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  • EEG 2.0 – A new legal framework for the German energy transition

    Germany revamps renewables law as it adapts to future with green power 01 Aug 2014, 00:00 ұԲ’s energy market is bracing for the most far-reaching legislative changes since green power incentives were introduced a quarter of a century ago. The ...
  • Old but gold? Germany's renewable energy sources after 20-year support

    01 Oct 2019, 09:51 The guaranteed feed-in support payments for renewable energy installations has been at the heart of Germany's energy transition since it was introduced in 2000. The fixed payments customers cover with their electricity bill expire ...
  • Germany's energy transition revamp stirs controversy over speed, participation

    The reform of the Renewable Energy Act 29 Jun 2016, 00:00 The German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) is the mechanism that has made possible the energy transition so far. It guaranteed renewable energy producers high returns on investment, which in turn helped ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    Germany between citizens’ energy and Nimbyism

    The People's Energiewende 02 Jun 2021, 11:00 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one ...
  • 30 Sep 2016 |

    Bioenergy- the troubled pillar of the Energiewende

    Biogas in Germany's energy transition 30 Sep 2016, 00:00 Following the introduction of feed-in tariffs for renewables in 2000, bioenergy plants sprang up like daisies across the country, providing a climate friendly source for power that’s ...
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  • Energy ministry wants to phase out Germany's renewables levy as of 2022

    10 Feb 2021, 12:54 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • SPD proposes end of renewables surcharge and mandatory solar power in energy policy reform

    29 Oct 2020, 13:44 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • German renewables levy to rise slightly in 2020 and peak the year after – think tank

    19 Aug 2019, 12:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Freja Eriksen Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Clean Energy ...
  • ұԲ’s renewables support system does not violate state aid rules- EU court

    29 Mar 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Policy Clean Energy Wire The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Germany's system of financing its renewables build-up through a surcharge on power bills does ...
  • Energy industry calls on govt to facilitate EU state aid approval of renewables support

    07 Apr 2021, 12:51 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy ...
  • First details of planned renewables reform leave German energy market innovators unfazed

    26 Aug 2020, 12:23 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of Energy ...
  • Small-scale renewables law reform draft omits provision on solar support cap

    28 Apr 2020, 12:28 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • Germany scraps support plans for old wind turbines over state aid concerns

    22 Apr 2021, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BWE- German Wind Energy ...
  • Departure of key conservative energy MP could give “new momentum” to renewables talks – SPD

    13 Apr 2021, 12:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • First reactions to Renewable Energy Act reform proposal

    27 Jan 2016, 00:00 The centrepiece of Germany's Energiewende in the power sector is to undergo a profound revision this year. The government has tabled a draft law for the reform of the Renewable Energy Act, which has stirred a heated debate. The ...
  • German government should use coronavirus stimulus funds to reduce renewables levy – think tank

    26 May 2020, 12:40 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Cost & Prices ...
  • Merkel, state premiers seek compromise on core Energiewende law

    31 May 2016, 00:00 [UPDATE with new details on 2025 renewable target in paragraph 3, ads News Digest items] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers will meet on Tuesday to work out a compromise on reforming the core piece of legislation behind ...
  • 09 Jul 2019 |

    CDU head’s call for climate consensus could be dead on arrival – opinion

    09 Jul 2019, 12:42 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic ...
  • Feed-in tariffs for British nuclear power rile German politicians and renewables industry

    09 Oct 2014, 00:00 Resistance to ұԲ’s subsidies for the renewables industry have left politicians questioning why financing for the UK’s Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been granted EU approval. Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
  • PV auctions: More competition, but critics warn of target shortfalls

    26 Aug 2016, 00:00 In August, Germany held the fifth tender in its new auction pilot scheme for payments to large-scale solar projects. While officials overseeing the programme continue to praise its results and declining price levels, critics warn that ...
  • 08 Jul 2019 |

    German parties must come together to find “climate consensus” – CDU party leader

    08 Jul 2019, 13:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die ...
  • Share of citizen energy in decline as funding runs out and big investors take over

    28 May 2021, 13:29 ұԲ’s push to replace conventional power with renewables like wind and solar PV has not only altered its energy system and shaken up established energy utility giants, it has also turned millions of Germans into electricity ...
  • German renewable power producers face uncertainty as feed-in tariffs expire

    28 Feb 2019, 14:15 Much of ұԲ’s renewable power capacity is facing uncertainty regarding its business models as generous feed-in tariffs for many wind, solar and biogas plants end in the 2020s. With the country needing more, not less, renewable power ...
  • German cabinet approves renewables reform, but parliamentarians eye changes

    23 Sep 2020, 15:30 Germany's government has agreed on an overhaul of the country's Renewable Energy Act, the core legislation for its landmark energy transition, to enable a share of 65 percent renewables in 2030 power consumption and a ...
  • Renewables squeeze wholesale power prices and boost electricity exports

    06 May 2015, 00:00 The growing share of renewables forced German wholesale electricity prices down to among the lowest in Europe last year, according to a study by grid operator TenneT. And government figures indicate that consumers are benefitting too, ...
  • Wind development has to wait for grid expansion

    02 Jun 2016, 00:00 The latest reform of ұԲ’s renewable energy law is taking shape – on Tuesday the federal government and the heads of the 16 states reached an agreement on essential aspects of a reformed bill, such as the amount of onshore wind and ...
  • Sharp fall of renewables levy good news for German power consumers in energy crunch

    15 Oct 2021, 12:32 ұԲ’s renewables levy will decrease to its lowest level in ten years as high wholesale power prices and support from the federal budget lower the need for payments from electricity consumers. This is good news for the economy and ...
  • Auctions to set the price for wind and solar- the debate

    11 Apr 2016, 00:00 [Updated 11 April with results from fourth round of solar PV auctions] Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have driven the expansion of renewable energy in Germany, but in 2014 the government decided to gradually replace them with an auction system. ...
  • 30 Jul 2020 |

    German state makes PV panels obligatory for new non-residential buildings

    30 Jul 2020, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate ...
  • 06 Feb 2020 |

    Thuringia’s planned leftist state govt coalition unexpectedly defeated with far-right backing

    06 Feb 2020, 14:10 Thomas Kemmerich of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) has been elected state premier by the Thuringia state parliament with support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), in what many politicians see as breaking a taboo. ...
  • Auction scheme for solar installations ushers in new phase for renewables market

    29 Jan 2015, 00:00 The German government has launched a pilot scheme that requires operators of open-space solar installations to bid for subsidies, rather than automatically receiving them. Berlin hopes competition among solar energy producers will ...
  • Germany debates form of renewables support as levy rises

    17 Oct 2016, 00:00 ұԲ’s consumer surcharge to fund renewable electricity will rise less than expected in 2017. Still, discussions about the cost of the country’s Energiewende project and ways to reform the renewables support dominated the public ...
  • Germany's solar power capacity approaching 52 GW support cap, industry warns

    23 Jul 2019, 13:53 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 dpa / Handelsblatt Online ұԲ’s ...
  • 20 Jan 2020 |

    German renewable energy producers received record payout through surcharge

    20 Jan 2020, 12:37 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Electricity market ...
  • 16 May 2025 |

    Solidarity topped high prices as main driver of heating savings during 2022 energy crisis – report

    16 May 2025, 13:10 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices ...
  • “Undisputed success” or “inefficient”? ұԲ’s landmark renewable energy law at 20

    31 Mar 2020, 14:14 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
  • German parliament agrees higher renewable expansion goals for 2022

    23 Apr 2021, 12:17 The governing coalition parties in German parliament have agreed on higher tender volumes for next year's wind and solar PV installations. But parliamentarians did not make headway on a new renewables target for 2030, which has ...
  • 26 Mar 2015 |

    “T Energiewende is a big democratic project”

    26 Mar 2015, 00:00 Encouraged by federal legislation such as the Renewable Energy Act, the governments of many German states have worked hard to make the Energiewende a success, as well as a business opportunity for their citizens. Others have been slower ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German parliament passes law on faster grid expansion to ensure renewables growth

    05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by ұԲ’s federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
  • 24 Aug 2020 |

    State minister warns end of German renewables support could lead to wind power slump

    24 Aug 2020, 12:29 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection, State of ...
  • 17 Oct 2019 |

    No new lignite mines in Brandenburg, parties agree in state govt coalition talks

    17 Oct 2019, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • PV auction designer hopes to keep citizens' projects on board

    08 May 2015, 00:00 Feed-in tariffs set by government or parliament have supported rapid expansion of renewable power production, along with falling costs. Now the government wants to move to a more market-based approach. With this is mind, the 2014 ...
  • German grid operators require €7.8 billion more than planned for renewables support this year

    26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Renewable Energy Act | EEG Handelsblatt German power transmission grid operators have said that an additional 7.8 billion euros from the country's budget is needed to pay out renewable energy support in 2024, reports ...
  • 11 Nov 2019 |

    Climate package will lead to fiscal revenue loss in German states – Bundesrat

    11 Nov 2019, 12:56 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost ...
  • Germany stops landmark mechanism that funded renewables expansion via power bills

    30 Jun 2022, 14:07 On 1 July, Germany marks the end of its landmark renewables levy on consumer power prices. The surcharge helped to spur the growth of wind and solar power capacity for more than two decades but has also been criticised for contributing ...
  • 05 Aug 2019 |

    Conservatives debate speedy reduction of VAT on train tickets, Greens present law draft

    05 Aug 2019, 13:17 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ ...
  • Germany passes laws on grid, CHP to keep Energiewende going

    18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Second parliament chamber passes laws for combined heat and power support and new power cables / Progress in grid expansion and more money for efficient power stations will advance energy transition and national climate targets, says ...
  • Germany's coalition negotiators agree treaty, promise coal exit date

    08 Feb 2018, 00:00 Germany's would-be governing coalition partners have concluded a treaty that is likely to result in a final deadline for coal-fired power production in Germany. The agreement reached after weeks of intensive talks largely confirms ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    German renewables reform could lead to downward spiral of wind auction bids – official

    06 Jan 2021, 11:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel ...
  • 09 Dec 2019 |

    German parliament may renegotiate CO₂ price level in climate package- media

    09 Dec 2019, 12:58 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • CDU & Greens' energy politicians clash over Germany's coal exit speed

    10 Oct 2017, 00:00 One week before the start of exploratory talks on forming a government coalition, aspiring German government alliance partners CDU and the Green Party agree that the country will have to phase out coal-fired power production. Yet, two ...
  • 07 Apr 2020 |

    Think tank proposes remuneration for innovative renewables systems guaranteeing non-stop feed-in

    07 Apr 2020, 13:19 Expert Hans-Josef Fell Politician Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Energiewende Julian Wettengel Renewables Clean Energy Wire Operators of innovative renewables systems that guarantee continuous energy supply day and night, ...
  • 30 Aug 2021 |

    Chancellor candidates focus on climate and industry in first TV debate

    30 Aug 2021, 13:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • Households could save up to 413 euros a year without renewables levy – economic institute

    29 Jan 2021, 13:17 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire At the Handelsblatt Energy Summit earlier this month, German economy ...
  • German providers can have regional origin of renewable electricity certified from 2019

    21 Dec 2018, 13:33 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • Lufthansa rescue deal must set example for green recovery conditions – opinion

    26 May 2020, 12:38 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable ...
  • Ministry plans renewables expansion push to reach Germany's 2030 target

    02 Sep 2020, 12:55 A faster deployment of more renewable installations that run into less problems with citizens and are able to quickly survive in the market without government support are at the centre of a renewables law reform proposal by ұԲ’s ...
  • 28 Jan 2025 |

    Heating and transport are still laggard sectors in Germany's energy transition – report

    28 Jan 2025, 13:17 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ...
  • 17 Jan 2020 |

    Greens want Germany to turn its 2020 EU Council presidency into a “climate presidency”

    17 Jan 2020, 13:48 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 17 Dec 2018 |

    Green Party calls for CO2 price and reimbursements to spare low-income households

    17 Dec 2018, 13:19 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Sören Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Climate & CO2 Finance dpa / Focus Online ұԲ’s Climate Action Law planned for 2019 must include a price for ...
  • 28 Apr 2021 |

    Germany to invest 40% of EU recovery funds in climate protection

    28 Apr 2021, 13:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die ...
  • Ministry spells out details of hydrogen support, consumer and renewables lobbies not satisfied

    18 May 2021, 13:33 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. ...
  • German parliament passes renewables reform, paves way for hydrogen ramp-up

    17 Dec 2020, 14:20 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire The German parliament has passed the  latest reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which specifies a timeline of tenders for renewable power installation additions until ...
  • 07 Jun 2019 |

    Greens overtake Merkel’s conservatives to lead German national polls

    07 Jun 2019, 12:57 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ ...
  • Breakthrough in ұԲ’s renewables law reform: wind and solar capacity to grow faster

    14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Members of ұԲ’s governing coalition have agreed on new rules to ensure a significant increase in the country’s renewable power production. However, exact targets of the much-anticipated reform of the country's landmark ...
  • Green energy levy set for drop on excess payments for renewables

    15 Oct 2014, 00:00 Consumers can expect a reduction in the surcharge they pay on energy bills next year but analysts say it will rise again in 2016 as green power production continues to expand. Clean Energy Wire 91tv Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Cost ...
  • Majority of ұԲ’s pioneer wind turbines continue operation after end of renewables support

    25 Feb 2021, 13:17 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background / Tagesschau ...
  • 18 Dec 2018 |

    SPD group calls for swift coal exit by 2030 to avoid “poverty trap climate change”

    18 Dec 2018, 13:34 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Coal Fossil fuels Policy Clean Energy Wire A group of politicians from ұԲ’s ...
  • First solar auction sees price above current feed-in tariff

    29 Apr 2015, 00:00 ұԲ’s first auction for large solar arrays attracted many bidders but did not push prices below the current feed-in tariffs. On average, successful bids came in at 9.17 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), compared to a feed-in tariff of ...
  • Income from German renewables levy set to fall significantly due to coronavirus – analysis

    24 Apr 2020, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire The coronavirus crisis is set to have a significant impact on income from the German renewables' levy as power demand falls, consultancy enplify writes in an  ...
  • 22 Jan 2025 |

    Europe must push global climate action, can benefit from Trump’s green tech assault – analysis

    22 Jan 2025, 13:19 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
  • 26 Sep 2019 |

    Merkel's Conservatives insist on low initial CO2 price to get public on board

    26 Sep 2019, 14:12 Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives insist on a low initial price tag for CO2 emissions to secure public acceptance for the government's new climate strategy. In the first parliamentary debate on the package unveiled ...
  • 29 Jul 2016 |

    Renewable energy levy set to rise in 2017 – think tank

    29 Jul 2016, 00:00 The surcharge that German consumers pay through their power bills to fund renewable power looks set to rise again in 2017, think tank Agora Energiewende* has predicted. If power suppliers calculate bills fairly, this won’t necessarily ...
  • Fight over ambition level threatens to delay Germany's renewables reform

    11 Dec 2020, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Frankfurter Rundschau ұԲ’s government and parliament are struggling to complete the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the law that guides the ...
  • Flexible biomass reaches capacity limit for financial support

    03 Sep 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    Energy transition to see winners and losers- philosopher of technology

    21 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Energiewende Society Spiegel Online The switch from fossil ...
  • Germany views European Energy Union proposals through Energiewende lens

    25 Feb 2015, 00:00 ұԲ’s biggest concerns regarding the European Commission’s energy policy proposals are potential impact on its own transition to renewables power, as well as power market reform. Kerstine Appunn International Renewable Energy Act | ...
  • 15 Jan 2019 |

    Drought and new car emissions test dampen German GDP growth in 2018 – ministry

    15 Jan 2019, 11:59 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Destatis Federal Statistical ...
  • 19 Jan 2021 |

    E-car charging law glitch could delay Germany's transport transition

    19 Jan 2021, 12:18 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of Energy ...
  • 02 Feb 2021 |

    EU's tighter climate target likely to reopen debate over Germany's share – econ min state sec

    02 Feb 2021, 13:44 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables EU Clean ...
  • Industry proposes changes to renewables act to avoid levy payments – media

    14 Apr 2020, 14:26 Freja Eriksen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Der Spiegel Industry actors in Germany have proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) that would help them avoid possible lawsuits over failures to pay the renewables surcharge,  ...
  • 25 Sep 2017 |

    Vote2017: Politicians' comments on German election results

    25 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germans have handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in the country’s federal election. Most likely, Merkel will have to start talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a so-called "Jamaica coalition, ...
  • Debate over CO2 price makes social fairness key issue in German election campaign

    03 Jun 2021, 12:12 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
  • Agreement with EU Commission clears way for German power market reform

    30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country’s new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the “most important reform” since the market ...
  • German electricity sector should be climate neutral by 2040s- Renewable Energy Act reform

    15 Sep 2020, 14:27 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background The latest version of amendments to ұԲ’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG) includes a tougher climate goal for the electricity sector, which should ...
  • Lower Saxony premier supports ending Germany's renewables surcharge

    08 Sep 2020, 14:31 Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices dpa / Süddeutsche Zeitung The state premier of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, has expressed support for scrapping the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge, dpa reports in an article carried by ...
  • Renewables law proposal not ambitious enough – Lower Saxony state premier

    23 Oct 2020, 11:57 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Handelsblatt The German government’s draft update of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) is not ambitious enough, as it fails to take into account developments that increase the need for renewable ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    Greens call for clarity on ETS allowance cancellations during German coal exit

    09 Apr 2020, 13:43 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • Energy industry calls for fixing ambitious expansion path in reform of Germany's renewables act

    25 Aug 2020, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
  • 30 Dec 2014

    In the media: Germany emits less CO2, wind-boom in the North, possible coal-flop in Hamburg

    30 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel / BMUB “Germany produces fewer carbon emissions” ұԲ’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have fallen by three percent in 2014, according to Environment Minister ...
  • Germany's major renewables reform triggers hopes, but also fears of delay

    12 May 2022, 13:38 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
  • 15 Oct 2018 |

    Renewables surcharge set to fall by six percent in 2019

    15 Oct 2018, 14:44 ұԲ’s renewable energy surcharge that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations, is to fall by 5.7 percent in 2019, transmission grid operators have calculated. ...
  • “Flimsy business with green power”

    Wind power operators might have manipulated the output of their installations for many years in order to receive a higher guaranteed remuneration via the renewables surcharge paid by power customers, Jakob Schlandt writes in Hamburger Abendblatt. Germany ...
  • 02 May 2019 |

    New technology could turn CO2 and water into synthetic fuel with existing AC units, researchers say

    02 May 2019, 13:35 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Kerstine Appunn Technology Nature Communications A new system run together with existing air ...
  • Germany debates future of renewables support

    03 Jun 2021, 12:16 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralität Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry ...
  • 07 Apr 2021 |

    Outgoing German govt’s climate and energy policy lacked master plan – legal expert

    07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten Müller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background ұԲ’s outgoing ...
  • 04 May 2020 |

    Second energy transition sandbox to transform heat supply in lignite mining areas

    04 May 2020, 13:37 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Heating Clean Energy Wire ...
  • Solar industry warns German renewables reform could choke off roof-mounted installations

    04 Nov 2020, 13:57 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire The reform of Germany& ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    Nord Stream 2 “wrong scapegoat” – energy minister

    21 Jan 2019, 13:48 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • 11 Feb 2021 |

    Germany to keep hydrogen and gas network regulation separate, updates storage rules

    11 Feb 2021, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • Conservative climate MPs call for “bold” renewables reform

    24 Aug 2020, 12:23 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Renewables ...
  • 13 Nov 2017 |

    Germany's energy use and emissions likely to rise yet again in 2017

    13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Higher energy demand triggered by economic growth and colder weather is likely to push up ұԲ’s greenhouse gas emissions again this year, energy market group AG Energiebilanzen forecast on Friday. A new rise would put ұԲ’s 2020 ...
  • 01 Aug 2019 |

    German government puts focus on green hydrogen for energy transition – media

    01 Aug 2019, 12:30 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables ...
  • 14 Sep 2016 |

    Unchanged investments in local utility sector

    Unchanged investments in local utility sector With 4.88 billion euros, the investments of the municipal utility sector into its power plant fleet remained largely unchanged in 2015, compared to 5.1 billion euros in 2014. “T caution in 2015 was due to ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Energy ministry raises estimate for ұԲ’s 2030 power need

    16 Nov 2021, 13:44 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • German states and federal government clash over renewables law reform

    13 Nov 2020, 14:53 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG Government pv magazine / Clean Energy Wire The German government this week rejected a range of changes to the draft reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which had been proposed by the the ...
  • 08 Jul 2020 |

    European energy system has to be 100% renewable by 2040 – researchers

    08 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire ...
  • German renewables operators urged to register facilities to avoid losing remuneration

    06 Nov 2020, 14:24 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
  • Energy law reform inadequate for German 2030 renewables target – analysis

    04 Dec 2020, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background Germany will fail to achieve its 2030 target of a 65 percent renewables share in power consumption, even with added ambition in the latest draft for the ...
  • German Greens want higher CO2 price and ramp-up of hydrogen production

    26 Apr 2021, 13:29 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity market Hydrogen Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Green Party wants to restructure the electricity market to ...
  • 05 May 2020 |

    State energy ministers call for investments in renewables, grid and hydrogen as part of coronavirus recovery

    05 May 2020, 15:07 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VKU- German Association of Local ...
  • ұԲ’s “green energy account” deeper in the red

    11 Aug 2020, 11:40 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
  • Deadline for crucial renewables reform expires without results

    31 Mar 2021, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire The German parliament has let a deadline for implementing higher renewable energy capacity targets pass, causing both energy industry stakeholders and climate ...
  • German 2030 power use forecast up due to heat pumps, e-cars and hydrogen

    13 Jul 2021, 13:07 The German energy ministry has increased the country’s estimated power needs in 2030-- a figure that will be crucial after the general elections in September, when a new government has to set renewable energy expansion targets based on ...
  • 17 Oct 2014

    Germany's energy transition in the media on 17 October

    17 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Die Welt  “ Energy transition: think-tank proposes new green power surcharge”   Green electricity is priced so cheaply that these renewable facilities will have to be paid a “capacity premium” in the future to ensure ...
  • First oversubscribed bioenergy auction in Germany follows increase in support rates

    31 May 2023, 13:24 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 28 Jun 2019 |

    German parties hurry to present climate plans as pressure mounts

    28 Jun 2019, 12:31 ұԲ’s parties are hastening to put together proposals on how the country can reach its national and international climate targets as pressure from recent election results, ongoing climate protests and an early heat wave continues to ...
  • Fully renewables-based global energy system possible by 2050, at lower cost – study

    12 Apr 2019, 13:40 Expert Hans-Josef Fell Politician Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Energiewende Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Cost & Prices Energy Watch Group / LUT University A global energy system fully based on ...
  • 05 May 2021 |

    Energy research key to climate neutrality – govt report

    05 May 2021, 12:37 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Energiewende Clean Energy ...
  • Vote in No.1 wind power state stalls ұԲ’s coalition talks

    09 Oct 2017, 00:00 As Germany digests the result of this year’s federal election, the country prepares for yet another important vote, this time in the state of Lower Saxony. The early election in the country’s number one wind power state is seen as vital ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Germany can fulfil entire energy demand with renewables in 10-15 years – report

    21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
  • Germany paves way for electrolyser ramp-up by scrapping renewables fee on hydrogen production

    03 Dec 2020, 13:48 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire The German government has decided to free producers of green hydrogen from paying the renewables levy on the electricity they use in the process. Chancellor Angela ...
  • ұԲ’s renewables levy rises slightly in 2020

    15 Oct 2019, 12:27 ұԲ’s renewable energy surcharge (EEG surcharge) that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations will rise by about 5 percent to 6.756 cents per kilowatt hour (ct ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    Germany partners with UAE to develop green hydrogen, synthetic fuels

    03 Nov 2021, 12:33 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 09 Jan 2015

    In the media: Renewables superlatives, EU policy, heating and e-cars

    09 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) "A year full of superlatives for ecologic power" German consumers paid almost 23 billion euros for renewable electricity in 2014, the FAZ writes, ...
  • 29 Nov 2021 |

    Legislators need to remove blockages on road to climate neutrality – dena and law firm

    29 Nov 2021, 13:13 Expert BBH- Becker Büttner Held energy law firm Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & ...
  • 14 Dec 2018 |

    Germany stays out of call for stronger carbon pricing in EU

    14 Dec 2018, 13:35 Germany abstained from a call by nine other European countries for a stronger and extended role of carbon pricing at the COP climate conference in Katowice. The German environment ministry said it did not want to pre-empt the country’s ...
  • Debate on scrapping renewables levy gathers pace in Merkel's conservative party

    17 Feb 2021, 13:18 Sören Amelang Renewable Energy Act | EEG Policy Handelsblatt / pv magazine Plans to scrap Germany's renewables levy are maturing within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with a new ...
  • 21 Jan 2019 |

    Energy minister proposes 2030 review of ұԲ’s coal exit strategy

    21 Jan 2019, 13:30 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace ...
  • 30 Dec 2014 |

    2015 outlook: Key topics for the Energiewende

    30 Dec 2014, 00:00 After an eventful 2014 – marked by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), a new climate action package and the first fall in CO2 emissions for two years – German energy policy is primed for action in 2015. Expert AGEB- AG ...
  • Debate on financing renewables in new ways gathers pace in Germany

    23 Feb 2017, 00:00 Against a backdrop of general elections later this year, a debate about a general overhaul of ұԲ’s much-imitated system for renewables support is gathering pace. Many proponents of replacing the current Renewable Energy Act (EEG) ...
  • 27 Aug 2020 |

    Ukraine and Germany ink energy partnership to 'modernise' Ukraine's energy sector

    27 Aug 2020, 11:49 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 18 Sep 2019 |

    German government presents blockchain strategy with focus on energy sector

    18 Sep 2019, 12:24 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Clean ...
  • 26 Mar 2020 |

    German state plans to unlock Rhine Rift Valley's vast geothermal energy potential

    26 Mar 2020, 13:57 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating Clean Energy Wire / Badische Neueste Nachrichten The south ...
  • Government defines “green hydrogen”, decides rules for rapid market ramp-up

    20 May 2021, 13:34 ұԲ’s first movers in hydrogen generation using electricity will be supported by lower power prices and a wide definition of “green” hydrogen, the government has decided. By creating “clear and pragmatic” requirements for green ...
  • 10 Nov 2014

    In the media: EEG in English, energy efficiency and coal

    10 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Der Spiegel “Conflict between SPD ministers Gabriel and Hendricks puts climate action plan at risk” Fellow Social Democrats Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Environment Minister Barbara ...
  • 14 Jan 2019 |

    Europe must find answer to China's economic strategy – former env min

    14 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv Climate & CO2 International tageszeitung (taz) Germany and Europe lack an answer to China's economic ...
  • 12 May 2020 |

    German government, coastal states reach agreement for offshore wind expansion

    12 May 2020, 13:16 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Wind Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 11 Feb 2015 |

    German grid regulator cuts lignite in its planning scenarios

    11 Feb 2015, 00:00 Analysts have welcomed a new planning framework for the German grid that works on the basis of less lignite being burned in Germany, saying grid development must serve the country’s climate targets. Expert DIW- German Institute for ...
  • 27 Aug 2020 |

    Little progress in talks about German stake in Dutch TenneT – media report

    27 Aug 2020, 11:48 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity ...
  • 07 Sep 2020 |

    Merkel does not rule out impact of Navalny poisoning on Nord Stream 2

    07 Sep 2020, 13:55 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable ...
  • 27 May 2021 |

    Merkel supports idea of strong European power grid integration at NordLink launch

    27 May 2021, 14:41 Germany is taking another step towards achieving a fully renewable power system by completing the first electric cable connection with Norway, heads of government and ministers from both states have said at the official launch event of ...
  • 23 Nov 2016 |

    Businesses should make proposals to reach climate goals- govt official

    23 Nov 2016, 00:00 ұԲ’s industry should work with the government to reach the goals in the country’s newly adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 rather than criticise the plan or individual measures, energy state secretary Rainer Baake told a conference ...
  • 10 Jun 2020 |

    German govt approves long-delayed 10-year national energy and climate plan

    10 Jun 2020, 13:45 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • Booming German wind power sector fears 2019 cliff

    11 Sep 2017, 00:00 Wind power lobby groups say new funding rules are resulting in unrealistically low compensation, squeezing wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers, while measures to help citizen-owned projects compete in the sector are being ...
  • Germany's solar industry slams renewables act reform, cites possible EU law violation

    13 Oct 2020, 13:54 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy ...
  • 18 Sep 2017 |

    German election to define speed and shape of energy transition

    18 Sep 2017, 00:00 With Germans about to cast their votes in the federal election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is virtually certain to retain power. But the make-up of the next coalition will be key to how the new government tackles a host of energy and ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Northern and southern German state each take lead in national renewables ranking

    27 Nov 2019, 14:08 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Renewable Energies Agency ...
  • 29 Apr 2019 |

    Standstill in grand coalition working group on renewables expansion

    29 Apr 2019, 13:43 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • 28 Jun 2019 |

    2018 heat wave affected power plants, supply security not in danger – German govt

    28 Jun 2019, 12:34 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Electricity market Clean Energy Wire Due to the 2018 heat wave in northern Europe, some German power plants had to ...
  • 29 Apr 2019 |

    CO₂ price debate gathers speed within German grand coalition

    29 Apr 2019, 13:39 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • Renewables cover almost half of German electricity use in first 9 months 2020 – preliminary data

    25 Sep 2020, 13:41 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden ...
  • Deutsche Bahn buys power from Statkraft wind farms after support ends

    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 ...
  • 22 Feb 2021 |

    Natural gas exit in heating must be initiated in the coming years – economy ministry

    22 Feb 2021, 12:27 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Heating ...
  • 15 Oct 2019 |

    Europe must cut meat production to increase forest areas for climate- researchers

    15 Oct 2019, 12:22 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture Clean Energy Wire Large-scale afforestation and ...
  • Raising carbon price could help lower German renewables levy to 2.5 cents – think tank

    07 May 2021, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Clean ...
  • 09 Apr 2015

    In the media: Power price falls- Germans split over coal

    09 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv German Centre for Energy Resources Freiberg (DER) Germans deeply split about coal Germans are deeply split about the mining and use of coal, a study from the German Centre for Energy Resources ...
  • Emission cap faces legal challenge, utility resistance

    24 Mar 2015, 00:00 German utilities say plans to cut 22 millions tonnes of CO2 emissions from the energy sector by demanding additional emissions trading allowances from older power plants amount to an exit plan for the brown coal industry. But despite ...
  • 20 Jun 2016

    Law reform delays energy transition- study / Utilities fear collapse

    20 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW) “New study: EEG 2016 thwarts Paris climate agreement” If Germany continued the deployment of renewable energies at the average pace of ...
  • 20 Jan 2020 |

    Decarbonisation not possible "with German wind and solar energy alone"- econ min

    20 Jan 2020, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Coal Handelsblatt Germany ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    Germany and Denmark to strengthen cooperation on offshore energy island hubs

    15 Dec 2020, 14:17 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Hydrogen Clean ...
  • 17 Dec 2020 |

    Germany backs major international green hydrogen project in Saudi-Arabia

    17 Dec 2020, 13:53 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen ...
  • 29 May 2019 |

    Government support for German energy research increases slightly in 2018

    29 May 2019, 12:15 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 16 Jun 2020 |

    Germany and six allies push for key hydrogen role in Europe's energy future

    16 Jun 2020, 14:57 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Heat pumps and district heating instead of hydrogen needed for Berlin’s heating transition – analysis

    07 Dec 2023, 13:07 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities ...
  • 09 Feb 2022 |

    German government party FDP calls for national negative emissions strategy

    09 Feb 2022, 13:27 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal Government Tagesspiegel Background The Free Democrats (FDP) are calling for progress on ұԲ’s ...
  • 26 Apr 2019 |

    Business-friendly Free Democrats aim to be climate action party

    26 Apr 2019, 16:50 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung / Spiegel Online ұԲ’s liberal, pro-business Free ...
  • 18 Sep 2018 |

    ұԲ’s coal commission insists no decision yet on exit date

    18 Sep 2018, 18:50 The country’s coal exit commission said there were no predetermined decisions regarding a date for the end to coal-fired power generation. Following irritation about reports of a supposed compromise on a 2038 end date, economy minister ...
  • 17 Feb 2015

    In the media: Worries about solar eclipse; Europe headed for renewables record

    17 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Worries about solar eclipse” On March 20, a solar eclipse will cover up to 80 percent of the sun in Germany and grid operators are concerned that massively ...
  • Coal exit: elephant in the room at vote in German industry heartland

    12 May 2017, 00:00 In what is often dubbed “the small-scale federal election”, voters in ұԲ’s industrial powerhouse and most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia decide on a new government on 14 May. The exit from coal-fired power generation – a ...
  • 14 Aug 2018 |

    New “Power Grid Action Plan” to accelerate network development

    14 Aug 2018, 14:31 Technical fixes, better communication and smoother planning procedures are to accelerate ұԲ’s grid expansion, the energy minister has proposed in a new plan. Heading off on a visit to contested power line building sites in western ...
  • 02 Feb 2021 |

    Improved funding conditions in Germany spur energy efficient refurbishment of buildings

    02 Feb 2021, 14:22 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned ...
  • 08 Apr 2016 |

    Czech utility set to buy Vattenfall’s lignite assets in eastern Germany- Reuters

    08 Apr 2016, 00:00 In Czech company EPH, Vattenfall might have found a buyer for its lignite coal mines and power stations in Lusatia. But as the companies involved refuse to comment, environmentalists warn that coal has no future in a country that wants ...
  • 21 May 2015

    In the media: No get-together on coal; A little less fracking

    21 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Coalition doesn’t get together in coal politics” A meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel on the additional levy on old coal ...
  • North Rhine-Westphalia govt “expects double-digit billion euro” support for coal exit

    14 Jan 2019, 13:33 Expert Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy, State of North Rhine-Westphalia Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Innovation, Digitalisierung und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Clean ...
  • 24 Aug 2020 |
    EU

    EU-Africa strategy must focus on energy transition – German development minister

    24 Aug 2020, 12:45 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices EU WirtschaftsWoche Germany and ...
  • South German power supply secure despite coal exit, imports set to rise- study

    15 Feb 2019, 12:12 Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, State of Baden-Württemberg Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft, Baden-Württemberg Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
  • 26 May 2016

    Germany largest EU renewables employer / Industry wants transport ETS

    26 May 2016, 00:00 Sören Amelang Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv IRENA “Germany remains highest EU renewables employer” Germany remains the highest EU renewables employer with about 355,000 jobs, despite a 4 percent decline in employment in the ...
  • Minister promises stability for troubled German wind power sector

    16 Aug 2018, 16:59 While touring critical power grid projects in northern Germany, energy minister Peter Altmaier also faced a troubled wind industry that fears its golden years in the country are over. Under pressure from workers and local politicians, ...
  • Germany's new resource strategy aims at 'responsible' supply for energy transition

    15 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources ...
  • 27 Apr 2020 |

    Lufthansa aid after initial rescue package must incorporate climate action – env min

    27 Apr 2020, 13:53 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Transport Clean Energy ...
  • SPD chancellor candidate Scholz wants EU-wide carbon price for heating and transport

    22 Apr 2021, 13:36 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Energiewende ...
  • 12 Mar 2021 |

    Germany and Saudi Arabia want to cooperate on hydrogen

    12 Mar 2021, 13:36 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen International ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    German govt supports car industry transformation with investment programme

    19 Feb 2021, 14:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sören Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • Abolishing ұԲ’s renewables levy can only be a start – opinion

    30 Jul 2021, 11:23 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung ұԲ’s largest parties call for the abolishment of the EEG surcharge – the levy power consumers pay with their electricity bills to help finance ...
  • ұԲ’s “green energy account” hits all-time high

    12 Mar 2019, 14:10 Rachel Waldholz Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Cost & Prices IWR Online ұԲ’s “green energy account”,  which funds the country’s renewable roll-out, currently shows a record surplus of 5.7 billion euros, according to ...
  • 19 Jan 2021 |

    German economy ministry announces lightweight construction strategy

    19 Jan 2021, 13:49 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Technology Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 28 Feb 2020 |

    German hard coal plant operators fail to reach agreement with economy ministry

    28 Feb 2020, 13:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator ...
  • 26 Sep 2019 |

    Social Democrats prepared to raise initial CO2 price in Germany's climate package

    26 Sep 2019, 13:59 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are prepared to ...
  • Green chancellor candidate Baerbock envisions ‘transatlantic green deal,’ calls for halt to Nord Stream 2

    07 May 2021, 12:03 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Elections & Politics Security Clean Energy Wire The co-leader of the German Greens, Annalena Baerbock, emphasised possibilities ...
  • 28 Aug 2020 |

    German economy minister says willing to support climate-friendly steel production

    28 Aug 2020, 13:22 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • 29 Jan 2019 |

    Parliamentarians see tough road ahead for coal exit proposal

    29 Jan 2019, 13:41 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
  • Parliament amends energy transition laws, weakens 2035 renewables target

    07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of “near 100 percent renewables” in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
  • 30 May 2016

    EU threat to split German power market-report/ VW strategy for e-cars

    30 May 2016, 00:00 Sören Amelang Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv Die Welt “EU wants to split Germany into two power price zones” The European Commission “is threatening to split [Germany] into two power price zones,” which would make power more ...
  • 16 Aug 2019 |

    German economy ministry mulls action on looming solar power support cap

    16 Aug 2019, 12:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Solar pv magazine The ...
  • 07 Jul 2021 |

    German government and industry agree vision for greening chemicals industry

    07 Jul 2021, 13:13 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |
    Gas

    Germany's natural gas infrastructure plans violate Paris Agreement – report

    15 Apr 2021, 14:03 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Sören Amelang Gas Germany will ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

    Grid operators propose thousands of kilometres of new lines to meet green energy needs

    05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    Plans for new German motorways clash with transport emissions targets- NGO

    09 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Transport Clean Energy Wire The ...
  • Citizen participation as the key to energy transition success

    10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
  • 08 Jun 2020 |

    Germany denounces further US sanctions planned against Nord Stream 2

    08 Jun 2020, 13:14 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Gas Security Handelsblatt ...
  • Compact power-to-liquid pilot facility demonstrates high degree of efficiency

    19 Aug 2019, 13:09 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Julian Wettengel Storage Hydrogen Technology Clean Energy Wire Researchers in Germany have combined ...
  • 12 Aug 2015

    In the media: Loss in profits at E.ON; biogas farmers revolt

    12 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv E.ON Conventional power business causes E.ON loss in profits / debt reduced Half way into its “transformative year,” ұԲ’s largest utility E.ON has reported a reduced operating profit and ...
  • 25 Apr 2019 |

    Green Party: CO2 tax is not enough

    25 Apr 2019, 13:04 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Süddeutsche Zeitung As new warnings of drought show that "the climate crisis is intensifying", the German ...
  • Worldwide renewables growth rate must rise to meet climate targets – German engineers

    23 Feb 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire / Spiegel Renewables expansion in Germany and across the world is insufficient to help keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C, a key goal of the Paris Climate ...
  • 13 Oct 2021 |

    German climate law needs reform to include early warnings of target miss – researchers

    13 Oct 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • 12 Oct 2018 |

    Shake-up in Bavaria's election may impact German energy policy

    12 Oct 2018, 16:30 The surge of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a strong showing of the Green Party look set to end the absolute majority of conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavarian state elections on 14 October. The CSU is a ...
  • 23 Oct 2019 |

    Germany achieves breakthrough in sluggish grid expansion effort- agency

    23 Oct 2019, 13:32 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Federal Network Agency for ...
  • 25 Feb 2020 |

    Economy ministry blocks ban on German nuclear fuel rod exports

    25 Feb 2020, 13:28 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Nuclear phase-out ...
  • Green Party pushes for more trees and plants in Germany's inner cities

    03 Aug 2020, 13:17 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Cities Elections & Politics Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The Green Party has called for an investment programme worth 800 million ...
  • 11 Oct 2019 |

    EU has to significantly ramp up emissions reduction goal to stay on track for Paris goals – researchers

    11 Oct 2019, 14:09 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
  • 27 Sep 2019 |

    Project-based carbon contracts for differences could help lower industry emissions – analysis

    27 Sep 2019, 13:51 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Cost & Prices ...
  • 05 Sep 2019 |

    Economy ministry plans no compensation for hard coal plant operators after 2030 – media

    05 Sep 2019, 12:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Coal Cost & Prices ...
  • 20 Mar 2015 |

    German government wants to tackle old coal-fired plants to meet emission goals

    20 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Germany needs a national instrument to reduce carbon emissions from the power sector to meet climate targets by 2020 because even a reformed European Emissions Trading System (ETS) alone will not have enough impact, leaked ...
  • 25 Mar 2020 |

    German researchers test conversion of CO2 from air into solid carbon in 'world first'

    25 Mar 2020, 14:16 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Clean Energy Wire German researchers are trying to ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Coal phase-out in Germany will be economic net gain, study finds

    14 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Ecologic Institute ...
  • 08 Apr 2020 |

    Digitalisation of Germany's energy transition on track, but many hurdles ahead – study

    08 Apr 2020, 12:55 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sören Amelang Digitalisation Clean ...
  • 19 Jun 2019 |

    Germany to support three battery cell alliances – economy minister

    19 Jun 2019, 12:04 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Cars Reuters Germany ...
  • 17 Apr 2019 |

    Official Energiewende evaluation calls for massive investments- report

    17 Apr 2019, 13:27 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced ...
  • 04 May 2021 |

    Germany to spend additional 5 bln euros on decarbonising steel industry

    04 May 2021, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Clean Energy ...
  • 17 Apr 2015

    In the media: Final battle over nuclear power in Germany

    17 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Süddeutsche Zeitung "Powered out" The German nuclear power sector's final battle is currently being fought on paper, writes Markus Balser in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The likes of E ...
  • 17 May 2021 |

    German Free Democrats call for strict CO2 budget in election programme

    17 May 2021, 13:31 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire ұԲ’s pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) is putting a market ...
  • 10 Jan 2020 |

    German parliament plans to drastically cut funding for energy research

    10 Jan 2020, 11:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry ...
  • Two percent of German land area for onshore wind by 2032- cabinet approves next batch of energy transition laws

    15 Jun 2022, 15:01 German states will have to actively look for areas that can be designated for wind farm construction in order to meet government targets. The cabinet is forwarding another set of draft laws aimed at accelerating the country’s energy ...
  • Germany's Social Democratic Party has new climate movement- report

    19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Sören Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
  • 29 Dec 2015 |

    2016 Outlook – Key topics for ұԲ’s energy transition

    29 Dec 2015, 00:00 2016 is set to be another eventful year in German energy policy. The Paris climate summit underlined the need to reduce emissions even further, which will ultimately involve painful decisions about the future of coal. A series of ...
  • ٳٳܻ: Renewable Energy Act might boost emissions rather than curbing them”

    ұԲ’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG) could produce results that go against its intended purpose of cutting emissions by supporting low-carbon energy generation, EurActiv.de reports. The EEG, combined with the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), caused an ...
  • ұԲ’s renewables output climbs to 49% of power demand in first half of 2022

    05 Jul 2022, 13:04 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
  • Costly nuclear power no option for low-carbon power mix of future – researchers

    25 Jul 2019, 14:52 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase ...
  • “Legal shake-up threatens ұԲ’s energy ‘r𱹴DZܳپDz’ĝ

    The reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) could spell the end for ұԲ’s grassroots energy cooperatives, reports Guy Chazan in the Financial Times. The new auction system poses large financial risks for cooperatives, members of the sector told ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    EU gas supply secure without Russia, German LNG plans oversized – researchers

    24 May 2024, 14:00 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Clean ...
  • 侱پԲ’ energy projects dominate first onshore wind power auction

    19 May 2017, 00:00 The dominance of citizens’ energy projects among the successful bids in ұԲ’s first onshore wind power auctions comes as a big surprise for industry observers. Not only did citizen cooperatives account for the bulk of accepted ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    Germany says green hydrogen imports should not harm environment in partner countries

    06 Oct 2020, 13:30 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Hydrogen International Clean Energy Wire The German government says green hydrogen production projects with partner countries should not come at the expense of local ...
  • 15 Feb 2019 |

    New German energy state secretary takes carbon price off table for now

    15 Feb 2019, 13:49 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sven Egenter Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • 25 Jan 2019 |

    German energy minister gets booed by student climate protesters

    25 Jan 2019, 13:51 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • 17 May 2021 |

    NGOs obtain govt calculations for coal exit compensations, say sums are too high

    17 May 2021, 13:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Ember Climate & energy think ...
  • 08 Oct 2021 |

    Germany needs 20-30 GW of new gas plants to ensure supply security – RWE CEO

    08 Oct 2021, 12:00 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • 25 Sep 2020 |

    German econ min warns Nord Stream 2 stop could damage trust in large-scale projects

    25 Sep 2020, 13:43 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Security ...
  • 12 May 2020 |

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

    12 May 2020, 13:07 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Wind In an effort to reduce ...
  • Merkel calls for honouring Paris deal as German climate action falters

    29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
  • “Better chances for citzens’ energy

    The government coalition has agreed last-minute changes to the contested reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in order to boost citizen energy projects, reports Michael Bauchmüller in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Citizen energy projects need to participate at ...
  • 02 Jan 2015

    In the media: Wind power booms while solar wanes; Energiewende is popular, but Germans grumble about implementation

    02 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Handelsblatt / dpa “Solar boom continues to ebb“ Germany built 1.95 gigawatts-worth of solar installations in 2014 – 43 percent fewer than the year before, the Handelsblatt writes, reporting ...
  • 14 Oct 2019 |

    German govt should back banning natural gas from EIB support list – researcher

    14 Oct 2019, 13:28 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Finance EurActiv / ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    New EU climate target means Germany has to boost renewables expansion- economy minister

    15 Dec 2020, 14:12 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 12 Nov 2014 |

    Many German households to get cheaper power for first time in years

    12 Nov 2014, 00:00 After more than a decade of rising electricity prices, German utilities are passing on some of their savings from lower wholesale prices and a cut in the renewable energy surcharge. But with a number of government decisions on the next ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    European Commission approves ұԲ’s reform of renewables support

    03 May 2021, 12:57 Edgar Meza Renewables Clean Energy Wire The European Commission  has approved  the prolongation and modification of ұԲ’s  Renewable Energy Act (EEG) designed to support the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources. ...
  • 04 Sep 2019 |

    Room heating demand in German households rises for third year in a row – study

    04 Sep 2019, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Efficiency Heating ...
  • Nuclear power no longer an option for Germany, former advocate party FDP says

    07 Jan 2022, 11:56 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government Clean Energy Wire Nuclear power is not a sustainable energy generation technology and ...
  • 15 Oct 2014

    Germany's energy transition in the media on 15 October

    15 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy "State Secretary Baake: 'Target triad for 2030 is the most cost-efficient and effective route to decarbonising Europe's energy system'" Ahead ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    German government must end its obstruction of European climate law – opinion

    01 Dec 2020, 14:13 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU In an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau, Green Party colleagues Lisa Badum, a member of the German parliament, and ...
  • 22 May 2020 |

    Soaring renewables output could save villages threatened by German coal mine expansion

    22 May 2020, 14:07 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany ...
  • 01 Feb 2019 |

    Relief about German coal exit deal fades as focus turns to implementation challenges

    01 Feb 2019, 13:53 The initial relief in Germany over a coal exit deal has given way to fresh discussions over how to implement the hard-won compromise. Chancellor Angela Merkel and politicians from her grand coalition government praised the agreement by ...
  • 12 Aug 2021 |

    Ministries disagree on extra measures to cut emissions from buildings

    12 Aug 2021, 13:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 30 Jun 2021 |

    Plastic production and waste remain blind spots in Europe's climate policies – researchers

    30 Jun 2021, 13:50 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & ...
  • 13 Jan 2016 |

    Coal exit proposal reveals faultlines in energy debate

    13 Jan 2016, 00:00 A think tank proposal on how Germany should exit coal has pushed the debate on the Energiewende's future into full swing, exposing deep fault lines. The environment ministry and Greens backed the plan for a phase-out of coal power ...
  • 24 Oct 2019 |

    Climate package disadvantages the poor and the old- govt auditors

    24 Oct 2019, 12:13 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 ...
  • 18 Nov 2016 |

    “Unburden power price, start heating transition”

    The renewable surcharge scheme in ұԲ’s renewable energy act (EEG) is increasingly slackening the Energiewende, writes Robert Busch, chairman of ұԲ’s Association of Energy Market Innovators (BNE), in a guest commentary for Frankfurter Rundschau. ...
  • 02 Mar 2021 |

    German coal region looks for transition opportunities with new green hydrogen lab

    02 Mar 2021, 13:30 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour ...
  • 02 Sep 2021 |

    Regulatory measures must supplement CO2 pricing to reach climate targets- Greenpeace

    02 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany ...
  • 05 Jul 2019 |

    “Deceptive security” of German electricity supply – commentary

    05 Jul 2019, 14:12 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Grid Handelsblatt Germany ...
  • 15 Apr 2019 |

    ұԲ’s government wants coal states to foot part of exit bill

    15 Apr 2019, 12:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Frankfurter ...
  • 20 Apr 2021 |

    Energy companies get ready to sue over RWE’s lignite exit compensation

    20 Apr 2021, 13:00 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG ...
  • 18 May 2020 |

    Merkel's coalition partner pushes for ambitious green hydrogen production

    18 May 2020, 14:16 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Sören Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire Germany should aim to build up large capacities of hydrogen ...
  • Renewables share in German transport sector rises to 7.3% in 2020

    30 Mar 2021, 13:38 The share of renewables in the transport, electricity and heating sectors increased in 2020, said an analysis by the government’s AGEE stat working group and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). As larger amounts of biofuels were used ...
  • 22 Jun 2017 |

    “Tre’s no way around a coal exit law”

    22 Jun 2017, 00:00 Germany's energy transition can only be successful if it is created by citizens themselves in a socially fair way, the Left Party writes in its election campaign programme. The Left is currently the largest opposition group in the ...
  • 16 Apr 2019 |

    Green Party calls for shutting down 7 GW of coal by 2022

    16 Apr 2019, 14:16 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Coal Clean Energy Wire The opposition Green Party has called on ұԲ’s government to rapidly implement the recommendations of the ...
  • 13 Aug 2020 |

    Germany paves way for faster wind power expansion licenses

    13 Aug 2020, 13:48 ұԲ’s government has set out to accelerate planning procedures for infrastructure projects linked to the energy transition with a focus on speeding up onshore wind power expansion in particular. Utilities welcomed the streamlining ...
  • 02 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- "Urgent matters won’t be tackled in election campaign"

    02 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 06 Jan 2020 |

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

    06 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche Städte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
  • 17 Jun 2019 |

    German Greens call for national “climate fund” to finance reduction and mitigation measures

    17 Jun 2019, 12:50 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Bild am Sonntag Germany should set up a national fund endowed with billions of euros to ...
  • German Industry calls for overhauling of Renewable Energies Act

    ұԲ’s most powerful industry federation BDI regards a fundamental reform of the country’s Renewable Energies Act (EEG) as necessary to ensure competitiveness, BDI president Dieter Kempf said in a press release. Kempf said energy policy should be made ...
  • German SPD’s climate-heavy election programme includes Autobahn speed limit

    01 Mar 2021, 14:00 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire / Handelsblatt The Social Democratic Party (SPD) ...
  • Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

    07 Apr 2022, 11:20 Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation. In the “biggest energy policy reform in decades,” the ...
  • 07 Oct 2019 |

    German economy ministry presents onshore wind power rescue plan

    07 Oct 2019, 14:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Government Clean ...
  • 02 Oct 2020 |
    Gas

    Gas plant in Bavaria comes back online thanks to low gas and high CO2 prices

    02 Oct 2020, 14:23 Expert Ministry of Economic Affairs, State Development and Energy, State of Bavaria Staatsministerium für Wirtschaftm Landesentwicklung und Energie Bayern Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities ...
  • Germany stops renewables funding via power bills to make electricity cheaper

    29 Apr 2022, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Policy Clean Energy Wire German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on the power price as of 1 July 2022. The German federal parliament (Bundestag) passed ...
  • Germany's economic powerhouse states demand clear federal energy policy concept

    08 Apr 2019, 12:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ ...
  • SPD deputy group leader reiterates call for additional renewables auctions

    Matthias Miersch, deputy leader of the Social Democratic (SPD) group in the German parliament, reiterated his party’s call for additional renewables auctions – as foreseen in the coalition treaty – in an upcoming reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), ...
  • 04 Aug 2020 |

    Applications for German government's e-car buyer's premium soar to record level

    04 Aug 2020, 14:38 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für ...
  • 19 Apr 2021 |

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

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

    German environment minister in favour of Nord Stream 2 completion

    25 Jan 2021, 12:36 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • 08 Jan 2015

    No room for Energiewende complacency despite 2014 CO2-drop

    08 Jan 2015, 00:00 Proving Energiewende critics wrong or only a minor step in the right direction? Recent data indicated that Germany has started substituting power from hard coal with renewable electricity while lower power consumption has contributed to ...
  • 07 May 2020 |

    German econ min says car industry support must keep climate targets in view

    07 May 2020, 13:51 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sören Amelang Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • “Return of reason"

    With the reform of the Renewable Energy Act “reason has returned to ecology” in Germany, writes Jasper von Altenbockum in an opinion piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The reform was about “wringing out a quantum of market economy” from the ...
  • 03 Feb 2020 |

    European Green Deal: German econ min calls for industry support- media

    03 Feb 2020, 13:46 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    German environment agency calls for increasing e-car recycling capacities

    09 Apr 2020, 13:53 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Sören ...
  • 05 May 2020 |

    German govt coalition members at odds over energy and climate ambitions – report

    05 May 2020, 13:35 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • Renewable Energy Act 2016 report

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has published its 2016 EEG report. It includes data on installed renewables capacity, electricity feed-in, regional distribution of renewables facilities, and their size. Find the EEG report in German here. ...
  • Ministry assures chemicals industry on Energiewende costs

    03 Mar 2015, 00:00 Chemicals industry and energy minister sign joint statement on energy and climate policy. Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BMWi- ...
  • 28 May 2020 |

    German Social Democrats say EU hydrogen production ideal case for coronavirus recovery project

    28 May 2020, 12:29 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Clean Energy Wire A coordinated European green hydrogen production infrastructure is a ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    Opposition lambasts climate plans as parliamentary process kicks off

    25 Oct 2019, 14:20 Opposition parties have strongly criticised the German government coalition’s climate policy package in a first parliamentary debate on key legislative elements, such as the planned major climate action law. The first reading in the ...
  • 16 Oct 2014

    Germany's energy transition in the media on 16 October

    16 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Öko-Institut Research on the Energiewende – inter-active map goes online A new online-platform brings together the output of 33 research projects funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research ...
  • 10 Oct 2019 |

    Germany to make it more attractive for ships to turn off engines in ports and use power grid instead

    10 Oct 2019, 13:43 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Clean ...
  • 18 Dec 2019 |

    German state clears important legal hurdle for wind turbine repowering, cancels minimum distance rule

    18 Dec 2019, 13:25 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Hamburger ...
  • 16 Jan 2020 |

    Increase of Germany's e-car buyer's premium delayed

    16 Jan 2020, 13:09 Expert BAFA- Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle Fossil fuels Renewables Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für ...
  • 09 Sep 2021 |

    No German party election manifesto fit for 2030 climate targets – report

    09 Sep 2021, 14:08 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & ...
  • 05 Aug 2020 |

    Germany's econ min admits climate policy mistakes, says decarbonisation must be made "irreversible"

    05 Aug 2020, 14:14 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
  • 06 Sep 2019 |

    German companies to play “major role” in second European battery cell production project

    06 Sep 2019, 13:27 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Storage Cars Clean Energy ...
  • Projected decrease in renewables levy not a turning point - opinion

    This year’s projected slight decrease in ұԲ’s renewables levy (EEG surcharge) is not a turning point in the country’s energy transition, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. Support payments for existing wind and solar power ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Biogas

    01 Jun 2021, 10:25 After 20 years, many pioneer clean energy projects are losing their guaranteed feed-in tariff, with possible repercussions for citizen involvement in the energy transition. Without the support of the feed-in tariff, power production ...
  • German Social Democrats adopt new climate targets at party conference

    10 May 2021, 14:29 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Clean Energy Wire 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Zeit Online / Reuters ұԲ’s Social Democratic Party ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

    German econ min calls for large-scale green hydrogen production in highly anticipated strategy- report

    30 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sören Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen ...
  • 09 Nov 2016 |

    Coal exit dispute delays ұԲ’s Climate Action Plan

    09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
  • 20 Apr 2021 |

    BMW secures 68 million euros in state funding for new battery projects

    20 Apr 2021, 13:04 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business ...
  • Parliament energy committee agrees to contested renewables reform

    The federal parliament’s committee for economics and energy has agreed to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), including many last-minute changes, according to a press release. The government coalition parties, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel’s ...
  • 13 May 2019 |

    CO₂ price must not put additional burden on citizens –Social Democrat leader

    13 May 2019, 14:12 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices A CO₂ price can be a useful building block of a package of climate ...
  • 27 Mar 2019 |
    Gas

    Cabinet drafts regulation to reduce costs for LNG terminal operators

    27 Mar 2019, 12:19 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Clean Energy Wire ...
  • 25 Feb 2020 |

    Search is on for new “expert council” to monitor German emissions cuts

    25 Feb 2020, 13:38 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Claudia Kemfert German ...
  • 27 Oct 2017 |

    German coalition talks stuck over climate, energy policy

    27 Oct 2017, 00:00 ұԲ’s future energy and climate policy has proven the expected difficult issue in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s effort to form a government coalition of her conservatives, the Free Democrats, and the Green Party. According to media ...
  • 20 May 2020 |

    German government adopts higher CO2 starting price of 25 euros per tonne for transport and heating

    20 May 2020, 13:55 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

    Altmaier wants to boost battery cells, autonomous driving as part of industry policy

    05 Feb 2019, 13:40 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv ...
  • 30 Sep 2020 |

    German heating emissions cut almost entirely down to warmer weather – study

    30 Sep 2020, 13:15 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Heating CO2 ...
  • 09 Jul 2021 |

    Protecting the climate 'won't require major sacrifices'- SPD's Scholz

    09 Jul 2021, 12:46 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire Despite all the changes that are necessary to protect the ...
  • 16 Feb 2021 |

    German chemicals industry says lower power prices crucial for climate-friendly transformation

    16 Feb 2021, 14:03 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, ...
  • 11 May 2016

    Germany's appeal for renewables investment falls / Industry fears reform of renewables act

    11 May 2016, 00:00 Sven Egenter EY "Germany 5th in EY renewable investment attractiveness ranking" ұԲ’s attractiveness as a location for renewable investments has declined, according to major business consultancy EY. Germany is ranked fifth ...
  • 100% green power by 2035 – high hopes for Germany's next renewables reform

    01 Mar 2022, 14:31 ұԲ’s government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country’s power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by Clean Energy Wire, the economy and climate ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Government announces coal region support guidelines ahead of elections

    22 May 2019, 13:19 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Coal Elections & ...
  • 27 Jul 2020 |

    BMW says hydrogen fuel cells remain important technology option for passenger cars

    27 Jul 2020, 13:09 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business ...
  • “T Renewable Energy Act has to go”

    The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) should be ditched and replaced by a carbon tax, writes Dieter Dürand in an opinion piece in WirtschaftsWoche. “It is time for a clear cut: get rid of the EEG. In its place could be a simple tax on CO 2,” writes Dürand. “This ...
  • German parliament approves controversial renewables reform

    ұԲ’s federal parliament has approved a controversial revamp of the country’s energy transition. The government coalition of economy minister Sigmar Gabriel’s Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Conservatives secured a majority vote for ...
  • 27 Jun 2019 |

    Environment ministry should have right to initiate laws outside own responsibility – govt advisors

    27 Jun 2019, 12:27 Expert German Advisory Council on the Environment Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire In ...
  • 23 Jun 2020 |

    Grid operator Amprion opposes German state investing in competitor TenneT

    23 Jun 2020, 13:48 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs ...
  • 30 Jun 2020 |

    Germany bankrolls battery producer VARTA with 300 million euros

    30 Jun 2020, 13:38 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
  • Parliament weakens building efficiency standards, nature protection – reactions to new energy transition laws

    08 Jul 2022, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire Both the federal parliament (Bundestag) and the council of state governments (Bundesrat) have passed this year’s first major batch of energy ...
  • 03 Mar 2020 |

    Lower taxes for diesel cost Germany up to seven billion euros in 2019

    03 Mar 2020, 14:22 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Cars Rheinische Post The lower ...
  • 31 Aug 2020 |

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

    31 Aug 2020, 13:42 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 06 Oct 2016 |

    Background paper on Renewable Energy Act (EEG)

    On 14 October, German grid operators will announce the renewables surcharge (EEG-Umlage) for 2017. For this occasion, the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) has put together a paper that discusses important legal changes to the EEG made over the ...
  • 17 Jan 2017 |

    Preview2017- Bring ideological coal debate "back to civilised level"

    17 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
  • 28 Oct 2024 |

    Germany's renewable support costs could drop in 2025 amid strong solar expansion – analysis

    28 Oct 2024, 13:07 Edgar Meza Renewables Cost & Prices Clean Energy Wire Federal funds required to support the expansion of renewable energy in Germany could drop in 2025, according to an analysis by the Institute of Energy Economics at the University ...
  • 18 Nov 2019 |

    Green Party dares too little for fear of losing poll tailwind – opinion

    18 Nov 2019, 13:29 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Deutschlandfunk Germany's opposition Green Party has dared too little in their decisions at the party's ...
  • Govt party politican wants to ensure savings from end to renewables levy passed on to consumers

    04 Feb 2022, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background / Clean Energy Wire Consumers must fully benefit from any potential early end to ұԲ’s renewables levy, the top-up to power prices ...
  • 13 Apr 2021 |

    German Left Party outflanks Greens on climate action- Tagesspiegel Background

    13 Apr 2021, 12:32 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background [UPDATE adds draft programme key content] The German Left Party (Die Linke) looks set to out ...
  • 12 Nov 2019 |

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

    12 Nov 2019, 12:40 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 13 Jul 2020 |

    Former German state secretary Baake heads new climate policy foundation

    13 Jul 2020, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Politics Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background More than two years after quitting his job due to differences with the new government at the time, Rainer Baake, former German state ...
  • 26 Aug 2021 |

    Expert Council on Climate finds ministry's emergency programme for buildings sector lacking

    26 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • “Call for a reform of the renewable energy act

    Most Germans say the costs for renewable energy expansion are not fairly distributed across the country, Thüringische Landeszeitung reports. A representative survey by pollster Kantar Emnid found 59 percent of respondents said the costs paid by power ...
  • “State aid: Commission approves auction scheme for electricity from renewable sources in Germany”

    The EU Commission today found this year’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG) reform to be in line with EU state aid rules. “T amendments to the German EEG law we approved today make sure that one of the largest renewable support schemes in the EU will be based ...
  • 18 Dec 2019 |

    Germany sets goal of cutting primary energy use by 30 percent by 2030

    18 Dec 2019, 13:31 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DENEFF- German Industry ...
  • 11 Nov 2014 |

    German minister warns against quick exit from coal power

    11 Nov 2014, 00:00 Germany still needs electricity from coal while shifting to a green economy, Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said, reassuring utilities that a quick phase-out of the fossil fuel was not his plan. Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for ...
  • 08 Feb 2021 |

    German govt allocates €6 bln to building efficiency, hopes for EU-wide CO2 price

    08 Feb 2021, 13:09 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Heating Clean Energy ...
  • ұԲ’s government coalition wrangles over feasibility of 65 percent renewables goal for 2030

    30 Nov 2018, 15:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Clean Energy Wire 91tv Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Clean Energy Wire ұԲ’s government coalition parties have locked horns over the envisaged 65 percent share of renewables in ұԲ’s gross power ...
  • EEG surcharge to decrease slightly in 2018 – renewables organisation

    For 2018, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) projects a slight decrease in the country’s levy to finance renewables expansion, the organisation says in a press release. The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge will drop to about 6.71 euro cents ...
  • 08 Jul 2021 |

    German Greens say will only enter a government aiming for 1.5 degree goal

    08 Jul 2021, 13:37 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Zeit The German Green Party's candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, has said her party would ...
  • 31 Mar 2015

    In the media: Trend reversal- German emissions decrease

    31 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv   Federal Environment Agency (UBA) “Trend reversal: Emissions decrease to lowest level since 2010” German greenhouse gas emissions have decreased in 2014 for the first time in three years, ...
  • 17 Jul 2020 |

    Onshore wind power expansion in Germany slowly picking up again

    17 Jul 2020, 13:28 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind dpa / Süddeutsche Zeitung The number of newly installed wind power ...
  • Capacity markets will not be dominant in Europe- energy state secretary

    23 Feb 2016, 00:00 A reformed energy-only market and interconnections with electrical neighbours are Germany's visions for a future European power system, energy state secretary Baake says. Utility industry head Kempmann warns against splitting power ...
  • Gabriel considers renewable surcharge insufficient for comprehensive energy transition

    The current German renewable energy surcharge will not be enough to put the Energiewende on a sound financial basis, due to growing demand for electricity in transport and heating (sector coupling), economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said at the annual ...
  • 23 Dec 2016 |

    Preview2017 – Elections, G20 set to dominate Energiewende policy

    23 Dec 2016, 00:00 Germany is heading into a year filled with international top-events and elections that will determine the future course of the country’s Energiewende project. The uncertainties about the new US administration and the exact details of ...
  • “An outcry!”

    An alliance of climate activists and renewable proponents has published an advert in business daily Handelsblatt urging politicians to stop the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in parliament in order to “save the Energiewende”. “Anybody who wants ...
  • Reform of renewables law delayed again

    The reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) was postponed for the third week in a row on Wednesday. The changes proposed to ұԲ’s renewables law, which enabled the rapid growth of solar, wind and biogas generated power, are subject to disagreements ...
  • 03 Feb 2020 |

    German econ min’s draft strategy criticised for including ‘blue hydrogen’

    03 Feb 2020, 13:44 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Gas ...
  • 19 Feb 2019 |

    German conservative party head calls for serious discussion on climate action law – media

    19 Feb 2019, 13:19 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • 10 May 2016

    Does Germany turn into a 'wind industry park'? / Car contradictions

    10 May 2016, 00:00 Sören Amelang Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “T country, a wind industry park” "Rapeseed, maize, and wind monocultures" in the German countryside reveal what the solar age looks like, ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    German Left Party puts climate and fair transition at heart of election programme

    09 Feb 2021, 13:31 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics ZEIT online The German Left Party (Die Linke) puts climate protection at the heart of its federal election campaign, Katharina ...
  • 06 Apr 2020 |

    Nuclear power generation and waste transfers continue in Germany despite coronavirus crisis

    06 Apr 2020, 13:58 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen ...
  • Chancellor candidate Scholz says rapid transformation towards sustainability is key election topic

    11 Aug 2020, 12:22 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Elections & Politics Clean Energy Wire The German Social Democrats (SPD) will make the ...
  • 27 Oct 2017

    Coalition talks on climate goals, energy policy "heated"- negotiator

    27 Oct 2017, 00:00 As expected, ұԲ’s future energy and climate policy has emerged as the main stumbling block in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s effort to form a government coalition of her conservatives, the Free Democrats, and the Green Party. Talks got ...
  • Germany's old wind turbines will be given new lifelines at end of 20-year support

    14 Oct 2020, 14:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Renewable Energy Act | EEG Clean Energy Wire Germany will try to retain most of its wind power capacity that will lose its guaranteed remuneration after dropping out of the 20-year feed-in tariff support scheme ...
  • Expenditure on ұԲ’s renewable energy support hits record high

    Germany spent a record 26.3 billion euros on supporting renewable energy development in 2017, reports Andreas Mihm in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing data released by the country’s four power transmission grid operators (TSO) on Renewable ...
  • “Know-how, capital and cooperation help small actors against risks of the renewables reform”

    Greenpeace Energy and its subsidiary Planet energy aim to support citizens’ wind power projects in their planning phases in light of regulatory changes brought on by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). “T new EEG slows down the expansion of ...
  • 15 Oct 2018 |

    Bavarian vote shakes Berlin coalition, leaves energy policy in limbo

    15 Oct 2018, 17:33 The ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) – the sister party to Angela Merkel’s CDU and the partner in her national grand coalition government – were dealt a historic blow in the Bavarian state elections, ...
  • 18 Nov 2015 |

    Energiewende climate targets in “serious danger”- govt advisors

    18 Nov 2015, 00:00 Days before the UN climate conference in Paris, Germany is taking stock of its national climate protection efforts. The government says the country is making “good progress” with its energy transition, but independent experts warn that ...
  • 15 Jan 2021 |

    Nord Stream 2 gets new construction permit as researchers question pipeline's necessity

    15 Jan 2021, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert DUH- Environmental Action ...
  • 16 Oct 2017 |

    Renewables levy could be lowered further - utility association

    ұԲ’s renewables levy could be lowered even further next year if exemptions for energy intensive industries were financed via the federal budget, instead of with the levy, writes the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) in a press ...
  • “After the reform is before the reform”

    Germany's energy transition has to become more European and more innovative, Michael Fuchs writes in Handelsblatt. Fuchs — who serves as vice chairman of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and is in charge of economy and ...
  • 16 Apr 2020 |

    Zero-support bids from 2018 could make bidders pay in German offshore auctions

    16 Apr 2020, 13:04 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & ...
  • 06 Apr 2016

    Minister calls nuclear energy an ‘aberration’ / Renewables dominate EU electricity mix

    06 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv Ministry for the Environment and Nuclear Safety Using nuclear energy is an ‘aberration’ The nuclear catastrophe of Chernobyl almost 30 years ago showed that using nuclear energy ...
  • 23 Dec 2020 |

    New rules proposed for lithium mining, power users, to make Germany fit for net-zero

    23 Dec 2020, 13:43 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Grid Storage Cars ...
  • 11 Nov 2016 |

    Germany finally sets specific CO₂ targets in climate roadmap

    11 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of heated debate, the German government has finally struck an agreement on its contentious Climate Action Plan 2050, due to be signed off by the cabinet over the weekend. It includes emission reduction targets for transport ...
  • 04 Jan 2023 |

    Preview 2023: EU taxonomy’s implementation must deliver push for sustainable finance – researcher

    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 ...
  • 02 Dec 2019 |

    Eastern German states call coal exit roadmap into question – media report

    02 Dec 2019, 13:38 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Spiegel Online / ...
  • 08 Feb 2021 |

    German Social Democrats put sustainability at heart of election campaign

    08 Feb 2021, 13:27 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics ZEIT online / Tagesspiegel The German Social Democrats (SPD) want to put ...
  • 20 Sep 2021 |

    Renewable power surcharge to drop by up to a third, says German economy minister

    20 Sep 2021, 13:18 Sören 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 ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    Germany eager to partner with West African countries on green hydrogen

    21 May 2021, 13:16 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Hydrogen International Clean Energy Wire The German government is taking firs steps to partner with West African nations in the development of a ...
  • Energy industry calls on next German govt to increase 2030 renewables share to 70%

    01 Jun 2021, 12:37 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Elections & ...
  • 12 Nov 2020 |

    Small fraction of Germany's biogas plants contribute to grid stability – study

    12 Nov 2020, 14:21 Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Kerstine ...
  • 02 Oct 2019 |

    Economic institutes criticise German government’s climate package

    02 Oct 2019, 13:53 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert IfW- Kiel Institute for the ...
  • Economy ministry to amend several energy laws - report

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is working on draft amendments to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the Combined Heat and Power Act (CHP), and other energy laws, writes Hendrik Köstens for Tagesspiegel Background. The ...
  • Govt energy transition commission calls for CO2 price, mobility action

    01 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany is likely to miss several of its energy transition goals by 2020, including greenhouse gas and energy consumption reduction, writes an expert commission tasked with monitoring the progress of the German Energiewende in a short ...
  • 15 Aug 2016 |

    German tenants set to benefit from renewable energy savings

    Until now, tenants in Germany had to pay the renewable energy surcharge of 6.35 cents per kilowatt-hour that finances the state-guaranteed price, or feed-in tariff, for producers of renewable energy even if the building they live in is installed with a ...
  • 03 May 2018 |

    Germany wants transparent global climate reporting to ensure trust

    03 May 2018, 00:00 Negotiators from 184 countries gather in the city of Bonn from 30 April to 10 May to work on the implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement, designed to limit global warming to under 2°C. The German government is a longtime ...
  • 12 Nov 2020 |

    Court forces Germany to revisit phase-out compensation for nuclear operators

    12 Nov 2020, 14:18 ұԲ’s highest court has ruled that the compensation clauses in the country’s nuclear exit law are unconstitutional. The decision forces the government to make changes to the law yet again, after the original legislation had to be ...
  • German wind industry calls for direct sale option for facilities supported by renewables law

    According to the wind industry, German turbine operators supported under the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) should be able to sell their electricity directly to companies, reports Klaus Stratmann in the Handelsblatt. Until now, renewable electricity supported ...
  • 14 Oct 2016 |

    EEG-surcharge 2017”

    German transmission grid operators confirmed today that the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)-surcharge will rise from the current 6.35 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) to 6.88 ct/kWh in 2017. The EEG surcharge covers the difference between the wholesale market ...
  • "We’re not here to protect German carmakers"

    28 Apr 2017, 00:00 No other party has been part of a German federal government longer than the Free Democrats (FDP). They also governed together with Angela Merkel's CDU at the time of the Fukushima disaster and supported the second nuclear phase-out ...
  • Renewables support system must be reformed by 2019 – BDEW head

    Germany will need to reform its renewables support system by 2019, said Stefan Kapferer, head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). “I am convinced that, although we may not have a major Renewable Energy Act (EEG) reform already ...
  • 27 Feb 2020 |

    Law firm calls German coal exit law 'unconstitutional,' Greens push for earlier plant closures

    27 Feb 2020, 14:10 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Welt / Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion by the energy law firm Rosin ...
  • 06 Aug 2015

    In the media: Energiewende “top or flop”; PV auctions trial oversubscribed

    06 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv dpa “Green state ministers criticise Gabriel’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG) reform plans” Environment and energy ministers from nine German states have warned Federal Minister for Energy and Economic ...
  • German solar array auction “well-received”, bids 9-10 cents per kWh

    23 Apr 2015, 00:00 Bids for solar panel auctions were well-received, Germany is not exiting coal, and the country should consider its European electricity trading partners when designing the new power market, a key member of the economics ministry said at ...
  • 11 Jun 2019 |

    SPD calls on Merkel’s conservatives to get serious on climate

    11 Jun 2019, 13:24 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
  • 26 Feb 2021 |

    New EU car emissions rules could lead to major job losses – BMW works council head

    26 Feb 2021, 12:14 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry ...
  • 08 Jul 2019 |

    Conservatives criticise environment minister’s CO₂ price proposal

    08 Jul 2019, 13:32 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Small solar PV

    02 Jun 2021, 10:44 After 20 years, many pioneer clean energy projects are losing their guaranteed feed-in tariff, with possible repercussions for citizen involvement in the energy transition. In the solar sector, this change is mainly affecting households ...
  • Renewables levy comes of age

    The average German household with an annual consumption of 4,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) has paid a total of about 2,200 euros renewables surcharge since the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) was introduced in April 2000 with the aim of supporting wind, solar and ...
  • Bavaria's industry calls for end of ұԲ’s renewables surcharge system

    The Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) calls for an end of ұԲ’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which is aimed at supporting the expansion of renewable energy sources financially. In a press release on its “Agenda for Germany” for the year 2030, the vbw ...
  • 27 Sep 2019 |

    Most Germans say government's 2030 climate action package does not go far enough

    27 Sep 2019, 13:39 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ ...
  • Germany to launch emergency programme for “huge, gigantic” 2030 emissions target task

    12 Jan 2022, 12:20 Faced with a “drastic backlog” of too-high emissions left by the previous government and with not enough measures in place to reach the 2030 climate targets, ұԲ’s new minister for the economy and climate, Robert Habeck, has ...
  • 31 May 2016 |

    'Lobby battle' ahead of Energiewende summit / Local utilities struggle

    31 May 2016, 00:00 Sören Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Clean Energy Wire 91tv Hydrogen dw.com “Lobby battle over Energiewende” There is a lot of pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers to hammer out a compromise at tonight’s ...
  • 07 Dec 2016 |

    Merkel shuns energy, climate at party conference focused on security, migration

    07 Dec 2016, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party left energy and climate policy on the sidelines at the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) conference in Essen. The centre-right party laid the groundwork on Tuesday for its 2017 federal election ...
  • “Germany overhauls its flagship energy DZ”

    The reform of the Renewable Energy Act puts the Energiewende at a crossroads, writes political scientist and energy analyst Arne Jungjohann on environmental news website China Dialogue. “So far, citizens, communities and new investors have been the ...
  • 01 Feb 2021 |

    Bavarian environmental groups fear wave of new hydro power projects

    01 Feb 2021, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Süddeutsche 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 ...
  • E.ON bows to political pressure and keeps nuclear plants

    10 Sep 2015, 00:00 Major utility E.ON has abandoned plans to spin off its nuclear power plants when it splits in two next year. The operation and decommissioning of the company’s German nuclear activities will not be transferred to the new spin-off Uniper ...
  • 05 Jul 2022 |

    Critics blast German government plan to end support for small hydropower plants

    05 Jul 2022, 13:51 Edgar Meza Renewables Tageszeitung / Clean Energy Wire ұԲ’s hydropower sector is up in arms over the federal government’s plan to stop the subsidisation of small hydroelectric power plants due to nature conservation concerns, ...
  • 07 Mar 2017 |

    “Abolition of electricity tax”

    Schleswig-Holstein’s state Energiewende minister and Green politician Robert Habeck calls for abolishing the electricity tax, reforming grid fees and lowering the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)-surcharge to relieve consumers of high power costs, report dpa ...
  • 18 May 2020 |

    German government coalition agreement removes key hurdles to renewables rollout

    18 May 2020, 18:14 The German government has agreed to remove key hurdles to the rollout of renewable energies that had begun to slow the country's landmark energy transition. The deal between chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance ...
  • “Nobody realised how fast wind and sun became a cheap alternative” - opinion

    ұԲ’s renewables expansion with the help of the EEG surcharge has cost the country much more than necessary, writes Michael Bauchmüller in an opinion piece in Süddeutsche Zeitung. “Kick-starting clean energy was basically a good idea. But nobody ...
  • Merkel’s grand coalition in review: The climate and energy record

    08 Sep 2017, 00:00 As the current legislative period draws to a close, The Clean Energy Wire asked key stakeholders to review the last four years of German energy and climate policy – and tell us what they would like to see from the next government. ...
  • New SPD leaders call for 'massive investments' in new energy system, say climate package needs revamp

    06 Dec 2019, 14:56 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Clean Energy Wire The new leaders of Germany's Social ...
  • SPD nomination of finance minister Scholz as chancellor candidate kicks off Germany's election year

    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 power prices to stay high despite dip in renewables levy in 2019

    German household power prices will remain largely unchanged in 2019 as higher grid fees and wholesale prices outweigh a dip in the surcharge paid for the roll-out of renewable energy sources. The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) expects the ...
  • “Cross sector association alliance calls for redistribution of Energiewende costs”

    A reform of ұԲ’s system to finance the country’s Energiewende is needed to distribute costs more fairly and push renewable electricity use in heating and transport, writes a cross-sector alliance of associations in a joint statement. In comparison to ...
  • Auctions bring German solar power price to new record low

    16 Oct 2017, 00:00 The average price of new solar power installations in Germany has fallen below five cents per kilowatt hour for the first time ever. Since the introduction of auctions in 2015, prices for the technology have declined by more than 40 ...
  • 07 Nov 2019 |

    German lithium importer calls on government to help in row with Bolivia

    07 Nov 2019, 14:09 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International ...
  • 18 Nov 2014

    In the media: Lignite, nuclear waste, hard times for biogas and falling electricity prices

    18 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Clean Energy Wire 91tv Handelsblatt “State premier Kraft fights for lignite” North Rhine-Westphalia’s state premier Hannelore Kraft (Social Democrats) advocates the preservation of coal power in her state, since a ...
  • 28 May 2019 |

    Germany's governing coalition spars over climate law ahead of climate cabinet meeting

    28 May 2019, 13:25 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
  • 21 Mar 2017 |

    “Investing in renewable energy, disempowering energy ǰǰپDzԲ”

    ұԲ’s Energiewende should be democratic, ecologic and social, said the Left Party’s energy and climate spokesperson Eva Bulling-Schröter, presenting the Left’s energy policy cornerstones at an event by Forum Future Energies in Berlin. In the draft of ...
  • Government postpones decision on renewables reform

    ұԲ’s coalition parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU / CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD), have not been able to agree on the changes they want to introduce to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) concerning additional tenders to ...
  • EU deal on power market rules and capacity mechanisms criticised for coal subsidies

    19 Dec 2018, 13:49 EU institutions have agreed on new rules for the internal electricity market, including capacity mechanisms, coal subsidies, cross-border power flows and access for more market actors who are free to set their own prices. The German ...
  • 23 Apr 2021 |

    German politicians welcome U.S. return to global climate action

    23 Apr 2021, 12:55 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert Institute for Applied Ecology Öko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine ...
  • “Bundestag and Bundesrat ring in end of Energiewende”

    Citizen energy projects  and the development of wind power will suffer most from the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) reform passed by both chambers of the German parliament, writes  Hans-Josef Fell  in a guest commentary for pv magazine. “T wind sector will ...
  • 13 Jul 2021 |

    Solar ұԲ’s biggest power source in June as price reaches all-time high

    13 Jul 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Solar Cost & Prices pv magazine Solar photovoltaics (PV) became the main source in ұԲ’s net power production in the month of June while also achieving its highest price ever, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine, ...
  • 07 Oct 2016 |

    Ministry projections highlight risk of Germany missing emissions goal

    07 Oct 2016, 00:00 Only in a best case scenario will Germany be able to reach its goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, the latest projections from the environment ministry show according to analysts. The opposition in parliament and ...
  • State aid: Commission approves renewables levy exemptions for certain self-suppliers of electricity in Germany

    The European Commission has endorsed German exemptions from the renewables levy (EEG surcharge) for all existing self-suppliers of electricity (i.e. those that entered into operation before August 2014), as well as for new self-suppliers using renewable ...
  • “Number of wind turbines to rise to 30,220 in Germany”

    Onshore wind power in Germany will be expanded beyond the industry’s expectations and federal government plans in the coming years, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt, based on data provided by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Investors who had ...
  • 14 Jun 2019 |

    Climate plans for ұԲ’s transport sector insufficient – ranking

    14 Jun 2019, 13:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
  • Energy minister rejects idea of changing fees and taxes on energy

    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. ...
  • Chipmakers lament high taxes and levies on electricity in Germany

    23 Feb 2021, 11:55 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / Dlf Several chip and semiconductor manufacturers have criticised high taxes and levies on electricity as a disadvantage for Germany as an industry location in ...
  • “Beyond growing pains: ұԲ’s new normal in renewable energy DZ”

    The German government is “again leading the way in renewable energy DZ” with the switch from set feed-in tariffs to an auction-based system for renewable power, writes Johannes Urpelainen, Associate Professor at Columbia University. “Auctions are the ...
  • Comparing old and new: Changes to Germany's Renewable Energy Act

    07 Oct 2014, 00:00 In the summer of 2014 Germany amended its Renewable Energy Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz or EEG). The new law, often referred to as “EEG 2.0”, came into effect on the 1st of August 2014. The EEG is at the heart of the transformation ...
  • Defining features of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) 2014

    08 Oct 2014, 00:00 This factsheet explains some of the tools that have made the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) the most important measure for the promotion of renewable power sources in Germany in the past 24 years. Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Kerstine ...
  • Positions of key stakeholders on the EEG: Research Institutes

    06 Oct 2014, 00:00 This Factsheet lists views and positions of some German research institutes on the new Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which came into effect on 1 August 2014. Energiewende Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Institute for ...
  • Position of key stakeholders on the EEG 2.0: Environmental groups

    07 Oct 2014, 00:00 This Factsheet lists views and positions of some German environmental groups on the new Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which came into effect on 1 August 2014. Energiewende Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Nature and ...
  • Positions of key stakeholders on the EEG: Government and federal states

    06 Oct 2014, 00:00 This Factsheet lists views and positions of Germany's federal government and the 16 states (Bundesländer) on the new Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which came into effect on 1 August 2014. Energiewende Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
  • Germany's energy transition in numbers

    04 Jun 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Germany has set itself several numerical targets to measure and advance its efforts in lowering greenhouse-gas emissions. The performance towards those targets presents a mixed picture- while the share of power generated from ...
  • EEG reform 2016 – switching to auctions for renewables

    08 Jul 2016, 00:00 Germany has reformed its much-lauded Renewable Energy Act (EEG), casting aside the feed-in-tariffs credited with the rapid rise in renewable energy sources since 1990. The new system of auctions aims at keeping a steady hand on how much ...
  • Positions of key stakeholders on the EEG 2.0: Business and consumers

    06 Oct 2014, 00:00 This Factsheet lists views and positions of the the renewables sector, the industry sector and consumers on the new Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which came into effect on 1 August 2014. Energiewende Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy ...
  • What's new in Germany's Renewable Energy Act 2021

    23 Apr 2021, 12:59 Germany's landmark Renewable Energy Act (EEG)- credited with making solar and wind power two of the most important electricity sources in the country- is undergoing another reform. Renewables shall grow faster, become cheaper and ...
  • Balancing the books: Germany's "green energy account"

    12 Feb 2015, 00:00 The green energy account is the basis for calculating what German consumers pay to fund the Energiewende: a levy currently comprising a fifth of their power bills. The rapid rise of renewables over the years has inflated this levy, a ...
  • Reactions to the Renewable Energy Act reform 2016

    11 Jul 2016, 00:00 Germany is giving its main renewables support scheme, the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), a major overhaul, aiming to streamline the growth of renewables and to reduce costs for consumers. But the plans, including a switch from feed-in ...
  • ұԲ’s 2022 renewables and efficiency reforms

    07 Dec 2022, 12:08 The new German government was determined to dedicate considerable effort towards climate and energy reforms even before Russia started its war against Ukraine, when energy concerns took centre stage. The war has prompted the economy and ...
  • Q&A: How will Germany support the expansion of renewables in future?

    11 Nov 2024, 10:30 Guaranteed feed-in support payments for renewable energy projects have been at the heart of Germany's energy transition since they were introduced in 1990, and have been emulated across the globe. Renewables are now the cheapest ...
  • 15 May 2020 |

    A (very) brief timeline of Germany's Energiewende

    15 May 2020, 00:00 In 2014, the Green Party's Julia Verlinden asked the federal government for its definition of a starting date for the "Energiewende". In his reply, parliamentary state secretary in the economy ministry Uwe Beckmeyer ...
  • High hopes and concerns over onshore wind power auctions

    30 Nov 2017, 00:00 Germany has switched its support model for onshore wind power installations from predetermined and guaranteed remuneration rates to setting the price in auctions. Following solar power and offshore wind power, ұԲ’s most important ...
  • 20 Apr 2017 |

    Key publications on ұԲ’s Energiewende

    20 Apr 2017, 00:00 91tv on ұԲ’s generational Energiewende can be challenging for even the most seasoned journalist. Government institutions, NGOs and researchers publish a myriad of studies, reports, data collections and analyses every year. ...
  • Germany ponders how to finance renewables expansion in the future

    13 Jul 2017, 00:00 ұԲ’s main instrument to support renewables expansion – the renewable energy surcharge – is under intense scrutiny in the run-up to the country’s federal elections in autumn. Demands for a fairer distribution of costs, and the ...
  • BBH- Becker Büttner Held energy law firm

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  • Dr. Matthias Lang

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  • Hans-Josef Fell

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  • Prof. Dr. Martin Führ

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    www.schleswig-holstein.de Harald Haase harald.haase@wimi.landsh.de +49 431 988-4420 Karen Sieksmeyer karen.sieksmeyer@wimi.landsh.de +49 431 988-4412 Government Germany ...
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    www.umwelt.nrw.de Nora Gerstenberg +49 211 4566 589 nora.gerstenberg@mkulnv.nrw.de Frank Seidlitz +49 211 4566 378 frank.seidlitz@munv.nrw.de Malte Wetzel +49 211 4566 531 malte.wetzel@munv.nrw.de Government Germany ...
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  • FDP- Free Democratic Party

    The Free Democrats are Germany's liberal, market-oriented party. Although the party was not elected to federal parliament in 2013 for the first time in post-war history, it still holds political sway, especially in some state politics. The FDP wants ...
  • Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection, State of Lower Saxony

    www.umwelt.niedersachsen.de Gunars Reichenbach, Lotta Cordes, Matthias Eichler +49 511 12034-19 or-21 or- 26 pressestelle@mu.niedersachsen.de Government Germany ...
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    www.mwe.brandenburg.de Andrea Beyerlein +49 331 866 1509 andrea.beyerlein@mwae.brandenburg.de Claudia Lippert +49 331 866 1505 claudia.lippert@mwae.brandenburg.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalization, State of Schleswig-Holstein

    www.schleswig-holstein.de Patrick Tiede +49 431 988 7044 patrick.tiede@melund.landsh.de Joschka Touré +49 431 988 7201 joschka.toure@melund.landsh.de Julia Marre +49 431 988 7307 julia.marre@melund.landsh.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, State of Baden-Württemberg

    um.baden-wuerttemberg.de Ralf Heineken +49 711 126 27 80 Matthias Schmid +49 711 126 2781 presse@um.bwl.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization, State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

    www.regierung-mv.de Renate Gundlach +40 385 588 18003 renate.gundlach@em.mv-regierung.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing, State of Hesse

    www.wirtschaft.hessen.de Franziska Richter +49 611 815 2020 Wolfgang Harms +49 611 815 2021 Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Environment, Energy and Nature Protection, State of Thuringia

    www.thueringen.de Tom Wetzling +49 361 573911 930 +49 160 5845117 tom.wetzling@tmuen.thueringen.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Energy, State of Saxony-Anhalt

    www.mlu.sachsen-anhalt.de Jenny Schwarz & Jörn Rettig +49 391 567 1950 pr@mule.sachsen-anhalt.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy, State of North Rhine-Westphalia

    www.wirtschaft.nrw Matthias Kietzmann matthias.kietzmann@mwide.nrw.de Rabea Ottenhues rabea.ottenhues@mwide.nrw.de Evelyn Binder evelyn.binder@mwide.nrw.de Moritz Mais moritz.mais@mwide.nrw.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs, State Development and Energy, State of Bavaria

    https://www.stmwi.bayern.de/ Jürgen Marks, Karl Ilgenfritz, Aaron Gottardi, Dr. Sandra Nißl, Thomas Assenbrunner, Katrin Nikolaus, Tanja Gabler +49 89 2162-2290 oder-2291 pressestelle@stmwi.bayern.de Government Germany ...
  • Department of Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture, State of Hamburg

    www.hamburg.de/bsu Jan Dube +49 40 42840 8006 jan.dube@bukea.hamburg.de Government Germany ...
  • Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, urban development and housing, State of Bremen

    www.bauumwelt.bremen.de Jens Tittmann +49 421 361 6012 jens.tittmann@bau.bremen.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport, State of Saxony

    www.smwa.sachsen.de Carolin Oppermann 0511 120 5443 Florian Mosig 0511 120 5724 Christian Budde 0511 120 5427 Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection, State of Bavaria

    www.stmuv.bayern.de Dr. Thomas Marzahn +49 89 9214 2204 pressestelle@stmuv.bayern.de Government Germany ...
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    www.spd.de Political parties Germany ...
  • Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, State of Hesse

    umweltministerium.hessen.de Ira Spriestersbach +49 611 815 1020 pressestelle@umwelt.hessen.de Ira Spriestersbach +49 611 815 1016 julia.stoye@umwelt.hessen.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalization, State of Saxony-Anhalt

    www.mw.sachsen-anhalt.de Matthias Stoffregen +49 391 567 4220 matthias.stoffregen@mw.sachsen-anhalt.de Robin Baake +49 391 567 4218 robin.baake@mw.sachsen-anhalt.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection, State of Saarland

    www.saarland.de/ministerium_umwelt_verbraucherschutz.htm Sabine Schorr +49 681 501 4710 s.schorr@umwelt.saarland.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society, State of Thuringia

    https://wirtschaft.thueringen.de/ Stephan Krauß +49 361 573711 030 stephan.krauss@tmwwdg.thueringen.de Peggy Hoy +49 361 573711 031 peggy.hoy@tmwwdg.thueringen.de Government Germany ...
  • Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture, State of Rhineland-Palatinate

    www.mwkel.rlp.de Susanne Keeding +49 6131 16 2550 susanne.keeding@mwvlw.rlp.de Nicola Diehl +49 6131 16 2020 nicola.diehl@mwvlw.rlp.de Government Germany ...
  • Foundation for research on energy and environment law

    The foundation for research on energy and environment law does research on current environmental and climate protection law and makes suggestions for new policies. www.stiftung-umweltenergierecht.de Kristian Lozina +49 931 79 40 77-261 lozina@stiftung ...
  • Thorsten Müller

    Thorsten Müller is the chairman of the "Stiftung Umweltenergierecht" (foundation for research on energy and environment law). His areas of research include renewable energy law and energy efficiency law. www.stiftung-umweltenergierecht.de ...
  • KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    KIT is a research and education institution, serving both as a university of the state of Baden-Württemberg and as a research centre of the Helmholtz Association. Its research areas include engineering, natural sciences, the humanities, social sciences, ...
  • BBEn- Alliance for Citizens' Energy

    The Alliance for Citizens' Energy wants to ensure citizen energy projects are an essential pillar of Germany's power supply. The organisation supports networks of actors and regions involved in citizens' energy, in order to shape innovative ...
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Quaschning

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  • Decentralised citizen power: energy cooperative Rehfelde

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  • Geierlay suspension bridge: municipal income generation from renewables for local development

    The municipality of Mörsdorf in the Rhein-Hunsrueck District offers an example of combining income generation from local renewables with regional development. A profitable location for wind power generation, Mörsdorf is home to 11 wind turbines that were ...
  • Citizen-owned PV panels on the roof of Mainz police station

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  • Citizen-owned PV panels on the roof of the Huster family winery

    UrStrom, an initiative of the citizens of Mainz and the surrounding area, was founded in September 2010 with the aim of making a contribution to the energy transition in Mainz and the Rheinhessen/Nahe region. The solar panels are mounted on the roofs of ...
  • Gruber

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  • Jackon

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