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 ...
22 May 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Ensuring that flexible electricity use is accounted for in Germany's grid fee reform could allow for lower electricity bills, a group of energy providers and mobility ...
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 ...
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 ...
01 Apr 2025, 17:38 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv Planned investments to expand and modernise the EU's electricity grids by 2050 fall short of the necessary amounts of money required to support the bloc's move to climate neutrality, ...
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 ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar ZfK / Montel Cloudy weather conditions expected for the Easter weekend have alleviated fears by grid operators in Germany that a high supply of solar power during a period of low consumption could lead to ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv The volume and costs of measures required to manage the stability of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid decreased in 2024, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. These so-called re ...
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 ...
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 ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:18 Edgar Meza Grid Storage Handelsblatt Sales of large-scale battery storage units are booming in Germany but their role in facilitating and advancing the energy transition appears to have been impeded by their increasing use for profit, ...
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 ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:25 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices 91tv The expansion of European electricity grid infrastructure and measures to increase demand flexibility could lead to a significant reduction in power prices, according to a report by ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:40 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Handelsblatt German transmission grid operator 50Hertz has called for a more balanced and careful approach when it comes to the further expansion of solar photovoltaics (PV), saying there is a risk of overloading ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Grid 91tv Germany will have to invest around 650 billion euros into the expansion of its electricity grids by 2045, according to a聽 report 聽by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) of the Hans B枚ckler ...
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 ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:25 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Jack McGovan Grid Solar 91tv Necessary regulatory and technical precautions ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:38 European transmission system operators (TSOs) have recommended that Germany split its single electricity price zone into up to five bidding zones. This should maximise economic efficiency across the whole market area, ensuring security ...
12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 91tv Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Storage Handelsblatt The surging interest of potential operators of large-scale battery storage units that seek connections to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission grid could聽put聽network operators in a difficult situation, reported ...
28 Apr 2025, 10:45 Insufficient grid connections mean that Central Europe and Northern Europe cannot benefit from cheap, competitive solar power from the Iberian Peninsula, says Joan Groizard, Spain鈥檚 secretary of state for energy. Better interconnection ...
25 Apr 2025, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market 91tv Setting up multiple local pricing zones instead of having one big market area could help bring electricity prices down in Germany and increase supply security, according to a report ...
13 May 2025, 13:37 Jack McGovan Climate & CO2 Renewables Government 91tv The new German government鈥檚 energy policy framework is 鈥減romising鈥� despite few concrete quantitative targets in the coalition agreement, a report from Deutsche Bank ...
22 Oct 2024, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv / Focus Online A key high-voltage power line set to transport electricity from Germany's windy north to the industrial south has begun construction. Grid operator TenneT has laid the first ...
07 Apr 2025, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv Following a rapid rise in household solar panel installations, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 total number of PV arrays has passed the five million 鈥渕ilestone,鈥� according to industry association BSW-Solar. ...
28 Apr 2025
28 Apr 2025, 13:45 91tv Team Euronews: Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage A nationwide power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, leaving millions without electricity. Reports indicate issues with the European electric ...
21 Nov 2024, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv New large scale batteries and hydrogen electrolysers could see their grid connection fee lowered in areas where there is surplus electricity, according to proposals made by ...
20 Dec 2024, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower demand for electricity could substantially reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 bill for expanding the power grid to accommodate its growing fleet of renewable power installations, business daily ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:06 Edgar Meza Renewables Policy Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Grid operators and energy industry representatives in Germany are calling on political leaders to approve immediate measures to better control small solar installations following the ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:45 Jennifer Collins Grid Hydrogen dpa / 91tv The buildout of crucial energy infrastructure in Germany is making progress: The first 525 kilometres of Germany's hydrogen core grid will be built in 2025, with gas operators ...
07 Mar 2025, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Utilities 91tv Germany should restart its transition away from fossil fuel-based energy with a larger focus on cost-efficiency, said local utility association VKU. Among the proposals for the country鈥檚 ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv / MDR The government of central German state Thuringia has criticised neighbouring state Bavaria and the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) for opaque planning of one of the country鈥檚 important ...
30 May 2025, 15:00 Italy is facing a delay in the phase-out of coal, as the future of a major coal-fired power plant near Rome remains unclear, despite plans for its closure by the end of the year. The uncertainty is partly fuelled by industry concerns ...
21 Oct 2024, 13:37 Jennifer Collins Grid Cost & Prices 91tv German electricity consumers in areas with lots of wind and solar power could see lower grid fees from next year, according to newly published pricings aimed at more evenly ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas is set to continue to play a crucial role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy supply throughout this decade, and consumption will fall slower than authorities currently plan, said consultancy McKinsey ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:06 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Storage Technology pv magazine Large-scale battery projects with a combined capacity of 226 gigawatts (GW) seek to be connected to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission grid, fanning industry speculation that the ...
14 Oct 2024, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Resources & Recycling 91tv The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid in line with the growing share of renewable energy sources will require the build-up of greater national production ...
06 May 2025
06 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team DW: Why is Germany's Friedrich Merz, so unpopular? Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has hit a snag in his attempt to form Germany's new government. His personal popularity is low.聽Most Germans don't trust ...
26 Jul 2024, 13:37 Joey Grostern Grid 91tv / Der Spiegel A key operator of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid, TenneT, has hit several important milestones in its goal to expand the grid and help the country meet its decarbonisation plans, according ...
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 ...
20 Mar 2025
20 Mar 2025, 14:00 91tv Team AP: Jury finds Greenpeace USA must pay over $660 million in case over Dakota Access protest activities NGO plans to appeal and had said earlier that a large award to the Texan pipeline company could threaten to bankrupt the ...
03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 91tv Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
03 Apr 2025
03 Apr 2025, 10:35 91tv Team Reuters: Deutsche Bank-owned asset manager DWS fined 鈧�25 million for greenwashing German prosecutors have fined asset manager DWS 25 million euros after a lengthy probe found the firm guilty of greenwashing, or making ...
11 Dec 2024, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating Der Spiegel / 91tv The decommissioning of local gas grids in German cities should be flagged ten years in advance to allow households to prepare accordingly and avoid the purchase ...
03 Sep 2024, 14:09 Jennifer Collins Carolina Kyllmann Grid Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Reforming Germany's grids fees for industrial electricity consumers as a way to incentivise flexible power consumption and boost the use of ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:30 Jennifer Collins Gas Heating Handelsblatt Many gas grid operators in Germany have not decided yet whether to use the possibility to increase their fees now in order to protect their dwindling customers from a massive price hike in the ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 91tv The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government could threaten important energy transition projects across the country if no precautions are taken ...
27 Nov 2024, 13:00 Julian Wettengel Solar 91tv Germany will grow its solar PV capacity by an annual record of around 17.5 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024, said energy industry association BDEW. This would bring total installed capacity in ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:42 Jennifer Collins Grid 91tv / Wirtschaftswoche / taz / Reuters Berlin has ditched plans to buy the German business of Dutch electricity grid operator TenneT after tough negotiations, citing stretched public finances. Opinion ...
18 Oct 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Grid Industry Hydrogen Technology Policy Handelsblatt Doubts over Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe鈥檚 (TKSE) strategy to decarbonise using hydrogen puts 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans for the construction of a hydrogen core grid at risk, gas grid ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Grid Tagesspiegel Background Europe has to better coordinate its electricity grid buildout, and other countries should learn from Germany's mistakes, said Michael Jesberger, member of the executive board at grid ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Grid Renewables 91tv Dividing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 single power price zone into several individual regions could reduce final electricity prices for consumers across the country,聽 said a report by ...
30 Aug 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Grid fees in areas with a high share of renewables in Germany will be reduced from the start of 2025, the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said. According to the ...
23 Apr 2025
23 Apr 2025, 10:57 91tv Team Reuters: German regulator plans to cut 1.5 billion euros of power grid fee costs Germany's energy grid regulator BNetzA said the payments are no longer necessary because green power has now reached such high volumes that ...
19 Sep 2024, 12:25 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv The German association of energy intensive businesses (VIK)聽has聽pushed聽back against聽 plans to adjust聽industrial grid fees聽to incentivise 聽flexible power consumption, saying it ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:45 Jennifer Collins Mobility Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to open the way for bidirectional charging of electric vehicles, which聽enables car owners to both withdraw power from the grid and to supply it back when the car is idle, ...
08 Apr 2025, 13:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Renewables 91tv Germany needs more clarity on the future role of fossil gas in its energy system to allow industry to make the right investment choices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a ...
29 May 2024, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Rheinische Post Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck remains committed to plans for the state to take over the German business of Dutch electricity grid operator TenneT despite months-long failed ...
15 Oct 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices 91tv Households in Germany face an abrupt rise in gas prices at the beginning of next year as grid fees increase in 2025, an analysis by price comparison website Verivox has found. ...
11 Feb 2025, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv More people in Germany say they want the government to invest CO2 price revenues in renewable energy sources and to lower grid fees, than compensating citizens through an ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating 91tv The transition to climate-friendly heating is slowly gathering pace in Germany with the country's first major city announcing a 2035 phase-out date for its gas grid. MVV, the local ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:45 Edgar Meza Storage Start-ups 91tv Industrial cold storage facilities could become more efficient and be transformed into cost-saving energy storage facilities that contribute to grid stability,聽 the German Federal ...
14 May 2025, 13:25 Jack McGovan Mobility Cost & Prices Policy 91tv A social leasing scheme could make it possible for low-income households in Germany to switch to an electric car without having to bear the upfront costs of buying a ...
16 May 2024, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid dpa Germany's electricity grid operators expect the expansion of the country鈥檚 distribution network to require around 110 billion euros of investments over the next ten years, the Federal Network Agency ...
20 Jan 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Security Welt am Sonntag / 91tv A new law planned for the better integration of solar energy sources into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity system bears the risk that foreign powers gain control over relevant ...
11 Mar 2025, 13:47 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv More than two-thirds of municipal utilities in a survey by the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) consider the country's target to reach climate neutrality by 2045 ...
06 May 2024, 12:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Der Spiegel The expansion of power transmission lines ...
29 Apr 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv The German network agency BNetzA has approved the route for the first section the key electricity transmission power line SuedOstLink, which is set to transport offshore wind power from the ...
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 ...
02 May 2025, 14:40 Against the backdrop of the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April, which also affected parts of France, the country is heading for controversial discussions about its energy strategy for the coming decade. A focus will ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Handelsblatt An alliance of industry associations, trade unions and farmers has called on Germany's government to halt planned underground electricity grid expansion projects and instead build three ...
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 ...
23 Oct 2024, 13:05 Germany will see the first hydrogen flow in pipelines from next year after the country鈥檚 "core hydrogen grid" was approved. The backbone of the long-distance transmission network for hydrogen will be slightly smaller than ...
30 Oct 2024, 11:48 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Current plans for gas networks in European countries largely fail to account for the necessary decline in gas consumption in the coming years as states try to reach climate targets, according to a ...
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 ...
01 Oct 2024, 13:09 S枚ren Amelang Wind Hydrogen 91tv Building 鈥渆nergy islands鈥� in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using 20 gigawatts of offshore wind power can save Germany billions of euros, according to a report by the Fraunhofer ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
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: ...
23 Jan 2025
23 Jan 2025, 12:28 91tv Team Ember: Record 47% of the European Union鈥檚 electricity now comes from solar and other renewables聽 Another year of coal and gas decline cut EU power sector emissions to below half their 2007 peak and reduced reliance on imported ...
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 ...
04 Jun 2025, 16:37 The Danish government intends to use its EU Council presidency in the second half of this year to prioritise reaching an agreement among member states on a 2040 climate target for the European Union, said climate and energy minister ...
31 Jul 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar Handelsblatt / 91tv The fast pace of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar PV expansion is causing concerns among energy companies about the buildout鈥檚 effect on the grid, business daily Handelsblatt聽 writes. 鈥淚f ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has confirmed plans by electricity grid operators to build five additional large-scale power transmission lines across several regions to support the ...
24 Jan 2025
24 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: German power grids need higher earnings to fund energy transition, TSO says Grid operator Amprion argues regulator should raise the cap on returns on infrastructure spending. Germany Trade&Invest: Germany Earns ...
21 Jan 2025, 12:35 Edgar Meza Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv Net electricity consumption in Germany may not rise as much in the coming years as assumed in current regulatory planning, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey. ...
11 Sep 2024, 12:56 Julian Wettengel Wind Handelsblatt Offshore wind parks located far away from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coast would be more profitable if they produce green hydrogen to send to the mainland by pipeline as well as having a direct electricity connection, ...
31 Jan 2025, 11:49 Joey Grostern Storage 91tv Almost 600,000 new stationary battery storage systems were installed across Germany in 2024, increasing the country鈥檚 storage capacity by 50 percent year-on-year, according to preliminary data ...
07 Jan 2025, 14:01 Jennifer Collins Heating dpa / 91tv More than a third of Germany's municipalities are working on municipal heat planning to help phase out fossil fuel systems, with 13 percent already finished with their plans, reports ...
12 Nov 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Grid Security 91tv / Der Spiegel Disruptions to electricity supply within the German network remained around the ten-year average in 2023, the year in which the country had to deal with the fallout of the ...
26 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Digitalisation Der Spiegel Almost 500 of the 879 companies that operate metering points in Germany are still to install their first smart meter, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The Federal Network ...
27 Feb 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background The completion time of the high voltage power line Nordostlink in northern Germany is set to be completed around one year faster thanks to government efforts to ...
21 Mar 2025, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Electricity market 91tv A projected increase in electricity demand and a reduction of power plant capacity able to supply electricity at any moment are set to represent concrete challenges for Germany' ...
07 Mar 2025
07 Mar 2025, 11:28 91tv Team Politico: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Merz has 2 weeks to deliver historic spending revolution Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it鈥檚 now a race against the clock. DW: Peruvian ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Renewables Cost & Prices Electricity prices in Germany could be made more flexible and fall during particularly sunny or windy conditions according to a proposed measure to adapt grid fees to renewable power supply by ...
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, ...
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 ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Industry Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's grid agency BNetzA is set to adapt grid fees for industrial electricity consumers in a bid to incentivise flexible power consumption. In an impulse paper ...
09 Feb 2024, 13:07 Franca Quecke Grid 91tv The planned high-voltage power line SuedWestLink, which is intended to transport renewable energy from the windy north of the country to industrial centres in the south, will have a direct branch to ...
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 ...
28 Jan 2025
28 Jan 2025, 11:44 91tv Team Reuters: Germany election 2025: Parties, polls and key issues Here are the main parties contending, their poll standings, and the key policy issues ahead of a snap national election on 23 February. Bloomberg: Germany fears ...
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 ...
26 May 2025, 12:04 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans for the ramp-up of a green hydrogen economy has run into significant uncertainties, including over the fuel鈥檚 future price, regulation, and the necessary infrastructure development, said an energy industry report. ...
09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Industry groups in southern Germany have banded together to reject a possible split of the country鈥檚 uniform power pricing zone, arguing that this would damage ...
10 Apr 2025
10 Apr 2025, 13:30 91tv Team Bloomberg: AI data center growth means more coal and gas plants, IEA says Growth in artificial intelligence-focused data centers will drive demand for gas- and coal-fired power plants, according to new report. Tennet: 12 ...
29 Apr 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Utilities dpa / n-tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 local utility association VKU has called for public support to finance the decommissioning of the country鈥檚 natural gas grid and avoid high fees for customers, news agency dpa ...
04 Feb 2025, 13:25 Bennet Ribbeck Industry Elections & Politics 91tv German industry association BDI has called on the next government to focus on lowering energy prices at both the national and European level. In its recommendations for ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:05 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Handelsblatt Industry in southwestern Germany worries it will be left behind as planning for the country's core hydrogen grid advances. According to a survey among regional chambers of industry and ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
28 Feb 2025, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind EU 91tv Europe installed a total 16.4 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity in 2024, down from 18.4 GW achieved in the previous year, according to data by industry association WindEurope. " ...
30 Aug 2024, 13:09 Joey Grostern Solar Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has announced that bids for ground-mounted solar PV from July have been successful, according to an agency press release. 鈥淭he ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:05 The cheapest way to make the most of a growing renewable electricity supply is to ensure demand follows power generation, and not the other way around 鈥� which is still the case today. Dynamic electricity tariffs, which reward households ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv In order to reach climate neutrality in the most affordable way, Germany must ensure it can transport energy across its regions by expanding its electricity and hydrogen grids, ...
15 Apr 2024, 12:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Der Spiegel / 91tv The German parliament (Bundestag) has given the green light for the construction of a 9,700-kilometre pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:53 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables Der Spiegel A lack of grid capacity has led ...
21 Oct 2024
21 Oct 2024, 12:25 91tv Team Bloomberg: Scholz courts needed workers abroad as anti-migrant parties rise Scholz is betting on negotiating migration deals directly with foreign governments to secure skilled workers in understaffed industries. Reuters: Top ...
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) ...
22 Jan 2024, 14:04 Julian Wettengel Grid Solar Cars 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche German retailers say that significant delays in connecting new electric vehicle (EV) charging points and solar PV installations to the local electricity grid are ...
15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The past year was 鈥渁 record year鈥� for ...
01 Dec 2023, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv Germany's grid agency has proposed to reduce electricity grid fees in areas with a high share of renewables, in a bid to distribute the costs of rolling out wind and solar energy more fairly ...
28 Nov 2023, 13:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv Grid operators in Germany will be ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:44 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Handelsblatt Construction of a hydrogen "core" network in Germany has been further delayed as its future operators聽and the electricity grid agency BNetzA await an EU decision on state aid, reported ...
12 Dec 2023, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv With several years of delay, construction of a key piece of grid infrastructure in Germany has started in the southern state of Bavaria. The SuedOstLink connection built by grid operator TenneT ...
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 ...
28 Jan 2025, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Business Elections & Politics 91tv Bureaucracy and energy are the top issues that German companies say the next government to should prioritise, according to a survey by economic research institute ifo ...
10 Feb 2025
10 Feb 2025, 13:25 91tv Team Reuters: Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ...
10 Dec 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 91tv / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The steel industry is 鈥渙f geopolitical importance鈥� for German industry and will therefore receive assistance from the government in mastering its ...
21 May 2024, 14:09 Jack McGovan Grid International 91tv The construction of a major power line connecting Great Britain to Germany through the North Sea has begun in the coastal city Wilhelmshaven in northwestern Germany. Spanning a total ...
24 Jun 2024, 14:00 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative opposition party alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) are looking to save some 35 billion ...
15 Apr 2025
15 Apr 2025, 11:55 91tv Team Copernicus/WMO: European State of the Climate Report- 2024 warmest year on record During the year, there was a striking east-west contrast in climate conditions, with extremely dry and often record-warm conditions in the east, ...
14 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables 91tv The increasing use of new rooftop installations is quickening the expansion of solar PV in Germany, meaning the technology鈥檚 efficient integration into the energy system becomes ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv German grid operator Amprion can start construction of a key power line seven months sooner than planned thanks to new regulations to speed up permitting procedures, said the economy ministry in a ...
29 Feb 2024, 13:51 Jennifer Collins Grid Solar Handelsblatt Germany's energy industry has urged for a standardisation of renewables' grid connections in order to speed up the process. Industry association BDEW said that grid operators had " ...
05 Nov 2024
05 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Ember: Nominated EU Commissioner for Energy is being put to the test in the EU Parliament Think tank Ember agrees with candidate Dan Jorgensen's stated aim to prioritise grid modernisation. T&E: Our take on the EU ...
06 Jun 2024, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cars 91tv Figures used by the government for planning the buildout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany are 鈥渕assively鈥� overestimating the actual need for new charging points, ...
20 Mar 2024, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Edgar Meza Gas Grid 91tv The German government has kickstarted the planning for a gradual decommissioning of the country鈥檚 gas distribution network in order to organise a smooth transition to climate-neutral ...
27 Mar 2024, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv German municipalities fail to adequately deal with the question of retiring no-longer-needed local gas grids due to the energy transition, because they face high financial and regulatory hurdles, ...
23 May 2025, 15:20 Germany finally has a new government, ending months of political uncertainty at a time when multiple global crises require a safe pair of hands at the steering wheel of the EU鈥檚 most populous member state and largest economy. Friedrich ...
19 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024, 09:33 91tv Team Electric-Vehicles.com: Nio in talks to buy Audi鈥檚 factory in Belgium Move is part of its strategy to establish local production in Europe and avoid European Commission tariffs on imported Chinese EVs. Euractiv: Europe's ...
03 Jun 2024, 13:16 Edgar Meza Grid Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 91tv The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said that using overhead powerlines for Germany's necessary grid expansion up to 2045 could save as much as 35 billion euros ...
15 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Grid Renewables Der Spiegel / Golem 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railway operator will test whether the power lines on its tracks can relieve the wider electricity grid, which is straining to cope with the rapid growth in renewable energy ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:37 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Expert TransnetBW Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar Die Welt / Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:13 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:44 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind 91tv Grid congestion due to a lack of new onshore power line connections has let the output of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind turbine fleet ...
10 Jul 2024, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Cost & Prices Policy 91tv Leading energy economists have called for splitting Germany into different electricity price zones to reflect regional differences in power availability, and to stop ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:54 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Allowing several key electricity transmission lines to be built above ground, as well as improved planning to connect offshore wind parks to the shore, could drastically reduce ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices 91tv / dpa A drop in energy prices has led to an overall reduction in production prices in Germany over the past twelve months, the country鈥檚 statistical office Destatis has聽 ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Heating Tagesspiegel Background Municipalities should expand their mandatory planning for future climate-friendly heating to encompass general energy distribution, think tank Agora Energiewende has proposed, ...
27 May 2025, 12:17 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Technology WirtschaftsWoche In view of the massive energy capacity needed for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, German energy company RWE is calling for government support to ensure the German ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:25 S枚ren Amelang Policy Security Tagesspiegel Background The German government has agreed to hand extra power to the country鈥檚 grid agency to improve the protection of critical energy infrastructure. The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is ...
13 Jan 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background With just six weeks to go before 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 parliamentary elections in late February, several parties have specified their ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv Cloud and edge computing hold great promise to increase the efficiency of a future decentralised energy system, yet the widespread use and acceptance of these solutions still face ...
18 Jul 2024
18 Jul 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Ursula von der Leyen: "We'll stay the course on the EU Green Deal and the goals we set for 2030 and 2050" " We will now focus on implementation & investment" and "put forward a Clean ...
21 Mar 2024, 14:07 S枚ren Amelang Grid Cost & Prices Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The German economy ministry is considering to stabilise electricity prices with a new instrument designed to reign in rising grid fees. "I want us to protect private ...
09 Apr 2024, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Heating Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel / 91tv The first major city in Germany, Augsburg, has announced plans for ending the use of natural gas in its heating system and informed customers ...
28 Jul 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid ARD / 91tv Germany should cut the time it takes to approve planned transmission and distribution grid expansions by half, economy minister Robert Habeck said in a report by public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淲e ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:22 Jennifer Collins Wind Hydrogen Technology A European hydrogen test project has successfully linked a wind turbine with two electrolysers, which could make it possible to generate off-grid green hydrogen at sea and drive down production ...
27 Jun 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Achieving 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition and climate targets still requires a lot of political efforts to keep supply secure and affordable, the government-appointed expert commission ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:45 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Handelsblatt The slow development of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental and political NGOs have called on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
17 May 2024, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv There is a significant potential in the northern Baltic states, especially in Finland, to produce green hydrogen for export to central Europe, said a report by certifier and consultancy DNV, ...
21 Aug 2024
21 Aug 2024, 11:01 Carolina Kyllmann Politico: Germany ties itself to Taiwan on chips. It comes with risks. A new microchips plant by world leader TSMC is a boon for Dresden, but Berlin wants to avoid alienating its major trade partner Beijing. Bloomberg: ...
30 Jun 2023, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv New regional projections for future electricity consumption and production show that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity distribution grid operators will face massive challenges in the coming years of the ...
06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
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 ...
16 Apr 2025, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Wind Handelsblatt The sweeping tariffs introduced by US president Donald Trump could lead to higher electricity prices around the world, said Hendrik Andersen, CEO of Danish wind turbine manufacturer ...
06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Georg Zachmann: Share of heat-pumps in new buildings in Germany doubles from <30% in 2019 to >60% in the first month of 2024 Gas-boilers dropped from >50% in 2015 to 5% in the first month of 2024, says Bruegel ...
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 ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Spiegel / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is set to substantially increase the number of permits to build planned electricity transmission lines needed for the shift to a climate-neutral ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Energy sector experts as well as industry representatives have warned that a shortage of constantly available electricity capacity could lead to new short-lived but ...
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 ...
29 Nov 2024, 11:00 Military and energy security are key priorities for Poland as it prepares to assume the EU鈥檚 rotating presidency in January 2025. The country plans to achieve these targets by pushing for nuclear energy, sanctions on Russia, and EU ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
30 May 2025, 12:37 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Government 91tv The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of ...
03 Dec 2024
03 Dec 2024, 11:35 91tv Team Nature: Why the EU must reset its Green Deal 鈥� or be left behind- comment The world has changed since Europe鈥檚 ambitious climate package was designed. Here鈥檚 how the agreement should evolve. Reuters: Dutch power grid group ...
13 Nov 2024, 13:39 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Elections & Politics ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:15 The next German government must achieve what the previous few have not: increasing digitalisation, says Robert Busch, managing director of the Association of Energy Market Innovators (bne). Electricity system flexibility can only be ...
21 Mar 2025
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: German energy transition could be 300 billion euros cheaper with more efficiency, finds report BCG & BDI industry association say investments currently planned in renewables, power grids and hydrogen far exceed ...
01 Nov 2023, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Cost & Prices Policy 91tv The German government has greenlit a subsidy worth 5.5 billion euros to go towards grid fees in 2024 in a bid to cushion the impact of rising electricity prices on ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Gas dpa / ntv / Handelsblatt Deutsche ReGas, the operator of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the island of R眉gen, expects a much higher utilisation rate of the installation this ...
22 Dec 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Die Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy regulator BNetzA has said that several coal power plants should remain as a reserve until the end of March 2031 to ensure grid stability in times of need, reports Die Welt. The plants ...
18 Oct 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Germany's coalition government is considering steps to enable the use of more green electricity that is currently curtailed due to grid bottlenecks, ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:40 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said in聽 its draft election campaign programme 聽that it aims to ensure the country is competitive in industry ...
14 Apr 2023, 13:35 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity transmission grid is starting to make progress after the government introduced steps to ...
20 Dec 2024, 10:13 Large-scale solar PV developers have not been able to overcome Nigeria鈥檚 reputation as a risky place to do business, a problem which can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite tremendous solar potential, very little of it has been ...
11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥� winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥� ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:36 A sudden and sharp electricity price spike during a day of very little wind and solar power output in Germany has prompted the country鈥檚 grid regulator to investigate a possible market manipulation. Fossil backup plants that are meant ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:13 Jennifer Collins Business & Jobs Government Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung French energy company TotalEnergies says it plans to stay on its expansion course in Germany, welcoming the CDU/CSU and SDP coalition deal that will continue ...
14 Mar 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Handelsblatt / 91tv Dutch electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will require investments of 111 billion euros over the next decade to expand and modernise its grid infrastructure in ...
05 Jun 2025, 13:15 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Utilities 91tv Auctions for new gas-fired power plants in Germany should be held before the end of this year, economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche has said. While the ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
06 Jun 2024, 13:51 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables 91tv Nearly 60 percent of all electricity fed into the German grid in the first three months of 2024 ...
29 Jul 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Solar 91tv The expansion of photovoltaic (PV) systems in Germany continues to grow as more companies and private households opt for solar energy. By April 2024, the number of PV systems reached 3.4 million, ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The results of Germany's latest offshore wind power auction indicate that revenues are on a sharp decline, reported energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
13 Mar 2025
13 Mar 2025, 12:02 91tv Team Reuters: German parliament debates borrowing bonanza as clock ticks down Germany's outgoing lower house of parliament began a special session on Thursday (13 March) to debate a 500 billion euro fund for infrastructure and ...
24 Oct 2023, 13:35 Jack McGovan Grid Wind Tagesspiegel Background Onshore grid bottlenecks in northwest Germany have led to a quarter of offshore wind power generation being curtailed in the first three months of 2023, reports Tagesspiegel Background ...
12 Aug 2024, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal Industry Policy Tagesspiegel Background / rbb The German state of Brandenburg, which surrounds the capital Berlin, plans to quicken the controversial capturing, transport, storage and utilisation of CO2 to ...
20 Jul 2023, 13:22 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Utilities Zeit Online Germany's electricity grids are not yet equipped for the projected increase of power consumers such as electric cars and heat pumps, the CEO of the local utility of southern German city ...
14 Mar 2024, 13:57 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables Cost & Prices Die Welt / dpa / ARD The head of Europe鈥檚 largest energy network operator E.ON has suggested that Germany could ...
29 Apr 2025
29 Apr 2025, 13:45 91tv Team Bloomberg: Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early on 29 April, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe鈥檚 worst ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:12 Jack McGovan Renewables Business & Jobs 91tv The proportion of advertised jobs related to the energy transition rose from 1.8 to 3.8 percent between 2019 and 2024 in Germany despite multiple economic crises during that ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:19 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv Nine gas transmission system operators (TSOs) from countries bordering the Baltic Sea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that declares the aim to coordinate and facilitate the buildout ...
25 Aug 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Wind 91tv / dpa Electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion announced plans to build power lines to bring electricity from wind turbines in the North Sea to consumers in power-hungry ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Die Welt German grid regulator BNetzA is facing a backlash ...
20 Jan 2023, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv Transforming 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy system to achieve climate neutrality is key to securing industry competitiveness in the southern state Bavaria, but delays in expanding the national power grid is are ...
10 Jan 2025
10 Jan 2025, 10:21 91tv Team Copernicus Climate Change Service: 2024 鈥� a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, ...
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 ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:17 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas transmission system operators have submitted a joint application for a planned hydrogen core network to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Due to be completed by 2032, the planned network would ...
11 Jun 2024, 13:51 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Storage WirtschaftsWoche Carmaker Volkswagen (VW) plans to install large battery storage capacities in northern Germany to store wind and solar power for times of little output, ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:49 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Transport Heating International 91tv Germany and the UK are lagging behind on the path to climate neutrality, while Denmark and Norway are making 鈥渟ignificant strides鈥�, according to a report by the ...
23 Aug 2024, 12:39 Jack McGovan Solar n-tv Germany saw a record level of solar power output in July despite sunshine levels being lower than the previous year, broadcaster n-tv reported. At 10.1 terawatt hours (TWh), solar power accounted for around 43 ...
12 Dec 2024, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel / WDR The construction of new gas-fired power plants that are supposed to provide backup capacity for the German electricity system amid the transition to renewable power needs ...
11 Nov 2024, 13:52 Several days of little sunshine and wind have pushed down renewable electricity production in Germany in early November, causing an increase of fossil fuel use and high power prices. However, energy analysts said such conditions are ...
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 ...
26 Jan 2024, 13:31 Franca Quecke Renewable Energy Act | EEG Handelsblatt German power transmission grid operators have said that an additional 7.8 billion euros from the country's budget is needed to pay out renewable energy support in 2024, reports ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 91tv Germany is set to reform its electricity market design as it moves to decarbonise its power sector. In a paper outlining fields of action, the economy ministry ...
01 Apr 2025, 12:50 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany is already experiencing the consequences of climate change and undergoing accelerated warming, according to a report by the country鈥檚 National Meteorological Service (DWD). The DWD ...
23 Dec 2022, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Grid 91tv After two years of negotiations, landowners in four German states have reached agreements with electricity grid operators over compensation for land affected by the construction of underground ...
16 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024, 10:45 91tv Team The Guardian: Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month. DeSmog: ...
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 ...
14 Aug 2023, 13:02 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Neue ...
22 Nov 2024, 09:30 The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has thrown climate policymaking in Europe鈥檚 largest economy into disarray, and added many question marks to the progress of its landmark energy transition. The sacking of finance minister ...
19 Feb 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Solar 91tv The potential of so-called prosumers in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition should be exploited more to reduce costs and increase the system's stability, the Federation of German Energy and ...
09 May 2025, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Government EU ARD / Tagesspiegel / 91tv The new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a 鈥渞estart鈥� of Franco-German relations at his first international trip on Wednesday (7 May), after his ...
26 Feb 2025, 13:16 Bennet Ribbeck Climate & CO2 Policy 91tv Progress of German energy transition continues to be mostly stagnating, 聽a report by research centre Prognos carried out on behalf of the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) said ...
05 Mar 2025, 17:07 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next government coalition parties have proposed an overhaul of state debt rules to make hundreds of billions of euros available for defence and infrastructure investments. The agreement, which faces a big hurdle in the ...
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 ...
15 Apr 2025, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann International EU Handelsblatt France and Germany are preparing a relaunch of their cooperation on energy policy, competitiveness, and technology for when conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has formed his ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:38 Unusually low wind power output has caused another 'Dunkelflaute' period in Germany with significantly reduced renewable power production and extreme price hikes in short-term electricity trading. Most customers are shielded ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:48 Julian Wettengel Grid Cost & Prices 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has decided to improve investment conditions for new electricity grid infrastructure by raising the equity interest rates for new ...
29 Apr 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Hydrogen 91tv Eastern 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest lignite mine operator, LEAG, is ready to build one of Germany's first hydrogen-ready gas power plants. The company said the gas turbine power plant ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Business & Jobs Bloomberg The German government is considering merging the country's four transmission system operators (TSOs) into a single 鈥淕erman Grid Corporation,鈥� news agency Bloomberg聽 reported. The ...
19 Sep 2022, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv German power transmission grid operator Amprion has said that it does not expect blackouts this winter despite 鈥渁n extremely tense supply situation鈥� caused by the current energy crisis. Even the ...
14 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025, 10:50 91tv Team Eurelectric: Europe needs an energy security strategy based on clean electrification A new report demonstrates the need for a new approach to energy security based on clean electrification to reduce fuel imports dependence, ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:44 Edgar Meza Grid 91tv Germany experienced its first increase in power supply cuts since 2017 last year, largely due to a single accident at a transformer station and floods, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) reported. The ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:29 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Hydrogen NDR German state-run energy company Uniper is trialling the use of a former salt mine in northern Germany for large-scale hydrogen storage, public broadcaster NDR聽 ...
17 Jul 2024, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Germany will likely miss its target for offshore wind power expansion by 2030, wind energy consultancy Deutsche WindGuard said in a status report commissioned by the main industry associations. ...
13 Mar 2025, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Gas Tagesspiegel Background U.S. gas turbine manufacturer GE Vernova has expressed doubts about the plans by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective next government to connect 20 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants to the ...
06 Aug 2024, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Digitalisation 91tv As the share of renewables in Germany's electricity mix increases, so does the potential for households to benefit from lower wholesale power prices. In the first ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:42 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A planned hydrogen "core" network in Germany has come under criticism for being larger than necessary and therefore becoming too expensive, reports Handelsblatt. ...
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) ...
26 Apr 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Renewables 91tv By mapping the areas in Germany where renewable power is likely to be distributed in the future, energy researchers hope to help transmission system operators (TSOs) plan a forward ...
18 Apr 2023, 13:07 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Germany should ensure an orderly retirement of its gas distribution grid to avoid enormous costs for consumers and billions of euros of stranded assets for operators, as the pipeline network is set ...
05 Mar 2025, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The German offshore wind power industry has proposed a range of measures for the country鈥檚 next government that could set off 鈥渁 Germany-wide economic miracle at sea鈥� by boosting the output of ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 91tv Germany has initiated one of its single most important energy transition projects with the start of construction of the SuedLink power transmission line. Construction of key sections ...
25 May 2023, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Hydrogen 91tv / dpa The German government has agreed rules to build an initial 鈥渃ore鈥� hydrogen network that is set to enter operation by 2032. "Our goal is the rapid ramp-up of the hydrogen market, ...
15 May 2023, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Grid Cost & Prices 91tv Six German state leaders have spoken out against splitting the country鈥檚 power price zone because of geographically uneven wind power capacities. Northern states had called for ...
27 Feb 2023, 13:55 Expert bne- Association of Energy Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer ...
01 Jul 2022, 13:08 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Transmission grid operator Amprion has announced that it will cut CO2 emissions in its operations by a minimum of 63 percent by 2032. ...
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 ...
27 Jun 2022, 13:57 Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament (Bundestag) has passed a first batch of energy legislation, designed to accelerate the expansion of the power grid and protect consumers from rising energy prices when ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:37 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices 91tv The discontinuation of the German government's electricity grid subsidy, as well as a rise in the national CO2 price for heating have not translated into bigger bills for new ...
09 Jun 2022, 13:35 Jessica Bateman Grid Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Reuters The German government is considering taking a minority stake in the Baden-W眉rttemberg transmission grid operator TransnetBW via state-owned development bank KfW, according to ...
06 Feb 2025, 13:24 Bennet Ribbeck Industry 91tv The electrification of industrial processes with renewable energy is the most cost-effective transformation path for the sector, the research consortium IND-E has stated in a report. The authors ...
18 Feb 2025, 12:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Nuclear phase-out BR Southern German state Bavaria will retire its last major coal plant this week because the plant in Zolling near Munich was used less and less, also after the country completed its nuclear ...
17 Feb 2025, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Technology Heating 91tv Research institute Fraunhofer IGE is setting up a research laboratory for geothermal energy generation in western German North Rhine-Westphalia, the country鈥檚 most populous state. ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:51 Julian Wettengel Wind EU 91tv German energy industry players have welcomed a European Union package of proposals to strengthen the bloc鈥檚 wind power industry. The main goal of the measures in the package should be to ...
12 Sep 2024, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Bids from southern states for support in building new gas power plants will be given priority to ensure the projects are built where they are most needed, according to key ...
20 Nov 2024, 13:18 Germany needs to implement a host of measures to achieve a climate neutral electricity system effectively, climate policy research institute Ariadne said. More flexibility and efficiency should be the focus of power market reforms, as ...
14 Jan 2025
14 Jan 2025, 11:26 91tv Team Reuters: German premium carmakers' sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's economy ministry expects the country's GDP to rise 0.3 percent in 2025, according to its annual report. A report from autumn put growth at 1.1 percent, however, ...
12 Oct 2023, 11:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & Recycling 91tv Making greater use of old electric vehicle (EV) batteries could greatly help reduce waste and stabilise the power grid in the shift towards renewable power, the ...
10 Mar 2025, 13:28 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets. The Conservatives, under probable next chancellor ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:07 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Almost three years after the peak of Europe鈥檚 energy crisis in 2022, many people in Germany are ...
23 Jul 2024, 13:13 Jack McGovan Cost & Prices Heating 91tv The planned expansion of district heating in Germany will require 43.5 billion euros in investment by 2030 to help the country reach its climate targets, said a report by analysis ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Grid Energate The higher renewable targets of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government will require a faster expansion of the power grid, Tim Meyerj眉rgens, COO of transmission grid operator TenneT, has told Energate. Connecting the ...
26 Aug 2024, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Society 91tv Households in East Germany on average pay nearly a quarter more for energy than those in the West if adjusted for purchasing power, an聽 analysis 聽by price comparison website ...
07 Aug 2024, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers from ...
02 Sep 2024
02 Sep 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Thunderstorm Warnings Across Europe While Heat Builds in Germany Summer heat across Europe is giving way to extreme weather events from violent storms and flooding to wildfires. Climate change is increasing the ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables taz Around four percent of the renewable electricity generated in Germany could not be used in the first half of 2022 because the grids lacked the capacity to transmit power, newspaper Die Tageszeitung ...
14 Jan 2025, 13:08 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv A robust political strategy based on realistic expectations for hydrogen production is needed as demand for the gas remains low due to its high costs and other factors, researchers at the Potsdam ...
25 Feb 2025, 13:44 Edgar Meza Industry Policy EU 91tv Expectations among industrial players and environmental NGOs are high for the EU鈥檚 highly anticipated Clean Industrial Deal, a follow-up to the European Green Deal that aims to build on ...
06 Jun 2025, 13:04 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important car industry association VDA has called for a de facto reversal of the EU鈥檚 2035 ban on the sale of new cars powered by a combustion engine, according to media reports. The Social Democrats, who govern in a ...
01 Feb 2022, 13:25 Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Grid operator TenneT has started using 17 wind farms in the North Sea to prevent grid bottlenecks, the company that runs a large section of the German transmission grid ranging from the coast to ...
16 May 2023, 13:43 Jessica Bateman Grid Heating 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid may struggle to cope with the millions of heat pumps planned for installation around the country, experts have warned. The government is aiming to connect 500,000 heat pumps to the ...
02 Aug 2023, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt Energy politicians from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) are proposing to introduce a mandated share of climate-friendly gases into the German gas mix, reported Handelsblatt. Companies that ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:47 Carolina Kyllmann Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's parliament is set to pass a package of energy laws after the minority government of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens found agreements with the ...
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20 Jan 2022, 13:28 Kerstine Appunn Grid Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), in charge of regulating the power grid and overseeing the country鈥檚 grid expansion planning, will reportedly get the prominent head of the Federal Consumer ...
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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 ...
31 Oct 2024
31 Oct 2024, 10:27 91tv Team The Guardian: Record levels of heat-related deaths in 2023 due to climate crisis, report finds Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown. EEA: EU greenhouse gas ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:24 Joey Grostern Gas dpa / 91tv State-owned liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals on the North Sea at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsb眉ttel handled the majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 imported LNG last year, and operated at 65 percent capacity, ...
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01 Dec 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Grid Government 91tv / Reuters The German government wants to buy either a majority stake or even all of the German subsidiary of Dutch power grid operator TenneT, two government sources told news agency ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Industry 91tv Ahead of the German snap election, an alliance of industry associations has called on political parties to push for a government strategy to decarbonise heat that businesses use in their ...
21 Dec 2023, 13:32 As聽Germany strives for a renewable-driven power sector, regulators should enable a more flexible electricity demand, says Nicolas Leicht, energy market expert at Aurora Energy Research. Incentives such as locational price signals, as ...
04 Apr 2024, 13:36 Edgar Meza Solar 91tv Rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) in the EU is thriving due to new strategies and regulatory changes adopted by the bloc since 2022, in large part because of Russia's war on Ukraine, according to a ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:53 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv In addition to electrification and a massive ramp-up of renewables, a greater use of diverse technologies such as seasonal heat storage or feed additives that reduce methane emissions from ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:54 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Grid Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The spread of heat pumps and electric vehicles could lead to local power cuts in parts of Germany where the grid is not yet prepared for an increase in ...
02 May 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Grid Security Germany has raised its power plant backup reserve to ensure a stable winter electricity supply due to grid extensions not keeping pace with the country's renewables rollout. "The delays in grid ...
15 Jul 2024
15 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: The world鈥檚 power grids are failing as the planet warms Outages from Albania to Texas show how electricity networks aren鈥檛 ready for climate change. Reuters: Europe needs way to price critical minerals ...
27 Aug 2024
27 Aug 2024, 09:00 91tv Team Financial Times: Spanish environmentalist poised to take charge of EU鈥檚 green agenda Teresa Ribera likely to become next commissioner for climate and environmen t, reports the FT. Bloomberg: Chinese EV maker Xpeng is looking ...
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 Apr 2024, 14:08 S枚ren Amelang Citizens' energy Solar dpa The number of households in Germany operating solar panels on their balcony continued to rise rapidly since the start of the year. More than 50,000 mini plug-in PV systems usually consisting ...
07 Aug 2024
07 Aug 2024, 13:41 91tv Team Reuters: German drugstore chain shuns Teslas over Musk's support for Trump Rossmann drugstore chain, which is among the largest in Europe, said its decision was with immediate effect and due to what it called an " ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:28 Ruby Russel Grid Nuclear phase-out Storage Norddeutscher Rundfunk PreussenElektra, operator of the decommissioned Brokdorf nuclear power plant in northern German state Schleswig-Holstein, which was taken offline at the end of 2021, ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 91tv Czechia and eastern German state Saxony have agreed to deepen their cooperation on a joint network for hydrogen and to generally intensify research and industry exchange in the budding ...
28 Oct 2021, 14:34 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Grid 91tv Germany's existing power grid could handle much more electricity ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:33 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen 91tv The first long-distance gas pipeline in Germany is being converted for hydrogen use, gas infrastructure company Open Grid Europe (OGE) announced. Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the ...
04 Nov 2024
04 Nov 2024, 13:17 91tv Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shaky coalition heads for a 鈧�75 billion budget reckoning Top judges to scrutinize levy on high earners and businesses. The ruling could bring the fragile coalition to the brink of collapse. S&P Global: ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
02 May 2023, 13:26 Jessica Bateman Grid Hydrogen NDR The German government and gas operators are putting together detailed plans for a nationwide hydrogen network, the country鈥檚 economy minister Robert Habeck has said. The Green politician said the final ...
04 Oct 2021, 12:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Der Spiegel Bureaucratic hurdles and citizens鈥� initiatives ...
29 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The short-term wind power expansion targets in Germany are unlikely to be met, given that project implementation of licensed wind farms is taking longer than expected, according to an ...
30 May 2024, 13:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity International 91tv France and Germany will strengthen bilateral cooperation to unlock the potential of flexibility in the electricity system, government representatives agreed on the margins of ...
02 Jan 2024, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Rheinische Post Prices for electricity and natural gas in Germany are likely to stay elevated for the foreseeable future, the head of the country鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. 鈥淭he times ...
06 Nov 2024, 12:23 S枚ren Amelang Cars dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau / 91tv The expansion of Germany's charging network for electric vehicles is making fast progress. The network grew by 45,000 charging points to a total of nearly 146,000 ...
03 Sep 2024
03 Sep 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 populist surge puts nation鈥檚 climate momentum at risk With Germany facing vast changes, voters have little interest in more climate rules. The campaigns in both former communist states were mainly ...
06 Oct 2022, 13:45 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Policy Reuters ...
02 Apr 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The final shutdown of seven lignite and eight smaller hard coal power plant units with a combined capacity of 4.4 gigawatts (GW) over the Easter holidays does not threaten Germany's energy supply security, ...
10 Aug 2021, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
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 ...
22 Jan 2025, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Heating 91tv Sales of heat pumps in Germany dropped by almost half (46%) in 2024 but the industry is confident that support mechanisms will quickly lead to a strong increase in ...
28 Oct 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Industry 91tv German government leaders are hosting not one but two industry summits on Tuesday (29 October) as chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 three-party coalition seeks to deal with the country鈥檚 economic woes. ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
15 Jul 2021, 17:19 Updates with original proposal for reducing equity interest rates for investments in the electricity and gas grids by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der ...
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 ...
20 Apr 2023, 12:33 S枚ren Amelang Wind Hydrogen International Handelsblatt Nine European gas transmission grid operators have agreed to construct a pipeline network in the North Sea to transport hydrogen made in offshore wind farms, business daily ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity 91tv German companies and public authorities should use a mix of renewables, battery storage, fuel cells and microgrids in the event of a power cut, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and ...
12 Sep 2022, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Grid Heating Tagesspiegel / Welt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid agency has renewed its warning to citizens that using electric heaters instead of gas-powered heating systems could overburden the country鈥檚 power grids. 鈥淯sing fan heaters ...
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 ...
10 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Heating Focus Online The eastern German city of Cottbus in coal mining region Lusatia plans to use an artificial lake in a former open pit mine for the installation of a large heat pump that could cover up to 40 ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
27 May 2021, 14:41 Germany is taking another step towards achieving a fully renewable power system by completing the first electric cable connection with Norway, heads of government and ministers from both states have said at the official launch event of ...
19 May 2021, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Project planning for additional powerlines in Germany has been slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic as many public consultations were postponed or held online, Jochen Homann, president of the ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
01 Nov 2024, 11:27 Julian Wettengel Utilities Correctiv / Wirtschaftswoche Many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large local utilities continue to bet on fossil gas for heating and stall the transition to more climate-friendly ways to heat homes, found business weekly ...
10 May 2024, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 91tv Germany has vowed to support the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine鈥檚 power grid, which has been greatly damaged by missile attacks over the past two years in the context of ...
30 Jan 2024, 13:12 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:32 Jack McGovan Adaptation Business & Jobs Handelsblatt German companies are increasingly investing in adaptation measures like flood protections and new cooling systems for offices and factories in their efforts to deal with the ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:34 Julian Wettengel Storage 91tv / electrive State funding cuts for battery research projects mean that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government is exiting a key future technology, while other regions of the world increase their research and ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 91tv Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
26 Mar 2021, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
17 May 2021, 09:59 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 target of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 has a very important sub-goal: The expansion of renewable energy capacity to provide green power for transport, heating and making hydrogen. But running such an integrated ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Freight Hydrogen 91tv Trains could play a key role in ensuring a comprehensive transport network for distributing imported green hydrogen across Germany, a report by research institute Fraunhofer ...
17 Dec 2024, 13:38 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) has said it aims to strengthen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 competitiveness as a basis for ...
15 Mar 2021, 13:36 Charlotte Nijhuis Grid 91tv / Handelsblatt Dutch grid operator TenneT wants to invest up to six billion euros annually in grid expansion in Germany and the Netherlands in the next three to five years, the company writes in ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Deutsche Verkehrszeitung Germany has only spent about ten percent of the 1.8 billion euros earmarked for the expansion of electric mobility charging infrastructure in its Climate and ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:00 Kerstine Appunn Grid Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power transmission grid operators聽(TSO)聽have said that the construction of key electricity lines will likely be delayed by several years,聽 reports Jakob Schlandt in Tagesspiegel ...
09 Mar 2021, 13:26 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid 91tv Germany's grid agency (BNetzA) ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Staatsanzeiger Baden-W眉rttemberg / 91tv Dissatisfaction with 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policy and soaring prices are driving company investments out of the southwestern ...
05 Jan 2023, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid Nuclear phase-out Renewables Germany will not experience an electricity shortage as a result of an exit from coal and nuclear power generation if it rolls out renewables as planned, even if the country鈥檚 power ...
29 Jan 2021, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Grid Spiegel / 91tv As electricity needs in all economic sectors increase with efforts to make them more climate-friendly, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission grid operators see an increased need for major new power ...
17 Dec 2021, 12:27 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Vattenfall Germany ...
06 Sep 2022, 13:50 Germany should keep two of its three remaining nuclear power plants on standby beyond the planned phase-out date at the end of the year to help secure power system stability in the coming winter if necessary, economy and climate ...
12 Jan 2021, 14:28 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv A disturbance in the synchronised European high-voltage power grid on Friday, 8 January 2021, which resulted in a separation of ...
14 Aug 2024
14 Aug 2024, 10:30 Julian Wettengel The Guardian: Germany has issued arrest warrant for diver over Nord Stream explosions, says report Investigators said to believe Ukrainian man was one of team that planted explosives on pipelines in September 2022. ...
11 Oct 2024, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen FAZ German energy company Uniper has postponed its target to invest eight billion euros in growth and the green transformation by 2030 also due to a lack of demand for green hydrogen, CEO Michael Lewis told ...
05 Dec 2024, 13:05 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Industry Hydrogen 91tv German industry demand for electricity will rise steeply during the sector鈥檚 decarbonisation even if it opts for intensive use of hydrogen, according to a聽 report 聽by a ...
11 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv In ...
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 ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:08 Franca Quecke Renewables Solar Wind dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in renewable energy expansion, news agency dpa reports in an article published in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Danish electricity and gas transmission system operator Energinet has postponed the planned commissioning date for the first cross-border hydrogen pipeline into Germany to the end of 2031 ...
20 Feb 2024, 13:44 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Clean Energy ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid Cost & Prices 91tv / Welt am Sonntag Thirty percent of German households are thinking about buying an electric heater due to worries over winter gas supplies, but many are underestimating the ...
07 Dec 2020, 14:00 Charlotte Nijhuis 91tv 91tv Grid Handelsblatt German grid operator Amprion plans to invest around 24 billion euros in the electricity network over the next ten years, 9 billion more than previously planned,聽J眉rgen Flauger聽 ...
20 May 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind 91tv For the first time, offshore wind energy in Germany is being used to stabilise the country's electricity system in case of grid fluctuations. The offshore wind farm Riffgrund 1, ...
27 Apr 2021, 13:48 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
26 May 2023, 13:35 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Gas Grid Utilities Handelsblatt German energy companies have called for the introduction of a new incentive mechanism to trigger the construction of new gas power plants, which the country plans to use ...
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 ...
02 Oct 2024, 12:45 S枚ren Amelang Storage Technology 91tv The number of large-scale battery storage projects in Germany will increase rapidly over the next two years, the country鈥檚 solar industry association BSW said. Around seven gigawatt ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:35 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas pipeline network has to be adapted to a new reality over the coming decade, as gas consumption is expected to decline by at least 20 percent by 2032, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
21 Oct 2024, 14:18 Jennifer Collins Solar 91tv Solar energy expansion in major German cities is picking up speed, according to a report by renewable electricity provider LichtBlick, which looks at growth in installed roof-mounted solar ...
30 Oct 2020, 10:18 91tv 91tv Grid 91tv Some 110 billion euros will need to be invested in expanding and updating 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity network by 2050 in order to meet the demands of the energy transition, according to a study ...
10 Apr 2025, 14:11 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
09 Jan 2024, 14:03 Franca Quecke Gas Security Der Spiegel / Hamburger Abendblatt The alleged sabotage of an important gas pipeline currently under construction in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein might lead to damages of at least 1.6 million euros, ...
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 ...
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 ...
07 Sep 2020, 14:19 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
17 Oct 2024, 13:26 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 91tv A ...
06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
18 Nov 2024, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Construction dpa / Spiegel Bad insulation and the use of gas- or oil-based heating systems increasingly eat into the market value of residential property in Germany, according to a report by ...
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 ...
03 Jul 2024
03 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: German coalition nears budget deal as debt brake limits options- Scholz鈥檚 government to deliver draft as early as Friday- Budget sees cuts, but more spending on infrastructure, defense Carbon Pulse: EU ...
22 Oct 2020, 13:47 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Interruptions in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity ...
15 Nov 2024, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Die Welt / Deutsche Welle Restarting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 decommissioned nuclear power plants is not a viable option, former plant operator E.ON has said. The company ...
18 Sep 2024
18 Sep 2024, 12:11 91tv Team Reuters: German conservative Merz set to run for chancellor in 2025 vote The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year' ...
05 Jul 2024, 14:29 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Gas 91tv The German government will hold the first round of tenders for hydrogen-ready gas fired power plants by the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025, the economy ministry (BMWK) has ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv Representatives of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable power industry have criticised the government鈥檚 planned legislation package for expanding the capacity of solar, wind and other renewable energy ...
29 Jul 2020, 13:47 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Grid dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany is making modest progess in installing ...
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, ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:38 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv Eurelectric corrects figures: Power demand in the EU decreased by 5.1% in the first half of 2023, compared to 2022, and was 4.8% lower in the first half of 2024, compared to 2022. 聽 Electricity ...
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. ...
29 Jun 2020, 13:07 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
27 Aug 2020, 11:48 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 TenneT Grid operator Electricity ...
23 Jun 2020, 13:48 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology 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 ...
09 Jan 2024, 13:37 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Edgar Meza Renewables Wind 91tv From January to September 2023, wind turbines fed almost 89.9 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity into ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The steel pipelines used in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas grid are generally suitable for the transport of hydrogen, said the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW). 鈥淭he ...
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 ...
27 May 2020, 13:32 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv Costs of stabilising the German power ...
27 Sep 2022, 13:27 Expert ZEW- Centre for European Economic Research Zentrum f眉r Europ盲ische Wirtschaftsforschung Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The politically sensitive idea of splitting Germany into ...
21 Apr 2020, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
07 Dec 2021, 12:54 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Jessica Bateman Coal Grid 91tv The new German coalition government鈥檚 goal of a 2030 coal exit, eight years earlier than initially planned, will require a ...
04 May 2020, 13:49 Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv Germany made important progress in expanding the power grid in 2019, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) says in its聽 annual report. Of 7,700 kilometres of planned grid expansion, 1,300 km have been ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv An group of energy, economy and finance experts 鈥� the Council for Energy Independence 鈥� has presented a roadmap urging Germany to prioritise independence from natural gas in its energy policy. ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 91tv / Die Zeit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has formally adopted the country鈥檚 draft budget for 2025 and amended the 2024 budget, which had become a difficult task after a court ...
05 May 2020, 13:50 Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv Germany has slightly raised its winter power capacity reserve, designed to keep the grid stable in critical situations, to 6,600 megawatts (MW) in 2020-2021 from around 5,100 MW in 2019-2020, the ...
19 Mar 2020, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Grid 91tv Two thirds of the massive grid extensions planned in Germany will have only minor impacts on the environment, but almost a fifth of measures will likely have a heavy impact, according to聽 a report ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Cost & Prices Die Welt / 91tv / BR An alliance of northern German states has called for a sweeping reform of the country鈥檚 power market to allow those in the north to pay lower prices due to their ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:44 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Carolina Kyllmann Grid Digitalisation 91tv The so far sluggish installation of smart meters in ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 91tv Construction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 and also Europe鈥檚 first network of hydrogen pipelines are set to start this week in the country鈥檚 east, the federal economy ministry and its counterpart in the ...
09 Mar 2020, 13:49 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology S枚ren Amelang Grid Tagesspiegel Background German operators of key energy infrastructure including power stations, gas and electricity grids have stepped up ...
20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
16 Aug 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Bild-Zeitung Leading Green Party politicians in Bavaria have said that a limited extension of the southern German state鈥檚 remaining nuclear plant would be an option if the federal government鈥檚 current ...
13 Sep 2024, 12:06 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 91tv Planned hydrogen storage projects remain significantly behind forecasted demand, an issue which could affect 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 attempts to move towards a renewable energy system, found a report ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:09 Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv Corrects position of Felix Matthes, who is research coordinator at the Institute for Applied Ecology, not the institute's head. Power grid expansion is set to become the German energy transition ...
16 Dec 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Tagesspiegel / 91tv An earlier phase-out of coal-fired power production in Germany by 2030 is unlikely if the country does not manage to install sufficient alternative backup capacity to ...
31 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Germany should consider the import of direct reduced iron as a way to produce the hydrogen that is needed to generate electricity in its planned backup power plants, says a report by Norwegian ...
20 Dec 2019, 14:27 Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv The first grid development plan (NEP) based on Germany's target of 65 percent renewables in gross power consumption and planned coal exit has been approved by the German Federal Network Agency ...
05 Oct 2021, 12:04 Kerstine Appunn Electricity market 91tv The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has imposed fines of 200,000 euros on Energi Danmark and 175,000 euros on Optimax Energy for market manipulation in the wholesale ...
11 Dec 2019, 12:56 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv In response to several strains on the ...
03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 91tv / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
26 Nov 2024, 13:21 Jack McGovan Electricity market 91tv Energy company RWE has been found for the fifth time in a row to be in a dominant position in the German electricity market, according to a report by the Federal Cartel Office. Although ...
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 ...
11 Apr 2024, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 91tv Electricity prices in Germany are unlikely to go down in the near future, despite repeated claims that a complete switch to renewable power is going to make ...
24 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jennifer Collins Policy International 91tv / FAZ / ARD Germany's economy and climate minister Robet Habeck and Indian renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi聽are set to unveil a green hydrogen roadmap during a聽meeting ...
13 Apr 2021, 12:31 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Edgar Meza Grid EU 91tv NordLink, the world's longest subsea electrical interconnector linking Norway and Germany, has begun operation exchanging wind ...
23 Oct 2019, 13:32 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 Federal Network Agency for ...
26 Aug 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society dpa / ZfK Optimism that Germany can achieve its national energy transition targets is moderately growing in Germany, a survey by consultancy EY has found. The share of respondents saying that the ...
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 ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Electricity Security 91tv Germany saw a slight drop 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 ...
02 Sep 2021, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Grid EU 91tv / Reuters The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that Germany's network regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), must act more independently when applying the ...
24 Sep 2019, 14:01 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, ...
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 ...
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 ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas 91tv / Welt am Sonntag The likelihood of power blackouts in Germany this coming winter is low, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) has聽 said. 鈥淎 large ...
16 Oct 2024, 13:25 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry lobby group, the ...
14 Aug 2019, 11:53 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid dpa / Handelsblatt Expansion of the German power grid is ...
09 Sep 2024, 13:29 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Heating 91tv Germany needs to invest 120 billion euros in energy-related ...
07 Aug 2019, 13:58 Freja Eriksen Grid 91tv A fourth high-voltage, direct-current line going from northern to southern Germany is required to enable the country鈥檚 planned transition to renewable energy, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has ...
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 ...
05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry said in a statement ...
23 Oct 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Tagesspiegel Background The German Federal Agency for ...
29 Oct 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv The projected demand for green hydrogen in Europe can largely be covered by domestic production, said researchers from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems ...
26 Sep 2024, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Industry 91tv The global emission-cutting drive is among several factors dampening the long-term growth outlook of Europe鈥檚 largest economy, the country鈥檚 leading economic research institutes said in their ...
22 Jul 2019, 13:47 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Freja Eriksen Grid Handelsblatt Dutch government-owned grid operator TenneT plans to tie its German subsidiary closer to its head office as part of a larger restructuring, ...
23 Mar 2021, 13:06 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
07 Dec 2022, 12:41 Expert bne- Association of Energy Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:18 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid Solar 91tv German transmission grid operators (TSO) are preparing for the partial solar eclipse on Thursday, 10 June but are confident that ...
18 Jul 2024, 13:29 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Renewables 91tv Renewable power sources covered around 57 percent of Germany's gross ...
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 ...
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 ...
07 Jul 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Grid Industry 91tv German companies could make a significant contribution to stabilising the electricity grid by flexibly adapting their demand to available supply, according to a new study conducted by the ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:31 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Freja Eriksen Grid Spiegel Online / dpa Five ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 91tv / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
03 Jan 2024, 12:09 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables Germany's lignite power production fell to the lowest level since 1963 last year, while hard coal power ...
20 May 2020, 13:38 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid International 91tv The German government is preparing to buy a stake in Dutch transmission grid operator (TSO) TenneT as part of a ...
13 May 2020, 13:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid 91tv Following severe ...
15 Apr 2019, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Grid Agora Energiewende With the new offshore grid fee ...
05 Mar 2021, 13:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid 91tv Three German hard coal power plants ...
05 Jul 2019, 14:12 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Grid Handelsblatt Germany ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Coal Renewables 91tv Electricity generation from coal dropped to a record low in Germany in the spring, while renewables produced more electricity than ever during the same period. Lignite feed-in ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:10 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Clean Energy ...
25 Feb 2021, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables 91tv Freezing gas infrastructure and subsequent supply outages happening in Texas during a recent winter storm are 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥� in Germany, gas grid operators said. 鈥淭he transmission ...
06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Grid Frankfurter Rundschau The southern German states of Hesse and Bavaria are passing the buck to each other on who should provide its territory for completing much-needed grid expansion plans, ...
25 Feb 2019, 13:51 Rachel Waldholz Grid EurActiv The German government aims to rapidly expand the power grid to keep up with the planned transition to renewable energy, but farmers say new infrastructure could damage valuable crop land, Florence Schulz ...
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 ...
05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
01 Feb 2019, 12:31 S枚ren Amelang Grid Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid operators recommend building 1,600 kilometres of additional transmission lines and upgrading a further 2,900 kilometres in response to the country鈥檚 renewable roll-out and developments in ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:50 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid dpa / Die Welt Around 2,200 people in the states of ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
26 Jul 2021, 11:54 One of the first project financed interconnectors in Europe is due to be built between Germany and the UK by 2023-24. The opening up of the interconnector market to private investment has been promoted by both the UK and German ...
11 Feb 2021, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
