extended the suspension of ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:08 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Transport Freight Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shipbuilding and offshore supply industry is an " ...
26 Oct 2021, 13:23 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Clean Energy Wire A new survey published by the World Energy Council Germany has found that a majority of international energy experts regard the country's energy transition, the Energiewende, as a ...
07 Dec 2015
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 Clean Energy Wire 91tv Handelsblatt 鈥淪till up in the air鈥� There are still many hurdles to an agreement in Paris and there is a real danger of disappointment, writes Klaus Stratmann in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
18 Aug 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Government Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung An internal government coalition row over a new 鈥済rowth opportunities act鈥� is causing a stir among business leaders in Germany, newspaper Handelsblatt ...
07 Nov 2019, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Focus Online The premier of the eastern German state of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, has criticised the federal government's climate action package, arguing that it "discriminates ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Clean Energy Wire Temperatures in both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea rose by more than one degree Celsius during summer 2022,聽 which is above the long-term average maintained since 1997, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
18 Sep 2020, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Cars Clean Energy Wire The German federal parliament has agreed to a reform of the motor vehicle tax that will take into account CO2聽emissions, but critics said the changes will do far too little for ...
28 Aug 2019, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Storage Business Wire Bavarian energy storage group Sonnen is building a virtual power plant from private storage systems as part of a joint project with US energy supplier Rocky Mountain Power and the Wasatch ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Storage Clean Energy Wire / electrive State funding cuts for battery research projects mean that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is exiting a key future technology, while other regions of the world increase their research and ...
19 Jun 2023, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Clean Energy Wire Investors are willing to build offshore wind farms in German waters in the Baltic and North Sea without state support, and will now even have to pay to be awarded a contract. In the ...
09 Feb 2016
09 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Rheinische Post 鈥淲e can鈥檛 cope with a premature lignite exit鈥� The Paris Agreement has no consequences for Germany, because the country already has the most ambitious climate targets, according to ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Clean Energy Wire Former coal regions in eastern Germany have secured a budget worth 1.44 billion euros for the renaturation of lignite mines over the next five years. The states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:52 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland ...
24 May 2022, 07:59 Germany could support Senegal in efforts to exploit fossil gas resources off its coast, chancellor Olaf Scholz聽said during a visit to the western African country. As Germany seeks alternatives to Russian fossil fuel imports, Scholz said ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:16 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Government Clean Energy Wire The German government鈥檚 action on emission reductions is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥� for reaching its climate promises, an analysis NGO Climate Action Tracker has found. In a press ...
The 鈥楾rump effect鈥� of right-wing populism and climate change scepticism could become an obstacle for the world's most advanced energy revolution in Germany, writes Aaron Wiener in the US magazine Mother Jones. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 broad consensus on the shift ...
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 ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market Clean Energy Wire The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Danish electricity and gas transmission system operator Energinet has postponed the planned commissioning date for the first cross-border hydrogen pipeline into Germany to the end of 2031 ...
26 Jul 2023, 13:36 The German government coalition has presented a long-expected update to its National Hydrogen Strategy with the aim of speeding up the development of a market for the fuel, which it sees as essential on the path to climate neutrality by ...
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 ...
17 Apr 2015, 00:00 Amid all the broad support for Germany's energy transition, rising electricity costs have added to the pressures for the weakest in society. The issue rarely makes front-page news, but soaring power prices have squeezed Germans who ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Policy dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau Climate policy experts from two of the three parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government have voiced concerns over the government鈥檚 planned reform of the country鈥檚 Climate ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Clean Energy Wire A jury of linguists and journalists has picked the expression 鈥榗limate terrorists鈥� (Klimaterroristen) as 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥榥on-word鈥� (Unwort) of the year 2022, the initiative ...
11 Jan 2023, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture Clean Energy Wire Germany must restore 50,000 hectares of moorland annually 鈥� and the whole of the EU 500,000 hectares 鈥� for the world to reach the Paris Agreement target of limiting global ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淗ow the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle鈥� The Paris climate summit could result in a global commitment to decarbonisation, writes Axel Bojanowski for Spiegel, but there is still resistance from the oil producing ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:51 As the UN climate change conference (COP27) gets underway in Egypt, the German government has pledged additional funding to protect forests worldwide and support the most vulnerable countries in dealing with climate risks. Chancellor ...
16 Aug 2019, 12:09 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Freja Eriksen Transport Clean Energy Wire / Zeit Online Transport minister Andreas ...
10 Jan 2024, 15:18 Franca Quecke Industry EU Handelsblatt Germany provided more state aid for companies during the energy crisis than all of the other 26 member states of the European Union combined, reports business daily Handelsblatt. The data comes ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:11 Kiprotich Koros Gas Industry Clean Energy Wire African governments run the risk of stranded investments if they respond to the EU's short-term need for natural gas in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a report by the ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry is working on a long-term strategy for negative emissions, including a 2060 target to ensure the country absorbs more greenhouse ...
14 Jul 2021, 13:02 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Agriculture Clean Energy Wire Germany's forests currently contain 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon in living biomass, ...
02 May 2023, 13:34 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Jessica Bateman Solar Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel Background An analysis of solar power ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal International Clean Energy Wire / Handelsblatt German energy company RWE is suing the Netherlands for compensation payments in relation to the ...
10 Sep 2020, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society Clean Energy Wire A group of villagers that reject a resettlement due to the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite mine in German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia have聽 said 聽they filed a constitutional ...
24 Jun 2022, 13:25 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Kerstine Appunn Grid Renewables Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire The German ...
30 May 2023, 13:22 Jessica Bateman Heating dpa A lack of skilled workers could hinder Germany reaching its target of climate neutrality in the buildings sector by 2045, writes press agency dpa. The construction sector needs an additional 150,000-200,000 ...
23 Jul 2020, 14:20 Solar International Die Zeit A Swiss solar energy company is looking to revive eastern 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥淪olar Valley鈥�, write Barbara Achermann and Martin Nejezchleba in Zeit Schweiz. The solar park, covering 160 hectares in the federal state ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:44 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling EU Clean Energy Wire Circular economy principles have not yet made an impact in the EU building sector due to the relatively recent concept still being applied in a fragmented and incomplete ...
18 Apr 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Welt Online / WirtschaftsWoche / Clean Energy Wire Citing high energy costs, too much bureaucracy and a lack of skilled workers, the heads of industry associations have warned of a bleak future for Germany if ...
08 Nov 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight Clean Energy Wire The German road freight sector鈥檚 shift towards climate neutrality is being complicated by framework conditions, a group of industry associations and lorry producers have warned in a ...
11 Oct 2019, 14:11 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Storage Clean Energy Wire German industry heavyweight Siemens and chemical company Evonik have launched a joint research project that turns carbon dioxide into specialty ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:07 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Gas Industry Clean Energy Wire German industry association BDI said it supports the European ...
01 Dec 2021, 13:54 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background Germany's funding programmes for environmental innovation and energy efficiency lack measurable targets that can quantify their effectiveness, the country' ...
28 Apr 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang Transport Freight Clean Energy Wire The construction works necessary to improve Germany's railroad infrastructure must not lead to additional train delays that will hamper efforts to shift more freight transport from ...
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 ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables Clean Energy Wire 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is aiming for higher renewables expansion targets for 2030 as part of ...
20 Jul 2020, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sustainability aspects are gaining in importance at a very quick pace and are poised to bring about "fundamental change" to the way financial market actors operate, ...
18 Sep 2023, 13:34 Edgar Meza Adaptation Cities Table.Media The German government has called for municipalities to prepare risk analyses on the expected impacts of climate change throughout Germany. In an interview with Table.Media, environment minister ...
03 Aug 2015
03 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕ermany- a good climate country?鈥� It is questionable whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition is a good example for other countries to follow, writes political science ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Climate & CO2 Cities Clean Energy Wire The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament聽 agreed 聽to reduce CO2聽emissions by at least 70 ...
28 Nov 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Society Der Spiegel / Clean Energy Wire Climate activists occupying the western German town of L眉tzerath to prevent it from being destroyed to make way for a nearby coal mine are to be evicted from January next ...
05 Jan 2024, 10:00 The German government must stop relying too much on giving out subsidies for climate action from 2024, and instead tackle the country鈥檚 system of fossil fuel taxes, says energy analyst Andreas Schr枚der from commodity intelligence ...
04 Aug 2021, 12:26 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics ...
01 Feb 2021, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Environmental groups in Bavaria fear that the latest reform of Germany's Renewable Energy Act (EEG) could lead to a wave of new small hydro power plants in the state, with ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices Deutschlandfunk / Handelsblatt German economy minister Robert Habeck has laid out additional criteria for gas importing companies that seek support under the country's new gas levy ...
28 Feb 2023, 14:17 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:49 Julian Wettengel International COP29 Clean Energy Wire As the UN climate change conference COP29 gets underway, Germany is continuing its push to include countries beyond the rich industrialised economies among those to contribute ...
07 Oct 2022, 14:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables dpa / Die Welt / Clean Energy Wire The state premier of Brandenburg, Germany's second largest coal mining region, has rejected calls to bring the end of coal use forward to 2030, becoming the ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:50 Jessica Bateman Clean Energy Wire 91tv Society Clean Energy Wire Young Germans supported by an environmental NGO have filed a new lawsuit with the country's highest court to force the government to further step up its climate ...
15 Jun 2021, 12:50 Edgar Meza Digitalisation Clean Energy Wire The digitalisation of the energy transition process again made noticeable progress last year, but long-awaited regulations are still pending, according to the latest study commissioned by the ...
22 Apr 2021, 13:30 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Corporate decision makers in Germany have voted hydrogen technologies as the most important field of action for energy ...
17 Nov 2021, 12:55 Edgar Meza Clean Energy Wire 91tv Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Gas and electricity prices are soaring in Germany and many energy suppliers have already notified households of further rate hikes in the coming months, according to ...
01 Dec 2015, 00:00 Stricken energy giant RWE revealed on Tuesday it plans to spin off a company focused on renewables and grids to raise capital, while retaining fossil and nuclear energy generation. Germany's leading energy company E.ON had ...
30 Nov 2021, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Policy Clean Energy Wire Climate policy is a cross-sectoral task that requires a reform of its mode of governance, researchers from the state-supported Ariadne project write in a policy paper directed ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government must implement the key recommendations given by its coal exit commission, but the proposal should not be followed to the letter to maintain necessary flexibility in ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Policy EU Clean Energy Wire Solar PV companies and several German states have agreed on a 10-point action plan to protect and strengthen the country鈥檚 solar power industry in order to ensure the planned large ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background Bids from southern states for support in building new gas power plants will be given priority to ensure the projects are built where they are most needed, according to key ...
19 Nov 2019, 13:39 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables Hydrogen Handelsblatt ...
10 Aug 2020, 14:15 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Clean Energy Wire Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have ...
German utility RWE would be 鈥渕erely a sort of 鈥榖ad bank鈥� of the energy business鈥� without the 75 percent share in its renewable spin-off innogy, and RWE's problems are self-inflicted, writes Andreas Becker in an opinion piece for Deutsche Welle. 鈥淭he ...
08 Jan 2019, 11:00 A key premise聽for Germany to meet聽its climate goals is a strong CO2 price signal, says Manuel Frondel, head of the department "Environment and Resources" at the RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Preferably, such a ...
03 Aug 2021, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire / Die Welt The earnings from selling allowances in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the German state look set to reach a new record level in 2021 ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition will face a critical phase after the next legislative period 聽in 2021, according to the national utility association BDEW. 鈥淭he real challenges lie between 2021 and 2030, when the nuclear exit has been completed and excess ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:53 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 efforts to replace Russian gas this year are perceived internationally as lacking coherence with its climate ambitions and the government must show that these efforts do not impede the country鈥檚 emissions reduction plans, says ...
31 Aug 2021, 08:44 Tighter emission targets and mounting signs of climate change have once again turned Germany's coal exit into a hotly debated election campaign issue. The country agreed last year to phase out coal by 2038 at the latest, but many ...
16 Aug 2022, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Clean Energy Wire / AFP / n-tv Norway has agreed to continue to export as much natural gas as it can to Germany in order to help reduce fossil fuel dependence on Russia, the two countries' ...
16 May 2023, 13:40 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices BR In the month after ...
23 Aug 2022, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar Clean Energy Wire Investors have shown only limited interest in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most recent call for solar installations on buildings and noise protection walls, further dampening hopes of speeding up the roll ...
08 Oct 2021, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU Clean Energy Wire European Union states will produce about half of the hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels it needs by 2050, with the other half imported from partner countries, said a report by the World ...
11 Mar 2021, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Rundschau / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung On the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear desaster, a majority of media commentators in ...
07 Dec 2022, 12:44 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Renewables Clean Energy Wire The International Energy Agency鈥檚 (IEA) latest report on renewable ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:47 In light of several fossil fuel phase-out pledges at the COP26 climate summit, researchers and activists have pointed out that Germany's planned coal exit date is far from ambitious enough and called on the next government ...
Energy state secretary Rainer Baake has quit after four years in charge of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 flagship Energiewende policy at the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). Baake, a Green Party politician whose appointment by then economy minister Sigmar ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Company climate claims Society Clean Energy Wire Food product labels such as 鈥渃limate neutral,鈥� 鈥淐O2-neutral鈥� or 鈥渃limate positive鈥� do not indicate that these are climate-friendly at all and should be banned, consumer NGO ...
02 Feb 2021, 13:40 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities A group of local utilities in Germany will double ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:34 Edgar Meza Solar Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Despite a strong performance聽over the past two years, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar sector is facing declining demand and a weakening market, leading to major cutbacks among photovoltaic (PV) companies. ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 After weeks of intensive negotiations, Germany's would-be government partners have agreed on a coalition draft treaty. The Clean Energy Wire presents first reactions to texts on transport, climate and energy. [UPDATE adds VDA, VDMA ...
29 Apr 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Security Tagesspiegel / Der Spiegel Russia鈥檚 Gazprom bank has for the first time refused to accept a payment in euros from a German gas trader. Trading company and former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Marketing & ...
23 Jul 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Politics International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit Green party co-leader and chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock has criticised the Nord Stream 2 agreement with the U.S. government. On 21 July, Berlin ...
04 Oct 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Coal Society Clean Energy Wire The town of L眉tzerath that has become a symbolic battle ground for climate activsits in Germany will be demolished to make room for a nearby coal mine, the state government of North-Rhine ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Agriculture Clean Energy Wire The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year鈥檚 harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire Nearly all parties expecting to gain seats in Germany's parliament are open to completing the country's coal exit well before the official 2038 end date. At a ...
17 Feb 2023, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market Coal Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry (BMWK) wants to take all CO鈧� certificates from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that will be freed up by the country鈥檚 coal exit off the market. ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Industry Business & Jobs Augsburger Allgemeine The head of industry chamber IHK Schwaben has warned 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 southern economic powerhouse Bavaria could fall behind regions in the north and east of the country ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government dpa / t-online With a set of immediate measures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and climate minister Robert Habeck wants to kickstart the government鈥檚 ambitious plans for fast emissions reduction and ...
19 Feb 2020, 14:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Utilities dpa / Focus Online The share price of German energy company RWE has reached the highest level in seven years, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by website Focus Online. RWE's share price ...
14 Jul 2022, 12:52 Jessica Bateman Gas Security RND Germany's public is yet to experience the full impact of rising gas prices as bills could 鈥渢riple鈥� from 2023, Klaus M眉ller, the president of the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), has warned in ...
04 Feb 2021, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Welt Bavaria's state premier Markus S枚der has said that global warming will be the central challenge for whoever forms a government in Germany after September鈥檚 general elections, ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen COP27 WirtschaftsWoche Plans by Egypt鈥檚 government and other governments in the region to make northern Africa and the Middle East (MENA) a major exporter of green hydrogen raise hopes within the German ...
28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / Clean Energy Wire The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
29 Nov 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Clean Energy Wire Global climate action and environmental protection can only work with an active Russian engagement, Germany's development minister Gerd M眉ller said at the German ...
22 Mar 2022, 15:21 U.S. e-car company Tesla has inaugurated its first European production hub with the gigafactory near 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin. Opened only two and a half years after Tesla鈥檚 bombshell announcement for the location in the birth country ...
RWE spinoff Innogy is scouring Silicon Valley and startup hotspots in Tel Aviv, London and Berlin for new ideas on the digitalisation of the energy sector, reports J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. "Digital change will radically transform the energy ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security Clean Energy Wire The climate crisis is 鈥渢he biggest security crisis of our time,鈥� said German foreign minister Annalena ...
22 Apr 2021, 12:58 Germany's utilities say the delay to the EU decision on whether natural gas projects count as a sustainable investment imperils the country's supply security and climate targets. They argue that the exclusion of gas from the ...
08 Apr 2019, 12:46 Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Utilities Edgar Meza Coal Energiewende Clean Energy Wire German industrial trade ...
04 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars Clean Energy Wire Many Germans remain deeply sceptical about electric cars. Thirty-nine ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:28 Edgar Meza Finance Handelsblatt German banks are confident that the results of the European Central Bank's (ECB) current climate stress test will be manageable for the sector. Banking association BdB head Christian Ossig said he ...
18 Feb 2022, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Utilities Clean Energy Wire German energy company RWE has a dominant position among the country鈥檚 electricity suppliers, the country's competition authority said in its report on last year鈥檚 power market. An ...
09 Jun 2021, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Policy International Tagesspiegel Background The EU's Fit for 55 package must reconcile climate protection with a prosperous economy and leave member states with enough flexibility, the German ...
20 Dec 2023, 12:51 Ruby Russel Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Renewables Clean Energy Wire A sluggish economy saw primary energy consumption in Germany fall to a historic low in 2023, according to preliminary figures from energy data service AG ...
31 Mar 2022, 13:47 Kerstine Appunn Heating In a聽 12-point plan 聽for a heat transition in Germany, utility Vattenfall has proposed to expand city heating networks and convert them to climate-neutral fuels. To achieve this, Vattenfall is calling for a rapid ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
08 Sep 2020, 13:49 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch ...
17 Feb 2021, 13:26 Charlotte Nijhuis Clean Energy Wire 91tv Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Online Young politicians in chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) want to improve the party's image as a driver of climate action, ...
17 Dec 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen ...
10 Sep 2019, 13:43 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Efficiency Clean Energy Wire The draft law aimed ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Technology Clean Energy Wire Nuclear fusion technology has the potential to provide long-term climate-friendly energy and reduce import dependencies- but it cannot contribute to mid-century climate targets because it ...
22 Jul 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background Rural districts in Northern Germany have the country鈥檚 largest potential for green hydrogen production due to their windpower capacities, according to a 鈥� Hydrogen Atlas ...
03 Apr 2019, 12:25 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Energiewende International German Energy Agency (dena) An international exchange of experiences ...
22 Jan 2021, 14:10 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Renewables Wind Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background The German offshore wind industry is bracing for difficult times ahead as no new constructions are planned this year and the timing of new ...
04 Aug 2022, 14:16 Edgar Meza Gas Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Clean Energy Wire As concerns in Germany grow over skyrocketing gas prices, the government is looking at ways to limit the cost explosion for consumers. However, the government still聽plans ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Heating Clean Energy Wire Germany wants to rapidly increase the expansion of heat pumps and install 500,000 new units annually from 2024 onwards, said the economy and climate ministry, after agreeing a joint declaration ...
25 Feb 2021, 17:00 A committee formed in 2019 to assist Germany in making its financial sector more sustainable and aligning it with energy transition activities and international climate targets has released its final report with recommendations for the ...
22 Jan 2021, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Coal Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Germany's most prominent hard coal power plant to be decommissioned as part of the country's coal exit is set to become a production site for renewable hydrogen. Oil major Shell, ...
24 Jan 2022, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Gas EU Clean Energy Wire Utilities have welcomed the German government's pro-natural gas stance in its feedback to the European Commission鈥檚 sustainable finance taxonomy plans, but ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Society Table.Media The protests against the razing of the village of L眉tzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 image and standing in international climate ...
13 Jan 2023, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire Germany is facing a severe skills shortage to key economic transformation efforts, in areas such as e-mobility and renewable energy,聽the Association of German Chambers of Industry ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Heating ARD A large new power-to-heat facility, running on wind energy has come into operation in the northern German city of Hamburg which is technically capable of providing about 27,000 households with low ...
17 May 2021, 09:59 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 target of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 has a very important sub-goal: The expansion of renewable energy capacity to provide green power for transport, heating and making hydrogen. But running such an integrated ...
05 Apr 2023, 11:36 Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a 鈥渢urning point鈥� in the country鈥檚 adaptation efforts, the plans will also ...
16 Apr 2019, 14:27 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Utilities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German coal plant and lignite mine operator RWE has seen its share price increase by almost 40 percent since ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung France and Germany should collaborate more intensively on key projects regarding climate action and energy transition policy and together 鈥渄efine a ...
16 Jan 2020, 13:09 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt f眉r Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r ...
30 Apr 2024, 14:44 The surge of populist parties that oppose ambitious climate policies has left its mark on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national debate as it did in many other European countries ahead of the upcoming EU elections. Fearful of the backlash against the costs ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:39 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market ...
29 Dec 2015
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Sven Egenter Spiegel Online 鈥淗endricks criticises massive rise in electricity exports鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks is concerned about the country鈥檚 CO2 emissions, writes Stefan Schultz at Spiegel Online ...
15 Dec 2023, 13:16 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Clean Energy Wire In its latest auction for onshore wind turbines, Germany failed to secure enough investment deals to ensure the rollout of the technology proceeds with sufficient speed to reach renewable ...
17 Mar 2023, 12:21 German government officials have welcomed proposals by the European Commission to boost net-zero industries and the competitiveness of European companies in an effort to keep up with other regions of the world, such as the U.S. and ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Industry groups in southern Germany have banded together to reject a possible split of the country鈥檚 uniform power pricing zone, arguing that this would damage ...
15 Jul 2020, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Business & Jobs Clean Energy Wire The German government is preparing legislation that will hold companies operating in the country to account for ensuring that social and environmental minimum standards ...
11 Dec 2020, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Efficiency Clean Energy Wire Germany is supporting research into making the storage and distribution of a new coronavirus vaccine more climate-friendly. The economy ministry (BMWi) said it would ...
10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU dpa / n-tv A delivery of uranium is on its way from Russia to Germany six months after the beginning of the war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy trading sanctions imposed by the EU, news agency ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:17 Germany's environment minister has called for a sharp increase in the country's renewables targets. Svenja Schulze said the country will have to increase renewables' share in power use to "at least 75 percent, maybe ...
19 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy Society The majority (79%) of homeowners in Germany are in favour of replacing fossil heating systems with climate-friendly alternatives, but uncertainty reigns as to how this heating transition will be ...
09 Oct 2020, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology EU Zeit Online / Tagesspiegel Background Europe and Germany both need a strategy for carbon sinks and storage, argue聽Andreas Kuhlmann,聽head of Germany's energy agency (dena), and Oliver ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Finance Clean Energy Wire / Financial Times / Guardian The German government is advocating a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis. 鈥淢y goal is a World Bank which is well ...
07 Dec 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire Designated German climate and economy minister Robeck Habeck has said that faster construction of new wind turbines and solar panels will be a 鈥渃ore task鈥� for his ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Heating Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire / DW A large majority of German voters say that they do not feel well-informed about plans by the federal government to move to climate-friendly heating, shows a survey ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating Clean Energy Wire To聽supply a sufficient number of homes聽with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology,聽 a report 聽by ...
27 Jun 2019, 10:20 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 engineering prowess and excellent support programmes have spawned a world-leading scene of start-ups dedicated to pushing the energy transition with innovative ideas, according to start-up expert Klaus Fichter. There are ...
22 Jul 2020, 13:48 After four days of negotiations, the EU member states have agreed on an unprecedented funding package to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and secure the bloc's budget until 2027. The 27 governments greenlighted a ...
04 Mar 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Security Energate messenger / Clean Energy Wire The reduction of hard coal imports from Russia to Germany has pushed up prices significantly, the German coal import association VDKI told ...
20 Jun 2016
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW) 鈥淣ew study: EEG 2016 thwarts Paris climate agreement鈥� If Germany continued the deployment of renewable energies at the average pace of ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Cars Clean Energy Wire German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has announced the government will extend the current e-car buyer鈥檚 premium programme to the end of 2022, as promised in the coalition treaty. From ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:10 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Prices for energy have decreased 4.5 percent in Germany in the year up to November ...
05 Nov 2019, 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 Cars Clean Energy Wire The buyer's ...
30 Jan 2023, 15:52 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Clean Energy Wire / Table.Media / taz [CLARIFICATION: It is not just Agora Energiewende which says LNG expansion plans are oversized. The grid operators in their draft plan state that if all planned LNG capacity is ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:14 Germany must not hide its commitments to international climate finance amid ongoing federal budget problems, said Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the development cooperation ministry, at COP28. The German delegation at the UN ...
17 Sep 2020, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire The right-wing nationalist AfD party has called for an end to all major climate action efforts Germany has committed itself to and wants to聽 abandon ...
For a long time, Germany's insistence on the energy transition聽raised eyebrows, Nils-Viktor Sorge writes in an opinion piece for manager magazine Online. Six years on from the Fukushima disaster, it's聽 the USA 聽that increasingly looks like the ...
25 Mar 2020, 14:16 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Clean Energy Wire German researchers are trying to ...
25 Jan 2021, 12:35 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background German energy company EnBW has said that planned legislation to support the expansion of e ...
30 Sep 2020, 13:15 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 Kerstine Appunn Heating CO2 ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:18 Kerstine Appunn Coal Clean Energy Wire / Hamburger Abendblatt The city of Hamburg needs to immediately start reducing the use of coal in its two main heat and power stations to be in line with the city-state鈥檚 coal phase-out plan for ...
11 Sep 2020, 14:36 One year before Germany's next general election, economy minister Peter Altmaier calls for a "historic consensus" between all democratic parties, businesses and civil society to ensure that climate action and the ...
25 Jul 2024, 13:12 Jack McGovan Renewables Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire The German government drafted a law to accelerate the expansion of onshore wind, solar farms and energy storage facilities by shortening approval times for projects and designing so ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:55 Jessica Bateman Gas dpa / ntv The construction of Germany's first liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal remains uncertain as a key project continues to face delays, reports newswire dpa in an article carried by ntv. There is still ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Transport EU ntv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition disagrees about the EU Commission鈥檚 proposal to tighten vehicle emission limits with the so-called Euro 7 regulation. Green environment minister Steffi Lemke urged for the ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Clean Energy Wire Brazil and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation on a wide range of environmental and economic issues. The two countries vowed to work more closely on topics ...
German statesecretary Rainer Baake has called for聽鈥渃onsistency on European climate and energy targets鈥� and capacity markets not to undermine emission trading. Speaking during consultation between EU energy ministers' following the release of the ...
04 May 2016
04 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Reuters 鈥淕ermany 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 ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:08 Kerstine Appunn Wind Clean Energy Wire The May tender for building new onshore wind capacity in Germany has attracted fewer bidders than expected, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. After two rounds of oversubscribed auctions ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:37 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert TransnetBW Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar Die Welt / Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
18 Nov 2020, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Coal Der Spiegel Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint by villagers fearing resettlement due to the expansion of an open-cast lignite mine in the West of the country,聽 reports ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Cars Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Greens propose a transport policy with a clear focus on electric mobility that restricts the use of hydrogen on the road to heavy-duty trucks, reports Daniel Delhaes in ...
04 May 2022, 13:59 S枚ren Amelang Society Zeit Online / Focus Online The war in Ukraine has overtaken climate change to become the most important issue for young people in Germany, according to a survey. Around 70 percent of respondents aged 14 to 29 said ...
11 Feb 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Society Clean Energy Wire The German Fridays for Future climate protest movement has said the new German government is nowhere near to implementing the policies necessary to address the climate emergency. "It's ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Heating Clean Energy Wire Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
31 May 2022, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government Clean Energy Wire / Die Welt Prominent German youth climate activist Luisa Neubauer has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of comparing 鈥渃limate activists to Nazis鈥�, thereby trivializing the National ...
