22 Apr 2020, 15:09 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Institute for Applied Ecology ?ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
22 Apr 2020, 15:12 S?ren Amelang Cost & Prices 91tv German households' energy costs have fallen by six percent compared to last year, according to price comparison website Verivox. While using heating oil was 29 percent cheaper in ...
21 Apr 2020, 13:30 Expert Renewable Energies Agency Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien Citizens' energy Renewables Technology Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv There is no one-size-fits-all approach to boosting popular acceptance for local wind ...
06 Jul 2017, 00:00 With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, China and Germany are making a very public display of leadership on climate protection and transition to green energy. The export heavyweights are eager to keep the global economy on track ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine The first ship designed to convert liquefied natural gas (LNG) back ?to gaseous state has? arrived ?in Germany, Deutsche ReGas, ?the company developing the country's ...
13 Jan 2016
13 Jan 2016, 00:00 [Updates German industry association on energy policy] Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 91tv 91tv Federation of German Industries (BDI) German industry association warns against German “solo” in climate, energy policy The ...
Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks called the search for a final repository for Germany’s nuclear waste a “test case for our democracy”, reports Rheinische Post. The search would require citizens to take on responsibility. “Not in my backyard” ...
14 Apr 2020, 14:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Green stimulus 91tv In a bid to allow a return to regular social life and economic activity amid the coronavirus outbreak, Germany's national academy of sciences, the Leopoldina, has ...
14 Apr 2020, 14:24 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Freja Eriksen Cars dpa / Süddeutsche Zeitung German carmaker BMW has proposed that the German government introduce an " ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:27 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Handelsblatt ...
24 Feb 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices 91tv Chemicals company BASF will cut up to 2,600 jobs worldwide due to cost pressure from the energy crisis, with the majority of positions axed in Germany. The company said it will cut ...
09 Apr 2020, 13:43 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
Germany’s state secretary in the economy ministry (BMWi), Rainer Baake, finds the EU Commission’s proposals on support for renewable energy sources “inadequate,” the ministry says in a press release. In the run-up to a meeting by the Council of Ministers ...
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, ...
10 Feb 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Transport Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background It is no longer necessary to prioritise the transport of coal, mineral oil and gas on German trains, the transport companies’ association VDV ...
05 Feb 2015
05 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Vattenfall / Reuters Vattenfall Annual report: Focus on renewables in Germany Swedish utility Vattenfall, who operates power stations, mines and other energy businesses across Europe, highlights in ...
09 Nov 2022, 13:55 Kiprotich Koros Renewables COP27 91tv Kenya and Germany have signed a roadmap for a climate and development partnership that will see the East African country increase its share of renewables in the power system to 100 ...
17 Nov 2022, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Finance International 91tv / Reuters Germany hopes to start a partnership with the new Brazilian government that addresses the socio-ecological transformation of the country’s national economy as a whole, ...
08 Apr 2020, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Coal Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The federal government has largely rejected calls by German states to make changes to the planned coal exit law, reports Nora Zaremba in energy and climate policy ...
03 Apr 2020, 13:47 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The introduction of Germany's ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:20 The European Union aims to take on a leadership role when the global community meets in Egypt for the annual UN climate change conference. But a unified European voice is difficult to maintain as member states are hampered by ...
02 Apr 2020, 13:44 S?ren Amelang Storage 91tv German storage company Tesvolt says it has started production in "Europe's first gigafactory for commercial battery storage systems." The new production line, in the Eastern German ...
The EU must make clear to the new US administration that “transatlantic security discussions need to always include the fight against climate change”, at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, writes Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace ...
25 Nov 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann EU 91tv Germany should ensure there is solidarity in Europe to get through the energy crisis and be prepared for the winter 2023/24, International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol said. “Europe needs ...
31 Mar 2020, 13:25 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen ...
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 ...
15 Nov 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Renewables 91tv Germany still needs a bigger push to speed up renewables expansion to avoid a prolonged cost crisis and ensure that the country reaches its targets, said the Renewable Energy Federation (BEE). ...
01 Dec 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Grid Government 91tv / Reuters The German government wants to buy either a majority stake or even all of the German subsidiary of Dutch power grid operator TenneT, two government sources told news agency ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:15 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Jessica Bateman Wind 91tv The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) specified in Germany’s ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:07 Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Society RTL / n-tv A new poll finds support for Angela Merkel’s conservative coalition has risen sharply as the coronavirus pandemic has hit Germany, while concern over the urgency of climate action has ...
27 Mar 2020, 13:44 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The current difficulties caused by the ...
23 Mar 2020, 14:06 Expert ifeu- Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Climate & CO2 Renewables Transport Freja Eriksen Cars Freight 91tv A 3,200-kilometre network of overhead power lines (catenary) for hybrid trucks would cut ...
14 Nov 2022, 12:12 Edgar Meza Finance Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv / Politico Parliamentarians from Germany's ruling parties SPD, FDP and the Greens? have announced an agreement for the country to leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) ...
28 Nov 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Society Der Spiegel / 91tv Climate activists occupying the western German town of Lützerath to prevent it from being destroyed to make way for a nearby coal mine are to be evicted from January next ...
18 Mar 2020, 15:03 Rachel Waldholz Cost & Prices Society Focus Online German households are choosing green energy sources at the highest rate in years, Focus Online reports, citing figures from the rate comparison site Verivox. So far this year, 65 ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:11 S?ren Amelang Policy Elections & Politics dpa The economic crisis caused in Germany by the coronavirus has led to first calls to postpone the country's CO2?price for heating and transport, which is scheduled to enter into force ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:59 Foundations are calling on the EU to use any economic stimulus enacted in response to the coronavirus to accelerate the transition to a green economy. The global climate crisis cannot be ignored even as governments focus on the health ...
07 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks to phase out coal power in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country’s shift to renewable power. The 91tv collects reactions from ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:52 Filling gas storages in 2023 might not be as easy as this past year in the absence of Russian pipeline gas, and Europe should focus on energy saving and finding ways to increase especially LNG supply to address the global shortage next ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:51 As the UN climate change conference (COP27) gets underway in Egypt, the German government has pledged additional funding to protect forests worldwide and support the most vulnerable countries in dealing with climate risks. Chancellor ...
18 Mar 2020, 13:53 Rachel Waldholz Renewables Finance 91tv The coronavirus pandemic has prompted major sell-offs in global markets, but demand for renewable energy investments remains strong, said German asset management firm aream in a? ...
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. “The ...
02 Nov 2022, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv / Reuters [CORRECTION: Corrects wrong date for run-off election in Brazil. It took place on 30 October 2022.] Germany is willing to quickly unfreeze funds to help curb ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:19 Jessica Bateman Nuclear phase-out 91tv The Emsland nucelar power plant in northern Germany can only make a minimal contribution to gas savings and energy price reduction, a report by analysis company Energy Brainpool ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 Germany will not impose an additional climate levy on old and dirty power plants. In late-night negotiations, the ruling government coalition buried a levy proposal, choosing instead to mothball and later decommission some lignite power ...
12 Mar 2020, 13:52 S?ren Amelang Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Energy-intensive companies from Germany are calling for an EU-wide electricity price for industry as a simple instrument to safeguard the sector's global competitiveness during ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Implementing Germany’s planned electricity and gas price brakes is “unmanageable” in the desired timeframe, energy associations have said following a cabinet meeting on the ...
12 Mar 2020, 13:59 S?ren Amelang Technology Society Die Welt Researchers in Bavaria have invented a new method to slash the carbon emissions of smaller breweries, reports Norbert Lossau in die Welt. An innovative technology developed at the University of ...
04 Mar 2020, 13:46 Rachel Waldholz Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Austria’s new government has set ambitious climate targets that will require massive new investments in renewable energy – and it is looking to Germany, and ...
05 Mar 2020, 12:43 S?ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv The German government's sustainable finance council has published a report calling for urgent action to avoid climate-related shocks to the financial system. In its first ...
06 Mar 2020, 13:57 Freja Eriksen Heating Die Welt The housing group Vonovia, which acts as Germany's largest landlord, has called on the state to support energy efficient renovations in rented homes, writes Die Welt. Although the group's rental ...
22 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Edgar Meza Agriculture Government 91tv / Welt Reducing the environmental impact of food is one of the key priorities of the German government's upcoming nutritional strategy, presented by the ...
02 Dec 2022, 13:54 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels International 91tv Germany and Poland have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen their cooperation on oil supply security and to protect refineries in both countries, the German ...
24 Apr 2015
24 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Siemens boss jokes about the Energiewende At a conference of oil industry executives in Texas, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said that anyone making energy policy for a ...
02 Mar 2020, 14:01 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Most banks in Germany lack proper preparation to cope with risks stemming from climate change and will have a hard ...
03 Mar 2020, 13:53 Rachel Waldholz Transport Society 91tv A growing majority of German travelers say they are taking climate change and sustainability into account when planning vacations, according to a YouGov survey. 60 percent of German ...
03 Mar 2020, 14:22 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Cars Rheinische Post The lower ...
23 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year’s international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn while in Berlin ongoing coalition talks will shape the future of national climate actions. Annalena Baerbock, climate spokesperson of the Greens, which are ...
14 Jan 2020, 10:06 Germany's shift to electric mobility looks set to get underway in earnest in 2020, and the country's mighty carmakers look ahead with trepidation to what promises to be a tremendous effort for the industry. Against the ...
02 Mar 2020, 14:22 Expert DHL Express Transport Business & Jobs Expert Ferdinand Dudenh?ffer Professor and Director, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Transport Cars S?ren Amelang Cars 91tv The end of Deutsche Post DHL’s electric ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:57 S?ren Amelang International COP27 91tv The UN climate conference COP27 in Egypt did not deliver what is needed to mitigate the rise in global temperatures, the German government has said. “The steps adopted to reduce ...
17 Mar 2023, 14:25 A year after the launch of Russia's attack on Ukraine, Germany appears to be emerging from the energy crisis relatively unscathed. Russia’s war has dealt a heavy blow to Europe’s biggest economy, because it was particularly ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:10 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Welt / Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion by the energy law firm Rosin ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:17 Julian Wettengel International COP27 91tv The German government aims to continue efforts to regain the trust of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, while at the same time strengthening ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:12 Freja Eriksen Coal 91tv/ Welt Online The European Commission has allocated a potential 877 million euros of its Just Transition Fund to support structural change in German coal mining regions, reports? Welt Online. ...
27 Feb 2020, 14:35 Expert BDH- Federation of German Heating Industry Industry Efficiency Heating Freja Eriksen Efficiency Heating 91tv The German heating industry saw sales increase for the third year in a row in 2019, with nearly 175,000 ...
25 Feb 2020, 13:38 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Claudia Kemfert German ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:35 S?ren Amelang Renewables Industry 91tv Excessive red tape hinders Germany’s shift to a low-emission economy, according to a report by industry association BDI. Planning and approval procedures are not only becoming ...
26 Oct 2022, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Despite reductions in heating energy demand in German households during the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, CO2 emissions haven’t dropped enough to reach climate targets, results from the ...
15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 91tv The first jetty for arrival of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed in northern German Wilhelmshaven, with the first delivery set to arrive in mid-January 2023, reports ...
19 Feb 2020, 14:08 Rachel Waldholz Cars Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany’s increased subsidy for electric vehicles goes into effect today (Wednesday, Feb. 19), FAZ.net reports. The increase in the e-car buyer’s premium was first announced in ...
11 Nov 2022, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating 91tv The vast potential of geothermal energy generation for heating has so far been under-utilised in Germany, but a new exploration process launched by the economy and climate ministry ...
26 Oct 2022, 13:34 Jessica Bateman Mobility 91tv A new report has found that shared e-mobility options, such as e-scooters and e-bikes, can help reduce overall transport emissions in cities. Researchers from institute Fraunhofer ISI analysed ...
12 Oct 2022, 14:48 The European energy crisis is set to push Germany into a recession in 2023, as rising energy prices put a damper on industrial production and inflation means citizens will buy less, said the economy ministry in its autumn projection for ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:56 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv The sixth tender for early shutdowns of hard coal plants in Germany was undersubscribed and only one plant was successful, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. As part of its plan to end ...
Germany plans nationwide investments in infrastructure for vehicles powered by electricity, natural gas and fuel cells, the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) said in a press release. “With investments of about one billion euros we will take the lead in ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ZDF The cold snap that has gripped large parts ...
17 Feb 2020, 13:53 Rachel Waldholz Fossil fuels Security Handelsblatt / Deutsche Welle U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced one billion dollars in funding to support energy projects in Eastern and Central Europe as part of an effort to reduce ...
Following China’s announcement that it will introduce a quota for e-cars as early as 2018, VW has expressed confidence “that the legal framework will comprehend the necessary lead time” for manufacturers to adapt to the regulation, Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
11 Feb 2020, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv The number of air passengers in Germany is set to decline in 2020, as carriers are projected to reduce the number of available seats by 1.8 percent in the first nine months of the year, the ...
06 Oct 2022, 14:31 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Policy In a new strategy for biomass use, Germany plans to focus on recycling, efficient decarbonisation solutions, and using it as a material rather than a fuel for energy. The strategy, which will be ...
14 Nov 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Finance International 91tv / Deutsche Welle The G7’s strong economies have launched a scheme to quickly provide financial support to countries most vulnerable to climate risks in case of a disaster – the ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:34 German officials have reiterated that public support for new gas projects in other countries should be possible, as long as these are in line with overall climate commitments. The comments by the government come amid sharp criticism by ...
16 Nov 2022, 13:19 S?ren Amelang Business Cost & Prices 91tv Ten percent of German companies are currently at increased risk of insolvency due to the effects of the energy crisis and supply chain problems, according to an analysis by ...
06 Oct 2022, 13:45 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S?ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Policy Reuters ...
31 Oct 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels COP27 91tv Several German NGOs have called on the government to rule out public support for fossil fuel extraction projects in other countries and thus make good on its pledge signed at last ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:12 Jessica Bateman Gas Policy 91tv It is possible to ensure the efficient use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a transitional solution in Germany over the coming winter and beyond without losing sight of the climate ...
22 Nov 2022, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Business 91tv Companies in Germany invested about 55 billion euros in climate action measures in 2021 but still have to double their financial efforts to get on track towards the country’s 2045 greenhouse ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Bioenergy Renewables Wind 91tv Recent tenders for onshore wind, biomass and biomethane plants in Germany attracted fewer bidders than expected, leaving all three rounds clearly undersubscribed, ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:44 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv The so far sluggish installation of smart meters in ...
02 Nov 2022, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Politics Tagesspiegel Background The northwestern German state of Lower Saxony plans to become climate neutral by 2040. Following a regional parliamentary election in October, the ruling Social ...
03 Feb 2020, 13:46 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
03 Feb 2020, 13:49 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices dpa ...
07 Oct 2022, 13:32 The state election in Lower Saxony on 9 October is the first major vote in the country since the energy crisis fueled by Russia's war has started to take a toll on the German economy. The ballot in the state that hosts most of ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 91tv Consumers in Germany can expect to pay about 20 percent more for their appartment's gas heating bill 2021 than for the year before, and prices could climb by 67 percent ...
16 Nov 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Business 91tv Climate protection played an important role for just under 60 percent of German start-ups founded last year, state-owned development bank KfW found. Ten percent of start-ups mainly offered ...
From 2019 on, Volkswagen (VW) will use two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled charter vessels for vehicle shipments between Europe and North America “to significantly improve the environmental balance of its marine transport fleet”, the company announced ...
28 Jan 2020, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany has reached the lowest level in 20 years, figures by the German Wind Power Association (BWE) confirm. With only 243 turbines and a ...
31 Oct 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Solar 91tv Regional officials in eastern German Cottbus have given the green light for the country's largest floating solar power plant to be built on the man-made Cottbus Ostsee lake, a former open ...
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 ...
27 Jan 2020, 14:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Utilities dpa / Tagesspiegel / Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung German energy industry heavyweight RWE has called for a roundtable of stakeholders to make progress on ending the current slump of onshore wind power ...
20 Oct 2022, 14:27 The German government has said it increased public climate finance for developing and emerging countries to 5.34 billion euros last year, meaning the country is on track towards reaching its target of 6 billion euros by 2025. Together ...
27 Jan 2020, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Handelsblatt / n-tv American e-carmaker Tesla has applied for state subsidy payments in Germany to fund battery cell research and production in the host country of the company's planned new gigafactory, ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:23 S?ren Amelang Cars 91tv Volkswagen, the world's largest carmaker, will significantly exceed EU fleet emission limits in 2021 regardless of its ambitious push into e-mobility, resulting in fines of around 4.5 billion ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Society EU 91tv A majority of European Union citizens (66%) say that the war against Ukraine and its impact on the price of oil and gas should lead the bloc to speed up the green transition by reducing the ...
09 Nov 2022, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 91tv Heat pumps are starting to play a significant role in Germany’s heat supply and were installed as the primary heating system in more than half of all new buildings in 2021, the national energy ...
22 Jan 2020, 13:35 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating Welt Online / 91tv Tenants in Germany will be placed under further economic pressure by the new climate action ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Wind BR24 / 91tv Bavaria’s controversial 10H rule, which sets a minimum distance between wind turbines and settlements, largely slowed down the expansion of wind power in the state, a report by the ...
21 Jan 2020, 13:17 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Freja Eriksen Cars Handelsblatt German carmaker Volkswagen is in favour of support for electric cars, which can provide the "initial ignition" needed to encourage the transition to electric ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Süddeutsche Zeitung The announcement by Spain, Portugal and France to pull the plug on the MidCat gas pipeline project across the Pyrenees comes as a “disappointment” for Germany’s government, which had hoped to ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:39 The German government, its coal mining states and several major utilities have agreed on a roadmap for shutting down the country's lignite-fired power plants and on compensation payments for operators. Many analysts and ...
The governments of the federal states of Saxony and Brandenburg do not require insolvency-proof guarantees for the recultivation of pits from the new owners of Vattenfall’s lignite operations, the TV channel ZDF’s magazine frontal21 reports. Czech ...
07 Jan 2020, 11:30 Preview 2020: European climate diplomats are facing a busy 2020, and Germany looks set to play a key role as it holds the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year. After the UN climate conference in Madrid left many ...
18 Oct 2022, 14:17 Carolina Kyllmann Society Elections & Politics Die Welt / 91tv After a long period of stagnation, the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is regaining popularity, as rising costs resulting from the ...
15 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources ...
15 Jan 2020, 14:16 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International AFP Germany's finance ministry (BMF) has said Germany does not plan to increase its contribution to ...
25 Oct 2022, 13:44 Jessica Bateman Transport 91tv Germany’s �9?nationwide public transport ticket improved low-income households’ social participation and boosted their overall quality of life, a report has found. Researchers from the ...
14 Jan 2020, 14:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv People living near onshore wind farms in Germany should be compensated financially, chancellor Angela Merkel has said. At a New Year's event in the eastern coastal state of Mecklenburg ...
13 Jan 2020, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Transport 91tv A new "competence centre" for climate action in the aviation sector has been launched at Germany's most important airport in Frankfurt am Main to facilitate progress in ...
13 Jan 2020, 14:02 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind dpa / Focus Online / 91tv Doing away with the ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:02 S?ren Amelang Wind 91tv Germany’s federal government, several of its states and grid operators have agreed on how to implement the country’s more ambitious targets for the expansion of offshore wind turbines. With the ...
10 Jan 2020, 11:50 Expert EPH- Energetick? a pr?myslov? holding Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf?lisches Elektrizit?tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Rheinische Post / Reuters German energy company RWE could receive up to two billion euros ...
14 Nov 2022, 12:19 Edgar Meza Politics International 91tv Germany is seeking to diversify supply chains and increase international cooperation on climate protection with Asian countries, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Vietnam ...
06 Jan 2020, 14:22 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv Austria’s new government coalition of designated conservative chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Green Party could serve as a role model for Germany, say several commentaries in ...
04 May 2015
04 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Bild/Lichtblick “Tesla and Lichtblick plan energy revolution” Hamburg-based renewable electricity provider Lichtblick is cooperating with Tesla to integrate the e-car company’s new “Powerwall Home ...
06 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St?dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has issued a call for tenders for a scientific study on the further development of the EU’s electricity market design. The study is to examine and offer a short analysis of the current ...
08 Jan 2020, 12:28 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Rheinische Post Energy company Uniper may offer to either shut down all its coal plants or switch them to gas and, in turn, bring the new Datteln 4 hard coal unit online, ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:44 S?ren Amelang Mobility Cars Spiegel Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz has invited the country’s top car executives and other experts to discuss the country’s lagging shift to clean transport, according to news media reports. The meeting ...
29 Sep 2022, 17:37 The German government has agreed on a relief package worth up to 200 billion euros to fight soaring energy prices. “Prices must go down – that’s our conviction, and the government will do anything to achieve that,” said chancellor Olaf ...
22 Sep 2022, 13:52 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S?ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Industry 91tv The German industry plans to stick to existing ...
11 Oct 2022, 14:16 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out AFP The German coalition government hasn’t been able to come to an agreement over the economy minister’s proposed runtime extension scheme for two of the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Finance 91tv / Financial Times / Guardian The German government is advocating a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis. “My goal is a World Bank which is well ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:57 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv It is possible to achieve Germany’s target of covering half of heat production with renewable energies by 2030, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) said at the presentation of its ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv High energy prices and supply chain challenges affecting large parts of the industry are paving the way for Germany to enter a recession, an analysis by private ...
20 Dec 2019, 16:39 Preview 2020: Solar power in Germany has bottomed out from its breakdown a few years back and looks ahead at 2020 full of confidence that the odds are in its favour in the country thanks to the introduction of carbon pricing in the ...
06 Oct 2022, 13:52 Expert NewClimate Institute Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany’s climate diplomacy initiative has made a promising start ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Sven Egenter Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Der ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:38 S?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 ...
17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO? price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:12 Freja Eriksen Heating Tagesspiegel Background Following years of failed attempts, Germany will from January 2020 provide homeowners with tax incentives for energy efficient renovations, allowing them to deduct 20 percent of the costs ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The German government supports European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to increase the bloc’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to between 50 and 55 percent, ...
11 Oct 2022, 12:37 Edgar Meza Industry Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The energy crisis and economic slowdown in Germany could hinder the green transition in the country’s chemical industry, particularly among medium-sized companies, business daily ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 91tv Germany’s economy ministry and the operators of two of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants have agreed on a concept for keeping them in an emergency reserve beyond ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport 91tv The draft climate action programme currently debated among German ministries is not enough to reach greenhouse gas reduction targets in the transport sector for 2030, and additional steps are to be ...
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 / ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 91tv / BR Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has reacted with irritation to a German nuclear plant operator’s objection to his plans for putting two of the remaining ...
12 Dec 2019, 13:04 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy S?ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Clean ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:27 Expert ZEW- Centre for European Economic Research Zentrum für Europ?ische Wirtschaftsforschung Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung The politically sensitive idea of splitting Germany into ...
13 Dec 2019, 13:11 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Heating 91tv Consumption of oil and natural gas for heating Germany's residential buildings rose by 1.1 and 1.5 ...
13 Dec 2019, 13:52 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv Wind energy will be Germany's most important power ...
11 Dec 2019, 13:04 Julian Wettengel Storage Start-ups 91tv Berlin-based energy startup Lumenion has presented the pilot of its 2.4-megawatt-hour (MWh) steel storage system in a housing project in Germany’s capital. The technology would allow ...
28 Apr 2017, 00:00 No other party has been part of a German federal government longer than the Free Democrats (FDP). They also governed together with Angela Merkel's CDU at the time of the Fukushima disaster and supported the second nuclear phase-out ...
16 Jun 2016
16 Jun 2016, 00:00 S?ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Volkswagen Group VW aims to sell 2-3 million e-cars by 2025 Car giant VW plans a "major electrification initiative" with more than 30 new?purely battery ...
05 Oct 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung Some of Germany’s partner countries are currently charging irrationally high prices for supplying natural gas to the country since Russia has ceased to be an import source, ...
10 Dec 2019, 13:29 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Rose-Anne Clermont Cars 91tv The number of new registrations of electric, hybrid, liquid gas and ...
19 Jan 2023, 13:41 Edgar Meza Society 91tv A large majority of German households have lowered indoor temperatures this winter amid soaring energy costs, according to a report by indoor climate management company Tado. With nearly 80 percent ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Gas Bloomberg / 91tv Germany has reached its target to fill gas storages to 95 percent two weeks ahead of the 1 November deadline, the economy ministry (BMWK) announced. “The well-filled storage facilities ...
04 Dec 2019, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy 91tv The energy ministers of Germany's federal states have criticised the government's climate package for being full of "gaps and shortcomings" and called for measures to ensure ...
25 Oct 2022, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 91tv The proposed energy efficiency laws in Germany might place a too heavy burden on data centres and could drive them out of the country, digital association Bitkom said in a press ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv High prices and possibly also pleas by the government are driving down gas consumption in Germany, reports Jakob Schlandt in energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 91tv Major natural gas importer VNG will seek financial support from the German government to cushion the considerable losses it is making due to high gas market prices. “Due to ...
02 Dec 2019, 13:43 Freja Eriksen Cars Tagesspiegel / dpa The German district near Berlin that e-carmaker Tesla has chosen as the location for its first European gigafactory is awaiting the paperwork from the US company to go ahead with necessary ...
02 Dec 2019, 13:40 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables Power production with renewable energy ...
04 Oct 2022, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society n-tv / Der Spiegel Hospitals and other public health institutions in Germany will receive financial support from the state to cope with rising energy prices, health minister Karl Lauterbach ...
05 Mar 2015
05 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Welt /McKinsey Germany “McKinsey: Energiewende indices improve“ The McKinsey Energiewende Index, a bi-annually published analysis of how well Germany is achieving its energy transition targets, ...
29 Aug 2022, 13:22 Hannah Naylor Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are preparing a formal list of additional measures to aid German citizens cope with the dramatic increase in energy prices, reports dpa news ...
04 Oct 2022, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Süddeutsche Zeitung / ZDF The German states are calling for greater financial support by the federal government in the energy crisis, urging a quick introduction of a national gas price brake to ...
22 Nov 2019, 12:02 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Some German states have said they will make use ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:10 With its third energy cost relief package since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the German government hopes to alleviate concerns over skyrocketing prices for heating and electricity in the coming winter. The large package worth ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Building wind power turbines in Germany’s woodlands is permissible and cannot be prohibited by individual states on the basis of their own environmental regulation, the country’s ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv High energy prices are beginning to bite into companies’ investment plans and curtail production in Germany, raising the spectre of de-industrialisation in the country ...
07 Oct 2022, 14:55 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 91tv There ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv / Bayrischer Rundfunk Bavaria's state cabinet has adopted a climate action law and additional measures to reach its target of becoming climate neutral between 2040 and 2050. The ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is testing emission-free delivery on Berlin’s Spree river with a solar-powered ship. The pilot project in the capital is an addition to the company’s ...
18 Nov 2019, 13:29 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Deutschlandfunk Germany's opposition Green Party has dared too little in their decisions at the party's ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:29 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables 91tv Higher electricity demand, fewer fossil power plants, and insufficient renewable energy, combined with extreme weather conditions, could lead to gaps in Germany’s power supply ...
15 Nov 2019, 13:50 S?ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Society 91tv German doctors have called for a national plan to deal with the damaging health effects of climate change. Heat waves will become more frequent, more intense, and last longer, ...
14 Nov 2019, 13:26 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw?rtiges ...
12 Nov 2019, 12:40 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
29 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government 91tv The Free Democrats (FDP) in Germany’s government coalition have criticised the decision by Green Party economy and climate minister Robert Habeck to transfer two of the ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Policy 91tv The German government has approved a range of energy saving measures for businesses and households in a bid to prepare the country for expected energy supply bottlenecks. The regulation ...
19 Nov 2019, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Finance Süddeutsche Zeitung Central banks should not actively engage in climate policy as they lack both the expertise and the mandate to decide which investments make sense from a climate protection point of view, ...
20 Sep 2022, 13:03 Edgar Meza Cars 91tv Germany’s leading car rental company Sixt has announced plans to increase the share of its electric vehicles in its global fleet to between 70 and 90 percent by 2030. That share is expected to reach 12 ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:31 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices RP Online, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung The German government’s approval of a 200 billion euro relief package to help business and citizens pay skyrocketing energy prices has been largely received ...
06 Sep 2022, 13:50 Germany should keep two of its three remaining nuclear power plants on standby beyond the planned phase-out date at the end of the year to help secure power system stability in the coming winter if necessary, economy and climate ...
19 Sep 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Renewables Energiewende 91tv The German government has to urgently step up its energy transition efforts in response to the “Zeitenwende” (turn of an era) brought on by Russia’s war against Ukraine, an ...
23 Jan 2015
23 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Welt / sh:z ?The North focuses on wind power“ Germany’s northern state of Schleswig-Holstein wants to increase its share of renewables in the power mix and for heating and wants to lower energy ...
13 Sep 2022, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Utilities Handelsblatt Some local utilities in Germany are seeking state support due to the high power and gas prices, thereby following leading gas importer Uniper’s request for a bail-out, reports ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:32 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Clean ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Temperatures in both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea rose by more than one degree Celsius during summer 2022,? which is above the long-term average maintained since 1997, Germany’s ...
26 Aug 2022, 14:08 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices Die Welt The German government will revisit the recently adopted regulation to introduce a levy to help gas importers affected by supply cuts from Russia, amid growing criticism about well-off ...
26 Aug 2022, 14:20 The German government has introduced a package of energy saving provisions for businesses and state entities that will take effect in September, just as key relief measures run out and citizens are set to face higher prices for fuels ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:46 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv The German government has chartered a fifth floating import terminal (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help the country wean itself off Russian pipeline gas and ensure supply security,? the ...
20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
17 Oct 2022, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Wind Handelsblatt Meteorological institutes forecast mild weather in their new winter prognostics for Europe, concluding that less heating gas could be used but also that wind power production might decline as a ...
16 Dec 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal EU Die Zeit The shut down of German coal plants in 2021 is set to have only a minor impact on European emissions reduction because the government might not report plant decommissionings to the European Commission, ...
29 Aug 2022, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Handelsblatt The economy and climate ministry is pondering a new power market design for Germany that decouples electricity prices from gas prices in response to the current turmoil on energy markets ...
31 Oct 2019, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv / WDR The former German capital Bonn could become the venue for the next UN climate summit COP25, after the government of Chile has? said ?it has to cancel the event ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:35 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv German energy company RWE is set to bring three lignite power plant units in the western part of the country back online in the coming days to help secure power supply during the coming winter, ...
24 Oct 2019, 12:22 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf?lisches Elektrizit?tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Tageszeitung (taz) A company in Germany that enriches uranium ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Germany's Sustainable Finance Advisory Council (SFC) is in disagreement about the extent to which financial actors should be obligated to align their business with sustainability goals. ...
23 Oct 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Tagesspiegel Background The German Federal Agency for ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's plans for a tax on energy companies' windfall profits generated by the current supply crisis could slow the rollout of renewables because ...
18 Oct 2019, 14:14 Expert DBV- German Farmers‘ Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Freja Eriksen Agriculture 91tv / Tageszeitung (taz) Up to 10,000 farmers and 700 tractors are expected to be present at protests against German ...
16 Sep 2022, 13:52 S?ren Amelang Gas Security Handelsblatt Germany will only be able to find out at short notice whether it will face any form of gas shortage in winter, which will then be impossible to prevent, according to the country’s grid agency ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:45 Freja Eriksen Coal Society 91tv Forty-one mayors from Germany, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Montenegro and Slovakia have signed a declaration calling on the European Union for more ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU dpa / n-tv A delivery of uranium is on its way from Russia to Germany six months after the beginning of the war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy trading sanctions imposed by the EU, news agency ...
23 Aug 2022, 13:34 Edgar Meza Industry Heating 91tv German companies use the vast majority of their entire water consumption for cooling, according to statistical office Destatis. Companies used a total of 15.3 billion cubic metres of fresh ...
21 Sep 2022, 12:59 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv 2022 will become a record year for solar power generation in Germany, data by research institute Fraunhofer ISE’s Energy Charts suggests. “By mid-September, solar plants in Germany had already ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The grid “stress test“ conducted by Germany's power transmission grid operators suggests that letting two of the remaining three nuclear plants in the country run longer than planned ...
05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, Germany’s economy ministry said in a statement ...
11 Oct 2019, 14:09 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
15 Oct 2019, 12:22 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Large-scale afforestation and ...
19 Sep 2022, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv German power transmission grid operator Amprion has said that it does not expect blackouts this winter despite “an extremely tense supply situation” caused by the current energy crisis. Even the ...
09 Oct 2019, 10:42 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Next Kraftwerke Operator of virtual power plant & Power trader ...
10 Oct 2019, 13:43 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Clean ...
20 Feb 2015
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv World Energy Council “German energy transition is currently not an export hit” Many international energy experts doubt that Germany's energy transition works as a blueprint for other countries ...
21 Sep 2022, 13:22 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 SWR The state government of Baden-Württemberg has passed a new version of its Climate Protection Act in an effort to further reduce greenhouse gases with ambitious new goals, but critics say the legislation ...
08 Oct 2019, 14:10 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv High incomes in Germany should be taxed more to generate funds for ...
09 Oct 2019, 10:40 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Gas Utilities Heating 91tv Most ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:05 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Germany must use the price advantage of renewable energy sources to weather the energy crisis over the coming winter and beyond, said the renewables association BEE. The lobby group said ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Government Security 91tv In an unusually emotional response to criticism over the government’s handling of the energy crisis, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised conservative CDU leader Friedrich ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv Germany no longer counts on receiving gas from Russia after deliveries through the pipeline Nord Stream 1 have been suspended indefinitely by Russian supplier Gazprom. “Gas deliveries ...
01 Oct 2019, 17:30 Germany is set to reach its goal of doubling contributions to international climate finance to four billion euros annually by 2020 compared to 2014 figures. A gap had become clear earlier this year, but a budget draft states that this ...
26 Oct 2022, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Industry 91tv Plans?by the German government to "retroactively or disproportionately" skim off windfall revenues of the photovoltaic (PV) industry could lead to a market collapse,? said the ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv The targets for renewable power consumption and wind energy expansion on land set by the German government's new ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:53 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf?lisches Elektrizit?tswerk AG Utilities ...
14 Sep 2022, 13:50 S?ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Council of Economic Experts is calling for the country’s last nuclear power plants to remain in use until the current energy crisis is definitely over. The ...
02 Oct 2019, 10:07 Freja Eriksen Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [UPDATE adds media report on climate action cost estimate of 150 billion euros by 2030] The German ...
23 Aug 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Digitalisation Efficiency Tagesspiegel Background The German government plans a new digitalisation strategy? that could pave the way for greater energy efficiency in the electricty sector, industry, and buildings, reports ...
27 Sep 2019, 13:51 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Cost & Prices ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Security Der Tagesspiegel The European energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has created the right environment for “finally and forcefully implementing a Europeanisation of energy and climate policy,” ...
12 Dec 2022, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Tagesspiegel Background / Bloomberg The first gas flows into the German grid from the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven are expected on 22 December, newspaper ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background / Deutsche Welle Authorities in Germany, Sweden and Denmark are investigating a sudden drop of pressure in the two offshore Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines ...
24 Sep 2019, 13:58 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann ...
23 Sep 2019, 14:04 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom have called for "increased ambition and action by the global community" to conserve and restore tropical ...
15 Sep 2022, 13:44 S?ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv Calculations by the ifo Institute for Economic Research suggest that postponing the decommissioning of Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants would not help the ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:53 S?ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices The German government will temporarily reduce the value added tax (VAT) on natural gas from 19 to 7 percent in a bid to relieve gas customers struggling with rapidly rising prices ...
18 Sep 2019, 12:30 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv Companies in Germany's ...
16 Aug 2022, 13:09 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Hamburger Abendblatt / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Rheinische Post German rivers are suffering ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:53 Rising energy and food prices and climate change top the list of main worries in Germany, several surveys show. Investing in renewables by a wide margin is seen as the best way to achieve energy independence from Russia by respondents ...
11 Oct 2022, 12:39 Edgar Meza Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Germany’s solar industry continues to have a largely positive outlook and assessment of the current business climate in the sector, shows the German Solar Association’s (BSW) third ...
12 Sep 2019, 14:03 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Efficiency Die Welt / 91tv Four industry associations and the German Energy Agency ...
29 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Gas Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung The German environment minister has urged to stop gas extraction plans near the north-western island of Borkum, newspaper Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung reports. Dutch company ...
13 Sep 2019, 13:23 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
10 Sep 2019, 13:43 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv The draft law aimed ...
20 Sep 2022, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security dpa / Zeit Online / 91tv One of the two nuclear plants in Germany slated to go into an emergency reserve until April 2023 has to undergo urgent maintenance work due to a valve ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:06 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv German heating company Stiebel Eltron expects to produce a record 80,000 heat pumps by the end of the year, a 60 percent increase over 2021 amid booming demand for environmentally-friendly and ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv About two thirds of 444 German small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) surveyed by the Trier University say they aim to reduce their CO2 emissions by 2030, while a ...
27 Sep 2022, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 91tv High energy prices and possibly also pleas by the German government to save gas appear to show an effect among households in the country: The head of the federal grid agency (BNetzA) Klaus ...
09 Sep 2019, 13:41 Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv Germany should aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050, a position paper ...
22 May 2019, 11:33 Volker Hille’s passion project could cut Germany’s entire CO2 output by almost one percent. He is head of corporate technology at Salzgitter Group, one of Europe’s largest steelmakers, which currently emits around eight million tonnes ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Süddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel German federal and state transport ministers have agreed to support the implementation of a nationwide 49-euro local public transport ticket but funding still needs to be ...
06 Sep 2019, 13:38 Expert IfW- Kiel Institute for the World Economy Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel Society International Freja Eriksen Cost & Prices 91tv German financial aid in the fields of environment and energy is "rising ...
01 Sep 2022, 13:42 Energy policy links between the UK and the European Union have remained strong since the UK officially left the bloc in January 2020, in contrast to complications in many other policy areas. A new renewable power interconnector project ...
05 Aug 2022, 11:34 With natural gas deliveries from Russia dwindling, the German government is preparing for a winter without sufficient supplies of the fossil fuel it relies on heavily for heating homes. As well as increasing the import of liquified gas ...
04 Sep 2019, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Efficiency Heating ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Coal Cost & Prices ...
04 Aug 2022, 14:16 Edgar Meza Gas Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 91tv As concerns in Germany grow over skyrocketing gas prices, the government is looking at ways to limit the cost explosion for consumers. However, the government still?plans ...
06 Sep 2019, 13:44 S?ren Amelang Cars 91tv More than 30,000 people have put in a reservation for Volkswagen's first purpose-built electric car ID.3, which will be unveiled at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show and is a litmus test for ...
02 Sep 2019, 13:11 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Agriculture Spiegel Online Germany’s environment minister Svenja Schulze has proposed rewarding forest owners who gear their forests towards nature and climate protection instead of timber production,? ...
03 Sep 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy ...
20 Oct 2022, 14:48 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 91tv Germany can implement ambitious climate action and at the same time strive for long-term energy sovereignty as it attempts to find a way out of the current energy crisis, said researchers ...
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 ...
30 Aug 2019, 14:25 Freja Eriksen Bioenergy Cars 91tv Together with nine other industry players, the automotive, farmers' and biofuel industry associations have agreed in a position paper that biofuels and electricity-based fuels must be ...
29 Aug 2019, 12:33 Edgar Meza Transport Cities 91tv Electric scooters can contribute to sustainable urban mobility, but their integration in urban traffic must be coordinated jointly by municipalities and e-scooter providers, according to a ...
15 Aug 2022, 14:30 A new levy on natural gas use that is meant to save struggling importers from bankruptcy is going to further inflate already high bills of German consumers. The government argues the levy is needed to ensure the country’s gas market ...
27 Jul 2022, 12:42 Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv The government has decided to adapt support schemes for energy efficiency in buildings and puts the focus on renovating the existing stock. “The vast majority of people live in older houses. ...
28 Aug 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Policy The German Green Party is calling for a radical overhaul of the country’s forests to better protect the natural landscape from extreme heat and drought, news agency dpa reports in an article ...
26 Jul 2022, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv An agreement by EU countries to curb gas use during the coming winter is a signal of unity and solidarity in the face of the current energy crisis, said German economy minister Robert Habeck. ...
02 Aug 2022, 14:20 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Edgar Meza Renewables Solar pv magazine Photovoltaic systems in Germany generated a new record level of electricity in the month July 2022, the pv ...
11 Aug 2022, 14:08 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Utilities Tagesspiegel Background Energy company E.ON has said it is “open to discussions” about a possible runtime extension of its ...
26 Aug 2019, 13:34 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
05 Aug 2022, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa / n-tv Amid an unprecedented rise in natural gas prices in Germany, the government has agreed on an additional levy on natural gas to help avoid importers going bankrupt ...
26 Aug 2019, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv The exceptionally large wildfires in the Amazon region in South America have led German government members to criticise Brazil's government under President Jair ...
22 Aug 2019, 13:55 Eastern German coal mining regions have welcomed draft legislation to support the states most affected by plans to phase out the fossil fuel by 2038 at the latest. The economy ministry presented an "investment law for coal regions ...
23 Aug 2019, 13:26 S?ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out 91tv Germany is increasing its stockpile of iodine tablets as a precaution for the possibility of a nuclear accident. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) said it ordered 189.5 ...
20 Aug 2019, 13:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Institute for Applied Ecology ?ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:44 S?ren Amelang Transport Heating Policy 91tv Germany’s plans to cut transport emission to get the sector on track for the country’s climate targets are “lacking in sufficient ambition even at the outset”, government advisors ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:37 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 91tv Germany must electrify its railway network eight times as fast as it does today to achieve its target for the sector, said the Pro-Rail Alliance, a lobby group consisting of non-profit ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv The summer of 2022 in Germany was the sunniest, the sixth driest and among the four warmest on record, Germany's National Meteorological Service (DWD)? said. “In these times of ...
09 Dec 2015
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online “How the Germans are negotiating a climate miracle” 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 ...
03 Aug 2022, 14:52 Edgar Meza Gas International Süddeutsche Zeitung As concern over dwindling Russian gas supplies rises, Germany is looking increasingly towards Africa for new sources of energy. Skyrocketing gas prices around the world are creating ...
10 Aug 2022, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background There are still no liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts between German and Qatari companies almost five months after economy minister Robert Habeck visited the gulf state in March to ...
05 Jun 2019, 16:00 The European elections delivered major gains for Green parties in several countries, as voters signalled a strong desire for more aggressive action on climate change. In Germany, the Green surge was especially strong. The party doubled ...
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 ...
07 Mar 2018
07 Mar 2018, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen her close ally and former head of the Chancellery Peter Altmaier as the next economy and energy minister. This puts the political heavy-hitter in charge of shaping Germany’s Energiewende at a ...
20 Aug 2019, 13:57 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 91tv Germany should introduce a truck toll on all German roads and use the revenues to strengthen the country's rail freight infrastructure, said ...
15 Aug 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Technology Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany needs a market introduction strategy for green fuels based on hydrogen, Carsten Rolle, climate and energy policy head at the Federation of German Industries ...
04 Aug 2022, 13:43 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices Die Zeit France’s huge nuclear power plant fleet currently only delivers a fraction of its energy ...
16 Aug 2019, 13:19 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert ...
13 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background While Germany is building up an infrastructure to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its North and Baltic Sea coasts in record time, there continues to be uncertainty about where the ...
16 Aug 2019, 12:09 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Freja Eriksen Transport 91tv / Zeit Online Transport minister Andreas ...
14 Aug 2019, 11:55 Expert adelphi Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv There is no general recipe for a successful carbon pricing scheme, but its introduction should be accompanied by open and targeted ...
27 Jul 2022, 15:02 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv The German government plans to spend 177.5 billion euros of the federal budget for climate action, and the transformation of the country’s economy, from 2023 to 2026. The cabinet ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:30 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Energy Post / 91tv Coordinated action on climate by Germany and the Netherlands is critical for Europe, several researchers wrote ahead of a joint German-Dutch climate ...
09 Aug 2022, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The German finance ministry (BMF) is working on a scheme to further reduce the financial burden of gas price increases, which are expected to ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:25 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
19 Aug 2022, 12:53 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The ...
13 Aug 2019, 13:42 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Spiegel Online German Chancellor Angela Merkel "stands by the objective of a balanced budget", her spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said at a government press ...
12 Aug 2019, 12:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv / Welt am Sonntag The head of Germany's conservative ...
16 Aug 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Bild-Zeitung Leading Green Party politicians in Bavaria have said that a limited extension of the southern German state’s remaining nuclear plant would be an option if the federal government’s current ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas Renewables 91tv The buildout of Germany’s renewable power capacity is a “herculean task” that will likely take longer than planned and therefore make an early end to gas and coal-fired power ...
09 Aug 2019, 13:49 S?ren Amelang Grid Wind 91tv Germany and other European countries offer important lessons for the development of offshore wind in New York, according to the US state's Power Authority (NYPA). “We see great value in ...
08 Aug 2019, 14:03 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Agriculture Deutsche Welle Politicians from the Green Party and Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany have proposed an increase in value added tax (VAT) on meat from 7 percent to the standard rate of ...
29 Jul 2022, 11:27 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices Reuters / dpa / ARD / Tagesspiegel Background Germany will introduce a levy consumers would pay with their gas bills from 1 October to help importing companies pass on rising costs for the fuel, ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has condemned Germany’s past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
08 Aug 2019, 14:00 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Freja Eriksen Renewables Utilities 91tv German utility E.ON has reaffirmed largely stable operating earnings of around 3 billion euros for 2019, thanks in ...
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty have kicked off in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 91tv ...
04 Aug 2022, 13:55 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:03 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices t-online Companies in certain parts of ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
14 Nov 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv Denmark tops the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by NewClimate Institute, Climate Action Network and Germanwatch, which saw Germany fall ...
30 Jul 2019, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Electricity market Renewables Clean ...
31 Jul 2019, 13:52 Freja Eriksen Coal Electricity market Utilities 91tv / Reuters RWE AG, one of Germany’s largest utilities, has raised its earnings expectations for 2019 due to a stronger than anticipated performance in its energy trading ...
29 Oct 2019, 08:40 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how Germany's energy transition is transforming the commercial landscape. To showcase these big changes in the world’s fourth largest economy, this new series ...
03 Sep 2015
03 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Zeit / Spiegel Online / Reuters Utilities must remain liable for nuclear clean-up costs Energy companies are to remain liable for the cost of decommissioning nuclear power plants and storing ...
30 Jul 2019, 13:43 Primary energy use in Germany decreased almost two percent in the first half of 2019 due to a large drop in coal consumption, according to first estimates. This is likely to result in a further substantial fall in the country’s CO2 ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:28 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Governments around the world should factor into their planning more catastrophic trajectories ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 The German government finally buried plans for a levy on old coal-fired power plants. Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel, energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and leading politicians from the ruling coalition adopted a union proposal to pay ...
26 Jul 2019, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Coal Climate & CO2 91tv Power generation from coal was down 19 percent in Europe, and 22 percent in Germany, in the first six months 2019, according to analysis by climate change think tank Sandbag. “2019 ...
11 Aug 2022, 17:39 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv [UPDATE adds paragraph on third relief package] German chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is confident European Union member states will show solidarity in the energy crisis exacerbated by ...
01 Aug 2022, 13:20 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / Tagesspiegel / Handelsblatt / ZDF The debate about extending the runtime of Germany’s three remaining ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:50 Freja Eriksen Cost & Prices Policy The deputy head of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU parliamentary group, Andreas Jung, has suggested consumers should pay less for electricity and receive an “eco commuters’ allowance”, ...
24 Jul 2019, 14:19 Freja Eriksen Coal Solar 91tv Solar power could “fully substitute” coal-fired power generation in European coal regions in transition, according to a study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Researchers ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Transport Dlf / 91tv The German government will present a “modern public transport ticket” after the population has “embraced” the 9-euro ticket the country introduced as part of a relief package in the ...
22 Jul 2022, 13:38 S?ren Amelang Gas Utilities 91tv Germany will take a 30 percent stake in Europe’s largest Russian gas importer Uniper to save it from bankruptcy due to skyrocketing prices. “Uniper is a company that has got into big trouble ...
31 Jul 2015
31 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Government launches suggestions for new auction design for renewables The Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has launched the ...
22 Jul 2019, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Bild am Sonntag A survey by weekly tabloid Bild am Sonntag found people in Germany would be willing to spend an average of 32 euros per month on climate action. Around 16 percent of ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:53 Hannah Naylor Efficiency Resources & Recycling Süddeutsche Zeitung As solar panels, thermal insulation and heat pumps are increasingly becoming a standard in the tens of thousands of new houses that are built each year in the ...
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 ...
18 Jul 2019, 13:50 Freja Eriksen Transport Elections & Politics Rheinische Post Ahead of the climate cabinet’s next meeting, German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze is calling for “a fair CO2 price for air travel”, the Rheinische Post reports. She ...
10 Aug 2022, 12:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Half of the major companies listed in Germany’s Dax 40 stock market index increased their?CO2 emissions in 2021, as recovery effects from the pandemic allowed many ...
15 Jul 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices ZDF / 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background German politicians have largely welcomed the German Council of Economic Experts’ opinion on CO? pricing presented last week. The ...
16 Jul 2019, 13:15 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 International Bild Two interior ministers of the German states Hessen and Bavaria have rebuked the ...
29 Jul 2022, 11:51 Edgar Meza Cars 91tv For a new pan-European report on e-mobility, the PwC consultancy division Strategy& surveyed 4,600 end consumers from seven countries – Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and Spain. ...
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’s top economic advisors have proposed. This would work as an ...
12 Aug 2022, 11:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon market Company climate claims WirtschaftsWoche The German supermarket chain Rewe has said that it will ...
29 Jul 2022, 11:42 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices 91tv Germany’s three-month petrol and diesel discount that has been in effect since 1 June has been largely passed on to consumers, but it is ecologically counterproductive and also ...
22 Aug 2022, 11:45 Hannah Naylor Efficiency Heating 91tv Waste heat from data centres can be an important contributor to save gas during Germany’s struggle to prevent shortages if it is utilised to heat buildings, said industry efficiency ...
10 Aug 2022, 12:13 Hannah Naylor Cars Resources & Recycling 91tv / electrive.net The local utilities Stadtwerke Speyer and Stadtwerke Schifferstadt are planning to investigate how to source lithium from below the Rhine River in western ...
05 Jul 2019, 14:17 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv More than 60 local German utilities have called for the introduction of a mandatory share of renewables-based gases to be added to the country’s natural gas supply for sectors not covered ...
07 Oct 2022, 14:40 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:16 The financial sector in Germany needs better regulation to fully incorporate sustainability criteria in its business practices, says Kristina Jeromin, head of sustainability at the German stock exchange Deutsche B?rse and managing ...
05 Jul 2019, 14:05 Sven Egenter Freight 91tv The companies that depend on the Rhine River – Germany’s most important shipping artery for heavy goods and raw materials – have developed an action plan with the transport ministry, following last ...
09 Jul 2019, 12:42 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 FDP- Free Democratic ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid Cost & Prices 91tv / Welt am Sonntag Thirty percent of German households are thinking about buying an electric heater due to worries over winter gas supplies, but many are underestimating the ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices 91tv German leaders see the country well-equipped to get through the coming winter in the ongoing energy crisis. The government had initiated the necessary preparations to secure ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Heating Cities 91tv The European ...
14 Jul 2022, 12:52 Jessica Bateman Gas Security RND Germany's public is yet to experience the full impact of rising gas prices as bills could “triple” from 2023, Klaus Müller, the president of the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), has warned in ...
10 Aug 2022, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Gas EU Tagesspiegel Background EU member states are behind schedule with bilateral agreements on how to help each other out in case of severe gas disruptions in the bloc, reports Steven Hanke for Tagesspiegel Background ...
13 Sep 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv Many companies in Germany’s vast "Mittelstand" sector of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) still place high importance on sustainability, despite ...
26 Jun 2019, 12:57 The second summer in a row with record temperatures has fuelled worries about the global climate crisis in Germany and sparked a sudden interest in room cooling systems, which remain a rarity in the central European country. Researchers ...
20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
27 May 2016, 00:00 Update 27 May 2016 [European Commission approves state aid for closure of lignite power plants] | The government has approved wide reaching power market reform, including a phase-out plan for some lignite plants. A "coal reserve ...
07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of “near 100 percent renewables” in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
22 Sep 2015
22 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) “The VW scandal” It is a mystery why VW decided to take the risk of manipulating emission results with rather limited benefits, writes Holger Appel in FAZ. Why ...
06 Jul 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Business & Jobs WirtschaftsWoche The local availability of renewable power sources could increasingly become a boon for northern German states and could shift the country’s industrial centre of gravity ...
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 ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Policy Die Welt / 91tv Due to the rising number of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Germany, the governing Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the Left Party have called for limiting the ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year’s harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German ...
21 Jun 2018
21 Jun 2018, 16:13 An internal brawl in the German government's conservative camp over immigration has a paralysing effect on the country's energy and climate policymaking. After 100 days in office, the government coalition officially has to ...
18 Jul 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Cities rbb / 91tv The city of Berlin will launch a “heat aid” programme for homeless people that is aimed at assisting those in need of cooling and hydration during increasingly hot ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas Cars Hydrogen Handelsblatt Fuel cell cars are often portrayed as an alternative to battery electric cars, but there is hardly any demand in Germany, writes Lukas Bay in business daily Handelsblatt. A mere 386 ...
20 Mar 2019, 11:49 91tv is stepping up its coverage of how business is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world’s fourth largest economy, we are launching a series on start-ups that ...
16 Aug 2022, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 91tv / AFP / n-tv Norway has agreed to continue to export as much natural gas as it can to Germany in order to help reduce fossil fuel dependence on Russia, the two countries' ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Energiewende International HSBC Germany is very well-placed for the low-carbon transition, given its particularly large cleantech industry and strong policies, writes British multinational financial services company ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:00 Carolina Kyllmann Gas International COP27 91tv The German government has signed two memoranda of understanding with Egypt to strengthen partnerships on liquefied natural gas (LGN) and green hydrogen. The cooperation, which ...
14 Jun 2019, 13:11 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
19 Jul 2022, 13:49 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating 91tv The ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 YouGov / dpa A majority of Germans would refrain from short-haul flights (74 percent), eat “significantly” less meat (63 percent) and move without their car in inner cities (56 percent), according to? ...
17 Jun 2019, 12:50 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Bild am Sonntag Germany should set up a national fund endowed with billions of euros to ...
11 Jun 2019, 13:27 Expert RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices dpa / Welt ...
02 Nov 2022, 13:51 S?ren Amelang Industry 91tv Almost a fifth of German industrial companies plan to reduce production due to high energy costs, a survey by the association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) revealed. While 17 ...
17 Apr 2019, 09:50 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world’s fourth largest economy, we' ...
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’s war on Ukraine- could include old lignite-fired power stations which do ...
07 Jun 2019, 13:01 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende S?ren Amelang Heating Cities 91tv Two thirds of new residential buildings completed in 2018 in Germany are heated with renewable energies. ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:28 Edgar Meza Finance Handelsblatt German banks are confident that the results of the European Central Bank's (ECB) current climate stress test will be manageable for the sector. Banking association BdB head Christian Ossig said he ...
19 Jul 2022, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Tagesspiegel Background The European energy crisis, which has been dominated by skyrocketing prices for gas and oil so far, ?could soon spill over to the electricity market, energy policy newsletter ...
19 Aug 2022, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Government dpa / Der Spiegel Bavaria’s ruling conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party has accused the German grid agency (BNetzA) of actively discriminating certain regions of the country in the gas supply ...
19 Jul 2022, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Süddeutsche Zeitung The German government has said it will carry out a second assessment of the benefits of extending the runtime of the country’s remaining nuclear plants beyond their ...
20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016, 00:00 S?ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv BMUB / Deutsche Welle “Germany asks Belgium to hit the switch on disputed Tihange and Doel nuclear reactors” Environment minister Barbara Hendricks submitted an ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:05 German consumers are swarming to shops to buy electric heaters as fears of a true gas shortage caused by Russia's war on Ukraine rise, but experts warn this could pose problems for power supply security. The majority of heating and ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:40 Sven Egenter Finance Security 91tv Russia’s 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. “A likely ...
22 Sep 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Business & Jobs Süddeutsche Zeitung / FAZ / Tagesspiegel Germany’s government is facing several challenges linked to its plans to nationalise Europe’s largest buyer of Russian gas, Uniper. The company operates ...
03 Jun 2019, 14:10 S?ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Cars 91tv VW CEO Herbert Diess has drawn heavy criticism for suggesting that Germany should first exit coal instead of nuclear power in order to protect the climate. Environment state ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:36 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's major economic sectors, including energy supply, mining, manufacturing and agriculture, emitted 205 kilograms of CO2 per 1,000 euros of gross value added in 2020, down 8.4 ...
17 Aug 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv Power prices on the European Energy Exchange (EEX), based in the eastern German city of Leipzig, have reached a new all-time record level in day-ahead auctions of 553 ...
31 May 2019, 13:34 S?ren Amelang Transport Efficiency Policy 91tv German ministers proposed to expand public transport and to offer billions in tax breaks for the modernisation of buildings during this week’s second meeting of the government ...
29 May 2019, 12:13 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background / BDEW ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Gas Business & Jobs Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s economy faces a “severe crisis” should fossil gas supplies from Russia come to a complete stop, the president of the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI), ...
26 Jul 2022, 11:54 Hannah Naylor Efficiency Heating 91tv Modernising the most energy-inefficient homes will not only help the climate, but also shield those most prone to energy poverty, according to a report by the Institute for Applied ...
29 May 2019, 15:11 Julian Wettengel Coal International 91tv [Update adds reaction by non-profit environmental law organisation ClientEarth.] Environmental NGOs Climate Action Network Europe (CAN) and Sandbag criticised some EU member states ...
12 Jul 2022, 12:23 Jessica Bateman Wind Handelsblatt German wind power expansion is declining despite government efforts to increase capacity, according to figures from the Fachagentur Windenergie an Land (FA Wind) as seen by business daily Handelsblatt. ...
21 Jul 2022, 11:49 Hannah Naylor Gas Heating Two-thirds of Germans are willing to use an extra blanket or jumper to reduce their heating usage next winter, reveals a study conducted by polling firm forsa on behalf of the German Federal Environmental ...
23 May 2019, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Transport Handelsblatt / Airbus European multinational aircraft manufacturer Airbus “seriously aims for decarbonisation”, the company’s CEO Guillaume Faury said at the "Airbus Innovation Days" in French city ...
01 Nov 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Gas Tagesspiegel, 91tv Germany’s gas reserves have reached 98.52 percent of full capacity, with more than 240 terawatt hours’ worth of energy (preliminary data from 30 October) – the highest level ever achieved, ...
27 May 2019, 13:47 Rose-Anne Clermont Cars Deutsche Welle German auto parts supplier Bosch was ordered to pay a 90 million euro fine on 23 May for its role in "negligently infringing its quality control obligations," according to investigators ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Security Handelsblatt / Bild-Zeitung Russia’s government is actively trying to exploit Germany’s current energy supply crisis by sowing division and spreading disinformation, security agencies in Germany have ...
24 May 2019, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency 91tv The energy efficiency gains of one- or two-family homes in Germany have begun to flatten out in recent years, making clear that more efforts are needed to achieve further progress in ...
01 Jun 2015
01 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Süddeutsche Zeitung Interview with Chancellor on Climate Summit In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said that preparing for the climate summit in Paris ...
18 Sep 2017, 00:00 With Germans about to cast their votes in the federal election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is virtually certain to retain power. But the make-up of the next coalition will be key to how the new government tackles a host of energy and ...
22 May 2019, 13:24 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Utilities E.ON / Tagesspiegel Background E.ON's distribution grids in Germany will be able to support a complete switch to electric ...
15 May 2019, 12:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Most nations in the world have subscribed to the goal of limiting global warming and reining in climate change but the financial long-term strategy often does not match this ambition yet, a ...
17 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy The German economy and energy ministry (BMWi) has presented its main fields of action for the economic restructuring of coal mining regions amid Germany’s coal exit, which a government-appointed commission ...
30 Jun 2022, 14:07 On 1 July,?Germany marks the end of its landmark renewables levy on consumer power prices. The surcharge helped to spur the growth of wind and solar power capacity for more than two decades but has also been criticised for contributing ...
16 May 2019, 13:57 Expert Ecologic Institute Energiewende Policy International Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International 91tv The current emissions reduction and energy transition plans by all of the 28 EU member states do not ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The preparations for a collapse of gas trading with Russia have advanced enough to get Germany through the coming winter, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. “We are prepared ...
23 Jun 2022, 13:05 Edgar Meza Policy EU Euronews, 91tv The European Parliament’s approval on 23 June of a draft law overhauling the bloc’s emissions trading system (EU ETS) has been met with widespread criticism from industry and ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:24 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 91tv Germany’s ...
13 May 2019, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Rheinische Post Horst Seehofer (CSU), German federal minister of the interior, building and community and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s climate cabinet, will propose making the climate-friendly ...
13 May 2019, 14:08 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Johannes Teyssen, CEO of German energy company E.ON, has called for the introduction of a price on CO? emissions in all economic sectors in ...
09 Aug 2022, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv / ZDF Germany is facing severe gas supply shortages in the coming winter if it fails to introduce the right measures, according to scenarios mapped out by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). The ...
14 May 2019, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Energiewende The rapid expansion of renewable power sources in Germany has not been matched by a parallel drop in carbon emissions and energy research experts of? science academy ESYS say ?that there ...
10 May 2019, 13:27 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Handelsblatt The CEO of German rail company Deutsche Bahn, Richard Lutz, has called for an expansion of the ...
29 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv VW / Handelsblatt “We plan to make electric cars one of Volkswagen’s new hallmarks” German carmaker Volkswagen wants to be at the forefront of big changes in the auto industry, in ...
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 ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:42 Edgar Meza Cars Society 91tv A majority of Germans oppose the EU’s planned 2035 ban of combustion engine cars, according to a survey by research institute forsa for UNITI, the German association of small and medium-sized ...
04 Jul 2022, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices ARD The German government will not introduce a general speed limit on motorways to reduce the transport sector’s energy consumption amid the crisis fuelled by Russia’s war on Ukraine, Chancellor ...
08 May 2019, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International EurActiv / Handelsblatt France, the Netherlands and Sweden are among a group of eight countries that have launched an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major EU leaders summit, ...
10 May 2019, 13:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv Restructuring the landscape of big cities may be key to a successful climate policy, as large conurbations and their growth are a top source of carbon emissions around the ...
08 May 2019, 13:44 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Leading politicians from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance call for European or international solutions for climate action, but this ...
07 May 2019, 12:33 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Transport Freight Clean ...
08 May 2019, 13:31 German industry heavyweights including chemical maker BASF, HeidelbergCement, gas supplier Linde and steelmaker Salzgitter say they are prepared for profound emissions cuts, but still lack the necessary market signal from policymakers. ...
13 Jul 2022, 12:58 Jessica Bateman Coal 91tv Rising gas prices mean the 2030 coal phase-out date set by the coalition government will be much harder to achieve without political intervention, a short report by the Friedrich-Alexander ...
03 May 2019, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Society ARD A large majority of Germans (81%) see a great need for action to protect the climate and say that climate change cannot be stopped without restrictions on people’s lives,? according to a representative ...
17 Jun 2022, 14:12 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 91tv Industrial and commercial zones in urban areas ...
14 May 2019, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Technology 91tv The world’s oldest carmaker Daimler has said it aims to bring the share of e-cars in its sales to 50 percent by 2030 and to achieve a “carbon-neutral passenger car fleet” by 2039. Plug ...
07 May 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The heads of government of eastern German lignite states Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have called for EU support to cope with the transition away from coal, news agency dpa reports in an article ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:16 G7 leaders have finished their three-day meeting in the Bavarian Alps with a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even as they agreed that public funding could be necessary for some fossil gas projects to reduce dependence on ...
28 Jun 2022, 13:17 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Business & Jobs 91tv Companies in Germany generated 78.9 billion euros in turnover with goods, construction and services ...
02 May 2019, 13:33 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency 91tv The economy ministers of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia have written to federal economy minister Peter Altmaier and finance minister Olaf Scholz to demand tax breaks for home owners who ...
01 Jul 2022, 13:02 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv / NDR The closure of Germany’s last wind turbine rotor ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 91tv German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under particular pressure to underline Germany's climate policy credibility when ministers from 40 countries meet at the 13th ...
29 Jan 2015, 00:00 The German government has launched a pilot scheme that requires operators of open-space solar installations to bid for subsidies, rather than automatically receiving them. Berlin hopes competition among solar energy producers will ...
07 May 2019, 13:30 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars Financial Times Operating profits at German carmaker BMW plunged 78 percent in the first quarter of 2019 after the German carmaker was ...
11 Jul 2022, 12:23 Kerstine Appunn Gas EU 91tv Germany’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is visiting Prague and Vienna to hold talks on intensified bilateral and European cooperation in securing gas supplies. Habeck (Green Party) ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:33 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union ...
24 Apr 2019, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out 91tv The next stage of the search for a final repository for Germany’s nuclear waste is launched today with a series of public information events in major German cities, the Federal Office ...
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 The centrepiece of Germany's Energiewende in the power sector is to undergo a profound revision this year. The government has tabled a draft law for the reform of the Renewable Energy Act, which has stirred a heated debate. The ...
24 Jun 2022, 14:08 The German government has launched the second of a total of three escalation stages of its national gas supply security plan, which was drawn up in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After triggering the first "early ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
17 Apr 2019, 13:27 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced ...
19 Aug 2022, 12:59 Hannah Naylor Gas Cost & Prices 91tv / n-tv The newly announced VAT reduction on natural gas in Germany, to come into effect from October to help consumers facing high gas prices, has elicited a lot of criticism from ...
01 Aug 2022, 13:28 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv / euronews / dpa Regional heat records in northern Germany, drought in many ...
15 Jun 2022, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv For a “fair and adequate” German contribution to efforts to reach the international climate target of keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5°C, the country may emit no more ...
18 Apr 2019, 12:25 S?ren Amelang Julian Wettengel Mobility Transport Policy Rheinische Post / Saarbrücker Zeitung / Wirtschaftswoche German media commentators are sceptical of transport minister Andreas Scheuer’s proposal to encourage rail travel by ...
16 Jun 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Rheinische Post To save gas and money, German households should be incentivised to use less energy for heating, the president of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), Klaus Müller, has told newspaper ...
17 Apr 2019, 13:18 Kerstine Appunn Transport Cars Handelsblatt Managers of BP, Exxon-Mobil, Shell and Total are opposing the push for electric mobility by Germany’s major car manufacturers, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. While VW, BMW and Daimler ...
11 Apr 2019, 12:30 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars S?ren Amelang Transport Cars Bloomberg Businessweek The transition to ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU dpa / Focus Online A new pipeline connecting Spain with France and the northern European grid could be finished within a year, the head of Spanish gas grid operator Enagas, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, told news ...
22 Jul 2022, 13:48 S?ren Amelang Efficiency 91tv German business associations have launched an appeal to redouble energy saving efforts in order to avoid gas shortfalls this winter. “The heating period is less than 100 days away and is ...
10 Apr 2019, 13:27 S?ren Amelang Wind Reuters A German court approved an application for insolvency from wind turbine manufacturer Senvion, which has more than a billion euros of debt,? report Alexander Hübner and Michelle Martin for Reuters. Senvion has ...
16 Apr 2019, 14:16 Expert Green Party Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv The opposition Green Party has called on Germany’s government to rapidly implement the recommendations of the ...
12 Apr 2019, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Coal Business & Jobs Reuters / 91tv German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s aim to wean Europe’s biggest economy off fossil fuels is a key issue in regional elections in eastern German coal mining states in ...
11 Apr 2019, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The expectations towards German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new ‘climate cabinet’ are high, and the federal government “cannot afford to fail” in taking the right steps now for the ecologic ...
10 Apr 2019, 13:26 Coal Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Bloomberg Germany’s Rhine River could be impassable to ships again this summer if Europe has another drought,? reports William Wilkes for Bloomberg. German and Swiss scientists say that heavy ...
