19 Feb 2024, 09:49 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt The European Commission has approved a subsidy scheme by the German government worth 4 billion euros to help reduce emissions from industry production. Support would be given ...
17 May 2024, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv There is a significant potential in the northern Baltic states, especially in Finland, to produce green hydrogen for export to central Europe, said a report by certifier and consultancy DNV, ...
25 Mar 2015
25 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Institute for Applied Ecology / Friends of the Earth Germany Exit from lignite possible by 2030 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national and regional climate goals imply that lignite mining will have to stop much ...
21 Aug 2018, 15:33 The projected rise in CO2 prices in Europe could see coal-fired power plants being replaced by gas plants in Germany, thereby saving millions of tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions and helping the country to achieve its energy transition ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:27 Julian Wettengel Utilities Correctiv / Wirtschaftswoche Many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large local utilities continue to bet on fossil gas for heating and stall the transition to more climate-friendly ways to heat homes, found business weekly ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
07 Oct 2022, 14:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables dpa / Die Welt / 91tv The state premier of Brandenburg, Germany's second largest coal mining region, has rejected calls to bring the end of coal use forward to 2030, becoming the ...
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: The secret behind 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 record renewables buildout As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry鈥檚 toughest problem: slow permitting, writes Bloomberg. Bloomberg: ...
12 Jan 2016
12 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淗ead lobbyist of the energy sector goes to RWE鈥� Hildegard M眉ller, who was chairwoman at the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) for seven years, will become member of ...
11 Apr 2023, 13:34 Julian Wettengel International 91tv / Bloomberg The G7 countries cause a large part of the world's resource consumption and the associated damage to the climate and environment and thus have to 鈥渁ccept their ...
18 Sep 2024, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon removal 91tv Europe should establish a so-called 鈥淐arbon Central Bank鈥� 鈥� an institution to oversee a market mechanism to remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere 鈥� to reach climate targets, ...
29 Mar 2022, 12:06 Edgar Meza Coal Der Spiegel A state court in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled in favour of German utility RWE in a land dispute linked to the expansion of its Garzweiler lignite opencast mine located in the western German hamlet of ...
05 Sep 2024
05 Sep 2024, 11:01 91tv Team Le Monde: France's Macron appoints Michel Barnier, former European commissioner, as prime minister The appointment of the EU's former Brexit negotiator, a member of the right-wing Les R茅publicains party, comes after ...
03 Jul 2015
03 Jul 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Ruby Russell Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy State secretary Baake: power market 2.0 guarantees supply security 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and energy ministry is proposing a reform of the power market based on an energy ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Grid Security 91tv / Der Spiegel Disruptions to electricity supply within the German network remained around the ten-year average in 2023, the year in which the country had to deal with the fallout of the ...
06 Jul 2022, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Tagesspiegel Background The reactivation of mothballed coal plants in Germany- in response to the energy crisis fuelled by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine- could include old lignite-fired power stations which do ...
06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
25 Sep 2024
25 Sep 2024, 12:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: Climate change made Europe's deadly floods worse and more likely More intense rainfall is expected as global temperatures rise. Global warming is becoming a costlier problem for Europe. Bloomberg: Where cargo ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Onshore wind power auctions held in November in Germany have led to a new record in submitted bids, the country鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. Bidders submitted ...
31 Mar 2017, 00:00 LEAG, the owner of one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest lignite-mining operations, has scrapped plans by former owner Vattenfall to expand one of its lignite mines. The company is also downsizing or putting on hold development of two other mines. ...
18 Jan 2016
18 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv WindGuard / VDMA 2015 record year for offshore wind power installation Offshore wind capacity of 2,282.4 megawatt (MW) was connected to the German grid in 2015, Deutsche WindGuard has calculated. ...
14 Jul 2015
14 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv RWE 鈥淧oll 鈥� Lignite is essential stabiliser for energy supply鈥� Two thirds of Germans believe electricity prices have a large influence on the competitiveness of German industry, according to a ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Technology Society Heise online / mdr Work has begun on the construction of the world鈥檚 highest wind turbine in the eastern German lignite region Lusatia,聽 reports 聽technology website heise online. The ...
10 Feb 2022, 14:18 Jessica Bateman Coal n-tv The state premier of easterm German coal mining state Saxony Anhalt has said he believes the goal for an earlier coal phase-out date in 2030 is unlikely to be achieved, news website n-tv reports. Speaking ...
10 Oct 2022, 13:41 The German state should support households and businesses with about 90 billion euros by early 2024 to lower gas bills, said an expert commission charged by the government with drawing up a plan to relieve gas consumers affected by ...
13 Jun 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Coal 91tv The planned coal phase-out in eastern Germany could threaten water supply in and around the country鈥檚 capital, as significantly less groundwater will be pumped into the river Spree ...
04 May 2015
04 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Bild/Lichtblick 鈥淭esla and Lichtblick plan energy revolution鈥� Hamburg-based renewable electricity provider Lichtblick is cooperating with Tesla to integrate the e-car company鈥檚 new 鈥淧owerwall Home ...
13 Jul 2019, 13:04 Germany should introduce a price on carbon emissions for sectors such as transport and buildings currently not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, the government鈥檚 top economic advisors have proposed. This would work as an ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Citizens' energy Solar pv magazine Plug-in solar panels accounted for 200 megawatts (MW) of added photovoltaic (PV) power capacity in Germany in the first half of 2024, pv magazine reports, citing data from the Federal ...
24 Oct 2022, 13:43 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices 91tv / ...
23 Dec 2020, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Cars Stuttgarter Nachrichten German car supplier Bosch鈥檚 supervisory board head Franz Fehrenbach has criticised the EU for what he calls its preferential treatment of electric cars, saying this is to the detriment of ...
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 ...
03 Sep 2024, 14:09 Jennifer Collins Carolina Kyllmann Grid Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Reforming Germany's grids fees for industrial electricity consumers as a way to incentivise flexible power consumption and boost the use of ...
04 Apr 2019, 15:12 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 percent in 2018 as warm weather and higher prices dampened the use of climate-damaging fossil fuels. The government called the largest drop since the 2009 recession the 鈥渇irst notable ...
24 Jan 2022, 12:32 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Coal dpa Only a fraction of the promised financial aid for coal regions has been distributed, triggering worries that a just transition is being put at risk, reports newswire dpa in an article ...
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 ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is expected to adopt a regulation on 13 July that would allow operators of certain hard coal plants to temporarily reactivate their units to help ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:11 Current polls suggest Germany's elections on 26 September will be followed by complicated coalition talks, but the Green Party refuses to reveal what they consider red lines during the negotiations. The party's climate policy ...
Drivers of cars powered by natural gas and operators of gas refilling stations should be careful after the recent explosion of a VW vehicle of this type, writes Christian Siedenbiedel in a commentary for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. It is too early to ...
05 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany has crossed a symbolic milestone in its energy transition by briefly covering around 100 percent of electricity use with renewables for the first time ever on 1 January. In the whole of last year, the world鈥檚 fourth largest ...
08 Aug 2024
08 Aug 2024, 15:22 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Unpacking 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hydrogen import strategy: 3 considerations for Global South partners Expectation that lower production costs can partially offset high conversion losses & transport costs may not ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
07 Jul 2022, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Coal Gas rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal power station operators are struggling to implement the reactivation of mothballed plants, which the country鈥檚 parliament is set to approve on Thursday in order to save natural gas in the face ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
16 Feb 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Handelsblatt / Reuters / Spiegel The German government has settled its dispute over future CO2 rules for cars and will not call for more stringent EU fleet emission limits than currently proposed by the European ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:37 Jessica Bateman Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen EU Tagesspiegel Background German industry association BDI has criticised the EU鈥檚 natural gas taxonomy plans due to conditions regarding the share of climate-friendly gases in newly built ...
11 Oct 2022, 12:47 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt / Die Welt Media reactions to the German expert commission's 90 billion euros gas price relief proposal has been largely negative, with many ...
28 Nov 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Society Der Spiegel / 91tv Climate activists occupying the western German town of L眉tzerath to prevent it from being destroyed to make way for a nearby coal mine are to be evicted from January next ...
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鈥檚 future energy and infrastructure ...
06 Aug 2024, 13:15 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Efficiency 91tv / M眉nchner Merkur The number of applications for state support to pay for counselling on how to improve energy efficiency in residential buildings reached a new high of 80,000 ...
16 Jan 2023, 14:08 The Green Party's leadership has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the village of L眉tzerath to expand a neighbouring mine as part of a larger deal to exit coal in western Germany by ...
01 Aug 2022, 13:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security dpa / Zeit Online The first retired hard coal ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:24 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
29 Oct 2018, 16:39 The elections in the German state of Hesse have set in motion a major shift in the country's political landscape. Germany's national government coalition parties took the second pounding at regional elections in a row, ...
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 ...
11 Sep 2023, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Most people in Germany agree with the 鈥渃ore aim鈥� of the government鈥檚 controversial building energy law to replace old fossil heating systems with sustainable alternatives, ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt Several large energy companies say that a potential bottleneck for components needed for gas turbines in power stations could threaten Germany's plans for expanding gas-fired power generation in ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Hydrogen Technology 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 key document laying out its climate and energy policy targets and plans shows that the country 鈥渋s underestimating the scale and complexity of the ...
02 Sep 2021, 14:03 Edgar Meza Cars Hydrogen 91tv The Monopolies Commission, an independent expert committee that advises the German government and legislature on competition issues, is urging the government to ensure fair competition in the ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:04 The upcoming rules in the European Union taxonomy for sustainable investments have to treat the supply of fossil gas different from the buildout of infrastructure that can also be used with green gases, said Jan Philipp Albrecht, Green ...
15 Dec 2021, 12:09 S枚ren Amelang Coal 91tv A large hard coal power station and two small-scale combined heat and power plants in Germany are set to stop selling electricity by May 2023 as part of the country's coal exit. In the fourth ...
04 Sep 2023, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Industry Cost & Prices Policy Handelsblatt The premiers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 16 federal states have urged the EU to enable electricity price subsidies in support of industry,聽 reports 聽business daily Handelsblatt. In a joint ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv Technologies to capture and store or use carbon dioxide from industrial processes will become "a special focus" of the next round of Germany's pioneering subsidy ...
17 May 2016
17 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel / Vattenfall 鈥淎round 3,000 participants end blockade鈥� As part of the worldwide protests 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥� around 3,000 demonstrators from all over ...
24 Jun 2016, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first roadmap for decarbonisation by the middle of the century has been delayed amid industry fears that tough climate targets would endanger the country鈥檚 economic competitiveness and growth. The Environment Ministry in ...
03 Jul 2024, 13:25 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv / PV Magazine There are too few installations of solar panels on the roofs of apartment buildings across Germany, making rental homes an underutilised source for renewable energy generation, ...
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 ...
20 Dec 2022, 13:21 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy consumption in 2022 went down by 4.7 percent compared to last year, hitting its lowest level since the country鈥檚 reunification, according to preliminary data by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB). ...
17 Nov 2015
17 Nov 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淐an E.ON survive alone?鈥� Writing for WitschaftsWoche, Christof Sch眉rmann says there are doubts over whether the new E.ON, which will split from its fossil-fuel business in a few weeks, will be ...
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 ...
06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
26 Nov 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future coalition government is planning the implementation of a 鈥�coal foundation鈥� to ensure an earlier coal phase-out. 鈥淭he establishment of a foundation or company that organises the ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:13 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The planned expansion of district heating in Germany will require 43.5 billion euros in investment by 2030 to help the country reach its climate targets, said a report by analysis ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The results of Germany's latest offshore wind power auction indicate that revenues are on a sharp decline, reported energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
26 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥� A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
20 May 2020, 13:50 Months of dispute within the government coalition and the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have significantly slowed down progress on a number of important German energy transition projects. The coal exit law has yet to be adopted by ...
16 Dec 2021, 12:23 Edgar Meza Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Institute for Economic Research (ifo Institute) has warned that the planned economic transformation of lignite mining regions could fail if subsidies are not better targeted. The federal ...
25 Oct 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal dpa / Stern Germany's mining labour union and the premier of a lignite mining state have warned against speeding up the country's coal exit under a new government. In their current ...
08 Feb 2016
08 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment could use mercury limits to take coal plants offline鈥� The government 鈥渉as a plan B up its sleeve" in case there is no political agreement on a coal exit, reports ...
03 Nov 2021, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government has spent 16.3 billion euros supporting projects to help coal mining regions with the transition away from the fossil fuel industry, a first report by the federal ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Focus Online / B枚rsen-Zeitung Plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future government coalition to bring forward the coal exit to 2030 have elicited criticism from state politicians in the country鈥檚 coal mining regions, Focus Online ...
03 Nov 2021, 14:30 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv / dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populated state and home to some of the largest still operating lignite mines and coal power stations could phase-out the fossil fuel as early as 2030, ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
17 Jul 2024
17 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel EU Council greenlights 鈧�2.3 billion energy transition support for Germany The EU approved 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 amended recovery and resilience plan, which now includes an additional 鈧�2.3 billion to contribute to accelerating ...
22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
22 Dec 2023, 08:48 Germany made dealing with the consequences of climate change more binding in 2023, and it must now use this momentum to step up implementation, says Christian Kind, adaptation head of programme at think tank adelphi. Spreading the costs ...
07 Nov 2019, 14:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance Focus Online The head of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, says the EIB will turn into a "climate bank" and expand the share of climate-related activities in its portfolio to 50 ...
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 Nov 2021, 16:01 After a week of political announcements, ministers this week join their negotiators to hash out the nitty-gritty of the Paris Agreement rulebook and eyes are on a possible solution for carbon markets under Article 6. Meanwhile in ...
13 Oct 2015
13 Oct 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv (Modifies headline to clearify sourcing) 聽 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he VW scandal calls Brussels into action鈥� Even after the VW emissions cheating scandal, it appears the German government is trying to ...
04 Aug 2023, 12:12 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv The German government aims to submit the draft update of the country鈥檚 national energy and climate plan (NECP) to the EU sometime this summer, a spokesperson from the economy and climate ministry ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:19 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv Nine gas transmission system operators (TSOs) from countries bordering the Baltic Sea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that declares the aim to coordinate and facilitate the buildout ...
21 Dec 2022, 10:51 The uptake of net zero targets among India鈥檚 industrial giants is unlikely to translate into rapid emissions reductions given a lack of adequate policies, funding and regulatory oversight. On the contrary, the country's steelmakers ...
12 Jun 2020, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Mobility Digitalisation 91tv The coronavirus pandemic has boosted digitalisation because it forced many people to do without business trips, work remotely and shop online, which offers ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:12 Edgar Meza Gas EU 91tv German policymakers and utilities have welcomed a European Commission聽 proposal asking EU聽member states聽to聽adopt聽voluntary measures to reduce聽gas聽consumption amid fears of Russia cutting off ...
24 Jun 2015
24 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Energy minister speech at utilities congress Government considers alternative to climate levy The proposal to charge old coal-fired power stations a 鈥渃limate levy鈥� to force them reduce CO2 ...
17 Sep 2021, 12:36 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv / Spiegel Online German energy company RWE is ready to close down its coal-fired power stations earlier than prescribed by the country鈥檚 coal exit law, CEO Markus Krebber told聽 Spiegel Online. RWE ...
07 Jun 2016
07 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Crucial German power grid extension delayed The construction and completion of important power lines in Germany will be delayed by at least three ...
20 Dec 2023, 10:40 Money that Germany has earmarked for climate action should be spent on projects that have a direct impact on key sectors, says Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). The economist warns against cross ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Coal 91tv / Der Spiegel A German court has ruled against the country鈥檚 newest coal plant, finding that building permission for the facility was granted illegally. The ruling removes one of two legal foundations ...
07 Jul 2023, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Carbon market 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emissions under the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) remained constant in 2022 compared to the previous year, the annual report from the German Emissions Trading ...
29 May 2024, 15:19 One year later than originally planned, French president Emmanuel Macron paid a three-day state visit to Germany that allowed him to reinforce calls for closer European cooperation in the week before the EU elections. Both Macron and ...
15 Jan 2015
15 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Reuters "Merkel dashes loss-making power plants' aid hopes" Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was sceptical about capacity markets that would give extensive support to old coal fired ...
04 Oct 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Coal Society 91tv The town of L眉tzerath that has become a symbolic battle ground for climate activsits in Germany will be demolished to make room for a nearby coal mine, the state government of North-Rhine ...
11 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv Germany's federal government has released the structural aid to hard coal power plant regions, the energy聽 ministry announced. By signing an administrative agreement with the states concerned, ...
27 Jun 2024, 14:07 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society More than two thirds of Germans say they would 鈥渞ather not鈥� or 鈥渄efinitely not鈥� make financial sacrifices and lower their personal standard of living for the benefit of the climate, according to a ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:57 Jennifer Collins Technology Heating Policy 91tv / n-tv Germany wants to accelerate the use of geothermal plants coupled with large heat pumps and heat storage facilities by easing approval procedures hindering their ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
10 Dec 2021, 14:05 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs 91tv Investments in the former coal mining region in the western German state of ...
24 Feb 2015, 00:00 A vote in the European Parliament on the reform of the EU's emissions trading system has prompted applause by some and disappointment from others. The 91tv has compiled some of the reactions out of Germany to the ...
15 Oct 2021, 14:29 Three weeks after 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 election, the country is moving one step closer towards its first three-party government coalition. Following several days of intensive preliminary talks, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Free ...
13 Jun 2024, 13:30 This year's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, to be held in a secluded luxury resort in the Puglia region on 13-15 June, has been largely sidelined in the country's public discourse as the focus is firmly on the campaign for ...
21 Mar 2016
21 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Reuters / EnBW 鈥淕ermany's EnBW cuts dividend, sees lower profits in 2016鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third largest utility EnBW posted a 125-million-euro net profit in 2015, but the adjusted operating result ...
30 Nov 2021, 10:50 The three "traffic light coalition" parties have agreed to form Germany's next government and tabled a coalition treaty that they promise will put the country on a path compatible with Paris Climate Agreement 's ...
14 Jul 2021, 13:05 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal 91tv Germany's ...
17 Feb 2016
17 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt / Ministry for Environment 鈥淓verything for the climate鈥� The Ministry for Environment (BMUB) is about to enter the second phase of consultation for its Climate Action Plan 2050, and has ...
20 Jul 2022, 14:02 Hannah Naylor Coal Transport n-tv Low river levels across Germany, including on the Rhine, are threatening the supply of shipped materials such as coal, chemicals and gravel, reports n-tv. The drought comes at a time when demand is ...
08 Jul 2021, 13:32 Expert Vattenfall Energy company Electricity market Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv / Tagesschau The hard coal power station Moorburg in Hamburg was closed down for good on 7 July, reported public broadcaster Tagesschau ...
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 ...
28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / 91tv The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:21 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv / Handelsblatt Companies in Germany continue to be ...
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鈥� association VDV ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv As the European Union has entered into the process of selecting a new leadership team for the next legislative term after the June elections, key climate science advisors call on the ...
15 Jul 2021, 14:02 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU taz / FAZ / Volksstimme The European Commission鈥檚 legislative proposals to reach the new 2030 climate target have elicited mixed reactions from German media. The farewell to the conventional ...
28 Apr 2016
28 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淎 bird in the hand鈥� The proposed fund for nuclear storage costs is in breach of some fundamental principles, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in an op ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:19 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Expert ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Transport EU ntv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition disagrees about the EU Commission鈥檚 proposal to tighten vehicle emission limits with the so-called Euro 7 regulation. Green environment minister Steffi Lemke urged for the ...
08 Jan 2016
08 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt 鈥淕reens sharpen their eco-profile鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party has called for a coal exit by 2036, Barbara Gillmann reports in the Handelsblatt. By that time, petrol and diesel cars should ...
16 Dec 2021, 12:26 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv German politicians, NGOs and industry representatives have generally welcomed the second part of the European Commission鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥� package of energy and climate legislation, but criticised ...
05 Feb 2024, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The European Union could achieve an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 percent by 2040, compared to 1990, but the bloc must "consistently" implement the ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:17 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas transmission system operators have submitted a joint application for a planned hydrogen core network to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Due to be completed by 2032, the planned network would ...
13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country鈥檚 energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
13 Dec 2021, 13:22 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Government EU 91tv The NGO Germanwatch has called on the European Commission to present an ambitious second part of the 鈥淔it for 55 package鈥� of energy and climate ...
08 Mar 2016, 00:00 (UPDATE- adds quote from WWF's G眉nther in paragraph 5, more external content)- The nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, in the wake of a tsunami five years ago on 11 March, was a key turning point in German energy policy. Chancellor ...
02 Oct 2015
02 Oct 2015, 00:00 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淪upport for nuclear plant operators鈥� The home region of battered utilities RWE and E.ON has suggested the companies should receive state aid if their provisions for nuclear decommissioning prove too small ...
21 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 91tv Reports that one billion euros of funding to improve 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railways will instead be spent on building more roads have alarmed rail transport associations and NGOs in ...
28 Jun 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Society 91tv An overwhelming majority of Germans want the country to ramp up its climate adaptation efforts and better prepare the country's infrastructure against increasingly regular ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
23 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv World Energy Council/Roland Berger 鈥淓nergiewende requires new financing models鈥� Traditional utilities can no longer shoulder the huge infrastructure investments necessary for the Energiewende, ...
09 Jun 2023, 13:41 Europeans will head to the polls one year from now to elect a new EU legislature that will shape the bloc鈥檚 energy and climate policy in the years leading to the 2030 climate target deadline. With its Green Deal strategy to make Europe ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Germany has a rare window of opportunity to introduce CO鈧� pricing as part of a comprehensive reform of the country鈥檚 energy taxes and levies and must urgently use it, according to economist and government advisor Andreas L枚schel. To ...
18 Dec 2014
18 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv taz 鈥淎 dangerous thought鈥� The minister-president of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, told the taz he was worried German tax money would be used to fund nuclear energy projects in other European ...
30 Nov 2015
30 Nov 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Agora Energiewende 鈥淕erman climate goals for 2030 and 2040 require extensive coal exit鈥� Germany must reduce coal-fired power generation by 60 percent by 2030 and phase it out almost entirely by 2040 to achieve its ...
27 May 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to miss its 2030 energy efficiency target if it relies only on its existing policy measures, a report commissioned by industry energy efficiency ...
17 Mar 2023, 13:31 Supermarket shelves have increasingly been flooded with products featuring green claims like 鈥渃limate neutral鈥� or 鈥減ackaging reusable,鈥� but a lack of regulation means many of these can be vague, misleading or even factually wrong 鈥� ...
01 Apr 2021, 13:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv Two German hard coal power stations and ...
20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet鈥檚 role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
09 Sep 2019, 12:00 Citizens have been a crucial driver of Germany's energy transition and many regard sustainability and especially environmental action a crucial feature of sound investments. Yet, the vast majority of savings in the country are not ...
25 Nov 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Gas International dpa The European Commission is planning measures against methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the EU, according to a draft law proposal seen by聽 German news agency ...
25 Oct 2019, 15:22 The share of renewable energy in Germany's gross power consumption reached a record of almost 43 percent in the first nine months of 2019. But a near halt in the country's onshore wind power expansion overshadows the ...
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 ...
24 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Policy EU FAZ The European Union should focus on strengthening existing policy instruments when charting the course for climate action in the years after 2030, write researchers Brigitte Knopf and Oliver Geden in an op ...
09 May 2016
09 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel Agora Energiewende Preliminary data suggests renewable record in Germany Strong winds and sun all over Germany might have pushed renewable power production to a new record share on Sunday. Renewable ...
10 Mar 2022, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang International EU The European Parliament and the EU member states must insist on improvements to the European Commission's insufficient plans for emission reduction to rapidly make the bloc more independent from ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:09 Ruby Russel Wind Business & Jobs 91tv / Die Welt New wind farms greatly benefit the local economy and municipal budgets, says a case study by industry consultancy Deutsche WindGuard. Building and operating several wind ...
23 Mar 2022, 12:37 Kerstine Appunn Coal Hydrogen 91tv The site of the closed-down coal power station Moorburg in the city state of Hamburg would lend itself to producing green hydrogen at a capacity of up to 500 megawatt (MW), a feasibility ...
25 Jul 2023, 13:29 Jennifer Collins International 91tv / Die Zeit Germany is planning to end export guarantees for oil and coal projects and will bolster support for green technology exports in an effort to align the country鈥檚 foreign trade ...
19 Apr 2022, 12:23 Edgar Meza Coal Utilities WirtschaftsWoche Enkraft, a major shareholder of German energy company RWE, is calling for the utility to quickly spin off its brown coal activities, financial weekly WirtschaftsWoche reports. Fellow ...
18 May 2016
18 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Federal government 鈥淭ax breaks and buyer鈥檚 premium agreed to鈥� The government cabinet has agreed to an e-car buyer鈥檚 premium worth 4,000 euros and ten-year tax breaks for new electric ...
09 Oct 2014, 00:00 Resistance to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 subsidies for the renewables industry have left politicians questioning why financing for the UK鈥檚 Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been granted EU approval. Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
13 Jun 2024, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv / Klimareporter Supplying households with green hydrogen for heating should not play a major role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector decarbonisation because of huge planning and implementation ...
08 Jul 2019, 12:08 Financial markets can be a great accelerator for developments in the economy, but without a clear political roadmap for emissions reduction, they are unable to unleash their supporting abilities, Gerhard Schick, founder of the German ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Society Table.Media The protests against the razing of the village of L眉tzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 image and standing in international climate ...
12 Mar 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Government Die Zeit / n-tv A public debate between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck and Saxony鈥檚 state premier Michael Kretschmer in Berlin has showcased many of the problems the country is currently ...
14 Sep 2023, 13:36 Increasing international competition in the transition to a more sustainable economy will require tight-knit cooperation among EU countries and a tough stance on defending the bloc from unlawful trade subsidies abroad, the economy ...
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 ...
24 Mar 2021, 13:08 Expert RAG German Coal RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG Coal Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal 91tv The controversial resettlement of five ...
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 ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:19 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost ...
08 Jan 2025, 12:06 The application of sustainable finance principles across the EU will take a major step forward in 2025 as reporting duties for environmental data are expanded to cover a much wider range of companies, says Matthias H眉bner, head of the ...
05 May 2021, 10:03 The latest pledges for greenhouse gas reductions by large emitters like the EU and the U.S. are making a difference in predicted global temperature rise and 鈥渟how progress and a great need for action,鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics EU 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Friedrich Merz, a prominent politician of the governing conservative CDU/CSU who stands a chance to become a minister in Germany's next government ...
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 ...
06 Jul 2015
06 Jul 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt Global Edition 鈥淧ower provider鈥檚 new playbook鈥� German utility RWE is planning a major reorganisation聽 in response to the rising tide of renewable energies in the German power market, much like 聽rival ...
19 Jan 2021, 13:14 Expert RAG German Coal RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG Coal Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv German hard coal companies RAG Sales and RAG Mining Solutions have announced the end of their business ...
16 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
15 Dec 2021, 11:57 Julian Wettengel Gas EU Security 91tv The contentious Russian-German pipeline project Nord Stream 2 is not a suitable instrument to penalise Russia in case it attempts to invade neighbouring Ukraine, said German government ...
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 ...
29 Apr 2015
29 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淩esidual Risk鈥� There are worrying parallels between the current E.ON split into two separate companies and the finance industry鈥檚 spinning off of risky assets into bad banks in ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:47 In light of several fossil fuel phase-out pledges at the COP26 climate summit, researchers and activists have pointed out that Germany's planned coal exit date is far from ambitious enough and called on the next government ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:31 Kerstine Appunn EU 91tv The European Union鈥檚聽 forest strategy 聽should 鈥渕eaningfully flank and complement鈥� the forest policies of the member states but not replace them, the agriculture ministers of Germany and Austria have ...
26 Jan 2016
26 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv manager magazine / Bloomberg 鈥淕as-fired power stations rise from the dead鈥� What might be the biggest absurdity of the German Energiewende could now be ending, as relatively clean gas-fired power ...
17 May 2018, 00:00 Germany must ensure a "just Energiewende" by making sure the project remains affordable for all and provides high quality jobs, according to the 6 million-member trade union group DGB. The unions back 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate targets ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
01 Dec 2014
01 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv E.ON / Bloomberg / Reuters 鈥淓ON Banks on Renewables in Split From Conventional Power鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest utility, E.ON, announced that it is to split in two, spinning off its coal, gas and nuclear ...
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 ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:29 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Renewables 91tv Renewable power sources covered around 57 percent of Germany's gross ...
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 ...
15 Oct 2020, 11:29 EU countries largely make good progress towards reaching their existing energy and climate targets for 2030, said the European Commission in a series of reports. But the assessment of national plans comes at a time when the union is in ...
17 Jul 2015
17 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) "European Commission has missed the opportunity for innovation in CO2 intensive materials" The EU Commission鈥檚 proposal for carbon leakage ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv / MDR The government of central German state Thuringia has criticised neighbouring state Bavaria and the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) for opaque planning of one of the country鈥檚 important ...
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, ...
02 Aug 2022, 14:06 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Coal S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The decision by ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:18 Edgar Meza Coal Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government鈥檚 stated goal of moving the country鈥檚 coal exit deadline forward from 2038 to 2030 has sparked concern in the Rhenish lignite mining region in western Germany ...
23 Jan 2020, 15:45 The expansion of offshore wind power capacity in Germany has exceeded that of onshore turbines for the first time ever last year. This is both due to a particularly bad year for onshore expansion and the increasing competitiveness of ...
08 Feb 2019, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Cars Zeit Online The head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 mobility commission, Henning Kagermann, has said that a general speed limit would not be very effective in reducing transport emissions. ...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Bloomberg 鈥淲hy 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear power exit is causing havoc for utilities鈥� Financing the nuclear phase-out is the biggest challenge yet for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large utilities, which explains this week鈥檚 ...
26 Feb 2024, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / taz The City of Berlin鈥檚 plans for massive climate investments are on the brink of collapse after legal experts have deemed the current funding scheme as illegal, according to ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / Reuters Environmental NGOs from Germany are among the lobby groups making last-minute efforts to influence European Union lawmakers, who are scheduled to vote on key elements of the bloc鈥檚 future ...
18 Nov 2020, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal Der Spiegel Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint by villagers fearing resettlement due to the expansion of an open-cast lignite mine in the West of the country,聽 reports ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:51 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 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 ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:51 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Reuters To counteract future gas supply shortages, the government cabinet has decided on new regulations for the provision of backup power stations and to minimise the use of natural gas in power generation, ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv A majority of聽households in Germany continue to save energy also more than two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which exacerbated a major energy crisis leading to ...
15 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics 91tv Nearly all parties expecting to gain seats in Germany's parliament are open to completing the country's coal exit well before the official 2038 end date. At a ...
18 Jun 2020, 12:00 A joint push by the EU and China remains the best hope to drive global climate action and build momentum ahead of next year鈥檚 UN climate talks, researchers and NGOs say. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted national priorities, raised ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 91tv Germany will provide up to 3.53 billion euros in the period 2027 to 2036 to procure hydrogen and hydrogen-based derivatives from different regions, said the economy ministry ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of Energy Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
17 Apr 2024, 13:30 The election victory of the pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk in late 2023 stirred high hopes for the start of serious climate policies in Poland after an eight-year lull during the rule of the right ...
27 Oct 2020, 13:47 Coal Hamburger Abendblatt Hamburg鈥檚 Wedel coal-fired district heating plant is lowering its coal combustion, which will lead to lower CO2 emissions in the years until its planned shutdown in 2025, Jens Meyer-Wellmann writes in the ...
10 Sep 2021, 15:01 Kerstine Appunn Coal Cities 91tv The City of Hanover has finalised plans to shut down the combined heat-and-power hard coal station in St枚cken by 2026, operator enercity said in a press release.The agreement between the ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:05 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cars dpa / Focus Online Carmaker VW says an earlier German coal exit is necessary for the company to ensure its electric car fleet receives the clean power it needs to ...
14 May 2024, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities 91tv Germany's towns and cities are insufficiently prepared to deal with more frequent and more severe flooding, periods of high heat, and drought and water shortages, a report by ...
23 Jun 2020, 15:13 Tough talks on how to make the European Union climate neutral by 2050 are a major challenge for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 6-month EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020. The negotiations for a European economic recovery programme will be a ...
22 May 2019, 13:45 Voters across the EU will head to the polls between 23 and 26 May to elect a new European Parliament. It鈥檚 one of three major European institutions 鈥� along with the European Commission and Council 鈥� due for elections or leadership ...
16 Feb 2024, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Renewables Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The construction of hydrogen storage facilities beyond the existing caverns is crucial for the energy system of the future, especially as a basis for solar photovoltaics (PV) ...
16 Feb 2024, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv The European Union has given Germany and six other EU countries the green light to provide a total of 6.9 billion euros in state support to companies for 33 projects along the hydrogen ...
31 Mar 2022, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Coal Security 91tv Utility RWE continues to implement the country's official coal exit timetable by switching off a unit of one of Europe's most polluting power stations, but will ensure the facility ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:01 The Social Democrats- emerging from a legislative period with a 鈥済reat deal of dissent鈥� in energy policy with its conservative coalition partner- are hoping to find new partners and new ways to drive forward the expansion of renewable ...
06 Jun 2019, 17:11 Germany continues to be off track regarding many of its energy and climate targets according to the economy ministry鈥檚聽 latest progress report on the energy transition. In an accompanying opinion, government advisors lament that the ...
15 Sep 2020, 14:34 Coal Die Zeit Coal workers in the mining region of Lusatia in eastern Germany are preparing for an uncertain future as the country鈥檚 coal exit moves forward, writes Anna Saraste in Die Zeit. With a variety of operations in the area, ...
13 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Hydrogen Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) State secretary Baake says Germany must stop registering fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 At a panel discussion Tuesday, ...
25 Apr 2016
25 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv PV-magazine 鈥淓EG reform: state chamber wants exemptions for citizens鈥� energy鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second parliamentary chamber, which represents the 16 states, has passed a resolution ...
10 May 2023, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Resources & Recycling Security 91tv Germany should make its landmark energy transition more crisis-resilient by increasing independence from raw materials that are needed for climate-friendly technologies ...
10 Jun 2024, 14:54 Voters in Germany abandoned the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government in their droves at the European elections, handing the conservative CDU/CSU alliance of European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen a ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 After weeks of intensive negotiations, Germany's would-be government partners have agreed on a coalition draft treaty. The 91tv presents first reactions to texts on transport, climate and energy. [UPDATE adds VDA, VDMA ...
08 Sep 2020, 14:21 Coal Hamburger Abendblatt The possibility that energy company Vattenfall could close down its newest and largest coal-fired power station in Germany has sparked a debate about whether that would negatively affect local electricity ...
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 ...
04 Sep 2020, 16:24 Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable. After participating in the first hard coal phase-out tender, CEO Magnus Hall said that if his ...
08 Jan 2024, 13:54 Workers from agricultural companies across Germany have launched a week of authorised protests in the country by blocking roads and motorways with their tractors. They are demonstrating against cuts to tax breaks for diesel fuel widely ...
01 Sep 2020, 12:46 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Coal Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first coal phase-out auction aimed at shutting down ...
22 Feb 2022, 13:12 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government has handed in the 鈥渟trategic plan鈥� on how it would distribute the 30 billion euros in ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
17 Jun 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel EU 91tv / AP Government members and NGOs from Germany have welcomed the adoption of the EU nature restoration law by member states following months of delay. Member states on Monday gave their final ...
20 Aug 2020, 13:39 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal Tagespiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit is threatening the country鈥檚 supply of gypsum, Steven Hanke reports in Tagesspiegel Background. More than half of the gypsum used in Germany is derived ...
19 Aug 2020, 14:03 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities 91tv 91tv Coal WirtschaftsWoche The energy firm RWE is auctioning off a mammoth coal digger known as a bucket wheel excavator,聽 WirtschaftsWoche writes. ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:22 Edgar Meza Coal Utilities ARD, Rheinische Post RWE, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest energy company, has halted early retirement of employees in reaction to the government鈥檚 decision to increase the use of coal-fired power while gas supplies are low, ...
16 Jul 2024, 13:52 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 weakened industrial sector coupled with the expansion of renewable energy sources have resulted in a record drop in the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions traded in the EU Emissions Trading System ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:52 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Politics Die Welt In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, including Bavaria, last week, Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der (CSU) has said more effort is needed to combat climate change. 鈥淲e can and ...
04 Aug 2020, 14:50 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Coal 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
30 May 2016
30 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淓U wants to split Germany into two power price zones鈥� The European Commission 鈥渋s threatening to split [Germany] into two power price zones,鈥� which would make power more ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:30 Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Coal Handelsblatt Hard coal power station operator Steag is suing to get better compensation for the shutdown of its plants under 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit plan, writes J眉rgen Flauger ...
31 Jul 2020, 12:22 Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Coal Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Hard coal power station operator Steag鈥檚 petition to the German Federal Constitutional Court to improve compensation for plant ...
30 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Die Welt Climate activists from student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) have said they will resist the planned ...
10 May 2022, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security Rheinische Post Local politicians in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) say the region that heavily relies on coal power and mining can achieve its goal to end the fossil fuel鈥檚 use ...
16 Sep 2020, 12:50 German industry, politicians and environmental NGOs have criticised first details of the European Commission proposal for a more ambitious 2030 climate target. Plans for more stringent passenger car emission rules and the inclusion of ...
08 Sep 2020, 13:49 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch ...
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 ...
29 Apr 2022, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Utilities 91tv / Handelsblatt A vast majority of RWE shareholders have rejected a request to force management to start preparations for a spinoff of the company's brown coal activities, but major ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
05 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 鈥榗limate cabinet鈥�. In its report on emissions developments and the direction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The completion time of the high voltage power line Nordostlink in northern Germany is set to be completed around one year faster thanks to government efforts to ...
25 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International 91tv In cooperation with German investors, Namibia has commissioned Sub-Saharan Africa鈥檚 largest green hydrogen production project. The government cabinet approved the entry into the 10 ...
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 鈥� but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:36 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv The German ministries of environment and agriculture, which have so far often pulled in different directions, are now planning to jointly reform the country鈥檚 farming policies to ensure the ...
26 Feb 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hydrogen 91tv The European Commission has approved 1.3 billion euros of German state aid to help multinational steelmaker ArcelorMittal make its operations in the country more climate-friendly. The ...
06 Jul 2020, 12:23 Coal Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / DW / NDR Following the German parliament鈥檚 vote on Friday in favour of a law ending all coal power production by 2038, the country鈥檚 media has been reacting to the controversial bill. As well as an ...
22 Mar 2019, 16:00 European leaders did not call for climate neutrality by 2050 at today鈥檚 summit in Brussels, despite several countries including France suggesting it to be included. Germany is among a group of countries rejecting a tougher wording on ...
12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
22 May 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel International G20 & G7 91tv Researchers, NGOs, and media commentators have criticised the German and Japanese governments for what they say is a weak outcome on climate policy at the Group of Seven (G7) ...
22 May 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Renewables Industry 91tv Widely available renewable electricity has become an important business location factor and competitive advantage for rural areas in Germany, the private industry-sponsored German ...
12 Nov 2015
12 Nov 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Reuters/RWE RWE says it will 鈥榦nly just鈥� meet 2015 earnings forecast German utility RWE on Thursday said it would just manage to meet its 1.1-1.3 billion-euro adjusted net income forecast for 2015, after a 29 ...
25 Jun 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Coal tageszeitung (taz) / Tagesspiegel Background / Rheinische Post German media commentators have said that the draft contract between the state and lignite operators presented by the cabinet on 24 June keeps open the ...
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 ...
01 Mar 2022, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Wind 91tv / Spiegel / Bloomberg The German government is set to introduce a law to prescribe minimum levels for the country鈥檚 gas storages, according to economy and climate ministry plans seen by ...
27 Mar 2019, 12:27 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars 91tv German Transport Minister Andreas ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen Heating 91tv More than 200 climate and energy organisations have warned German municipalities against falling prey to gas industry lobbying for including hydrogen in their obligatory local plans for ...
22 Sep 2020, 13:45 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture EU 91tv The final meeting before the decision on the next funding period for farmers under the EU鈥檚 Common ...
13 May 2019, 14:06 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Agora Energiewende / Agora Verkehrswende [This article was based on the German version of the proposals. Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende published an English version on 15 ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU 91tv / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
02 Apr 2025, 10:05 They may rail against immigration and climate action on stage but behind the scenes, far-right leaders across Europe welcome labour migrants who are needed for the continent鈥檚 energy transition. To fill its rapidly widening skill gaps, ...
18 Jul 2022, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 push for energy independence triggered by the Ukraine war could boost the country鈥檚 emission reduction efforts in the medium term, as well as economic growth and ...
03 Dec 2019, 13:51 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Technology 91tv Synthetic substitutes for conventional oil and gas will ...
03 Jul 2024, 13:19 Jack McGovan Politics rbb / 91tv Germany and Poland have agreed on a 40 page action plan for the countries to collaborate more closely on issues like energy and security, reports rbb24. The announcement comes after German ...
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv German Wind Energy Association (BWE) / German Engineering Association (VDMA) 鈥淏reather for the German wind industry鈥� Onshore wind power development in Germany decreased by 34 percent ...
15 Nov 2022, 12:15 Edgar Meza Gas Industry 91tv Germany's planned gas price subsidies for industrial consumers 鈥� the so-called "gas price brake" 鈥揷ould lead to supply chain disruptions, a report by the Hans B枚ckler Foundation鈥檚 ...
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 ...
22 May 2020, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland An alliance of hard coal plant operators plans to achieve an expansion of the runtime of Germany's seven most modern hard coal plants by ...
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 ...
04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Strong popular demand for climate action and a push towards more energy autonomy in the wake of the war in Ukraine have led Hungary鈥檚 populist leader Viktor Orb谩n to describe himself as an advocate of climate-friendly power generation. ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Cost & Prices Reuters The German finance minister, Christian Lindner (FDP), has earmarked 83 billion euros for the energy price brakes of gas and electricity, reports news agency Reuters. The price brakes, ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 91tv Energy consumption in Germany is expected to decline 2.7 percent this year as savings triggered by high prices and relatively warm weather more than compensated for a growing economy and ...
04 Mar 2020, 11:02 The European Commission is unveiling its proposal for the EU's first ever climate law, which will form the basis of the EU's proposed Green Deal, and will provide a framework for reaching the bloc's target of becoming ...
18 Aug 2018, 20:13 Russia and Germany are set to proceed with the completion of a second natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea between the two countries. At a meeting with Russian President Putin near Berlin, German Chancellor Merkel sought to dispel ...
29 May 2018, 00:00 In a plea for global cooperation and the rule of law in international relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement to honour their commitment and implement the agreed emissions ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers from ...
26 Jun 2020, 12:12 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background Experts have criticised the lack of transparency in the contract between lignite ...
12 May 2020, 13:19 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Freja Eriksen Coal Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Coal's share in Germany's net public power production fell to around 16 ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:05 The Social Democrats (SPD) under chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz have narrowly won Germany's federal elections. According to preliminary final results, the SPD received 25.7 percent of votes, while the conservatives (CDU/CSU) ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:58 Jack McGovan Industry EU 91tv / Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry decarbonisation project to date has been approved for funding by the EU Commission,聽 according to 聽the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...
12 Mar 2015
12 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online 鈥淟et the utilities die鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest utilities are in an existential crisis of their own making, writes Nicolai Kwasniewski in a commentary on Spiegel Online. 鈥淭he survival of ...
27 May 2022, 13:31 The Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) has committed to making their electricity systems 鈥減redominantly鈥� carbon-free by 2035, but stopped short of setting a concrete date for exiting coal. Following their meeting in ...
10 Dec 2018, 09:03 Germany is under scrutiny at the UN climate summit COP24 in Poland: the country will fail its 2020 climate target and only the next year will show if a push to phase-out coal-fired power production will result in an end date for the CO2 ...
10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:15 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Technology Table.Media / 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany is leading among EU countries when it comes to the production of climate technologies like wind power, solar energy, heat pumps, batteries ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv More than one million new solar power systems were installed in Germany last year, an all-time record, according to the country鈥檚 solar industry association BSW. The new arrays had a ...
24 Nov 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 91tv The European parliament has passed the rules for funding European farmers but German NGOs and farmers associations insist that the new German government has to make changes to its ...
31 May 2024, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv / dpa / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy minister has awarded steelmaker ArcelorMittal 1.3 billion euros to drive the decarbonisation of its production sites in the states of ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:44 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Eastern German lignite company LEAG has accepted a loan of over five billion euros from ...
22 Nov 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The leader of four German states have asked the European Commission to pass a special wind energy quota for the country's South, arguing that the expansion of wind energy needs to 鈥減ick up ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Carbon market 91tv The European Union should set up a carbon central bank as part of a proper regulatory structure to effectively remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere to help reach ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:46 Edgar Meza Renewables Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der has reaffirmed his government鈥檚 intention to take over more than 80 power plants on the southern German state's rivers from energy company ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:24 Edgar Meza Coal Renewables 91tv German energy group LEAG, the country鈥檚 second biggest electricity producer and a key lignite company, plans to build the country鈥檚 largest renewable energy site in the eastern Lusatia coal ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 91tv Germany has unveiled a package of measures aimed at providing cost relief to farmers who are under pressure to make food production more sustainable and in line with ...
06 Nov 2019, 09:11 Energy and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
18 Apr 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Permits for new onshore wind power installations in Germany reached a record high of 2.6 gigawatt (GW) in the first three months of 2024, said industry group Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA ...
The German Green Party is calling for a cross-party commission to prepare the shift to emissions-free transportation akin to the commission that brokered 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear exit and the transition to renewable energy sources, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten ...
05 Sep 2023, 14:55 Jennifer Collins Energiewende 91tv Germany is off track regarding many areas of its famed energy transition, with several indicators either "unrealistic" or at risk, consultancy firm McKinsey聽 found in its ...
25 Nov 2020, 13:46 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Technology 91tv Two new large-scale research centres will be established in the German state of Saxony in order to help lead the coal mining regions deal with the transition away from the fossil fuel, ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs Deutschlandfunk / ARD / n-tv The influential business association Federation of German Industries (BDI) has urged the government of chancellor Olaf Scholz to quickly implement measures that ...
28 Feb 2020, 13:52 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 Expert STEAG Electricity generator ...
29 Jul 2021, 13:31 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Coal Solar dpa / 91tv German lignite operator Leag seeks to take advantage of the country's coal phase-out and ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:52 Germany's pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) plans to argue the case for using emissions trading as the main tool for fighting climate change if they become part of the next federal government. The party wants to extend the ...
25 Mar 2019, 14:51 After months of negotiations, the commission tasked with proposing measures to cut emissions from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport sector has come together for its final meeting. So far, the task force has made headlines mainly for fierce dispute ...
16 Dec 2019, 12:00 The UN climate summit COP25 in Spain is the last meeting of its kind before countries around the world are supposed to step up their ambitions under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020. Germany has made several key climate action ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
11 May 2018, 00:00 The climate talks in the city of Bonn failed to meet expectations they would deliver a draft rulebook for the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement. After eleven days of negotiations, an extra session in Bangkok is now planned in ...
24 Feb 2022, 12:59 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv A large majority of 71 percent of voters in Germany say that the government must make sure that climate targets are met, but people lack trust in the abilities of major ...
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 ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:50 Expert Vattenfall Energy company Electricity market Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Cost & Prices Tagesschau / 91tv The modern coal plant Moorbug owned by Swedish energy company Vattenfall had turned into a liability ...
22 Mar 2019, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Cars WirtschaftsWoche A first draft of the final report by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport commission does not include sufficient measures to bring the country鈥檚 transport emissions down in line with ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal Cities Tagesspiegel The city of Berlin plans to speed up its coal exit, regional newspaper Tagesspiegel聽 reports. The prospective city government composed of the Social Democrats (SPD), the ...
06 Nov 2020, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Utilities EU 91tv An alliance of smaller energy companies in Germany is organising opposition to the asset-swap deal of industry heavyweights RWE and E.ON, arguing it would turn "competitors into ...
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 ...
13 May 2016
13 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Bundesregierung / dpa-AFX 鈥淔ederal and state governments stall on green electricity reform鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel and the state premiers postponed a decision on contentious issues ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel summoned the leaders of the country鈥檚 transport commission and several cabinet members to make sure the body ...
17 Jan 2020, 13:36 German media commentators have mixed views on the coal exit path fixed by the federal government, mining states and utilities. While some call it a 鈥渉istoric鈥� deal that could make Germany a global role model, others say it turned out to ...
25 Sep 2020, 13:37 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Utilities Handelsblatt The German government has requested permission to support ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:10 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Clean Energy ...
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 ...
12 Dec 2019, 16:06 The European Union鈥檚 new executive has presented its highly anticipated Green Deal to tackle climate change. The policy package聽 commits the EU to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The 91tv presents reactions to the ...
18 Apr 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv German chemicals company BASF has inaugurated a demonstration plant using a new electricity-based technology that could reduce CO2 emissions in certain production steps by at ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 91tv The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
20 Feb 2023, 16:47 On the path to a climate neutral electricity system that is largely covered by renewable sources, Germany is planning a reform to its electricity market. Inaugurating the 鈥楥limate Neutral Electricity System Platform鈥�, the economy and ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:00 The eviction of coal protesters in the Hambach Forest in 2018 was illegal, a court ruling in German state North Rhine-Westphalia found. The forest threatened by a nearby lignite mine had become a symbolic battleground in the context of ...
09 Jul 2018, 15:15 Natural gas is needed to complement renewable energies today and will increasingly be replaced by 鈥榞reen gases鈥�, enabling the continued use of existing infrastructure, says Timm Kehler, head of the gas industry initiative Zukunft ERDGAS ...
07 Dec 2021, 12:54 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Jessica Bateman Coal Grid 91tv The new German coalition government鈥檚 goal of a 2030 coal exit, eight years earlier than initially planned, will require a ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 91tv / Tagesspiegel Several boroughs in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin have rejected a new analysis commissioned by the senate to assess the prospects for onshore wind power installations on the city ...
13 Feb 2024, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics International 91tv The EU and the U.S. should have strong incentives to develop a joint green agenda 鈥� given their shared aim to foster decarbonisation while 鈥渄e-risking鈥� from China ...
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 ...
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 ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:30 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 Expert Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour ...
The European Commission is taking Germany to court for its alleged failure to properly implement the Electricity and Gas Directives of the Third Energy Package, according to a Commission press release. The package, in effect since 2009, establishes the ...
10 Jan 2022, 12:20 Without the anti-nuclear movement, the energy transition in Germany would likely look different. But despite a strong focus on fighting nuclear power, the civil society movement that marked the rise of the Green Party has always had the ...
11 Mar 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Carbon removal EU 91tv An agreement by the majority of EU member states on a draft for an EU wide standardised and voluntary certification framework for CO2 removal and carbon farming marks an important step ...
24 Oct 2023, 13:25 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating dpa Half of those living in Germany don鈥檛 want to use less energy to heat their homes than they did last year, with most arguing that they've already made all of the cuts they can, reports ...
08 Jan 2024, 14:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Technology Dlf Alternatives to fossil fuel-based agricultural machinery are scarce and often fall behind their emissions-intensive counterparts in practical tests, says electric engineer Michael Sterner in ...
06 Jan 2022, 13:36 Kerstine Appunn Carbon market Electricity market Cost & Prices 91tv The German wholesale power price more than tripled in 2021 to an average of 97 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) compared to the previous year, pushing it ...
27 Jan 2020, 14:20 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Julian Wettengel Coal dpa / Spiegel / 91tv Eastern German lignite mine and power plant operator LEAG has rejected ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 91tv / rbb Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced the closure of a blade factory in eastern German state Brandenburg. The company is axeing over 450 jobs in the town ...
28 Oct 2020, 14:31 Edgar Meza Coal Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Frankfurter Rundschau / Deutsche Welle Denouncing wasteful public spending, the German Taxpayers聽Federation has taken issue with what it perceives to be the country鈥檚 overly costly coal ...
26 Feb 2015
26 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Tagesspiegel 鈥淓nergy Union: In concert, not solo鈥� One of the main priorities of the EU Commission's Energy Union framework is the development of renewable energies 鈥� but the commissioners in ...
07 Aug 2023, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv / Focus Renewable energy supplied a record of 69.2 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public net electricity generation in July 2023, according to data by research institute Fraunhofer ISE. Due ...
05 May 2023, 13:29 Energy-intensive companies in Germany should receive billions of euros in state subsidies to lower their electricity costs if they promise to decarbonise and to stay within the country, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. ...
03 Aug 2020, 13:23 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Rheinische Post / 91tv A group of villagers living in towns threatened by coal mine expansion in western Germany plan ...
25 Jun 2015
25 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕abriel takes on the energy sector鈥� Energy minister Sigmar Gabriel was given a chilly reception by the Chairwoman of the Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) in ...
20 Jan 2020, 13:34 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 Freja Eriksen Coal Handelsblatt Germany ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 91tv Salt caverns could be an effective location for storing hydrogen in Germany due to their geological, physical and chemical properties, according聽 to a report published 聽by the Institute of Energy ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background One of Germany's major gas grid operators has joined the pipeline project "H2Med", which is set to transport hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula towards ...
14 Feb 2025, 10:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
05 Mar 2020, 14:35 Rachel Waldholz Coal Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest coal state, North Rhine-Westphalia, says it cannot accept the federal government鈥檚 proposed coal exit law without major amendments, arguing that ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
05 Nov 2021, 12:23 Edgar Meza Transport Freight Elections & Politics Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The Greens and pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), which look set to join the Social Democrats (SPD) in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next coalition government, ...
15 Jun 2015
15 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淢erkel鈥檚 expensive targets鈥� 鈥淐limate chancellor鈥� Angela Merkel鈥檚 promise to put 1 million e-cars on German roads by 2020 might cost taxpayers dearly, writes Holger ...
The European Commission has rejected to approve exemptions from the renewables surcharge for operators of highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Germany, Andreas Mihm reports for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Since 2014, ...
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 ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:06 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Reuters / 91tv German energy company RWE rejected an analysis by financial think tank Carbon Tracker saying the German power firm would ...
22 Feb 2022, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv The current price hikes on electricity and gas markets creates a real danger of market manipulation, the German Monopolies Commission 鈥� a permanent expert committee advising ...
22 Jan 2021, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Coal Hydrogen 91tv Germany's most prominent hard coal power plant to be decommissioned as part of the country's coal exit is set to become a production site for renewable hydrogen. Oil major Shell, ...
06 Jan 2023, 11:03 Germany and the EU must focus on reducing their dependence on raw materials that are critical for key energy transition technologies this year, says economist and government advisor Veronika Grimm. 鈥淲e are [faced] with the task of more ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:39 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Mobility Cars 91tv Today's electric cars already have a lower lifecycle climate footprint than combustion engine cars, and by 2050, EVs will also perform better in other environmental ...
12 Mar 2021, 13:34 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Industry Cost & Prices EU 91tv A carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland鈥檚 president Andrzej Duda has condemned 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
22 Oct 2020, 13:09 One year ago, the German government decided that the country should become climate-neutral by the middle of the century. What was lacking so far, however, was a plan how to achieve this. In order to fill this gap, three think tanks ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Germany's government will have to amend its national clean air programme and present effective measures to reduce air pollution in line with EU rules, a court has ruled. ...
The European Commission wants to directly negotiate with Russia a skeleton agreement on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Otherwise, the project would 鈥渆nd up in court鈥�, Commission Vice President Maros ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country鈥檚 industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices EU 91tv The German chemical industry says the European Commission鈥檚 proposals to fight the energy price crisis in Europe may be sufficient to fight energy poverty but are not likely to help ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 91tv Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country鈥檚 digital industry ...
14 May 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Finance Society 91tv The youth climate activists from Fridays for Future are for the first time specifically targeting banks and other financial services companies for their involvement in ...
04 Aug 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU FAZ / 91tv Forty-one percent of economics professors said the EU should do more on climate, according to a survey by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo), writes Frankfurter ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wirtschaftswoche The German Council of Economic Experts member Veronika Grimm has criticised 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy and called for a market-based approach that builds on the already existing Emissions ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:05 The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) 鈥� the second strongest polling party ahead of Germany's snap elections on 23 February 鈥� is the only major party to outright reject the scientific consensus behind human-induced climate ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:35 Ruby Russel Cars Business & Jobs Technology NDR / Spiegel / dpa Plans to build one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest car battery cell factories have been approved by local authorities on what Swedish manufacturer Northvolt hailed as a " ...
30 Jun 2015
30 Jun 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) 鈥淲ind strengthens power sector, renewable heat and transport stagnate鈥� The share of renewables in total German power consumption has risen to a record 32.5 percent in the ...
20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
16 Jun 2015
16 Jun 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Reuters 鈥淢erkel says Germany weighing further support for electric cars鈥� Chancellor Angela Merkel said further public support is needed to achieve the government鈥檚 aim of bringing 1 million electric cars on to ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv A group of experts charged by the German government to come up with a plan on how to ease the impact of rising gas prices has proposed additional measures to increase gas supply and lower demand, ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Policy Society Bild Three quarters of Germans worry about their future in regards to climate change, and many citizens say the government is not taking action rapidly enough,聽 a survey 聽by pollster INSA, commissioned by ...
The European Commission has found German plans to support high-efficiency cogeneration (combined heat and power 鈥� CHP) to be in line with EU state aid rules. The announcement affirmed parts of the deal that the German federal government had struck with ...
18 Nov 2022, 12:29 Benjamin Wehrmann International 91tv Poland and Germany have agreed to intensify their cooperation on energy policy through joint projects on energy efficiency, renewables, infrastructure and the energy market design. 鈥淭he ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
16 Jan 2024, 12:51 Edgar Meza Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A global rush to find natural hydrogen (H2) is intensifying the focus on what could turn out to be a much cheaper source for the gas, seen to play a key role in the energy ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:39 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv The twelve largest chemicals production sites in Germany caused ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Business & Jobs 91tv Public transport in Germany could be headed for a 鈥渃ollapse鈥� if the government does not take measures to abate the 鈥渕assive labour shortage鈥� in the sector, labour union ...
10 Mar 2016
10 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Climate Action Network 鈥淏reak free from fossil fuels鈥� Climate activist movement 350.org and Climate Action Network have announced a series of peaceful, coordinated actions 鈥渢o disrupt ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:19 Edgar Meza Coal Society rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern states are set to greatly benefit from the country鈥檚 energy transition due to the high number of future-oriented companies based there and to the coal exit compromise, which will see the ...
09 Oct 2019, 10:44 Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Technology 91tv It is possible for the German chemical industry- ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert Vattenfall Energy company Electricity market Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Grid 91tv The Moorburg coal plant in Hamburg will be taken offline completely in July 2021, after Germany's four grid operators ...
The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against several EU member states, including Germany, for not applying their national provisions on penalties despite VW鈥檚 use of illegal defeat device software. 鈥淎dditionally, the Commission takes ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:01 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Coal Business Tagesspiegel Siemens Energy has signed a supply contract with South Korean plant manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for a planned coal-fired power plant on ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 91tv Czechia and eastern German state Saxony have agreed to deepen their cooperation on a joint network for hydrogen and to generally intensify research and industry exchange in the budding ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas n-tv Power production with natural gas increased in Germany in May and July despite political pledges to minimise the fossil fuel鈥檚 use amid the supply crunch caused by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, news ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:58 The outbreak of war in eastern Europe is sending shockwaves through 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 political class and is reshaping the energy transition debate, as the country鈥檚 most important energy trading partner Russia increasingly turns into a ...
30 Sep 2019, 13:41 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The last two of a group of eight lignite power plant units are entering 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 security standby, reports news agency dpa. RWE鈥檚 unit C at ...
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 ...
11 Jan 2024, 13:47 Franca Quecke Carbon removal S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Industry and environmental associations have joined forces to come out in favour of the controversial technology to store and capture CO2 for sectors where emissions cannot be avoided, ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:40 Sven Egenter Finance Security 91tv Russia鈥檚 cuts to natural gas supplies and the wider economic fallout from the war against Ukraine will push the German economy into recession, analysts at Deutsche Bank forecast. 鈥淎 likely ...
The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 strategic capacity reserve, which is meant to ensure the security of power supply in case of emergencies, the Commission said in a press release. 鈥淐apacity mechanisms can help to ...
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 ...
04 Dec 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Government COP28 Der Spiegel / 91tv Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called off a planned trip to the UN climate conference COP28, due to the ongoing budget crisis that has upset the climate ...
21 Feb 2020, 13:25 Greta Thunberg will travel to Hamburg to participate in the student climate protests preceding local elections in the maritime city on 23 February, according to media reports. The Swedish activist's presence at the "Hamburg ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online 鈥淗ow the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle鈥� The Paris climate summit could result in a global commitment to decarbonisation, writes Axel Bojanowski for Spiegel, but there is still resistance from the oil producing ...
18 Jun 2019, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang Policy International 91tv The EU Commission has warned EU countries including Germany that draft national plans for the coming decade are insufficient to achieve the bloc鈥檚 2030 energy and climate targets. ...
The European Commission had approved, in a February state aid ruling, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 security standby of lignite plants scheme, and said that future rules on the design of the EU electricity market would not influence this ruling. The Commission now says this ...
11 Dec 2018, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Grid International Enerdata The European Commission has asked transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to increase the electricity trading capacity between western Denmark and Germany and to ensure ...
22 Jan 2016
22 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv BDEW 鈥淭axes and fees reach a new record high鈥� The power price remained steady at the beginning of 2016 compared to a year ago, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) reports. ...
15 Jul 2015, 00:00 The European Commission has launched its proposals for an Energy Union, including reform of the emissions trading scheme, a redesign of the European power market, updated efficiency labelling and consumer empowerment. 91tv has compiled ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:18 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal Nuclear phase-out 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear and coal phase-out both took a step towards their completion on the last day of 2021, when ...
12 Dec 2018, 17:52 Germany is under scrutiny at the UN climate summit COP24 in Poland: the country will fail its 2020 climate target and only the next year will show if a push to phase-out coal-fired power production will result in an end date for the CO2 ...
11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 steel and chemical industries, the country鈥檚 government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance聽 has warned. These sectors ...
20 Feb 2020, 13:35 Rachel Waldholz Electricity Coal 91tv Eighty-five percent of Germans believe the country鈥檚 coal exit will lead to significantly higher electricity prices, according to a survey of 500 households conducted by the Bonn-based ...
19 May 2020, 14:38 Edgar Meza Coal Renewables Tageszeitung (taz) Germany's controversial new Datteln 4 coal plant in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is running at full capacity in test operation despite the low demand for electricity on the ...
16 Dec 2020, 15:59 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Society Die Zeit / Der Spiegel The fight against a planned resettlement of five villages due to expansion of a lignite mine in West Germany continues, writes newspaper die Zeit. In a state parliament hearing, the ...
15 Oct 2020, 13:42 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 ...
11 Dec 2020, 14:14 German politicians have welcomed the EU leaders鈥� decision to increase the bloc鈥檚 2030 climate target as an important decision that puts the Union on a credible path towards climate neutrality by 2050 and means the bloc is once again one ...
18 Apr 2019, 15:15 Germany must make 鈥渆normous efforts鈥� to reach its climate and energy targets in the transport and buildings sectors, according to a draft of the government鈥檚 2019 progress report on the energy transition. The leaked paper includes new ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 91tv The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:33 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Cities 91tv Climate activists have protested at a coal-fired heating plant in Hamburg that could be converted to use imported wood as a fuel due to the coal-phase out plans of Germany's second ...
29 Jan 2019, 15:02 Following a sharp drop in new onshore wind power installations in Germany in 2018, the industry warns that mounting resistance against new turbines endangers a sufficient supply of renewable energy demanded by industry and national ...
In the weeks before the EU Commission is set to announce new car CO鈧� limits on 8 November, the German car industry lobby has increased the pressure on the institution, report Markus Balser and Alexander M眉hlauer in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The head of the ...
28 Jun 2019, 12:40 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology Freja Eriksen Coal 91tv The German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish an institute dedicated to decarbonising industrial ...
10 Sep 2020, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society 91tv A group of villagers that reject a resettlement due to the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite mine in German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia have聽 said 聽they filed a constitutional ...
28 Jul 2021, 12:17 Expert Ember Climate & energy think tank Climate & CO2 Electricity market Julian Wettengel Coal EU 91tv The European Union鈥檚 electricity demand was back to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2021, but thanks ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 91tv A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:48 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 steel and renewable industries have launched a joint call for a 鈥渢ransformation summit鈥� to clarify the urgently needed funding for industry decarbonisation in the wake of ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Swiss solar module maker Meyer Burger has announced its intention to wind up panel production in Germany, citing 鈥済rave market distortion鈥� and better investment conditions in ...
08 Jun 2023, 13:45 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Wind power has become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important electricity source again in the first quarter of 2023, ...
The European Commission has granted Germany and several other countries a 鈥渧ery last deadline鈥� to propose concrete measures on how they intend to comply with air quality standards, report Till Hoppe and Silke Kersting in the Handelsblatt. After what ...
03 May 2021, 12:57 Edgar Meza Renewables 91tv The European Commission聽 has approved 聽the prolongation and modification of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚聽 Renewable Energy Act (EEG) designed to support the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources. ...
The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules the transfer of radioactive waste liabilities to a new public fund in return for the payment of about 24.1 billion euros by nuclear power plant operators in Germany, the Commission said in a ...
07 Sep 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Aniket Narawad Electricity Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv / dpa Germany's net exports of electricity in the first half of this year were significantly lower than in the same period in 2022. The ...
Negotiators from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council have agreed to aim for a net-zero emissions economy 鈥渁s early as possible鈥�, with a carbon budget and national strategies for 2050, Euractiv reports. The Parliament ...
10 Dec 2015
10 Dec 2015, 00:00 Die Zeit 鈥淒on鈥檛 be afraid of the Energiewende鈥� Three scientific academies have found there are various options to bring the Energiewende in the power sector to a successful conclusion, reports Fritz Vorholz on Zeit Online. The experts ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:11 As German stakeholders eagerly await the European Commission鈥檚 proposals on overhauling the EU鈥檚 energy and climate policy, the Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has said new EU laws could mean that the country has to once again ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:03 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The Bavarian Industry Association vbw's energy price index fell by nearly 30 percent in 2023, but the group says companies are still suffering from high energy ...
16 Mar 2021, 17:30 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
17 Nov 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy ntv / Zeit Online The German government has extended its subsidies to essentially cap gas and electricity prices, and a lower value added tax rate on the fuels to shield consumers from excessive ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:51 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy ...
