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  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    Preview 2023: What to watch in energy & climate in Germany, Europe and beyond

    Reality check of the energy crisis set to drive resolve in the move to climate neutrality 06 Jan 2023, 11:12 As a result of the global upheavals caused by the war in Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic, a look at the year ahead is saddled with unprecedented ...
  • Power production at sea re-emerges as Energiewende cornerstone

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

    The energy transition's effects on the economy 20 Apr 2018, 00:00 After balking at the Energiewende for many years, German industry has made a notable shift- embracing the energy transition with a new fervour. To be sure, efforts to curb climate ...
  • 05 Jan 2024 |

    Preview 2024: Germany enters EU election year with heavy climate policy baggage

    Budget crisis, high energy prices, economic slowdown, far-right threat 05 Jan 2024, 15:32 The German government enters the new year with a handicap in climate policy: a momentous court ruling on a ceiling for new debt stripped the country of tens of ...
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  • 15 Oct 2021 |

    German seaports seen as key sites for development and transport of green hydrogen

    15 Oct 2021, 11:31 Edgar Meza Hydrogen International Die Welt German seaports could soon become key sites for the development of the country’s hydrogen economy, according to a recent report by the German Maritime Center (DMZ) in Hamburg. Hydrogen is seen ...
  • Using Russian uranium should be sanctioned across EU- German econ min

    05 Apr 2023, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Der Spiegel Russian uranium should be made subject to sanctions since using it undermines efforts to weaken Russia’s capability for waging war on its neighbour Ukraine, the German economy and ...
  • 11 May 2020 |

    Members of Germany's ruling parties call for rapid increase in green hydrogen production

    11 May 2020, 13:44 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen Technology Handelsblatt/Energate Messenger German research minister Anja Karliczek, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party, is pushing for a prompt government decision on a national ...
  • 18 Feb 2022 |

    Germany must push for EU CO2 price in transport and buildings – govt advisors

    18 Feb 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 91tv The German government should intensify its efforts for introducing a new EU carbon emissions trading system for the transport and buildings sectors, a group of climate science ...
  • 10 Nov 2020 |

    North Rhine-Westphalia presents hydrogen roadmap, eyes creation of 130,000 new jobs

    10 Nov 2020, 14:00 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is accelerating the development of a future-oriented hydrogen economy, energy minister Andreas Pinkwart announced on Monday. By 2025, NRW is set to have its ...
  • 30 Mar 2021 |

    Green hydrogen could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 25 million tonnes in German Ruhr region – report

    30 Mar 2021, 13:37 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen 91tv Green hydrogen technology can help reduce emissions from industry, transport and heating in ...
  • 27 Jun 2019 |

    Record renewables output shows Germany needs systemic revamp- energy industry

    27 Jun 2019, 12:30 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
  • 15 Aug 2018 |

    Berlin start-up ubitricity wins New York City’s “Local Climate Action Tech Competition”

    Berlin start-up ubitricity, which upgrades existing street lights to electric car charging stations, has won New York’s Local Climate Action Tech Competition. Ubitricity’s technology could be instrumental in helping New York achieve its climate action ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    French and German energy discrepancies hamper joint EU climate strategy

    03 Jul 2023, 14:15 The two most influential members of the EU, Germany and France, agree on the urgent need to jointly decarbonise Europe’s energy system and put supply security on a safer footing after the tumultuous energy crisis year 2022. Russia’s war ...
  • 01 Oct 2021 |

    Hydrogen capacity needs to be doubled to achieve decarbonisation – metalworkers’ union

    01 Oct 2021, 12:51 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government’s current hydrogen strategy is insufficient, according to the ...
  • 23 Apr 2020 |

    Mercedes-Benz gives up on fuel cell cars – report

    23 Apr 2020, 13:46 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Sören Amelang Cars Hydrogen Technology ntv / electrek Daimler subsidiary ...
  • 28 Sep 2021 |

    Software developers see growing opportunities in CO2 emissions management

    28 Sep 2021, 13:41 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The analysis of CO2 emissions promises big business for software companies, Larissa Holzki and Christof Kerkmann write in Handelsblatt. They point out, however, that CO2 emissions remain ...
  • 20 Jun 2018 |

    Hyundai teams up with Volkswagen's Audi to boost hydrogen cars

    South Korean carmaker Hyundai has agreed a deal with Volkswagen Group’s Audi to collaborate on hydrogen car technology, hoping to boost an energy segment that has lagged behind battery electric vehicles, news agency Reuters reports. “The fuel cell is the ...
  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    Hybrid cars can be bridge to climate-neutral transportation- German transport minister

    07 Feb 2022, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv Hybrid cars can make an important contribution to CO2 savings and also facilitate the switch from combustion engines to electric vehicles, German transport minister Volker Wissing said ...
  • 06 Dec 2021 |

    New German govt faces tough challenge in French nuclear power push for the EU – media

    06 Dec 2021, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Der Spiegel The plans of French President Emmanuel Macron to make nuclear power a pillar of the EU’s decarbonisation strategy pose a “political nightmare” for the next German government, Michael ...
  • 04 Aug 2023 |

    Researchers see long-distance hydrogen transport solution in deodorant spray propellant

    04 Aug 2023, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Dimethyl ether (DME) – a compound used as propellant in deodorant sprays – is a “hitherto underestimated” way to store and transport hydrogen over long distances, said researchers of the ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    German tax laws impede shift to low-carbon economy- analysis

    06 Jan 2023, 13:17 Sören Amelang Policy 91tv Contradictory tax incentives are a major hurdle for making the German economy more climate-friendly, according to an  analysis  by Green Budget Germany (FÖS) commissioned by the Bertelsmann ...
  • 27 Jul 2020 |

    Siemens faces international criticism for supplying new Indonesian coal-fired plant

    27 Jul 2020, 13:01 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Coal Business Tagesspiegel Siemens Energy has signed a supply contract with South Korean plant manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for a planned coal-fired power plant on ...
  • 18 Mar 2022 |

    Sustainable finance principles could have reduced EU's energy dependence on Russia- finance expert

    18 Mar 2022, 16:15 The EU's taxonomy has been widely perceived as a product of regulators eager to steer financial markets to a more environmentally-friendly and socially just future- a major misconception that is typical for the neglect given to ...
  • 26 Jun 2023 |

    Germany to issue power grid expansion building permits on a large scale from 2024 – agency head

    26 Jun 2023, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Spiegel / 91tv ұԲ’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is set to substantially increase the number of permits to build planned electricity transmission lines needed for the shift to a climate-neutral ...
  • Oil major Total says keeps an eye on “very interesting” German hydrogen projects

    03 Jul 2019, 14:15 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Sören Amelang Fossil fuels Gas Hydrogen Technology Wirtschaftswoche French oil major Total keeps an eagle eye on German projects that use ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    The carbon balancing act: Emission reduction and removal in the bid for net-zero

    23 Sep 2021, 12:45 “Achieving net-zero” emissions by the middle of the century is a goal that few would fault. But when it comes to reaching a balance of greenhouse gases and carbon removal – as not all emissions from food and industrial production can be ...
  • 12 May 2023 |

    Oil and gas boiler sales are soaring in Germany in anticipation of 2024 ban

    12 May 2023, 13:48 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv New oil and gas heating systems are seeing a sales boom in Germany ahead of a planned law that could ban the ...
  • 12 May 2023 |

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

    12 May 2023, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 gigawatts (GW) between January and April 2023, an increase in the growth rate of 46 ...
  • 03 Nov 2017 |

    New blockchain project seeks to stabilise grid with home energy storage units

    A pilot project by Dutch grid operator TenneT and German company Sonnen is meant to test power grid stabilisation with blockchain technology based on Sonnen’s decentralised home energy storage systems, TenneT says in a press release. TenneT will integrate ...
  • Raw material cost hike threatens to inflate German energy transition’s bill – media

    28 Jan 2022, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt A sharp reversal halting the drop in prices for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries caused by supply chain problems and rising raw material costs could ...
  • High metal prices could thwart energy transition – institute

    26 Jan 2022, 13:11 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Renewables Resources & Recycling Rising metal prices could slow the shift towards a low-emission energy system, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) said in a  report. "If we ...
  • 07 Oct 2021 |

    Climate neutrality 2045 feasible, but “enormous task” for Germany – dena

    07 Oct 2021, 12:17 Germany can reach its target of climate neutrality by 2045 but enormous tasks such as the massive expansion of renewable energy and transformation of whole industries have to be initiated as quickly as possible by the country’s next ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    Germany's e-car subsidies cause 'economic damage' as pandemic strains budget – researchers

    06 Oct 2020, 13:09 Expert IfW- Kiel Institute for the World Economy Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel Society International Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv Support payments for electric mobility are part of " ...
  • 02 May 2018 |

    Germany must act to use blockchain’s potential for energy transition – opinion

    Blockchain technology is one of the few digital developments in recent years in which Germany has an advantage, and it could be a decisive tool for pushing the energy transition’s digitalisation, energy management researcher Jens Strüker writes in a guest ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Germany should keep its options open on green hydrogen- govt advisers

    16 Nov 2021, 13:35 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 91tv Germany's should not jeopardise its national climate goals by committing to green hydrogen on a long-term technology path today, as it is still out in the open how innovations and ...
  • Climate-friendly hybrid trains could replace majority of German diesel engines – study

    01 Apr 2020, 15:14 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Sören Amelang Mobility Transport Hydrogen 91tv Trains with alternative propulsion systems have a large market potential in ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Germany brings forward publication deadline for climate-friendly municipal heating plans

    24 Jul 2023, 13:35 Jennifer Collins Heating Spiegel / 91tv Local authorities across Germany may have to submit plans detailing how they are going to transition to climate-neutral heating systems in their jurisdictions six months earlier than ...
  • 23 Dec 2016 |

    “Continued falling investment costs for PV and wind energy expected”

    Wind and solar power continue to face large cost reductions, according to a meta analysis of 15 studies on energy technology investment costs by Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). “More good news for the Energiewende is that also for storage technologies ...
  • 16 Apr 2019 |

    Grid operators adjust plans to coal exit, raise investment costs for future grid by 9 billion euros

    16 Apr 2019, 14:22 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 09 Apr 2019 |

    Pure focus on electric mobility wrong – German transport minister

    09 Apr 2019, 12:44 Kerstine Appunn Transport Cars Tagesspiegel German transport minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) doesn’t want a decision for “transport technology of the future” to be made prematurely, Henrik Mortsiefer writes in Tagesspiegel. “To only ...
  • 27 Jul 2020 |

    Europe must take ambitious lead in green hydrogen – German govt advisor

    27 Jul 2020, 09:50 Europe's economy is well placed to benefit from the fledgling global hydrogen economy and should decisively follow through with its hydrogen strategies, says Veronika Grimm, a member of Germany's council of economic experts, ...
  • 08 Nov 2021 |

    German politicians affirm rejection of nuclear power in EU sustainable finance taxonomy

    08 Nov 2021, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Finance Funke Mediengruppe / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany will work towards an exclusion of nuclear power from the EU taxonomy for sustainable investments, the country’s environment minister ...
  • 14 Mar 2023 |

    Germany's heating transition will be socially just and happen gradually- buildings minister

    14 Mar 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Zeit Online ұԲ’s buildings minister has promised social cushioning, sensible transition periods and technology openness on the path towards the decarbonisation of the heating sector. The law should allow ...
  • Solar beats onshore wind in first joint auction

    Only solar bids have been successful in ұԲ’s first joint solar and onshore wind auction for renewables support, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. “In competition, it simply is the technology that offers the lowest costs ...
  • 03 Mar 2017 |

    “Multiple use of storages and other flexibility technologies lowers costs of energy transition”

    Using power storages and other technologies to relieve the electricity grid can significantly lower the cost of the energy transition and avoid grid expansion, writes German Energy Agency (dena) in a new study. “We need a bridge between the market and the ...
  • 17 Jan 2023 |

    Requirement to report cyber-attacks to include LNG terminal operators

    17 Jan 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt / 91tv Following the attacks of the Nord Stream pipelines in September, the German government wants to expand the requirement for operators of so-called critical infrastructure (kritis) ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    ұԲ’s finance minister questions need of state support for batteries, hydrogen, semiconductors

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

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

    19 Jul 2023, 13:18 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 ...
  • 26 Oct 2018 |
    Gas

    Power-to-gas most cost efficient way to reach long-term climate targets – study

    Employing power-to-gas technologies (PtG) help to achieve ұԲ’s 2050 climate targets in the most cost-efficient way, writes the German Association of Gas and Water (DVGW) in a press release. The association commissioned a meta-analysis by consultancy ...
  • 09 Sep 2020 |

    Germany examines further options for supporting troubled car industry

    09 Sep 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Green stimulus 91tv The German government is examining additional options for supporting the country's car industry amid the twin challenges of a COVID-19 related drop in sales and the ...
  • 01 Feb 2021 |

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

    01 Feb 2021, 13:52 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Welt am Sonntag   Please note: an earlier version of this blurb sent on ...
  • German stimulus plan “watershed moment” in relations to car industry- media

    05 Jun 2020, 13:22 Sven Egenter Cars Hydrogen Green stimulus Tageszeitung (taz) / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Süddeutsche Zeitung The German government’s decision to focus its 130 billion euro economic stimulus programme on future, more climate ...
  • 06 Nov 2019 |

    Reliable climate policy needed to bolster German economy – government advisors

    06 Nov 2019, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 91tv A proactive economic policy that embraces the challenges of climate change and the energy transition and provides reliable climate policy will improve the economy's resilience ...
  • 26 Aug 2020 |

    AI can advance energy transition, but must be sustainable – energy agency

    26 Aug 2020, 12:26 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Sören Amelang Digitalisation 91tv Artificial intelligence (AI) has started to arrive in some areas ...
  • 06 Jun 2023 |

    Chinese MG e-cars make successful entry into German car market, overtake traditional brands

    06 Jun 2023, 13:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International 91tv Chinese manufacturers of electric cars are increasingly gaining a foothold in ұԲ’s car market, May 2023 figures released by ұԲ’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) ...
  • 30 Apr 2019 |

    Bosch makes another bet on fuel cell technology

    30 Apr 2019, 13:14 Sören Amelang Cars Hydrogen Bloomberg Bosch, the world’s largest auto-parts supplier, says it continues to believe that hydrogen fuel cell trucks and cars will play a key role in future mobility, and has taken a further step to advance ...
  • 09 Aug 2021 |

    Germany falls behind competition in renewables exports – economic institute

    09 Aug 2021, 12:15 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Business & Jobs Sören Amelang Industry 91tv Germany finds it unexpectedly hard to translate its landmark energy transition into an export ...
  • 16 Sep 2019 |

    Infeasible "myths" dominate Germany's transport transition debate- db research

    16 Sep 2019, 12:31 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv ұԲ’s transport transition is largely dependent on the adoption of widely circulated concepts based on new technologies and planned infrastructure developments, Deutsche Bank Research says in a ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

    German corporate decision-makers support using blue hydrogen for some time – survey

    05 Aug 2021, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv On the path to making industry climate neutral, corporate decision-makers in Germany call for allowing the use of “blue” hydrogen made from natural gas where the CO2 is captured and stored – ...
  • 12 Sep 2018 |

    German energy ministry investigates CCS options to meet climate targets

    The German economy and energy ministry (BMWi) has commissioned a study of the country’s options for capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions to lower its carbon footprint, Manuel Berkel writes on Spiegel Online. According to the article, energy ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Long-term climate strategies should be key focus of COP26 – German govt advisors

    06 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 The ...
  • 12 Sep 2023 |

    Texas’s energy future a key focus on German foreign minister’s U.S. visit

    12 Sep 2023, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv The future of the energy system in economic powerhouse state Texas will be a key feature during an upcoming trip of German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to the United ...
  • 20 May 2019 |

    Environment minister backs CCS as part of a German 2050 climate-neutrality bid

    20 May 2019, 13:08 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
  • 06 Jun 2018 |

    Study predicts job losses in car industry due to electrification

    According to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), electrifying cars will reduce need for workers in the car industry, including external suppliers to car manufacturers. The researchers looked at three different ...
  • 22 Feb 2024 |

    Dirty construction habits block path to truly climate-friendly buildings

    22 Feb 2024, 14:30 The climate impact of construction has mostly remained an afterthought in Europe's efforts to make its buildings climate-friendly, which has largely focused on heating emissions. Yet, as homes and offices become more energy ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    Germany and Australia investigate possibilities of green ‘hydrogen bridge’

    01 Dec 2020, 14:07 Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen International 91tv A joint German-Australian study will investigate the feasibility of a green hydrogen supply chain, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)  states. The BMBF and ...
  • 10 Dec 2021 |

    Germany's fast-charging infrastructure growing quicker than demand from e-cars

    10 Dec 2021, 14:02 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv The ...
  • 04 Jul 2023 |

    More rail transport, fossil heating restriction might put Germany on track towards 2030 climate target – report

    04 Jul 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany can still achieve its 2030 climate targets as long as a number of requirements are met, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) concluded in a new report. These include the expansion ...
  • 15 Oct 2018 |

    ұԲ’s technology scepticism inhibits progress in emissions reduction

    For a long time, Germany had been confident it was on the right track when it comes to climate action, but scepticism and resistance towards low-emission technologies are on the rise in the country today, Niklas Zaboji writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
  • 08 Apr 2019 |

    EU charges German carmakers with colluding to block clean emissions technology

    08 Apr 2019, 12:35 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Edgar Meza Cars Reuters The EU Commission has charged German automakers ...
  • Emission-free aviation is technically feasible- DLR Researcher

    02 May 2018, 00:00 Josef Kallo, director of the Institute for Energy Conversion and Storage at Ulm University and coordinator of the Research Group Energy Systems Integration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), says electric flight is not just a distant ...
  • 20 Sep 2018 |

    Don’t deploy negative emissions technologies without ethical analysis – researchers

    The vast scale at which ‘negative emissions technologies’ that suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere would need to be implemented raises ethical concerns, writes a group of researchers from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate ...
  • 23 May 2023 |

    German gas storage capacities insufficient for hydrogen plans – storage operator

    23 May 2023, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen dpa / ARD / 91tv ұԲ’s gas storage capacity is insufficient for the planned expansion of the use of hydrogen, according to gas storage network operator INES. Current gas storage facilities ...
  • “Jumping on the Blockchain Train”

    Blockchain data processing technology is constantly seeping into the business practices of “virtually every publicly-listed company” in Germany as it makes transactions more efficient and secure, Stefan Hajek writes in Handelsblatt Global Edition. The ...
  • “Bosch needs a new ignition”

    The world’s largest supplier of diesel technology Bosch will build a new chip factory for around one billion euros to produce future mobility technology in Germany, writes Susanne Preuß in a commentary in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “The new ...
  • 02 Oct 2023 |

    Key solar PV manufacturing states in Germany urge EU-wide industry revival

    02 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Policy EU 91tv Solar PV companies and several German states have agreed on a 10-point action plan to protect and strengthen the country’s solar power industry in order to ensure the planned large ...
  • 21 Feb 2019 |

    Shipping needs “power-to-x” technologies to become climate-friendly- engineering body

    21 Feb 2019, 13:43 Rachel Waldholz Transport Freight Hydrogen 91tv Germany must support “power-to-x” technologies as a key part of the energy transition, says German engineering association VDMA in a press release (in English). The federation ...
  • 29 Jun 2023 |

    Gas industry welcomes ұԲ’s compromise on phasing out fossil fuel heating

    29 Jun 2023, 12:38 Sören Amelang Gas Heating Welt / 91tv / Zeit / taz ұԲ’s gas industry has welcomed the coalition government’s compromise on the transition to climate-friendly heating, while some media commentators and environmental ...
  • “Germany has lost the race for range”

    In the race for developing the best storage technology for electric vehicles, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s strategy is “not trying to overtake the mighty Asian competitors” in conventional lithium ion-battery technology “but forging ahead with a ...
  • 27 Jun 2023 |
    Gas

    EU state aid rules hurdle for German plans for state support to build new gas power plants

    27 Jun 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt The European Commission (EC) has concerns over ұԲ’s economy ministry plans to create incentives for the construction of new gas-fired power plants with a combined capacity of about 25 gigawatt (GW) ...
  • Preview 2024: Elections to shape future of European Green Deal

    21 Dec 2023, 13:00 Voters in the EU will head to the polls in June 2024 to elect the next European Parliament, kicking off a months-long process to pick the bloc’s new leadership that will shape climate policy until the end of the decade. It will face the ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    Space is getting scarce for shipping, offshore wind, nature protection in German seas

    14 Sep 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Wind Die Welt Shipping, fisheries, offshore wind power, raw material extraction and nature conservation all have been assigned their space in the German waters in the latest plan of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic ...
  • 28 Aug 2023 |

    German shipbuilders call for support for billion-euro investments needed for offshore wind expansion

    28 Aug 2023, 13:43 Milou Dirkx Wind Cost & Prices FAZ New offshore wind farms could give an economic boost to German shipyards, but shipbuilding companies say they might not be able to finance the necessary investments without support, Frankfurter ...
  • 11 May 2023 |

    German minister opposes economic decoupling from China, but warns against over-reliance

    11 May 2023, 13:11 Edgar Meza Policy Security Handelsblatt / 91tv Economy minister Robert Habeck has warned against over-reliance on China and called for the broadening of supply chains while reassessing “the opportunities and risks of our ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    Smaller German parties’ TV debate shows clear differences in approach to climate action

    14 Sep 2021, 12:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv In a televised debate following on that of ұԲ’s three chancellor candidates, the four smaller parties in the country’s parliament have traded blows over the course of ...
  • 24 May 2019 |

    German UN climate report author says country needs carbon storage to become climate-neutral

    24 May 2019, 13:24 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Spiegel Online The goal of becoming a ...
  • German election primer- Faster renewables expansion vital for next government's climate policy

    31 Aug 2021, 11:38 Ahead of ұԲ’s September federal election, almost all parties in parliament are calling for climate policies that quickly and lastingly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country’s plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 ...
  • 07 Aug 2019 |

    ұԲ’s foray into home batteries pushes market to tipping point – report

    07 Aug 2019, 13:51 Sören Amelang Storage 91tv The rapid spread of home batteries in Germany has brought the European residential storage market to an economic tipping point, according to a report by energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie. “Germany ...
  • 01 Sep 2020 |

    Hydrogen prices to rise sharply without electrification of heating, transport — Aurora

    01 Sep 2020, 12:47 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Hydrogen Cost & Prices 91tv The price of green hydrogen will be significantly ...
  • 05 Jun 2020 |

    German, Austrian and Swiss presidents urge green recovery

    05 Jun 2020, 13:07 Sören Amelang Hydrogen Green stimulus Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The heads of state of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have warned against neglecting climate protection during the pandemic and urged an economic restart with ...
  • 23 May 2018 |

    Carbon removal from atmosphere unavoidable for 1.5°C target

    Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will make the world increasingly dependent on technologies that extract CO 2 from the atmosphere, according to new studies published by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change ...
  • 04 Jun 2021 |

    ұԲ’s future hydrogen needs significantly higher than expected – report

    04 Jun 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv ұԲ’s industry, transport and heating sectors will need significantly more hydrogen to help reach future climate targets than the government currently expects, said the head of the ...
  • 16 Nov 2018 |

    German railway company DB retrofits trains to curb diesel consumption

    The German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has unveiled plans to save up to twelve million litres of diesel fuel per year by modernising its locomotives with digital technology, Handelsblatt reports. DB says it wants to save up to 30,000 tonnes of CO2 ...
  • 24 Sep 2020 |

    Lack of incentives biggest hurdle for climate-neutral gases – German energy industry

    24 Sep 2020, 12:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv The lack of ...
  • World’s "first large-scale industrial power-to-gas facility" planned in northern Germany

    04 Apr 2019, 13:34 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Renewables Hydrogen Technology 91tv A new project in northern Germany aims at establishing "the world’s first" power ...
  • 23 Mar 2018 |

    Upcoming battery improvements could signal a leap forward for e-cars in Germany – report

    Electric car batteries could become twice as efficient as they currently are by 2025, researcher Martin Winter of the University of Münster says in an article written by Jürgen Pander on Spiegel Online. This means that e-cars could soon have a standard ...
  • 26 Mar 2019 |

    VW subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions buys stake in electrolysis expert in expectation of future commercial market

    26 Mar 2019, 13:20 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Technology Handelsblatt / 91tv Engine manufacturer and Volkswagen (VW) subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions shows a firm commitment to sustainable hydrogen ...
  • Hydrogen industry ramp-up in Germany faces raw material supply challenge – agency

    06 Jun 2023, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Resources & Recycling dpa / Der Stern The lack of mineral resources could become a challenge for the planned ramp-up of hydrogen industry in Germany, Europe and worldwide, news agency dpa writes in an  ...
  • 06 Feb 2024 |

    Germany to hold tenders for new gas power plants “soon”, promises capacity mechanism

    06 Feb 2024, 09:42 Germany is set to hold auctions to support the construction of new gas-fired power plants in the short term, which would then be converted to run on hydrogen in the mid-to-late 2030s, the ruling coalition said. The plants are considered ...
  • 08 Feb 2022 |

    France and Germany plan revamp of their energy cooperation

    08 Feb 2022, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Government EU 91tv France and Germany, who have recently been at odds over the future role of nuclear and gas, will intensify their cooperation on climate action in Europe and work ...
  • 20 May 2022 |

    State CDU says gas power plants needed for supply security, but NGOs decry reliance

    20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg ...
  • 09 Apr 2020 |

    German environment agency calls for increasing e-car recycling capacities

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

    Successful decarbonisation in Germany also hinges on labour unions' support – Merkel

    13 Jan 2020, 13:54 Expert German Trade Union Association Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 91tv Labour unions are necessary for organising the collective ...
  • Oil majors pay €13-bln entry fee in “quantum leap” for offshore wind energy

    13 Jul 2023, 13:40 Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in the world’s largest ever offshore wind auction. Environmentalists hailed the result as a ...
  • 09 Dec 2021 |

    Candidates for leadership of ұԲ’s opposition CDU party confirm commitment to 1.5C target

    09 Dec 2021, 13:38 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Frankfurter Rundschau The three candidates in the race to succeed CDU party leader Armin ...
  • 20 Jul 2018 |

    Paths to near-zero emissions by 2050 vary widely

    Low-carbon economy roadmaps for the years until 2050 conceived by industry and the EU differ significantly in their level of ambition, according to a report published by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The UBA compared the abatement ...
  • 10 Feb 2017 |

    “Brandenburg wants to become storage state”

    The German state of Brandenburg is planning to invest 50 million euros in developing electricity and heat storage technology, but the European Commission must first decide if the programme abides by EU competition rules, writes Potsdamer Neueste ...
  • 15 Aug 2019 |

    Market introduction strategy for green hydrogen needed – German industry association

    15 Aug 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Technology Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany needs a market introduction strategy for green fuels based on hydrogen, Carsten Rolle, climate and energy policy head at the Federation of German Industries ...
  • First oversubscribed bioenergy auction in Germany follows increase in support rates

    31 May 2023, 13:24 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv ...
  • 31 May 2023 |

    Municipal heating law reform takes important step forward in German govt coalition negotiations

    31 May 2023, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Policy dpa / n-tv The German government coalition has agreed on a draft law for reforming municipal heating regulation as part of a wider package to decarbonise the country’s heating sector, news agency dpa ...
  • 07 Dec 2021 |

    Suppliers say 'mixed approach' with e-cars and e-fuels could save many European car industry jobs

    07 Dec 2021, 12:55 Jessica Bateman Cars Business & Jobs 91tv Following a "mixed technology approach" in the decarbonisation of Europe's transport sector could deliver significant CO2 emissions reduction while simultaneously ...
  • 28 Mar 2022 |

    Must work on issues of the future despite Ukraine war “turning point” – Scholz

    28 Mar 2022, 18:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The international community must not lose sight of major issues such as climate change despite the new situation Russia’s war against Ukraine has brought, said German ...
  • 27 Jan 2021 |

    German transport ministry drives development of large-scale synthetic fuel plant

    27 Jan 2021, 13:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Mobility 91tv The German transport ministry (BMVI) has commissioned the German Aerospace ...
  • German chancellor pledges €4 bn for Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative

    20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet’s role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    Germany, U.S. launch energy and climate partnership

    16 Jul 2021, 13:04 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv International 91tv Germany and the U.S. have entered a partnership aimed at strengthening climate ambition and deepening the countries’ collaboration on policies and sustainable ...
  • 09 Oct 2020 |

    Europe and Germany urgently need a strategy for carbon sinks – Energy agency

    09 Oct 2020, 13:49 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology EU Zeit Online / Tagesspiegel Background Europe and Germany both need a strategy for carbon sinks and storage, argue Andreas Kuhlmann, head of Germany's energy agency (dena), and Oliver ...
  • 27 Feb 2023 |

    Meagre onshore expansion in early 2023 rings alarm for ұԲ’s wind power industry

    27 Feb 2023, 13:48 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind dpa / Der Spiegel The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    Government calls hydrogen strategy a success, but utilities see 'construction site'

    23 Sep 2021, 13:40 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Hydrogen 91tv One year on from the National Hydrogen Strategy launch, ұԲ’s government and industries are divided over its implementation. While the government’s interim report ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

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

    14 Apr 2023, 13:35 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv The expansion of ұԲ’s electricity transmission grid is starting to make progress after the government introduced steps to ...
  • Siemens tests using ammonia as green energy storage

    German industrial giant Siemens will open a pilot project converting renewable power into ammonia in the UK next week, the Guardian reports. Normally used to increase crop yields, ammonia could be a tool to manage fluctuating renewable power generation. ...
  • 31 Oct 2018 |

    Confusion about diesel deals might hasten end of technology

    The confusion about discounts make it highly unlikely that German diesel drivers will swap their vehicle against a newer model, write Andreas Macho, Martin Seiwert and Volker ter Haseborg in an article for business magazine Wirtschaftswoche. While company ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |
    Gas

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

    15 Apr 2021, 14:03 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Sören Amelang Gas Germany will ...
  • Blockchain technology could make smart meters more secure – analysis

    The decentralised blockchain technology could solve many of the IT security problems associated with the roll-out of smart meters, the German Energy Agency (dena) says in a press release. In an analysis published jointly with management school ESMT Berlin ...
  • 04 Oct 2018 |

    Diesel deal is a “rotten compromise” – opinion

    The government’s diesel deal will not tame the anger of diesel drivers because only one in 10 are likely to be offered incentives to trade in their old car against a more recent model, writes Holger Steltzner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ...
  • Preview 2021: 'Industry fears pandemic widens gap in global climate ambitions'

    16 Dec 2020, 10:18 The European Green Deal will move from words to action in 2021 and trigger a "tremendous wave of reforms" that are of key concern to German industry, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at the ...
  • 08 May 2019 |

    German industry ready for deep decarbonisation, but laments policy lag

    08 May 2019, 13:31 German industry heavyweights including chemical maker BASF, HeidelbergCement, gas supplier Linde and steelmaker Salzgitter say they are prepared for profound emissions cuts, but still lack the necessary market signal from policymakers. ...
  • 26 May 2020 |

    CO₂ removal necessary to reach EU climate neutrality 2050 – study

    26 May 2020, 12:43 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv An active removal of several hundred ...
  • 11 Oct 2018 |

    Germany at risk of becoming biotope for fossil combustion technologies – Green MP

    By opposing stricter EU car emission limits, ұԲ’s government delays the transition to renewable mobility and risks isolating the country, according to Green MP and transport expert Cem Özdemir. “France, Denmark, Luxembourg and Netherlands have ...
  • 26 Nov 2019 |

    EU mining regions say “clean coal” can ease transition, NGOs reject claim

    26 Nov 2019, 12:58 Sören Amelang Coal 91tv Europe's mining regions call for EU support for "clean coal" technologies to ease their transition, but climate activists warned the coal exit must not be delayed by promoting " ...
  • German government divided over hydrogen strategy – report

    03 Mar 2020, 14:13 Sören Amelang Energiewende Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt German ministries continue to be divided over plans for a hydrogen economy, delaying publication of the country's highly anticipated strategy to lower emissions in high ...
  • 16 Jul 2018 |

    Self-driving cars would make road traffic greener – study

    Autonomous vehicles will make road transport both safer and more environmentally friendly, according to a study commissioned by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK). For that reason, the development of autonomous vehicle ...
  • 18 Sep 2018

    EU opens investigation into possible collusion between BMW, Daimler and VW on clean emission technology

    The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether BMW, Daimler and VW colluded, in breach of EU antitrust rules, to avoid competition on the development and roll-out of technology to clean the emissions of petrol and diesel ...
  • 07 Sep 2020 |

    France plans hydrogen alliance with Germany

    07 Sep 2020, 14:21 Sören Amelang Hydrogen EU dpa / finanzen.net The French government is planning to cooperate with Germany in the development of hydrogen technologies,  reports  newsagency dpa in article carried by finanzen.net. French economy minister ...
  • 17 Feb 2020 |

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

    17 Feb 2020, 14:09 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The German Bundesrat, the council of state governments ...
  • 17 Feb 2020 |

    German env min wants to push green hydrogen with aviation quota, auctions

    17 Feb 2020, 14:13 Sören Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze has proposed to speed up the large-scale use of renewable hydrogen with a quota for aeroplane fuels and tenders for production.  "For me it is ...
  • 14 Feb 2023 |

    German research reactors can continue to operate after nuclear phase-out

    14 Feb 2023, 13:03 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out 91tv ұԲ’s nuclear phase-out will not affect the country’s reactors used for research purposes, which can continue to operate after the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations ...
  • 04 Nov 2019 |

    Merkel promises e-car charging infrastructure boost ahead of meeting with industry

    04 Nov 2019, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Hydrogen 91tv Expanding Germany's e-car charging infrastructure and more support for electric mobility options will be key issues at a meeting between Germany's government and ...
  • 29 Mar 2023 |

    German econ min warns against new global rifts on way to climate neutrality

    29 Mar 2023, 13:19 Sven Egenter International Security Increasing competition and new global power structures caused by the shift to climate-neutral industries and energy sources risk splitting the world anew into conflictive spheres, German economy and ...
  • 07 Mar 2018 |

    VW head Müller says diesel will have a “renaissance” soon

    Diesel engines will have “ a renaissance in the foreseeable future ” and shed its currently-tarnished image as a particularly polluting technology, VW head Michael Müller said at the important trade fair Geneva International Motor Show, the Frankfurter ...
  • 04 Sep 2018 |

    Germany's home battery boom is far from over- Solarwatt CEO

    04 Sep 2018, 09:02 Germany commissioned its 100,000th home storage battery last week – and the boom is far from over, says Detlef Neuhaus, CEO of German solar PV module and residential battery storage system maker Solarwatt. Neuhaus warns that Germany is ...
  • Recycling industry teams up with German solar companies to improve resource use

    11 Mar 2021, 14:24 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Resources & Recycling 91tv German solar power and recycling companies have released a joint proposal for ...
  • 14 Jun 2023 |

    German government reaches hard-fought compromise on fossil fuel heating ban

    14 Jun 2023, 13:10 Jessica Bateman Heating Table.Media / 91tv The German government has reached a compromise on the shift to climate-friendly heating by effectively postponing a ban on the installation of new fossil fuel heating systems, ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Europe must consider domestic sourcing of clean energy raw materials – mining industry CEO

    17 Aug 2021, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling EU Handelsblatt European states have to seriously explore possibilities to source key raw materials for more climate-friendly technologies domestically instead of relying on imports from ...
  • 07 Feb 2023 |

    ‘Neglected’ building renovations have cost Germany 50 billion euros – report

    07 Feb 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background / ntv The ‘neglected topic’ of building renovations and an absence of energy consumption optimisation have cost Germany an "unnecessary" 50 billion euros ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Can Salzgitter cut Germany's CO2 emissions with low-carbon steel project?

    22 May 2019, 11:33 Volker Hille’s passion project could cut ұԲ’s entire CO2 output by almost one percent. He is head of corporate technology at Salzgitter Group, one of Europe’s largest steelmakers, which currently emits around eight million tonnes ...
  • 31 May 2021 |

    Industry criticises lack of progress one year after approval of ұԲ’s hydrogen strategy

    31 May 2021, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / Handelsblatt Industry representatives have criticised that little has happened since the German government decided its hydrogen strategy one year ago, reports Marcus ...
  • 20 Jun 2019 |

    Maritime energy transition needs LNG, says German shipping industry

    20 Jun 2019, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Gas Freight 91tv A maritime energy transition in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is only possible with the help of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says the Maritime LNG Platform in a press release. LNG ...
  • Preview 2023: 'Investment offensive' must secure fossil fuel independence- energy industry

    22 Dec 2022, 12:40 Germany has taken important steps to secure its energy supply and help households and businesses cope with the energy crisis, but it is important to continue along this path consistently in the coming year, according to the country' ...
  • Germany pledges €112 million for Kenya’s renewable and green hydrogen expansion

    12 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Hydrogen International 91tv Germany has pledged at least 112 million euros to support Kenya in implementing “its ambitious goal of switching entirely to renewable energy sources by 2030,” the ...
  • Eastern German states put energy supply in focus in push to counter populists’ rise

    19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
  • 14 Aug 2023 |

    Bavaria rejects German grid regulator’s plans for different power price zones

    14 Aug 2023, 13:02 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung / Neue ...
  • 11 Jul 2018 |

    German shipbuilding industry researching environmentally friendly technologies ahead of stricter environmental rules

    In 2020, stricter environmental regulations concerning pollution from seagoing vessels will come into force, putting added pressure on the German shipbuilding industry to innovate, according to an article in tageszeitung (taz). The industry is currently ...
  • 20 Mar 2023 |

    German govt rules out further runtime extension of nuclear power plants

    20 Mar 2023, 12:12 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out Funke Mediengruppe / Nikkei The lifespan of ұԲ’s three remaining nuclear power plants will not be further extended, environment and nuclear safety minister Steffi Lemke told publishing house ...
  • Call for open debate on CCU and CCS to save industry emissions

    27 Sep 2018, 13:57 Germany needs to have a rational and open public discussion about carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) as ways to avoid releasing climate-harmful emissions from industry into the environment. A position paper by the ...
  • Industry calls on government to develop raw materials strategy for “future technologies”

    The influential Federation of German Industries (BDI) has called on the government to come up with a strategy to secure the supply of scarce raw materials for “future technologies” needed for e-mobility, digitalisation, and the energy transition. “The ...
  • German research initiative plans world’s first green hydrogen cavern storage

    03 May 2019, 13:20 Sören Amelang Storage Hydrogen Technology A German consortium has launched a research platform to store renewable hydrogen in a salt cavern. Following a two-year research project, the partners of the HYPOS alliance plan to build the ...
  • Cabinet adopts draft regulation for common solar and wind power tenders

    ұԲ’s cabinet has adopted a draft regulation for the introduction of common tenders for solar and onshore wind power installations, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) said in a press release. The tenders will be tested in a “pilot ...
  • 21 May 2019 |

    Researchers in Germany aim to reduce cement’s CO2 footprint with recycling procedure

    21 May 2019, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Using residues from industry production in the making of cement can substantially reduce the basic material’s carbon footprint, a group of researchers from the University of Halle ...
  • German carmakers agree to bet on e-cars and hybrids, fuel cells not ready – media

    21 Mar 2019, 12:31 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Sören Amelang Cars Hydrogen Business & Jobs Technology dpa / Focus Online BMW, Daimler and VW have settled a dispute over how to manage the transition to green ...
  • 15 Jun 2020 |

    The heat is on to make German buildings 'nearly' climate-neutral

    15 Jun 2020, 10:30 A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende's poster child, the power sector. But the “Wärmewende”, or heating transition, has significant potential to curb emissions and is ...
  • 10 Aug 2018 |

    German energy transition should be based on competition and the use of market-based instruments – opinion

    The German transition to a low-carbon and nuclear-free energy supply – dubbed the “Energiewende” – should be based on the use of market-based instruments and competition between companies and technologies, Hubertus Bardt, head of the research division at ...
  • German steelmaker thyssenkrupp aims to be climate neutral by 2050

    03 Jul 2019, 14:05 Freja Eriksen Hydrogen Business & Jobs Technology 91tv ұԲ’s largest steelmaker thyssenkrupp has set itself the target of cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. “Thyssenkrupp aims to be climate ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    Solar power industry’s business climate reaches all-time high in Germany

    16 May 2019, 14:26 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv The business climate index of ...
  • 02 Dec 2022 |

    German hydrogen strategy revision aims to solidify target to double electrolysis capacity by 2030- media

    02 Dec 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German economy ministry (BMWK) aims to solidify targets to double the country’s electrolysis capacity- which is needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen- by 2030 by revising ...
  • 13 Jun 2018 |

    Digital technologies can replace future grid extensions – grid operator Tennet

    The planners of future grid extensions in Germany must pay more attention to new technologies, according to grid operator Tennet. The company’s CEO, Lex Hartmann, said that the increasing digitalisation of power grids could replace the construction of ...
  • 22 May 2018 |

    Germany might miss out on battery production because it clings to combustion engine – opinion

    The locations for battery cell production will shape the geography of the auto sector for decades to come, because the choice will determine in large part where the cars of the future will be built, writes Nick Butler in an opinion piece in the Financial ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    Q&A: EU sustainable finance taxonomy and the dispute about nuclear power and gas

    02 Feb 2022, 12:52 With its Green Deal the European Union has embarked on the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050, and it has made sustainable finance a key pillar of its efforts. The EU taxonomy – a system that defines companies’ activities ...
  • 20 Jan 2023 |

    Data centres in Frankfurt to provide excess heat to district network

    20 Jan 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Data centres could provide excess heat to Frankfurt’s district heating network, energy provider Mainova and data centre operator Interxion announced after signing a memorandum of understanding ...
  • 12 Jul 2021 |

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

    12 Jul 2021, 13:23 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Wind 91tv Researchers in Germany are ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German e-car pioneer takes to the skies in hybrid “Silent Air Taxi”

    05 Apr 2019, 09:08 German e-car pioneer Günther Schuh, who runs the e-car startup  e.GO Mobile  and spearheaded the development of the  electric delivery van StreetScooter  now used by Deutsche Post DHL, has set his sights on conquering the air. Schuh, ...
  • 29 Jun 2020 |

    Heavy industry needs support for transition to climate neutrality- opinion

    29 Jun 2020, 13:06 Industry Handelsblatt Politicians must urgently implement EU-wide mechanisms that help ұԲ’s heavy industry to continue to be successful while transitioning to greenhouse gas neutrality, says Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. ...
  • 24 Aug 2016 |

    “Cars to be charged wireless soon”

    Engineers at the Technical University in Braunschweig have developed a wireless charging system for e-cars, Wirtschaftswoche reports. A trial involving taxis will test the technology for “inductive charging” next month. The technology is already used by ...
  • 03 May 2018 |

    New Bosch diesel technology deserves a chance – commentary

    The vastly improved diesel technology by leading car supplier Bosch deserves a chance because NO x emissions stay well below the strict 2020 EU emission rules and diesel engines emit less CO 2 than petrol engines, writes Dietmar Lamparter in a commentary ...
  • World’s largest passenger fuel cell train fleet planned in Germany

    22 May 2019, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables Hydrogen Technology French manufacturer Alstom plans to deliver 27 hydrogen fuel cell trains to subsidiary fahma of regional public transport provider RMV in the central German state of Hesse by 2022, ...
  • 21 Apr 2020 |

    No one-size-fits-all approach for onshore wind acceptance – study

    21 Apr 2020, 13:30 Expert Renewable Energies Agency Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien Citizens' energy Renewables Technology Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv There is no one-size-fits-all approach to boosting popular acceptance for local wind ...
  • VW invests in re-invention of electric car battery

    ұԲ’s largest carmaker VW has announced that it will invest 100 million US dollars in a US company that specialises in the production of “ super batteries,” Hanna Decker writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The company named QuantumScape ...
  • 21 Nov 2018 |

    Artificial intelligence has potential to reshape environmental protection – NGO

    The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve pressing environmental challenges needs to be better understood and exploited, panellists agreed at a debate on AI and the environment organised by Microsoft in Berlin. “AI is going to change the ...
  • 13 Apr 2018 |

    Bosch and EnBW open new battery storage facility

    German technology company Bosch and utility EnBW have opened a new large battery storage facility that helps stabilise the power grid, Bosch says in a press release. The battery consists of 768 lithium-ion modules that can provide energy quickly and help ...
  • 29 Oct 2020 |

    German car industry commits to 2050 climate neutrality, insists on combustion engines

    29 Oct 2020, 17:50 The German car industry has committed to climate-neutral mobility by 2050 for the first time, but continues to reject a sole focus on electric mobility. Following a fierce quarrel within the lobby group, industry association VDA said ...
  • 22 Feb 2017 |

    Region damages its own economic basis

    Of all places, the region now developing really clean diesel engines publicly withdraws confidence from the technology, comments local newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Local politicians fighting against combustion technology seem to forget which ...
  • Green technology accounts for 15 percent of German economic output

    Environmentally friendly technologies have become an important pillar of the German economy, the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) says in a press release. According to the environment ministry’s new “GreenTech Atlas,” the sector accounted for 15 percent ...
  • 12 Oct 2016 |

    Daimler home state favours banning old diesel cars from cities

    The government of southern ұԲ’s state of Baden-Württemberg, home to carmaker Daimler, wants to ban old diesel cars in cities, report Josef Kelnberger und Max Hägler in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Only a “ blue badge ” could reduce nitrogen oxide levels ...
  • 06 Apr 2018 |

    Env minister calls for state support programme for climate projects in industry

    ұԲ’s new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, wants to introduce a state support programme for climate projects in industry, she told the Rheinische Post. “Together with my cabinet colleagues from the economy [BMWi] and research [BMBF] ministries, I ...
  • 12 Jan 2021 |

    German transport ministry launches scrappage support programme for trucks

    12 Jan 2021, 13:48 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Freight 91tv The German transport ministry ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    Chances for Germany's deindustrialisation are slim, cost rises will boost efficiency – Bosch CEO

    13 Apr 2023, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Higher energy prices in Germany will not lead to an “industrial exodus” of companies seeking cheaper production locations abroad but rather strengthen efficiency and innovation ...
  • 07 Nov 2019 |

    EU investment bank will turn into 'climate bank,' says EIB head Hoyer

    07 Nov 2019, 14:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Focus Online The head of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, says the EIB will turn into a "climate bank" and expand the share of climate-related activities in its portfolio to 50 ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

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

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

    Germany gets low marks on electricity sector flexibility – industry report

    14 Nov 2019, 13:46 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid 91tv Germany is ranked ...
  • 02 Nov 2017 |

    Drones for the energy transition

    Drones and digital technologies can be harnessed in order to increase the reliability of producing, transmitting and distributing energy, writes management consultancy PwC in its study “Clarity from above”. The use of drones could bring down costs for ...
  • Solar PV cheapest power generation technology in Germany

    Modern solar PV installations in Germany have the lowest power generation costs of all technologies, the Fraunhofer ISE research institute writes in a press release. Depending on the type of installation and the sun's intensity, generating one ...
  • 16 Jun 2020 |

    Solar cap removal not enough to bring clean energy to scale- German renewables industry

    16 Jun 2020, 14:53 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 19 Apr 2024 |

    Dispatch from Croatia

    19 Apr 2024, 15:00 A series of politically turbulent months for Croatia culminated with early parliamentary elections on 17 April. The short campaign didn’t leave much space for discussions on energy policy, but when asked, all the biggest parties claimed ...
  • 16 May 2023 |

    Hydrogen heating “sham” solution, NGOs, unions, trade groups warn

    16 May 2023, 13:47 Sören Amelang Hydrogen Heating Zeit Online “Hydrogen-ready” gas boilers are nothing but window dressing because they delay effective climate action, are unlikely to be ever powered by renewable gas, and could end up being very expensive ...
  • 08 Aug 2019 |

    Supplier Continental bets on electrification but rejects battery cell production

    08 Aug 2019, 13:53 Sören Amelang Storage Cars 91tv Continental, one of Europe's largest automotive suppliers, is increasing e-mobility investments but has decided against entering battery cell production. “The future is clearly electric. ...
  • 25 Jun 2019 |

    Merkel’s 'car summit' with industry yields meagre results – media reports

    25 Jun 2019, 13:42 Sören Amelang Cars Policy BR / Tagesspiegel Background A high-profile meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and car industry representatives has yielded few tangible results, according to media reports. The ’car summit‘ lasted more ...
  • 28 Feb 2018 |

    Germany needlessly destroys leading diesel technology – opinion

    The landmark court ruling on diesel driving bans is “lunacy,” writes Holger Appel in a commentary for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. A ban on the “allegedly dangerous” diesel technology is unnecessary, because nitrogen dioxide measurements should be ...
  • Siemens CEO proposes to transform lignite mining region into e-mobility hub

    In a surprise move, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser has proposed a large-scale project to transform ұԲ’s eastern lignite mining region into a hub for future technologies, such as e-mobility, reports Rüdiger Köhn in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “We have ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    German government weakens renewables targets in municipal heating plans

    17 Aug 2023, 14:02 Sören Amelang Heating 91tv / Table.Media ұԲ’s coalition government has agreed on a draft law requiring municipalities to submit plans for the transition to climate-neutral heating, but has softened interim targets for ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    Long-term market outlook boosts confidence in wind energy sector

    10 Jun 2021, 13:56 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Wind Business & Jobs 91tv The future of the wind power sector is looking increasingly rosy according to the latest  WindEnergy trend:index (WEtix), published by global wind energy event ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    Germany must not leave transport, heating out of hydrogen ramp-up- industry

    10 Jun 2021, 13:49 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport Hydrogen Heating 91tv German industry has called on the government to include transport and heating in the hydrogen economy ramp-up. "Policymakers must not leave out the ...
  • 26 May 2017 |

    “The auto industry and the diesel affair; when technology inspires too much”

    The pivotal mistake by the auto industry was not diesel technology itself, but holding on to it for too long, writes Grischa Brower-Rabinowitsch in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. German carmakers had not focused on new propulsion technologies early ...
  • 10 May 2023 |
    Gas

    Policy push needed for resilient energy system with green gas – gas industry

    10 May 2023, 12:19 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv ұԲ’s energy system will need ‘green’ gas to become climate neutral, but government must set the right framework conditions to ensure the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy, said several gas ...
  • 04 Apr 2018 |

    Lower Saxony says turning power into hydrogen essential to meet climate goals

    Lower Saxony should become a “ pioneer region ” for storing excess wind power by converting it into hydrogen, the German federal state’s environment minister, Olaf Lies, told the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Lies argues that Germany needs power-to-gas ...
  • 20 May 2020 |

    Researchers weigh in on scope and scale of hydrogen use ahead of Germany's national strategy launch

    20 May 2020, 13:44 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln Electricity market Business ...
  • 27 Mar 2018 |

    Innovation dynamic remains strong in ұԲ’s power grids

    Despite the significant changes in ұԲ’s energy system, the reliability of the power grid shows that there is a strong innovation dynamic in system services, writes the German Energy Agency (dena) in a report, citing redispatch measures as an example. ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    German energy companies invested record amounts in 2021

    20 Jan 2022, 13:27 Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs 91tv Record levels of investment were made by German energy companies in 2021, said the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Investments totalling 20.5 billion euros ...
  • 27 Oct 2022 |

    German wind power industry says fixed remuneration in auctions too low

    27 Oct 2022, 13:15 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Jessica Bateman Wind 91tv The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) specified in ұԲ’s ...
  • 27 Mar 2023 |

    EU combustion engine car deal could stand in way of resolute climate policy – govt advisor

    27 Mar 2023, 14:01 Julian Wettengel Cars EU Handelsblatt / 91tv The deal between Germany and the European Commission to allow new combustion engine cars after 2035 – if they run exclusively on e-fuels – could upset politicians’ climate policy ...
  • 31 Jan 2018 |

    EU 2030 car fleet emission rules translate into quota for electric vehicles - VW head of technology

    The EU’s fleet emission limits for 2030 will have an effect similar to a quota for electric cars, according to Volkswagen. The new limits will be so low that carmakers could only reach them by selling a certain percentage of electric vehicles, said Stefan ...
  • 15 Aug 2017 |

    “Climate protection needs more researchers and inventors“

    According to many scientists, simply lowering emissions will not be enough to slow down global warming, and we need better technology or at least research into and discussions about ridding the atmosphere of CO₂ already emitted, writes Andreas Mihm in ...
  • Businesses, NGOs, think tanks call for quick design of EU Green Deal Industrial Plan

    08 Feb 2023, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Finance International EU 91tv The European Union should go further in its proposal to counter the U.S.’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), more than 40 business organisations, companies, think tanks ...
  • 24 Mar 2023 |

    Govt carbon management strategy must set clear restrictions on CCS use – NGOs

    24 Mar 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Policy 91tv A German strategy on carbon capture and use (CCU) or storage (CCS) – the carbon management strategy which is currently being developed by the government with stakeholder input – ...
  • 18 May 2021 |

    Allegations of forced labour in Xinjiang implicate German solar companies' supply chains

    18 May 2021, 13:29 Correction: This article was updated to reflect that the named German companies whose supply chains have been implicated in the " Uyghur Forced Labour and Global Solar Supply Chains ” report are not solar photovoltaic module ...
  • 07 Feb 2023 |

    German car industry and politicians say new Euro 7 car emissions target technically unfeasible

    07 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility EU Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The planned EU car emissions target norm, Euro 7, has come under fire from the German car industry and the country’s transport minister, who argue the regulation will threaten many ...
  • 23 Mar 2023 |

    Homeowners concerned about German ministry’s plans for de-facto oil and gas heating ban

    23 Mar 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Heating Handelsblatt Plans by the German economy and climate protection ministry (BMWK) to de-facto ban the installation of new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 are generating great uncertainty among homeowners, business ...
  • 25 Jul 2017 |

    “Power-to-Liquid: pilot operation of first compact plant”

    German Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's (KIT) spin-off company INERATEC has developed a compact power-to-liquid plant’s chemical reactor that converts hydrogen produced from solar power together with carbon dioxide into liquid fuels, writes KIT in ...
  • 26 Apr 2018 |

    Customers won’t readily trust “new diesel miracle” – opinion

    German auto supplier Bosch has every right to be proud of its improved diesel technology, which it says leads to far less nitrogen oxide emissions, but economic success depends on the reputation of diesel as a whole, writes Susanne Preuß in an opinion ...
  • 05 Aug 2020 |

    EU emissions trading rules pose hurdle to Germany's hydrogen plans, report says

    05 Aug 2020, 14:30 Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt Despite the much-anticipated release of its National Hydrogen Strategy this summer, uncertainty still surrounds ұԲ’s green hydrogen plans, making the path forward unclear despite the government’s ...
  • 20 Dec 2019 |

    Risen from the ruins, Germany's solar power sector has zest for action in 2020

    20 Dec 2019, 16:39 Preview 2020: Solar power in Germany has bottomed out from its breakdown a few years back and looks ahead at 2020 full of confidence that the odds are in its favour in the country thanks to the introduction of carbon pricing in the ...
  • 25 Oct 2017 |

    COP23 – 'Germany can achieve most for climate by technology export'

    25 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year’s international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn. The conference will be about establishing the trust in mutually agreed rules on climate protection, says Carsten Rolle, head of the energy and climate policy ...
  • 15 Feb 2021 |

    Union, grid operator want to turn Eastern Germany into climate-friendly industry pioneer

    15 Feb 2021, 13:44 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs ...
  • 27 May 2022 |

    Germany and US formally launch climate and energy partnership

    27 May 2022, 13:54 Sören Amelang International G20 & G7 91tv Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
  • New phase in transition research: Focus on an integrated energy system

    16 Feb 2018, 00:00 The future government tasks researchers with finding ways to plan and steer the electrification of the whole energy system – along with all its new technologies. Renewable power was introduced in Germany at a startling pace in some ...
  • 19 Dec 2017 |

    World will use coal for some time and Germany should research CCU technologies - opinion

    The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report Coal 2017 shows that the world will continue to be “addicted” to coal for its energy supply for the coming years- ұԲ’s contribution to climate protection should be researching and testing new carbon ...
  • 20 Mar 2018 |

    Combustion engine still favourite car technology in Germany

    Two-thirds of respondents in a survey in Germany say they will opt for a combustion engine in their next car, trumping alternative engines like hybrid or fully electric by far, consultancy Deloitte says in a press release. While 66 percent of respondents ...
  • German industry needs policy trigger for deep emission cuts

    24 Jan 2020, 12:12 Pressure is rising fast on industry to join the great decarbonisation race. Many energy-intensive German companies, like chemical giant BASF or steelmaker thyssenkrupp, already have detailed plans for drastic emission cuts, but lack ...
  • 10 Sep 2021 |

    Germany can achieve net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs – consultancy

    10 Sep 2021, 14:56 Germany could transform its economy to net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs, because switching to green technologies opens up new markets and opportunities for growth, consultancy McKinsey has found. In its report „Net-Zero ...
  • 10 Aug 2022 |
    Gas

    Still no LNG supply contracts between German and Qatari companies – media report

    10 Aug 2022, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background There are still no liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts between German and Qatari companies almost five months after economy minister Robert Habeck visited the gulf state in March to ...
  • 26 Apr 2023 |

    U.S. takeover of German heat pump maker Viessmann sparks fears of key industry loss

    26 Apr 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Heating Spiegel / 91tv The sale of German heat pump manufacturer Viessmann to U.S. air conditioner maker Carrier Global has sparked fears amongst German trade unionists and politicians over the ...
  • 22 Nov 2016 |

    “The green way”

    The transition to e-mobility should be organised in a way that prevents “technical or societal breaks”, Holger Appel writes in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The government should also restrict itself to setting realistic guidelines ...
  • 12 Feb 2020 |

    'Tomorrow's oil': Germany seeks hydrogen export deal with West African states

    12 Feb 2020, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen International Reuters / Handelsblatt Germany plans to set up a production and import chain for renewable hydrogen in a joint project with Western African countries, news agency Reuters  reports. " ...
  • 29 Aug 2017 |

    Merkel critical of diesel hardware retrofitting

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to “examine all other options” before making a final decision on hardware retrofitting for diesel cars, she said in an interview with tageszeitung (taz). “If I put another 1,000 to 2,000 euros per car into old ...
  • 12 Oct 2022 |

    Key renewable energy tenders significantly undersubscribed as projects face rising costs

    12 Oct 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Bioenergy Renewables Wind 91tv Recent tenders for onshore wind, biomass and biomethane plants in Germany attracted fewer bidders than expected, leaving all three rounds clearly undersubscribed, ...
  • 24 Nov 2017 |

    Digital technologies will have profound impact on power sector - study

    The future power market will be dominated by decentralised energy generation and storage technologies, and new business ideas to control those installations and run them profitably will become increasingly important, says a study compiled by management ...
  • 05 Nov 2019 |

    Study says Germany can achieve 2050 climate neutrality without nuclear and CCS

    05 Nov 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Achieving a 100-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is possible for Germany without relying on controversial technology like nuclear power and carbon capture and ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

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

    30 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Sören Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen ...
  • 19 Oct 2017 |

    German car industry shies away from battery cell production

    German carmakers and suppliers are reluctant to agree to battery cell production in Europe despite the recent EU Commission initiative to build an “Airbus for batteries”, reports Joachim Becker in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Industry managers argue that even ...
  • 27 Feb 2018 |

    Launching electric transport with the grid we already have

    Expanding electric transport could be used to exploit existing power grid capacity, if the right smart grid technologies are deployed and combined with the inherent flexibility in when electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged, writes the Regulatory ...
  • 25 Jun 2018 |

    In German coal-producing areas, Gigafactories could provide new source of employment

    The federal government wants to soften the blow of phasing out coal by investing in large battery factories, or Gigafactories, according to an article in Die Welt. In coal-mining areas around the country, these manufacturing facilities could provide a new ...
  • 29 Sep 2016 |

    Cabinet approves support for hydrogen and fuel cell technology

    The government cabinet approved the second phase of a programme to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology, according to a transport ministry press release. From 2016 to 2019, the programme provides almost 250 million euros to support innovations in ...
  • Dispatch from the European Union | July '24

    12 Jul 2024, 15:00 The European elections are over and, as was widely expected, centre-right conservatives finished on top, leaving everybody else in the European Parliament the duty to find common ground with the biggest group and form an alliance. ...
  • 04 May 2017 |

    “Strategic key for the energy transition”

    The energy transition is one of the world’s largest modernisation and investment projects, and intensive research will remain key to the endeavour, writes ұԲ’s economy and energy minister Brigitte Zypries in a guest commentary in newspaper ...
  • 22 Sep 2017 |

    Hardware diesel retrofits available despite industry denial - car drivers’ association

    German carmakers say it is nearly impossible to retrofit hardware to clean up diesel engines, but this is simply untrue, according to the German car drivers’ association ADAC, Max Hägler reports in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Hägler writes that many German ...
  • 23 Jan 2020 |

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

    23 Jan 2020, 15:45 The expansion of offshore wind power capacity in Germany has exceeded that of onshore turbines for the first time ever last year. This is both due to a particularly bad year for onshore expansion and the increasing competitiveness of ...
  • 19 Jan 2017 |

    “BDEW tables roadmap to eco-mobility”

    The government must push ahead with the roll-out of a reliable charging infrastructure for e-cars and increase support for e-mobility research and development, according to German utility association BDEW. In a “roadmap to eco-mobility”, the utilities ...
  • 07 Jan 2019 |

    Green Party urges “tailor-made” grid expansion that accounts for coal exit

    07 Jan 2019, 13:02 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Grid The German Green Party has called for an adjusted grid expansion plan in Germany that accounts for a drastically reduced coal power capacity as well as the foreseeable progress in ...
  • Nuclear power no longer competitive with wind power – innogy renewables head

    The significant drop in the cost of generating offshore wind power means that even modern nuclear power plants are no longer able to compete economically with this renewable energy source, says German energy supplier innogy SE’s COO for Renewables Hans ...
  • 22 Nov 2017 |

    Wind Energy Association says auction results increase risk projects will not be realised

    The price drop at the onshore wind auction is good news for consumers and policymakers, but they increase the risk that the construction of wind energy projects will fall off a cliff in 2019 and 2020 in Germany, according to the Wind Energy Association ...
  • Coalition collapse: Tracking the path to Germany's snap elections

    23 Feb 2025, 20:20 Germany's coalition government collapsed in November 2024 due to internal disputes over budget and economic policy. The country now gears up for snap elections in early 2025, against the backdrop of a flagging economy, the war in ...
  • 13 Feb 2017 |

    German states ask government to push development of power storage technologies

    ұԲ’s regional governments believe the country should give higher priority to the development of power storage technology, according to a resolution by the council of federal state governments (the Bundesrat), reports pv magazine. The states are ...
  • 20 Feb 2019 |

    Industry, researchers and energy agency urge government action on energy transition

    20 Feb 2019, 13:22 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv Germany must urgently address a whole range of difficult choices to get the country’s energy transition on track for 2050 targets by triggering rapid investments in low ...
  • Batteries cut Energiewende costs, spell utility trouble- researcher

    27 Aug 2018, 14:30 ұԲ’s current boom in residential solar batteries has profound effects on the Energiewende (energy transition), says Kai-Philipp Kairies, director of technical consulting at RWTH Aachen University, one of ұԲ’s largest technical ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

    Industry expects “lasting solar boom” as farmers turn against German govt's expansion rules

    16 Aug 2023, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 01 Mar 2023 |

    Combustion engine’s uncertain future troubles employees at supplier Bosch

    01 Mar 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The uncertain future of combustion engine cars is unsettling workers at German car industry supplier Bosch, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung  reported. Some 17 ...
  • 23 Mar 2017 |

    “Battery prices won’t keep sinking at same speed”

    Battery storage prices will not keep dropping at the same fast speed as in the last few years because further technological leaps could not be expected, Prof Uwe Sauer, of RWTH Aachen University, told renewables magazine EUWID Neue Energie. From a ...
  • 22 Jun 2020 |

    Scientists sketch path to EU climate neutrality ahead of German Council presidency

    22 Jun 2020, 12:33 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Hydrogen EU Leopoldina / Acatech / Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities In a joint statement, leading German scientific institutions, including the German National Academy of Sciences ...
  • 23 Aug 2021 |

    Researchers and industry embrace CCS as strategy for climate neutrality

    23 Aug 2021, 13:31 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Die Welt / Tageszeitung (taz) / 91tv Researchers in Germany are examining ways to capture CO2 from the air and store it. The Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E) ...
  • Mobility start-up ubitricity wants to revolutionise e-car charging

    03 Apr 2019, 13:13 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world’s fourth largest economy, we' ...
  • 11 May 2018 |

    Future mobility “Made in Germany” can become export hit – Transport minister

    Germany will need to reduce transport emissions without prescribing particular technologies, according to transport minister Andreas Scheuer. “In some instances, it will be an electric car, and in other cases a hydrogen engine or synthetic fuels,” Scheuer ...
  • 25 Mar 2021 |

    Must lay groundwork for climate neutrality 2050 now – German Energy Agency

    25 Mar 2021, 13:58 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany must prepare different ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Nuclear controversy flares up as Germany shuts down last reactors

    14 Apr 2023, 13:42 The decade-long debate about the the role of nuclear power in Germany flared up for a last time before the remaining three reactors are shut down on Saturday 15 April. Politicians from government coalition party FDP and the opposition ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    German government push is key to kickstarting EU industry decarbonisation

    20 Jan 2022, 10:22 Germany's new government must take rapid policy decisions at home and actively engage at the EU level and beyond to pave the way for urgent emission cuts in energy-intensive industry. The start of the country's government ...
  • 22 Feb 2023 |

    Alliance believes in ‘Berlin 2030 climate neutral’ referendum success despite little political support

    22 Feb 2023, 13:52 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Cities Society 91tv The initiators of an upcoming referendum on committing the German capital Berlin to 2030 climate neutrality have expressed confidence the vote will be successful, ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    “Green crowbar”

    In an opinion piece for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Martin Gropp argues that the Green Party's proposal for a ban on the combustion engine is heavy handed, and relying on incentives and carmakers' ingenuity would be more fruitful. “A ban on ...
  • 14 Dec 2016 |

    “E.ON supports game-changing technology for wind energy”

    German utility E.ON aims to transform the global offshore wind generation market with high-altitude wind power generation technology, the company announced in a press release. New technology is harvesting wind by using a sail comparable to kite surfing in ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    Germany and Denmark to strengthen cooperation on offshore energy island hubs

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

    Global aviation accounts for 3.5 percent of human climate impact- aeronautics researchers

    03 Sep 2020, 13:50 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport 91tv Global aviation is responsible for 3.5 percent of human-made climate ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    “More than 600,000 German industry jobs hinge on combustion technology

    A ban on registering new combustion engine passenger cars from 2030 would directly or indirectly affect around 620,000 jobs in Germany – or 10 percent of the country’s industrial workforce, according to a study by Institute for Economic Research (ifo) for ...
  • 17 Dec 2020 |

    Preview 2021: 'The crisis must be seen as an opportunity for a climate-neutral economy'

    17 Dec 2020, 10:36 If Germany doesn’t help existing and promote new renewable energy installations, it risks a “green power gap” in 2030, Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says. With the EU tightening its climate ...
  • 07 May 2019 |

    BMW’s profit falls 74 percent after setting aside 1.4 billion euros for possible EU fine

    07 May 2019, 13:30 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars Financial Times Operating profits at German carmaker BMW plunged 78 percent in the first quarter of 2019 after the German carmaker was ...
  • 12 Oct 2017 |

    Germany needs to decide whether to use gas as bridge technology to decarbonise

    The incoming German government has two options to replace coal power with cleaner sources to reach climate targets, writes analyst Martin Brough in a Deutsche Bank Research paper. The first is to use natural gas as a bridge fuel, while the second is to ...
  • 17 May 2024

    Farmers’ interests in focus as populists enter Dutch government

    17 May 2024, 11:28 After months of negotiations, politicians in the Netherlands reached a deal to form a new government that will include populist parties: the nationalist Party for Freedom (PVV) and the agrarian-populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB). ...
  • 03 May 2018 |

    Power-to-gas crucial if Germany pursues ambitious climate policy - metastudy

    Producing gas using renewable power is crucial for the success of ұԲ’s energy transition if the country decides to pursue ambitious climate targets, according to a meta-analysis by energy management consultancy enervis commissioned by Leipzig natural ...
  • 15 Sep 2016 |

    “Watch out - natural gas”

    Drivers of cars powered by natural gas and operators of gas refilling stations should be careful after the recent explosion of a VW vehicle of this type, writes Christian Siedenbiedel in a commentary for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. It is too early to ...
  • Germany, US, and China set to emerge as geopolitical winners of global energy transition

    The drop in costs for renewable energy production will transform the global energy landscape and also alter the geopolitical clout of different countries, with Germany, the US, and China standing to benefit most from a worldwide transition from fossil ...
  • 18 Oct 2017 |

    Energy transition in building sector should not just focus on electrification - study

    The energy transition in the building sector can be implemented most efficiently without a focus on any one technology, writes the German Energy Agency in a joint study with several associations and companies. “All available efficiency technologies must ...
  • 13 Dec 2019 |

    Wind overtakes lignite as Germany's primary power source for the first time in 2019

    13 Dec 2019, 13:52 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv Wind energy will be Germany's most important power ...
  • No economic basis for gigafactory – battery manufacturers

    Battery manufacturers say so-called gigafactories for battery production won't be economically viable in Europe for years, Daniel Wetzel writes for Die Welt. The car industry must first agree on a standard, Christian Riedel, spokesperson of Johnson ...
  • 20 Jun 2022 |
    Gas

    German economy minister rejects calls for using fracking to secure gas supplies

    20 Jun 2022, 12:32 Sören Amelang Gas dpa ұԲ’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has rejected a suggestion by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) to allow the controversial fracking method to exploit unused natural gas deposits in the ...
  • 21 Mar 2023 |

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

    21 Mar 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind 91tv ұԲ’s wind energy sector requires faster approval procedures and better working conditions to attract the skilled workers needed reach expansion targets, a report commissioned by ...
  • 12 Feb 2021 |

    New buildings obliged to install e-car charging infrastructure

    12 Feb 2021, 13:57 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Kerstine Appunn Cars 91tv ұԲ’s parliament ...
  • 28 Sep 2021 |

    Climate policy rift promises thorny talks between German election ‘kingmakers’ Greens and FDP

    28 Sep 2021, 13:30 Following a tight election that saw the Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservatives, the smaller Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) look set to become decisive for building a new government that must set Germany on course ...
  • 23 Nov 2017 |

    Looming CO₂ fines electrify carmakers

    European carmakers are working hard to improve low-emission technologies to avoid having to pay hefty fines after 2021, when the EU’s new CO₂ limits for cars take effect, report Jan Schwartz, Irene Preisinger, and Ilona Wissenbach for Reuters. ...
  • 22 Nov 2017 |

    Winning bids in ұԲ’s third onshore wind auction average 3.8 cents/kWh

    The price for onshore wind power fell a further ten percent in ұԲ’s third auction for the technology to an average of 3.8 cents per kilowatt-hour. The federal grid agency (BNetzA) said the winning bids came almost exclusively from projects proposed ...
  • 02 Apr 2020 |

    Tesvolt starts production in 'first European gigafactory' for battery storage

    02 Apr 2020, 13:44 Sören Amelang Storage 91tv German storage company Tesvolt says it has started production in "Europe's first gigafactory for commercial battery storage systems." The new production line, in the Eastern German ...
  • 11 Apr 2017 |

    “E.ON invests millions in flying windmills”

    German utility E.ON is looking for cheaper alternatives to conventional wind power turbines and has identified so-called airborne wind energy as a promising option, Franz Hubik writes in Handelsblatt. According to company sources, E.ON invests three ...
  • 28 Jun 2023 |

    Germany to subsidise up to 70% of costs for switching to a climate-friendly boiler

    28 Jun 2023, 13:42 Sören Amelang Heating 91tv / Table.Media ұԲ’s three ruling parties have finalised a deal on a controversial heating law to phase out gas and oil heating. The government will cover up to 70 percent of homeowners’ ...
  • Renewables research agency calls for end date for coal and combustion engine

    Germany needs an end date for coal-fired power production and for internal combustion engines in cars to make progress in emissions reduction and ensure that its industries do not fall behind others in developing technologies of the future, Michael Nelles ...
  • 24 Jul 2020 |

    German government says pumped hydro power capacity to grow by 1.4 GW by 2030

    24 Jul 2020, 14:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage 91tv The capacity of pumped storage hydro power stations available to the German energy system is expected to grow by about 1.4 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, with roughly one third of the capacity being ...
  • 07 Nov 2017 |

    Germany needs a new debate about CCU and CCS

    Several research institutes and environmental NGOs, among them the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Wuppertal Institute, WWF Germany, and Germanwatch, have signed a petition asking the next German government to reconsider the use ...
  • 03 Jan 2017 |

    “Fighting word fracking”

    The term “fracking”, commonly understood in Germany as unconventional gas drilling by means of chemicals, has discredited almost any form of onshore welling in the country regardless of its actual environmental impact, Frank Pergande writes in Frankfurter ...
  • 03 Nov 2017 |

    UN Climate Secretary Espinosa: “Everybody must raise their ambitions, also the EU”

    Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Patricia Espinosa sees a more active role for China and the EU in climate diplomacy and technological development in the renewables sector after US President Donald ...
  • 21 Oct 2022 |

    Germany announces relaunch of sluggish smart meter roll-out

    21 Oct 2022, 13:44 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv The so far sluggish installation of smart meters in ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Germans less enthusiastic about electric cars than other Europeans- survey

    01 Feb 2022, 13:30 Jessica Bateman Cars Society 91tv Only 52 percent of Germans say they would consider purchasing a hybrid or electric car – a figure 15 percentage points behind the European average. According to the European Investment Bank ...
  • 23 May 2023 |

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

    23 May 2023, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The buildout of onshore wind power in Germany can be doubled in 2023 with respect to the previous year and set the country on track towards its ambitious renewable power goals, economy ...
  • Slow German smart meter licensing could let country fall behind

    Developers of smart meters are complaining that the German state’s licensing of the technology is taking much too long due to security concerns and increasing the risk that the country will fall behind its European neighbours, many of which are much more ...
  • 01 Jul 2016 |

    Electricity flat rate instead of price per kilowatt-hour

    The decentralised energy system based largely on renewable sources could change the way consumers pay for power, Eva Augsten reports in Technology Review. Power and heat from wind and solar cause hardly any operating costs, but instead need a relatively ...
  • 27 Jul 2017 |

    Phase-out of the combustion technology needs to be “initiated in the short term” - CDU MP

    British plans to ban the combustion engine in new cars by 2040 make it clear that a change in propulsion systems was needed, Christian Democratic transport politician and former state transport minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Oliver Wittke told ...
  • 23 Aug 2018 |

    Energy transition in German households progressing mostly in the countryside

    Almost a quarter of German households are “actively participating” in the Energiewende by using technologies such as solar PV systems, battery storages, e-cars, or heat pumps, according to the “Energy Transition Barometer 2018” published by state-owned ...
  • 20 Mar 2020 |

    Researchers' hydrogen road map expects 50 to 80 GW capacity in Germany by 2050

    20 Mar 2020, 13:55 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Expert Fraunhofer ISI Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewables Freja Eriksen Gas ...
  • 04 Nov 2019 |

    Germany and India agree close partnership on clean mobility and renewables

    04 Nov 2019, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport International 91tv The governments of India and Germany have agreed on close cooperation to promote a climate-friendly transition in the energy and transport sectors. On a visit to India, German ...
  • 13 Sep 2016 |

    “Storage, smart grids and data streams”

    In light of fluctuating supply and congestions in the power grid, the wind power sector has to increase its focus on surrounding infrastructure and technology, such as storage, smart grids and data streams, to cope with the challenges of the Energiewende, ...
  • 13 Mar 2020 |

    German energy storage market grows 10 percent to 5.5 billion euros

    13 Mar 2020, 14:06 Sören Amelang Storage 91tv Germany's energy storage sector recorded sales growth of 10 percent to 5.5 billion euros in 2019 and expects a "continuation of the positive market development", according to ...
  • Merkel calls for high-tech investments as industry demands clarity on climate goals

    23 Jun 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, Zeit Online, Handelsblatt Chancellor Angela Merkel has said both the private sector and the state have a duty to invest ...
  • 13 Oct 2022 |

    Targeted EU funding can mitigate widening divisions in Europe caused by green and digital transition – report

    13 Oct 2022, 13:30 Edgar Meza Digitalisation 91tv The green and digital transition in the European Union will further widen the gap between major cities and high-tech regions on one side and rural areas and regions with CO2-intensive industry ...
  • “Serial wrongdoing”

    ұԲ’s car industry “ keeps falling deeper into the hole that it is digging for itself ” two years after the dieselgate scandal broke, Carsten Knop writes in a commentary for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ұԲ’s “poster industry” is not only badly ...
  • 24 Sep 2015

    In the media: Flawed emissions test; successful policies for renewable support

    24 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv /sites/default/files/files/article/media-flawed-emissions-test-successful-policies-renewable-support/clew-reporters-guide-2015.pdf The Guardian “UK, France and ...
  • 08 Aug 2017 |

    ұԲ’s vaunted vocational training programme strains to meet Energiewende’s demand for skilled workers

    08 Aug 2017, 00:00 Since ұԲ’s Energiewende shifted into gear in the early 2000s, the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors have created over a million jobs, many of them in technical branches, such as renewable energy production, power ...
  • 21 Jun 2023 |

    China and Germany agree “Climate and Transformation Dialogue” in difficult political landscape

    21 Jun 2023, 09:00 The governments of China and Germany have agreed to introduce a “Climate and Transformation Dialogue” to speed up their transition towards a more climate friendly economy. Fighting climate change remained a main concern for the two ...
  • 07 Feb 2019 |

    Volkswagen’s electric strategy shift “risky bet” but may yield dominance of e-car market

    07 Feb 2019, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Reuters The radical shift in strategy by ұԲ’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen towards electric vehicles is “a radical and risky bet” that stems from the turmoil caused by the company’s emissions fraud scandal, ...
  • 25 Feb 2020 |

    Storm Yulia sets new record in German wind power

    25 Feb 2020, 14:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

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

    05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
  • 07 Sep 2017 |

    “Federal Environment Agency: Merkel is wrong”

    Diesel technology can in theory help protect the climate, but the average diesel car in Germany hardly emits less CO₂ than the average petrol car, Federal Environment Agency (UBA) president Maria Krautzberger told Süddeutsche Zeitung. Efficiency gains ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    EU's Fit for 55 package must leave national flexibility- Germany

    09 Jun 2021, 13:26 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy International Tagesspiegel Background The EU's Fit for 55 package must reconcile climate protection with a prosperous economy and leave member states with enough flexibility, the German ...
  • 11 Jan 2017 |

    “Unpopular paths to leave the climate trap”

    It is surprising how long it takes for the subject of “negative emission” to make its way from scientific models into climate policy mainstream, write Oliver Geden from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and Stefan Schäfer ...
  • 25 Mar 2021 |

    Energy and grid companies team up for hydrogen project at German coast

    25 Mar 2021, 14:02 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 91tv With the aim to scale hydrogen technology and ensure its integration in the energy market, a new project partnership in northern Germany will invest 1.3 million euros to create a “Clean ...
  • 21 Oct 2021 |

    Industry calls on next govt to start “greatest transformation in Germany's history”

    21 Oct 2021, 13:32 ұԲ’s next government must act quickly, trigger large-scale investments and set the right framework to ensure the country transforms its economy to reach climate neutrality by 2045, said industry association BDI and Boston ...
  • “Smart meters cause irritation”

    Digital meter readers are gradually becoming mandatory in German households but many residents are unsure how they benefit from the technology, or  how safely it treats their power consumption data, Dagmar Fischbach writes for Rheinische Post. “Smart ...
  • 25 Sep 2019 |

    Industry sees high AI potential in energy transition but has yet to invest- report

    25 Sep 2019, 14:02 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Digitalisation 91tv While three quarters of German energy companies expect artificial ...
  • 13 Jun 2023 |

    Germany to connect 100,000 buildings to district heating annually

    13 Jun 2023, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv The German economy and buildings ministries aim to connect 100,000 buildings to district heating annually in a bid to bring the sector closer to its climate targets. “We believe that district ...
  • 20 Jan 2017 |

    “Car association: diesel technology Ի徱Բ”

    The German car industry says that diesel technology is “at least in the mid-term” indispensable to reach climate targets, writes the German Bundestag in a press release. In a hearing before the parliament’s committee of inquiry for the diesel emissions ...
  • 28 Jul 2017 |

    “Diesel summit comes two years too late”

    28 Jul 2017, 00:00 [CORRECTION, due to mistake in transcription: in reply to 4th question, diesel cars have "always been allowed to emit more NOx than petrol cars", not CO2] On 2 August, the CEOs of ұԲ’s major car manufacturers will meet ...
  • 18 Jun 2018 |

    German grid agency unveils grid expansion scenario for a 65 percent-renewable power supply in 2030

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has released its 2030 grid development scenarios, including a “substantially altered” scenario based on a 65 percent share of renewables in the power mix, and on the additional auctions for wind and solar power promised ...
  • 25 Nov 2022 |
    EU

    IEA head Birol calls on Germany to preserve European unity during energy crisis

    25 Nov 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann EU 91tv Germany should ensure there is solidarity in Europe to get through the energy crisis and be prepared for the winter 2023/24, International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol said. “Europe needs ...
  • 27 Sep 2022 |

    German govt sticks to plans for more gas power capacity, less gas use

    27 Sep 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Electricity Gas 91tv The German government will stick to its plan to add gas power capacity in the country, despite the difficult supply situation for the fossil fuel caused by the energy crisis. “I would ...
  • 19 Nov 2019 |

    Green hydrogen is 'European project' – German utility association head

    19 Nov 2019, 13:39 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables Hydrogen Handelsblatt ...
  • 09 May 2023 |

    Germany must address structural weaknesses to reach ambitious climate targets – OECD

    09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country’s economy in order to achieve international ...
  • “Has the time of lawsuits come?”

    ұԲ’s carmakers might face a wave of lawsuits after reports over possible collusion to fix costs and technology emerged last week, business newspaper Handelsblatt reports. Tens of thousands of customers might seek compensation for “possibly paying a ...
  • 23 Feb 2023 |
    Gas

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

    23 Feb 2023, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages next winter, the Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has said in a report. Following a halt of Russian gas deliveries into Germany in September 2022, ...
  • Wind power price drop squeezes industry profits

    The spectacular price drop in ұԲ’s auctions for wind energy spells trouble for the industry, write John Blau and Franz Hubik for Handelsblatt Global. “We are going through turbulent times; there will be some upheavals in our industry,” Hans-Dieter ...
  • 03 Feb 2020 |

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

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

    German network operators plan with long-term bottlenecks in power grid

    21 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Germany's four ...
  • 12 Aug 2016 |

    “What hydrogen can contribute to energy storage”

    Hamburg-based energy provider HanseWerk operates one of the most modern electrolysis plants in the world, Olaf Preuss writes in Die Welt. The key technology can be used to store energy by converting electricity generated by wind and solar sources into ...
  • 21 Jul 2022 |

    Two in three Germans prepared to wear extra jumper to save gas in winter- survey

    21 Jul 2022, 11:49 Hannah Naylor Gas Heating Two-thirds of Germans are willing to use an extra blanket or jumper to reduce their heating usage next winter, reveals a study conducted by polling firm forsa on behalf of the German Federal Environmental ...
  • 14 Jun 2019 |

    Start-up Sunfire’s e-fuels can decarbonise industries most addicted to fossil fuels

    14 Jun 2019, 09:07 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world’s fourth largest economy, we' ...
  • 29 Sep 2015

    In the media: "Carmakers must not end up like RWE and E.ON"

    29 Sep 2015, 00:00 Carl Morris 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt “Carmakers must not end up like RWE and E.ON” In an interview with business daily Handelsblatt, transport expert Anton Hofreiter- one of the Green party’s parliamentary leaders- argues ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    Bavaria, Scotland team up on green hydrogen development

    14 Jun 2022, 13:02 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German state of Bavaria and Scotland have signed an agreement aimed at the joint development of green hydrogen. The letter of intent expands cooperation on business and science. Bavarian ...
  • 16 Nov 2022 |

    Majority of German start-ups have climate protection in view – report

    16 Nov 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Business 91tv Climate protection played an important role for just under 60 percent of German start-ups founded last year, state-owned development bank KfW found. Ten percent of start-ups mainly offered ...
  • 25 Oct 2019 |

    Persisting slump in German wind power expansion poses “drastic” threat to jobs, climate targets – VDMA study

    25 Oct 2019, 14:17 Expert Prognos Consultancy Energiewende Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 91tv A ...
  • 04 Jan 2023 |

    Transport minister launches fresh call to extend lifespan of German nuclear power plants

    04 Jan 2023, 13:39 Sören Amelang Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Süddeutsche Zeitung German transport minister Volker Wissing has triggered a fresh debate over the government decision to switch off the country’s remaining nuclear plants ...
  • 15 Nov 2022 |

    Germany's "gas price brake" could lead to supply chain disruptions – report

    15 Nov 2022, 12:15 Edgar Meza Gas Industry 91tv Germany's planned gas price subsidies for industrial consumers – the so-called "gas price brake" –could lead to supply chain disruptions, a report by the Hans Böckler Foundation’s ...
  • Coronavirus effects weigh on German SMEs’ climate investments – development bank

    27 Nov 2020, 13:53 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Green stimulus 91tv The economic impact of the coronavirus crisis is pouring cold water on ...
  • 16 Sep 2022 |

    Germany receives first hydrogen test delivery from United Arab Emirates

    16 Sep 2022, 13:45 Sören Amelang Gas Hydrogen 91tv A first hydrogen test delivery from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has arrived in Germany. The shipment in the form of the hydrogen derivative ammonia reached the port of Hamburg, the economy ...
  • VW eyes phase-out of combustion engines, but says it will sell conventional cars into 2040s

    06 Dec 2018, 14:24 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars Business & Jobs Technology 91tv VW has said it will sell combustion engines until the early 2040s, toning down media reports that it will ...
  • 23 Jul 2020 |

    EU plans 'completely change outlook' for global hydrogen economy- BloombergNEF

    23 Jul 2020, 12:30 The EU's and Germany's plans to push the use of green hydrogen to decarbonise the economy are likely to trigger a competitive race with China that will be crucial for a global breakthrough of the technology, says Kobad ...
  • 27 Nov 2019 |

    Merkel criticises EIB decision to ban gas lending

    27 Nov 2019, 15:35 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she disapproves of the European Investment Bank’s decision to ban funding for natural gas projects by the end of 2021, several days after the German government had agreed to the new guidelines. ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    New support for farmers to reduce emissions from farm manure

    01 Feb 2022, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Bioenergy 91tv ұԲ’s federal agriculture ministry has launched a new support scheme for farmers to encourage investment in emission-reducing treatment of farm manure. Liquid manure, slurry, ...
  • India’s policy and funding vacuum makes corporate net zero targets unviable

    21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India’s industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
  • 10 Apr 2018 |

    Economy minister Altmaier calls for mobility transition push

    10 Apr 2018, 00:00 The current legislative period has to be used to significantly advance the mobility transition in Germany, ensuring that the country remains a technology leader, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier at a mobility conference ...
  • 07 Dec 2017 |

    “Coal so far has been a winner of the Energiewende”

    The Energiewende, ұԲ’s energy transition, has so far  seen too much political planning and not enough free market forces, making coal-fired power production one of the project’s “winners” besides renewable energy sources, gas lobbyist Timm Kehler ...
  • 27 Jan 2017 |

    “SMA Solar Technology AG generates sales record in 2016”

    SMA Solar, a German global player in solar converter manufacturing, generated record sales in 2016 with more than 8 gigawatt (GW) of inverter output sold (2015: 7.3 GW), according to provisional figures announced by the company in a press release. Sales ...
  • 18 Dec 2019 |

    German wind industry faces same grim fate as country's solar industry – Senvion CEO

    18 Dec 2019, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind Capital The wind power industry in Germany is facing challenges similar to those the country's solar power companies were having a few years ago and it could wane into insignificance if the current ...
  • 10 Dec 2019 |

    Germany ponders storing CO2 beneath the North Sea

    10 Dec 2019, 13:27 Rose-Anne Clermont Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv As part of a revised industrial energy strategy drafted by economy minister Peter Altmaier (CDU), the German government contemplates capturing and storing ...
  • 28 Nov 2016 |

    “Calculated chain reaction”

    RWE’s green split-off innogy is working on a system that could make payments between users of e-cars and private providers of charging stations simpler and more secure, writes Manuel Heckel in Handelsblatt. The mode of payment based on the technology ...
  • 09 Feb 2017 |

    “Storages need fair competition”

    Regulatory hurdles hamper flexible energy storage systems from contributing to their full potential to the success of ұԲ’s energy transition, Stefan Kapferer, head of utilities lobby BDEW, said in a press release. “It’s time energy storages received ...
  • 03 Feb 2021 |

    Heat pumps see record growth as lockdowns encourage Germans to modernise homes

    03 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Die Welt Germany's residential heating sector saw a massive shift towards low-carbon technologies in 2020, spurring hopes ...
  • 15 Apr 2019 |

    German motor authority probes more Mercedes emissions software

    15 Apr 2019, 12:05 Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Julian Wettengel Cars Bild am Sonntag / Reuters ұԲ’s motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Daimler on suspicion that 60,000 Mercedes cars were ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    German car supplier ZF Friedrichshafen stops combustion engine development

    28 Jan 2021, 13:44 Charlotte Nijhuis Cars FAZ / Der Spiegel German car industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is to discontinue development for combustion vehicles, CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) ...
  • Energy transition start-ups shake up the business world

    11 Jul 2019, 13:33 The shift to a low-carbon future is turning the economy inside out. Policy has a crucial role to play, but ultimately it is businesses that will make the energy transition happen. In Energiewende home country Germany, many start-ups are ...
  • 29 Jun 2018 |

    ұԲ’s raw material needs for energy transition could exceed supply by 2035

    The demand for raw materials needed for the production of renewable energy sources, e-cars and other energy transition technologies could exceed supply by 2035, the German government says in its reply to a parliamentary inquiry filed by the Free Democrats ...
  • Cultural changes brought about by Energiewende require debate – report

    Many people in Germany support the energy transition in principle but refuse to accept a wind turbine or other visual changes brought about by the Energiewende in their neighbourhood, Ralph Diermann writes in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. “Is this a typical ...
  • Dedicated engineers have made Germany a “Green Energy Valley”- Start-up expert

    27 Jun 2019, 10:20 ұԲ’s engineering prowess and excellent support programmes have spawned a world-leading scene of start-ups dedicated to pushing the energy transition with innovative ideas, according to start-up expert Klaus Fichter. There are ...
  • 24 Mar 2020 |

    German wind power industry welcomes deadline extensions as corona impact sets in

    24 Mar 2020, 14:34 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 ...
  • 02 Feb 2023 |

    Net-zero by 2045 only achievable through society-wide effort – German science academy

    02 Feb 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv ұԲ’s ambitious goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 can only be achieved through a comprehensive and multi-layered approach that includes ...
  • 05 Sep 2019 |

    Germany's renewables investments falls on lower prices, slower capacity growth

    05 Sep 2019, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Investments in renewable energy were halved in Germany in 2018 compared to the year before, landing the country in fourth place in global renewable investments, said Ulf Moslener, ...
  • 24 Mar 2017 |

    “Sun at the push of a button”

    Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have started operation of the “world’s largest artificial sun,” dubbed “Synlight,” at the Jülich Research Centre near Cologne, the DLR says in a press release. Synlight will be used for researching ...
  • 01 Sep 2022 |

    New digitalisation strategy to help fight climate crisis – German govt

    01 Sep 2022, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation 91tv The German government has said its new digitalisation strategy will help in the fight against the climate crisis and in efforts to transform the economy. Environmental data and ...
  • 15 Mar 2017 |

    Green state premier: Diesel is the best combustion engine

    Baden-Württemberg’s Green state premier Winfried Kretschmann has defended the diesel technology as “the best combustion engine there is”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. “Clean diesel engines exist” and “we’re going to need them for a long time to ...
  • 30 Jan 2023 |

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

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

    ұԲ’s solar industry hopeful pandemic and EU Green Deal will bolster upswing

    13 Jul 2020, 14:12 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Solar Die Welt ұԲ’s hollowed-out solar industry is hoping that the coronavirus crisis ...
  • 16 Apr 2018 |

    Germany runs risk of losing Energiewende plot, needs carbon price – E.ON CEO

    Johannes Teyssen, the chief executive of energy company E.ON, said Germany is running the risk of losing the overarching plot of its Energiewende. He warned that the current government is focusing again too much on side-aspects such as the exact date and ...
  • Govt coalition party calls for keeping German nuclear plants in reserve after shutdown

    12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
  • 26 Jul 2017 |

    Carmakers have lost credibility - Green state premier Kretschmann

    Allegations of a cartel of ұԲ’s most important carmakers to agree on prices, suppliers and technology standards have cost the industry a great deal of credibility, the Green Party state premier of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, has said, ...
  • “Short circuit”

    Excitement over technological innovations and the digitalisation of the energy system are “only one side of the coin” of ұԲ’s energy transition, Daniel Wetzel writes in weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “The other side is that planners and architects ...
  • 07 Jul 2020 |

    E.ON calls for green gas quota and tackles hydrogen network

    07 Jul 2020, 13:24 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities 91tv 91tv Grid Hydrogen 91tv German energy company E.ON has called for a green gas quota to help to reduce the share of fossil gas in the ...
  • Germany bets on green hydrogen in quest for climate neutrality

    27 Apr 2020, 13:10 In the fight against climate change, hydrogen made with renewable electricity is increasingly seen as a silver bullet for sectors with particularly stubborn emissions, such as heavy industry and aviation. As a result, the emission-free ...
  • 20 Jul 2017 |

    “Fukushima operator invests in German start-up”

    German energy start-up Conjoule is set to receive about 3.5 million euros from controversial Japanese nuclear plant operator Tepco, Jana Kugoth writes in Welt Online. The operator of the notorious Fukushima nuclear plant, which was severely damaged by an ...
  • 21 Oct 2022 |

    Slow German wind energy expansion continues as applications wait for approval

    21 Oct 2022, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind Handelsblatt / RND The number of approved applications for ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    Rebound effect undoing decade of Germany's home efficiency investments- housing companies

    02 Jul 2020, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency 91tv / Welt Online / Handelsblatt German housing companies have invested over 340 billion euros in energy modernisation since 2010 but household energy consumption is stagnating regardless, the ...
  • “Power grids and storage technologies for the energy transition”

    There are no regions in Germany where power grid bottlenecks justify the government’s plan to slow down renewable development with the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), according to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) ...
  • 12 Sep 2017 |

    “Working towards clean and sustainable energy”

    ұԲ’s Green Party is calling for power, heat and transport to be integrated as part of its  “green future plan” published on Monday. “For the successful energy transition, we will not only switch our electricity supply to 100-percent renewable, but ...
  • Germany gives energy transition mild push with economic stimulus programme

    04 Jun 2020, 14:06 The German government coalition has decided to reboot Europe's largest economy with a 130 billion euros stimulus package that contains steps to further the country's landmark energy transition. Aside from comprehensive actions ...
  • 15 Aug 2019 |

    Greens call for ecologic investment programme as German economy slows

    15 Aug 2019, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel Background Green parliamentary group head Katrin Göring-Eckardt has called for an ecologic stimulus package as news of Germany's economy shrinking in the second ...
  • 05 Sep 2017 |

    “Do we need diesel for our climate targets?”

    The German government praises diesel technology as an important component of climate protection in the transport sector- but this claim is more and more contested by transport and climate researchers, Bernhard Pötter writes in Tageszeitung (taz). Claiming ...
  • Uncertainty from govt turmoil casts doubt over ұԲ’s energy transition progress

    02 Oct 2024, 13:00 ұԲ’s three-party coalition government is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in several elections, casting a shadow over the progress of the country’s energy transition. Energy industry and ...
  • 14 Jun 2022 |

    German companies increasingly adopting science-based climate targets – report

    14 Jun 2022, 13:09 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv A new report by the German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy and sustainability consultancy Better Earth indicates that climate protection has a major impact on the strategic decisions ...
  • 08 Jun 2022 |

    Govt approves plan for larger coal plant reserve and gas cut for power stations

    08 Jun 2022, 13:51 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Reuters To counteract future gas supply shortages, the government cabinet has decided on new regulations for the provision of backup power stations and to minimise the use of natural gas in power generation, ...
  • 22 Aug 2017 |

    “Synthetic fuel shall save the combustion engine”

    Chemist Robert Schlögl, from ұԲ’s Max-Planck-Research-Institute, wants to save combustion engine technology and its infrastructure from being gradually replaced with electric vehicles by developing synthetic fuel from hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO ...
  • 16 Jun 2020 |

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

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

    Redesigned offshore auction signals “critical stage” for ұԲ’s wind power industry

    28 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The launch of the latest offshore wind power auction could signal a “critical stage” for the technology’s role in ұԲ’s energy transition, the offshore wind industry has said. The ...
  • 02 Aug 2019 |

    Investments in cleaner vehicles hit BMW profits

    02 Aug 2019, 11:51 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars Reuters / 91tv German luxury car maker BMW’s earnings in the second quarter of 2019 fell by a fifth to 2.2 billion euros (2018: ...
  • 17 Jan 2020 |

    Saxony premier's talk of future nuclear power uses gets swift rejection

    17 Jan 2020, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Policy Oldenburger Onlinezeitung / Die Welt / RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland The suggestion by Saxony's state premier Michael Kretschmer that Germany should keep the door open for future uses of ...
  • 20 Dec 2017 |

    Germany remains diesel country

    The market share of newly registered cars fitted with diesel engines  in Germany may have dropped sharply because the technology’s reputation is seriously tarnished, but diesel fuel sales rose to a record high this year, report Max Hägler and Jan ...
  • “Wind power industry has become energy industry powerhouse”

    Technological progress, systematic services, and efficiency have made the German wind power industry “ a powerhouse of the energy industry ”, according to Uwe Beckmeyer, state secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi). In a press release ...
  • “Wind against sun”

    The federal economy ministry (BMWi) is working on a concept for technology-independent renewables support auctions that would have wind turbines competing against solar PV facilities, writes Stefan Schultz for Spiegel Online. In a pilot project from 2018 ...
  • Lufthansa will buy green kerosene from northern German refinery

    19 Feb 2019, 13:36 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Freight Hydrogen Technology NDR German airline Lufthansa will start sourcing ...
  • 08 Sep 2020 |

    Europe must continue to set pace for clean maritime transport- German transport min

    08 Sep 2020, 13:58 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport EU 91tv The European Union has to " ...
  • 27 Feb 2017 |

    “Intelligent management of structural change”

    Europe’s most important industries should get more support for innovation to cope with structural change, ұԲ’s trade union for the mining, chemicals and energy industries (IG BCE) says in a press release. “We’re picturing a future fund,” for example ...
  • 18 Aug 2016 |

    “E.ON combines battery and solar technologies for major customer in the US”

    German energy group E.ON has launched a new large-scale solar power-plus-battery project in the United States. The company will install and operate a 10 megawatt (MW) battery for Tucson Electric Power in Arizona and also build, own and operate a 2 MW ...
  • 10 Sep 2020 |

    Future of German offshore wind auction design contested in parliamentary hearing

    10 Sep 2020, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 91tv Energy market experts have debated the future design of offshore wind power auctions in Germany in a  parliamentary hearing. Many have railed  against the government's idea ...
  • 30 Jan 2020 |

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

    30 Jan 2020, 13:43 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's ...
  • 02 Sep 2020 |

    Pandemic could slow German energy transition as households reconsider investments – KfW

    02 Sep 2020, 13:05 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Sören Amelang Policy Society 91tv The economic effects of the corona pandemic could slow the energy transition in Germany as ...
  • 22 Feb 2021 |

    Germany still lacks business model for clean industry- think tank

    22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
  • 12 Aug 2016 |

    “SMA Solar: A stock market darling loses its shine”

    Increased pricing pressure has forced leading German solar inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology to drastically cut costs, Franz Hubik writes in Handelsblatt. The publicly listed company is shutting down its second biggest manufacturing plant, ...
  • 21 Jun 2017 |

    Most Germans in favour of diesel driving bans

    Banning diesel cars from entering inner cities at times of high air pollution is the right way to protect public health, a majority of Germans says according to a representative survey commissioned by the Stern magazine. While 59 percent of respondents ...
  • 06 Sep 2019 |

    Hamburg wants to build world's largest hydrogen plant

    06 Sep 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Storage Hydrogen NDR / Die Welt / 91tv The city of Hamburg in Northern Germany aims to become home to the world's largest hydrogen electrolysis plant with a capacity of 100 megawatts,  reports the ...
  • 25 May 2022 |

    Germany pushes for closer offshore wind cooperation between Baltic Sea states

    25 May 2022, 13:36 Sören Amelang Wind Security RND / 91tv Germany wants to increase international cooperation on making the Baltic Sea an important location for offshore wind generation. The country plans to use its one-year presidency of the ...
  • 24 May 2022 |

    EU plans to sell more permits could “destroy” vital CO2 trade, RWE and green think tank warn

    24 May 2022, 13:43 Sören Amelang Carbon market EU Handelsblatt The European Commission’s plans to use the sale of CO2 permits as a source of additional income is a risk to the EU’s entire climate architecture and emission reduction targets, utility RWE ...
  • 13 Jan 2020 |

    Hub for climate-friendly aviation launched at Frankfurt Airport

    13 Jan 2020, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Transport 91tv A new "competence centre" for climate action in the aviation sector has been launched at Germany's most important airport in Frankfurt am Main to facilitate progress in ...
  • Study warns of additional regulatory burden to efficient German industry

    ұԲ’s industry is among the most efficient in the world and can hardly improve its energy intensity record by simply abiding by new regulations, a study by the industry-sponsored research institute IW Köln says. Andreas Mihm writes in the Frankfurter ...
  • 13 Jun 2019 |

    German pilot project produces kerosene from sunlight, water and CO2 for first time

    13 Jun 2019, 13:40 Sören Amelang Transport 91tv Marking “groundbreaking progress,” a German pilot project has made kerosene using concentrated sunlight, water and CO2 for the first time, according to the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which ...
  • 19 Nov 2020 |

    Carmakers expect up to 15 million electric cars in Germany by 2030

    19 Nov 2020, 14:05 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars 91tv The number of electric cars on German roads could rise much more quickly than most experts and the government currently assume. Carmakers believe that up to 14.8 million pure ...
  • 20 May 2022 |

    Offshore wind farm balancing German power grid seen as energy transition “milestone”

    20 May 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind 91tv For the first time, offshore wind energy in Germany is being used to stabilise the country's electricity system in case of grid fluctuations. The offshore wind farm Riffgrund 1, ...
  • 22 Sep 2021 |

    German conservatives have laid groundwork for making country climate neutral by 2045- MP

    22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    Recycling revolution necessary to complete the clean energy transition

    09 Feb 2021, 14:40 The energy transition marks the single largest effort in history to reduce industrial waste by pursuing the goal of burning zero fossil resources and replacing them with renewables- but it does not come without waste on its own. Germany ...
  • 20 Mar 2023 |

    Must start looking seriously at global warming beyond 1.5°C – IPCC report author

    20 Mar 2023, 17:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The world is on track to surpassing the crucial target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and should prepare accordingly, said Oliver Geden, senior fellow at the German Institute for ...
  • 11 Nov 2022 |

    ұԲ’s nuclear waste repository search to miss 2031 decision deadline- media

    11 Nov 2022, 13:42 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Expert BGE- Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung ...
  • 14 Nov 2022 |

    Germany to leave Energy Charter Treaty in effort to better tackle climate change

    14 Nov 2022, 12:12 Edgar Meza Finance Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv / Politico Parliamentarians from Germany's ruling parties SPD, FDP and the Greens  have announced an agreement for the country to leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) ...
  • 24 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from the European Union

    24 May 2024, 15:00 The curtain is coming down on five years of EU energy and environment legislative drama. Since the 2019 “green wave” that helped put the spotlight on sustainable policy, dozens of laws have passed through the complex process of EU ...
  • 09 Nov 2020 |

    German trade union calls for use of “blue” hydrogen, European industry power price

    09 Nov 2020, 13:14 Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Utilities Kerstine Appunn Industry Hydrogen Handelsblatt Germany should not solely ...
  • 06 Jan 2023 |

    Preview 2023: EU must reduce critical raw material dependency- government advisor

    06 Jan 2023, 11:03 Germany and the EU must focus on reducing their dependence on raw materials that are critical for key energy transition technologies this year, says economist and government advisor Veronika Grimm. “We are [faced] with the task of more ...
  • More active raw material policy could see German govt buy resources and manage stocks

    11 Nov 2022, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling Security Der Tagesspiegel A new resource strategy that includes stronger state involvement could be forthcoming in Germany after a report commissioned by the economy and climate ministry (BMWK ...
  • ұԲ’s Siemens: a case study in Energiewende industry upheaval

    23 Apr 2018, 00:00 Like no other company, German industry behemoth Siemens epitomises the upheaval caused by the Energiewende in the world’s fourth largest economy. None of the electrical engineering and electronic group’s businesses has been left ...
  • 02 Jan 2023 |

    Q&A – Energy crisis reignites debate about fracking in Germany

    02 Jan 2023, 10:20 The energy crisis has revived the German debate into the controversial gas extraction method known as unconventional hydraulic fracturing – or simply fracking – as the country looks for alternatives to Russian supply. However, there is ...
  • 30 Mar 2023 |

    Q&A: Making the EU’s electricity market fit for a climate-neutral future

    30 Mar 2023, 15:25 For years, the European Commission has hailed the electricity market design for enabling the large-scale integration of renewable energy, increasing security of supply and helping to lower wholesale prices. However, the system was ...
  • Combined heat and power- an Energiewende cornerstone?

    04 May 2015, 00:00 Combined heat and power has become one of the hotly debated issues of the 2015 power market reform, with the government wanting to reduce support costs and utilities worried that these efficient plants will become unprofitable. This ...
  • 07 Oct 2021 |

    Climate and energy stumbling blocks for the 2021 German coalition talks

    07 Oct 2021, 12:05 Climate and energy policy could emerge as a major stumbling block in the upcoming coalition talks between the German election winner Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the pro-business FDP. The parties have decided to open ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    CO2 reduction and biofuels in Germany's transport sector- implementing the RED II directive

    21 May 2021, 14:42 No greenhouse gas reductions since 1990 – that is the unfortunate balance of Germany's transport sector. While the climate targets are clear, the way to reach them remains subject to fierce debate. One major part in decarbonising ...
  • 25 Nov 2021 |

    Next German government's key climate and energy plans in 2021 coalition agreement

    25 Nov 2021, 11:56 Two months after the general election in Germany, the prospective government parties have agreed on a coalition treaty that is to guide their policies in the next four years. Entitled "Daring more progress- Alliance for Freedom, ...
  • 28 May 2025 |

    Solar power in Germany – output, business & perspectives

    28 May 2025, 09:00 Far from being a sun-drenched country, Germany boasts one of the world's highest solar power outputs. The country triggered the large-scale launch of the technology with guaranteed feed-in tariffs in the year 2000, propelling its ...
  • Climate, energy and transport in Germany's coalition treaty

    07 Feb 2018, 00:00 Concluding weeks of intensive negotiations, Germany's would-be government partners have agreed on a coalition treaty. The 91tv presents excerpts on climate, energy and transport from the agreement between Chancellor ...
  • Power-to-gas: Fix for all problems or simply too expensive?

    20 Jun 2018, 09:35 Using renewable electricity to produce hydrogen and CO₂-neutral methane could solve some of the Energiewende’s toughest challenges. Making gas with wind and solar power could provide carbon-neutral fuel for heating and transport, and ...
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  • 23 Jan 2024 |

    Leaving no one behind: 91tv’s grant winners go cross-border to cover just transition stories

    23 Jan 2024, 09:35 Milou Dirkx International How can Europe reach climate neutrality and ensure that no one gets left behind? 91tv invited journalists from around the world to collaborate and submit cross-border pitches for just transition ...
  • Climate and energy in France's snap elections – a view from Germany

    20 Jun 2024, 14:43 Milou Dirkx Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics EUElections2024 EU 2024 has shaped up to be a super election year- snap elections will be held in France on 30 June, with the second round scheduled for 7 July. 91tv correspondent ...
  • 31 Mar 2023 |

    Spotlight on the IPCC: Network coverage on defusing the climate-time bomb

    31 Mar 2023, 13:50 Milou Dirkx International The latest IPCC Synthesis Report is “a how-to guide to defuse the climate time-bomb,” according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The report concludes the IPCC’s sixth assessment cycle (AR6), ...
  • Renewable Energy Association (REA, UK)

    Trade association covering all forms of renewable and clean energy technology, including wind, solar, biogas, deep geothermal, electric vehicles, heat pumps, hydro and renewable transport fuels. www.r-e-a.net Office +44 2079253570 news@r-e-a.net Business ...
  • Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)

    Go-to environmental organisation for questions on technical standards. Their policy experts cover bioenergy, electric cars, climate & CO2, EU, Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Hydrogen, Policy, Renewables, Storage, Technology, and Transport. More ...
  • Climeworks

    Swiss start-up Climeworks has pioneered the direct air capture technology (DAC) with which CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere and subsequently be recycled, used as a raw material, or completely removed from the air by underground storage. In September ...
  • Siemens

    Siemens, Germany's second largest DAX-listed company, produces, among other goods, power generation technology (e.g. gas turbines, power grid technology), railway vehicles, and water treatment systems. Its corporate headquarters are in Munich. ...
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    Italian Biogas Consortium (CIB)

    First voluntary association of over 950 members, including farms producing biogas and biomethane from renewable sources, companies and industries supplying plants, technologies and services for the production of biogas. www.consorziobiogas.it Antonella ...
  • Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds (UK)

    Focuses on new interdisciplinary research partnerships that better link the physical, technological, economic and social understanding of climate change with strategies for mitigation and adaptation. www.climate.leeds.ac.uk Clare Martynski c.martynski ...
  • Prof. Dr. Petra Schweizer-Ries

    Dr. Schweizer-Ries has been a professor of sustainability with a focus on social sciences at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences since 2011. Her areas of research include theory of environmental psychology, solar energy use, shared resource use, ...
  • GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    GEOMAR is a marine research institute based in Kiel, Germany. Operating in all ocean basins, the institute specialises in climate dynamics, marine ecology and biogeochemistry, and ocean floor dynamics and circulation. It is affiliated with the University ...
  • Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources (Bulgaria)

    Research centre for renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency (EE) as well as innovative technologies, materials and semiconductor devices for RES application. It is part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. www.senes.bas.bg Marushka Sendova ...
  • Center for Energy Efficient Solutions (CER, Slovenia)

    Professional network of advanced companies and organisations from different sectors that play a leading role in promoting and developing a climate-neutral economy and green technologies with a focus on increasing energy efficiency, using renewable energy ...
  • Danish PV Association

    The Danish PV Association acts as a focal point for companies working with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and related technologies. Its members are PV component manufacturers, importers, consultants, architects, designers and engineers. www ...
  • Dr., Prof. Luka Omladič (Slovenia)

    Doctor of philosophy, lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts (FF) of the University of Ljubljana. Research interests include political philosophy, environmental ethics and bioethics, and epistemology. His blog is dedicated to ...
  • Climate Change Adaptation in Austria

    Provides information about climate change and its reasons. Offers data about national and international political programmes and about research and research organisations. created by the Federal Environment Agency in cooperation with the Federal Ministry ...
  • Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy Spain

    Public institution focussed on energy efficiency and transition. Agency of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition. To improve energy efficiency, renewable energy and other low carbon cost technologies, the IDAE carries out promotional and training ...
  • Janusz Wojciechowski, European commissioner for agriculture

    Janusz Wojciechowski is the European commissioner for agriculture and one of the seven members of the Commissioners’ Group on the European Green Deal since 2019. His portfolio includes ensuring a modern and sustainable EU agriculture sector that adapts to ...
  • Danish Biogas Association

    The Danish Biogas Association is organising stakeholders in the entire biogas value chain. Its 170 members include biogas plants, suppliers of residual products, technology, service, trade, consulting and financial solutions as well as buyers of biogas ...
  • Ministry of Science and Education (Croatia)

    Performs administrative and other tasks related to: the development of the science, technology and innovation system; the development of research and other institutions; the application of scientific achievements in certain fields; the harmonisation of ...
  • Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Wuerttemberg

    The ZSW is a non-profit scientific foundation that conducts research and offers consulting services with the aim of promoting sustainable and climate-friendly energy technologies.  It was founded by the state of Baden Wuerttemberg, the Universities of Ulm ...
  • Elektroinštitut Milan Vidmar (EIMV, Slovenia)

    Leading Slovenian engineering and scientific research organisation in the fields of electricity and general energy, founded in 1948. In the past, it played a key role in the development of the Slovenian electricity system. In recent years, it has actively ...
  • Confederation of Danish Industry | Energy

    Dansk Industri Energi is the energy industry federation within Denmark’s largest private company and employers’ organisation, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). Its members' business areas cover the entire value chain of energy, from the ...
  • Danish Utility Regulator

    The Danish Utility Regulator’s purpose is securing consumer interests in the utility sectors by striving for a higher level of efficiency, the lowest possible costs in the short and long term, a stable and secure supply, and a cost-effective development ...
  • FENES- Research centre for power networks and energy storage

    FENES is a research center for power networks and energy storage, located at the college of technology in Regensburg (OTH- Ostbayerische technische Hochschule). It focuses its research on grid technology and energy storage systems (various technologies, ...
  • Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

    Ireland’s national sustainable energy authority, established under the Sustainable Energy Act of 2002. Works with householders, businesses, communities and the government to support transition to renewable energy. Provides energy modelling, policy ...
  • Nordic Energy Research

    Platform for cooperative energy research under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers, a joint body of the five Nordic countries. Provides funding for research and development projects aimed at reducing CO2 emissions and encouraging green ...
  • WindEurope

    WindEurope has over 400 members, active in over 35 countries. In addition to wind turbine manufacturers, its membership encompasses component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, contractors, electricity ...
  • AGFW- Energy Efficiency Association for heating, cooling and CHP

    AGFW is an independent efficiency association that for the past 40 years has supported the development and expansion of combined heat and power (CHP) in Germany, using renewable energies for heating as well as district heating networks. Its members are ...
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Employment, Technology and Tourism, State of Schleswig-Holstein

    www.schleswig-holstein.de Harald Haase harald.haase@wimi.landsh.de +49 431 988-4420 Karen Sieksmeyer karen.sieksmeyer@wimi.landsh.de +49 431 988-4412 Government Germany ...
  • IIT- Institute for Innovation and Technology

    The Institute for Innovation and Technology (Institut für Innovation und Technologie, IIT) is a research institute located in Berlin. Its main topics are social developments and technological trends and policies. Its publications are available on the ...
  • Clean Air Task Force Europe

    CATF is a non-profit advocacy group and think tank on climate and energy, with a focus on technologies and policies it deems neccessary to get to net-zero-emissions. It originates in the U.S., but has recently launched its EU chapter. Its priorities in ...
  • Fraunhofer ISE

    Fraunhofer ISE is the largest solar energy research institute in Europe. Its work ranges from the investigation of scientific and technological fundamentals for solar energy applications, through the development of production technology and prototypes, to ...
  • BTU- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

    The BTU is a technical university which focuses its research on the topics environment, energy, materials, building, information technology, biotechnology and hydrogen production for energy storage. www.b-tu.de Dr. Marita Müller +49 355 69-3206 marita ...
  • Steel, cement, chemicals: How industry heavyweights aim to become climate friendly

    16- 18 Sep 2019 Düsseldorf A research tour for journalists looking into the decarbonisation pathways of Europe's top-emitting industries in cooperation with Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Application deadline was July 26.As ...
  • The Energiewende: Making it happen on the autobahn

    18- 20 Sep 2016 Hannover How the world’s No. 2 exporter could decarbonise freight transport: The trucks. The technology. The politics ||| Media workshop for European journalists in the run-up to the IAA Commercial Vehicles Trade Fair ||| Organised by the ...
  • 14 Nov 2024 |

    COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition 91tv Fellowship

    14- 24 Nov 2024 Berlin Meeting the rising demand for energy worldwide while limiting the rise in the global average temperature will require a huge infusion of green skills across the energy industry. As nearly 200 countries have committed to tripling ...
  • Science and Technology Park Euro-Centrum (PL): A hotspot for developing renewables-based business models

    Technology park with renewable energy laboratories. Further reading: 91tv research tour:  Poland ahead of COP24: Media study tour and German-Polish Media Programme focuses on role of coal in the energy system Date of publication: October 2018 Poland ...
  • Impact Clean Power Technology SA (PL): Battery solutions for the car industry

    Impact Clean Power Technology S.A. is one of the leading manufacturers of battery systems for public transport, industrial and commercial applications, and driverless transport vehicles. It is an innovative company within the Polish energy sector. 91tv ...
  • Mobility innovations for bigger cities in a laboratory

    In a laboratory just outside of the city, the  EUREF Campus, a partner of Berlin’s Technical University, electric cars, buses, cargo loaders, scooters and pedelecs are networked through a high-tech micro smart grid. The EUREF Campus, which the UN ...
  • Turning the autobahn into an eHighway

    In June 2016, Siemens, in partnership with the truck producer Scania, opened the world’s first electric highway (eHighway) on a public road in Sweden. The test track in Groß-Dölln  was designed to test eHighway technology and to mirror real-world ...
  • Sustainable logistics in the port of Hamburg

    Founded in 1885, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is a port and transport logistics company which serves Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. HHLA’s main operations revolve around its three container terminals in Hamburg. Although HHLA was ...
  • "Gläserne Heizzentrale": Saerbeck's communal heating centre

    One of the first local climate protection projects implemented in the Saerbeck municipality was the "Gläserne Heizzentrale", which went into operation in 2010. The heating centre is located in the middle of Saerbeck- within sight of St. Georg ...
  • Damyan

    Turkey Renewables Business Hydrogen Technology Cities Government Turkish Didem Damyan is a freelance journalist who has covered renewable energy, sustainability and government for different broadcasters. She continues her editorial duties at the Clean ...
  • Pozniak

    United Kingdom British Helena Pozniak is a freelance journalist who writes about the influence of technology, science careers, working life, higher education, environment and research. From epigenetics to wildfires, she’s interested in the impact of ...
  • Kairu

    Kenya Kenyan Pauline Kairu covers environmental topics, such as fossil fuels, the national grid and mining technology.  Her work has been published in The East African, Daily Nation, Business Daily, Nairobi News and Al Jazeera. ...
  • Shaheen

    Germany Renewables Solar Technology Egyptian Lotus is a freelance journalist as well as a policy analyst. In her work, she focuses on the MENA region. She has published in Solar Thermal World. You can connect with her online via LinkedIn.   ...
  • Samuel

    India Grid Renewables Wind Industry Technology Agriculture Indian Jency Samuel is a freelance journalist covering renewable energy, climate impact on fisheries, women and livelihoods, biodiversity etc. Her work has been mainly published by India Climate ...
  • Maas

    Germany Climate & CO2 Renewables Mobility Industry Digitalisation Cities German Roman Maas covers a broad range of topics. His main interest is how new technologies can help with more sustainability, energy transition and nature preservation. ...
  • Subramaniam

    Malaysia Renewables Business Start-ups Finance Technology Malaysian ...
  • Price

    United Kingdom Renewables Digitalisation Technology Policy Agriculture British ...
  • Catanzaro

    Spain Climate & CO2 Renewables Mobility Technology International Italian ...
  • Ensinck

    Argentina Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Business Technology Argentinean ...
  • Tepel

    Germany Coal Bioenergy Climate & CO2 Energiewende Technology German Lars is freelance journalist. His work has been published via broadcasters WDR (radio and TV), SWR, 3-Sat, n-tv. ...
  • Coca

    Japan Coal Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Technology Politics International US American Nithin Coca is a freelance journalist, mainly writing for Triple Pundit, China Dialogue, Mongabay, Earther, Ensia, Yale E360 and Sustainable Brands. You can find out ...
  • Kehinde

    Nigeria Business & Jobs Digitalisation Technology Cities Society Elections & Politics Nigerian Opeyemi is a staff writer at the daily newspaper Daily Trust. ...
  • Forde

    United States Climate & CO2 Freight Business Digitalisation Technology Society US American Megan is a freelance journalist writing mostly for business insider media. Connect with her online via LinkedIn. ...
  • Dalesio

    Luxembourg Electricity Fossil fuels Renewables Utilities Technology Efficiency Politics Hungarian Emery works for the Luxembourg Times at the intersection of business and politics. ...
  • Burac

    Moldova Climate & CO2 Bioenergy Citizens' energy Renewables Solar Technology Moldovan Vlad is a news anchor for Canal 3. Connect with him via LinkedIn. ...
  • Loh

    Singapore Electricity Climate & CO2 Renewables Technology Efficiency Policy Government Agriculture Singaporean Junn is a television journalist working for ChannelNewsAsia. She also covers sustainability issues, pollution, water, wildlife, ...
  • Balao

    Togo Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Technology Agriculture Togolese Kossi Elom is a freelance journalist and publishes in Indices Magazine, AfricaWeb. Connect with him online via Facebook or LinkedIn. ...
  • Wangusi

    Kenya Agriculture Bioenergy Electricity market Technology Kenyan Adlyne writes for Africa Science News, where she also covers health, environment and science topics. Connect with her online via LinkedIn or Facebook. ...
  • Dobrovidova

    France Climate & CO2 Agriculture Fossil fuels Renewables Technology COP24 Russian Olga's work appears in DeSmog UK as well as N+1. ...
  • Bhandari

    Australia Climate & CO2 Agriculture Fossil fuels Renewables Mobility Business Technology Efficiency Society International Australian Neena Bhandari is a Sydney-based foreign correspondent and freelance journalist. She is a regular contributor to ...
  • 龱峾ü

    Austria Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Renewables Storage Technology Austrian Michael is a freelance journalist based in Vienna. His work is regularly featured in Radio FM4. ...
  • Mtika

    Malawi Electricity Finance Technology Agriculture Malawian As an investigative journalist, Collins works for Nyasa Times as well as the Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi. Find him online via LinkedIn or Facebook. ...
  • Cheong

    Malaysia Climate & CO2 Mobility Technology Elections & Politics International Security Malaysian Vincent works for the daily newspaper Sin Chew Daily. Beyond energy & climate policy topics, he also covers diplomacy and international relations, ...
  • Hasan

    Bangladesh Climate & CO2 Technology Politics Society Agriculture International Bangladeshi Mohammad Rakibul is a photo journalist whose work has appeared in The Daily Star, ZUMA Press, Redux Pictures, Asian Geographic among others. Find him online via ...
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