04 Jan 2022, 12:30 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Kerstine Appunn Electricity 91tv The share of renewables in net public power generation amounted to 46 percent in 2021, down from 50 ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Gas Finance Handelsblatt The parties likely to form Germany鈥檚 next coalition government- 聽the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) 鈥� disagree over whether ...
10 Dec 2021, 14:07 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Several citizens in two German states have filed lawsuits against their state ...
10 Mar 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and its growing conflict with the West is leading to increasing uncertainty and concern in Germany鈥檚 business sector, with 70 percent of industrial ...
The VW emissions scandal and聽 looming driving bans 聽in Stuttgart and other cities are beginning to have a serious impact on diesel car sales, reports Philipp Vetter in a front-page article for newspaper Die Welt. The share of diesel vehicles in new car ...
Germany might prevent the adoption of stricter EU emission rules for lignite plants, reports Malte Kreutzfeldt in left-wing newspaper tageszeitung (taz). According to the environment ministry, it remains undecided whether Germany will oppose the new rules ...
Germany should provide Belgium with power from coal plants in exchange for Brussels鈥� commitment to shut down the old nuclear plants Doel and Tihange near the German border, Green state MP Hans Christian Markert, from the federal state of North Rhine ...
Germany has ramped up its budget for bicycle lanes from 60 million to 100 million euros per year, Rheinische Post reports. In 2017, 25 million euros will for the first time be exclusively devoted to 鈥� small bicycle highways 鈥� that allow cyclists to reach ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Renewables 91tv For the first time since December 2020, an onshore wind power auction was oversubscribed in Germany. Developers submitted 210 bids totalling 1,824megawatt (MW) for the tender volume of 1,492 ...
The German Energy agency (dena) says it regrets that the government failed to reach a compromise on the GEG, a bill that would have modernised energy efficiency standards for German buildings. In a press release, dena head Andreas Kuhlmann called the ...
The Federation of German Industries (BDI) called the government's failure to reach a compromise on the GEG, a bill that would have modernised energy efficiency standards for German buildings, a 鈥渨aste of precious time for consumers and investors.鈥� In ...
Frank Appel, director of Germany鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post AG, says the country is unlikely to achieve its aim of shifting a considerable share of its freight transports from road to railroad 聽to reduce emissions, Alfons Frese writes for Der ...
Replacing Germany鈥檚 renewables surcharge with a tax-financed energy transition fund could help to distribute the financial burden associated with expanding low-carbon energy sources more fairly, a study commissioned by the Federation of German Consumer ...
Changing renewables funding from guaranteed feed-in tariffs to auctions will drastically reduce revenues in the wind power industry, Daniel Wetzel writes in Die Welt. The renewables surcharge power customers pay with their electricity bill currently ...
Power prices for German households increase on average by 4.4 percent this spring, price comparison website Verivox told 91tv. According to Verivox, 70 regional power suppliers will increase their prices, resulting in additional costs of ...
Germany needs a quota for the share of e-cars in total car sales, the president of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Maria Krautzberger said,聽 reiterating earlier calls in an interview with Zeit Online. Krautzberger also said that she is sure that a ...
Norwegian hydropower company Statkraft and Dutch grid operator TenneT plan to intensify cooperation in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in order to optimise the market integration of wind power, TenneT has said in a press release. Statkraft, ...
A group of scientists including Hans Joachim Schellnhuber of 聽the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) are proposing a 鈥渃arbon law鈥� to halve anthropogenic CO鈧� emissions every decade, aimed at achieving zero net emissions by mid-century. In ...
The European Union was a stroke of luck for environment protection, says German federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks in a press release on the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of the Rome Treaties signing. EU regulation made possible ...
Renewables support for German offshore wind power will be 鈥渃onsiderably below 10 cents per kilowatt hour鈥� (ct/kWh) for the upcoming auctions, according to experts of business consultancy PwC. 鈥淭he times of exploding costs for offshore projects have come ...
The German authority responsible for ensuring the correct functioning of smart electricity meters examines whether tighter regulations for producers are necessary, Hanna Decker writes on Frankfurter Allgemeine online. Following a Dutch study, according to ...
On Thursday, E.ON decided on an anticipated capital increase, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. The company will issue 200 million new shares, which could generate about 1.3 billion euros available for debt reduction. The measure is mainly ...
24 Sep 2021, 13:38 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv International The fight against climate change must be top of Germany鈥檚 agenda when it takes over the 2022 G7 presidency in three months, writes conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet in聽 ...
Energiewende country Germany will use its G20 presidency this year to push for a global price on carbon as one of many measures to achieve climate goal, reports Roger Harrabin for BBC News. 鈥淲e need to find a mechanism for a carbon price. Then it鈥檒l be ...
Saxony鈥檚 federal state parliament has voted for aligning grid fees across Germany, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Welt Online. The parliament called on Saxony鈥檚 state government to work towards repealing 鈥渆xisting regional imbalances on ...
27 Sep 2021, 13:59 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Electricity Gas dpa / Zeit / Wirtschaftswoche ...
The German Green Party鈥檚 new economic policy concept 鈥渋s going to demand a lot from companies鈥�, as the party itself puts it, Silke Kersting writes on Handelsblatt Online. The party wants to 鈥渞eflect environmental costs in prices in an ecologic-social ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:06 The Social Democratic Party (SPD), which narrowly won Germany's federal elections, topped off its election day results with two victories in regional votes in the German capital Berlin and the eastern renewable energy state ...
The costs for grid congestions management in German grid operator 50Hertz鈥檚 control area in north-eastern Germany were almost halved to 180 million euros in 2016, compared to 354 million euros in 2015, according to 50Hertz. 鈥淭his very clearly shows: grid ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:23 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry Digitalisation Handelsblatt If German industry is to remain competitive and become more sustainable, the process of digitalisation needs to be much faster, writes Thomas Saueressig, executive board member of ...
Special national targets for climate protection are 鈥渃ounterproductive鈥� and should be abolished, writes the Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in a concept paper on the EU energy market. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) should ...
French utility Engie is considering buying German utility RWE鈥檚 renewables spin-off innogy, writes Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The deliberations were preliminary and may not lead to an offer, writes Bloomberg. Read the Bloomberg ...
German utility RWE forecasts adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation of between 5.4 billion and 5.7 billion euros in 2017 鈥渙n the back of an improved performance at its trading arm and its green energy subsidiary innogy鈥�, ...
Germany should specify its mid-century climate ambitions soon, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淔rom my point of view, this must be decided at the start of the next legislative period,鈥� she said at a conference by local utility association VKU. ...
After years of protests and dispute, Germany will re-start its search for a final repository location for highly radioactive waste. Germany will be a 鈥渂lank map鈥� and anywhere with the right geological rock formation for an underground repository will be ...
Germany鈥檚 wind power industry is located in the northern parts of the country but the western and southern federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Wurttemberg are home to a large number of suppliers, Klaus Stratmann writes on Handelsblatt ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:47 In light of several fossil fuel phase-out pledges at the COP26 climate summit, researchers and activists have pointed out that Germany's planned coal exit date is far from ambitious enough and called on the next government ...
The planned law on energy efficiency in public buildings will be further delayed due to disagreements within the government coalition of conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD), writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. 鈥淏uildings are key for ...
The German energy transition needs to be 鈥渋nternationalised鈥� if it is to be successful, as Germany鈥檚 Energiewende will continue to have an impact on energy markets of its electrical neighbours and beyond, writes Nick Butler of the Financial Times. The ...
06 Oct 2021, 12:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, taz, Frankenpost The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences鈥� decision to award this year鈥檚 Nobel Prize in Physics to Klaus Hasselmann of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg ...
German transmission grid operators published their provisional route proposals for SuedLink and SuedOstLink, the direct current high-voltage power lines to connect Germany鈥檚 windy north with the power-hungry south. The routes were 鈥渘ot set in stone,鈥� said ...
German utility EnBW and petrol station operator Tank & Rast will expand their partnership beyond the federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg to set up and operate fast-charging stations for e-cars on the Autobahn, the companies announce in a press release. ...
The sale of Opel to French PSA Group could be the chance of a new beginning for the carmaker which evolved from a 鈥淕erman flagship brand鈥� to a global 鈥渄warf鈥� under General Motors, writes Carsten Knop in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ...
11 Oct 2021, 14:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / Handelsblatt Several German economists and researchers have criticised the annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets laid down in the Climate Action ...
02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Jessica Bateman Renewables pv magazine Germany has registered a new October record for solar PV power output last month, PV Magazine reports based on data by Fraunhofer ISE. Solar generation reached 3.6 terawatt hours (TWh), a fifty ...
24 Nov 2021, 11:32 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Germany's prospective new government has agreed on a coalition treaty. The Social Democrats (SPD),聽 Green Party, and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said they will present the agreement at a ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:30 Following a tight election that saw the Social Democrats narrowly beat the conservatives, the smaller Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) look set to become decisive for building a new government that must set Germany on course ...
German utility Uniper has agreed to sell its share in a Russian gas field for 1.7 billion euros. The deal with Austrian energy company OMV is 鈥渁 major step鈥� towards Uniper鈥檚 goal to refocus its struggling business, according to a Reuters report. Uniper ...
Renewables are the most positively received energy sources for Germans, while the country鈥檚 population largely rejects higher electricity prices and taxes on fossil sources, according to a four-country cross-national survey by Cardiff University, Climate ...
Germany鈥檚 governing coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Conservatives (CDU / CSU), together with the Green Party, will introduce a bill in parliament next week that starts the search for a final repository for the country鈥檚 nuclear waste from scratch, ...
Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks says the EU environment council鈥檚 proposal for a reform of the Union鈥檚 emissions trading system (ETS) is a success for climate protection and the industry alike. In a press release by the environment ...
Germany鈥檚 transport ministry aims to spend an additional 250 million euros until 2019 to kick-start the market for hydrogen and fuel cells in the transport sector. Fuel cell vehicles in public transport and company fleets are the focus of the new ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:30 Jessica Bateman Cars Society 91tv Only 52 percent of Germans say they would consider purchasing a hybrid or electric car 鈥� a figure 15 percentage points behind the European average. According to the European Investment Bank ...
Germany hosts about 120 generating units capable of a 鈥渂lack start鈥�, meaning they will be available for repowering the grid from scratch in the event of a, so far unprecedented, major blackout, Anna Ringle writes in Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. ...
21 Sep 2021, 10:43 Regional votes in two German states on 26 September are being overshadowed by the federal election on the same day. But the outcome in German capital Berlin and in the north-eastern state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will affect how ...
A week after Daimler and Porsche hometown Stuttgart said it would impose a diesel ban to improve local air quality, a court has told BMW hometown Munich to also prepare a concept for such a measure. The city and the state of Bavaria, of which it is the ...
China has decided to relax its ambitious quotas for electric and hybrid car production after holding high-level discussions with Germany, business daily Handelsblatt has learned from three sources. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ...
An ambitious target to replace all combustion engine cars in Germany with electric vehicles by 2030 might increase CO 2 emissions instead of lowering them, writes Denes Csala, lecturer at Lancaster University, in an article for The Conversation. 鈥淯nless ...
The German economy ministry plans to reimburse tenants for using power generated by photovoltaic arrays and district heating plants installed in the buildings they live in, Gerald Traufetter writes on Spiegel Online. According to a draft by the ministry, ...
07 Dec 2018, 19:29 Germany's conservative Christian Democrats elected general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm of the party. The election of Merkel's close ally and former premier in the ...
13 Oct 2021, 13:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices EU Der Tagesspiegel The rise of energy costs across Europe could become a major challenge for the European Union鈥檚 decarbonisation plans, as the envisaged carbon pricing of fossil energy sources might ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Transport ZDF New transport minister Volker Wissing from the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said Germany鈥檚 transport sector must 鈥渕ake a major contribution鈥� to ensure the country reaches climate neutrality. 鈥淚 am ...
French car company PSA Group has agreed to buy Opel and its British Vauxhall brand from General Motors in a deal valuing the business at 2.2 billion euros, OPEL announced in a press release. 鈥淏y acquiring Opel, the French group leapfrogs rival Renault to ...
Retiring most of Europe鈥檚 dirtiest power plants is cheaper than most people think, report Mathew Carr, Tino Andresen, and Brian Parkin for Bloomberg. A price floor of 30 euros per tonne of CO 2- six times the current price- would cost each European ...
Environmental NGO DUH, which sues many German cities over excessive air pollution levels, calls the measures agreed in Stuttgart a 鈥淢ickey Mouse driving ban鈥� because it only affects certain diesel cars on certain days. 鈥淲e need driving bans for all ...
Wind turbines in the German state of Bavaria may be constructed closer to settlements than allowed by current regulation (鈥� 10-H rule 鈥�), if the local population agrees, writes state energy minister Ilse Aigner in a press release. The rule, enacted in ...
The German government neglects the electrification of the rail system, while dreaming of electrifying trucks, according to lobby group Pro-Rail Alliance (Allianz pro Schiene). In Germany, 60 percent of rail lines are electrified. This might compare ...
Supporting the business of budget airlines through tax exemptions or low landing fees hinders the transition towards a decarbonised transport, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau. 鈥淚f we want a resolute climate ...
20 Dec 2021, 13:57 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung New German environment minister Steffi Lemke plans to focus on reconciling climate protection and nature conservation during the impending massive rollout of windpower. Speaking ...
The German shipping industry calls for greater financial support by the state to push its transition to more climate-friendly fuels, dpa news agency reports in an article carried by Die Welt. About 1,000 ships could run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ...
13 Sep 2021, 13:52 Jessica Bateman Agriculture Tagesspiegel Four German food brands have announced plans for a common labelling system explaining how environmentally damaging each of their products are. According to an article in Der Tagesspiegel by ...
28 Oct 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's tourism regions urgently need to adapt as they are impacted by climate change in a multitude of ways that will damage many businesses, said a report ...
29 Sep 2021, 13:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Heating 91tv There ...
Landowners should receive 鈥渂etter compensation鈥� if power transmission lines are built on their premises, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said in a press release. They聽should be eligible for recurring compensation payments instead of receiving a ...
The German government wants to make climate change a central topic at the upcoming G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in Bonn and is ready to challenge the new US administration on the issue, report Brian Parkin and Patrick Donahue for Bloomberg, citing ...
Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann intends to turn the German car manufacturer into a pure e-car brand by 2030, Michael Freitag reports on Manager Magazin鈥檚 website. Neumann has been working on the transformation since before deliberations by Opel鈥檚 US-owner GM ...
29 Sep 2021, 13:27 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Agriculture 91tv Organically produced milk derived from pasture-fed cows is more environmentally friendly than milk ...
The planet holds enough natural resources needed for the global energy transition, write research institutes acatech, Leopoldina and Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities in a report. But the uneven distribution creates the need for ...
Germany鈥檚 Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has published recommendations to protect bats when constructing and operating wind parks in forests. Identifying which bat species live in the area is important for tailor-made preventive action, ...
German utility E.ON鈥檚 fossil energy unit Uniper has launched an online platform showing gas storage facility fill levels. "With this new tool, on the one hand we are taking another step towards digitisation and on the other hand, closing the gap ...
Germany鈥檚 biggest federal state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), must do its bit for climate protection without losing its status as leading industrial location, NRW鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft said at Germany鈥檚 largest energy trade-fair E-World in ...
Climate activist group Ende Gel盲nde has announced it will hold at least two major protests against coal-fired power production in Germany this year. The activists said they would 鈥渂lock the production of coal in the Rhineland lignite fields- as long as ...
Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks believes the country might introduce a scrappage bonus for cars with combustion engines in a few years鈥� time. 鈥淚t can鈥檛 be ruled out. We don鈥檛 have to take a decision on it in the coming two or three years. ...
The transition of Germany鈥檚 car industry from combustion engines to electric motors means workers鈥� representatives in supervisory boards will have to 鈥渁pprove of their own amputation,鈥� Markus Fasse writes in Handelsblatt. Premium manufacturer Daimler, for ...
10 Dec 2021, 14:05 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs 91tv Investments in the former coal mining region in the western German state of ...
02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
The introduction of auctions for new wind power projects off the German coast will lead to a significant fall in costs for the industry, Andreas Mihm and Hemut B眉nder write in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Foreign companies 鈥� as well as major ...
The German state missed out on about 8 billion euros in taxes in 2015 because diesel is taxed at a lower rate than petrol, writes Dagmar Dehmer in Tagesspiegel, citing a federal government鈥檚 reply to a parliamentary inquiry by Green member of the ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:35 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 91tv Germany's should not jeopardise its national climate goals by committing to green hydrogen on a long-term technology path today, as it is still out in the open how innovations and ...
15 Dec 2021, 12:09 S枚ren Amelang Coal 91tv A large hard coal power station and two small-scale combined heat and power plants in Germany are set to stop selling electricity by May 2023 as part of the country's coal exit. In the fourth ...
Germany鈥檚 Association of energy-intensive businesses (VIK) is among the founders of聽 a network for energy efficiency, dubbed KEEN, the association has said in a press release. Six companies from the mining, electrical engineering, food industry and energy ...
This year鈥檚 G20 summit in Germany will be 鈥渁 test for governments, civil society, and companies to stick to鈥� the goals of the Paris Agreement, France鈥檚 former climate change ambassador Laurence Tubiana said, Ed King writes on Climate Home. While US ...
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Germany鈥檚 grid regulator BNetzA starts its first call for tenders for offshore wind power plants, the Federal Network Agency said in a press release. After introducing tenders for new solar power plants, the BNetzA 鈥渘ow begins the transition to a ...
Diesel cars, and older models in particular, are responsible for high levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution in German city centres, according to Federal Environment Agency (UBA). 57 percent of measuring stations close to traffic showed pollution exceeding ...
Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks supports pilot projects in four cities that are experimenting with mobility alternatives to privately owned cars, the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) has said in a press release. 鈥淥ne out of two ...
05 Nov 2021, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Der Spiegel / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The German coalition talks could take longer than the planned deadline at the end of November, Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock ...
20 Dec 2021, 13:33 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Robert Habeck, Germany鈥檚 new minister for economic affairs and climate protection, will present an 鈥渙pening balance鈥� at the ...
04 Nov 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Business Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 leading business executives are taking climate and environmental protection increasingly serious, according to a survey presented at the COP26 climate ...
04 Oct 2021, 13:40 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Kerstine Appunn Mobility Hydrogen Clean ...
The federal government plans to phase out the tax privileges for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) next year, according to a draft law seen by news agency Reuters. 鈥淥riginally, the privileges for the comparably climate-friendly liquefied gas were supposed to ...
Economically, it makes more sense to consume excess power in Germany than to export it, but high taxes and fees on electricity discourage domestic companies from ramping up production when wholesale prices are low, according to the Association of German ...
Germany can meet its energy sector climate goals with a CO 2-price floor between 50 and 75 euros, write Fabian Huneke, Carlos Perez Linkenheil and Simon G枚脽 from the Berlin-based independent energy market specialist Energy Brainpool, in a contribution for ...
The global market for e-mobility is being pulled by China, where half a million e-vehicles and plug-in hybrids were sold last year, according to an analysis by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM). This is in contrast to Germany, where only around 25 ...
Warnings from representatives of Germany鈥檚 conventional power industry that the country鈥檚 power supply security was in danger during dark and windless periods like in January as more and more conventional plants are becoming uneconomical and are set to ...
The federal finance ministry鈥檚 plan to tax solar power produced for self-consumption has failed due to opposition from the federal economy ministry, writes Manfred Sch盲fers for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing government sources. The finance ...
鈥淚n the next twelve to eighteen months, important conditions for a breakthrough in electric mobility will be created," innogy head Peter Terium told news agency dpa ahead of the Handelsblatt energy conference in Berlin. Innogy, a spin off from RWE, ...
German energy policy will not serve as a global energy policy blueprint, but as inspiration, according to the World Energy Council (WEC) Germany. In a survey, 60 percent of energy experts from 42 countries said the Energiewende could not serve as a global ...
Sigmar Gabriel has assured industry bosses the energy transition鈥檚 impacts on industry and the country鈥檚 competitiveness would be minimised and market forces would play a greater role in the sector. Germany鈥檚 Renewable Energy Act is likely to see further ...
The Energiewende must be steered more intelligently, and the key is a price tag for CO鈧�, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. While it might be na茂ve to bet on this instrument 鈥� because it has been neglected over the past years 鈥� ...
The party vote for the Greens鈥� two frontrunners in the upcoming German federal elections has shown that the party鈥檚 rank and file opt for a pragmatic approach instead of defending green vanguard positions, Cordula Tutt writes in WirtschaftsWoche. By ...
02 Dec 2021, 13:36 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Tagesspiegel Background / Der Spiegel German utility RWE has been awarded the contract by the Danish government to build a large-scale wind farm ...
G20 countries should develop and share renewable energy innovation in water use, food and agriculture to ensure food security, according to policy recommendations by the G20 think tank network T20 Task Force Towards Ending Hunger and Sustainable ...
The German Federal Court of Auditors鈥� criticism of how the economy ministry has managed the costs of the Energiewende holds true for the past, but not the current legislative period, economy minister Sigmar Gabriel told Frank Capellan in an interview for ...
German farmers show a willingness to put more effort into protecting the climate and resources in a position paper by German Farmer鈥檚 Association (DBV), writes Henrike Ro脽bach for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淐ultivation must not lead to harm鈥� to the ...
The Green parliamentary group in the federal parliament (Bundestag) approved a resolution on a timetable for a coal-exit in Germany at its new year鈥檚 meeting in Weimar. 鈥淲ith the step-by-step, economically and socially compatible coal exit, we as the ...
Outgoing economy minister Sigmar Gabriel runs an election campaign at the expense of eastern German power consumers, some of whom pay grid fees twice as high as consumers in the west, writes Norbert Block in a commentary in Th眉ringische Landeszeitung. He ...
03 Dec 2021, 13:18 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv / dpa Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 could more than double as a ...
German green power support costs exceeded 25 billion euros in 2016 for the first time, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing figures released by the four German transmission grid operators (TSO). With 22.8 billion euros, ...
German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and energy company innogy have signed a 10-year cooperation agreement to expand the country鈥檚 broadband network, innogy announced in a press release. Innogy plans to provide the infrastructure by laying ...
Germany should use its public budget surplus for preventative investments in transmission grids, transportation infrastructure and other areas, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) writes in a press release. Investments that could 鈥減repare for hard ...
02 Dec 2021, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity 91tv Germany鈥檚 five biggest power ...
The relative calm surrounding the current management of state-owned utility EnBW must not hide the fact that the company could face great trouble, Andreas M眉ller writes in Stuttgarter Zeitung. EnBW鈥檚 pull-out from wholesale business, as well as the early ...
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks has suggested a quota for e-cars might be needed to kick-start e-mobility. 鈥淚 do not expect a sweeping ban on combustion engines. But it鈥檚 well possible that we will need a quota for e-cars to manage a smooth ...
The German government has published its 2016 version of the country鈥檚 sustainability strategy. 鈥淲ith the strategy, the federal government lays the groundwork for Germany to become one of the world鈥檚 most efficient and environmental-friendly economies by ...
The northern German city of Hamburg hopes for a 鈥淪ilicon Valley for renewable energies鈥� as Siemens is testing a new energy storage system, writes Olaf Preu脽 for Welt Online. The system would heat up rock fill with excess wind power, which a turbine later ...
The battered German makers of solar power panels are looking to 2017 for a change of fortunes as they anticipate more homeowners and businesses installing rooftop systems paired with battery storage, Milena Merten reports in Handelsblatt. Rooftop solar ...
Germany鈥檚 Energiewende 鈥� the country鈥檚 double shift to a low-carbon and nuclear-free economy 鈥� yielded mixed results in the past year, according to an analysis by energy think tank Agora Energiewende.* Thanks to a partial switch from coal to gas and a ...
Germany鈥檚 transport ministry (BMVI) has commissioned a regulatory roadmap to integrate the power and transport sectors, according to law and consultancy firm Becker B眉ttner Held (BBH), which is in charge of the project. BBH said it will investigate what ...
German coal mining state Brandenburg premier Dietmar Woidke has rejected calls for an end date for the country鈥檚 use of lignite for power generation. 鈥淎 discussion on whether we will switch off brown coal in 10, 20 or 40 years would only lead to a loss of ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:46 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko ...
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) amendment proposal passed by the environmental committee in the European Parliament (EP) in December 2016 angers German industry, writes Klaus Stratmann for Handelsblatt Global Edition. 鈥淓ven our most efficient ...
Power prices for an average German four-person-household will be about one percent higher in January 2017, compared to the same month last year, according to price comparison website verivox. That would lead to an annual total of 1,111 euros. 鈥淔ollowing a ...
The transition to electric and autonomous cars will take much longer than enthusiasts anticipate, writes Holger Appel in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Not a single e-car suitable for the mass-market is available, and the highly anticipated models of ...
Planning company ILF has managed many difficult projects around the world 鈥� from pipelines in Nigeria to an airport in Kazakhstan 鈥� but building the electricity superhighway S眉dlink, which is meant to bring wind power to Germany's industrial south, ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:39 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Business & Jobs 91tv A large number of German companies are聽pursuing sustainability strategies and have ambitious climate protection goals to reduce their carbon footprint, according to ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:34 Jessica Bateman Coal Der Tagesspiegel Leaders from the east German coal-mining region of Lusatia have criticised the incoming coalition government鈥檚 plan to phase out the fossil fuel by 2030 instead of 2038, newspaper Der Tagesspiegel ...
07 Sep 2021, 13:59 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture 91tv Germany鈥檚 forests need to be adapted to global warming in order to remain intact and contribute to balancing ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Heating 91tv Germany will spend an additional 5.7 billion euros on making buildings more energy-efficient after emissions in the sector exceeded government targets last year. The sum ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:05 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen German utilities have said that the ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:13 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Cars Government 91tv Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has taken Germany鈥檚 leading political leaders to task for ...
10 Sep 2021, 15:01 Kerstine Appunn Coal Cities 91tv The City of Hanover has finalised plans to shut down the combined heat-and-power hard coal station in St枚cken by 2026, operator enercity said in a press release.The agreement between the ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Greenpeace Germany ...
Wind and solar power continue to face large cost reductions, according to a meta analysis of 15 studies on energy technology investment costs by Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). 鈥淢ore good news for the Energiewende is that also for storage technologies ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 EU 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung While climate policy is one of the top issues in the September federal election campaign, climate and energy policy on a European level hardly features at all, ...
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Economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 statement on the performance of Germany鈥檚 economy in 2016 has been a self-complacent stocktaking, Christoph Eisenring writes in an opinion piece for Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. Gabriel stated he would have done 鈥渘othing鈥� ...
The EU Commission today found this year鈥檚 Renewable Energy Act (EEG) reform to be in line with EU state aid rules. 鈥淭he amendments to the German EEG law we approved today make sure that one of the largest renewable support schemes in the EU will be based ...
21 Sep 2021, 14:00 Jessica Bateman Efficiency Heating S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The climate debate in Germany has been too focused on wind and solar electricity, and is ignoring the high volume of emissions that come from housing, Lamia Messari-Becker, ...
The conservative CDU/CSU group in the German parliament has rebuffed a proposal by social democratic environment minister Barbara Hendricks to allow cities to ban diesel engines when they deem it necessary, Thomas 脰chsner writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. ...
Reducing traffic volumes and significantly lowering emissions in Germany's transportation system is going to be an 鈥� intergenerational project,鈥� think tank Agora Verkehrswende鈥檚 director Christian Hochfeld says in an interview with Frankfurter ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Zeit The Green Party wants to promote the purchase of cargo bicycles with subsidies totalling up to one billion euros in the next legislative period, ...
The German parliament (Bundestag) has voted for a government bill to change regulations for combined heat and power (CHP) electricity production, including amendments by the economy ministry (BMWi), the Bundestag writes in a press release. It stipulates ...
06 Sep 2021, 13:49 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices Focus / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel The German Taxpayers Federation is calling for an end to the high state subsidies for electric vehicles, news weekly Focus reports. The federation鈥檚 call follows on ...
Leading experts commissioned by the German economy ministry (BMWi) say Germany will probably miss key targets of the Energiewende, endangering the entire projects's credibility.鈥澛營n their advisory opinion on the BMWi鈥檚 fifth Energiewende Monitoring ...
Elmar Degenhart, Chairman of the Executive Board of German car supplier Continental, does not 聽expect to make profits with products in the e-mobility sector before 2020, he told WirtschaftsWoche in an interview. 鈥淭he transition from the combustion engine ...
Annual climate protection efforts must be quadrupled compared to the average over the past ten years in order for Germany to reach its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020, according to members of the Green Party parliamentary ...
Nuclear plant operators removed the last hurdle to an agreement with the government over who will pay for storage and clean-up of nuclear waste after power plants are shut down in 2020, writes Manfred Sch盲fers in FAZ.net. Operators agreed to revoke most ...
The agricultural sector is not suitable for full inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), experts commissioned by the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture said during a presentation of a ministry report on climate ...
Volkswagen's competitors see聽its decision to build a battery cell factory for serial production in Germany as a concession to its workers鈥� council, rather than an economically promising endeavour, writes Philipp Vetter for Die Welt. 鈥淰W is forced by ...
16 Dec 2019, 12:00 The UN climate summit COP25 in Spain is the last meeting of its kind before countries around the world are supposed to step up their ambitions under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020. Germany has made several key climate action ...
24 Nov 2021, 12:15 Jessica Bateman Nuclear phase-out 91tv The shutdown of Germany鈥檚 last remaining nuclear power plants will not cause supply shortages, according to calculations by the department of energy, transport and environment at the ...
17 Nov 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Mobility Tagesspiegel The city of Berlin has approved a plan to expand its bicycle route network to a total of 3,000 kilometres, Tagesspiegel reports. "We will increase the proportion of ...
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TU M眉nchen) are working on an open source map to track聽 bottlenecks and overcapacities in power grids around the globe, the university said in a press release. The resulting 鈥渨orld map of power grids鈥� was ...
The joint effort of Germany鈥檚 coal mining states against enshrining a definitive date for ending coal-fired power production may help curb support for the right-wing populist party Alternative f眉r Deutschland (AfD), writes Jens Tartler in Tagesspiegel. ...
Nuclear plant operators affected by Germany鈥檚 accelerated nuclear exit after the 2011 Fukushima disaster are eligible for an 鈥渁dequate鈥� compensation, the Federal Constitutional Court has ruled. The court explained in a press release that the legal ...
The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against several EU member states, including Germany, for not applying their national provisions on penalties despite VW鈥檚 use of illegal defeat device software. 鈥淎dditionally, the Commission takes ...
German statesecretary Rainer Baake has called for聽鈥渃onsistency on European climate and energy targets鈥� and capacity markets not to undermine emission trading. Speaking during consultation between EU energy ministers' following the release of the ...
Industrial enterprises are increasingly using power-to-heat technology to save on energy bills, the Handelsblatt reports. A sugar factor in east Germany, for example, needs constant heat for its production processes, Jakob Struller writes. At times when ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:29 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 91tv The German transport ministry (BMVI ...
The German Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries (IG BCE) has called for a comprehensive investment programme in order to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets for 2020, Jens Heitmann writes in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ). The ...
German utility E.ON aims to transform the global offshore wind generation market with high-altitude wind power generation technology, the company announced in a press release. New technology is harvesting wind by using a sail comparable to kite surfing in ...
The EU Commission鈥檚 new energy package is likely to meet resistance from some member states and energy industry players, writes Thorsten Knuf in Frankfurter Rundschau. EU energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete called the聽package a 鈥渦nique opportunity to ...
A power grid stress test by network operator TenneT shows that the need for grid expansion could be significantly lower after 2030. According to the study, increased use of combined PV and storage in Germany鈥檚 south, together with less wind power ...
The Paris Climate Agreement means transport has to be re-invented and cycling offers large untapped potential for climate protection, write Green Party parliamentary group鈥檚 vice-chair Kerstin Andreae and the party鈥檚 transport expert Matthias Gastel in a ...
Members of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) parliamentary group in the German Bundestag have called for closer cooperation on energy policy within the European Union at the group鈥檚 8 th Energy Policy Dialogue on Monday in ...
The German machinery industry is hoping that a revival of fossil-fuel-based industry in the United States, as promised by President-elect Donald Trump, will give makers of mining equipment a boost, writes Thomas Schmelzer in Handelsblatt. The industry has ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Grid Industry dpa / Reuters / Tagesspiegel SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz is aiming for a new law to ensure industry has enough renewable electricity to decarbonise over the coming decades, ...
Germany鈥檚 next government should increase the railway鈥檚 market share in transportation in order to meet the country鈥檚 climate goals, the transport alliance Allianz pro Schiene writes in a press release. The alliance of 23 non-profit organisations and over ...
Chairman of the Shell Companies in Germany Stijn van Els sees great potential for natural gas in the German power and transport sectors, he told Hamburger Abendblatt in an interview. 鈥淯sing natural gas for electricity generation leads to half the amount ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:17 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e ...
Federal economy minister Sigmar Gabriel does not support setting an end date for coal-fired power generation in Germany, he said in the plenary of the German Bundestag, reaffirming his position that had held up the government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050. ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:31 Kerstine Appunn EU 91tv The European Union鈥檚聽 forest strategy 聽should 鈥渕eaningfully flank and complement鈥� the forest policies of the member states but not replace them, the agriculture ministers of Germany and Austria have ...
The expansion of wind power capacities will slow down significantly in Germany鈥檚 coastal state Schleswig-Holstein, writes Matthias Popien in Hamburger Abendblatt. The state government recently announced that 1,300 of the current 3,100 windmills in the ...
Costs connected to the German Energiewende and high industry power prices could hurt the country as a location for business investments, Willem Huisman, president of the chemicals company Dow Germany, told the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI) ...
German utility E.ON continues to seek compensation from the German government for the abrupt decision to temporarily shut down two nuclear power plants after the disaster in Fukushima in March 2011, writes Marcus Jung in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. E ...
27 Jan 2022, 13:04 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Finance International 91tv The new German finance minister, Christian Lindner, has聽 said 聽climate action and sustainable finance will be two core topics during the country鈥檚 G7 ...
07 Dec 2021, 13:46 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 91tv The European energy price hike in the second half of 2021 is due in large part to the ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal Cities Tagesspiegel The city of Berlin plans to speed up its coal exit, regional newspaper Tagesspiegel聽 reports. The prospective city government composed of the Social Democrats (SPD), the ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:41 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The analysis of CO2 emissions promises big business for software companies, Larissa Holzki and Christof Kerkmann write in Handelsblatt. They point out, however, that CO2 emissions remain ...
Leaked documents on energy regulation reform show that the European Commission plans to take away important competences regarding power grid management from member states, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. 鈥淩egional Operation Centres (ROC) would then ...
Fiscal instruments should complement Energiewende efforts to fight populist criticism that climate protection was a luxury at the expense of the regular citizen, writes Bernhard P枚tter in an opinion piece for tageszeitung (taz). 鈥淚f citizens received a ...
Slow sales of e-cars are caused by a lack of demand, not supply, VW CEO Matthias M眉ller told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview. 鈥淥n the one hand, many Germans think and act green in their day-to-day lives, but when it comes to e ...
22 Sep 2021, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Wind 91tv Germany could install offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 60 gigawatts (GW), says a聽 study 聽by wind power consultancy WindGuard. According to the ...
07 Oct 2021, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry In its efforts to slash CO2 emissions in steel production, thyssenkrupp Steel has announced what it describes as a milestone on its path to climate-neutral steel 鈥� its new bluemint Steel brand, produced with less ...
German CO 2 emissions in power generation could be immediately reduced by one quarter if low-emission fossil power plants were given priority for electricity generation, environmental organisation Greenpeace Energy writes in a press release. Emissions ...
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany鈥檚 North-Eastern region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said the government鈥檚 stance on climate protection was 鈥渨ay too hesitant鈥�, Dow Jones Newswire reports. 鈥淚f we as a party want to be taken seriously as far ...
The Energiewende and climate protection are 鈥渃entral projects鈥� of the new government coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party in the federal state of Berlin. The three parties confirm Berlin鈥檚 plan to become climate-neutral by ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:36 Jessica Bateman Renewables Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The incoming German coalition government鈥檚 ambitious energy and climate goals can only be achieved with industrial transformation on a scale never before seen in Germany, ...
The current German renewable energy surcharge will not be enough to put the Energiewende on a sound financial basis, due to growing demand for electricity in transport and heating (sector coupling), economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said at the annual ...
Germany might have to discontinue a central instrument of the Energiewende in light of EU Commission plans to remove priority dispatch for renewable electricity, writes Stefan Schultz for Spiegel Online. In countries where renewables facilities produce a ...
As the first government to adopt a long-term, economy-wide strategy towards decarbonisation, the German leadership expects its Climate Action Plan 2050 to trigger innovation and boost economic development, writes Richard Black for businessGreen. Black鈥檚 ...
06 Oct 2021, 14:00 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 91tv Renewable energy and climate action are part of the solution to an energy crunch such as the one currently experienced by Europe, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
Germany鈥檚 largest labour union, IG Metall, has called for 鈥渟trict but achievable鈥� emission limits which take concerns of the car industry into account, writes Holger Appel in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Constantly tightened limit values would ...
28 Oct 2021, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International 91tv / Reuters Germany will have to buy 22 million emissions allocations after failing its 2020 climate targets under the EU's effort sharing scheme, ...
BMW鈥檚 new model from its e-car 鈥渋鈥� sub-brand, 聽which will be able to drive up to 750 kilometres on one charge, will likely hit the market as late as 2021, reports auto motor sport. The range of a basic version will be 550 kilometres and can be upgraded to ...
A study commissioned by the federal environment ministry (BMUB) has found that Germany can achieve the transition towards an emission-free transportation sector, Frank-Thomas Wenzel writes in Frankfurter Rundschau. The study鈥檚 authors regard e-mobility as ...
30 Sep 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance COP26 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A month ahead of the international climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, 220 financial institutions call on 1,600 companies to define solid targets to reduce their greenhouse ...
Switzerland should be careful not to repeat the same mistakes as Germany when preparing for a nuclear phase-out, Christoph Eisenring writes in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. Swiss people voting on 27 November on whether to limit the operating time of the country鈥檚 ...
Scientists expect an average increase in air temperature in the North Sea region of 1.7- 3.2 掳C by the end of the century, compared to the period 1971-2000, according to the report 鈥淣orth Sea Region Climate Change Assessment鈥� published by Helmholtz ...
Providers of carsharing services in Germany have called for new legislation that would grant them their own parking sites in crowded inner cities, Max H盲gler writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Companies operated by carmakers like Car2go (Daimler), DriveNow ...
A group of more than 40 companies has called for 2030-targets for all sectors in a Climate Action Plan 2050 that 鈥渃learly signals鈥� the implementation of the commitments made in the Paris Agreement. 鈥淭his is the only way that new business models and ...
German utility RWE has regained a great deal of its former assertiveness since the successful stock market launch of its green subsidiary innogy in early October, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. 鈥淩WE already is a healthy company,鈥� RWE鈥檚 new CEO ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal dpa / rbb / Spiegel Online Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has said Germany should stick to its existing timetable for exiting coal no later than 2038. "We have made ...
The German government has reached an agreement with the European Commission on the country鈥檚 plans to impose passenger car tolls for highways, writes Florian Eder for Politico. Until now, the main point of contention was that the scheme proposed by German ...
26 Oct 2021, 13:23 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv A new survey published by the World Energy Council Germany has found that a majority of international energy experts regard the country's energy transition, the Energiewende, as a ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar 91tv / pv magazine The German Solar Association (BSW Solar) is calling for a 鈥渞apid dismantling of market barriers鈥� in view of an ongoing slump in the commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) segment. Companies ...
11 Feb 2022, 14:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Finance Der Spiegel The planned end of Germany鈥檚 renewables levy will not become a burden on the country鈥檚 budget this year, news magazine Der Spiegel reports. The country鈥檚 so-called EEG account, which ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:29 Expert European Energy Exchange (EEX) Electricity Electricity market Gas Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv The first sell-off ...
Top representatives of the German government have criticised Chinese plans to impose a mandatory quota for e-cars by 2018, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Beijing erected market barriers that discriminate ...
Germany and France jointly defend priority grid access for electricity generated from renewable sources, reports Politico. The European Commission, meanwhile, is considering removing priority dispatch ahead of power coming from fossil fuels. In a so ...
10 Sep 2021, 14:56 Germany could transform its economy to net zero emissions by 2045 at net zero costs, because switching to green technologies opens up new markets and opportunities for growth, consultancy McKinsey has found. In its report 鈥濶et-Zero ...
German carmaker Daimler plans to invest more than one billion euros in a global battery production compound for its hybrid and electric vehicle fleet. About half the amount will be allotted to the company鈥檚 second battery factory to be constructed in the ...
The January-September interim report by Swedish utility Vattenfall showed that the company鈥檚 prospects have improved after the sale of its eastern German lignite operations to Czech EPH, writes Andreas Mihm in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Profit ...
German carmakers have woken up from their slumber in the global race to bring electric cars to market, reports Stefan Theil for Handelsblatt Global Edition. 鈥淭he contest is finally getting interesting,鈥� writes Theil, referring to Daimler鈥檚 and VW鈥檚 e-car ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:37 Edgar Meza Transport Elections & Politics 91tv Leading German environmental organisations are calling for an immediate halt to the construction and expansion of highways and for a new federal mobility law to be passed ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wirtschaftswoche The German Council of Economic Experts member Veronika Grimm has criticised Germany鈥檚 climate policy and called for a market-based approach that builds on the already existing Emissions ...
A legal opinion for the federal parliament says carmakers鈥� failure to disclose the use of 'defeat devices'- which reduce an engine鈥檚 performance during emissions testing- represent 鈥渁 continuous and severe violation of the law鈥�. The opinion from ...
The German government bears no responsibility for the diesel emissions scandal, according to federal transport minister Alexander Dobrindt, writes Samuel Morgan for EurActiv. 鈥淰olkswagen cheated, so Volkswagen is responsible,鈥� Dobrindt said at a hearing ...
The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) say the Renewable Energy Surcharge consumers pay with their power bills could rise to 10 cents by 2025 and should be reformed. 鈥淲e need a discussion about alternative models, such as financing it with taxes or ...
The European offshore wind industry is booming, but lagging grid expansion and a lack of major storage sites could hold back further rapid expansion of the sector, writes Christian Schw盲gerl for Yale Environment 360. The problem of too little progress in ...
The federal cabinet today decided on draft legislation for a nuclear clean-up pact that would rid utilities of the responsibility for storing Germany鈥檚 radioactive waste. Germany鈥檚 four nuclear power station operators, RWE, E.ON, EnBW and Vattenfall, are ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Die Welt / B枚rsen-Zeitung / manager magazin Policymakers and energy companies in Germany have no intention to put the scheduled end to nuclear power production in ...
22 Oct 2021, 13:15 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Europe鈥檚 largest banks are lagging behind on setting climate targets needed to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by German consulting firm Zeb seen by the ...
German utility E.ON could finish this year with another record loss, company sources told German business newspaper Handelsblatt. The sources attributed the potential loss to rising costs of the country鈥檚 nuclear exit, spinning off its conventional energy ...
26 Oct 2021, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv The German economy could suffer climate change-related damage totalling 730 billion euros in the next 50 years if countermeasures are not taken early enough, a new ...
Ilse Aigner and Garrelt Duin, the state economy ministers of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) respectively, jointly propose permanently capping the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge for power consumers at 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh), ...
13 Aug 2021, 13:15 Many economists and climate researchers view raising the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels faster than currently planned as essential to reaching new, higher climate targets in both sectors. The debate about a ...
05 Jan 2022, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn Cars Handelsblatt German carmaker Porsche wants to continue selling cars with combustion engines and invests in the production of synthetic fuels to lower their emissions. In a first step, the company is investing 20 ...
Stuttgart Airport initiated a field test to research the possibilities of e-mobility for aircraft ground services, together with the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut). The project, financed by the federal environment ministry (BMUB), focuses on ...
02 Sep 2021, 14:00 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices 91tv Germany鈥檚 CO2 price on fuels, introduced in January, is an additional burden for low-income households, according to a report commissioned by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations ...
26 Aug 2021, 13:39 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germans doubt that climate protection and economic growth can ...
The umbrella organisation German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) has called for a 鈥渃orrection鈥� of privileges regarding the renewables surcharge (EEG-Umlage) for energy-intensive industries, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. Instead of subsidising ...
The prospects of permanently increasing energy prices due to the renewables development have caused a dispute between Germany鈥檚 governing coalition partners from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), writes Tobias ...
Innogy, the green subsidiary of German energy provider RWE, could be the biggest stock market launch of any German company since the year 2000 鈥� but renewable energy likely only plays a minor role for its expected success, write Varinia Bernau and ...
Feed-in tariffs for new photovoltaic (PV) installations will remain stable for facilities that begin operation between 1 October and 31 December 2016, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said in a press release. This is the fifth time in a row that these ...
New legislation regarding the search for a final repository for highly radioactive waste could be drafted, decided and implemented 鈥渃learly鈥� before next year鈥檚 summer break, said a representative of the federal environment ministry, according to a press ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling Der Spiegel / 91tv German raw material company Aurubis has ended cooperation with Norwegian mining firm Nussir ASA on the world鈥檚 first carbon neutral copper mine after resistance ...
The energy demand to heat German apartment buildings fell six percent last year because of energy-efficient insulation and modernisation, according to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) cited in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The study is ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Coal EU Tagesspiegel Background The planned revision of EU climate, energy and environmental state aid guidelines could lead to the German government re-opening its coal phase-out decisions, writes Tagesspiegel ...
The federal economy ministry has made changes to the reform of the combined heat and power (CHP) law, after last month鈥檚 agreement with the EU Commission on state aid questions. The changes include the introduction of tenders for governmental support for ...
Sales of energy efficiency products rose 10 percent to 65.4 billion euros in 2014, according to the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis). 鈥淭he turnover generated from products for increasing energy efficiency and for saving energy is much higher than that ...
23 Sep 2021, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Digitalisation 91tv Germany's utility companies have warned that the country's slow digitalisation is imperilling its landmark energy transition. "Without digital ...
The 鈥渟pectacular growth鈥� of the wind power sector over recent years looks unlikely to continue, because of new policy frameworks such as reduced state support for renewables, as well as public opposition and slow grid expansion, writes Franz Hubik in ...
12 Aug 2021, 13:22 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
09 Aug 2021, 12:15 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv Germany finds it unexpectedly hard to translate its landmark energy transition into an export ...
Electric cars can significantly reduce CO 2 emissions and air pollutants in Europe, but only if they are powered predominantly by renewable 鈥� rather than fossil-fuelled 鈥� electricity, according to a study by the Institute of Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) ...
04 Oct 2021, 12:21 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices EU Handelsblatt Some of Germany鈥檚 biggest CO2 emitters have taken advantage of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure their own emissions remain low-priced, according to a Handelsblatt report by ...
The federal government ignored many of the results of the environment ministry鈥檚 stakeholder consultation process for the Climate Action Plan 2050 because of strong pressure from economic interests, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace. The ...
Vattenfall started operation of a battery storage with its pilot project 鈥淏attery 2 nd Life鈥� in Hamburg. The storage is made up of 2,600 used battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles. It has a power capacity of 2 megawatts and a storage ...
A pilot pv array is meant to show that solar energy production does not necessarily need to compete with agriculture for scant land resources, reports Sandra Enkhardt in pv magazine. The solar panels are mounted on stilts seven metres above ground level ...
01 Nov 2021, 12:45 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung In the runup to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, eight leading environmental organisations have called on Germany鈥檚 next government ...
In a series of stakeholder dialogues, environmental NGO Germanwatch and the Global Climate Forum have investigated where important Energiewende players see obstacles and opportunities. A close cooperation between core business areas such as institutional ...
93 percent of Germans say further expansion of renewables is important or very important, according to a study by TNS Emnid, commissioned by the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). The approval rate for renewables facilities in their own neighbourhood fell ...
15 Sep 2021, 12:29 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Fossil fuels The German government has issued export credit guarantees to 12 billion euros鈥� worth of fossil fuel projects over the ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:04 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Industry dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / RND German industry federation BDI has warned ...
Service sector trade union ver.di鈥檚 has said 聽 that a fair coal exit in Germany is possible and can be financed, a statement that could alter the course of the current discussion among Social Democrats, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel in an opinion piece in ...
The government cabinet approved the second phase of a programme to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology, according to a transport ministry press release. From 2016 to 2019, the programme provides almost 250 million euros to support innovations in ...
Germany鈥檚 major utilities and hundreds of municipal utilities have missed the advance of renewables, writes Franz Hubik in Handelsblatt. Many firms now say they want to change course but do not have the necessary financial resources for a turnaround. ...
A majority of German companies participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) do not expect the Paris Agreement to be effective in reducing global emissions, according to a survey by the German development bank KfW and Centre for European Economic ...
Even the Uniper prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO) says that conventional power generation 鈥渇aces the risk of disappearing completely from the market鈥� in the long-term, writes Chris Bryant in a comment for Bloomberg. 鈥淚t's not every ...
innogy鈥檚 stock market debut on 7 October could turn into Germany鈥檚 largest initial public offering (IPO) since 2000, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. innogy- RWE鈥檚 renewable spin-off- wants to attract investors interested in a stable and reliable ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:33 Expert German Trade Union Association Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Society Elections & Politics dpa / Zeit Online Climate change and the energy transition should ...
Federal environment minister Barbara Hendricks rebuked her cabinet colleagues, the Christian Social Union transport and agriculture ministers, for insufficient climate protection, writes Reuters. 鈥淟ike the transport sector, agriculture 鈥� of course 鈥� is ...
04 Aug 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU FAZ / 91tv Forty-one percent of economics professors said the EU should do more on climate, according to a survey by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo), writes Frankfurter ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:12 Edgar Meza Bioenergy Hydrogen S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Bayernoil, Bavaria鈥檚 biggest oil refinery, is planning to move away from petrol and heating oil and towards e-fuels created with sustainably produced hydrogen, but legal uncertainties ...
Siemens AG is preparing for a surge in German demand for utility-scale storage, as rapid development of renewables forces utilities to invest in batteries to help manage to new patterns of power generation and consumption, writes Brian Parkin for ...
Several German bicycle associations are demanding a buyer鈥檚 premium for new electric bicycles, akin to the premium the federal government introduced for e-cars earlier this year, writes Philipp Vetter in Die Welt. Critics argue that such support does not ...
Experts and green groups are urging Germany to set a target year for the G20 nations to phase out hundreds of billions of dollars in state subsidies to polluting fossil fuels, writes Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. As host of next year鈥檚 ...
Petrol stations have to 鈥渞adically 肠丑补苍驳别鈥� to cope with the transition to a more efficient and possibly largely electric transport system, write Franz Hubik and Regine Palm in Handelsblatt. Petrol stations could become mobility stations offering cars, ...
03 Aug 2021, 14:15 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv The construction of new solar PV installations in ...
Has launched a tool to help municipalities rate the benefits of developing renewable energy infrastructure under different investor and operator models. An online tutorial for the too is now available. See the press release in German here.聽 ...
A majority of Germans (53 percent) think their country should do more to remain a pioneer in climate protection, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The representative survey with 2105 participants was carried out ...
30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Renewables Business & Jobs 91tv US technology company Google has announced it will invest 1 billion euros in digital infrastructure and clean energy in Germany from now until 2030. As part of this, ...
The agreement that economy minister Sigmar Gabriel reached with the EU Commission on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policies 鈥渕akes regulations permanent that will keep Germany from reaching its 2020 ...
No other number in the energy sector politicises as much as the renewable energy surcharge consumers pay with their power bills, according to an article in renewable energy website euwid. But policymakers鈥� use of the surcharge as a 鈥榩rice tag鈥� for Germany ...
The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 power market, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market liberalisation, German energy minister Sigmar Gabriel told ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Nuclear phase-out AFP / n-tv / 91tv Germany has agreed to repatriate several tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste from the French reprocessing plant La Hague, news agency AFP ...
08 Nov 2021, 14:02 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business ...
Power lines to carry wind power from Germany鈥檚 north to its industrial south have been delayed over and over, creating problems for the Energiewende, writes Klaus Stratmann in the Handelsblatt. The current power network is reaching its limits in dealing ...
The Green Party鈥檚 plan for phasing out coal in Germany makes sense and is overdue, writes energy expert Claudia Kemfert, from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in a commentary for Hamburger Abendblatt. 鈥淲e have a massive power oversupply, ...
The economic council of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) criticises environment minister Barbara Hendricks鈥� (Social Democrats) Climate Action Plan 2050 as a 鈥渉orror catalogue for the economy鈥�, writes Klaus Stratmann for Handelsblatt. In a position ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany's federal government has nearly doubled subsidies within three years, but less than half of them have a positive effect on climate and the environment, ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:18 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal Nuclear phase-out 91tv Germany鈥檚 nuclear and coal phase-out both took a step towards their completion on the last day of 2021, when ...
Norway is aiming to eliminate sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2025 and allow only electric vehicles, but such a model would be harmful to the environment in Germany, Daniel Delhaes writes in Handelsblatt. While Norway can generate most ...
According to a survey by Leipzig-based research and consulting group Hitschfeld, 53 percent of residents in Germany would invest in renewable energy projects. Young educated people in particular聽 indicated a great willingness to do so. Social aspects ...
German energy group E.ON has launched a new large-scale solar power-plus-battery project in the United States. The company will install and operate a 10 megawatt (MW) battery for Tucson Electric Power in Arizona and also build, own and operate a 2 MW ...
05 Nov 2021, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Gas COP26 91tv The role of gas has emerged as a key issue that keeps the German government from signing on to a COP26 pledge to end foreign fossil fuel funding by 2022. The pledge's text lacks a clear ...
Despite many setbacks, a number of achievements towards greater environmental protection in the past decade is cause for optimism, Achim Steiner, former executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, tells Bernhard P枚tter in an interview ...
Half of Germany鈥檚 large enterprises (annual turnover of more than 500 million euros) made foreign investments of an average 125 million euros in 2014, the Foreign Investment Monitor by development bank KfW shows. Investment at home was at an average 135 ...
The federal government plans to ease the burden that high electricity grid fees present to eastern German federal states, said Brandenburg鈥檚 state secretary Dietmar Woidke, according to news agency dpa. The federal government aims to align the ...
30 Jul 2021, 11:34 Jessica Bateman Heating 91tv The Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE has released a study looking at how heat pumps could contribute to climate neutral urban communities. In a press ...
The environment ministry has put plans to facilitate diesel car bans in cities on hold, reports newspaper Berliner Morgenpost. State secretary Jochen Flasbarth told the paper that plans for the introduction of a 鈥渂lue badge鈥� were put on ice until a ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:41 Germany is set to widely miss its climate targets this year, according to a think tank analysis that adds pressure on the chancellor contestants to present plans for rapid emissions cuts. Six weeks before the country's general ...
27 Jul 2021, 16:55 After several years of expansion doldrums, onshore wind power development in Germany has slowly picked up in the first half of 2021, but remains insufficient for renewables expansion and climate targets, the country's wind power ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:38 Expert Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Germany is currently the country most concerned about climate change out of the 28 surveyed for the August update ...
Utility company E.ON and Norwegian Statoil have started construction work on their new offshore wind project near the island of R眉gen in the German Baltic Sea. Wind turbine installations will begin in 2017. Once completed in 2019, the wind farm with 60 ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:22 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv The Association of German Engineers (VDI) calls for legal, regulatory and economic framework conditions to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy sources in the heating sector. These could ...
05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from Germany鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
10 Aug 2021, 12:56 Kerstine Appunn Coal Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 91tv The world is heating up, but the German government is clinging to its coal phase-out date in 2038, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a聽 commentary for S眉ddeutsche ...
A pilot project from New York could become a threat to traditional energy suppliers, writes Andreas Mihm in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The so-called blockchain technology which is used to encrypt and secure data that is transmitted between users ...
The cabinet of the government today passed the Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 with a total volume of 269.6 billion euros. The largest part of 132.8 billion euros are marked for Germany鈥檚 roads, 112.3 billion euros for rail transport and 24.5 billion ...
The diesel engine has been damaged by the emissions scandal and it will reach the end of its development capability in about a decade, but German automakers must nevertheless make diesel acceptable again, Henrik Mortsiefer writes in Der Tagesspiegel. New ...
Many countries in Latin America have started their own energy transition plans but they should incorporate lessons, such as citizens鈥� participation, from the German Energiewende, writes Emilio Godoy for Inter Press Service (IPS). 鈥淕ermany鈥檚 transition ...
Industry energy prices in Bavaria were 鈥渁pparently completely stable鈥�, writes Tilman Weber for Erneuerbare Energien. According to an analysis by the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw), higher oil, hard coal, natural gas and electricity costs drove up the ...
The demand by German households for power contracts offering electricity generated only from renewable sources has declined, according to a survey by Energie & Management, reports dpa. Customer numbers dropped from 5 million households in 2013 to 4.4 ...
German utility RWE has forecast EBITDA profits of between 4.1 and 4.4 billion euros in 2016 for its new renewable subsidiary innogy (currently 鈥楻WE International SE鈥�). The figure is lower than the 4.5 billion euro figure it recorded in 2015, according to ...
16 Jul 2021, 15:30 The EU鈥檚 proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively bring forward Germany鈥檚 coal exit date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) mean coal will become unprofitable in most of Europe, said ...
Photovoltaics specialist IBC Solar is developing a solar park tailored to the needs and possibilities of energy cooperatives, thereby adapting to changes brought on by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). Solar PV parks with a capacity of up to ...
The government cabinet has approved a new regulation on how grid operators are paid for investments into the extension of the distribution network. This is important to make sure the energy transition in the distribution grid is making progress, state ...
11 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv Germany's federal government has released the structural aid to hard coal power plant regions, the energy聽 ministry announced. By signing an administrative agreement with the states concerned, ...
June was the strongest month so far in 2016 for solar PV expansion, with 119.4 megawatt additional installed capacity reported to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), writes pv magazine. Of the total, 90.5 megawatt were from small solar PV facilities, ...
Volkswagen AG is increasing its electric vehicle offerings and is looking to become the leader in China鈥檚 fast-growing e-car segment, Herbert Diess, VW鈥檚 passenger car brand chairman, said in an interview with Rebecca Eisert and Franz Rother in ...
Environment organisations are disappointed with the government鈥檚 proposal for a German sustainability strategy 2016 because targets for a higher market share of climate friendly rail transport have been deleted, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must massively increase climate action efforts in order to triple the current average annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions, ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv / ARD The quick rise in natural gas prices impacts Germany, but the economy ministry at this point does not aim to use government action to protect ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Resources & Recycling 91tv Car production numbers in Germany have been falling since late 2019 and unresolved raw material supply bottlenecks look set to continue to have a negative impact, ...
28 Sep 2021, 13:34 Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables 91tv Power generated from renewable sources covered around 43 percent of total electricity consumption in Germany in the first three quarters of 2021, down from 48 percent in the same period ...
In 2014/15, the iron and steel industry has received about 2 billion euros per year in reliefs and exemptions from taxes and fees for electricity and CO 2, according to an analysis by Green Budget Germany (F脰S), commissioned by the Green parliamentary ...
Denmark and Germany have agreed on two separate but mutually opened PV auctions to be held in 2016, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has said. Denmark will partially open one auction round with a capacity of 20 megawatt (MW) to bids for ...
Natural gas is at its lowest price since 2010 at an average of 1,236 euros per 20,000 kilowatt hours (kWh), comparison portal CHECK24 reports. This was because of competition and the offers of alternative suppliers to the traditional utilities, writes ...
07 Sep 2021, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv / Die Welt The operator of the controversial gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has announced that the project is almost complete. The last pipe segments connecting Germany and Russia through the ...
The recently introduced buyers鈥� premium for electric vehicles is insufficient to kickstart the Energiewende in the transport sector, according to a metastudy by Green Budget Germany (F脰S) for the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). Many comprehensive reforms ...
Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN special envoy on climate change and El Ni帽o, has condemned the UK and Germany for introducing new support schemes for the fossil fuel industry that betray the Paris climate deal, Adam Vaughan writes in ...
Despite Germany鈥檚 recent reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the country鈥檚 wind power sector remains hopeful that new revisions to the law could soon follow Bundestag elections next year, Die Welt reports. Indeed, next year鈥檚 elections are the key ...
Grid operator TenneT has paid 295 million euros in contingency payments to wind power operators in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein in 2015 because their electricity could not be transported through congested grids, Olaf Preu脽 writes in Die ...
22 Sep 2021, 13:41 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Cars Manager Magazin/ Handelsblatt An NGO has filed lawsuits to try and force BMW and Mercedes to stop producing internal combustion engines by 2030 at the latest. Environmental organisation ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling EU Handelsblatt European states have to seriously explore possibilities to source key raw materials for more climate-friendly technologies domestically instead of relying on imports from ...
Intensified cross border connections and the increased transfer between European electricity markets could help reach EU climate targets, according to a study by Fraunhofer ISE and the National Technical University of Athens. With the cooperative project ...
Germany is close to reaching its 2020 renewable energy target this year after generating 36.4 percent of electricity from renewables in the first half of 2016, Craig Morris reports on energytransition.de. Germany is aiming for a 35 percent renewables ...
15 Jul 2021, 14:04 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Solar 91tv Germany registered strong demand in its ...
Researchers at Aachen University have developed a small electric car go on the market for 12,500 euros from 2018, reports Wolfgang Kempkens for Wirtschaftswoche. The same team was responsible for the development of the Streetscooter now used by Deutsche ...
The new Renewable Energy Act (EEG) is disadvantaging operators of flexible power storage devices that can switch between supplying power to the grid and self-consumption, Photovoltaik magazine聽reports. Operators of such batteries must pay the renewables ...
Petrol station operators should realise the transition to e-mobility is a huge business opportunity rather than a threat, according to e-car website Ecario. E-car drivers waiting for their cars to charge will spend much more time on the premises, and are ...
The German federal government has insisted that the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA will not threaten the country鈥檚 support system for聽green electricity, writes Reuters. 鈥淥f course, the German ...
26 Jul 2016
With the energy transition the amount of decentralised produced power and the number of distributed consumers is increasing which is putting pressure on the distribution grid, says the BNE, an association of independent energy suppliers and service firms. ...
The Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) has received 718 applications for the e-car buyer鈥檚 premium since the official launch on 2 July, according to a press release. The most popular models were BMW鈥檚 i3 (127 applications) and ...
02 Aug 2021, 12:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics The debate about Germany's decision to shut down the last coal-fired power plant by 2038 at the latest has intensified in the election campaign. Economy minister Peter Altmaier ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:43 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 91tv A first attempt to reduce excess emissions in Germany's buildings sector by launching an additional home energy refurbishment support programme is likely to be insufficient, ...
Plans by the economy committee in the German Bundesrat to amend the current draft of incentive regulations concerning power grid expansion in Germany would cost the taxpayers an additional 3.5 billion euros until 2028, Achim Zerres, the head of energy ...
Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement will be challenging, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel.聽 She said at the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this was already evident at Germany鈥檚 present work on a Climate Action Plan. All ...
Germany鈥檚 Energiewende is faltering in areas like the heating and mobility sectors, according the half-yearly report of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE).聽 The share of renewable energy in electricity, heating and transport edged up to 15.1 ...
The German federal and state governments should start soon to secure the financing of long-term effects of lignite operations in order to be prepared for the possible scenario that Czech EPH evades having to fund liabilities and provisions in connection ...
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has聽 told news agency dpa 聽that people should reduce long-haul flights and instead spend their free time locally or on bike and hiking holidays in order to save greenhouse gas emissions. The government should reduce ...
The regional court (Landgericht) in Hanover has ruled against awarding damages to German utility E.ON. The energy giant had sued the federal government, as well as several states, over the abrupt decision to temporarily shut down two nuclear power plants ...
A research project by the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) and the Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE) has shown that those households with the highest power consumption can be particularly successful when it comes to saving ...
Natural gas as a partner for renewable energies is the 鈥渒ey to a low-carbon energy system鈥�, said Eirik W忙rness, senior vice president and chief economist at Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil, in an interview with WirtschaftsWoche. W忙rness criticised ...
The feed-in tariffs for new photovoltaic (PV) installations will not be lowered between 1 July and 30 September 2016 for the fourth time in a row. This is because newly installed capacity of 1,366 megawatts (MW) over the past 12 months was more than 1,000 ...
The cost of electricity for final consumers remained high in the first half of 2016 as most suppliers raised their tariffs despite low wholesale power prices, writes dpa-AFX. One reason was the expensive grid expansion needed for the renewables ...
The federal economy ministry proposes to lower the threshold for energy-intensive industries to be eligible for a reduced renewables surcharge, writes Spiegel Online. With this proposed adjustment to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), reported ...
Germany鈥檚 economy and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel is spending some 15 million euros on a campaign for energy efficiency (Deutschland macht鈥檚 effizient), designed to stimulate energy efficiency in households, companies and councils, WirtschaftsWoche ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:32 Edgar Meza Coal 91tv / Der Spiegel A German court has ruled against the country鈥檚 newest coal plant, finding that building permission for the facility was granted illegally. The ruling removes one of two legal foundations ...
06 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 The ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:22 Edgar Meza Coal Finance Reuters / Der Spiegel After acquiring a stake in RWE, Germany鈥檚 largest energy company, activist fund Enkraft is pushing for the company to divest its brown coal division, Reuters reports. In a letter to the ...
The European Parliament has called for raising the EU鈥檚 energy efficiency target to 40 percent by 2030 and for binding targets for member states to achieve the 30 percent renewables target by 2030. There should also be binding requirements for increasing ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind rbb Hundreds of wind turbines in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will be decommissioned this year because they will lose their guaranteed funding after 20 years in operation and can no longer be operated ...
There are no regions in Germany where power grid bottlenecks justify the government鈥檚 plan to slow down renewable development with the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), according to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) ...
07 Jul 2021, 13:27 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Resources & Recycling The use of regrowing biotic raw materials such as cereals and wood accounted for 16 percent, or 224 million ...
Germany鈥檚 northern most state Schleswig-Holstein will be the ninth of 16 states to have a climate protection law, taz reports. The state cabinet passed the draft law on Wednesday, now parliament has to approve it. Targets established in the law are ...
Declining prices for power storage systems will prompt a 鈥渘ew wave of investment鈥� in the PV sector over the coming years, according to German Solar Association managing director Carsten K枚rnig, writes Recharge. "More and more people are utilising ...
German wind turbine manufacturer Siemens has announced that it will provide offshore wind farms capable of generating power at levelled costs of below 8 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) as of 2025. These costs would include the grid connection to the shore, ...
14 Jun 2016
14 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Bloomberg 鈥淭he world nears peak fossil fuels for 别濒别肠迟谤颈肠颈迟测鈥� The era of ever expanding global demand for fossil fuels to generate power comes to an end in less than ...
Sweden and Germany should set a precedent with Vattenfall鈥檚 lignite assets in the eastern German region of Lusatia and transfer the operations into a state-owned foundation with the clear goal of a socially acceptable and environmentally responsible ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:52 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Politics Die Welt In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, including Bavaria, last week, Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der (CSU) has said more effort is needed to combat climate change. 鈥淲e can and ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesschau The regional list of Germany鈥檚 Green Party will be excluded from the ballot in the state of Saarland during the national election, the federal election committee announced on 5 ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:30 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Edgar Meza Industry Welt am Sonntag German energy giant RWE is accelerating the expansion of renewable energy sources, Guido M. Hartmann writes in Welt am Sonntag. ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
26 Aug 2021, 13:45 Charlotte Nijhuis Solar Cities 91tv German cities are failing to fully utilise solar PV installations on new building rooftops, according to the country鈥檚 largest green power provider LichtBlick. The ratio of newly ...
10 Jun 2016
10 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Reuters 鈥淕abriel hints at changes to environment minister鈥檚 climate action plan鈥� Based on statements by Germany鈥檚 economy minister Sigmar Gabriel,聽 Reuters reports聽 there could be ...
Hard coal power plant operator and one of Germany鈥檚 biggest power suppliers Steag announced that it will leave the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) by the end of 2016, writes the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). The industry association ...
04 Oct 2021, 12:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Der Spiegel Bureaucratic hurdles and citizens鈥� initiatives ...
16 Jul 2021, 12:44 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Cars EU 91tv To achieve its target of having 3.5 million e-car charging stations, the EU will have to increase the rate of expansion thirtyfold at the very least, the industry-sponsored ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 Cities 91tv The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament聽 agreed 聽to reduce CO2聽emissions by at least 70 ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government dpa / n-tv Germany's Court of Auditors has criticised the supplementary budget presented by finance minister Christian Lindner, which rededicates billions of euros reserved for ...
19 Jul 2021, 13:46 Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has to increase its climate protection efforts after catastrophic floods killed over 150 people in the country. The disaster has brought climate change to the centre of the election campaign. After ...
06 Oct 2021, 13:58 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / Spiegel German election winner the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the pro-business FDP have decided to enter joint talks to sound out a common base to form the ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 The progress made so far by the world鈥檚 largest industrialised and emerging countries is far too miniscule to adhere to the Paris Agreement鈥檚 1.5 degree temperature ...
09 Jul 2021, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Mobility 91tv The government 鈥渋nnovation premium鈥� for e-car buyers will be extended until 2025, the German energy and economy ministry (BMWi) has announced. In a press release, the BMWi said that the support ...
22 Jul 2021, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas International Security 91tv Germany and the United States have reached an agreement resolving their long-standing conflict over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The deal allows for the completion of the ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:35 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 91tv ...
28 Jun 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security The contenders from Germany's governing parties to become Germany's next chancellor have both signalled their readiness to shutter the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if the Russian ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:44 Expert B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance Watch Germany Finance Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Finance 91tv / Reuters An overwhelming majority of Germans see no place for nuclear power in sustainable investments, according to ...
22 Jun 2021, 13:48 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government aims to spend some 5.2 billion euros next year in climate protection investments as part of an emergency climate pact that is expected to be approved by ...
27 Jul 2021, 13:36 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt Germany needs gas-fired ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:07 Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has reassured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Germany would do everything to ensure Ukraine remains a gas transit state even after the completion of the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline. ...
28 Jul 2021, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Elections & Politics EU 91tv A post-Merkel coalition government is likely to help drive forward the EU鈥檚 climate targets, an analysis by Deutsche Bank has concluded. In a paper, analysts for the bank ...
27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In first paragraph on e-car premium: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:18 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Handelsblatt None of the German ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In paragraph five: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; in paragraph eight: government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
14 Jul 2021, 13:05 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal 91tv Germany's ...
02 Jul 2021, 14:15 Charlotte Nijhuis Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The German activist group Climate List (Klimaliste) has announced the establishment of a national political party, but will not yet run in the upcoming ...
23 Jun 2021, 13:28 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv As Germany ramps up development of hydrogen technologies, it should focus entirely on the production of green hydrogen using wind and solar energy, the German Advisory Council on the Environment ...
20 Sep 2021, 13:21 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Policy Elections & Politics Whoever forms the next federal government in Germany will need to make unpopular decisions if they are to meet the emissions cuts dictated by the country's ...
28 Jul 2021, 12:17 Expert Ember Climate & energy think tank Climate & CO2 Electricity market Julian Wettengel Coal EU 91tv The European Union鈥檚 electricity demand was back to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2021, but thanks ...
07 Jul 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Grid Industry 91tv German companies could make a significant contribution to stabilising the electricity grid by flexibly adapting their demand to available supply, according to a new study conducted by the ...
30 Jun 2021, 13:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel CO鈧� emissions in Germany and ...
02 Jul 2021, 13:13 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wind Die Welt / dpa / 91tv The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state parliament has passed a new climate protection law that paves the way for climate neutrality by 2045, five years earlier than ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Die Welt / Handelsblatt / Reuters The home state of Volkswagen, Lower Saxony, would not tolerate a large-scale reduction in staff at Germany鈥檚 largest carmaker, state premier Stephan Weil (SPD) ...
17 Sep 2021, 12:38 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Efficiency Heating 91tv People in Germany are very much in favour of government support for solar thermal heating systems and heat pumps as well as building refurbishments that make homes ...
30 Jul 2021, 11:36 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv High natural gas and hard coal prices and expensive allowances in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) have significantly pushed up the power price over recent months, ...
05 Jul 2021, 14:50 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Climate & CO2 91tv Environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has issued five new legal cases on ...
11 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs WirtschaftsWoche / Spiegel / Reuters Tesla is flying high in Germany: In September, more electric Tesla Model 3s were registered in the country than leading domestic models, such as the BMW 3 Series, ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 91tv A CO2 price as a surcharge on the fuel price, with the entire revenue flowing into a uniform per capita refund, is by far the fairest form ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:09 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv German agriculture minister Julia Kl枚ckner has presented a model for financially rewarding ...
06 Jul 2021, 12:53 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv / Welt online Europe鈥檚 three leading truck manufacturers-- Daimler Truck, the TRATON Group and the Volvo Group-- have joined forces to create a network of fast-charging stations for battery ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:46 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 91tv, Tagesschau, Focus Online The German cabinet has passed a climate emergency programme allocating an additional 8.1 billion euros for climate protection measures over the next five ...
13 Sep 2021, 13:57 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Cars Elections & Politics 91tv Around 77 percent of motorists drive slower than 130 km/h on German ...
20 Sep 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices The renewable surcharge Germans pay with their power bills to finance the roll-out of wind and solar energy will decrease substantially next year, economy minister Peter Altmaier ...
09 Dec 2021, 13:30 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 91tv Global warming is making white Christmas a thing of the past in Germany, ...
10 Aug 2021, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
15 Dec 2021, 13:42 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Finance Handelsblatt A new report by Swiss asset management firm Globalance Invest has examined the climatic impact of the 40 companies listed on the DAX, Germany鈥檚 leading stock market index, and measured ...
02 Mar 2016
02 Mar 2016, 00:00 tageszeitung 鈥淪hort-sighted cap fans鈥� Despite fighting climate change being a national objective and renewables now the cheapest source of energy, leading conservative politicians want to use reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) to ...
04 Mar 2016, 00:00 Hydrogen Die Welt 鈥淣orth Rhine-Westphalia cities agree to forego RWE dividend鈥� Despite their own financial difficulties, cities in North Rhine-Westphalia that own stakes in utility RWE have accepted that there will be no dividend this ...
28 Jul 2021, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Cars Business Insider Legal action brought by environmental NGOs continues to be a hurdle for Tesla鈥檚 鈥淕igafactory鈥� near the German capital Berlin, reports Business Insider. The Brandenburg Nature and Biodiversity ...
02 Aug 2021, 12:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Elections & Politics Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung A quick increase of Germany's CO2 price in the heating and transport sector is "exactly the right way forward" to ensure the country is ...
07 Jun 2021, 13:50 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Renewables Wind Tagesspiegel Background A new draft plan for offshore wind power expansion by the German government has allocated ...
14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021, 13:03 Edgar Meza 91tv, Reuters The German and Australian governments have signed a letter of intent on sustainable hydrogen production, according to the German ministries of economic affairs and energy and education and research. ...
26 May 2021, 13:25 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv Germany will need some 60 terawatt-hours of hydrogen by 2030 and domestic production can only cover a third of that demand, according to a paper by Berlin-based think tank Climate Neutrality ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Transport Heating dpa / 91tv Germany鈥檚 state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn will have to pay between 40 million and 50 million euros for the use of fossil fuels like diesel and heating ...
02 Aug 2021, 12:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Cars 91tv Germany has reached its target of one million registered battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, said the government in a press release. This means the country has reached ...
07 Jun 2021, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Elections & Politics 91tv Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a surprisingly clear victory in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, in a boost for the bloc's ...
18 May 2021, 13:33 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. ...
19 May 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics International RND German federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has proposed the creation of an international organisation of countries to lead the way in climate protection, Andreas Niesmann writes for ...
27 May 2021, 13:28 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next government after the ...
08 Feb 2016
08 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment could use mercury limits to take coal plants offline鈥� The government 鈥渉as a plan B up its sleeve" in case there is no political agreement on a coal exit, reports ...
23 Aug 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Electricity Renewables 91tv Germany鈥檚 energy transition and increasing share of decentralised generation capacity are having no negative effects on the quality of its power supply,聽 according to 聽the Federal ...
28 May 2021, 12:49 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Solar 91tv The German Association ...
08 Jul 2021, 13:30 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Die Zeit The candidate for chancellor of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance, ...
26 Jul 2021, 12:26 Jessica Bateman Wind 91tv The total share of German wind power produced by North Sea plants rose to 16.63 percent so far in 2021 despite an overall generation decrease compared to the first half 2020 due to calm weather, ...
02 Jul 2021, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Der Spiegel The German conservative CDU/CSU alliance has stabilised its position as the country's most popular party again, relegating the Green Party firmly to the second place, according ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 revised climate targets mean the country's coal power phase-out will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned, newspaper ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:38 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt f眉r die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 91tv Germany鈥檚 decision to phase out nuclear ...
14 Jan 2016
14 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Greenpeace 鈥淓xpenses for green power reach new record high鈥� Payments for renewable power have reached a record high in 2015, Andreas Mihm reports for the ...
02 Nov 2021, 12:55 Jessica Bateman Transport Cars Handelsblatt Europe faces an overcapacity of e-car battery production as the continent supports the build-up of a domestic supply and a large number of factories are currently being constructed, reports ...
06 Jan 2016
06 Jan 2016, 00:00 91tv 91tv Rheinische Post 鈥淕rand coalition plans buyers鈥� incentives for electric cars鈥� The German government plans to introduce new incentives for e-cars, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淎 ...
26 Jul 2021, 12:25 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche / ...
21 May 2021, 12:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:19 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities 91tv / HR German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is planning one of the largest infrastrucuture projects of the ...
21 May 2021, 13:16 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Hydrogen International 91tv The German government is taking firs steps to partner with West African nations in the development of a ...
26 Jul 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Coal ZDF The CO2 price will cause the coal exit in Germany to happen faster than agreed, said conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF. 鈥淧ersonally, I believe the exit ...
09 Nov 2021, 12:54 Edgar Meza Wind dpa / Zeit Online / IWR A row over wind power expansion and wildlife protection in western German state North Rhine-Westphalia has led the state鈥檚 renewable energy association LEE to organize a demonstration against ...
25 May 2021, 13:18 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry Efficiency Edgar Meza Mobility 91tv The Berlin-based Climate Neutrality Foundation is calling ...
11 Jun 2021, 14:09 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 91tv Temperatures in Germany could be 0.5 to 1.0 degrees higher in the ...
01 Sep 2021, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Grid Renewables 91tv Citing the ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:23 Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 91tv Eastern German lignite power plants that are scheduled to ...
21 Dec 2015
21 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv AG Energiebilanzen German CO2 emissions rise in 2015 Germany鈥檚 CO2 emissions have increased slightly in 2015, according to preliminary calculations by energy market research group AG ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Coal TAG24 / 91tv A lignite (brown coal) power station in the eastern German town of Chemnitz is going to be shut down by 2023, instead of the last unit running until 2029, the management of plant operator ...
13 Aug 2021, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv The majority of Germans (74%) are prepared to make changes to their lifestyle to prevent global warming, a survey among 1,000 consumers commissioned by heating technology company ...
07 Jul 2021, 12:27 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv A newly formed cross-industry alliance is calling for a significantly faster decarbonisation of the building sector through renewable heating technologies and a correspondingly more ambitious energy ...
06 Jul 2021, 12:54 Edgar Meza Agriculture Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is calling for the German government to campaign for a strong EU supply chain law and tough EU legislation against what it describes as 鈥渋mported deforestation鈥� with regard to ...
14 Jul 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Cars 91tv While a majority of Germans know that climate protection requires a different kind of mobility, most of them have serious reservations about electromobility and are largely ...
09 Nov 2021, 12:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics DLF Climate action will become 鈥減erhaps the most important point鈥� in the planned coalition treaty of the next German government, the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) secretary general Lars Klingbeil has ...
12 May 2021, 15:34 The German government鈥檚 decision to aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 鈥� five years earlier than previously envisaged 鈥� is to be substantiated by a reform of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law. Angela Merkel and her ministers have ...
01 Jun 2021, 12:41 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Julian Wettengel Wind Energiewende 91tv German coal and natural gas use increased in the first three months of 2021, compared ...
26 Nov 2015
26 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕ermany plans the exit鈥� A spectacular change in German energy policy is taking shape a few days before the start of the climate summit in Paris, 聽writes Thorsten Knuf in ...
06 May 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv / SWR The聽 Green Party 聽and聽the聽conservative聽 Christian Democratic Union 聽(CDU) have concluded a new聽 coalition agreement 聽in the southern German state of Baden ...
