13 May 2025, 13:23 Jack McGovan Transport 91tv A number of environmental organisations, trade unions and others have called on Germany’s new transport minister, Patrick Schnieder, to commit to sustainable local and regional transport in his ...
23 May 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv Germany's rural areas should introduce an integrated combination of public transport services to entice people to choose sustainable mobility instead of private cars, a report by the ...
15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
05 May 2025, 15:32 The choice for Germany’s new transport minister suggests the country is unlikely to face a profound policy overhaul to get the emission-intensive sector on track to meet ambitious 2030 climate targets. Long-serving conservative ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 91tv More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
09 May 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Security 91tv Germany must speed up the electrification of its rail network for military purposes as well as for environmental reasons, said the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) ...
24 Mar 2025, 13:34 Edgar Meza Mobility Freight 91tv Economic experts in Germany and France are calling for the two countries to coordinate strategies in the decarbonisation of road freight transport. In a joint statement, the Franco-German ...
27 Mar 2025, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv People in Germany's cities are completing more journeys by bicycle or foot, while the dominance of cars is decreasing, the latest 'Mobility in Germany ' report commissioned by ...
05 May 2025
05 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany’s red tape creates a Berlin-sized hole in energy shift Military airspace restrictions are holding up wind-power projects, highlighting the challenges for Germany’s energy and defence plans. Montel: Critics ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:45 Sören Amelang Mobility Transport 91tv Germany’s government has agreed on the country’s first ever pedestrian transport strategy that aims to strengthen walking as a sustainable and healthy way of getting around. Transport ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany plans to electrify only around 66 kilometres of railway lines in 2025, falling well short of its targets to expand overhead electricity lines and replace diesel-powered ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:15 Sören Amelang Transport Industry 91tv Climate-neutral industrial alcohol made with renewable electricity appears to be the most suitable synthetic fuel to decarbonise international shipping, researchers from the Institute ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Heating Society 91tv People in Germany would like to see more factual information around policies to make heating and transport more climate-friendly, such as carbon pricing, and they attach great ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:36 Bennet Ribbeck Renewables Wind Focus Online Many autobahn exits in northern Germany are too small to handle the transportation of modern wind turbine rotor blades and should be enlarged, according to several German states, Focus Online ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv Germany’s flat-rate ticket for local and regional public transport, the Deutschlandticket, helped push people to switch from using cars to taking the train, which reduced car emissions by 6.7 ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 91tv Importing shipped green hydrogen from Africa could be more expensive for Germany than previously thought, according to a joint study by TU Munich, Oxford University and ETH ...
20 Sep 2024, 12:19 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv The Deutschlandticket, a subscription public transportation ticket, likely contributed to a six percent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers using local bus and train services in ...
26 May 2025
26 May 2025, 11:06 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump extends deadline for 50% tariffs on EU goods to July 9 U.S. president Donald Trump said he would extend the deadline for the European Union to face 50 percent tariffs until July 9 after a phone call with ...
02 Jun 2025, 13:24 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv The new German government could implement its planned support for electric car purchases in a socially fair manner without an additional burden on public coffers, argues a report commissioned by a ...
02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv EU member states’ national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
03 Sep 2024, 12:29 Jennifer Collins Transport 91tv A heavily subsidised public transport ticket introduced for three months in Germany in 2022 led to a significant increase in train delays and only marginally reduced traffic on the roads, ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:44 Jack McGovan Transport 91tv / Spiegel Air taxis and other electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) are not useful mass transport technologies for the energy transition, according to a report by the Leibniz ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv Rail passengers and freight customers are set to be hit by higher prices as a result of a German government railway funding proposal aimed at ensuring a federal budget in line with the ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:26 Jennifer Collins Transport dpa Electric scooter schemes are seen as a scourge in many cities, with Paris even banning them, but in Germany demand for vehicles is growing, according to Plattform Shared Mobility, an association that ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars dpa / WirtschaftsWoche While sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled recently, the share of citizens who would consider buying one in the future has risen considerably, a survey ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU’s most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
23 May 2025
23 May 2025, 11:00 91tv Team Financial Times: Merz backs Nord Stream ban to prevent US and Russia restarting gas link German chancellor is worried about reigniting domestic row over Russian gas imports. Reuters: German Q1 GDP upgraded as orders rush to ...
25 Jul 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Transport 91tv Germany's railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) recorded a six percent drop in long-distance train passengers in the first half of 2024, compared to the first six months of the previous year. ...
25 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 91tv A third of people in Germany say they do not feel well connected by bus or train near their home, and are not satisfied with the number of departures at their nearest stop, according ...
05 Dec 2024, 11:49 Germany’s next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
16 May 2025, 14:30 As Croatia goes to the polls for local elections on 18 May the green transition has been relatively absent in political campaigns. Citizen participation in the transition has picked up with the opening of the first large-scale solar ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
15 Jul 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Transport ARD / Die Welt / 91tv One of the most used stretches of the German rail system will be closed for the next five months due to major modernisation works, ARD reports. The repairs on the 70 kilometre ...
16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv Germany’s new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
14 May 2025, 13:25 Jack McGovan Mobility Cost & Prices Policy 91tv A social leasing scheme could make it possible for low-income households in Germany to switch to an electric car without having to bear the upfront costs of buying a ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Elections & Politics ARD Germany’s largest opposition group in parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, has supported the continuation of the country’s national flat-rate ticket for using local ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv The contentious debate about a general speed limit on Germany’s famed Autobahn (motorway) has flared up again as the campaign for the country’s snap election on 23 February gets underway ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:58 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv A working group made up of government officials and industry representatives focusing on climate-neutral aviation is calling for clear commitment by political leaders and industry to the market ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:39 Sören Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dpa / Der Spiegel / DVZ Germany’s railway operator Deutsche Bahn has laid claims to almost one third of the entire 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund planned by the ...
25 Oct 2024, 13:52 Jennifer Collins Mobility Policy 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Rail passenger and freight transport is set to see strong growth over the next 16 years in Germany, but trucks and cars are expected to remain the dominant ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv Regional train travel has increased by 28 percent since the introduction of the Germany-wide monthly public transport ticket one year ago, according to national railway service DB. ...
24 Sep 2024, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv / SWR Germany's nationwide flat-rate public transport ticket, the Germany-ticket, is at risk of losing subscribers now that the federal government and state transport ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Society 91tv The energy transition is placing an uneven financial burden on Germany‘s poorest households – and transition costs related to heating are impacting these citizens ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country’s coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
15 May 2024, 12:31 Julian Wettengel Transport FAZ The European Union is set to fail its target to have 1.2 percent of all aviation fuels available at EU airports comprised of synthetic fuels like e-kerosene by 2030, because global production lags behind, ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:30 Leading climate experts have called on the next German government voted in after the February snap election to reintroduce the so-called ‘climate cabinet’. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of Germany’s future ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:31 Ruby Russel Mobility Cost & Prices Politics Berliner Morgenpost The city of Berlin has agreed to cancel its 29-euro monthly public transport ticket in a bid to cut government spending. Scrapping the budget subscription price is part ...
22 May 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Ensuring that flexible electricity use is accounted for in Germany's grid fee reform could allow for lower electricity bills, a group of energy providers and mobility ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government’s coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:12 Sören Amelang Transport Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must ensure that aviation can become climate-neutral within 20 years, which will require a plethora of policy initiatives, an alliance of ...
20 Dec 2024, 08:44 Germany’s next government will inherit a major policy predicament: How can it finally initiate serious transport emission cuts against a backdrop of tight finances, a struggling car industry, and a crumbling transport infrastructure? ...
06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 91tv The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:11 Ruby Russel Freight 91tv Battery-electric trucks are the best option to reduce emissions from road freight transport, and market forces are working in their favour, according to a report by the German Institute for Economic ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel EU Politico / 91tv / Reuters The European Union as a business location is set to profit from additional infrastructure investments planned by the likely next German government, Philipp Jäger of the Jacques ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv Limited capacity and environmental risks mean that carbon storage in the German North Sea should only be used for residual emissions that remain unavoidable, said ...
24 Apr 2025, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Heating 91tv / ZDF Many people in Germany have no idea that the planned expansion of EU carbon pricing could significantly push up their fossil fuel heating costs, in some ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:15 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Sören Amelang Transport Freight 91tv Decarbonising the freight transport sector will require a shift from planes and trucks to ...
04 Mar 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Cars 91tv Following a 27 percent reduction in sales of new battery electric cars (BEV) in Germany in 2024, a total of 1.65 million BEVs were registered in the country by 1 January 2025, showed existing ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:37 Jennifer Collins Cars 91tv / Handelsblatt Registrations of new plug-in electric cars in Germany fell by more than a quarter in 2024 compared to the previous year, while the average CO2 emissions of newly registered ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:30 Burning less coal and an increase in renewable electricity has helped cause a drop in greenhouse gas emissions of three percent in Germany last year, said think tank Agora Energiewende. Preliminary calculations show that real ...
08 Oct 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Transport Cars 91tv The number of cars on German roads has reached a record high of 49.1 million at the start of 2024, according to a new report from the government’s statistical office Destatis. From January ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:08 Edgar Meza Transport Freight Technology 91tv The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working with industry partners and research institutions to develop a megawatt charging system that would enable battery-powered ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:49 Sören Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 91tv Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making “significant strides”, according to a report by the ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv Almost 70 percent of Germans say that the climate crisis means a "fundamental rethink is needed in the area of mobility," shows a survey by Germany’s leading technical ...
09 Jul 2024, 13:15 Jennifer Collins Transport Cost & Prices n-tv The price of the Germany Ticket, a monthly subscription allowing passengers to travel on regional transport across the whole country, is set to increase next year from its current 49 ...
17 Dec 2024
17 Dec 2024, 12:28 91tv Team Reuters: Europe's carmakers discount EVs, hike petrol car prices as new emissions rules loom The European Union will drastically lower its cap on automotive carbon dioxide emissions from Jan. 1, meaning at least one-fifth ...
27 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport 91tv Germany should lead the way in making mobility more sustainable, transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) said following the conclusion of the ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:28 Ruby Russel Transport dpa / Tagesschau The cost of the 49-euro ‘Deutschlandticket’ will not rise this year, the chair of the conference of state transport ministers Oliver Krischer (North Rhine-Westphalia) told news agency dpa in an ...
22 May 2025
22 May 2025, 12:05 91tv Team FT: Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe’s battery industry Swedish start-up’s fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the ‘valley of death’. Bloomberg: Spain, Portugal urge EU effort on power link after ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:44 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's revenue from carbon pricing rose to a record 18.5 billion euros in 2024, up around 100 million euros from the previous year, said the country's Federal Environment ...
10 Oct 2024
10 Oct 2024, 13:16 91tv Team Nature: Overconfidence in climate overshoot Global and regional climate change and associated risks after a temporary overshoot of global warming limits are different from a world that avoids it. Reuters: German economy ...
02 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Government International T&E: How to defuse the EU’s carbon tax time bomb The decision to create a Europe-wide carbon price was right but creates significant political risk. The good news is it can still be fixed. Carbon ...
19 Jan 2024, 13:25 Sören Amelang Transport dpa Electromobility is slowly gaining ground on Germany's lakes and rivers as the proportion of electric boats used for recreation is now estimated at 2.5 percent of the total, compared to less than one ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:16 The expansion and maintenance of Germany’s rail and road network should be financed by a special fund outside of the regular budget, according to the government’s council of economic advisors. Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 Germany’s designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country’s east and its population’s fatigue of constant changes ...
31 May 2024, 12:52 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Policy 91tv An alliance of environmental NGOs, a motorist club, trade unions and various labour unions and associations has called on Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner to slash ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:54 Jack McGovan Policy Society 91tv / Handelsblatt Greenpeace and Germanwatch filed a new constitutional complaint against the German government’s “inadequate” climate policy, especially when it comes to the transport sector, ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 91tv Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany’s prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country’s landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty, conservatives and Social Democrats ...
13 Nov 2024
13 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team Wall Street Journal: RWE warns of U.S. election's impact on offshore wind German energy company outlines 1.6 bln dollar buyback, says project off U.S. east coast could be delayed. CNBC: Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture ...
29 May 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility 91tv The share of cycling in short trips in Germany could triple by 2035, from 13 percent today to 45 percent, if consistent measures are taken to make cycling more attractive, a report by ...
12 Apr 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 91tv / Der Spiegel Representatives of German government coalition parties have voiced diverging views on the consequences for transport if a law reform is delayed that would ...
13 May 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Freight 91tv Delaying climate action in the transport sector will lead to a significantly more expensive transition to climate neutrality by 2045, said think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a new ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:13 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU dpa / t-online The sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Germany must grow by about 75 percent this year compared to 2024 for carmakers ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv With a very ambitious climate policy, the transport sector can be transformed in the long term from the "problem child" of German climate action efforts into one that ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv In order to reach climate neutrality in the most affordable way, Germany must ensure it can transport energy across its regions by expanding its electricity and hydrogen grids, ...
08 Jul 2024, 13:32 Jennifer Collins Mobility Cars 91tv Germany has a record number of cars, but fewer people are using them on the road, according to an analysis by transport policy think tank Agora Verkehrswende. "Despite a slight ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv / ARD The energy industry has welcomed the new German government’s “investment booster” to stimulate growth in Europe’s biggest economy, which includes tax incentives for ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:21 Joey Grostern Hydrogen 91tv Methanol derived from green hydrogen could play an important role in Germany’s transition to a decarbonised economy, a paper from the German Energy Agency (dena) has found. The compound, which is ...
16 May 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 91tv To decarbonise freight transport more quickly, government action should prioritise the expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric trucks, said the German Council of ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 91tv / Electrive German transport minister Volker Wissing has said that the government will launch first auctions for the right to set up electric truck charging infrastructure along the ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities 91tv Municipalities in Germany warn that they could be running out of money soon and are struggling to implement a wide range of their tasks, including guaranteeing a reliable ...
05 Nov 2024
05 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Ember: Nominated EU Commissioner for Energy is being put to the test in the EU Parliament Think tank Ember agrees with candidate Dan Jorgensen's stated aim to prioritise grid modernisation. T&E: Our take on the EU ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental and political NGOs have called on Germany’s new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
23 Apr 2025
23 Apr 2025, 10:57 91tv Team Reuters: German regulator plans to cut 1.5 billion euros of power grid fee costs Germany's energy grid regulator BNetzA said the payments are no longer necessary because green power has now reached such high volumes that ...
23 Jan 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 91tv Government representatives from Algeria, Austria, Italy, Germany, and Tunisia have signed a joint letter of intent for a new hydrogen corridor that should connect southern ...
15 May 2024, 12:33 Jack McGovan Transport EUElections2024 EU 91tv Rail travel should be the focus of legislative and investment decisions in the aftermath of the 2024 EU elections, an alliance of rail industry and NGOs said in an open letter ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jack McGovan Transport Start-ups Business & Jobs Policy Spiegel / ntv / revolution Struggling electric air taxi company Lilium will not receive German state aid in its bid to avoid insolvency. Lawmakers rejected the Bavarian startup ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
05 Mar 2025
05 Mar 2025, 11:25 91tv Team European Commission boosts European automotive industry's global competitiveness As part of an action plan for the sector, the Commission proposed to weaken CO2 limit rules for carmakers. Bloomberg: Europe’s EV market ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:17 Germany's Council of Experts on Climate Change has confirmed that the country's transport sector again exceeded its annual greenhouse gas emissions limit in 2023, and that current policies are insufficient to put the sector on ...
27 May 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Energy consumption in Germany has seen a “surprisingly strong” increase in the first three months of 2025, an analysis by AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) has found. Consumption ...
31 Aug 2023, 13:54 Milou Dirkx Transport 91tv The flat-rate 'Germany Ticket' for public transport has not led to a significant reduction in car use, said a report by the Technical University of Munich. Data collected via surveys and ...
18 Oct 2024
18 Oct 2024, 14:10 91tv Team Bloomberg: EU’s green shift under threat as the hit to consumers gets real Pushback on transport and heating policies is building Looming real-world impact fuels backlash as deadlines near Transport & Environment: T ...
21 Aug 2024, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Germany's national price on CO2 emissions of fuels used in the transport and heating sectors lacks acceptance among the population, shows a survey by the Hans Böckler ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:53 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv In addition to electrification and a massive ramp-up of renewables, a greater use of diverse technologies such as seasonal heat storage or feed additives that reduce methane emissions from ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:17 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 91tv Public transport in Germany could be headed for a “collapse” if the government does not take measures to abate the “massive labour shortage” in the sector, labour union ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Cars Hydrogen FAZ / 91tv Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner, a Free Democrat (FDP), has proposed several tax exemptions for combustion engine cars that run exclusively on renewables-based ...
09 Feb 2024, 13:01 Sören Amelang Mobility Transport A broad alliance of German climate NGOs, welfare organisations, trade unions and business associations has warned that the cuts to the country’s railway budget puts the mobility transition and climate ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 91tv About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
12 May 2025, 13:47 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Most people in Germany continue to be very concerned about the impact of global ...
04 Nov 2024
04 Nov 2024, 13:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: Germany’s shaky coalition heads for a €75 billion budget reckoning Top judges to scrutinize levy on high earners and businesses. The ruling could bring the fragile coalition to the brink of collapse. S&P Global: ...
28 May 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv In an effort to boost climate-neutrality in the shipping industry, the German government is bringing together representatives of the maritime sector, science, industrial and environmental ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Airplanes in Germany will be made more environmentally friendly by supplying them with clean electricity during stops at the airport, the country’s transport minister, Volker Wissing, has said. Airplanes ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv The projected demand for green hydrogen in Europe can largely be covered by domestic production, said researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems ...
16 Apr 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars WirtschaftsWoche The tariff policies of US president Donald Trump are likely to lead to a massive drop in global automobile production, the CEO of German automotive industry supplier Mahle, Arnd Franz, has warned ...
10 Jul 2023, 13:46 James Jackson Transport 91tv To meet the EU’s goal of shifting millions of passengers to rail in order to reduce transport emissions, the continent’s high-speed track network should be expanded from 11,000 kilometers today ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become Germany’s new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:24 Jennifer Collins Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt Every second e lectric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Vol kswagen, while two out of three newly register ed e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, ...
12 Jul 2023, 13:22 James Jackson Transport Travel Talk Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, wants to increase the number of domestic flights to compete with rail travel and video conferencing services, the company’s sales manager, Frank Naeve, told ...
06 Jul 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv / Zeit Online Car registrations in Germany have risen by 13 percent in the first half of 2023- compared to the same period last year- with the number of newly registered electric vehicles ...
14 Oct 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs Bild The head of Germany’s largest airline Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr, has warned that the country’s aviation sector is facing huge difficulties due to higher state charges. “I worry greatly ...
06 Feb 2025
06 Feb 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Reuters: Year begins with warmest January despite shift towards cooling La Nina Last month was the world's warmest January on record, continuing a streak of extreme global temperatures despite a shift towards the cooling ...
20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce Germany’s bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
09 Apr 2025, 13:20 Sören Amelang Fossil fuels Handelsblatt The German government is concerned about the country’s oil refineries, which are facing the most serious crisis in decades caused by the rising cost of emissions, cheap fuel imports, weak demand ...
20 Sep 2024
20 Sep 2024, 09:15 91tv Team Bloomberg: Tesla could help far right secure win in German state vote Tesla’s first factory in Europe was supposed to revitalize the region near Berlin with thousands of jobs and millions in extra tax revenue. It succeeded on ...
16 Dec 2024, 14:02 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society Süddeutsche Zeitung Many people in Germany associate climate policy with state control and the fear of being financially overburdened due to decisions made by the departing coalition government, ...
07 May 2025, 13:03 Sören Amelang Elections & Politics 91tv The election of Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country’s energy, industry, and ...
22 Oct 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv / Focus Online A key high-voltage power line set to transport electricity from Germany's windy north to the industrial south has begun construction. Grid operator TenneT has laid the first ...
22 May 2025, 10:46 Carbon capture is set to play a key role in decarbonising the cement and concrete industry, says Jan Theulen, Group Lead Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) at Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest cement ...
13 Jan 2025
13 Jan 2025, 11:50 91tv Team Science Direct: CO2-tax on emission-intensive agricultural goods could cut German agricultural emissions by 22.5% The CO2-tax could generate over 8.2 billion euros in annual revenue, analysis finds. Bloomberg: Europe threatens ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:25 Jack McGovan Transport Policy Süddeutsche Zeitung The German government’s decision to cut its climate budget by 45 billion euros over the next three years could put the country’s ‘Deutschlandticket’ at risk, the transport minister for ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv / Die Zeit / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany is introducing a nationwide monthly 49-euro public transport ticket which will allow users to use any regional buses or trains across the country, ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 91tv Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company’s CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
04 Feb 2025
04 Feb 2025, 12:00 91tv Team EEA: EU maritime transport: progress made but environmental, sustainability challenges persist Europe’s maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming ...
18 Sep 2024, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv / dpa / Zeit Online Over half of all pure battery-electric vehicles (BEV) newly registered in Germany between January and August were sport utility vehicles (SUVs), according to the Federal ...
19 Mar 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Government n-tv There are not enough skilled workers to carry out infrastructure modernisation improvements set out in Germany's historic investment agreement, the Association of German ...
16 Sep 2024
16 Sep 2024, 12:13 91tv Team Bloomberg: Travel chaotic, damage mounts after Central European floods Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv Reports that one billion euros of funding to improve Germany’s railways will instead be spent on building more roads have alarmed rail transport associations and NGOs in ...
01 Mar 2024, 14:06 At the height of its popularity just a few years ago, the climate protest movement Fridays for Future brought over a million people to the streets in Germany and across the world. Yet the movement now fights against losing relevance in ...
04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
02 Dec 2024
02 Dec 2024, 11:47 91tv Team Reuters: Nine Volkswagen plants on strike as labour battle escalates Strikes could escalate into 24-hour or unlimited strikes if a deal is not struck in the next round of wage negotiations. Politico: The powerlessness of ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
05 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv The use of synthetic fuels, also known as e-fuels, is unsuitable for road transportation in the medium to long term based on current knowledge, a report by the Fraunhofer Institute for ...
26 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025, 10:30 Sören Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe’s impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:46 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport dpa Around a third of subscribers to Germany's flat-rate public transport ticket (Deutschlandticket) said that they leave their car home more often since purchasing the subscription, according to a ...
28 Mar 2024, 13:42 Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv German postal service Deutsche Post has ended its domestic air transport service after nearly 63 years in order to reduce costs and limit its climate footprint, the company said. This will ...
02 Jul 2024, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Transport dpa / 91tv Germany's railway service reliability took a severe hit in June 2024 due to the effects of extreme weather events, reported news agency dpa. Ageing and ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:28 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv Germany should give greater consideration to the uncertain development of economic output and population trends when planning the country’s future energy and infrastructure ...
06 Jun 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cars 91tv Figures used by the government for planning the buildout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany are “massively” overestimating the actual need for new charging points, ...
07 Mar 2025
07 Mar 2025, 11:28 91tv Team Politico: Germany’s Merz has 2 weeks to deliver historic spending revolution Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against the clock. DW: Peruvian ...
03 Jun 2024, 13:33 Germany is still set to miss its emissions reduction targets until 2030 and lacks a real strategy for the years that follow, said the country's key government advisors on climate policy. Recent official projections – which had seen ...
26 May 2025, 12:04 Germany’s plans for the ramp-up of a green hydrogen economy has run into significant uncertainties, including over the fuel’s future price, regulation, and the necessary infrastructure development, said an energy industry report. ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight Hydrogen 91tv Trains could play a key role in ensuring a comprehensive transport network for distributing imported green hydrogen across Germany, a report by research institute Fraunhofer ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 91tv Setting up multiple local pricing zones instead of having one big market area could help bring electricity prices down in Germany and increase supply security, according to a report ...
07 Feb 2024, 13:51 Sören Amelang Mobility Cars 91tv The introduction of a flat-rate “Germany Ticket” for public transport did not prevent a significant increase in traffic jams last year, according to motorist association ADAC. The duration ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 91tv Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
12 Aug 2024, 13:23 Sören Amelang Carbon removal Industry Policy Tagesspiegel Background / rbb The German state of Brandenburg, which surrounds the capital Berlin, plans to quicken the controversial capturing, transport, storage and utilisation of CO2 to ...
23 May 2024, 14:41 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Jack McGovan Cars Hydrogen Handelsblatt The head of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard Müller, has called on the government to expand ...
30 Oct 2024
30 Oct 2024, 10:49 91tv Team IEA: Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than 2 trillion USD over the coming decade as energy transitions advance IEA analysis shows complex interplay between energy, industrial and trade policies as ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Tagesspiegel Background / ZDF The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has said that it is fully focused on investigating fraudulent emissions reduction projects in China, which oil companies ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv Twenty-seven youth organisations from the fields of climate, social affairs, trade unions, development, religion, civil protection, environment and sport have ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:16 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Progress of German energy transition continues to be mostly stagnating, a report by research centre Prognos carried out on behalf of the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) said ...
05 Mar 2025, 17:07 Germany’s likely next government coalition parties have proposed an overhaul of state debt rules to make hundreds of billions of euros available for defence and infrastructure investments. The agreement, which faces a big hurdle in the ...
01 Apr 2025, 17:38 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv Planned investments to expand and modernise the EU's electricity grids by 2050 fall short of the necessary amounts of money required to support the bloc's move to climate neutrality, ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Tageszeitung (taz) A meeting of Germany’s state ministers for transport has not produced an agreement on securing future funding of the country’s new nationwide public transport ticket, ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv New large scale batteries and hydrogen electrolysers could see their grid connection fee lowered in areas where there is surplus electricity, according to proposals made by ...
15 Mar 2024, 13:21 Germany is largely on track to reaching its national target to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, but is set to fail its EU goal for sectors such as transport, buildings and agriculture, according to ...
09 Dec 2024
09 Dec 2024, 13:40 91tv Team Reuters: Germany's Scholz not ruling out Berlin taking stake in Thyssenkrupp steel Chancellor meets top representatives of ailing steel sector to discuss high energy prices, cheap competition and shift to decarbonisation. ...
21 Sep 2023, 13:37 Jack McGovan Mobility Transport 91tv / ARD The number of passengers using inner city public transport increased by 10 percent in Germany in the first six months of 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year, ...
10 Oct 2024, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv Germany should alter its current plans for a national carbon price for transport and heating fuel emissions and stick to a fixed price until the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for ...
08 Nov 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight 91tv The German road freight sector’s shift towards climate neutrality is being complicated by framework conditions, a group of industry associations and lorry producers have warned in a ...
23 Jan 2023, 13:32 Sören Amelang Transport 91tv / tagesschau.de German transport minister Volker Wissing has renewed his rejection of a general speed limit on the country’s autobahns after a report found that the measure could save almost ...
21 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv / Zeit Online Carmaker Volkswagen has lost a legal battle against NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) about pre-installed mechanisms in its car engines that turn off or reduce exhaust gas ...
07 Nov 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices ARD / 91tv The nationwide public transport ticket for Germany will still be available in 2024 but its monthly price may go up, the federal government and the country’s 16 states ...
06 Nov 2023, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices dpa / Zeit Online More than a third of people currently using Germany’s nationwide public transport ticket would end their subscription if costs went up much further than the current 49 ...
16 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024, 10:45 91tv Team The Guardian: Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month. DeSmog: ...
04 Mar 2025
04 Mar 2025, 11:39 91tv Team Euractiv: Von der Leyen proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry ...
05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
21 Oct 2024
21 Oct 2024, 12:25 91tv Team Bloomberg: Scholz courts needed workers abroad as anti-migrant parties rise Scholz is betting on negotiating migration deals directly with foreign governments to secure skilled workers in understaffed industries. Reuters: Top ...
25 Mar 2025, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Freight 91tv A consortium linked to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has built a plant at the Mannheim wastewater treatment plant that cleans generated biogas and uses the resulting ...
16 Feb 2024, 12:28 Franca Quecke Transport Freight electrive The German government has terminated two subsidy schemes for electric trucks and buses, the transport ministry (BMDV) told specialist publication electrive. The cancellation applies to two ...
12 Dec 2024
12 Dec 2024, 13:23 91tv Team Financial Times: Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009. Electrive: Germany's economy ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:02 Milou Dirkx Mobility Transport 91tv Municipalities will face no additional financial burden if they align necessary investments to maintain and expand rail networks and roads in Germany with the move to a sustainable ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Handelsblatt German transport minister Volker Wissing has been accused of breaking the country's Climate Protection Act in an expert report, newspaper Handelsblatt reports. According to the report ...
15 Feb 2024, 13:30 Ruby Russel Transport Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Projects to build green hydrogen electrolysers at refineries are being cancelled because oil companies lack guarantees that the investments will be profitable, even though the ...
08 Nov 2024, 13:46 After an exhaustingly hot summer, the end of September and beginning of October ushered in extreme rainfall events and flooding in several Croatian cities along the coast and in the hinterland. At the start of November, higher ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dröge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the leaders of German state governments have agreed to each shoulder half of the costs for a nationwide 49-euro-per-month local public transport ticket next year, ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The German offshore wind power industry has proposed a range of measures for the country’s next government that could set off “a Germany-wide economic miracle at sea” by boosting the output of ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in Germany’s energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany should consider the import of direct reduced iron as a way to produce the hydrogen that is needed to generate electricity in its planned backup power plants, says a report by Norwegian ...
31 Jan 2024, 13:26 Ruby Russel Transport Cars 91tv Carmakers are under-reporting CO2 emissions from their vehicles, and the gap between official figures and reality is growing, according to calculations by the Council on Clean Transportation ...
06 Jan 2023, 13:13 Sören Amelang Transport dpa / Süddeutsche Zeitung An increasing number of cruise ships have switched their propellant from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to diesel fuel because of high LNG prices, reports newswire dpa in an article ...
22 May 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Society 91tv About one in five teenagers in Germany say they have never heard of climate change or the climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:41 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels 91tv The G7 group of industrialised nations failed on a 2016 pledge to phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" by 2025, according to a report commissioned by NGO Greenpeace ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt Germany’s Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv An alliance of civil society groups has called on the German government to better anticipate possible carbon price jumps at the time of the introduction of the EU ...
05 Mar 2024, 12:10 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 Government Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany's government has appealed November's court ruling that required it to present emergency climate measures after failing emissions reduction targets in ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:15 Germany made significant progress in the area of climate adaptation in the past legislative period, said Andrea Fischer-Hotzel from the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). From the national to the municipal level, there is now ...
14 May 2024, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Finance 91tv Germany should invest an additional 213 billion euros compared to current budget plans over the next ten years in public services and infrastructure to decarbonise its economy ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv The draft climate action programme currently debated among German ministries is not enough to reach greenhouse gas reduction targets in the transport sector for 2030, and additional steps are to be ...
16 Jan 2024, 13:36 Franca Quecke Transport Society Berliner Morgenpost Following the heat, drought and forest fires in southern Europe in 2023, tourists are increasingly looking to northern Europe in 2024, the holiday home platform Fewo-direkt has found. ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:43 Jack McGovan Heating Elections & Politics 91tv The new German government after the election on 23 February should implement an ambitious heating package that promotes the expansion of climate-neutral heat supply, said ...
20 Aug 2024, 13:26 The transport sector receives by far the biggest share out of all of Germany's government subsidies that are harmful to the climate, according to a report commissioned by the economy ministry. In their coalition agreement, the ...
10 Feb 2025, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Industry WirtschaftsWoche Parties’ failure to agree on final details of a reform to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany ahead of the election on 23 February will set efforts back significantly, industry ...
08 Jan 2024, 14:22 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv / electrive / Auto Motor und Sport Germany's transition to battery-electric cars slowed in 2023, data on new registrations by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) show. ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Süddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel German federal and state transport ministers have agreed to support the implementation of a nationwide 49-euro local public transport ticket but funding still needs to be ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:35 Germany's outgoing government made important moves to protect the country against the worsening effects of climate change. Notably, it introduced the first legally-binding climate adaptation law and presented a strategy to protect ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:00 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Industry representatives have largely welcomed Germany's plans to ramp up the hydrogen market, but called for amendments to a draft law to broaden ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Heating Handelsblatt / 91tv Germany could continue to emit greenhouse gases past its 2045 deadline to become climate neutral, with Norwegian certification company DNV forecasting emission ...
25 Oct 2022, 13:44 Jessica Bateman Transport 91tv Germany’s €9 nationwide public transport ticket improved low-income households’ social participation and boosted their overall quality of life, a report has found. Researchers from the ...
02 Nov 2022, 13:31 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun to electrify rail lines in the north of the country with an innovative new electrical infrastructure that will charge battery-powered trains and ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German energy transition requires a “restart” as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Transport Dlf / 91tv The German government will present a “modern public transport ticket” after the population has “embraced” the 9-euro ticket the country introduced as part of a relief package in the ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:35 Edgar Meza Transport Policy Süddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Germany’s governing coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP), has- after long negotiations- agreed on a far-reaching ...
03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 91tv Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party is calling for major investments in Germany’s infrastructure, energy system, industry and administration to use decarbonisation and the energy transition as an ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance – winner of February’s snap election – ...
14 Jan 2025
14 Jan 2025, 11:26 91tv Team Reuters: German premium carmakers' sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held ...
01 Mar 2024, 13:01 Sören Amelang Mobility Freight dpa The evaluation of a pilot scheme to test catenary trucks in Germany says that the technology works to lower transport emissions, but critics warn the trial should be scrapped because a large-scale ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is testing emission-free delivery on Berlin’s Spree river with a solar-powered ship. The pilot project in the capital is an addition to the company’s ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:51 Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell around ten percent last year to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and electricity generation from coal ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:37 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv Germany must electrify its railway network eight times as fast as it does today to achieve its target for the sector, said the Pro-Rail Alliance, a lobby group consisting of non-profit ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz’s coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor’s three-party ...
28 Nov 2023, 14:31 Edgar Meza Transport Cars Tagesspiegel The German government and leading automakers reiterated their goal of putting at least 15 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2030 at an industry summit in Berlin on Monday (27 November). ...
12 May 2023, 13:51 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The flat-rate ticket for nationwide public transport in Germany ...
23 Aug 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Cars 91tv / Reuters Germany needs biofuels and synthetic fuels made from renewable electricity (e-fuels) to ensure that the country's existing fleet of combustion engine vehicles can help reach climate ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:45 Jennifer Collins Grid Hydrogen dpa / 91tv The buildout of crucial energy infrastructure in Germany is making progress: The first 525 kilometres of Germany's hydrogen core grid will be built in 2025, with gas operators ...
21 Nov 2023, 12:57 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government Der Spiegel The plans to comprehensively modernise and expand Germany’s national railway company Deutsche Bahn could take ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:31 Jennifer Collins Mobility dpa / ARD The number of rail journeys in Germany has increased since the introduction of a new nationwide 'Germany ticket' in May, according to a report by news agency dpa published by broadcaster ...
30 Sep 2024, 13:46 Sören Amelang Carbon removal 91tv The German government's current plan for allowing carbon capture and storage (CCS) is far too permissive and set to delay the phase-out of fossil fuels, said environmental NGOs. They ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 91tv The absence of climate mitigation measures is the greatest threat to prosperity and security in Germany and Europe, a group of environmental organisations said in a joint ...
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 ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology Der Spiegel An alliance of companies plans to build Germany’s first industrial-scale production facility for synthetic e-fuels which could allow for the climate neutral operation of combustion engine ...
14 Nov 2023, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv The share of newly registered battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) in Germany has jumped by nearly 38 percent in the first ten months of 2023, compared to the same period last year. ...
14 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv Germany’s Court of Auditors has compiled a list of recommendations for the country’s government to save money in several areas, including pensions, the military, ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 91tv First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
09 May 2023, 12:10 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport International 91tv German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has seen international long-distance traffic grow faster than ever ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Grid Renewables 91tv Dividing Germany’s single power price zone into several individual regions could reduce final electricity prices for consumers across the country, said a report by ...
13 May 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany will need more hydrogen than previously expected across all economic sectors by 2030, said the national hydrogen council in an updated assessment of future demand. The council gauged ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Policy dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau Climate policy experts from two of the three parties in Germany’s coalition government have voiced concerns over the government’s planned reform of the country’s Climate ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must restructure climate policy to make sure the whole population can participate in the transition, the Climate Neutrality Foundation ...
17 May 2022, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv / n-tv The transport committee in Germany’s national parliament (Bundestag) has voted in favour of 2.5 billion euros in financial support for the federal states to offer citizens public ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The upcoming snap election in Germany will bring a “choice of direction” for the country’s energy transition, as energy and climate policy positions vary among the different ...
14 Jul 2023, 13:33 Sören Amelang Transport Hydrogen Heating Policy Handelsblatt The German government wants to use hydrogen for decarbonising road transport and heating, in addition to industry, according to a highly anticipated revamp of the national ...
06 May 2024, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs Süddeutsche Zeitung Two pioneering electric air taxi start-ups from Germany have criticised the government for not doing enough to provide the budding industry with a viable commercial ...
09 Jun 2022, 13:29 Sören Amelang Transport dpa / 91tv German industry groups and other car lobby organisations have said the European Parliament’s decision to back a ban of new combustion engine cars in 2035 is a blow to climate protection ...
05 Jul 2023, 14:04 Sören Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Germany is set to spend less than half of the funds originally planned on the modernisation of its ailing railway system, report business daily Handelsblatt and other media outlets. ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:13 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) has found that high-income households emit more greenhouse gases than poorer citizens due primarily to their travel habits. ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 91tv A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
23 May 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Acceptance of the energy transition in Germany would greatly improve with the introduction of a compensation mechanism for citizens to counter cost increases caused by CO2 ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:53 Sören Amelang Wind Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany’s wind industry has accused the operator of the country’s motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines, which are key to reaching climate targets. The government-owned ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Edgar Meza Transport Hydrogen Die Welt / 91tv Aviation industry representatives and political leaders in Germany have vowed ...
16 May 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv The number of buses with emission-free, electrified drives on Germany's roads doubled from 2020 to 2021, heralding the “decade of the e-bus,” said consultancy and accounting firm PwC. ...
28 Sep 2023, 13:52 Sören Amelang Transport Cars Handelsblatt The German government has spent a total of 9.5 billion euros to subsidise the purchase of two million electric cars, reports business daily Handelsblatt. The Federal Office for Economic Affairs ...
27 Apr 2022, 11:40 Sören Amelang Edgar Meza Transport Berliner Zeitung Berlin's Kreuzberg district plans to ban car parking in a neighborhood with 20,000 people, repurposing the space for children to play on the street, Berliner Zeitung reports. The ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:13 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dts Significant parts of the population in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the expected cost increases in fossil heating and mobility due to carbon pricing, said Dirk ...
16 Jan 2025, 13:15 Sören Amelang Agriculture Business & Jobs 91tv The largest German supermarket chains have increased their efforts to become more sustainable, but still don’t do justice to their central role in the transformation of the ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:11 Sören Amelang Grid 91tv Germany will have to invest around 650 billion euros into the expansion of its electricity grids by 2045, according to a report by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) of the Hans Böckler ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
10 Feb 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Transport Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background It is no longer necessary to prioritise the transport of coal, mineral oil and gas on German trains, the transport companies’ association VDV ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:30 Jennifer Collins Transport Freight 91tv Germany's ports require huge investments to maintain their crucial position in supplying energy and goods, and to keep up with the energy transformation, said coastal state ...
30 Nov 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Policy Government 91tv The German government will have to present emergency climate action programmes with short-term measures to reduce emissions in the transport and building sectors, ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:38 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 91tv A large part of Germany's future hydrogen demand could be supplied to the country via pipelines from neighbouring countries, according to a report by think tanks Agora Energiewende and ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv Countries like Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany should form a joint hydrogen alliance to use their market power as future importers of hydrogen derivatives, said researchers from ...
24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating 91tv Sales of heat pumps in Germany dropped by almost half (46%) in 2024 but the industry is confident that support mechanisms will quickly lead to a strong increase in ...
23 May 2024, 13:59 Carolina Kyllmann Grid EU 91tv Investments in Europe's distribution grids need to double to 67 billion euros per year by 2050, a report commissioned by electricity industry association Eurelectric found. Failing to ...
11 Jun 2024, 13:35 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv The German car industry produces the most electric cars in Europe and globally comes second only to China, ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:52 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland ...
08 Jan 2025, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices Efficiency Heating 91tv Some 10 percent of 30 million households in Germany still reliant on fossil fuels for heating are unable to adequately warm their homes or are "heavily ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:33 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Business & Jobs 91tv Achieving climate neutrality before mid ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The state premier of southern German Baden-Wurttemberg, Green Party politician Winfried Kretschmann, has called for the suspension of possible EU climate ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:23 Sören Amelang Cars dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau / 91tv The expansion of Germany's charging network for electric vehicles is making fast progress. The network grew by 45,000 charging points to a total of nearly 146,000 ...
22 Jun 2023, 14:03 Edgar Meza Transport Cars Policy 91tv Germany's government cabinet has approved a draft law that would give cities and municipalities a greater say in regulating road traffic, particularly when it comes to bus lanes, ...
15 Dec 2022, 11:57 Germany urgently needs an overarching plan to reduce transport emissions in the new year, given that the government didn’t make any headway during its first year in office, Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility ...
21 Jan 2022, 12:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv Together with French manufacturer Alstom, German railway company Deutsche Bahn is going to start trial runs with the country’s first battery-powered passenger train. Test operation of the so ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv / pv magazine Spaces alongside German highways could be utilised better to build solar energy systems, with around 250,000 potential sites identified in a report by the Federal Highway Research ...
05 Jan 2022, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv Germany’s greenhouse gas reduction quota for transport fuels has increased as planned as of 1 January 2022. Mineral oil companies must now reduce the emissions of their fuels by 7 percent ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:37 Germany is unlikely to face the kind of massive power outage which hit Spain and Portugal on 28 April, as the country’s system is based on redundancies and many safeguard measures are in place, said grid agency BNetzA. The two countries ...
11 Jul 2023, 13:38 James Jackson Transport Policy Die Zeit The German government plans to cut funds for bike paths, while leaving spending for roads unchanged, reports weekly Die Zeit. According to the draft budget for 2024, funds allocated to the ...
26 Jan 2023, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport Cars 91tv Germany's strategy for transport infrastructure development is not oriented towards the country’s climate and environmental goals, according to an analysis conducted by ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Transport ZDF New transport minister Volker Wissing from the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said Germany’s transport sector must “make a major contribution” to ensure the country reaches climate neutrality. “I am ...
12 Jan 2023, 13:53 Edgar Meza Transport Cars Süddeutsche Zeitung Unhappy with the pace of climate action at the German transport ministry, the Green Party parliamentary group has drawn up a list of draft resolutions to tighten climate policy, the ...
03 Mar 2023, 13:16 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Expert Verdi ver.di Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Society taz / DLF / Süddeutsche Zeitung German service sector labour union Verdi has come ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:22 Expert FÖS- Green Budget Germany Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Expert Institute for Applied Ecology Öko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Jessica Bateman ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The past year was “a record year” for ...
03 Feb 2025, 13:35 Jennifer Collins International Kölner Stadtanzeiger / Tagesspiegel / 91tv / Politico The German government has warned U.S. president Donald Trump against starting a trade war with Europe, saying that if the country imposes ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:24 Sören Amelang Industry Hydrogen 91tv Converting hydrogen to ammonia will be "the dominant transport technology" in order to ship the fuel to Germany, according to a report commissioned by the World Energy Council ...
27 Oct 2021, 13:33 Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport 91tv Germany's new government must agree on a wide variety of policy instruments to achieve the 2030 climate target in the transport sector, a report by consultancy ...
10 Apr 2025, 14:11 Germany’s prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country’s landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
15 Dec 2021, 13:33 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has unveiled a new aviation strategy that sets the path for emission-free flying. The goal is the development of highly efficient aircraft that use climate ...
12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU 91tv The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:50 Sören Amelang Transport EU ntv Germany’s government coalition disagrees about the EU Commission’s proposal to tighten vehicle emission limits with the so-called Euro 7 regulation. Green environment minister Steffi Lemke urged for the ...
03 Mar 2023, 12:55 By insisting on a future for new combustion engine vehicles after 2035, German finance minister Christian Lindner has upended hopes for those aiming to agree an effective ban for the technology at a vote on EU car emissions initially ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Der Spiegel / 91tv The German parliament (Bundestag) has given the green light for the construction of a 9,700-kilometre pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars dpa / Ingenieur U.S. carmaker Tesla, which is headed by highly controversial CEO Elon Musk, registered the biggest slump of new registrations among all electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in Germany last year. ...
22 Nov 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv There is a rush for electric buses as many German municipalities and cities are decarbonising their public transport systems, the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) said in a ...
10 Sep 2024
10 Sep 2024, 11:44 Julian Wettengel FT: Northvolt to cut jobs and sell off unit to survive EV chill Swedish battery maker has been grappling with factory problems and slow growth in European EV take-up. Bloomberg: Europe braces for last of Ukraine’s ...
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: The secret behind Germany’s record renewables buildout As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry’s toughest problem: slow permitting, writes Bloomberg. Bloomberg: ...
16 Jun 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cities Tagesspiegel / Berliner Zeitung The conservative Cristian Democrats (CDU) who lead the new government coalition of the city of Berlin aim to freeze all new cylce lane projects if their construction ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:56 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jessica Bateman Transport Rail and bus passenger numbers in Germany in the first half of 2021 were less 42 percent of pre-pandemic levels, statistics ...
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 ...
20 Oct 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Long-distance bus service provider FlixBus insists on being included in Germany’s planned monthly 49-euro ticket for nationwide public ...
13 Jun 2023, 13:38 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Society 91tv German rail company Deutsche Bahn has signed a partnership agreement with the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to transport teams and fans across the country in a climate ...
15 Aug 2023, 14:04 Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 91tv The share of fully electric passenger cars in Germany continues to grow quickly, with the number of e-car ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:40 Hannah Naylor Transport Cost & Prices dpa / Der Spiegel The popular 9-euro nationwide public transport ticket in Germany is set to end on 31 August, after running for three months, and many passengers will face the shock of an ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv Germany can remain a leading market and innovator in mobility and car production also after the shift to electric vehicles – but this will be a “herculean task” and corresponding policies ...
26 Aug 2022, 14:12 Julian Wettengel Transport Cost & Prices 91tv Germany’s 9 euro nationwide public transport ticket, which will end next week, affected mobility behaviours as much as the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:38 Sören Amelang Adaptation Society 91tv Citizens expect the German government to take decisive action against the consequences of climate change, and are calling for the greening of inner cities to counter increasing heat, as ...
20 Oct 2023, 13:25 The German government has been urged to quickly devise a plan on how to regulate and manage the start of the European Union carbon emissions trading system for transport and heating fuels in 2027. Measures need to be put in place to ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:31 Jack McGovan Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background The CDU/CSU conservative alliance in Germany has called for revenues from the upcoming Emissions Trading System (ETS II) for fuels used in transport and heating to ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Achieving Germany’s energy transition and climate targets still requires a lot of political efforts to keep supply secure and affordable, the government-appointed expert commission ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Grid Industry Hydrogen Technology Policy Handelsblatt Doubts over Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s (TKSE) strategy to decarbonise using hydrogen puts Germany’s plans for the construction of a hydrogen core grid at risk, gas grid ...
15 Feb 2023, 12:59 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility Cars 91tv Decarbonisation in the mobility sector is the most important area for ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:44 Sören Amelang Cars 91tv / taz The switch to electric vehicles is not yet possible for all income groups equally in Germany, according to a report by clean mobility NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:11 Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The popularity of Germany’s temporary 9-euro public transport ticket has not only shown that people are willing to embrace public transport and stop using their cars if such ...
11 Jan 2024, 14:17 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Policy Table.Media / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt The German government plans to cut development aid and funds earmarked for rail freight transport and cycling paths as part of saving ...
05 Jul 2023, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Table.Media Germany’s coalition government has agreed a higher national CO2 price for transport and heating fuels for 2024, news site Table.Media reports citing coalition sources. The ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Transport To cut the number of short-haul flights in Europe, a group of German Green Party politicians has presented proposals for an expansion of train services, in particular night trains, in Europe. The new night ...
15 Dec 2023, 13:13 Sören Amelang Carbon market Cost & Prices Policy Zeit Online The German government might not have enough money to pass on revenues from its national carbon price to citizens as a compensation for rising climate protection costs as ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind Hydrogen 91tv Europe could cover its electricity and green hydrogen needs with domestic production, but only if renewables expansion proceeds as planned, said researchers from ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:36 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Sören Amelang Transport Cars 91tv The trend towards heavy and fuel-guzzling sports utility vehicles ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Hydrogen 91tv The national infrastructure for producing and using green hydrogen in Germany is beginning to take shape, as the government seeks to support market scale-up for the renewable fuel. ...
05 Sep 2023, 12:07 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's climate policy and action are "insufficient" to meet its national and international climate targets, according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) project. ...
23 Aug 2021, 13:32 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany lacks the infrastructure to ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Many nuclear waste storage facilities in Germany are not up to safety standards with issues like rusting drums and interim sites being used without permits, ...
30 Jun 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's states are demanding substantial support payments from the federal government to fund the expansion of public transport systems in a bid to reduce the ...
08 Aug 2024
08 Aug 2024, 15:22 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Unpacking Germany’s hydrogen import strategy: 3 considerations for Global South partners Expectation that lower production costs can partially offset high conversion losses & transport costs may not ...
07 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv The reform of an energy consumption label for passenger cars underestimates the projected CO2 price of transport fuels like diesel and petrol, consumer protection ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia’s war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Danish electricity and gas transmission system operator Energinet has postponed the planned commissioning date for the first cross-border hydrogen pipeline into Germany to the end of 2031 ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Der Spiegel A proposal by Germany’s transport ministry to accelerate the planning and construction of new motorways is causing an uproar by the Green Party, which ...
10 May 2024, 15:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Society rbb / Die Welt Activists protesting against the expansion of the Tesla factory in Grünheide have tried to enter the factory's premises, leading to clashes with police and arrests made on the US ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:58 Jack McGovan Business & Jobs Technology 91tv Lightweight construction that reduces emissions in the different sectors contributes up to four percent of German total economic output, says a report by the economy ministry ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:27 After months of delay, lawmakers from Germany's coalition government have agreed to a reform of the country's climate action law, which would weaken the responsibility of ministries to ensure targets in their sectors are met. ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:17 Jennifer Collins Cars 91tv The number of battery-electric cars registered in Germany rose by 39.1 percent to 1.4 million in 2023, while the number of hybrids now stands at 2.9 million, according to the latest figures from ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has reportedly waved higher fees demanded from renewable project operators needing to install power cables under ...
21 May 2021, 10:32 Germany has increased the emissions reduction targets in its transport sector. Following changes introduced by parliament, the sector has to reach a share of 32 percent renewables by 2030. The use of biofuels made from palm oil will be ...
07 Jul 2021, 13:15 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Kerstine Appunn Transport Seven major German cities want to test 30 km/h speed limits on a large scale. While inner-town speeds ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv / Die Welt At Germany’s first mobility summit under Olaf Scholz on 10 January, the German chancellor aims to renew efforts to tackle the country’s lagging emissions reduction in the ...
06 Jul 2021, 12:53 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv / Welt online Europe’s three leading truck manufacturers-- Daimler Truck, the TRATON Group and the Volvo Group-- have joined forces to create a network of fast-charging stations for battery ...
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 ...
27 Jan 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Government Handelsblatt / Süddeutsche Zeitung No agreement was reached at a meeting by the German government coalition leadership convened to settle disputes over climate protection and the construction of ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Germany’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to reach 2030 targets is “insufficient” and in violation of EU law, said NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and filed a lawsuit ...
17 Jun 2021, 13:03 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv Germany railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) is aiming to become climate neutral a decade earlier than its previous 2050 target. Announcing its new 2040 target, the company said it would already be ...
02 Aug 2023, 14:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv [Update adds link to report] Germany has generated a record 3.89 billion euros from the sale of allowances under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:44 Sören Amelang Mobility Cars Spiegel Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz has invited the country’s top car executives and other experts to discuss the country’s lagging shift to clean transport, according to news media reports. The meeting ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:44 Sören Amelang Transport Heating Policy 91tv Germany’s plans to cut transport emission to get the sector on track for the country’s climate targets are “lacking in sufficient ambition even at the outset”, government advisors ...
19 Jul 2022, 14:21 Hannah Naylor Transport Cost & Prices dpa / ARD Due to the success of the current 9-euro public transport ticket, German transport minister Volker Wissing is willing to consider an ongoing alternative, though not before the end of ...
31 May 2023, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Transport Business & Jobs Die Welt Chemicals producer BASF is deploying a new freight vessel adapted for low water levels in the Rhine river, newspaper Die Welt reported. Shallower water in Germany’s ...
28 Oct 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Business Policy 91tv Support for Germany's energy policies varies starkly between employees backing populist parties compared to those supporting the centre left or centre right, according to a study ...
08 May 2024, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Industry EUElections2024 Clean Energy ...
29 Sep 2022, 14:02 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 91tv German railway group Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced an increase in average fares for long-distant ...
05 Aug 2022, 14:00 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities 91tv Traffic regulations in Germany need a comprehensive reform to make the ...
12 Sep 2022, 13:37 Sören Amelang Transport Freight Hydrogen 91tv Germany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn plans to transport large amounts of green hydrogen on trains, offering an alternative to transport through non-existent ...
15 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Grid Renewables Der Spiegel / Golem Germany’s railway operator will test whether the power lines on its tracks can relieve the wider electricity grid, which is straining to cope with the rapid growth in renewable energy ...
20 Dec 2023, 12:49 Julian Wettengel Transport Policy Government 91tv / Table.Media The German government aims to raise the levy on passenger flights as part of a comprehensive budget package for 2024 and the following years to fill the ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:08 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Der Spiegel The number of electric buses in German public transport doubled last year compared to 2019, says a report published by consulting firm PwC, Der Spiegel writes. According to the analysis, the ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:12 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Sören Amelang Transport 91tv Germany's government has adopted a ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Industry association vbw has ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
18 Mar 2024, 12:59 Sören Amelang Carbon removal Industry 91tv Germany will have to build a 4,800-kilometre CO2 pipeline network at a cost of around 14 billion euros in order to decarbonise its cement, lime, and waste incineration industries, ...
22 Aug 2024, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Cars 91tv About a third of drivers under the age of 30 in Germany expect to buy an electric vehicle (EV) the next time they change cars, according to a survey by opinion research institute Bilendi. The ...
29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore – but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
22 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Bild / Die Welt Politicians from Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance have reinforced their criticism of the planned end of new registrations of combustion engine cars in the EU by 2035. Bavaria’s state ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:41 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv Germany’s coal consumption continued its downward trend in 2024, helping to reduce the country’s climate-damaging CO2 emissions, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based ...
14 Oct 2024, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Resources & Recycling 91tv The expansion of Germany’s electricity grid in line with the growing share of renewable energy sources will require the build-up of greater national production ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:33 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv The ...
21 Dec 2020, 12:55 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Sören Amelang Transport Süddeutsche Zeitung Public transport should be used for urban ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
12 Mar 2021, 13:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv The sales of bicycles and e-bikes in Germany increased by 16.9 percent in 2020 compared to the year before, amounting to 6.44 billion euros, the German bicycle industry association (ZIV) ...
09 Mar 2021, 13:23 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv / Tagesspiegel Germany’s railway operator Deutsche Bahn and airline Lufthansa are planning on making rail travel to ...
09 Feb 2022, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Government 91tv The federal government in Germany has to rethink its role in supporting public transport systems and change its approach from pouring money into new projects to instead creating ...
05 Mar 2021, 13:51 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Sören Amelang Transport 91tv Customized flight routes for individual planes could significantly lower the aviation sector& ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz’ conservatives have won Germany’s snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
21 Jun 2023, 13:27 Sören Amelang Policy 91tv Germany’s coalition government has greenlighted a controversial reform of the country’s climate action law, which is set to effectively weaken ministerial responsibility for excessive emissions in ...
04 Mar 2021, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv German lobby group Rail Alliance has called for a quick ramp-up of cross-border European express and night train services as a way to replace flights and thus combat the transport sector’s ...
04 Mar 2021, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv German urban air mobility company Volocopter has raised an additional 200 million euros in funding from a wide range of investors to help “solidify [its] leading position” in the market and ...
19 Feb 2021, 13:55 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Transport Following the pandemic, one third of business trips in Germany could be replaced by video conferences, a survey conducted by the Borderstep Institute on behalf of the Ecological ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
09 May 2022, 14:01 Sören Amelang Transport Cars Handelsblatt / 91tv Germany’s transport ministry plans to almost double e-car subsidies to achieve climate targets, but experts and NGOs criticise the plans as hugely expensive and ineffective, ...
28 Jan 2021, 13:46 Expert City of Berlin Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz Berlin Climate & CO2 Transport Cities Julian Wettengel Transport rbb / Tagesspiegel ...
26 Oct 2022, 13:34 Jessica Bateman Mobility 91tv A new report has found that shared e-mobility options, such as e-scooters and e-bikes, can help reduce overall transport emissions in cities. Researchers from institute Fraunhofer ISI analysed ...
15 Feb 2021, 13:42 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Transport Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt The German aviation industry is open to reducing the number of domestic flights to lower emissions, according to an industry concept paper ...
04 Oct 2024, 13:29 Joey Grostern Cars International 91tv / Euronews The European Commission will proceed with its proposals to impose additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles following a key vote among member states on 4 October, said ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:50 Jack McGovan Policy 91tv The investments needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 would help grow the EU economy by around two percent, think tank Agora Energiewende said in a report. It analysed the ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:07 Edgar Meza Freight 91tv All new trucks being registered in Germany from 2035 could be battery-electric if a broad-scale charging network is available by then, according to the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut). ...
16 Sep 2024, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Heating with gas and oil could be cheaper for German households in this year’s heating season compared to the previous winter, said price comparison website Verivox. In ...
25 Jan 2021, 12:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv Bringing aviation in line with climate protection is a realistic goal, but a regulatory framework and technological innovations are needed, according to the Roadmap Climate Neutral Flying, ...
05 Jan 2021, 12:50 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv German households that are impacted by traffic are more likely to support specific measures that ...
26 Aug 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Cities Construction Süddeutsche Zeitung A draft "modernisation" law intended to speed up housing construction in the southern German state of Bavaria has met resistance in cities and municipalities, as local ...
21 Apr 2022, 13:49 Sören Amelang Transport Freight A combination of road and rail transport is the freight rail segment with greatest growth potential in Germany and the EU, according to a report by German industry association BDI. "This is why it ...
13 Sep 2024, 12:06 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 91tv Planned hydrogen storage projects remain significantly behind forecasted demand, an issue which could affect Germany’s attempts to move towards a renewable energy system, found a report ...
08 Dec 2023, 13:10 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 91tv Prices for energy have decreased 4.5 percent in Germany in the year up to November ...
02 Oct 2024, 16:10 Germany's fight against the devastating long-term impact of climate change has reached a new milestone, with the environment ministry (BMUV) presenting a draft strategy that, for the first time, sets measurable targets to increase ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 91tv / dpa / WirtschaftsWoche / ZDF Germany's environment minister has promised better precautions to prevent fraud in emissions reduction schemes abroad after a special session in ...
23 Aug 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 91tv A broad alliance of more than 40 civil society associations and organisations has called on the German government to step-up climate measures as the country is projected to miss its ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv The German government is ‘systematically blocking’ important climate protection measures despite legally binding targets for emission reductions in all sectors, according to a group of ...
25 Apr 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv Many German cities have improved their cycling infrastructure in recent years, but the majority of cyclists in the country continue to consider road traffic to be unsafe for them, according ...
17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
15 Dec 2020, 14:23 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv / Reuters Germany’s aviation industry has presented a joint master plan to bring air transport more in line with climate protection. Presented by leading industry groups, including the German ...
29 Sep 2020, 13:04 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Transport 91tv The coronavirus pandemic is causing public transport to lose ground to individual transport means, such as ...
15 Nov 2023, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German government is supporting the construction of a 9,700-kilometre-long pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its neighbours, the economy ministry said in ...
16 Sep 2020, 12:49 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Sören Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport 91tv Germany'smunicipalities, as well as its states and federal ...
08 Nov 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv Industry representatives and environmental groups have warned the German government against scrapping key components of the country’s Climate Action Law in a planned ...
26 Apr 2024, 14:01 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Policy Government 91tv Germany’s parliament has approved a controversial reform of the country’s key legislation for reaching climate targets, to the outrage of many NGOs who say the changes ...
15 Jul 2022, 12:10 Hannah Naylor Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) has proposed a permanent 69-euro ticket for citizens to use local and regional public transport across the country as a way ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:33 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen 91tv The first long-distance gas pipeline in Germany is being converted for hydrogen use, gas infrastructure company Open Grid Europe (OGE) announced. Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the ...
10 May 2022, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv / Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel German transport minister Volker Wissing has denied a media report that he plans to massively increase support payments for buyers of electric ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities Der Tagesspiegel A report by the German parliament’s scientific service has backed Berlin’s city government in its rejection of a motorway project that cuts right through the eastern centre of the ...
30 Aug 2024, 13:49 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating Carolina Kyllmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv German car suppliers are losing market share internationally and need to be more flexible ...
25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Controversial plans by the German government to reform the country’s key legislation for reaching climate targets faces legal challenges by NGOs and an opposition lawmaker ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Friday. ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:28 Jack McGovan Gas Business & Jobs 91tv Two new power plants will be constructed in Saudi Arabia after a 1.5 billion dollar deal with the German energy corporation Siemens Energy. They will combine gas and steam turbines ...
15 Aug 2022, 14:13 Hannah Naylor Coal Transport dpa / ARD Germany's economy and transport ministries are working on a regulation to give trains transporting coal, mineral oil and gas priority over passenger trains, as the country is tackling the ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:45 Jennifer Collins Climate & CO2 dpa Temperatures in Lake Constance, located in the border triangle of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are rising, with harmful consequences for fish and plants living there, reports news agency dpa. ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:44 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Handelsblatt Construction of a hydrogen "core" network in Germany has been further delayed as its future operators and the electricity grid agency BNetzA await an EU decision on state aid, reported ...
15 Jul 2024, 13:57 Jack McGovan Cars 91tv The share of newly registered battery electric passenger cars (BEV) in Germany decreased to 12.5 percent in the first six months of 2024 (H1 2023: 15.8%), said the Federal Motor Transport Authority ...
10 Sep 2020, 13:59 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv The majority of cruise ship operators in Europe lack a real strategy for ...
09 Sep 2020, 14:29 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv Deutsche Bahn (DB) has ordered up to 400 electro-diesel hybrid locomotives from Siemens for its cargo fleet in a ...
16 Jun 2020, 15:03 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Transport 91tv Germany’s ...
22 Nov 2022, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Finance 91tv Achieving a climate-friendly transition in the automotive sector will require better information disclosure by carmakers to make the sector fit for investments from financial actors ...
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 ...
09 Feb 2024, 13:07 Franca Quecke Grid 91tv The planned high-voltage power line SuedWestLink, which is intended to transport renewable energy from the windy north of the country to industrial centres in the south, will have a direct branch to ...
20 May 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices Policy Der Spiegel / 91tv The German parliament and the Council of Federal States (Bundesrat) have given the go-ahead to several measures proposed by the government to reduce ...
07 Oct 2024, 09:30 We are almost exactly one year away from the next German federal elections. Or are we? The three-party coalition government led by chancellor Olaf Scholz is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in ...
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 ...
16 Jul 2020, 13:44 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv Germany's railway service Deutsche Bahn has inked an order worth one billion euros for new ICE high speed ...
03 Dec 2021, 11:39 Many environmentalists have already written off sharp transport emission cuts under the next German government after the coalition agreed a treaty that is weak on mobility, and put the pro-business Free Democrats in charge of the ...
20 Oct 2022, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Cars 91tv Germany is to accelerate the expansion of its electromobility charging network to facilitate the switch to electric vehicles, transport minister Volker Wissing (FDP) announced after ...
26 Aug 2022, 12:56 Hannah Naylor Coal Transport 91tv Coal and oil were the most important commodities shipped on German waterways, with almost 12 million tonnes each between January and May of this year, said statistical office Destatis. Coal ...
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 ...
21 Dec 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Transport Freight 91tv Despite increasingly ambitious climate targets, truck traffic in Germany reached a record level last year, according to pro-rail group Allianz pro Schiene. The market ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental NGOs have said they will take legal action against a partial permit for a planned controversial gas extraction project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands in the ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:00 Croatia is feeling the consequences of climate change this summer. The country experienced long heat waves and record temperatures were recorded in the Adriatic Sea. This has led to more media attention on the topic of climate change, ...
12 Dec 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv With several years of delay, construction of a key piece of grid infrastructure in Germany has started in the southern state of Bavaria. The SuedOstLink connection built by grid operator TenneT ...
30 Sep 2024, 13:43 Sören Amelang Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 91tv German household gas prices remain around three quarters higher than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. During the first half of this year, households paid 11.87 cents ...
05 May 2022, 13:58 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices 91tv Even with significantly higher CO2 prices on transport and heating fuels, Germany will not reach targets set in the country’s Climate Action Law, shows a report commissioned by the German ...
05 Nov 2021, 13:37 Sören Amelang Climate & CO2 Transport Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa Germany should kickstart the transition to a sustainable transport system with a range of drastic policies, the country's environment agency (UBA) ...
29 Jul 2022, 12:22 Hannah Naylor Coal Electricity market Freight WirtschaftsWoche In an attempt to maintain electricity production whilst gas deliveries continue to tighten, transport capacities in Germany, particularly rail, are struggling to keep up ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Wind Freight Handelsblatt / 91tv Germany’s Federal Association of Offshore Wind Energy (BWO) is calling for greater capacity for the country’s ports in order to expand turbine installations at sea. Offshore wind ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:27 Sören Amelang Wind Transport Hydrogen German coastal states want hundreds of millions of euros from the federal government to transform their ports into energy hubs for liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, and offshore wind, reports ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The steel pipelines used in Germany’s gas grid are generally suitable for the transport of hydrogen, said the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW). “The ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 91tv The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
15 May 2020, 14:21 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport Der Spiegel Largely due to the coronavirus crisis, German railway service Deutsche Bahn (DB) has an 11-billion-euro hole in its budget, ...
11 Jan 2022, 13:38 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv Businesses and municipalities in Germany will soon be able to access a wide array of support ...
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09 Oct 2024, 10:29 91tv Team IEA: Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity ...
13 May 2020, 13:39 Sören Amelang Transport 91tv The total number of rail passengers on Germany's long and short distance routes fell 40 percent in March compared to a year ago, according to national statistics office Destatis. The ...
12 Sep 2023, 13:59 Expert RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Cost & Prices 91tv ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:31 Sören Amelang Cars EU Spiegel Online The German transport ministry wants to prevent attempts to step up the climate ambitions of the EU's future car fleet emission targets, reports Der Spiegel. According to documents seen by the ...
25 Feb 2022, 13:24 Sören Amelang Transport Freight Technology 91tv The association of German engineers (VDI) and technology organisation VDE insist on the large-scale deployment of hydrogen trucks for long-range road transport to reach the EU ...
24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia’s war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
28 Sep 2023, 13:50 Sören Amelang Policy dpa A large part of the country’s revenue from the increasing national carbon price on fuel for transport and heating could be passed on to the country’s citizens from 2025, said finance minister Christian Lindner. ...
22 Jan 2020, 13:39 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Freja Eriksen Transport 91tv The German transport ministry (BMVI) will ...
20 Sep 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza Transport Cars 91tv More than half of all newly registered trucks in Europe, the US and China will be electric by 2035, according to a new study by McKinsey & Company presented at this year’s German car show ...
