01 Dec 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 91tv Germany's electricity market design needs a fundamental overhaul more urgently than ever before to make the economic value of supply security visible, the country's energy ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:58 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Business manager magazin 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state-owned energy supplier Uniper will continue to have a stake in nuclear plants abroad even after the end of the technology鈥檚 ...
20 Dec 2021, 13:33 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Robert Habeck, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new minister for economic affairs and climate protection, will present an 鈥渙pening balance鈥� at the ...
11 Oct 2022, 12:37 Edgar Meza Industry Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The energy crisis and economic slowdown in Germany could hinder the green transition in the country鈥檚 chemical industry, particularly among medium-sized companies, business daily ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Government Security 91tv In an unusually emotional response to criticism over the government鈥檚 handling of the energy crisis, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised conservative CDU leader Friedrich ...
22 Dec 2017, 00:00 After a year filled with events that put 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy in the limelight, such as the G20 summit in Hamburg, the COP23 in Bonn, or the debate over coal in the ill-fated 鈥楯amaica coalition鈥� talks, the country鈥檚 political life ...
14 Dec 2020, 14:16 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv The climate impact of a product is only modestly influenced by how it finds its way to ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:44 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Focus Online E.ON objects to a study arguing the German utility and many other large companies fall short of their net-zero carbon promises, news website Focus Online reported. The ...
21 Mar 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Die Welt The lack of skilled workers to install wind turbines, build train tracks or install heat pumps is a major hurdle to German government plans to transform the country鈥檚 economy in line with ...
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13 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv ARD tagesschau.de 鈥淭he German energy transformation is impressive鈥� Ernest Moniz, the United States Secretary of Energy, has praised 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 development of renewables but said the US were not ...
08 Jan 2021, 12:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 91tv Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded (2016), marking the end of the warmest decade on ...
10 Dec 2020, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 dpa Bavaria's groundwater has warmed significantly due to global warming, reports newswire dpa in an聽 article 聽carried by public broadcaster ZDF. At a depth of 20 metres, ...
26 Aug 2020, 12:26 Expert WBAE- Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection Agriculture Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Germany is a laggard when it comes to sustainability in its ...
27 Jul 2020, 09:50 Europe's economy is well placed to benefit from the fledgling global hydrogen economy and should decisively follow through with its hydrogen strategies, says Veronika Grimm, a member of Germany's council of economic experts, ...
21 Apr 2022, 13:49 S枚ren 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聽 report 聽by German industry association BDI. "This is why it ...
20 Apr 2023, 12:37 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Heating Tagesspiegel Background Due to a rapid rise in the number of reduced power tariffs reserved for heat pumps, their operating costs in Germany are currently up to a third lower than gas heating, ...
16 Feb 2022, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv Leading German climate and energy researchers have called for an earlier start of emissions trading for the country鈥檚 CO2 price on transport and heating fuels. Introducing auctions ...
03 Apr 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann International ARD / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is visiting Kyiv in a bid to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector and discuss Ukraine鈥檚 reconstruction following Russia ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:41 Julian Wettengel International Security 91tv The climate crisis and its effects on people鈥檚 lives around the world will be at the heart of the National Security Strategy being developed by the German government, said ...
18 Apr 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Welt Online / WirtschaftsWoche / 91tv Citing high energy costs, too much bureaucracy and a lack of skilled workers, the heads of industry associations have warned of a bleak future for Germany if ...
16 Jun 2022, 13:20 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry EU 91tv Despite high CO2 prices, emissions from coal-fired power stations in Germany have nearly reached pre-pandemic levels, according to a report published by the German Emissions ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
19 Aug 2020, 13:56 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Agriculture Der Spiegel Poor weather conditions are hurting German farmers鈥� harvests for the third year in a row,聽 Der ...
02 Dec 2021, 13:40 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Society Der Spiegel German consumer advocates are calling for a fair distribution of the energy transition's costs after the next government announced more ambitious climate plans. "If ...
03 Dec 2021, 13:18 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv / dpa Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 could more than double as a ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Electricity Gas 91tv The German government will stick to its plan to add gas power capacity in the country, despite the difficult supply situation for the fossil fuel caused by the energy crisis. 鈥淚 would ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs EU Handelsblatt / 91tv The looming trade conflict between Europe and the U.S. about government subsidies for green investments could be significantly defused after the American ...
19 Apr 2022, 13:33 Kerstine Appunn Gas Funke Mediengruppe Sourcing more natural gas domestically by using fracking is still not an option for Germany, even in the light of an ensuing energy shortage if Russian gas supplies stopped flowing, economy and ...
10 Aug 2020, 13:25 Coal Society n-tv Climate activists demanding an end to coal power occupied two German coal-fired powered stations over the weekend, news website n-tv reports. Around 20 members of Direkte Aktion Berlin, which campaigns for an end to ...
06 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
11 Nov 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics 91tv More than 700 companiess are demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies in Germany in an effort to boost fairer competition and secure the country status ...
28 Mar 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background, 91tv With the development of green hydrogen forming a key part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, leading research institutions have thrown their support behind the idea of ...
12 Oct 2022, 14:48 The European energy crisis is set to push Germany into a recession in 2023, as rising energy prices put a damper on industrial production and inflation means citizens will buy less, said the economy ministry in its autumn projection for ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:14 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry Efficiency Julian Wettengel Agriculture 91tv The Climate Neutrality Foundation has proposed a ...
11 Apr 2023, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Policy 91tv / WDR Key short-term energy saving rules are set to run out this week, as Germany has come out of a comparably mild winter and managed to avoid a severe gas shortage. A key regulation with ...
28 Jun 2021, 14:03 Edgar Meza Agriculture Europe鈥檚 leading crispbread maker Wasa is partnering with German rye suppliers to develop 鈥渃arbon farming鈥�, a type of organic farming that binds carbon dioxide in the soil while also minimizing pesticides and ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
23 Jul 2020, 12:30 The EU's and Germany's plans to push the use of green hydrogen to decarbonise the economy are likely to trigger a competitive race with China that will be crucial for a global breakthrough of the technology, says Kobad ...
08 Apr 2016, 00:00 In Czech company EPH, Vattenfall might have found a buyer for its lignite coal mines and power stations in Lusatia. But as the companies involved refuse to comment, environmentalists warn that coal has no future in a country that wants ...
05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry said in a statement ...
09 Feb 2018, 00:00 The coalition agreement by Germany's would-be coalition parties CDU/CSU and SPD is a step towards "realistic" Energiewende policy, says CDU energy policy spokesperson Joachim Pfeiffer. He argues a coal exit date for ...
08 May 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 91tv With the inauguration of a new onshore wind power testing mast with a height of 300 metres, project developers in Germany hope it will pave the way for a new generation of wind ...
23 Feb 2022, 14:35 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen EU 91tv The EU Commission's proposals for adapting the gas market to climate targets are not enough to ensure a rapid scale-up of the hydrogen economy, according to Germany's hydrogen ...
14 Sep 2022, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Readying retired German coal plants for use during the winter in case of gas shortfalls is not economically viable for the sector, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal industry has said. The lifetime ...
04 Apr 2023, 14:03 Edgar Meza Renewables Politics Tagesspiegel Background / epd The state of Lower Saxony is aiming to become a pioneer in geothermal energy, Tagesspiegel Background reports, citing an article by the epd news agency. "Geothermal ...
19 Jan 2022, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Transport Cost & Prices 91tv Germany has to reform its transport sector taxes to help reach climate targets, but also to ensure sufficient revenue in a climate-friendly mobility future, says a report ...
16 Feb 2023, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Cars DPA / Tagesspiegel The city of Hamburg is the first German state to ban new registrations of combustion engine taxis from 2025, reports newswire DPA in an article published in Tagesspiegel. "We hope that this ...
24 May 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Carbon market EU Handelsblatt The European Commission鈥檚 plans to use the sale of CO2 permits as a source of additional income is a risk to the EU鈥檚 entire climate architecture and emission reduction targets, utility RWE ...
04 Nov 2021, 13:32 Kerstine Appunn Carbon removal Ten projects researching different techniques for carbon direct removal (CDR) from the atmosphere will receive a total of 20 million euros in funding from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal science and education ministry ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv Several environmental groups are calling on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to quickly present 鈥渁 binding phase-out path for fossil gas鈥� by 2040 in order to enable the country鈥檚 complete decarbonisation and ...
25 Feb 2015, 00:00 The EU Commission has published its strategy paper on the creation of a European Energy Union. 91tv presents a brief summary of reactions out of Germany to the proposals. Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv International Policy See the ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government has nearly doubled subsidies within three years, but less than half of them have a positive effect on climate and the environment, ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv Existing estimates on how much green hydrogen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chemical industry will need to decarbonise vary widely, according to a meta-analysis by the country鈥檚 science academy acatech and DECHEMA, ...
15 Feb 2022, 13:24 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Paul Gordon Transport Government 91tv / RTL German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) wants to use regular scheduled flights more frequently ...
20 Jul 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German politicians are calling for investments in urban planning to better prepare cities for extreme weather events, such as the ...
09 Dec 2021, 13:38 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Frankfurter Rundschau The three candidates in the race to succeed CDU party leader Armin ...
14 Apr 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices ARD / Funke Mediengruppe The German government is set to cut subsidies for plug-in hybrid vehicles earlier than originally planned, public broadcaster ARD reports. The economy and climate ministry (BMWK ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:35 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The share of environmental taxes in Germany's public revenues fell to ...
26 Oct 2021, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv The German economy could suffer climate change-related damage totalling 730 billion euros in the next 50 years if countermeasures are not taken early enough, a new ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:18 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Handelsblatt None of the German ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:22 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
20 Sep 2021, 13:21 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Whoever forms the next federal government in Germany will need to make unpopular decisions if they are to meet the emissions cuts dictated by the country's ...
03 Feb 2022, 12:36 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv ...
29 Oct 2021, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy 91tv Germany spent 65.4 billion euros on environmentally harmful subsidies in 2018, with the majority going into energy and transport, the country's Federal Environment ...
16 Jan 2015
16 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Business Green "Germany breezes past 1GW offshore wind milestone" Germany's renewables industry is celebrating another milestone this week, as an industry-backed report confirmed ...
11 Apr 2016
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online/AFP/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淯tilities increase nuclear provisions鈥� The utilities have increased their provisions for the nuclear exit in the last year, according to a report by press agency AFP ...
04 Mar 2016, 00:00 On 13 March, three German states go to the polls in regional elections. Last time these states voted, energy policy was the hot topic, and Germany elected its first Green state premier. Now, energy and the climate have been completely ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Bioenergy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal agriculture ministry has launched a new support scheme for farmers to encourage investment in emission-reducing treatment of farm manure. Liquid manure, slurry, ...
15 May 2020, 16:34 The U.S. administration is aggressively promoting the country鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European partners, portraying it both as a supply that would help them diversify away from Russian gas and as a way to reduce greenhouse gas ...
28 Feb 2023, 14:17 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:41 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Industry dpa / Der Spiegel Tough and lengthy approval procedures are slowing down the ...
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 Feb 2022, 13:31 S枚ren 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,聽 reports 聽Der Spiegel. According to documents seen by the ...
24 Nov 2021, 11:32 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Germany's prospective new government has agreed on a coalition treaty. The Social Democrats (SPD),聽 Green Party, and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said they will present the agreement at a ...
08 Apr 2021, 12:38 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Agriculture 91tv A more vegetarian or vegan diet could halve Germans鈥� diets鈥� greenhouse gas emissions, shows a report ...
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 ...
30 Sep 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Handelsblatt The steel industry needs financial support of 13 to 35 billion euros to make the shift to climate-friendly steel production, according to an analysis conducted by think tank Agora Energiewende and ...
09 Feb 2022, 13:27 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Carbon removal Government Tagesspiegel Background The Free Democrats (FDP) are calling for progress on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:12 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Die Zeit, Handelsblatt, taz Climate protection has been high on the agenda in the run-up to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 26 September federal election, but one issue has been conspicuously absent from the debate: the ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany ...
19 Jan 2022, 12:09 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv Germany aims to secure a full supply of green hydrogen in its drive to become climate neutral, but may use blue hydrogen made with natural gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway for a ...
04 Feb 2022, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Renewables Hydrogen EU Tagesspiegel Background Europe and Africa should intensify their cooperation on renewables like wind and solar as well as green hydrogen production, which would have benefits for both sides, ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:40 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cars 91tv Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess is calling for a faster increase in the CO2 price, an earlier coal phaseout and a greater expansion of renewables. The day after the September 26 ...
15 Sep 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv Calculations by the ifo Institute for Economic Research suggest that postponing the decommissioning of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants would not help the ...
07 Mar 2023, 13:46 Edgar Meza Cars Spiegel, Handelsblatt The German government is aiming to see 15 million electric cars on the roads by 2030, but current sales are making this target increasingly difficult to reach, transport transition think tank Agora ...
03 Aug 2021, 14:52 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics If they are part of a future government, the German Greens want to install a climate ministry that has the right to veto other ministry鈥檚 plans in case they are not compatible with the Paris ...
24 Sep 2021, 11:20 Their goal is to create an entirely new industry, one that will become as important as today鈥檚 oil and gas giants, because the world will be in desperate need of removing carbon to mitigate climate change. Swiss company Climeworks has ...
14 Feb 2022, 14:15 Jessica Bateman Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Film industry leaders and politicians in Germany have announced plans for climate standards in film production, S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Online reports. 聽Speaking at a panel event during the ...
23 Nov 2022, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Policy 91tv / Reuters The gas and electricity 鈥減rice brakes鈥� that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government plans to finance with scooping up windfall profits made by power producers during the energy crisis ...
20 Jun 2022, 12:32 S枚ren Amelang Gas dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has rejected a suggestion by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) to allow the controversial fracking method to exploit unused natural gas deposits in the ...
02 Mar 2023, 14:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices dpa / Handelsblatt The scooping up of windfall profits of energy companies in Germany should end by mid-2023, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said. The measure that ...
04 Feb 2022, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Utilities WirtschaftsWoche The plans by large and small utilities to decarbonise their businesses are not enough for Germany to reach its climate targets, writes WirtschaftsWoche about a report published by consultancy ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Transport ZDF New transport minister Volker Wissing from the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector must 鈥渕ake a major contribution鈥� to ensure the country reaches climate neutrality. 鈥淚 am ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv Hybrid cars can make an important contribution to CO2聽savings and also facilitate the switch from combustion engines to electric vehicles, German transport minister Volker Wissing said ...
05 Nov 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs COP26 91tv Instead of distributing increasing amounts of their profits to shareholders, publicly-listed German corporations should invest more in climate protection, development and aid NGO ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:38 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Heinrich B枚ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society ...
01 Sep 2022, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany has to speed up the development of its infrastructure for hydrogen use, as the country faces several energy-related crises at once, 聽gas transmission grid operators said during the ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:55 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv German companies increasingly ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:06 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv German heating company Stiebel Eltron expects to produce a record 80,000 heat pumps by the end of the year, a 60 percent increase over 2021 amid booming demand for environmentally-friendly and ...
24 Aug 2020, 12:49 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Climate & CO2 tageszeitung (taz) ...
25 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany could play a decisive role in the global transition to renewable energy,聽Fatih Birol, executive director of the聽International Energy Agency (IEA ...
01 Oct 2021, 12:53 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Clean Energy ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Germany wants to rapidly increase the expansion of heat pumps and install 500,000 new units annually from 2024 onwards, said the economy and climate ministry, after agreeing a joint declaration ...
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25 Jan 2022, 13:38 Jessica Bateman Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The new German government鈥檚 ambitious climate and construction goals could be held back by a shortage of skilled workers, newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reports. ...
29 Mar 2022, 13:51 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 overall energy consumption slightly increased in 2021, ...
23 Mar 2021, 13:08 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International 91tv The COVID-19 crisis is widening the gap between ...
18 Aug 2020, 14:12 Climate & CO2 Rheinische Post / RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland / Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten Persistent drought has led 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Environment Minister Svenja Schulze to propose a 鈥渘ational water strategy鈥�, setting out new ...
04 Mar 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Security Energate messenger / 91tv The reduction of hard coal imports from Russia to Germany has pushed up prices significantly, the German coal import association VDKI told ...
09 Sep 2022, 14:06 Edgar Meza Transport Technology 91tv Synthetic jet fuel, known as e-kerosene, made from green hydrogen and sustainable CO2 could make the aviation industry fossil-free by 2050, according to a report by the German Energy ...
14 Jun 2022, 13:02 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German state of Bavaria and Scotland have signed an agreement aimed at the joint development of green hydrogen. The letter of intent expands cooperation on business and science. Bavarian ...
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 ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament聽 agreed 聽to reduce CO2聽emissions by at least 70 ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:40 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv The German government will use whatever state funds necessary to support the transition of the country鈥檚 industry to climate neutrality through so-called carbon contracts for difference (CCfD) ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:59 Hannah Naylor Climate & CO2 Electricity Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Lower economic growth and favourable weather have reduced 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy consumption by 3.5 percent in the first six months of the year, compared to ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Carbon removal Technology Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies will be required on a large scale in a climate-neutral economy, but these only make sense in combination with direct air ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:18 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv The conversion and expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid is going 鈥渘owhere as fast as necessary for the transformation,鈥� the new economy ...
22 Jul 2020, 13:22 Expert UFZ- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Umweltforschung- UFZ Climate & CO2 Renewables Society Climate & CO2 Focus Online / Rheinische Post Despite recent increases in rainfall, Germany is ...
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 ...
23 Nov 2021, 14:23 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Elections & Politics 91tv The new German government should enable ...
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17 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淲orries about solar eclipse鈥� On March 20, a solar eclipse will cover up to 80 percent of the sun in Germany and grid operators are concerned that massively ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The uncertain future of combustion engine cars is unsettling workers at German car industry supplier Bosch, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung聽 reported. Some 17 ...
21 Jul 2023, 11:27 Switching to climate-friendly heating to keep homes warm requires both subsidies for clean technologies and restrictions on dirty ones, says Duncan Gibb, senior advisor at climate think tank Regulatory Assistance Project and founder of ...
10 Jun 2020, 13:45 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
17 Jan 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Military obstacles and air traffic control systems often stand in the way of the much-needed expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, but the problem could be resolved quickly, said wind energy ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:26 Edgar Meza Gas Security WirtschaftsWoche As energy prices in Germany continue to rise, the chairman of the German Bundestag鈥檚 climate committee, Klaus Ernst, is pushing for the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to begin ...
29 Jun 2022, 13:00 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv / Reuters Germany will ...
26 Jan 2021, 12:05 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany will provide an additional 120 million euros in financial aid to ...
28 Apr 2016, 00:00 The German government has decided to spend one billion euros to boost e-mobility, with the car industry contributing another 600 million euros. Starting in mid-May, buyers of pure e-cars will receive a premium of 4,000 euros, among ...
20 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv A new area development plan for the expansion of offshore wind energy is a key step in helping Germany come closer to its target of installing at least 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, the economy and ...
07 Apr 2022, 13:51 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv Letting existing nuclear plants run longer will lead to large amounts of renewable energy ...
02 Feb 2022, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating Society 91tv The German government has agreed to review applications by home builders under a controversial funding programme set up by the previous administration. Its aim is to pacify ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:43 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Zeit Online / 91tv The premier of eastern German lignite mining state Brandenburg has said he is open to talks about an earlier coal phase-out under certain conditions. Energy supply must be reliable ...
22 Aug 2022, 13:07 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Rheinische Post / 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz and economy minister Robert Habeck want to deepen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy ties with Canada during a three-day state visit, with a particular focus on future ...
03 Aug 2022, 14:52 Edgar Meza Gas International S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As concern over dwindling Russian gas supplies rises, Germany is looking increasingly towards Africa for new sources of energy. Skyrocketing gas prices around the world are creating ...
21 Sep 2021, 14:00 Jessica Bateman Efficiency Heating S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The climate debate in Germany has been too focused on wind and solar electricity, and is ignoring the high volume of emissions that come from housing, Lamia Messari-Becker, ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
12 Oct 2021, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The reconstruction of villages destroyed in the extreme floods in western Germany in July does not adequately provide protection from similar events ...
14 Jan 2022, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hydrogen Reuters / Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German steelmaker Salzgitter wants to shift its entire steel production from blast furnaces to low-emission technologies by the middle of the next ...
03 Feb 2023, 13:36 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv Solar PV expansion in Germany jumped ...
15 May 2020, 14:20 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv The effects of climate change outside of Europe pose a much larger risk to Germany's ...
21 Feb 2022, 13:58 Edgar Meza Renewables Business & Jobs Handelsblatt In order to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ambitious energy transition targets, the pace of wind and solar power expansion is expected to quadruple in the coming years, but a lack of skilled ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The grid 鈥渟tress test鈥� conducted by Germany's power transmission grid operators suggests that letting two of the remaining three nuclear plants in the country run longer than planned ...
09 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Society Security 91tv The top risks perceived by German respondents in the聽 Munich Security Index 2021 聽survey by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) are climate change, the ...
21 Feb 2022, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany needs an "energy plan" to ensure energy prices remain affordable for households and businesses while protecting the climate, two conservative state premiers write in ...
12 Jan 2023, 13:51 Edgar Meza Efficiency 91tv Some 5.4 million households in Germany 鈥� or 13 percent of all households in the country 鈥� have concrete plans for one or more energy-efficient refurbishment measures in the next five years, ...
12 Oct 2021, 13:14 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Elections & Politics 91tv Several German agriculture and environment associations have聽 called 聽on the parties ...
15 Dec 2021, 13:42 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Finance Handelsblatt A new report by Swiss asset management firm Globalance Invest has examined the climatic impact of the 40 companies listed on the DAX, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading stock market index, and measured ...
28 Jul 2022, 12:25 S枚ren Amelang Society Tagesspiegel Background Far-right extremists in Germany have started to mobilise for a 鈥渉ot autumn鈥� of protests against soaring energy prices on social media, reports energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
27 Jan 2021, 13:30 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Mobility 91tv The German transport ministry (BMVI) has commissioned the German Aerospace ...
25 May 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Industry Handelsblatt / 91tv 聽The German government鈥檚 goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2045 has put companies from energy-intensive industries, such as steel, chemicals, paper and cement, ...
25 May 2022, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Wind Security RND / 91tv Germany wants to increase international cooperation on making the Baltic Sea an important location for offshore wind generation. The country plans to use its one-year presidency of the ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Technology 91tv Aside from forests and other natural greenhouse gas emission sinks, negative emissions technologies will be necessary to reach climate neutrality by mid-century, said the ...
30 Apr 2020, 12:37 Expert Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Climate & CO2 Policy International Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International ...
29 Sep 2021, 13:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Heating 91tv There ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes ...
06 Jan 2023, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Cars AFP / heise online The German government wants to stick to the development of synthetic fuels despite the planned phaseout of combustion engines at EU level by 2035. 鈧�1.9 billion have been earmarked to support the ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 A government appointed commission has unanimously suggested that Germany's four large utilities should pay a large share of their provisions made for storing nuclear waste into a state administered fund. While the idea of a fund is ...
10 Jun 2022, 13:10 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Wind Der Spiegel / 91tv The German government鈥檚 push for ...
29 May 2020, 13:11 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv This year鈥檚 spring in Germany was 鈥渆xtremely sunny, quite warm and much too dry鈥�, ...
29 Jun 2022, 12:59 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv An undersubscribed auction for solar power ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:27 Kerstine Appunn Wind Cost & Prices 91tv Growing uncertainties are putting off wind farm investors and have led to another public tender for new wind capacity being undersubscribed, German wind energy association BWE has ...
17 May 2022, 12:51 Edgar Meza Efficiency 91tv The economy and climate ministry has presented plans to make Germany save more energy and increase efficiency, particularly in view of the impact of the war in Ukraine on Russian fossil fuel ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages next winter, the Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has said in a report. Following a halt of Russian gas deliveries into Germany in September 2022, ...
29 May 2020, 10:31 The corona pandemic has upended the transition to sustainable urban mobility around the world. While the fear of infection has put people off public transport and vehicle sharing schemes, it has boosted private cars, cycling and walking ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:55 Edgar Meza Efficiency Die Welt Climate-neutrality in the residential building sector cannot be achieved with ever-more efficiency and insulation requirements, especially if real estate prices are to remain affordable, says the Federal ...
08 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Security NY Times / ZEIT, ARD, SWR / Dlf German defence minister Boris Pistorius has reacted cautiously to media reports that a pro-Ukrainian group could be behind the attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:02 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security ZDF / ARD 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister has arrived in Israel for talks about bilateral energy cooperation, with a focus on developing renewable energies rather than short-term deliveries of ...
23 Jun 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Heating dpa / Handelsblatt An agreement by the government coalition to split the extra costs from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new carbon price on heating fuels 50:50 between landlords and tenants has failed at the last ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics The conservative climate group KlimaUnion (ClimateUnion),聽which is made up of party members of the governing CDU/CSU alliance, released a position paper in which the members argue ...
11 Apr 2022, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas Funke Mediengruppe / 91tv Germany should look into the option of using fracking technology to extract domestic natural gas in light of the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia鈥檚 war against ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv The announcement of a new microchip factory of U.S. semiconductor producer Wolfspeed with an investment by German automotive industry supplier ZF has been welcome by ...
16 Aug 2016, 00:00 The rise of volatile wind and solar power in the share of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity generation means that keeping the grid stable becomes an ever more complex 鈥� and potentially costly 鈥� task. Predicting how many renewable megawatts will be ...
18 Jun 2021, 12:57 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The industrial lull caused by the pandemic largely contributed to a 12 percent decrease in CO鈧� emissions from power and industry units in Germany last year, according to a new report ...
27 Oct 2021, 13:33 S枚ren 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聽 report 聽by consultancy ...
19 May 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics International RND German federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has proposed the creation of an international organisation of countries to lead the way in climate protection, Andreas Niesmann writes for ...
29 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Hydrogen Energy associations Call for fair competition conditions for power storage facilities Energy business associations BDEW, BEE, BNE, BVES, VDMA and VKU have called on the parliamentary ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:22 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Jessica Bateman ...
29 Apr 2020, 13:14 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv This month was the sunniest and third-driest April in Germany since records began ...
23 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics WirtschaftsWoche The energy crisis forces Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, Stephan Weil, state premier of ...
21 Oct 2021, 13:24 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 91tv / dpa Several environmental organisations are calling for an immediate end to short ...
28 Apr 2020, 12:26 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Zeit Online / 91tv An unusually dry spring has subjected German forests to an "enormous stress test", ...
17 Nov 2020, 15:38 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International Zeit Online Germany needs a ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out n-tv The German Green Party has rejected criticism from the conservative CDU/CSU opposition alliance over economy and climate minister Robert Habeck鈥檚 decision to put two of the country鈥檚 remaining ...
20 Apr 2020, 13:37 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German farmers are fearing yet another dry summer as the country has ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:23 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Digitalisation Handelsblatt If German industry is to remain competitive and become more sustainable, the process of digitalisation needs to be much faster, writes Thomas Saueressig, executive board member of ...
25 Jan 2023, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs 91tv The German government no longer believes that the energy crisis will plunge Europe鈥檚 largest economy into recession this year. The government鈥檚 latest economic forecast said the ...
05 Aug 2022, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa / n-tv Amid an unprecedented rise in natural gas prices in Germany, the government has agreed on an additional levy on natural gas to help avoid importers going bankrupt ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:50 Charlotte Nijhuis Start-ups 91tv The next German government should provide more financial support for the founding and scaling of climate tech start-ups, argues the German Energy Agency (dena) on the basis of a new report ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:28 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 91tv Industry federations from France and Germany are lobbying for ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:22 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 dpa / Handelsblatt Germany's Green Party is proposing a plan to make the country's energy-intensive industries like steel and cement more climate-friendly, using a comprehensive package of ...
17 May 2021, 13:31 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) is putting a market ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:05 Environmentalists have denounced the car industry's continued reliance on climate-damaging vehicles as Europe's largest auto show IAA opens its doors to the public in Munich. Carmakers are presenting their visions for climate ...
17 Feb 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Policy 91tv A government-sponsored "renaissance of Europe's solar industry" is needed to ensure secure access to resources and hardware components that are ...
24 Jan 2022, 12:51 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Hydrogen Die Welt Investors plan to build an import terminal for synthetic methane made in the Middle East on Germany's North Sea coast, reports newspaper Die Welt. The company Tree Energy ...
15 Oct 2019, 12:22 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Large-scale afforestation and ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 91tv A local utility in southern Germany city Mannheim is building one of Europe鈥檚 largest heat pumps in a trial project attempting to use energy from the Rhine River for heating. The ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency Heating 91tv The living space per capita in Germany has grown significantly in recent years which has ...
22 Mar 2022, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Cars Handelsblatt German carmakers are warning a nickel shortage caused by the war in Ukraine could endanger the transition to electric mobility, Handelsblatt reports. Many manufacturers source nickel, which is used in ...
13 Sep 2021, 14:00 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 91tv A second televised debate between the three chancellor candidates for the German federal election has again seen the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz come out on ...
24 Feb 2021, 12:38 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw盲rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel Security 91tv German foreign minister Heiko Maas has reiterated his government鈥檚 calls to make climate change a key focus of all ...
08 Dec 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv The German government has launched a 900-million-euro auction scheme for green hydrogen imports. The idea of the so-called H2 Global mechanism is to procure the fuel on the world market and ...
06 May 2021, 13:10 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Finance 91tv The German Environment Agency (UBA)聽 is calling for more detailed environmental and climate protection ...
06 Feb 2020, 12:45 Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Rundschau It will be much tougher for the European Union to reach climate targets without climate 鈥減oster child鈥� UK after Brexit, ...
12 Mar 2020, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv The four seasons in Germany have been shifting over the last decades due to climate change, resulting in shorter winters and earlier summers, phenological data of plant growth ...
22 Aug 2022, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out dpa / Zeit Online Extending the runtime of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants will do very little to help the country weather the looming gas supply crisis, economy and climate minister ...
24 Nov 2021, 12:14 Jessica Bateman Industry The Federal Environment Ministry in Germany (BMU) is funding two projects researching alternatives to fossil fuel use in the glass industry. Glass manufacturer Schott, based in Mainz, will receive around 4.5 ...
08 Sep 2017, 00:00 Dieselgate, looming driving bans in German cities, an election debate on phasing out combustion engines, and the rapid ascent of e-car rival Tesla 鈥� this year鈥檚 Frankfurt car show (IAA) comes at an awkward time for German carmakers. The ...
10 Aug 2021, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Zeit Online / 91tv Following parliamentary elections in June, parties in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt have agreed on a new government coalition,聽 Zeit online reports. ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:13 Julian Wettengel International 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr St酶re have called for better coordination among coastal states to protect critical energy and communication ...
05 Apr 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society WirtschaftsWoche The renewed push for renewable energy expansion in Germany leaves no more room for the NIMBY (not in my backyard) mentality that has long stalled the buildout of wind turbines, solar ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Grid Energate The higher renewable targets of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will require a faster expansion of the power grid, Tim Meyerj眉rgens, COO of transmission grid operator TenneT, has told Energate. Connecting the ...
15 Feb 2022, 14:11 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / Der Spiegel German economy and climate protection minister Robert Habeck said hydrogen would soon establish itself as a key component of the energy transition, according to a dpa report ...
26 Jan 2022, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Renewables Resources & Recycling Rising metal prices could slow the shift towards a low-emission energy system, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) said in a聽 report. "If we ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid Nuclear phase-out Renewables Germany will not experience an electricity shortage as a result of an exit from coal and nuclear power generation if it rolls out renewables as planned, even if the country鈥檚 power ...
29 Sep 2020, 13:01 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Expert WBAE- Scientific Advisory Board ...
11 Oct 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Die Welt Europe鈥檚 bid to become the world鈥檚 first climate neutral continent can only succeed if nuclear energy gets a role in the region鈥檚 decarbonisation plans, French economy and finance minister ...
07 Oct 2021, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry In its efforts to slash CO2 emissions in steel production, thyssenkrupp Steel has announced what it describes as a milestone on its path to climate-neutral steel 鈥� its new bluemint Steel brand, produced with less ...
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 ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Policy dpa The German government has announced a comprehensive programme for energy savings as part of its push to reduce Germany's dependence on fossil fuel imports. "As the federal government, we ...
21 Oct 2021, 13:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency 91tv More than 60 energy scientists call for improving energy efficiency policy in an open letter to the German government, arguing it would be as important as building more renewable power ...
02 Sep 2019, 13:11 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Agriculture Spiegel Online 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Svenja Schulze has proposed rewarding forest owners who gear their forests towards nature and climate protection instead of timber production,聽 ...
11 May 2022, 12:48 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 91tv The ...
01 Jun 2021, 12:37 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Elections & ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:03 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 91tv Gas has started to flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany following a 10-day closure for annual maintenance work. The lower utilisation at around 40 percent of ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:57 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv It is possible to achieve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 target of covering half of heat production with renewable energies by 2030, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) said at the presentation of its ...
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27 May 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Handelsblatt German industry leaders expressed concerns that Germany will lose out when it comes to building a hydrogen economy, Handelsblatt reports. "It is five to twelve," Martin Bruderm眉ller, CEO ...
01 Jul 2022, 13:02 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv / NDR The closure of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 last wind turbine rotor ...
07 Sep 2021, 14:01 Expert B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance Watch Germany Finance Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Better company reporting, more good examples set by ...
10 Feb 2023, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Politics 91tv The transformation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy system away from fossil fuels must quickly be reinforced by sufficient 鈥渕olecule-based鈥� power plant capacity that can back up the ...
16 Mar 2021, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Climate & CO2 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background German energy utility RWE is struggling to make the transition to climate-neutrality, according to a report published by EnergyComment and commissioned ...
07 Sep 2020, 14:16 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:55 Julian Wettengel Gas Nuclear phase-out Finance EU 91tv More than 100 NGOs from across Europe have called on Germany's aspiring chancellor Olaf Scholz to do everything in his power as current finance minister and ...
07 Feb 2022, 13:42 Jessica Bateman Bioenergy Transport Die Zeit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national railway provider Deutsche Bahn has announced plans to run all trains on biofuels by 2040, newspaper Die Zeit reports. The group says it is phasing out diesel and wants to ...
23 Jan 2020, 13:23 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's emissions fell stronger in 2018 than originally assumed, the country's ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The German government supports European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 proposal to increase the bloc鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to between 50 and 55 percent, ...
21 Sep 2022, 12:59 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv 2022 will become a record year for solar power generation in Germany, data by research institute Fraunhofer ISE鈥檚 Energy Charts suggests. 鈥淏y mid-September, solar plants in Germany had already ...
08 Aug 2019, 14:03 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Agriculture Deutsche Welle Politicians from the Green Party and Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany have proposed an increase in value added tax (VAT) on meat from 7 percent to the standard rate of ...
09 Jun 2021, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy International Tagesspiegel Background The EU's Fit for 55 package must reconcile climate protection with a prosperous economy and leave member states with enough flexibility, the German ...
05 Mar 2021, 13:51 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Transport 91tv Customized flight routes for individual planes could significantly lower the aviation sector& ...
16 Nov 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Business Cost & Prices 91tv Ten percent of German companies are currently at increased risk of insolvency due to the effects of the energy crisis and supply chain problems, according to an analysis by ...
15 Mar 2022, 14:02 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices dpa / Der Spiegel While high petrol and diesel prices are causing consternation among German consumers, they are not slowing down motorists, according to a dpa report carried by Der Spiegel. Citing an ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann International Handelsblatt International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol is weary of too much optimism about energy security in Europe ahead of the 2023 winter, he said in an interview with newspaper Handelsblatt. ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv High prices and possibly also pleas by the government are driving down gas consumption in Germany, reports Jakob Schlandt in energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen 91tv Germany must accelerate the ramp-up of a hydrogen economy in response to Russia's aggressions to secure and diversify its energy supply, according to the hydrogen council (NWR), which ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:59 Expert Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Bundesanstalt f眉r Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Climate & CO2 Resources & Recycling Policy Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling Die Zeit / dpa The Federal ...
09 Dec 2019, 12:56 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Rose-Anne Clermont Climate & CO2 91tv The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) outlined measures that demonstrate how EU ...
22 Jul 2019, 14:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The protection and expansion of German forests is becoming increasingly important to climate protection, as prolonged droughts have begun ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:28 Edgar Meza Coal Finance 91tv As part of its efforts to achieve a coal phaseout in Germany by 2030, Commerzbank is introducing a number of measures aimed at decreasing business linked to fossil fuels. From 1 January, ...
20 Dec 2022, 14:10 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Government 91tv The German government and the country鈥檚 largest gas supplier Uniper have agreed on a framework to carry out the struggling company鈥檚 nationalisation ...
06 Jan 2020, 14:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv People have to do 鈥渆verything humanly possible鈥� to deal with global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel聽 said in her New Year鈥檚 speech 2020. 鈥淚t is still possible,鈥� said the ...
02 Jun 2022, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities rbb / 91tv The city of Berlin must consider building large modern wind turbines on its territory if it wants to meet its contribution to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power expansion target, the city state鈥檚 ...
14 Jun 2021, 12:17 The German Greens opted for a moderate climate policy path at a party conference over the weekend and officially anointed party co-leader Annalena Baerbock as chancellor candidate for the September elections. Facing a recent dip in the ...
09 Mar 2022, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Coal Gas International General-Anzeiger Europe could manage to stop Russian energy imports by using more coal for power production in the short term, said the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
13 Sep 2021, 13:50 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Cost & Prices Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel The head of the Federation of German Consumer ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The announcement by Spain, Portugal and France to pull the plug on the MidCat gas pipeline project across the Pyrenees comes as a 鈥渄isappointment鈥� for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government, which had hoped to ...
02 Jun 2022, 13:27 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Warm weather and energy saving measures in the context of rising prices ...
11 Nov 2022, 13:50 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Stuttgarter Nachrichten / 91tv Regional transmission system operator Terranets bw in Baden ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:41 Edgar Meza Society 91tv A large majority of German households have lowered indoor temperatures this winter amid soaring energy costs, according to a report by indoor climate management company Tado. With nearly 80 percent ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating dpa / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn will have to pay between 40 million and 50 million euros for the use of fossil fuels like diesel and heating ...
13 Mar 2015
13 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淒eserted鈥� 100 works councils of the four big German utilities held a crisis summit in Berlin on Thursday, Markus Balser writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Because the big ...
18 Feb 2022, 12:03 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas Cost & Prices 91tv An ...
15 Sep 2020, 14:29 Agriculture Wirtschaftswoche / 91tv A petition to put greenhouse gas emissions labelling on food was heard by the German parliament鈥檚 petition committee after it was signed by nearly 60,000 people, writes Pauline Faust in ...
11 Feb 2016
11 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment sees no future for two thirds of ski regions鈥� The government predicts that with a 2 degree Celsius warming, 61 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ski regions would not be suitable ...
24 May 2019, 13:24 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Spiegel Online The goal of becoming a ...
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, ...
06 Apr 2022, 09:49 Europe must act as a true green electricity and hydrogen union to stand its ground in a competitive world that moves to climate neutrality, says energy analyst Kirsten Westphal. The continent should establish hydrogen corridors to ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:35 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv German energy company RWE is set to bring three lignite power plant units in the western part of the country back online in the coming days to help secure power supply during the coming winter, ...
21 Mar 2022, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Bild / ARD / 91tv The German government coalition partners are debating ways to lower the burden on citizens as energy prices have increased substantially over the past months, reports ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:56 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 91tv / Reuters Germany is examining the introduction of state guarantees for investments in wind and solar power to improve the country鈥檚 industrial potential, economy minister Robert Habeck has ...
24 Feb 2022, 13:17 Edgar Meza Industry Hydrogen 91tv Stakeholders are in broad agreement on the necessary drivers and obstacles for Germany's hydrogen market ramp-up, a poll by the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) ...
03 Aug 2021, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Hamburger Abendblatt The cooperative bank Sparda in Germany's second largest city Hamburg is trying out a new "climate credit" scheme that is supposed to help clients finance more climate ...
16 Mar 2022, 14:35 Edgar Meza Industry Technology 91tv Cement production is responsible for about seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, but a process known as CO2 mineralisation can cut the output of the greenhouse gas by up to a ...
28 Aug 2020, 11:53 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Handelsblatt / 91tv Revenues from vegetarian and vegan substitutes at the German cold cuts company R眉genwalder were higher than those from regular meat for the first time in July 2020, reports ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:16 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry ...
07 Apr 2022, 13:28 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Efficiency 91tv After keeping pleas to the public to use less energy to a minimum amid the Ukraine war and the ensuing energy crisis so far, the German government has published efficieny advice ...
19 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport Cars 91tv A ban on sales of new combustion engines by ...
16 Feb 2018, 00:00 A group of energy transition researchers will present their findings on the transformation of the German energy system at the world鈥檚 largest general scientific conference organised by the American Association for the Advancement of ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv Long approval procedures and insufficient land designation mean the expansion of wind power capacity across Germany is too slow to meet climate targets, a聽 report 聽by the federal and state ...
10 Dec 2019, 13:27 Rose-Anne Clermont Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv As part of a revised industrial energy strategy drafted by economy minister Peter Altmaier (CDU), the German government contemplates capturing and storing ...
21 Aug 2020, 14:14 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Agriculture Tagesspiegel Background German farmers should consider switching to more heat resistant crops, Ernst Rauch, chief climate scientist at reinsurance group Munich Re, told Heike Jahberg in an ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Coal EU Tagesspiegel Background The planned revision of EU climate, energy and environmental state aid guidelines could lead to the German government re-opening its coal phase-out decisions, writes Tagesspiegel ...
05 Oct 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Some of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 partner countries are currently charging irrationally high prices for supplying natural gas to the country since Russia has ceased to be an import source, ...
15 Nov 2022, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The German government has nationalised energy company Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE), formerly Gazprom Germania, in a bid to secure gas supply to the country, the ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:08 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables Handelsblatt / ...
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 ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal dpa / rbb / Spiegel Online Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has said Germany should stick to its existing timetable for exiting coal no later than 2038. "We have made ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:35 Paul Gordon Industry Policy 91tv A company alliance has called for closer cooperation on the capture, storage and transport of CO2聽between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In a聽 joint letter, the signatories 鈥� among ...
13 Jan 2022, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Industry dpa/ Die Welt / Handelsblatt / 91tv Industry companies are calling for an end to the southern German state of Bavaria鈥檚 particularly strict minimum distance wind power rules. Bavarian ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:33 Expert German Trade Union Association Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Society Elections & Politics dpa / Zeit Online Climate change and the energy transition should ...
05 Jan 2022, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn Cars Handelsblatt German carmaker Porsche wants to continue selling cars with combustion engines and invests in the production of synthetic fuels to lower their emissions. In a first step, the company is investing 20 ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 revised climate targets mean the country's coal power phase-out will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned, newspaper ...
24 Oct 2022, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Society dpa / 91tv Several thousand people took to the streets across Germany on 22 October to demand solidarity and redistribution in the energy crisis, news agency dpa reported. With the ...
20 Sep 2021, 13:25 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices Society 91tv Over half of Germans would support a higher CO2 price in transport and heating if the revenue was redistributed to consumers rather than kept by the ...
30 Jan 2023, 15:52 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Table.Media / taz [CLARIFICATION: It is not just Agora Energiewende which says LNG expansion plans are oversized. The grid operators in their draft plan state that if all planned LNG capacity is ...
11 Nov 2021, 13:22 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Freight 91tv The electrification of road freight transport is not only already possible in the short term but also promises economic advantages for companies that adopt it, according to a聽 ...
02 Jul 2021, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Der Spiegel The German conservative CDU/CSU alliance has stabilised its position as the country's most popular party again, relegating the Green Party firmly to the second place, according ...
09 Feb 2022, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency Heating 91tv Demand for low-emission heating systems is rising rapidly in Germany, but a large majority of buyers are still opting for installations powered by fossil fuels. Sales of heat pumps rose ...
10 Nov 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Cars Cities 91tv One out of five cars in Germany's municipal vehicle fleets is now electric, according to a survey 聽conducted by clean mobility think tank聽Agora Verkehrswende, which ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels Security 91tv The German government is releasing oil reserves from the country鈥檚 Petroleum Stockholding Association (EBV) in an effort to calm the oil market. The move follows a decision on Wednesday ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 91tv A need for energy supply security has increased acceptance in the German population towards the expansion of renewables, a survey by the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) found. ...
05 Jan 2021, 12:58 Julian Wettengel EU Tagesspiegel Background Future energy relations between the European Union and the UK remain somewhat uncertain after the post-Brexit trade agreement reached over the holidays delegated many decisions to expert ...
14 Apr 2022, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Tageszeitung (taz) Europe鈥檚 energy dependence on Russia is not limited to fossil fuels but also extends to nuclear power, and German company Siemens Energy鈥檚 continued cooperation with Russia ...
18 Mar 2021, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The German Greens propose a large public investment programme to support the transition to a climate-friendly economy and a phase-out of combustion engine car sales by 2030 in their ...
10 Feb 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv CO2 emissions from the German power mix range between 87 and 664 grammes per kilowatt-hour depending on the time of year and day, researchers from consultancy EUPD Research ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:22 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv The Association of German Engineers (VDI) calls for legal, regulatory and economic framework conditions to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy sources in the heating sector. These could ...
14 Apr 2021, 15:02 S枚ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics 91tv Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to enter the election campaign with a pledge to extend emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate ...
04 Aug 2021, 13:55 Charlotte Nijhuis Freight 91tv Electricity-based synthetic fuels 鈥� so-called power-to-x fuels (PtX) 鈥� are a 鈥渃entral building block鈥� in making maritime and air transport climate-friendly, environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Transport S眉ddeutsche 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 ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:04 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Industry dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / RND German industry federation BDI has warned ...
17 Jun 2021, 13:02 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Elections & Politics 91tv The possible impact of the next German government's climate policy is dividing the corporate sector into two equally strong camps, according to a survey of ...
18 Jun 2021, 11:17 Julian Wettengel Industry Elections & Politics 91tv The German Green Party鈥檚 chancellor candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has refined her party鈥檚 proposal to introduce so-called Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) to ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar Utilities 91tv Germany must urgently and massively step up the rollout of solar power in order to become more independent from Russian energy imports and reach its climate targets, the country ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Gas Finance Handelsblatt The parties likely to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next coalition government- 聽the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) 鈥� disagree over whether ...
