23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt Germany’s leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
23 May 2025, 13:08 Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out 91tv / FT Economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has confirmed media reports that her government agreed with France to largely drop its resistance to supporting new nuclear power ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 91tv Electric vehicles (EVs) tend to function more reliably and have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engine cars (ICEs), the German Automobile Club (ADAC) has found in an ...
27 May 2025, 12:17 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Technology WirtschaftsWoche In view of the massive energy capacity needed for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, German energy company RWE is calling for government support to ensure the German ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Technology 91tv Nuclear fusion technology has the potential to provide long-term climate-friendly energy and reduce import dependencies- but it cannot contribute to mid-century climate targets because it ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 91tv Research institute Fraunhofer IGE is setting up a research laboratory for geothermal energy generation in western German North Rhine-Westphalia, the country’s most populous state. ...
22 May 2025, 10:46 Carbon capture is set to play a key role in decarbonising the cement and concrete industry, says Jan Theulen, Group Lead Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) at Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest cement ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:09 Sören Amelang Technology Heating NDR The northern German city of Flensburg has commissioned one of the world’s largest seawater heat pumps to supply climate-neutral heat through its district heating system, reports regional public ...
13 Jan 2025, 13:45 Sören Amelang Technology Heating dpa A growing number of towns on the shores of Lake Constance are planning to use the water’s thermal energy to switch to carbon-neutral heating, reports newswire dpa. “Lake thermal energy offers ...
30 May 2025, 12:41 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer ...
30 Apr 2025, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 91tv In the waters of the German North and Baltic Seas, the options for marine carbon dioxide removal and geological storage are limited to just a few approaches, said researchers from the ...
14 May 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv A quarter of people in Germany either already have or plan to install a mini solar module on their balcony or in their garden, found a survey by comparison portal Verivox. Around nine percent of ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology 91tv A debate about the possibilities for treating nuclear waste in a way that greatly reduces the time that radioactive materials are considered a health hazard and thus ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Merkur An election promise by German conservative alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) to abolish parts ...
24 Mar 2025
24 Mar 2025, 12:30 91tv Team IEA: Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average IEA’s Global Energy Review is the first global assessment of 2024 trends across the energy sector. Based on the most recent data, it covers ...
22 May 2025, 13:02 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 91tv Germany's renewable power expansion, the finalised phase out of nuclear, and the ongoing decommissioning of coal and gas power plants have had a positive effect on the country's ...
30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:45 Sören Amelang Storage Technology 91tv The number of large-scale battery storage projects in Germany will increase rapidly over the next two years, the country’s solar industry association BSW said. Around seven gigawatt ...
27 May 2025
27 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team ECB: The European economy is not drought-proof The degradation of natural ecosystems slows growth and leads to financial instability. Water scarcity, natural flood protection and water quality are most critical. Euractiv: ...
10 Feb 2025
10 Feb 2025, 13:25 91tv Team Reuters: Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ...
13 Sep 2024, 13:01 Jack McGovan Technology Society 91tv A total of 12.9 million households in Germany- almost one in three- use at least one energy transition technology like solar panels, a heat pump, or an electric car, according to a ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars dpa / WirtschaftsWoche While sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled recently, the share of citizens who would consider buying one in the future has risen considerably, a survey ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:57 Jack McGovan Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt Plasma technologies could open new options for decarbonising heat supply in industrial processes, offering an alternative to the use of green hydrogen, newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Swedish ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:53 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv In addition to electrification and a massive ramp-up of renewables, a greater use of diverse technologies such as seasonal heat storage or feed additives that reduce methane emissions from ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said in its draft election campaign programme that it aims to ensure the country is competitive in industry ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv Limited capacity and environmental risks mean that carbon storage in the German North Sea should only be used for residual emissions that remain unavoidable, said ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann International EU Handelsblatt France and Germany are preparing a relaunch of their cooperation on energy policy, competitiveness, and technology for when conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has formed his ...
27 Mar 2025, 10:12 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Table Media [UPDATES article to include support for scheme in coalition talks.] The European Commission has approved a support scheme worth five billion euros to help ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt Germany is stepping up its research on geothermal energy storage, a way of storing heat energy between seasons using water, business daily Handelsblatt reported. Research is currently underway in ...
10 Feb 2025, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Bids for Germany’s latest solar photovoltaics (PV) support tender exceeded the auctioned total capacity by more than twice, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. Projects ...
26 May 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Security Funke Mediengruppe Germany’s electricity supply infrastructure increasingly represents a target for cyber attacks, Claudia Plattner, president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Freight 91tv A consortium linked to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has built a plant at the Mannheim wastewater treatment plant that cleans generated biogas and uses the resulting ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:57 Aniket Narawad Storage Technology International 91tv Germany is set to join the Global Battery Alliance, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. Highlighting the critical role of batteries ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:25 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv Germany’s largest industry lobby group, the ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government’s coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The German offshore wind power industry has proposed a range of measures for the country’s next government that could set off “a Germany-wide economic miracle at sea” by boosting the output of ...
02 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Government International T&E: How to defuse the EU’s carbon tax time bomb The decision to create a Europe-wide carbon price was right but creates significant political risk. The good news is it can still be fixed. Carbon ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:14 Edgar Meza Wind Security WirtschaftsWoche Despite warnings of potential security risks posed by Chinese components in wind turbines, major energy companies oppose a ban in Germany, arguing that the country's planned expansion path ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:06 Sören Amelang Electricity market Storage Technology pv magazine Large-scale battery projects with a combined capacity of 226 gigawatts (GW) seek to be connected to Germany’s transmission grid, fanning industry speculation that the ...
09 Sep 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Start-ups 91tv Germany should make the most of its start-ups in its efforts to reach climate targets and strengthen the country as a business location, said the German Startups Association in a paper with ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) has said it aims to strengthen Germany’s competitiveness as a basis for ...
03 Mar 2025, 13:43 Edgar Meza Wind Handelsblatt The planned installation of 16 Chinese wind turbines off the German coast should be prevented on the grounds of public safety, business daily Handelsblatt reported based on an advisory paper from the German ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:24 Bennet Ribbeck Industry 91tv The electrification of industrial processes with renewable energy is the most cost-effective transformation path for the sector, the research consortium IND-E has stated in a report. The authors ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany’s reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
03 Feb 2025, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Solar Cars Heating 91tv Around two-thirds of homeowners in Germany plan to have a solar power system installed by 2029, according to a survey commissioned by Munich-based climate NGO Initiative ...
13 May 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Security 91tv Germany’s new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche, has emphasised the value in working with European partners to ensure energy supply for the continent. “Cooperation with European ...
22 Jun 2023, 13:58 Carolina Kyllmann Technology 91tv Timber is set to displace other emission-intensive building materials like cement and steel as Germany looks to decarbonise its construction sector, according to a government strategy. ...
25 Apr 2025, 09:00 European and UK leaders have pledged to cooperate closely to strengthen energy supply security, and said bringing down fossil fuel imports and ramping up domestic clean sources is the only way to do so. At an energy security summit in ...
02 Apr 2025
02 Apr 2025, 11:06 91tv Team IEA: Promising new technologies face market uncertainty in pivotal moment for global energy innovation New IEA report highlights recent progress and emerging risks across the energy innovation landscape worldwide, with ...
10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country’s existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
21 Feb 2025, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal EU 91tv EU scientific advisors have called for a rapid scale-up of methods to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Both nature-based carbon removal solutions, such as plants, and modern ...
21 Feb 2025, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics ZDF Most of Germany’s leading parties say they are committed to the country’s 2045 climate neutrality target. In the last major TV debate on public broadcaster ZDF before ...
15 Dec 2023, 13:23 Sören Amelang Technology International 91tv Europe is heavily reliant on China in realising its green ambitions and must be prepared to pay more for the shift to climate neutrality if it wants to increase independence, ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country’s industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:15 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Technology Table.Media / 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany is leading among EU countries when it comes to the production of climate technologies like wind power, solar energy, heat pumps, batteries ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Die Welt / Deutsche Welle Restarting Germany’s decommissioned nuclear power plants is not a viable option, former plant operator E.ON has said. The company ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jack McGovan Transport Start-ups Business & Jobs Policy Spiegel / ntv / revolution Struggling electric air taxi company Lilium will not receive German state aid in its bid to avoid insolvency. Lawmakers rejected the Bavarian startup ...
17 Feb 2025
17 Feb 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Jacques Delors Centre: One month into Trump: Europe’s hour New U.S. president means dangers for rest of the world by demolishing rules-based international system, disdain for environment. Building defensive and dissuasive ...
15 Oct 2024, 14:30 Fifteen companies in Germany have been awarded support guarantees in the first round of the so-called ‘climate contracts’ scheme that is meant to put the country’s industry sector on track towards climate neutrality. Economy minister ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:09 Sören Amelang Heating Elections & Politics 91tv Electrical and IT companies in Germany have called on Germany's parties to not discredit the energy transition in the federal election campaign leading up to the vote ...
13 May 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has called for a wider reform of the system of fees that finance the country’s electricity grid and is considering an option where ...
22 May 2025, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy 91tv The German government must quickly provide clarity on how it plans to cut emissions in the heating sector and create reliable framework conditions, a host of energy industry ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Heating Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Ahead of Germany's snap elections, economy minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) has warned that overturning a law aimed at reducing stubbornly high heating emissions ...
20 Aug 2024, 12:23 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Business & Jobs Technology Reuters / 91tv Nationalism and resentment endanger investments in key future technologies, Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the ceremony for the start ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology 91tv The German education and research ministry (BMBF), through a new support programme for nuclear fusion research, aims to lay the groundwork for building the country’s first ...
27 Jan 2025
27 Jan 2025, 13:00 91tv Team Reuters: BASF 2024 earnings miss estimate by 1 billion euros on impairments Germany's top chemical maker BASF reported a drop in annual earnings below estimates on Friday (24 January), weighed by impairments on surface ...
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The average heating consumption of oil, gas and district heating rose by over 23 percent in Germany between October 2024 and February 2025 compared to the previous heating ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) predicts the country will need lower reserve power plant capacity, and projects a reduced demand for grid management measures in winter ...
28 May 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Homeowners in Germany installed more gas boilers than climate-friendly heat pumps when replacing their heating systems in 2024, though the gap is closing, found a report by the government ...
04 Nov 2024
04 Nov 2024, 13:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany’s shaky coalition heads for a €75 billion budget reckoning Top judges to scrutinize levy on high earners and businesses. The ruling could bring the fragile coalition to the brink of collapse. S&P Global: ...
13 Dec 2024
13 Dec 2024, 12:03 91tv Team Carbon Brief: State of the climate: 2024 will be first year above 1.5C of global warming Strong El Niño event contributed to exceptionally high global temperatures early in the year. IEA: Technology breakthroughs are unlocking ...
13 Feb 2025
13 Feb 2025, 13:49 91tv Team Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)- Little potential for "climate plantations" within planetary boundaries Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is being discussed as a way to remove ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:57 Jennifer Collins Technology Heating Policy 91tv / n-tv Germany wants to accelerate the use of geothermal plants coupled with large heat pumps and heat storage facilities by easing approval procedures hindering their ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Wind Hydrogen Technology A European hydrogen test project has successfully linked a wind turbine with two electrolysers, which could make it possible to generate off-grid green hydrogen at sea and drive down production ...
11 Jan 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Technology 91tv The German government cabinet has adopted draft legislation to accelerate the sluggish introduction of smart meters in the country. Economy minister Robert Habeck called it an important step ...
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 & ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:23 Sören Amelang Electricity market 91tv An energy system dominated by solar and wind energy does not require baseload power stations to guarantee supply security, German research academies have said. “The academy project ...
22 Jan 2024, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Technology Handelsblatt / Reuters German chemical company BASF's sale of Wintershall Dea assets to UK producer Harbour Energy could be a risk for the country's security, because it ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:58 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Technology 91tv Lightweight construction that reduces emissions in the different sectors contributes up to four percent of German total economic output, says a report by the economy ministry ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:13 Sören Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv Following a rapid rise in household solar panel installations, Germany’s total number of PV arrays has passed the five million “milestone,” according to industry association BSW-Solar. ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Elections & Politics 91tv Solar and heating industry associations have appealed to politicians at the federal and state levels to show clear policy commitments to the energy transition after ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry FAZ / 91tv The German government is continuing its push for carbon capture and storage technologies with the draft of its planned Carbon Management Strategy, reported Frankfurter ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:44 Jack McGovan Transport 91tv / Spiegel Air taxis and other electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) are not useful mass transport technologies for the energy transition, according to a report by the Leibniz ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Der Spiegel / 91tv The decommissioning of local gas grids in German cities should be flagged ten years in advance to allow households to prepare accordingly and avoid the purchase ...
16 Apr 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars WirtschaftsWoche The tariff policies of US president Donald Trump are likely to lead to a massive drop in global automobile production, the CEO of German automotive industry supplier Mahle, Arnd Franz, has warned ...
22 Nov 2024, 13:13 Ruby Russel Cars Business & Jobs 91tv / Reuters Demand for jobs in the German car industry has reached a new low, according to a data analysis by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) in cooperation with online job ...
05 Nov 2024, 12:48 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs International 91tv The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is likely to promote German exports rather than harming them, the German Economic Institute (IW) has found. The economists, however, ...
20 Nov 2024
20 Nov 2024, 09:53 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year’s CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
16 Dec 2024, 14:02 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society Süddeutsche Zeitung Many people in Germany associate climate policy with state control and the fear of being financially overburdened due to decisions made by the departing coalition government, ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:47 Sören Amelang Business & Jobs International 91tv The expansion of renewable energies, in particular geothermal, as well as Germany’s shortage of skilled workers needed to implement its landmark energy transition will be ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 91tv Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa’s energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for Europe’s green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
24 Jan 2025, 12:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv The Association of German Engineers (VDI) has cautioned that new-found enthusiasm for nuclear power, as a means to mitigate global warming, must not slow the rollout of ...
29 Apr 2025
29 Apr 2025, 13:45 91tv Team Bloomberg: Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early on 29 April, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe’s worst ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany’s key document laying out its climate and energy policy targets and plans shows that the country “is underestimating the scale and complexity of the ...
18 Apr 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv German chemicals company BASF has inaugurated a demonstration plant using a new electricity-based technology that could reduce CO2 emissions in certain production steps by at ...
30 Sep 2024, 13:46 Sören Amelang Carbon removal 91tv The German government's current plan for allowing carbon capture and storage (CCS) is far too permissive and set to delay the phase-out of fossil fuels, said environmental NGOs. They ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 91tv A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into Germany’s electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv The volume and costs of measures required to manage the stability of Germany’s power grid decreased in 2024, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. These so-called re ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Storage 91tv / electrive State funding cuts for battery research projects mean that Germany’s government is exiting a key future technology, while other regions of the world increase their research and ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:05 Sören Amelang Electricity Industry Hydrogen 91tv German industry demand for electricity will rise steeply during the sector’s decarbonisation even if it opts for intensive use of hydrogen, according to a report by a ...
12 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025, 10:35 91tv Team European Commission presents 2025 work programme The Commission has adopted its 2025 work programme, outlining its ambition to boost competitiveness, enhance security, and bolster economic resilience in the EU. EIB Investment ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:08 Edgar Meza Transport Freight Technology 91tv The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working with industry partners and research institutions to develop a megawatt charging system that would enable battery-powered ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:31 Bennet Ribbeck Business & Jobs International 91tv European industry could profit from a possible US drawback in climate-policy related collaborations, said Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock. Climate ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Government n-tv There are not enough skilled workers to carry out infrastructure modernisation improvements set out in Germany's historic investment agreement, the Association of German ...
03 Mar 2025
03 Mar 2025, 12:15 91tv Team DW: Social Democrats lead Hamburg state election: early results The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens look set to be able to continue their coalition in the northern city state of Hamburg following a regional election ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:01 Ruby Russel Heating 91tv Heat pump sales in Germany are set to fall to around 200,000 units this year, from 350,000 in 2023, according to the German Heat Pump Association (BWP), which blames the 45 percent decline on ...
27 Feb 2025
27 Feb 2025, 13:14 91tv Team Bloomberg: Don't sound the death knell for Germany's green wave yet The nation’s industrial giants believe clean technology is the best bet for the future. That should be an incentive for Friedrich Merz to stay the ...
06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 91tv The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
26 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025, 10:30 Sören Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The cost of buying and running a new gas boiler in Germany is predicted to be twice as high as a heat pump over a 20-year period, according to a report by non-profit ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:11 Ruby Russel Freight 91tv Battery-electric trucks are the best option to reduce emissions from road freight transport, and market forces are working in their favour, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Cars Die Welt / Handelsblatt A slump in new electric vehicle (EV) registrations in Germany could set the country's electromobility growth target back at least five years, according to industry expert Ferdinand ...
14 Apr 2025, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Handelsblatt / ARD Railway and road infrastructure are priority areas for Germany’s major investment package for infrastructure and climate neutrality, the country’s chancellor-in ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology Der Spiegel An alliance of companies plans to build Germany’s first industrial-scale production facility for synthetic e-fuels which could allow for the climate neutral operation of combustion engine ...
16 May 2024, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 91tv Technological measures to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere face significant economic and institutional hurdles in Germany said a research team led by the Helmholtz Centre for ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:33 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Most German companies are in favour of the country's energy transition, with 85 percent supporting the policy agenda, according to a survey commissioned by the German Technical Inspection ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Solar 91tv The technical potential of solar PV installations on agricultural land (also known as agri PV) in Germany largely exceeds the potential of other so far unconventional PV technologies ...
30 Oct 2024
30 Oct 2024, 10:49 91tv Team IEA: Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than 2 trillion USD over the coming decade as energy transitions advance IEA analysis shows complex interplay between energy, industrial and trade policies as ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs SWR / 91tv / dpa Germany is debating a range of ideas to boost sales of electric vehicles (EV) and support the transition of one of the country’s most important industries. The ...
10 Dec 2024
10 Dec 2024, 12:00 91tv Team RWE: Head of German energy company "not concerned" about Trump's effect on renewables "It’s not all down to politics," says CEO Krebber, expects U.S. green power business to flourish. dpa: Ford's ...
26 May 2025, 12:04 Germany’s plans for the ramp-up of a green hydrogen economy has run into significant uncertainties, including over the fuel’s future price, regulation, and the necessary infrastructure development, said an energy industry report. ...
15 Nov 2024
15 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Eurostat: Euro area industrial production down 2.8% in September 2024 over one year ago Largest annual decreases recorded in Ireland (-7.3%), Luxembourg (-6.3%), Hungary (-5.3%) and Germany (-4.5%). The Guardian: Gas prices at ...
28 Jan 2025
28 Jan 2025, 11:44 91tv Team Reuters: Germany election 2025: Parties, polls and key issues Here are the main parties contending, their poll standings, and the key policy issues ahead of a snap national election on 23 February. Bloomberg: Germany fears ...
14 Jun 2024, 12:57 Sören Amelang Technology Resources & Recycling 91tv Extending the average lifespan of smartphones to between five and seven years could reduce Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions from such devices by around half, ...
16 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024, 10:45 91tv Team The Guardian: Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month. DeSmog: ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:30 Sören Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv A package of measures to boost the use of solar energy in Germany by removing red tape, approved by parliament on Friday (26 April), will significantly accelerate the rollout of the ...
16 Sep 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy International 91tv / Bloomberg / Tagesspiegel Background German chancellor Olaf Scholz is strengthening ties with the Central Asian region, signing accords for energy and ...
15 May 2024, 12:35 Jack McGovan Renewables 91tv Germany could meet 25 percent of its heat demand from deep geothermal energy and the government should therefore make better use of this energy source, says NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) in a ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 91tv State support granted for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in private households increased to 14.4 billion euros in 2024, up from 12.3 billion euros in 2023, said ...
03 Apr 2024, 13:30 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Society 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche A private energy transition for individual households could be both ecologically and economically worthwhile, according to a report by the consulting subsidiary ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:46 Edgar Meza Technology 91tv While Germany remains a leading source for environmental technology patents – currently holding a 13 percent global share – its growth rates in the area are clearly lagging behind in an ...
26 Nov 2024
26 Nov 2024, 11:15 91tv Team Reuters: Germany's Scholz: disagree with EU fines for carmakers who miss CO2 limits German chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday there should be no fines in the European Union for car companies that do not comply with ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:21 Jack McGovan Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling 91tv / ntv The majority of rare earth imports into Germany in 2024 came from China, according to data by the country's statistical offce (Destatis). Rare earth ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:42 Sören Amelang Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background U.S. gas turbine manufacturer GE Vernova has expressed doubts about the plans by Germany’s prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Start-ups 91tv / Handelsblatt The number of new start-ups in Germany increased by 17 percent in 2023, with energy sector companies on the rise, said a report by industry data provider Startupdetector. While ...
15 May 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany’s prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country’s landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty, conservatives and Social Democrats ...
13 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024, 11:35 Julian Wettengel ISGlobal: Heat caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Europe last year – study More than 47,000 people died in Europe in 2023 due to extreme heat, says the study by Barcelona Institute for Global Health. E3G: Investment ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology’s fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by Germany’s Federal Office for ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute’s (IW) ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:28 Sören Amelang Renewables Wind Technology Society Heise online / mdr Work has begun on the construction of the world’s highest wind turbine in the eastern German lignite region Lusatia, reports technology website heise online. The ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
26 Mar 2024
26 Mar 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The growing volumes of cheap green technologies coming out of China are leading to worries that solar panels, electric cars, batteries and other products sold below their production price ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:15 Sören Amelang Transport Industry 91tv Climate-neutral industrial alcohol made with renewable electricity appears to be the most suitable synthetic fuel to decarbonise international shipping, researchers from the Institute ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv Reducing the energy consumption of Germany's least energy efficient buildings is essential for letting clean heating technologies achieve the sector's climate targets, a report by ...
22 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Bild / Die Welt Politicians from Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance have reinforced their criticism of the planned end of new registrations of combustion engine cars in the EU by 2035. Bavaria’s state ...
26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 91tv / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
14 Sep 2023, 14:03 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany plans to ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:26 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Technology 91tv Germany should allow carbon storage on its territory, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said at an energy summit by business daily Handelsblatt in Berlin. Claiming ...
30 Aug 2024, 13:49 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating Carolina Kyllmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv German car suppliers are losing market share internationally and need to be more flexible ...
11 Jan 2024, 13:47 Franca Quecke Carbon removal Süddeutsche Zeitung Industry and environmental associations have joined forces to come out in favour of the controversial technology to store and capture CO2 for sectors where emissions cannot be avoided, ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:23 Sören Amelang Carbon removal Technology 91tv German researchers said they have reached an important milestone in the development of a scalable and energy-efficient direct air capture (DAC) technology to remove CO2 from the ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Freight 91tv Catenary trucks powered by overhead lines represent an option for clean freight transport, yet setting up the required infrastructure on German motorways would be "technically possible, but very ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:03 Sören Amelang Industry 91tv The global emission-cutting drive is among several factors dampening the long-term growth outlook of Europe’s largest economy, the country’s leading economic research institutes said in their ...
10 Feb 2025, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Industry WirtschaftsWoche Parties’ failure to agree on final details of a reform to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany ahead of the election on 23 February will set efforts back significantly, industry ...
01 Mar 2024, 13:01 Sören Amelang Mobility Freight dpa The evaluation of a pilot scheme to test catenary trucks in Germany says that the technology works to lower transport emissions, but critics warn the trial should be scrapped because a large-scale ...
16 May 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 91tv To decarbonise freight transport more quickly, government action should prioritise the expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric trucks, said the German Council of ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Storage Handelsblatt The surging interest of potential operators of large-scale battery storage units that seek connections to Germany’s transmission grid could put network operators in a difficult situation, reported ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:28 Jennifer Collins Cars Policy Wirtschaftswoche / n-tv The German government is readying the implementation of new tax breaks for electric company cars, amid collapsing sales and mooted unprecedented plants closures at VW, reported ...
18 Sep 2024, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal 91tv Europe should establish a so-called “Carbon Central Bank” – an institution to oversee a market mechanism to remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere – to reach climate targets, ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 91tv Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's economy ministry expects the country's GDP to rise 0.3 percent in 2025, according to its annual report. A report from autumn put growth at 1.1 percent, however, ...
29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for Germany’s energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU’s most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
09 Oct 2024
09 Oct 2024, 10:29 91tv Team IEA: Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Security 91tv Germany and Europe are well prepared to deal with serious disruptions to their gas supply in the long term, according to a report by consultancy PwC assessing the reliability of gas ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German energy transition requires a “restart” as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
31 Jan 2025, 14:00 Poland’s energy transition is lagging and set to rely on natural gas as a bridge fuel and nuclear energy for baseload capacity. A far-right party is pushing against new renewable investment with a referendum on a pending new wind farm ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv / Euractiv The EU’s efforts to bolster its own production capacities for green technologies must be strengthened to make the bloc ready for increased global competition on ...
29 May 2024, 14:07 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv The production of low emissions cement and steel is set to become cheaper than that of counterparts produced with fossil fuels before the middle of the century, according to a report by the ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 91tv Europe's wind power industry and the German government have agreed on a set of measures to tackle challenges regarding the sector’s competitiveness, continued investments ...
26 Mar 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Cars Technology EU 91tv / NDR / NZZ German chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed the start of construction of a battery cell factory by Swedish Northvolt in northern Germany for being "of strategic ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:26 Sören Amelang Industry EU 91tv The EU’s proposed strategy for scaling up energy transition technologies would soften environmental standards across the board, is too broad in scope, and also lacks the necessary funding, ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Construction Handelsblatt / 91tv With a new label for low-carbon cement, Germany's industry aims to ramp up production and sales of the climate friendlier construction material, business ...
06 Jan 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Solar 91tv The German solar industry marked a milestone at the turn of the year, as the total capacity of all installed solar power systems surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW), said industry association BSW Solar. ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:45 Jennifer Collins Grid Hydrogen dpa / 91tv The buildout of crucial energy infrastructure in Germany is making progress: The first 525 kilometres of Germany's hydrogen core grid will be built in 2025, with gas operators ...
10 Sep 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The wind power industry in Germany must not repeat the same mistakes as the country’s solar power industry and cede significant market shares to cheaper Chinese competitors, labour union IG ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:40 Sören Amelang Security 91tv Climate change poses the greatest threat to German and European security because it destabilises states, undermines food security, increases conflicts over resources like water, according to ...
07 Aug 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Technology EU 91tv / Table.Media The German economy ministry (BMWK) has published a new regulation which will allow the federal government and the country’s states to financially support the ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:14 Sören Amelang Heating 91tv Germany must systematically collect building efficiency data like all other EU countries, which would boost its lagging efforts to make its housing stock climate-neutral, according to the ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:15 Edgar Meza Storage Technology Policy 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche A research and development alliance representing Germany’s battery industry has blasted government plans to slash research and development funding for the field, ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:22 Sören Amelang Technology Heating 91tv Cologne energy supplier RheinEnergie is planning Europe’s largest heat pump that will use energy contained in Rhine river water to heat homes in the city centre. “RheinEnergie has ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:17 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv Car industry firms that focus on electric engines are looking to employ far more people in Germany than those that rely on combustion engine technology, according to a report published by the ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:08 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv A robust political strategy based on realistic expectations for hydrogen production is needed as demand for the gas remains low due to its high costs and other factors, researchers at the Potsdam ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 91tv A new wind power research project at Germany’s national metrology institute PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) offers the world’s largest facility for the precise measuring of ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:51 Bennet Ribbeck Carbon removal 91tv Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv Technologies to capture and store or use carbon dioxide from industrial processes will become "a special focus" of the next round of Germany's pioneering subsidy ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections’ result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
28 Feb 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Hamburger Morgenpost / Tagesspiegel / Die Zeit / Merkur / Radio Hamburg Just one week after their defeat at Germany’s snap election, the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Grid Industry Hydrogen Technology Policy Handelsblatt Doubts over Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s (TKSE) strategy to decarbonise using hydrogen puts Germany’s plans for the construction of a hydrogen core grid at risk, gas grid ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:45 Edgar Meza Storage Start-ups 91tv Industrial cold storage facilities could become more efficient and be transformed into cost-saving energy storage facilities that contribute to grid stability, the German Federal ...
25 Jun 2021, 13:45 Edgar Meza Technology Business Insider Five green sector startups have joined forces to lobby for an “energy transition premium” of 500 euros per household for smart home devices, Business Insider’s startup news site Gründerszene ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Industry Handelsblatt Cuts to battery technology research in Germany, which were triggered by a court ruling that confounded funding plans for climate and energy projects, could see the country fall behind in a ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Comparatively high salaries and a lack of similarly paid job alternatives present significant hurdles to the transition of the workforce in emission-intensive manufacturing (EIM) in ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Grid Renewables 91tv Dividing Germany’s single power price zone into several individual regions could reduce final electricity prices for consumers across the country, said a report by ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind International n-tv / Bloomberg / 91tv A new offshore wind power project in the German North Sea is causing a stir in the European wind power industry, as the project will be the first of its kind to ...
14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become Germany’s next chancellor – but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore – but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:34 Sören Amelang Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers from ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv Ahead of the German snap election, an alliance of industry associations has called on political parties to push for a government strategy to decarbonise heat that businesses use in their ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:24 Sören Amelang Industry Hydrogen 91tv Converting hydrogen to ammonia will be "the dominant transport technology" in order to ship the fuel to Germany, according to a report commissioned by the World Energy Council ...
08 May 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 91tv With the inauguration of a new onshore wind power testing mast with a height of 300 metres, project developers in Germany hope it will pave the way for a new generation of wind ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:17 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Kerstine Appunn Technology Clean Energy ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:47 China’s prime minister has branded allegations from Europe of Chinese overcapacities in key technologies such as solar panels as unfounded. The “theory” of unfair competition would not hold and China was merely using its national ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:15 Germany’s most powerful industry association has said the future government must reconsider the country’s strategy for becoming climate-neutral. Against the background of a sagging economy and news about mass layoffs, the head of the ...
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Reuters: German, French companies less hopeful over economic recovery Companies in the euro zone's two largest economies are growing more pessimistic, surveys showed on Thursday (26 July), raising concerns over ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:31 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology Tagesspiegel Background Germany’s economy and climate ministry is working on a long-term strategy for negative emissions, including a 2060 target to ensure the country absorbs more greenhouse ...
11 Jun 2024, 13:51 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Storage WirtschaftsWoche Carmaker Volkswagen (VW) plans to install large battery storage capacities in northern Germany to store wind and solar power for times of little output, ...
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 ...
24 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:32 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy 91tv More than one billion euros will be invested by the German government on fusion research over the next five years. "Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy Süddeutsche Zeitung A proposal from Germany’s likely next chancellor for a “moratorium on dismantling” the remaining decommissioned nuclear reactors in the country has been met with reluctance ...
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 91tv ...
28 Nov 2024, 13:04 Jack McGovan Industry Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv Many German companies introduced energy efficiency measures and some shifted towards renewable power sources due to higher energy prices in the aftermath of ...
15 Nov 2024, 15:00 Large parts of northern Italy were devastated by the country’s fourth floods within a year, triggered by intense rainfall on 19 and 20 October. Parts of Sicily, in the south, were also severely impacted. The floods came as Italy’s ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:00 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Germany will grow its solar PV capacity by an annual record of around 17.5 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024, said energy industry association BDEW. This would bring total installed capacity in ...
22 Sep 2023, 13:16 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv The past decade has seen a sharp drop in prices for clean ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 91tv Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country’s digital industry ...
08 Jan 2024, 14:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Technology Dlf Alternatives to fossil fuel-based agricultural machinery are scarce and often fall behind their emissions-intensive counterparts in practical tests, says electric engineer Michael Sterner in ...
29 Aug 2024
29 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team IISD: Countries are underdelivering on fossil-to-clean energy finance pledge Germany, Italy, Switzerland and U.S. among countries not fully implementing pledges, the International Institute for Sustainable Development finds. ...
08 Jan 2025, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices Efficiency Heating 91tv Some 10 percent of 30 million households in Germany still reliant on fossil fuels for heating are unable to adequately warm their homes or are "heavily ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background It remains unclear whether Germany’s planned reform of its carbon storage law will make it through parliament ahead of the snap election in February 2025, ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The state premier of southern German Baden-Wurttemberg, Green Party politician Winfried Kretschmann, has called for the suspension of possible EU climate ...
11 Jun 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU dpa / Die Welt / Reuters Erecting trade barriers to shield national industries from foreign competition is not the way to ensure European companies remain competitive, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz during ...
28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain’s secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
06 Dec 2024, 12:50 Sören Amelang Cars Electrive The average price of newly registered electric cars rose by around 4,000 euros to 56,669 euros in Germany this year, slowing the transition to climate-friendly mobility, according to the Center of Automotive ...
22 Oct 2024
22 Oct 2024, 11:28 91tv Team Reuters: Germany's Scholz working with industry to boost growth German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised on Tuesday to work with industry to revive growth in Europe's biggest economy, which he said had been hit harder ...
28 Oct 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Industry 91tv German government leaders are hosting not one but two industry summits on Tuesday (29 October) as chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition seeks to deal with the country’s economic woes. ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 91tv Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country’s coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity 91tv German companies and public authorities should use a mix of renewables, battery storage, fuel cells and microgrids in the event of a power cut, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and ...
14 Sep 2023, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The European Union should set up a joint transport infrastructure and storage facilities for CO2, said the German Green Party in its draft programme for the EU elections on 6-9 June ...
12 Aug 2024
12 Aug 2024, 12:05 91tv Team Euronews: ‘I feel like there is no help’: Year-round energy poverty for millions of Europeans as heatwaves hit A significant proportion of European homes are very difficult to keep cool in summer due to the way they are ...
16 May 2025, 14:30 As Croatia goes to the polls for local elections on 18 May the green transition has been relatively absent in political campaigns. Citizen participation in the transition has picked up with the opening of the first large-scale solar ...
04 Dec 2023, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Leading members of Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) have called for a reversal of the country’s nuclear phase ...
05 Mar 2024, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Cars EU 91tv Germany's alliance of centre-right conservative parties CDU/CSU is aiming to reverse the ban on new combustion engine cars from 2035, which the EU decided on last year, according to a ...
24 May 2024, 14:08 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs Clean Energy ...
11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany’s steel and chemical industries, the country’s government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance has warned. These sectors ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The past year was “a record year” for ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:27 Julian Wettengel Utilities Correctiv / Wirtschaftswoche Many of Germany’s large local utilities continue to bet on fossil gas for heating and stall the transition to more climate-friendly ways to heat homes, found business weekly ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv In order to reach climate neutrality in the most affordable way, Germany must ensure it can transport energy across its regions by expanding its electricity and hydrogen grids, ...
03 Dec 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 91tv Germany's government cabinet is set to adopt a national circular economy strategy tomorrow (4 December), said the environment ministry. The ministry spells out targets ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:04 Jack McGovan Industry EUElections2024 EU Handelsblatt / 91tv More than 70 companies from across Europe have come together to demand an industrial deal from the European Commission and member states under fear of falling ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:12 Germany is of central importance when it comes to the EU defining its priorities in energy and industrial policies, says Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. He argues that the country’s next ...
23 Jun 2023, 13:13 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out Technology 91tv Germany’s research ministry, which is led by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), wants to accelerate research into nuclear fusion with a new funding programme. “The energy ...
28 Jul 2020, 12:44 Edgar Meza Technology Tagesspiegel Background The German government’s recently published draft amendment to the country’s battery law aimed at improving battery recycling in the country does not go far enough for waste management ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:16 Two new projects for the climate-friendly production of steel and cement illustrate the ambition of Germany’s industry to meet sustainability targets without ceding market share to foreign competitors. Economy minister, Robert Habeck, ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Staatsanzeiger Baden-Württemberg / 91tv Dissatisfaction with Germany’s energy policy and soaring prices are driving company investments out of the southwestern ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump’s second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 91tv Europe and Germany should ensure that certain elements of the supply chain of industries critical for the move to climate neutrality happen on their home turf to make the ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv Germany cannot realistically reach climate neutrality by 2045 without using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, several research academies have said in a ...
28 Nov 2024, 13:06 Julian Wettengel Coal Renewables 91tv The incoming coalition government in the eastern German state of Brandenburg has said it aims to continue the expansion of renewable energies to make the region surrounding the country ...
25 Sep 2024
25 Sep 2024, 12:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: Climate change made Europe's deadly floods worse and more likely More intense rainfall is expected as global temperatures rise. Global warming is becoming a costlier problem for Europe. Bloomberg: Where cargo ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Onshore wind power auctions held in November in Germany have led to a new record in submitted bids, the country’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. Bidders submitted ...
20 Mar 2024, 13:41 Sören Amelang Business & Jobs 91tv One in two German utilities are finding it difficult to attract new employees, and four out of five companies in the sector expect the problem to worsen in the near future and slow ...
29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country’s large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business Policy Handelsblatt / 91tv Solar panel manufacturer Solarwatt is set to halt production of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in its factory in Dresden, business daily Handelsblatt reported. ...
23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
26 Feb 2024, 15:55 The German government has proposed plans to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) possible to help the country reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. State support would focus on capturing and storing or using carbon from industrial ...
03 May 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Industry Digitalisation EU 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed chipmaker Infineon’s new semiconductor production plant as crucial for the country’s status as a green technology leader. The company ...
10 Oct 2023, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Schaeffler, a major Bavaria-based automotive supplier, has said it wants to acquire Vitesco, a specialist in vehicle electrification technologies, with ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling 91tv Germany should introduce a "balanced catalogue of measures" to secure its supply of necessary raw materials as the world shifts through a dual transformation of ...
28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind Hydrogen 91tv Europe could cover its electricity and green hydrogen needs with domestic production, but only if renewables expansion proceeds as planned, said researchers from ...
06 Feb 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Many data centre operators, local authorities and energy suppliers are putting projects to use waste heat from data centres on hold as they struggle to find suitable customers, a survey by the ...
22 Sep 2022, 14:08 Jessica Bateman Technology EU Tagesspiegel Background The German government will propose a “European Alliance for Transformation Technologies” at an upcoming meeting of EU ministers responsible for industry policy and the internal ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv Germany should give greater consideration to the uncertain development of economic output and population trends when planning the country’s future energy and infrastructure ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen FAZ German energy company Uniper has postponed its target to invest eight billion euros in growth and the green transformation by 2030 also due to a lack of demand for green hydrogen, CEO Michael Lewis told ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Industry Handelsblatt / 91tv The break-up of the coalition government and insecure funding mean that it is unclear whether Germany’s pioneering ‘climate contract’ subsidy scheme to slash industry emissions ...
18 Sep 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Heating 91tv Germany's industry could save up to 21 billion euros in energy costs annually if it generated heat more efficiently for the manufacture of products, according to a report ...
19 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024, 09:33 91tv Team Electric-Vehicles.com: Nio in talks to buy Audi’s factory in Belgium Move is part of its strategy to establish local production in Europe and avoid European Commission tariffs on imported Chinese EVs. Euractiv: Europe's ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
25 Jul 2023, 13:29 Jennifer Collins International 91tv / Die Zeit Germany is planning to end export guarantees for oil and coal projects and will bolster support for green technology exports in an effort to align the country’s foreign trade ...
30 Jan 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Julian Wettengel Carbon removal 91tv / Handelsblatt Eleven environmental associations and citizens' initiatives have joined forces to come out against controversial technologies to capture and store CO₂ ...
12 Sep 2024
12 Sep 2024, 10:53 Julian Wettengel IEEFA: European LNG import terminals are used less as demand drops European Union (EU) LNG import terminals are being utilised less as demand for the fuel continues to decline across the continent. ECA: EU recovery fund ...
21 Oct 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Policy Tagesspiegel Background The German government will evaluate methods for CO2 removal and storage in its first online consultation on a planned long-term strategy for negative emissions to help ...
21 Oct 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Cars Resources & Recycling 91tv / ARD With the official opening of a battery recycling plant in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, carmaker Mercedes-Benz plans to recover raw materials ...
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 ...
07 Sep 2023, 13:33 Sören Amelang Cost & Prices Heating Society 91tv The share of homeowners who say they don’t have the money to install climate-friendly technologies has increased significantly in Germany. 41 percent of property owners ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Europe must debate a framework to ramp-up a hydrogen economy on the continent as a key element of its move towards climate neutrality, said German energy industry association BDEW. “There ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Business & Jobs EU Handelsblatt The EU’s planned battery regulation that is aimed at ensuring clean production conditions for batteries in Europe continues to irk German companies, who complain that the ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 91tv / ARD Germany's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) plans to test long-range drones that can survey railway tracks after severe weather events. From 2025, DB plans to deploy ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EU 91tv French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have vowed to uphold close Franco-German cooperation to ensure European sovereignty in key industrial areas as the new U ...
09 Sep 2022, 14:06 Edgar Meza Transport Technology 91tv Synthetic jet fuel, known as e-kerosene, made from green hydrogen and sustainable CO2 could make the aviation industry fossil-free by 2050, according to a report by the German Energy ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling 91tv / ARD Serbia’s president Aleksandr Vucic visited a lithium mining project in eastern Germany together with German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a bid to underline the two ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal G20 & G7 91tv The Group of Seven (G7) large industrial democracies can be a key forum for “pioneering new cooperation” on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), wrote researchers from Germany and ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 91tv Germany’s current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
29 Nov 2024, 11:00 Military and energy security are key priorities for Poland as it prepares to assume the EU’s rotating presidency in January 2025. The country plans to achieve these targets by pushing for nuclear energy, sanctions on Russia, and EU ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:52 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Cuts in public funding for energy research could lead to a "massive decline in German industry's ability to innovate in technologies for the ...
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 ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:26 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv To supply a sufficient number of homes with district heating, Germany needs to rapidly expand networks, ensure better profitability and double its annual investments in the technology, a report by ...
19 Feb 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar 91tv The potential of so-called prosumers in Germany’s energy transition should be exploited more to reduce costs and increase the system's stability, the Federation of German Energy and ...
10 May 2024, 14:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Süddeutsche Zeitung Russian nuclear power experts have been deployed to the northern German town of Lingen to assist French company Framatome in modernising the local nuclear fuel rod factory ...
23 Aug 2024, 12:39 Jack McGovan Solar n-tv Germany saw a record level of solar power output in July despite sunshine levels being lower than the previous year, broadcaster n-tv reported. At 10.1 terawatt hours (TWh), solar power accounted for around 43 ...
16 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Bloomberg: Top polluter China’s shrinking emissions put carbon peak in play- Use of coal for power generation tumbled in second quarter- Nation’s emissions seen on track to begin decline ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Edgar Meza Transport Hydrogen Die Welt / 91tv Aviation industry representatives and political leaders in Germany have vowed ...
03 Aug 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Industry EU 91tv / The Guardian / Reuters An EU discussion to restrict the use of health and climate-damaging chemicals could bring the bloc’s energy and mobility transitions to a standstill, German ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:10 Sören Amelang Gas Bild am Sonntag Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner has renewed his call for allowing the controversial fracking technology to increase gas supplies. “The ban should be lifted,” the head of the Free Democrats ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany will be able to procure the volumes of hydrogen imports needed by 2030 if it quickly sets the right infrastructural, legal and entrepreneurial course, a team of researchers ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv German industry's dependence on ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:36 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen 91tv Germany is betting big on green hydrogen imports but the country should strengthen its own production as well because it is "uncertain" where those imports will come from in relevant ...
24 Mar 2021, 13:13 Charlotte Nijhuis Technology International 91tv Germany risks falling behind in the global race for technology leadership, including green technology, Deutsche Bank writes in a monitoring report. The report looks at Germany ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv Representatives of Germany’s renewable power industry have criticised the government’s planned legislation package for expanding the capacity of solar, wind and other renewable energy ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen FAZ / 91tv Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner, a Free Democrat (FDP), has proposed several tax exemptions for combustion engine cars that run exclusively on renewables-based ...
11 Mar 2024, 13:06 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:49 Sören Amelang Transport Technology 91tv The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international leader in sustainable aviation. “With a joint effort by industry, science, politics and society, ...
27 Sep 2023, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv Improving circular economy principles for the use of steel, cement and plastics could help Germany’s energy-intensive industries reduce their greenhouse gas ...
19 Feb 2019, 13:39 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Technology 91tv Discarded chicken eggshells can be used in electro-chemical energy storage systems, an international group of researchers has found. Maximilian Fichtner from the ...
09 May 2025, 16:15 Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies. The bloc has come a long way from the dependency it once had, yet certain EU countries still rely on Russia for ...
08 Aug 2023, 13:33 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out Start-ups Industry Technology Handelsblatt German nuclear fusion start-up Marvel Fusion has blamed a lack of government support in Europe for its decision to build a laser fusion facility in the US, in a ...
12 Jul 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Industry Policy 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche The German government’s plans for a so-called capacity market, which would reward power plant operators for providing generation capacity rather ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany should consider the import of direct reduced iron as a way to produce the hydrogen that is needed to generate electricity in its planned backup power plants, says a report by Norwegian ...
16 Nov 2023, 13:50 Sören Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv Germany will likely far exceed the government target for installing new PV arrays this year, the country’s engineering association VDI said. Additional capacity installations are set to ...
15 Jan 2019, 11:57 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Technology Handelsblatt Germany must take responsibility for fighting climate change by continuing research into nuclear fusion, Julian Olk writes in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 Germany’s designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country’s east and its population’s fatigue of constant changes ...
17 Jul 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Der Spiegel Applications for heat pump subsidies in Germany dropped by roughly half in the first six months of 2023 following a subsidy cut, newspaper Der Spiegel reported. According to ...
11 Dec 2023, 13:27 Sören Amelang Electricity market Grid Storage 91tv Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems can make electricity systems much more flexible in the future, saving generation costs and thus lowering overall ...
04 Dec 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Government COP28 Der Spiegel / 91tv Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called off a planned trip to the UN climate conference COP28, due to the ongoing budget crisis that has upset the climate ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:35 Ruby Russel Cars Business & Jobs Technology NDR / Spiegel / dpa Plans to build one of Germany’s largest car battery cell factories have been approved by local authorities on what Swedish manufacturer Northvolt hailed as a " ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jennifer Collins Policy International 91tv / FAZ / ARD Germany's economy and climate minister Robet Habeck and Indian renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi are set to unveil a green hydrogen roadmap during a meeting ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:38 The era of nuclear power in Germany will end on 15 April as planned, the country’s environment minister has said. Minister Steffi Lemke stressed that the phase-out would not endanger the power supply security in Germany or other ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv An group of energy, economy and finance experts – the Council for Energy Independence – has presented a roadmap urging Germany to prioritise independence from natural gas in its energy policy. ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:28 Jack McGovan Gas Business & Jobs 91tv Two new power plants will be constructed in Saudi Arabia after a 1.5 billion dollar deal with the German energy corporation Siemens Energy. They will combine gas and steam turbines ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:22 Sören Amelang Cost & Prices Utilities Heating Table.Media / mdr Germany’s district heating companies are planning to launch a price comparison platform, following controversies over sharp and intransparent cost increases. Around 150 ...
27 Nov 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal ARD / Der Spiegel The German Green Party has finalised its manifesto for the 2024 EU elections, including a promise for rules to allow capturing and storing carbon emissions (CCS) from ...
22 Dec 2023, 12:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv Germany’s Green Party lawmakers in federal parliament (Bundestag) want the country to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) or capture and use (CCU) in sectors where – with ...
26 Apr 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Asset managers active in the area of sustainability see investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany as risky, said a report by the Science Platform for Climate Protection (WPKS). Germany ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 91tv A local utility in southern Germany city Mannheim is building one of Europe’s largest heat pumps in a trial project attempting to use energy from the Rhine River for heating. The ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs dpa / Zeit Online German chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to hold an industry summit later this month in a bid to address the ongoing woes in the country’s manufacturing sector. ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:36 Sören Amelang Storage Resources & Recycling MDR The planned construction of a recycling plant for used electric car batteries in Eastern Germany has been met with much opposition, according to a report from public broadcaster MDR. ...
06 Aug 2024, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Digitalisation 91tv As the share of renewables in Germany's electricity mix increases, so does the potential for households to benefit from lower wholesale power prices. In the first ...
01 Oct 2024, 13:09 Sören Amelang Wind Hydrogen 91tv Building “energy islands” in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using 20 gigawatts of offshore wind power can save Germany billions of euros, according to a report by the Fraunhofer ...
17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 91tv The economy ministers from France and Germany will use their planned visit to the U.S. on Tuesday (7 February) to advocate for “joint green lead markets” for climate ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Government 91tv The German Court of Auditors has criticised a lack of overview over energy research expenditures, arguing that about 500 million euros per year are being disbursed “blindfolded.” ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv The projected demand for green hydrogen in Europe can largely be covered by domestic production, said researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems ...
22 Apr 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised the role of Norway in Germany’s energy supply, lauding the country as a reliable partner both during the energy crisis and ...
09 Sep 2024, 13:29 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Germany needs to invest 120 billion euros in energy-related ...
16 Mar 2022, 14:35 Edgar Meza Industry Technology 91tv Cement production is responsible for about seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, but a process known as CO2 mineralisation can cut the output of the greenhouse gas by up to a ...
22 Feb 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Better financing, hedging tools and support for innovation are needed to strengthen the production of energy transition technologies in Germany and Europe, economy ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 91tv Germany’s bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking as many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB has warned. ...
08 May 2023, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv / ARD Kenya has signalled its interest in becoming the first African nation in an international ‘climate club’ of countries agreeing on tighter climate action rules that ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
22 Jan 2024, 15:09 Franca Quecke Heating 91tv / Welt am Sonntag Heat pump sales in Germany reached a record of almost 400,000 units last year, but the positive development is at risk in 2024, the German Heat Pump Association (BWP) has said. ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance – winner of February’s snap election – ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 91tv / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of Germany’s largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:41 Expert Federal Foreign Office Auswärtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel International Security 91tv The climate crisis is “the biggest security crisis of our time,” said German foreign minister Annalena ...
04 Sep 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Storage Cars Table.Media / Focus The German government is opposing new draft EU rules that could make it more difficult for battery production factories to scale up in the country, according to a letter to the EU ...
16 Aug 2024, 13:05 Jack McGovan Cars Handelsblatt Falling sales of combustion engine cars in China, the world’s largest market for passenger cars, is having a negative impact on the German car industry, reports Handelsblatt. Data by automotive market ...
05 Jun 2023, 14:24 Germany is starting a novel subsidy programme worth billions of euros in a bid to make its prized heavy industry climate neutral. Following a preparatory phase beginning in early June, the country plans to introduce so-called Carbon ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:44 Sören Amelang Gas Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s economy ministry has renewed its rejection of the controversial " fracking " method to produce natural gas, in response to a call by the finance ministry to allow using the ...
10 Mar 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Industry EU 91tv / Financial Times / Reuters / NY Times German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed the European Commission’s decision to further relax state aid rules for clean technologies as part ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:34 Edgar Meza Solar Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Despite a strong performance over the past two years, Germany’s solar sector is facing declining demand and a weakening market, leading to major cutbacks among photovoltaic (PV) companies. ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 Germany’s likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
18 Aug 2023, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Start-ups Business & Jobs 91tv / Die Welt A lack of skilled workers makes it increasingly difficult for German companies to bring innovative technologies and procedures to the market, according to ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables 91tv The increasing use of new rooftop installations is quickening the expansion of solar PV in Germany, meaning the technology’s efficient integration into the energy system becomes ...
08 Feb 2024, 13:38 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out International Süddeutsche Zeitung / Bayerischer Rundfunk Local politicians from Germany’s border region in Bavaria have expressed concerns about the security of nuclear power stations planned in the ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:39 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics ...
07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Die Welt As solar power deployment is picking up fast around the globe, Germany and Europe must act now to regain a stronger position in the production of solar PV hardware so as to reduce ...
26 Oct 2023, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation 91tv Blockchain, one of the world's largest electricity consumers, could significantly reduce its power needs through conscious network design, according to a report by the German ...
21 Jul 2023, 11:27 Switching to climate-friendly heating to keep homes warm requires both subsidies for clean technologies and restrictions on dirty ones, says Duncan Gibb, senior advisor at climate think tank Regulatory Assistance Project and founder of ...
01 Oct 2024, 13:12 Sören Amelang Storage Resources & Recycling EU 91tv The longevity of electric car batteries will cause a scarcity of recycled raw materials, making some of the EU’s targets for battery recycling unrealistic, researchers ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:57 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv It is possible to achieve Germany’s target of covering half of heat production with renewable energies by 2030, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) said at the presentation of its ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 91tv / Electrive German transport minister Volker Wissing has said that the government will launch first auctions for the right to set up electric truck charging infrastructure along the ...
08 May 2023, 12:48 Julian Wettengel Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Recent examples of investment decisions on climate-friendly technologies in Germany and Europe show that the continent is on the right track to respond to the U.S. Inflation ...
23 Aug 2024, 12:34 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling 91tv Germany could cover at least part of its future critical raw material demand with domestic production, found a report by the Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ...
21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
10 Jul 2024, 13:30 Sören Amelang Heating 91tv Public uncertainty about the government’s new policies to decarbonise heating have led to a collapse in heat pump sales in Germany, according to the country’s heating industry association BDH. ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar Handelsblatt / 91tv The fast pace of Germany’s solar PV expansion is causing concerns among energy companies about the buildout’s effect on the grid, business daily Handelsblatt writes. “If ...
03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany is currently heavily dependent on imports of raw materials key for energy transition technologies, but the government is only in the early stages of ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:19 Jack McGovan Renewables Policy EU Handelsblatt The EU is responding to the expansion of the Chinese wind industry by developing a plan to make the domestic industry more competitive, EU Commission sources told business daily ...
17 Mar 2023, 12:21 German government officials have welcomed proposals by the European Commission to boost net-zero industries and the competitiveness of European companies in an effort to keep up with other regions of the world, such as the U.S. and ...
15 Aug 2024, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Germany needs more targeted training for traditional craftsmen and other existing skilled workers to give them the expertise they need to work in the solar and wind power industry, ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:44 Sören Amelang Industry Business & Jobs Technology 91tv A 10 billion euro investment in semiconductor chip production in eastern Germany will secure the country’s emission reduction efforts, according to the government. ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Elections & Politics Passauer Neue Presse / Münchner Merkur The leadership of Germany’s conservative opposition party Christian Democrats (CDU) plans to adopt a position paper that calls for the rolling ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Citizens' energy Solar pv magazine Plug-in solar panels accounted for 200 megawatts (MW) of added photovoltaic (PV) power capacity in Germany in the first half of 2024, pv magazine reports, citing data from the Federal ...
07 Feb 2024, 10:30 The European Commission has recommended that the bloc reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, saying the EU's Green Deal now needs to become an "industrial decarbonisation deal." Politicians from member ...
16 Nov 2023, 13:52 Sören Amelang Hydrogen 91tv The expansion of green hydrogen production efforts Germany is slowing down, says a report commissioned by utility E.ON. “The hydrogen generation capacity planned by 2030 has risen from 8.1 ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:52 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Table.Media / 91tv In a bid to achieve its climate targets, the German government aims to bet more strongly and more quickly than previously thought on the controversial technologies of ...
19 Feb 2024, 09:49 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt The European Commission has approved a subsidy scheme by the German government worth 4 billion euros to help reduce emissions from industry production. Support would be given ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel / 91tv The first major city in Germany, Augsburg, has announced plans for ending the use of natural gas in its heating system and informed customers ...
30 Nov 2022, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv A new start in German-African relations is needed to diversify raw material providers and reduce dependencies, a report by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:38 Julian Wettengel International COP28 91tv The challenge to reach an agreement on phasing out fossil fuels is going to be the toughest nut to crack at the ongoing UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, said German ...
29 Nov 2022, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Germany will have to employ different technologies and solutions to get the heating sector to climate neutrality, as the country’s regions have vastly varying conditions to start with, ...
23 Nov 2022, 13:53 Sören Amelang Storage Hydrogen International EU 91tv France and Germany plan to intensify cooperation on strategically important energy transition technologies, including battery cell production and green hydrogen. ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:42 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv / Spiegel / Bild / dpa German policymakers, industry experts, environmental NGOs and unions were split over a proposal to support the country’s ailing car industry with a new ‘cash for clunkers’ ...
04 Dec 2023, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The governments of Germany's coastal northern states have insisted on federal funding for agreed climate projects, and ensuring that these do not become subject to ...
04 Nov 2021, 13:33 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Kerstine Appunn Business 91tv German companies make up a high share of the dynamically growing green technologies market, a report ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
23 Nov 2022, 14:00 Sören Amelang Solar Resources & Recycling Germany must reduce its reliance on China in green technologies and should be more demanding on climate issues when dealing with the Asian country, states a foreign ministry draft paper seen ...
12 Mar 2024, 14:07 With a novel subsidy system that supports energy-intensive industries in Germany switch to more climate-friendly production processes, the country counts as a pioneer in Europe by linking climate action with increased competitiveness, ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:58 The global growth of renewable power sources is an encouraging trend for climate action but needs to be better coordinated to ensure international targets are met, according to Germany’s economy and foreign affairs ministers. ...
01 Aug 2024, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling International dpa / Die Welt Germany looks set to vote against lifting the current ban on mining the seabed in international waters at a conference on the future of deep sea mining, news ...
01 Aug 2024, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv Sales of heating systems in Germany have dropped significantly in the first half of 2024, with uncertainty among customers meaning that manufacturers were selling 43 percent fewer systems than ...
20 Dec 2023, 09:05 Europe has no time to lose in formulating its renewed emissions reduction ambitions after the results of next June’s European Parliament elections become known, says Simone Peter from the German Renewable Energy Federation. A “Fit-for ...
27 Jul 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv The German government has agreed on a ‘lightweight construction strategy’ set to reduce raw material consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The strategy puts forth measures to ...
11 Apr 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out dpa / 91tv About two thirds of Germans are against the country’s imminent shutdown of the remaining three nuclear power plants, a survey by opinion research institute YouGov commissioned ...
30 Jan 2024, 13:12 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business ...
09 Jan 2024, 13:41 Edgar Meza Society Elections & Politics 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt / Dlf Former German Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht on 8 January officially launched her much-anticipated political party, the " ...
25 Aug 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Handelsblatt / 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to greatly expand the use of geothermal energy in Germany. The Social Democrat (SPD) said his goal was to tap into the renewable energy’s ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:32 Edgar Meza Carbon removal Technology 91tv NGO Germanwatch, which promotes sustainable development and climate protection, is warning against the country’s CO2 management policy opening the door to “a permanent extension of ...
18 Jul 2023, 14:19 Jack McGovan Industry EU 91tv The European Commission has selected seven decarbonisation projects in Germany as part of the latest round of funding from the EU Innovation Fund. The projects eligible for the funds disbursed ...
15 Aug 2023, 14:07 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv China is increasingly pushing Germany out of the top spot in exports to ...
03 Jul 2024, 13:19 Jack McGovan Politics rbb / 91tv Germany and Poland have agreed on a 40 page action plan for the countries to collaborate more closely on issues like energy and security, reports rbb24. The announcement comes after German ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:41 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Edgar Meza Technology Society 91tv Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis, 92 percent of German households continue to see ...
28 Jan 2025, 12:58 Slowing down industry decarbonisation in Germany would result in a dangerous loss of competitiveness in emerging green markets, says Philipp Verpoort, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Instead, the ...
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 Germany’s ...
02 May 2025, 09:30 The European Union should strive for a well-connected energy system designed in a way that allows different national strengths to complement each other, says Nikos Tsafos, deputy energy minister of Greece. The country is expected to ...
14 Jul 2023, 13:39 Sören Amelang International 91tv Germany aims to put pressure on China to raise its climate targets, according to the government’s first strategy for dealing with the east Asian country. The paper, which was adopted by ...
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17 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel EU Council greenlights €2.3 billion energy transition support for Germany The EU approved Germany’s amended recovery and resilience plan, which now includes an additional €2.3 billion to contribute to accelerating ...
18 Oct 2022, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Die Welt / 91tv Plans by the Czech government to build a new nuclear plant close the border with German state Bavaria is causing a dilemma for the governing conservative CSU, which ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / Table.Media Several formerly leading politicians from Germany's Die Linke (The Left) party have split off with the aim to found a new political party in the coming ...
14 Mar 2023, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility 91tv The roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure has made good progress in 2022, with the number of public charging points growing 35 percent to more than 80,500, energy industry ...
18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:46 Edgar Meza Renewables Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Bavarian state premier Markus Söder has reaffirmed his government’s intention to take over more than 80 power plants on the southern German state's rivers from energy company ...
28 May 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv In an effort to boost climate-neutrality in the shipping industry, the German government is bringing together representatives of the maritime sector, science, industrial and environmental ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Gas Heating Handelsblatt Many gas grid operators in Germany have not decided yet whether to use the possibility to increase their fees now in order to protect their dwindling customers from a massive price hike in the ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:07 Edgar Meza Freight 91tv All new trucks being registered in Germany from 2035 could be battery-electric if a broad-scale charging network is available by then, according to the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut). ...
27 Sep 2023, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Cars Policy dpa / Reuters / BR Only one day after opening a state support programme for installing solar panels for charging electric vehicles (EVs), Germany’s national development bank KfW closed the application ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:43 The EU is struggling to decarbonise its buildings, most of which are heated by fossil fuels that spew planet-heating gasses. But it has the technologies to go green. The bigger problem, experts say, is overcoming the barriers to rolling ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society 91tv The majority of people in Germany view renewable energies favourably, but many worry about costs associated with the energy transition and there are clear differences between the ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Airplanes in Germany will be made more environmentally friendly by supplying them with clean electricity during stops at the airport, the country’s transport minister, Volker Wissing, has said. Airplanes ...
19 Sep 2023, 13:30 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv Germany’s heat pump industry has called for reductions in electricity prices in order to achieve the country’s expansion target of installing 500,000 units a year from 2024. In a statement, the ...
26 Aug 2024, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Hydrogen 91tv Producing synthetic alcohol with renewable power could become a significant energy storage option for the energy transition, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) research ...
30 May 2023, 13:19 Jessica Bateman Solar 91tv / Bloomberg The number of solar panel systems in Germany hit three million on Monday (29 May), with total solar PV installed capacity reaching more than 70 gigawatts (GW), according to industry ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:49 Edgar Meza Society EU 91tv People in Germany would like to see more European cooperation in energy and climate policy, according to a survey conducted by market research institute Prolytics on behalf of the German ...
