29 Jan 2020, 14:32 The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet adopted a law detailing plant shutdowns and compensation payments for coal companies, confirming a ...
28 Oct 2019, 14:06 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Renewables Hydrogen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The Federation of German Industries ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv Europe is on track to have sufficient capacity for supplying its economies with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming 10- 15 years, taking into account existing plans to expand the import ...
03 Apr 2025, 11:27 Julian Wettengel Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Reuters The 25-million-euro greenwashing fine for Deutsche Bank-owned asset manager DWS is a clear sign that deception regarding sustainable funds will be penalised, wrote journalist Meike ...
20 Jun 2023, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government ARD German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the federal government is to reduce its spending and return to 鈥渇iscal policy normality鈥� after state support for citizens and businesses ...
13 Feb 2015
13 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Night storage heating has comeback thanks to the Energiewende Night storage heating, ovens that take up power at night when there used to be an over-supply of cheap power and ...
10 Apr 2018, 00:00 The current legislative period has to be used to significantly advance the mobility transition in Germany, ensuring that the country remains a technology leader, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier at a mobility conference ...
19 Apr 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Germany should urgently tackle the task of restoring nature regardless of the outcome of the discussion on a European level, said Josef Settele, member of country's ...
05 Feb 2024, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 91tv The European Union could achieve an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 percent by 2040, compared to 1990, but the bloc must "consistently" implement the ...
02 Aug 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv Four in ten industrial companies in Germany are considering production cuts in the country or relocating parts of their production capacities outside of the country due to ...
16 Oct 2015
16 Oct 2015, 00:00 Handelsblatt 鈥淐oal reserve throws up questions鈥� If at all possible, the German government wants to avoid using the planned 聽brown coal reserve as an emergency power back-up, according to the economics and energy ministry, in an answer ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:50 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Germany's government wants to boost the expansion of hydrogen projects by giving them "overriding public interest" status, which would streamline planning ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:25 With a wide range of measures to cut red tape and ease licensing procedures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal and state governments want to speed up investments in and construction of renewable power installations, transmission lines, hydrogen ...
31 Mar 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Tagesspiegel Background Plans to adapt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law to allow for national emissions compensation measures to also take place in countries outside of the European Union ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Gas Wind Freight 91tv / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to strengthen the country鈥檚 ports to support the expansion of offshore wind power and LNG and ...
16 Jul 2019, 13:08 Siemens is planning a hydrogen research laboratory and innovation campus in the east German city of G枚rlitz, where the company鈥檚 turbine plant was previously due to be shut down. Chancellor Angela Merkel called the plans a 鈥渕ilestone鈥� ...
07 Feb 2025, 14:40 The fallout triggered by the dissolution of the French National Assembly last June continues to afflict political decisionmaking in France. The collapse of the Barnier government 聽in December, and the resulting ministerial reshuffle, ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business Policy Handelsblatt / 91tv Solar panel manufacturer Solarwatt is set to halt production of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in its factory in Dresden, business daily Handelsblatt reported. ...
28 Mar 2025, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency Policy 91tv Germany should develop a binding strategic framework for "good enough", in the form of a national sufficiency strategy, to reduce emissions as well as energy and raw ...
02 Apr 2025, 10:05 They may rail against immigration and climate action on stage but behind the scenes, far-right leaders across Europe welcome labour migrants who are needed for the continent鈥檚 energy transition. To fill its rapidly widening skill gaps, ...
11 Apr 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices ARD / 91tv A higher tax on meat products is needed to reduce the food sector鈥檚 impact on the environment and increase the well-being of animals, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government-appointed ...
13 May 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars Freight 91tv Delaying climate action in the transport sector will lead to a significantly more expensive transition to climate neutrality by 2045, said think tank Agora Verkehrswende in a new ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background The government鈥檚 plan to introduce a tender system to ensure new gas-fired power plants are built 鈥� which the government considers necessary as a supplement to renewables ...
12 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Hydrogen International 91tv Germany has pledged at least 112 million euros to support Kenya in implementing 鈥渋ts ambitious goal of switching entirely to renewable energy sources by 2030,鈥� the ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥� result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
12 Sep 2022, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Transport Freight Hydrogen 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national railway operator Deutsche Bahn plans to transport large amounts of green hydrogen on trains, offering an alternative to transport through non-existent ...
27 Jul 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 91tv German drugstore chain DM is no longer allowed to advertise several of its own brand products as 鈥榗limate neutral鈥� or 鈥榚nvironmentally neutral鈥�, a court ruled on 26 July. In a ...
30 Jan 2023, 15:52 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Table.Media / taz [CLARIFICATION: It is not just Agora Energiewende which says LNG expansion plans are oversized. The grid operators in their draft plan state that if all planned LNG capacity is ...
04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
26 Mar 2025, 13:53 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Representatives of around 40 governments have used a climate conference in Germany to call for multilateral cooperation in combatting climate change, even as some countries are stepping ...
05 Dec 2022, 13:55 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas will be a crucial part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power and energy supply for at least another ten years, because the expansion of renewables and the electricity grid are lagging behind, said ...
06 Feb 2024, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 91tv Many data centre operators, local authorities and energy suppliers are putting projects to use waste heat from data centres on hold as they struggle to find suitable customers, a survey by the ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:20 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 91tv A new funding model should link payments for climate protection performance for forest owners with ambitious biodiversity standards, the federal environment ministry (BMU) has proposed ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Finance Society 91tv Clients and financing partners both increasingly demand more climate action from German companies, which respond with a growing emission reduction engagement, according ...
24 Apr 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv German municipalities are increasingly caught between rising climate protection needs and limited resources, a report by state-owned development bank KfW found. ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Society 91tv Meat consumption in Germany in 2023 fell to its lowest levels since records began in 1991, according to preliminary data from the Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL). ...
17 May 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A German court has ruled that the country's government must improve its climate policy plans to reach the 2030 emissions reduction target, as ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:44 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 Bioenergy Cars Clean Energy ...
13 Jan 2023, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt Several researchers interviewed by business daily Handelsblatt are sceptical that Germany will be able to ramp up its hydrogen supply to the extent the government plans to. It is 鈥渉ighly uncertain ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Elections & Politics ARD / ntv / Der Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 major spending package that contains a reform of the country鈥檚 debt brake and hundreds of billions of euros of investments in defence, infrastructure ...
16 Jan 2025, 12:00 Europe's ageing buildings are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of climate change, with homes increasingly threatened by floods or at risk of becoming unbearably hot to live in. The job of adapting the spaces where ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Handelsblatt / 91tv Enthusiasm for Tesla purchases has waned considerably in Germany in the wake of the political activities of the US car company鈥檚 CEO, Elon Musk, according to market ...
20 Mar 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Die Welt / 91tv A new round of purchase incentives for electric vehicles planned by the prospective next German government has aroused scepticism among the country鈥檚 car industry, ...
14 May 2024, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cities 91tv Germany's towns and cities are insufficiently prepared to deal with more frequent and more severe flooding, periods of high heat, and drought and water shortages, a report by ...
06 Dec 2024, 11:14 The appointment of Michel Barnier as France鈥檚 new prime minister in September sparked as many concerns as it ignited hopes for advocates of more ambitious climate action. But the former environment minister, who had laid some of the ...
The European Commission had approved, in a February state aid ruling, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 security standby of lignite plants scheme, and said that future rules on the design of the EU electricity market would not influence this ruling. The Commission now says this ...
17 Mar 2025, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The German energy transition requires a 鈥渞estart鈥� as the country is on the verge of establishing a climate neutral energy system and renewables already account for about ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:36 Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. While the EU will also ...
01 Sep 2022, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany has to speed up the development of its infrastructure for hydrogen use, as the country faces several energy-related crises at once, 聽gas transmission grid operators said during the ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Focus Online / B枚rsen-Zeitung Plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future government coalition to bring forward the coal exit to 2030 have elicited criticism from state politicians in the country鈥檚 coal mining regions, Focus Online ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices dpa / n-tv / 91tv Falling wholesale power prices have torn a hole in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 financing of renewable energy sources, whose operators receive state support if revenues from ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:24 Carolina Kyllmann Finance Company climate claims 91tv German companies are being driven to increase their commitment to sustainability by the younger generation and the competition for future employees, according to the ...
18 Dec 2020, 14:11 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Kerstine Appunn Electricity Grid 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The separate planning procedures ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:24 Government members and political observers have warned that Germany must avoid a high-stakes gamble among government coalition parties at critical time for the country and Europe. As disunity in the three-party coalition becomes more ...
28 Apr 2023, 13:17 S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv Existing estimates on how much green hydrogen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chemical industry will need to decarbonise vary widely, according to a meta-analysis by the country鈥檚 science academy acatech and DECHEMA, ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang Transport Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dpa / Der Spiegel / DVZ 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railway operator Deutsche Bahn has laid claims to almost one third of the entire 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund planned by the ...
20 Dec 2023, 09:05 Europe has no time to lose in formulating its renewed emissions reduction ambitions after the results of next June鈥檚 European Parliament elections become known, says Simone Peter from the German Renewable Energy Federation. A 鈥淔it-for ...
03 Apr 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann International ARD / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is visiting Kyiv in a bid to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector and discuss Ukraine鈥檚 reconstruction following Russia ...
16 Jun 2020, 14:57 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen ...
20 Mar 2020, 15:00 The economic crisis caused by the new coronavirus will sharply slow economic activity and the associated greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. The extremely wide range of current economic forecasts is making detailed predictions for CO2 ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
01 Feb 2023, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Die Welt As solar power deployment is picking up fast around the globe, Germany and Europe must act now to regain a stronger position in the production of solar PV hardware so as to reduce ...
03 Mar 2023, 13:34 With a significant 鈥渟afety buffer鈥� of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity, the German government aims to ensure that the country and neighbouring states will receive sufficient supply of natural gas in the coming years, says ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Transport Cars 91tv With a very ambitious climate policy, the transport sector can be transformed in the long term from the "problem child" of German climate action efforts into one that ...
25 Aug 2023, 13:30 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Politics Government 91tv Internal spats and external crises have caused the German ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:51 Bennet Ribbeck Carbon removal 91tv Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security ...
08 Jan 2024, 13:54 Workers from agricultural companies across Germany have launched a week of authorised protests in the country by blocking roads and motorways with their tractors. They are demonstrating against cuts to tax breaks for diesel fuel widely ...
The state government of Saxony in eastern Germany, where parts of the Lusatian lignite mining district are located, has published a master plan for future energy research, including the areas of nuclear security, battery production, and photovoltaics, ...
The outcome of the struggle over the embattled Hambach Forest, which German energy company RWE wants to cut down to make way for the expansion of a lignite mine, will have 鈥減rofound significance for the future of energy in Germany, as well as for climate ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Industry association vbw has ...
25 Sep 2015
25 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Spiegel Online 鈥淓xhaust affair: VW tricks increase doubts about climate calculations鈥� Car manufacturers are not only using tricks to stay under nitrogen oxide thresholds in tests but also to reduce ...
12 May 2020, 13:09 Edgar Meza Coal Solar Plans by聽Swiss technology company and solar panel manufacturer聽Meyer Burger to supply panels for a 10 gigawatt (GW) floating solar plant on a lake to be left behind by the future closure of the Hambach coal mine is ...
24 Feb 2023, 13:03 Expert VDE- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies Verband der Elektrotechnik Informationstechnik e.V. Technology Carolina Kyllmann Solar Handelsblatt / 91tv The installation of plug-in ...
30 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen ...
27 Sep 2024, 13:33 It will be very difficult for Germany to reach its target of providing developing countries with at least six billion euros in climate finance from its federal budget by 2025, said government officials in Berlin. The recent budget ...
13 May 2024, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany will need more hydrogen than previously expected across all economic sectors by 2030, said the national hydrogen council in an updated assessment of future demand. The council gauged ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government Table Media / dpa / 91tv First draft proposals for changes to the constitution to introduce a special fund for up to 500 billion euros worth of infrastructure investments ...
23 Aug 2021, 13:31 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Die Welt / Tageszeitung (taz) / 91tv Researchers in Germany are examining ways to capture CO2 from the air and store it. The Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E) ...
19 Apr 2024, 15:00 A series of politically turbulent months for Croatia culminated with early parliamentary elections on 17 April. The short campaign didn鈥檛 leave much space for discussions on energy policy, but when asked, all the biggest parties claimed ...
22 Mar 2021, 12:17 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv ...
27 Mar 2023, 14:06 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv An additional investment of over 128 billion euros compared to earlier plans is needed to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid fit for a climate neutral future, according to a first ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:25 A cross-party effort in Germany is necessary to avoid that key policy proposals needed to achieve national climate and energy targets fall victim to the government coalition鈥檚 break-up, economy minister Robert Habeck has warned. ...
The influential Federation of German Industries (BDI) has called on the government to come up with a strategy to secure the supply of scarce raw materials for 鈥�future 迟别肠丑苍辞濒辞驳颈别蝉鈥� needed for e-mobility, digitalisation, and the energy transition. 鈥淭he ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:52 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Cuts in public funding for energy research could lead to a "massive decline in German industry's ability to innovate in technologies for the ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Industry Handelsblatt Cuts to battery technology research in Germany, which were triggered by a court ruling that confounded funding plans for climate and energy projects, could see the country fall behind in a ...
A broad alliance of trade unions, consumer, renewable, and industry associations has called on the future German government to use the federal budget to finance 鈥渁t least parts of the Energiewende costs鈥�. 鈥淲e need a new financing system for the cost ...
22 Mar 2023, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Adaptation 91tv Following the increase in severe flooding events in Germany over the past years, the country鈥檚 weather service DWD has improved its ability to forecast such events. 鈥淭hanks to ...
08 May 2023, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 91tv With the inauguration of a new onshore wind power testing mast with a height of 300 metres, project developers in Germany hope it will pave the way for a new generation of wind ...
The federal environment ministry (BMUB) will continue to use citizens鈥� participation processes to develop climate policy in the future, the ministry said in a press release. 鈥淲hat we learned in the stakeholder process helped us in developing the Climate ...
28 Jun 2023, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv / Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three ruling parties have finalised a deal on a controversial heating law to phase out gas and oil heating. The government will cover up to 70 percent of homeowners鈥� ...
18 Jun 2021, 11:17 Julian Wettengel Industry Elections & Politics 91tv The German Green Party鈥檚 chancellor candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has refined her party鈥檚 proposal to introduce so-called Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) to ...
25 Apr 2022, 12:52 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & ...
17 May 2021, 13:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Ember Climate & energy think ...
11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv The announcement of a new microchip factory of U.S. semiconductor producer Wolfspeed with an investment by German automotive industry supplier ZF has been welcome by ...
05 Dec 2024, 11:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
11 Feb 2020, 13:33 Expert LichtBlick Green power provider Electricity market Renewables Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind 91tv Rooftop solar and offshore wind power are the most popular technologies for Germany's future power mix, ...
08 Jun 2015
08 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Spiegel 鈥淪igmar Gabriel prepared to sacrifice climate levy鈥� Economy and energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel is about to let go of his proposed climate levy for old coal-fired power stations, Der ...
07 Aug 2020, 14:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / RTL Online Germany's remote North Sea island Heligoland is hoping for a rapid increase in green hydrogen production with offshore wind power, news agency dpa reports in an ...
05 Feb 2025, 13:35 Germany's outgoing government made important moves to protect the country against the worsening effects of climate change. Notably, it introduced the first legally-binding climate adaptation law and presented a strategy to protect ...
23 May 2024, 13:59 Carolina Kyllmann Grid EU 91tv Investments in Europe's distribution grids need to double to 67 billion euros per year by 2050, a report commissioned by electricity industry association Eurelectric found. Failing to ...
23 Jan 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Bioenergy Policy 91tv / Table.Media A draft bill that would seal a deal to phase out biofuels derived from food or feed crops should be voted on by ministers 鈥渁s soon as possible鈥�, German environment ...
07 Jan 2020, 14:00 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Benjamin Wehrmann Cities 91tv A more rapid and determined climate and energy transition policy is ...
05 Oct 2022, 13:51 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv The cost hikes and uncertainties triggered by the energy crisis have not shaken German citizens鈥� belief that the energy transition must have a high priority, according to a survey. Sixty-nine ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:45 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv German gas consumption decreased yet again in 2023, while the country's role as a European gas hub diminished further following the halt of Russian pipeline gas supply in 2022. Gas use was ...
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 The framework for energy policy until 2030 failed to meet all 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ambitions but government says the agreement is in line with the energy transition. Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der ...
12 Dec 2023, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs ARD Automotive industry supplier Bosch will cut up to 1,500 jobs in its home region in southern Germany, arguing that the transition to electric vehicles would lead to a permanently lower ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 91tv The biggest bottleneck in skilled labour supply affecting Germany's energy transition is in electrical construction, according to a report by the German Economic Institute鈥檚 (IW) ...
08 Nov 2024, 13:46 After an exhaustingly hot summer, the end of September and beginning of October ushered in extreme rainfall events and flooding in several Croatian cities along the coast and in the hinterland. At the start of November, higher ...
T ravelling in the renewable- energy stronghold state of Lower Saxony, German energy minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) faced urgent calls to provide a secure framework for future wind power growth. Lower Saxony鈥檚 environment minister, Olaf Lies (SPD), said ...
Fast decisions on climate targets, renewable growth and fossil fuel phase-out are required to plan the future German grid system, a study by the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) within a project funded by the Ministry for Education and ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:27 With competing ideas for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial recovery, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 three-party coalition is showing clear signs of disunity. Ahead of the crucial round of talks for agreeing next year鈥檚 budget, coalition party ...
08 Dec 2020, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv The large-scale import of green hydrogen is highly complex and many studies underestimate the problems that still need to be solved, says a report by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and ...
06 Mar 2023, 12:14 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv The consequences of climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros by 2050, found a report by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I脰W), the Institute ...
02 May 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv / dpa German government representatives welcomed聽 the agreement 聽by the Group of Seven (G7) major economies to end coal power generation by 2035, and said EU emissions trading means that there is ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 91tv The world needs a "new approach to climate finance," German chancellor Olaf Scholz聽 said at his government's Petersberg Climate Conference in Berlin. He ...
03 Apr 2019, 14:18 S枚ren Amelang Gas Cars Hydrogen 91tv It is certain that hydrogen will be used on a large scale in future cars, according to German industrial gas supplier Linde. 鈥淲e鈥檙e absolutely sure about the future of hydrogen in ...
20 Feb 2025, 13:38 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Policy 91tv The German government has started its largest green hydrogen import auction yet. For the first time, one portion of the tender worth 2.5 billion euros in total will be funded jointly by ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 installed renewable power production capacity has increased by about 17 gigawatt in 2023 (to some 170 GW total), figures released by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
11 Jan 2024, 13:49 Jennifer Collins Agriculture Society Tagesspiegel Germany risks becoming as polarised as the U.S. as farmers have blocked roads with tractors in massive protests over cuts to diesel subsidies, agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir said, ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Bioenergy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal agriculture ministry has launched a new support scheme for farmers to encourage investment in emission-reducing treatment of farm manure. Liquid manure, slurry, ...
24 Apr 2024, 12:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv / Handelsblatt Difficulties with connecting new customers to the grid in the eastern German town of Oranienburg near Berlin have highlighted the challenges associated with the required expansion ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv A large majority of 71 percent of voters in Germany say that the government must make sure that climate targets are met, but people lack trust in the abilities of major ...
11 Jan 2024, 13:53 Jennifer Collins Policy Society Table.Media A new German think tank is set to focus on the impacts of climate change and climate policy on society, according to Table.Media. Founded by Brigitte Knopf, a member of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Council of ...
02 Nov 2022, 13:27 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices 91tv Citing the growing difficulties of many municipal utilities to offer companies stable long-term energy supply contracts, the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW) ...
18 Oct 2023, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Household consumers in Germany could be hit by rising electricity costs next year as distribution network operators increase their grid fees, energy software company ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:50 India and a group of countries including the U.S. and Germany will not agree on a so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a key international deal that was meant to promote the South Asian nation鈥檚 climate-friendly ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / Table.Media Several formerly leading politicians from Germany's Die Linke (The Left) party have split off with the aim to found a new political party in the coming ...
05 May 2021, 14:59 The German government has agreed to aim for climate neutrality as early as 2045, pulling forward its previous target by five years as part of more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases. In a reform to be presented next week, the ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Cost & Prices dpa / Stern Protecting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts is expected to cost billions of euros in the coming years, government members of coastal states have warned and called for ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
02 Oct 2024, 16:10 Germany's fight against the devastating long-term impact of climate change has reached a new milestone, with the environment ministry (BMUV)聽presenting a draft strategy that, for the first time, sets measurable targets to increase ...
11 Dec 2019, 12:59 Freja Eriksen Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany is wavering at the last minute to make a decision on whether to support an EU taxonomy for green financial activities that aims to identify the investments that will be regarded as ...
22 Feb 2024, 13:35 Two years after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, Germany continues to struggle with its full economic recovery 鈥� even if energy prices are losing in relevance for the country鈥檚 growth prospects. Presenting the ...
30 Sep 2024, 12:00 The late summer months brought bad energy and climate news for Croatians. August 鈥� a traditionally low activity month during the holiday season 鈥� saw record-breaking heat, with temperatures exceeding long-term averages by almost 5掳C in ...
The current legislative period must be used to significantly advance the transport transition in Germany, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier at the Tagesspiegel鈥檚 Future Mobility Summit in Berlin. 鈥淚 believe that we have to bring the ...
14 Sep 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 91tv The proposal for a " historic consensus " in German society on the need for climate action and the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 by economy ...
15 Aug 2022, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government Tageszeitung (taz) The German economy and climate ministry (BMWK) is edging closer to introducing a 鈥渃limate check鈥� for all new laws that could become a prerequisite for future lawmaking in ...
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24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
13 Feb 2025, 13:36 Bennet Ribbeck Renewables Wind Focus Online Many autobahn exits in northern Germany are too small to handle the transportation of modern wind turbine rotor blades and should be enlarged, according to several German states,聽Focus Online ...
13 Mar 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities 91tv / rbb Construction of one of the largest heat pumps in Europe has started in Berlin in a bid to bring the German capital closer to its goal of decarbonising its heating system. The heat ...
09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country鈥檚 economy in order to achieve international ...
21 Nov 2023, 08:43 The debates over the fallout of last week鈥檚 shock constitutional court ruling on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state budget borrowing rules are in full swing, as the government faces difficult decisions on how to fill a 60-billion-euro gap in its special ...
11 Dec 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Grid Storage 91tv Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems can make electricity systems much more flexible in the future, saving generation costs and thus lowering overall ...
11 Feb 2025, 14:06 Bennet Ribbeck Gas Cost & Prices 91tv The price of gas for new customers in Germany has risen sharply over the past year, said price comparison website Verivox. The average price across Germany increased by 43 percent, ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:43 Jack McGovan Heating Elections & Politics 91tv The new German government after the election on 23 February should implement an ambitious heating package that promotes the expansion of climate-neutral heat supply, said ...
25 Jul 2019, 14:52 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase ...
13 Sep 2021, 14:00 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 91tv A second televised debate between the three chancellor candidates for the German federal election has again seen the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz come out on ...
15 Mar 2023, 09:45 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable industry association BEE has criticised key elements of the EU proposal to reform the design of the bloc鈥檚 electricity market. The lobby group said strict rules about the shape of future subsidies for new low-carbon ...
18 Mar 2024, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International 91tv An alliance of social and environmental NGOs has called on the German government to include concrete and binding sustainability and justice standards in its hydrogen import strategy ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv / Euractiv The EU鈥檚 efforts to bolster its own production capacities for green technologies must be strengthened to make the bloc ready for increased global competition on ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:27 Jack McGovan Electricity Storage Table.Media / PV Magazine The long-awaited electricity storage strategy by Germany's economy ministry (BMWK), due to be published today (19 December), is unlikely to meet the expectations of the ...
14 Apr 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices ARD / Funke Mediengruppe The German government is set to cut subsidies for plug-in hybrid vehicles earlier than originally planned, public broadcaster ARD reports. The economy and climate ministry (BMWK ...
The Greens鈥� call for an end to the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2030 was meant to deliver a 鈥渨ake-up call to the German industry", said Cem 脰zdemir, co-head and one of the two leading candidates for the Green Party in the upcoming ...
19 Feb 2021, 14:08 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:12 Germany is of central importance when it comes to the EU defining its priorities in energy and industrial policies, says Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. He argues that the country鈥檚 next ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:16 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert LichtBlick Green power provider Electricity market Renewables ...
13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Higher energy demand triggered by economic growth and colder weather is likely to push up 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions again this year, energy market group AG Energiebilanzen forecast on Friday. A new rise would put 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 ...
02 Aug 2024, 12:34 The upcoming elections in three Eastern German states in September have put the region at the centre of attention of the country鈥檚 political landscape in 2024, especially due to the expected success of populist parties which could shake ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Efficiency Heating 91tv State support granted for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in private households increased to 14.4 billion euros in 2024, up from 12.3 billion euros in 2023, said ...
21 Aug 2019, 12:02 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport dpa The revenues from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aviation ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv The costs and other burdens of climate action must be spread in a fair and balanced way across society to ensure social cohesion and avoid individual hardship, the German ...
26 Oct 2018, 08:41 Members of Germany's coal exit commission have unanimously adopted the first major policy recommendations for the country's lignite mining regions affected by a future coal power phase-out. At an on-site meeting in the Rhenish ...
26 Nov 2021, 13:11 Following the publication of the coalition treaty, the Green Party has named its future ministers who will be in charge of the foreign office, the 鈥渟uper ministry" for economy and climate, the environment department, and the food ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:30 With its Climate Action Law and the Climate Action Programme 2030, Germany's government coalition has presented a far-reaching climate strategy that is aimed at putting the country on track towards reaching its climate targets. The ...
12 Feb 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Utilities Heating Table.Media / mdr 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 district heating companies are planning to launch a price comparison platform, following controversies over sharp and intransparent cost increases. Around 150 ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Security 91tv The German government has promised an additional 195 million euros in support to Ukraine, about half of which is designated for the protection and rebuilding the country鈥檚 energy ...
21 Feb 2024, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs rbb Residents of the Gr眉nheide municipality near Berlin have rejected the planned expansion of the local Tesla factory in a non-binding referendum, public broadcaster rbb reported. Asked about ...
12 Jul 2024, 15:00 The European elections are over and, as was widely expected, centre-right conservatives finished on top, leaving everybody else in the European Parliament the duty to find common ground with the biggest group and form an alliance. ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 91tv The German government has proposed the right steps to accelerate the rollout of photovoltaic (PV) systems, local utilities association VKU said ahead of a parliamentary discussion about ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Germany is likely to reach its target of having a total offshore wind electricity capacity of 30 gigawatt (GW) in 2031, one year later than planned, said several industry groups in a joint press ...
09 Mar 2021, 09:00 A regional vote in the south-western German state of Baden-W眉rttemberg on 14 March kicks off a busy election year in Germany that will conclude with the general elections in September and the selection of a new chancellor. While the ...
German petrol stations are struggling for new business models as a breakthrough for electric vehicles appears just around the corner, Michael Ashelm and Bernd Freytag write for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淚nstead of marching ahead, an entire ...
19 Sep 2019, 13:37 Germany's governing parties are heading into the final talks over what finance minister Olaf Scholz has said must be a "big and convincing step for climate action." But CO鈧� pricing and a proposed major framework climate ...
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks would consider rewarding owners of cars with combustion engines if they decide to dispense with their vehicles, the minister said in an interview with Welt Online. A so-called scrapping premium would 鈥渘ot come ...
22 Apr 2022, 12:42 Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out 91tv The European nuclear power sector is highly dependent on imports of Russian uranium, according to a report 聽by NGOs Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), the Nuclear Free Future ...
16 Sep 2022, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen 91tv A first hydrogen test delivery from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has arrived in Germany. The shipment in the form of the hydrogen derivative ammonia reached the port of Hamburg, the economy ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Many nuclear waste storage facilities in Germany are not up to safety standards with issues like rusting drums and interim sites being used without permits, ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:39 Franca Quecke Climate & CO2 Mobility Cars 91tv Today's electric cars already have a lower lifecycle climate footprint than combustion engine cars, and by 2050, EVs will also perform better in other environmental ...
05 Dec 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Wind Freight Handelsblatt / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Association of Offshore Wind Energy (BWO) is calling for greater capacity for the country鈥檚 ports in order to expand turbine installations at sea. Offshore wind ...
10 Sep 2024
10 Sep 2024, 13:44 With the summer break coming to an end, lawmakers in Brussels are back to school. After the newly elected European Parliament started its legislative term last July, all eyes are now on the formation of the next European Commission. ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:42 The German government鈥檚 target of sourcing 80 percent of the country鈥檚 electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is very much achievable for Germany if current positive trends persist, economy minister Robert Habeck has said at a ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking as many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB has warned. ...
16 Jun 2020, 15:03 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 Transport 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
20 Aug 2024, 13:26 The transport sector receives by far the biggest share out of all of Germany's government subsidies that are harmful to the climate, according to a report commissioned by the economy ministry. In their coalition agreement, the ...
17 Jan 2022, 12:13 Jessica Bateman Agriculture Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir has used his maiden speech in parliament to outline an ambitious climate protection plan, Tagesspiegel Background reports. As well as ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Swiss solar module maker Meyer Burger has announced its intention to wind up panel production in Germany, citing 鈥済rave market distortion鈥� and better investment conditions in ...
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 Jennifer Collins Agriculture EU 91tv The newly passed EU law to restore nature has been met critically by the farming industry. The lobby group German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) criticised it for being a "backward ...
23 Nov 2022, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Policy Society 91tv An alliance of environmental NGOs and an industry union have called on the German government to launch an investment initiative to the tune of 100 billion euros per year ...
01 Jul 2022, 13:10 Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future power system will function in a reliable and cost-efficient way if the country sticks to its end-2022 nuclear phase-out date, a meta-analysis of several energy ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Finance S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Banks and insurers have not been sufficiently accounting for the impacts of climate change, according to a risk report by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). ...
31 Mar 2022, 13:47 Kerstine Appunn Heating In a聽 12-point plan 聽for a heat transition in Germany, utility Vattenfall has proposed to expand city heating networks and convert them to climate-neutral fuels. To achieve this, Vattenfall is calling for a rapid ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:13 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dts Significant parts of the population聽in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the expected cost increases in fossil heating and mobility due to carbon pricing, said Dirk ...
16 Apr 2019, 14:22 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
24 Mar 2022, 12:07 Jessica Bateman Gas Der Spiegel The energy minister of Lower Saxony has called on the German federal government to provide partial funding for four liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in his state, Der Spiegel reports. In a letter to ...
11 Oct 2021, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Die Welt Europe鈥檚 bid to become the world鈥檚 first climate neutral continent can only succeed if nuclear energy gets a role in the region鈥檚 decarbonisation plans, French economy and finance minister ...
23 Oct 2024, 13:27 Jennifer Collins Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / SWR Plans for a 2.75 billion euro聽cutting edge silicon carbide chip plant in Germany are up in the air, amid reports that construction聽has been put on hold indefinitely and that ...
08 Jun 2018, 00:00 The German environment ministry has called for much more ambitious EU targets to lower car emissions than those proposed by the European Commission. In a position paper seen by the 91tv, the ministry says car emissions must ...
01 Sep 2023, 12:02 Milou Dirkx Mobility Transport 91tv Municipalities will face no additional financial burden if they align necessary investments to maintain and expand rail networks and roads in Germany with the move to a sustainable ...
24 Mar 2021, 13:13 Charlotte Nijhuis Technology International 91tv Germany risks falling behind in the global race for technology leadership, including green technology, Deutsche Bank writes in a monitoring report. The report looks at Germany ...
10 Jan 2020, 11:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry ...
16 Sep 2022, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The German beverage industry has warned that the rapid rise in energy and raw material costs could push hundreds of companies with thousands of employees into ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:10 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Heating Government 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Environmental lobby group Friends of the ...
25 May 2022, 13:39 S枚ren Amelang Wind Tagesspiegel Background Bidders offering to implement offshore wind power projects with the lowest CO2 footpring聽 could have an advantage in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 future renewable power auctions that determine who gets to install ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Business Finance 91tv Around three quarters (76 %) of businesses in Germany increased investments in sustainability measures in 2022 despite high economic uncertainty, a survey by consulting firm Deloitte ...
27 Jul 2020, 13:09 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business ...
At a meeting in the Rhenish lignite mining region, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit commission debated first proposals on how to cushion the effects of an exit from coal-fired power generation in affected regions. A draft interim report, seen by the 91tv, ...
16 Mar 2021, 12:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020- the largest annual fall since 1990- as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable ...
28 Jun 2024, 16:00 French citizens are awaiting the upcoming snap election brought about by the dissolution of parliament following president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 loss to the far-right in this June鈥檚 EU elections. The vote could have a profound impact on the ...
20 Dec 2018, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 In a moving message to his future grandchildren, German ISS commander Alexander Gerst appealed to humanity to finally get its act together on climate change. 鈥淩ight now, it looks like we 鈥� my generation 鈥� ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices Die Welt Representatives of the German energy industry say that the policy announcements by the new U.S. administration could benefit their country鈥檚 competitiveness if the next government ...
22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
12 May 2022, 13:57 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate ministry has approved a grant of 155.4 million euros for Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt, which is planning to set up a large battery cell ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background One of Germany's major gas grid operators has joined the pipeline project "H2Med", which is set to transport hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula towards ...
15 Oct 2024, 14:30 Fifteen companies in Germany have been awarded support guarantees in the first round of the so-called 鈥榗limate contracts鈥� scheme that is meant to put the country鈥檚 industry sector on track towards climate neutrality. Economy minister ...
10 May 2022, 13:30 Edgar Meza Cities Society 91tv City leaders in Germany have for the first time named the climate as the most pressing issue they are currently facing, according to a survey by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu). ...
05 Jun 2025
05 Jun 2025, 11:51 91tv Team Bloomberg:聽 There aren鈥檛 enough engineers to meet world鈥檚 growing hunger for power The world鈥檚 need for power is outstripping the workforce that can build it. Aging populations and anti-immigration rhetoric aren鈥檛 helping. ...
17 Nov 2023, 13:19 Milou Dirkx Finance International COP28 91tv The 100 billion U.S. dollars that developed economies aimed to raise annually for climate action in developing countries was likely reached for the first time in 2022, said the ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:40 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 91tv The need for a raw material supply ...
22 Nov 2021, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv There is a rush for electric buses as many German municipalities and cities are decarbonising their public transport systems, the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) said in a ...
Germany needs an end date for coal-fired power production and for internal combustion engines in cars to make progress in emissions reduction and ensure that its industries do not fall behind others in developing technologies of the future, Michael Nelles ...
28 Sep 2023, 13:55 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Society 91tv More than 40 percent of young Germans say that climate change has negative effects on their mental and physical health, according to a survey by health insurance company vivida bkk. Of ...
22 Jan 2024, 14:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Technology Handelsblatt / Reuters German chemical company BASF's sale of Wintershall Dea assets to UK producer Harbour Energy could be a risk for the country's security, because it ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Grid fees for users in urban and in rural areas of Germany have, for the first time, been brought to similar levels, according to price comparison website Verivox. After a nine ...
05 Jun 2025, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Society 91tv A solid majority of people in rich countries are in favour of comprehensive climate action which includes payments to poorer countries, a study has found. 鈥淭here is strong and genuine support for ...
28 Aug 2020, 10:02 German coal regions will finally be able to use state support funds from the landmark phase-out agreement to help with their transition away from the fossil fuel. Federal and state governments signed a deal in Berlin to make official ...
29 Jan 2019, 13:37 Expert NPE- German National Platform for Electric Mobility Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit盲t Transport Policy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Transport Cars 91tv Germany's federal government does not plan to ...
06 Jun 2025
06 Jun 2025, 11:37 91tv Team Financial Times: Hotter world will drive more wars, EU climate chief warns Military staff increasingly concerned about rising sea levels, droughts and floods, according to EU commissioner. Montel: French-German energy ...
10 May 2024, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt / Der Spiegel Representatives of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry have voiced doubts whether the government鈥檚 planned Power Plant Strategy, which is supposed to pave the way for the use of new ...
06 Jul 2022, 12:03 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine pushes governments across Europe to overhaul their plans for gas infrastructure such as pipelines or import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Substituting only half of Russian gas imports forces ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:42 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cost & Prices 91tv As lignite (brown coal) power plants in Germany increasingly make losses ...
14 Nov 2023, 13:49 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Jack McGovan Resources & ...
16 Jan 2024, 13:36 Franca Quecke Transport Society Berliner Morgenpost Following the heat, drought and forest fires in southern Europe in 2023, tourists are increasingly looking to northern Europe in 2024, the holiday home platform Fewo-direkt has found. ...
05 May 2023, 13:29 Energy-intensive companies in Germany should receive billions of euros in state subsidies to lower their electricity costs if they promise to decarbonise and to stay within the country, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The Federal Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) has criticised the German government鈥檚 for not using funds designated for climate action to their ...
12 Aug 2022, 11:55 Julian Wettengel Gas Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The economic outlook for the second half of 2022 is worsening due to reduced gas deliveries, further increase in energy prices, continuing supply bottlenecks ...
27 Oct 2023, 12:00 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv The "mood" in Germany's and Europe's wind industry is "clearly trending downwards" compared to six months ago, according to a survey among industry stakeholders by ...
02 Jun 2025, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv The new German government could implement its planned support for electric car purchases in a socially fair manner without an additional burden on public coffers, argues a report commissioned by a ...
02 Apr 2024, 10:30 鈥淩euse and recycle鈥� is a catchphrase most people associate with plastic bags or bottles. But our homes, schools and offices are also made with materials that are far too valuable and carbon-intensive for single use: They shouldn鈥檛 ...
19 Apr 2022, 12:23 Edgar Meza Coal Utilities WirtschaftsWoche Enkraft, a major shareholder of German energy company RWE, is calling for the utility to quickly spin off its brown coal activities, financial weekly WirtschaftsWoche reports. Fellow ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Zeit Online The German government must quickly present a strategy for the building of new gas-fired power plants to avoid missing the 2030 end date for coal-fired power production in western state North ...
03 Jun 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Grid Zeit Online Amid the phase-out of coal power, Germany plans to install new gas-fired power plants as a backup for renewable energy sources. Economy minister Katherina Reiche announced at a party convention of ...
23 Jan 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Hydrogen Handelsblatt Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power was a "historic mistake," Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told business daily Handelsblatt. ...
05 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The German government has agreed upon the final version of its comprehensive climate action programme 2023, which NGOs criticised as insufficient to reach greenhouse gas ...
Large-scale renewable power production and the development of storage technology, both with power-to-x systems and batteries, can provide viable economic prospects for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal mining regions as the fossil fuel is gradually phased out, a study ...
13 Jan 2025, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Technology Heating dpa A growing number of towns on the shores of Lake Constance are planning to use the water鈥檚 thermal energy to switch to carbon-neutral heating,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa. 鈥淟ake thermal energy offers ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Storage 91tv / dpa Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Policy Society Bild Three quarters of Germans worry about their future in regards to climate change, and many citizens say the government is not taking action rapidly enough,聽 a survey 聽by pollster INSA, commissioned by ...
04 Jun 2025, 11:00 Nuclear fusion technology presents a huge chance for European industry, which the continent must pursue without delaying the rollout of renewable energies, says Markus Roth, co-founder of nuclear fusion startup Focused Energy. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Government EU 91tv France and Germany, who have recently been at odds over the future role of nuclear and gas, will intensify their cooperation on climate action in Europe and work ...
21 Dec 2023, 10:12 Preparing a fast expansion of renewable power will be a key challenge for governments across Europe in 2024, says Sarah Jilibert-Schabram of the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition (DFBEW). France and Germany both have stated ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:04 Jack McGovan Industry EUElections2024 EU Handelsblatt / 91tv More than 70 companies from across Europe have come together to demand an industrial deal from the European Commission and member states under fear of falling ...
04 Jun 2025, 13:29 s.amelang Technology Heating 91tv A large majority of new residential houses and buildings in Germany feature a heat pump as their main heating system, showed numbers from the government鈥檚 statistical office Destatis. The ...
10 Dec 2019, 13:31 Expert GIZ- Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Internationale Zusammenarbeit German development agency International S枚ren Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany will establish a central hub to coordinate its ...
28 Nov 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / Table.Media Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government would continue to pursue its green transition plans even in the face of a budget crisis resulting ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 91tv Effective climate action in Germany and Europe will require sustained economic growth to demonstrate that a more sustainable way of living is possible without giving ...
28 Mar 2022, 18:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv The international community must not lose sight of major issues such as climate change despite the new situation Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine has brought, said German ...
22 Dec 2022, 12:40 Germany has taken important steps to secure its energy supply and help households and businesses cope with the energy crisis, but it is important to continue along this path consistently in the coming year, according to the country' ...
29 Jul 2021, 13:31 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Coal Solar dpa / 91tv German lignite operator Leag seeks to take advantage of the country's coal phase-out and ...
21 Nov 2023, 12:33 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Coal Gas Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Gas S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry has renewed its rejection of the controversial " fracking " method to produce natural gas, in response to a call by the finance ministry to allow using the ...
08 Jan 2025, 12:57 Jennifer Collins Industry Tagesspiegel / 91tv Companies in Germany are increasingly experiencing short power outages of up to three minutes, with the number of companies reporting such "flickers", as they are ...
08 May 2024, 12:34 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels 91tv Northern German state Schleswig-Holstein will end the extraction of oil in the marine national park ...
03 Nov 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Policy Tagesspiegel Background Germany is currently heavily dependent on imports of raw materials key for energy transition technologies, but the government is only in the early stages of ...
30 May 2025
30 May 2025, 11:40 91tv Team Politico: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Merz vows to keep Nord Stream 2 pipeline switched off Some German politicians have pushed for the restoration of the flow of gas from Russia to Germany via the Nord Stream pipelines. UBA: Nature-based ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society Elections & Politics EU 91tv For people in France, Denmark and Switzerland, climate change is the most important of five major crises which Europeans say have changed the way they look at the ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:50 Julian Wettengel Government Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The parliamentary groups of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government have postponed a decision on the 2024 federal budget, as the full extent of the consequences of a shock ...
12 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
05 Jun 2025, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Policy Society 91tv Ten years after the landmark Paris Climate Agreement was decided, the social dimension of climate policy must play a greater role in government plans to curb emissions, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
07 Nov 2019, 14:05 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 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Rheinische ...
25 Aug 2022, 13:58 Hannah Naylor Transport Hydrogen 91tv / Der Spiegel Germany saw the commencement of the world鈥檚 first regular operation of hydrogen-powered trains this week, making "railway history," operator company EVB said. ...
Fossil power plants are disappearing from the market too quickly when they are still needed to supply the country with power on days with little sun or wind, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. 鈥淎t the moment, the bad economic framework conditions lead to ...
03 Dec 2021, 13:20 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Business Handelsblatt German industrial giant Siemens regards industrial companies' responsibility to become more environmentally friendly as a defining task of the future and ...
17 Dec 2020, 10:36 If Germany doesn鈥檛 help existing and promote new renewable energy installations, it risks a 鈥済reen power gap鈥� in 2030, Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says. With the EU tightening its climate ...
07 Aug 2023, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Technology EU 91tv / Table.Media The German economy ministry (BMWK) has published a new regulation which will allow the federal government and the country鈥檚 states to financially support the ...
17 Nov 2022, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Society 91tv The 鈥淐limate and Psyche鈥� taskforce of the German Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Association (DGPPN) has called for better political support for mental health care through the climate crisis. In ...
28 May 2025
28 May 2025, 11:29 91tv Team WMO: Global climate predictions show temperatures expected to remain at or near record levels in coming 5 years Global climate predictions show temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels in the next five ...
30 May 2025, 12:41 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer ...
24 Oct 2019, 12:19 Expert Economic Council- CDU Wirtschaftsrat Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) of Germany Business & Jobs Society Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities S枚ren Amelang Gas Nuclear ...
02 Jun 2025
02 Jun 2025, 13:29 91tv Team European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness Board calls on the European Union to maintain high climate ambition as it revises the ...
The G20 must resolutely advance and implement both the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a special report by German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), an independent scientific advisory body. The nations ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:49 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Rising temperatures in Europe could have a negative impact on one of the world's most important regions for growing hops, a key ingredient in beer ...
14 Apr 2022, 12:21 Edgar Meza Gas Elections & Politics Tageszeitung (taz) / Financial Times As the biggest importer of Russian oil and gas among all German states, Bavaria is struggling to find adequate replacements as proposed solutions from its ...
25 Jul 2022, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices 91tv The German government will have to invest almost half a trillion euros to reach its 2045 climate neutral target, according to an analysis by consultancy Prognos for public development ...
15 Mar 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Industry EU 91tv The European Commission's plans to replace emission rights trading with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which aims to create a level playing field for EU producers subject to EU ...
27 May 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Energy consumption in Germany has seen a 鈥渟urprisingly strong鈥� increase in the first three months of 2025, an analysis by AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) has found. Consumption ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen COP27 WirtschaftsWoche Plans by Egypt鈥檚 government and other governments in the region to make northern Africa and the Middle East (MENA) a major exporter of green hydrogen raise hopes within the German ...
16 Jan 2024, 13:09 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Onshore wind power was significantly ...
28 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Finance Company climate claims 91tv EU rules have pushed many investment funds to drop terms like 鈥渟ustainable鈥� or 鈥渃limate鈥� from their names if they could not live up to the promise, even though guidelines ...
25 Jan 2022, 13:59 Jessica Bateman Gas Security Der Tagesspiegel / TASS The British government has declared the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should be abandoned if Russia launches an attack on Ukraine, newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports. In an interview with ...
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has submitted its considerations regarding a future long-term climate plan for the European Union. The EU is currently preparing its respective mid-century long-term climate strategy, which would drag Europe鈥檚 economy ...
21 Jan 2022, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has approved the German gas transmission grid operators鈥� framework scenario to develop the grid over the next ten years, but called on them to identify natural ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Government 91tv The transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) has criticised planned budget cuts for the maintenance and modernisation of Germany's railway system, as the ...
16 Sep 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Transport To cut the number of short-haul flights in Europe, a group of German Green Party politicians has聽 presented proposals 聽for an expansion of train services, in particular night trains, in Europe. The new night ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
20 May 2025
20 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Prospect: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next move could make or break green Europe Urgent national security and economic demands are competing with the country鈥檚 climate commitments. European Commission: Economic forecast for Germany After ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest mining trade union has called on the next federal government to assign the tasks related to energy, transport, and housing policies to a 鈥榤inistry of energy transition鈥�. This would help the country avoid the current 鈥渦ncoordinated ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
Carmakers鈥� hesitation to push electric mobility is simply an act of self-preservation, writes Grischa Brower-Rabinowitsch in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 because the e-car is the first step into a new mobility world, where the automobile will reach a new ...
25 Jan 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policy will see little change as former justice minister Brigitte Zypries replaces Sigmar Gabriel as economy and energy minister this week, according to policy experts. Gabriel鈥檚 Social Democratic party colleague ...
26 May 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Security Funke Mediengruppe 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity supply infrastructure increasingly represents a target for cyber attacks, Claudia Plattner, president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ...
Local energy suppliers say that alliances in the industry and with new outside players are needed to secure their economic success in the future, according to a study conducted by the consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and commissioned by the German ...
23 Jun 2023, 11:00 The role of nuclear power within Europe鈥檚 energy transition is a clear point of contention between Paris and Berlin. However, there is much more agreement between the EU鈥檚 two largest powers on major strategic priorities, including the ...
27 May 2025
27 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team ECB: The European economy is not drought-proof 聽 The degradation of natural ecosystems slows growth and leads to financial instability. Water scarcity, natural flood protection and water quality are most critical. Euractiv: ...
10 Jan 2024, 13:19 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa / MDR A planned cut to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 natural climate and ocean protection ...
16 May 2022, 13:07 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 91tv Foreign ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) have committed to supporting emerging and developing countries in their endeavour to transition towards climate ...
22 May 2025, 12:58 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy 91tv The German government must quickly provide clarity on how it plans to cut emissions in the heating sector and create reliable framework conditions, a host of energy industry ...
10 Mar 2022, 13:28 Edgar Meza Utilities 91tv The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to have major repercussions for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy sector, leading to growing concerns about increasing prices and limited liquidity. The German Association ...
The EU is committed to reaching a target of at least 27 percent renewable energy of its overall energy consumption by 2030, the member states鈥� energy ministers agreed in Brussels. This formed part of a package of agreements on the Renewable Energy ...
Social Democratic (SPD) chancellor candidate Martin Schulz calls for a binding European e-mobility quota as a consequence of the diesel scandal, reports Peter Fahrenholz for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). 鈥淲ith a binding European e-mobility quota we will ...
09 Mar 2022, 12:55 S枚ren Amelang Industry International EU Handelsblatt The German government must urgently take position on the future design of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and should support the proposal for an unbureaucratic ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:19 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Society Lausitzer Rundschau A 200-inhabitant German village will be demolished to make way for a lignite coal mine, after many years of uncertainty related to the future of coal power in ...
23 Dec 2020, 13:54 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt Hydrogen technology can become a key component of Siemens Energy鈥檚 business model, the company鈥檚 CEO, Christian Bruch, told Handelsblatt in an interview. ...
27 Oct 2023, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Renewables Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The coalition agreement of the renewed government alliance of conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters in southern German Bavaria presents nothing ...
23 May 2025, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Security Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is looking to convert a large part of its fuel supply to renewable energy-based e-fuels. At an industry summit hosted by business daily ...
23 May 2025, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 91tv Germany's rural areas should introduce an integrated combination of public transport services to entice people to choose sustainable mobility instead of private cars, a report by the ...
13 Oct 2021, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron to ramp up the country鈥檚 hydrogen production capacity and invest in the development of small modular nuclear ...
19 Feb 2024, 15:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics EUElections2024 dpa / Reuters / Der Spiegel / Zeit Online / Politico / Tagesspiegel / Augsburger Allgemeine European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is seeking a second term at the ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:03 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation Table ...
31 May 2022, 14:14 Edgar Meza Industry Heating Handelsblatt As Germany reorients its energy policy in the wake of the Ukraine war and seeks to increase gas imports from other sources than Russia, it should also promote greater energy efficiency and make ...
09 Sep 2022, 14:06 Edgar Meza Transport Technology 91tv Synthetic jet fuel, known as e-kerosene, made from green hydrogen and sustainable CO2 could make the aviation industry fossil-free by 2050, according to a report by the German Energy ...
23 May 2025
23 May 2025, 11:00 91tv Team Financial Times: Merz backs Nord Stream ban to prevent US and Russia restarting gas link German chancellor is worried about reigniting domestic row over Russian gas imports. Reuters: German Q1 GDP upgraded as orders rush to ...
21 May 2025
21 May 2025, 12:50 91tv Team Bloomberg: EU likely to propose quota to ban Russia gas imports by end 2027 The European Union is likely to propose a quota as the mechanism to enforce a bloc-wide import ban on Russian gas by the end of 2027, which officials ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:06 Kerstine Appunn Resources & Recycling The German environment ministry (BMU) has set up a stakeholder process to assess the status quo of standardisation and describe the requirements for future standards, in a bid to enable a more ...
15 May 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, ...
22 Mar 2024, 13:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Reuters Novel nuclear power plant designs do not resolve the technology鈥檚 fundamental challenge of hazardous nuclear waste, a report commissioned by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Office for ...
20 Dec 2024, 08:44 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government will inherit a major policy predicament: How can it finally initiate serious transport emission cuts against a backdrop of tight finances, a struggling car industry, and a crumbling transport infrastructure? ...
14 May 2025, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv A quarter of people in Germany either already have or plan to install a mini solar module on their balcony or in their garden, found a survey by comparison portal Verivox. Around nine percent of ...
14 May 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Adaptation Society 91tv / Handelsblatt / Ludwigshafen 24 / TAZ The mild winter and low rainwater levels could have severe consequences for Germany's agriculture, shipping industry ...
06 Mar 2024, 10:00 UEFA is reining in the climate impact of the Euro 2024 football tournament by funding subsidised rail travel for fans, and initiatives to make 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 amateur football scene greener. But critics argue that for long-term sustainability ...
29 Mar 2021, 13:47 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 91tv The future German government needs to implement a federal mobility law to ensure the transition to a climate-friendly transport sector, says transport and environmental association ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Wind Policy Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind industry has accused the operator of the country鈥檚 motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines, which are key to reaching climate targets. The government-owned ...
03 Sep 2024, 12:29 Jennifer Collins Transport 91tv A heavily subsidised public transport ticket introduced for three months in Germany in 2022 led to a significant increase in train delays and only marginally reduced traffic on the roads, ...
06 Nov 2019, 09:11 Energy and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
12 Oct 2021, 13:14 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Elections & Politics 91tv Several German agriculture and environment associations have聽 called 聽on the parties ...
07 Sep 2020, 13:58 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Cars t-online / Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung / dpa / 91tv Labour unions and political parties in ...
15 May 2025
15 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: Granada substation power loss pinpointed as ground zero of Spain's blackout聽 Energy minister says three initial incidents, whose cause has yet to be determined, led to loss of 2.2 GW of electricity. PV magazine: ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Cars Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The CEO of German car manufacturer Mercedes, Ola K盲llenius, has called for more long-term subsidies for electric vehicles as demand weakens. By the end of the decade ...
15 May 2025, 13:37 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
15 May 2025, 13:43 Expert DGNB 鈥� German Sustainable Building Council Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Nachhaltiges Bauen Climate & CO2 Efficiency Cities Construction Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Construction 91tv Climate-friendly homes ...
16 May 2025
16 May 2025, 12:45 91tv Team Carbon Brief: Clean energy just put China鈥檚 CO2 emissions into reverse for first time Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal use despite rapid power demand growth. DW: Belgian ...
Germany can lower its CO鈧� emissions by 90 percent by 2050 if current technologies are used in the most efficient way for an ambitious transformation of the country鈥檚 energy system, writes the German Energy Agency (dena) in a press release. The next ...
12 May 2025, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's new economy and energy minister, Katherina Reiche from chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats ...
19 May 2025
19 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team FT: Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable energy in EU legislation, ...
30 Aug 2022, 13:11 Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 91tv The popularity of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 temporary 9-euro public transport ticket has not only shown that people are willing to embrace public transport and stop using their cars if such ...
24 Mar 2022, 14:15 S枚ren Amelang Heating 91tv The Ukraine war has sharply increased demand for renewable heating systems, such as heat pumps, according to manufacturers. "We feel a huge surge in demand for renewable solutions," said ...
14 May 2025
14 May 2025, 12:30 91tv Team Bloomberg: Merz risks coalition spat with call to scrap EU supply-chain law 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, reiterated a call for the European Union to scrap rules designed to make companies pursue sustainable ...
17 May 2024
17 May 2024, 11:28 After months of negotiations, politicians in the Netherlands reached a deal to form a new government that will include populist parties: the nationalist Party for Freedom (PVV) and the agrarian-populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB). ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Airplanes in Germany will be made more environmentally friendly by supplying them with clean electricity during stops at the airport, the country鈥檚 transport minister, Volker Wissing, has said. Airplanes ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Renewables 91tv About 54 percent of gross power production in Germany is set to come from renewables in 2024, figures published 聽by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have shown. With an ...
13 May 2025
13 May 2025, 11:46 91tv Team Bloomberg: Southern Spain outages preceded nationwide blackout, report says About 2.2 gigawatts of capacity went offline in the south of Spain less than a minute before the complete collapse of the Iberian Peninsula鈥檚 ...
16 May 2025, 13:10 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 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices ...
11 Feb 2020, 14:31 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Expert The German Gas and Hydrogen Industry Fossil fuels Gas Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv As Germany plans to exit both nuclear and coal power generation over the next years, gas plants ...
17 May 2022, 11:49 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv / SZ / Tagesspiegel Background German energy industry association BDEW has called for a 鈥渉ydrogen ramp-up law鈥� to ensure that the country quickly takes the steps necessary to build up a market ...
16 Mar 2022, 13:35 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The share of environmental taxes in Germany's public revenues fell to ...
23 Dec 2020, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Cars Stuttgarter Nachrichten German car supplier Bosch鈥檚 supervisory board head Franz Fehrenbach has criticised the EU for what he calls its preferential treatment of electric cars, saying this is to the detriment of ...
German coal-fired power plant J盲nschwalde 鈥減robably has no economic future post-2021鈥� because of new European Union limits on emissions for power plants, according to a report by US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). ...
The increase in the wholesale market price for electricity in 2018 has led to a reduction of the so-called 鈥渕arket premium鈥� that renewable power suppliers like wind and solar PV installations receive as a guaranteed payment, the German Renewable Energy ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:05 S枚ren Amelang Cars Business & Jobs Reuters / 91tv Tesla received a conditional permit for its first European "gigafactory" near Berlin, while rival Volkswagen approved construction of a brand new e-car plant ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry EU 91tv Greening Europe鈥檚 industrial base, ensuring resilient clean-tech value chains and setting up a new EU climate fund should be among the priorities of the next European ...
03 Apr 2017
German utilities RWE and EnBW are not well prepared for the transition to a low-carbon future when compared their European peers, according to an analysis by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Austrian Verbund, Spanish Iberdrola and Finnish Fortum are ...
09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 91tv / rbb Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced the closure of a blade factory in eastern German state Brandenburg. The company is axeing over 450 jobs in the town ...
12 Apr 2019, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport Cars 91tv A broad alliance of environmental NGOs, police unions and traffic accident victim organisations has called for the swift introduction of a general speed limit on the ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cars dpa / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The state premier of southern German Baden-Wurttemberg, Green Party politician Winfried Kretschmann, has called for the suspension of possible EU climate ...
14 Aug 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv The German economy looks set to remain on a low-growth track in the coming months even though challenging factors such as price inflation and supply chain problems appear to ...
Andreas Pinkwart, economy minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous state and home to one of three German lignite mining regions, has called for a CO鈧� tax on oil and gas to ensure that power consumers do not have to shoulder all of ...
25 Feb 2022, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Transport Freight Technology 91tv The association of German engineers (VDI) and technology organisation VDE insist on the large-scale deployment of hydrogen trucks for long-range road transport to reach the EU ...
17 Sep 2021, 10:05 Never before in German history has climate policy played a role as big as it does in 2021. Even after one and a half years of a turbulent pandemic, credible climate policies remain the yardstick many voters plan to base their decision ...
21 Jun 2022, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Transport Technology 91tv The German government has launched a new push to make the country an international leader in sustainable aviation. 鈥淲ith a joint effort by industry, science, politics and society, ...
06 Nov 2023, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices dpa / Zeit Online More than a third of people currently using 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nationwide public transport ticket would end their subscription if costs went up much further than the current 49 ...
25 Oct 2023, 11:00 Germany's economy ministry wants to strengthen the country as an industrial location with a new industry strategy, a key aspect of it being a so-called bridge electricity price for energy-intensive companies. Robert Habeck wants to ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Solar Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The economy ministry aims to speed up solar energy expansion in Germany with legislative reforms it calls 鈥渟olar package I鈥�, which are set to be unveiled before the ...
13 May 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has called for a wider reform of the system of fees that finance the country鈥檚 electricity grid and is considering an option where ...
06 Dec 2021, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Der Spiegel The plans of French President Emmanuel Macron to make nuclear power a pillar of the EU鈥檚 decarbonisation strategy pose a 鈥減olitical nightmare鈥� for the next German government, Michael ...
06 May 2025, 13:18 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Society 91tv The new German government should push ahead with income-based financial support for key energy transition technologies to allow low- and medium-income households to transition ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:58 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 91tv Comparatively high salaries and a lack of similarly paid job alternatives present significant hurdles to the transition of the workforce in emission-intensive manufacturing (EIM) in ...
04 Dec 2024, 12:31 Jack McGovan Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background The CDU/CSU conservative alliance in Germany has called for revenues from the upcoming Emissions Trading System (ETS II) for fuels used in transport and heating to ...
12 May 2025, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Die Zeit Most people in Germany say they do not think that the country is going to meet is national climate target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, a聽 survey 聽commissioned by ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs EU Tagesspiegel Background / taz / 91tv German companies have complained about highly complicated reporting obligations and a lack of preparation time for the start of the EU鈥檚 first phase ...
29 Nov 2023, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation 91tv Germany must step up its climate adaptation efforts as it faces prolonged droughts, severe water loss and increasing warming, according to the latest update to the country's Adaptation ...
16 May 2025, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Government 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government will present a comprehensive programme of measures to put the country on track to reaching climate targets by the end of 2025, the new environment ...
29 Sep 2023, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 91tv Renewables covered more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity consumption so far this year, according to calculations by utility association BDEW and the Centre for Solar Energy and ...
12 May 2025, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The massive nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal on 28 April continues to raise questions across Europe regarding the incident鈥檚 origins and the conclusions that need ...
Future CO 2 regulation of cars and trucks will play a substantial role in climate policy because of road traffic鈥檚 key position in mobility, according to the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. In a compendium on European CO 2 rules, the institute ...
02 Dec 2024, 12:44 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv / taz The switch to electric vehicles is not yet possible for all income groups equally in Germany, according to a report by clean mobility NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).聽聽 ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:46 Edgar Meza Technology 91tv While Germany remains a leading source for environmental technology patents 鈥� currently holding a 13 percent global share 鈥� its growth rates in the area are clearly lagging behind in an ...
02 May 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 91tv EU member states鈥� national climate plans insufficiently address just transition issues, a crucial deficiency ahead of the introduction of a carbon price on ...
10 Aug 2023, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 competition watchdog has warned power company RWE not to abuse its dominant position in the country鈥檚 electricity market. "RWE is indispensable for meeting the ...
15 Sep 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices German government procurement will become more climate-friendly as of January 2022, the cabinet has decided by adopting a new administrative regulation. The procurement regulation 鈥� ...
The German environment ministry has called for much more ambitious EU targets to lower car emissions than those proposed by the EU Commission. In a position paper seen by the 91tv, the ministry says car emissions must be halved between 2021 ...
12 Nov 2021, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices Elections & Politics S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's prospective new government coalition has signaled it will provide financial relief to households hit by the spike in ...
27 Jan 2022, 12:22 Jessica Bateman 91tv 91tv Gas Cost & Prices Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Reuters 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government is mulling the introduction of minimum gas storage levels, a strategic gas reserve, and other options ...
07 Apr 2020, 13:19 Expert Hans-Josef Fell Politician Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Energiewende Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Operators of innovative renewables systems that guarantee continuous energy supply day and night, ...
22 May 2023, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Society Welt German universities are attracting foreign students with energy transition subjects, the number of which has grown steadily year on year, newspaper Welt聽 reports. Public and private universities in the ...
18 Jan 2022, 12:39 Kerstine Appunn Jessica Bateman Grid 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has published the transmission grid operators鈥� draft scenario framework for network development for the years ...
German energy company innogy has teamed up with technology company Kiwigrid to develop a new platform for organising a decentralised power supply system, innogy said in a press release. 鈥淐entralised power plants are a thing of the past,鈥� innogy writes, ...
05 Jan 2021, 12:58 Julian Wettengel EU Tagesspiegel Background Future energy relations between the European Union and the UK remain somewhat uncertain after the post-Brexit trade agreement reached over the holidays delegated many decisions to expert ...
13 Feb 2023, 13:45 The 鈥渘et zero鈥� climate plans of 24 of the world鈥檚 largest companies add up to emissions reductions of only 36 percent, according to a聽 report 聽by the NewClimate institute and non-profit Carbon Market Watch. The strategies of the self ...
15 Sep 2021, 12:33 Jessica Bateman Hydrogen The number of hydrogen partnerships around the world is increasing and is likely to grow even further, data from the World Energy Council suggests. In a press release, the organisation counts 41 import-export ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity ...
The agreement by the EU member states鈥� energy ministers on the Union鈥檚 future energy policy is 鈥渘ot commensurate with the challenges of climate protection鈥�, writes Detlef Drewes in an opinion piece in the Frankfurter Neue Presse. With the current ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Wind EU 91tv The governments of Denmark and Germany have signed a legally binding cooperation agreement for a joint offshore wind power project on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, the economy ...
15 Nov 2023, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German government is supporting the construction of a 9,700-kilometre-long pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its neighbours, the economy ministry said in ...
08 Jun 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Hamburger Abendblatt The energy crisis in ...
14 Oct 2021, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 91tv Germany can remain a leading market and innovator in mobility and car production also after the shift to electric vehicles 鈥� but this will be a 鈥渉erculean task鈥� and corresponding policies ...
07 May 2025, 11:40 91tv Team Climate & CO2 Bloomberg: Orsted cancels major UK offshore wind farm as costs jump The move is a significant blow to UK plans to boost the clean energy source in the coming years, and also a setback for the offshore wind ...
22 Sep 2022, 14:00 Jessica Bateman Agriculture International The German economic cooperation ministry (BMZ) has announced plans for a climate and development partnership with the C么te d鈥橧voire. This will involve restoring five million hectares of tropical ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:01 Ruby Russel Heating 91tv Heat pump sales in Germany are set to fall to around 200,000 units this year, from 350,000 in 2023, according to the German Heat Pump Association (BWP), which blames the 45 percent decline on ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:05 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Cars dpa / Focus Online Carmaker VW says an earlier German coal exit is necessary for the company to ensure its electric car fleet receives the clean power it needs to ...
17 Nov 2021, 13:03 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Electricity market Renewables 91tv Green power purchase ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for the idea of banning internal combustion engine cars sometime in the future, as planned by other European countries, such as France and the UK. 鈥淚 cannot name a specific date now, but the approach is ...
16 Mar 2021, 17:30 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
02 May 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Government International T&E: How to defuse the EU鈥檚 carbon tax time bomb The decision to create a Europe-wide carbon price was right but creates significant political risk. The good news is it can still be fixed. Carbon ...
18 Sep 2023, 13:37 Edgar Meza Efficiency Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung / Politico 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 construction minister, Klara Geywitz, has pushed back against EU plans to mandate energy-efficiency renovations for the bloc's worst performing buildings, she told ...
19 Apr 2024, 14:30 Democratic parties across Europe should treat climate policies as a matter of social justice to combat the increasing threat of far-right populist politicians who oppose strong climate action, says Linus Westheuser, sociologist at the ...
12 May 2025
12 May 2025, 12:08 91tv Team ENTSO-E: Expert panel initiates the investigation into the causes of Iberian blackout聽 Panel launched on 9 May led by experts from Transmission System Operators aims to find root causes of the blackout; will make ...
14 Jun 2023, 13:45 Exceeding the 1.5掳C temperature limit of the Paris Climate Agreement would jeopardise the prospect of living in security and prosperity in Germany and globally, says 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first-ever National Security Strategy. In the document, the ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) predicts the country will need lower reserve power plant capacity, and projects a reduced demand for grid management measures in winter ...
26 Jan 2022, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Government International 91tv Germany will attempt to move towards a "social-ecological" market economy model that puts great emphasis on diplomacy to advance the global fight ...
05 Oct 2021, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices EU 91tv A European CO2 border adjustment payment can be a first step towards a fairer competition environment regarding emission costs but not accounting for indirect emissions means that a ...
Helmar Rendez, chairman of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 newest lignite company LEAG, has pushed for a swift decision over the possible expansion of open pit mining in the Eastern German region of Lusatia, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. 鈥淭his is no decision that we can ...
02 May 2025, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Table Media / Handelsblatt Several international climate policy experts have warned that the next German government鈥檚 decision to strip the foreign office of its responsibility for ...
07 Jul 2021, 13:15 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Kerstine Appunn Transport Seven major German cities want to test 30 km/h speed limits on a large scale. While inner-town speeds ...
16 Feb 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Handelsblatt / Reuters / Spiegel The German government has settled its dispute over future CO2 rules for cars and will not call for more stringent EU fleet emission limits than currently proposed by the European ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 91tv It is unclear whether and to what extent conventional fracking 鈥� a controversial gas extraction method currently banned in Germany 鈥� could make a contribution to supply security in the ...
German foundation World Future Council (WFC) says the current state of the global energy industry is like the financial industry on the eve of the global crisis in 2008. The group called for a bailout fund to absorb losses suffered because of the ...
21 Jun 2024, 14:14 On the night of the European elections, French president Emmanuel Macron did not wait until the official results were called to announce the dissolution of the country鈥檚 parliament and, consequently, to call new elections already by the ...
29 Apr 2025, 13:37 Germany is unlikely to face the kind of massive power outage which hit Spain and Portugal on 28 April, as the country鈥檚 system is based on redundancies and many safeguard measures are in place, said grid agency BNetzA. The two countries ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Society 91tv The German government should protect poorer households against incurring higher costs from the rising national carbon price, researchers at the Mercator Research ...
09 Apr 2020, 13:51 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Rachel Waldholz Nuclear phase-out 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The environmental group Friends of the Earth Germany ...
26 Oct 2023, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 91tv The EU still lacks an ambitious industrial strategy to accompany the Green Deal to strengthen the bloc's industry and ensure it is able to keep up in the global race for the green ...
Nine federal states鈥� ministers of the environment and energy are calling for the introduction of a minimum CO 2 price at the federal level, according to an article in Handelsblatt. In a letter to federal economy minister Peter Altmaier, the ministers ...
A new study by acatech, the German National Academy for Science and Engineering, looks at supply and demand for raw materials in modern energy technologies, and asserts that enough supply is available to meet demand. The challenge lies in meeting demand ...
31 Aug 2023, 10:00 Climate change is putting Europe鈥檚 water resources under immense pressure. Scientists expect heavy rain and dry periods to happen more often, be more severe, and last longer, leading to floods and droughts. Without swift mitigation and ...
15 May 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation 91tv Electricity smart meter should become 鈥渓argely standard鈥� in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 homes by 2032 as the Bundesrat 鈥� the country鈥檚 upper house of parliament representing its 16 states 鈥� approved a ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Solar 91tv / pv magazine Spaces alongside German highways could be utilised better to build solar energy systems, with around 250,000 potential sites identified聽 in a report 聽by the Federal Highway Research ...
Expressways for bicycles are an important contribution to solve current transport problems, according to environment minister Barbara Hendricks. 鈥淓very other car ride is shorter than five kilometres. High speed cycle tracks can persuade many commuters to ...
30 Jul 2024, 13:14 Edgar Meza Cars 91tv Demand for purely battery-electric vehicles (BEV) dropped dramatically in Germany during the first half of 2024 and the country鈥檚 automotive sector is bracing for a gloomy full year as high prices and ...
08 Nov 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government 91tv Industry representatives and environmental groups have warned the German government against scrapping key components of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law in a planned ...
11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Ministry for Environment 鈥�5 years after Fukushima: Nuclear power has no future鈥� The nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago showed that atomic power was never 100 percent controllable, ...
RWE鈥檚 CEO Rolf Martin Schmitz has fuelled expectations that the company will target the UK energy market for future acquisitions with comments in a聽 recent German newspaper interview, writes Jillian Ambrose in The Telegraph. With its capacity market, the ...
24 Feb 2016
24 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淓nergy transition in the basement cancelled鈥� Three quarters of the energy consumption of German households is used for heating and hot water, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. Climate ...
15 Jun 2021, 12:33 Edgar Meza Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind tender has resulted in 240 new planned wind turbines with a combined capacity of 1,110 megawatt (MW), just under the total offered volume of 1,243 MW, the Federal Network ...
06 Oct 2020, 13:30 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Hydrogen International 91tv The German government says green hydrogen production projects with partner countries should not come at the expense of local ...
23 Apr 2025, 13:21 Jack McGovan Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling 91tv / ntv The majority of rare earth imports into Germany in 2024 came from China, according to data by the country's statistical offce (Destatis). Rare earth ...
Apple and Google are becoming a growing threat for German automakers, Stefan Menzel writes in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭here is a fear that automakers could end up the fifth wheel of the car,鈥� says auto expert Stefan Bratzel of the Center of Automotive Management, ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are well positioned to play a key role in a future global hydrogen economy- but must strengthen cooperation on infrastructure projects, said ...
15 Nov 2023, 16:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 COP28 91tv Geopolitical conflicts like those in Ukraine or the Middle East may force the climate crisis off newspapers鈥� front pages, but the upcoming UN COP28 talks are still crucial, ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv / n-tv A planned trip to India by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate action minister Robert Habeck aims to bring the countries closer together in efforts to develop renewable ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Heating Society 91tv People in Germany would like to see more factual information around policies to make heating and transport more climate-friendly, such as carbon pricing, and they attach great ...
24 Apr 2025
24 Apr 2025, 13:14 91tv Team Reuters: German economy to flatline in 2025 as tariff turmoil hits, government says The German government cut its economic growth forecast and now sees stagnation in 2025 instead of a 0.3% expansion as uncertainty from global ...
11 Feb 2016
11 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment sees no future for two thirds of ski regions鈥� The government predicts that with a 2 degree Celsius warming, 61 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ski regions would not be suitable ...
Many parties avoided clear messages on a lignite phase-out in their election programmes, but 鈥渃oal does not have reliable friends in any of the parties, anymore鈥�, writes Klaus Stratmann in an article for Handelsblatt. Party programmes lack 鈥渃oherent ...
24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an 鈥渆conomic nationalism鈥� policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
The launch of the coal-exit commission has raised expectations that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥� and by extension, Europe鈥檚 鈥� commitment to a low-carbon future could shift from rhetoric to reality, Nick Butler writes in an opinion piece for the Financial Times. However, ...
A new draft version of the Climate Action Plan 2050 that is to describe the pathway to a decarbonised economy has been leaked (and seen by the 91tv). Unlike a former version by the Environment Ministry, the new draft- which was compiled after ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:12 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Die Zeit, Handelsblatt, taz Climate protection has been high on the agenda in the run-up to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 26 September federal election, but one issue has been conspicuously absent from the debate: the ...
04 Jun 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry, transport and heating sectors will need significantly more hydrogen to help reach future climate targets than the government currently expects, said the head of the ...
08 Oct 2021, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv European Union states will produce about half of the hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels it needs by 2050, with the other half imported from partner countries, said a report by the World ...
