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 ...
The decision by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA) to increase the maximum support rate for onshore wind power installations in renewables auctions to 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour was 鈥渁 first step to correct undesired developments鈥� in the tender ...
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 ...
28 Nov 2019, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables Augsburger Allgemeine The end of nuclear power production in Germany in 2022 will not compromise the electricity supply of southern economic powerhouse state Bavaria, the state's ...
08 Feb 2016
08 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Der Tagesspiegel 鈥淕overnment could use mercury limits to take coal plants offline鈥� The government 鈥渉as a plan B up its sleeve" in case there is no political agreement on a coal exit, reports ...
New zero-support bids and an average support level of 4.66 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 second offshore wind power auction confirm an ongoing trend in cost reduction in the sector, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) said in a press ...
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. ...
26 Mar 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv The year 2023 was the windiest in Germany in more than 15 years, providing excellent conditions for wind electricity generation, said Germany's National Meteorological ...
07 Aug 2015
07 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 91tv 91tv WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淕ood solution for new energy鈥� The German state could become responsible for offshore scoping and measuring activities if future wind parks in the sea are paid via a ...
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Europe鈥檚 power grids are supposed to become increasingly integrated 鈥� but right now the opposite seems to be happening. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern neighbours complain that the country鈥檚 renewable power production is putting a strain on their ...
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 ...
31 Jan 2025, 11:50 Joey Grostern Wind Society SWR A group of about 6,660 people are behind a slew of over 440,000 letters objecting to plans for wind farm developments in 40 areas in the Neckar-Alb region of Baden-W眉rttemberg, according to reporting from ...
02 Oct 2019, 13:51 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen Transport Technology 91tv Civil airlines should be required to use at least two ...
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 ...
13 Jul 2022, 12:03 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Heating Government 91tv German government ministries have launched a set of immediate action programmes that are to ensure emission reductions in the laggard buildings and transport sectors ...
30 Jul 2024
30 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Reuters: Spain greenlights almost 300 renewable power projects with $18-billion investment The Spanish government has authorised the construction of almost 300 renewable power projects with a total capacity of more than ...
17 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024, 12:27 91tv Team Reuters: Von der Leyen names new European Commission with focus on climate change, security, competitiveness European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen named her team, which will lead the EU's most powerful ...
18 Mar 2019, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv A string of windy weeks has led to a very high share of nearly two-thirds renewables in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power production mix since the beginning of March. Average net electricity production ...
11 Feb 2020, 14:31 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Expert The German Gas and Hydrogen Industry Fossil fuels Gas Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv As Germany plans to exit both nuclear and coal power generation over the next years, gas plants ...
07 Aug 2020, 14:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / RTL Online Germany's remote North Sea island Heligoland is hoping for a rapid increase in green hydrogen production with offshore wind power, news agency dpa reports in an ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 91tv / rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
05 May 2023, 14:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv In a bid to greatly improve ...
09 Apr 2019, 12:40 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ahead of tomorrow鈥檚 first meeting of the so-called climate cabinet, German finance minister Olaf Scholz has launched his vision for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition. In his ...
24 Nov 2023, 12:46 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs 91tv A shortage of at least 300,000 skilled workers by 2030 looms over Germany as demand for jobs in the country's renewable energy industry sector rises, according to聽an analysis ...
20 Feb 2023, 16:47 On the path to a climate neutral electricity system that is largely covered by renewable sources, Germany is planning a reform to its electricity market. Inaugurating the 鈥楥limate Neutral Electricity System Platform鈥�, the economy and ...
25 Mar 2021, 13:57 Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Hydrogen 91tv Germany should use hydrogen ...
07 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 91tv The upcoming snap election in Germany will bring a 鈥渃hoice of direction鈥� for the country鈥檚 energy transition, as energy and climate policy positions vary among the different ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices Die Welt Representatives of the German energy industry say that the policy announcements by the new U.S. administration could benefit their country鈥檚 competitiveness if the next government ...
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 ...
The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has decided to cut feed-in tariffs again for onshore wind parks not awarded in auctions by 2.4 percent from 1 July 2018, the agency announced in a press release. It is the fourth time in a row the agency has decided to ...
03 Jan 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:45 Electricity supply in Germany is secure even as the country is phasing out coal-fired power generation, according to a monitoring report which sets new standards for supply security from the economy ministry. The report also changes the ...
25 Jun 2021, 13:40 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 91tv, ZEIT Online In its last session before the summer recess, the German parliament passed a bill that amends the federal Climate Action Law. The new law brings forward the deadline for ...
15 May 2024, 12:33 Jack McGovan Transport EUElections2024 EU 91tv Rail travel should be the focus of legislative and investment decisions in the aftermath of the 2024 EU elections, an alliance of rail industry and NGOs said in an open letter ...
22 Feb 2024, 14:09 Ruby Russel Wind Business & Jobs 91tv / Die Welt New wind farms greatly benefit the local economy and municipal budgets, says a case study by industry consultancy Deutsche WindGuard. Building and operating several wind ...
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 ...
28 Apr 2017, 00:00 No other party has been part of a German federal government longer than the Free Democrats (FDP). They also governed together with Angela Merkel's CDU at the time of the Fukushima disaster and supported the second nuclear phase-out ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Cars Business & Jobs n-tv / Handelsblatt / Elektrek / The Guardian Plans announced by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla to cut ten percent of its global workforce have led to worries over the potential impact on ...
26 Jul 2023, 13:36 The German government coalition has presented a long-expected update to its National Hydrogen Strategy with the aim of speeding up the development of a market for the fuel, which it sees as essential on the path to climate neutrality by ...
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 ...
04 May 2016
04 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Reuters 鈥淕ermany to exit coal power 'well before' 2050- draft document鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 use of coal-fired power should come to an end 鈥渨ell before鈥� 2050, a draft document from the ...
22 Nov 2023, 12:46 Jack McGovan Renewables Energiewende 91tv Although there are positive signs in the expansion of renewable energies, electric cars and heat pumps, new figures made available by the Ariadne project show progress in the German ...
21 Aug 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Policy Der Spiegel The government of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, looks set to abolish a controversial minimum distance rule for wind turbines, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. ...
04 Mar 2019, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology Tagesspiegel The plan to build an artificial island in the North Sea that will serve as a hub for offshore wind turbines with a capacity of more than 100 gigawatts is making good progress, Pieter van ...
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 ...
16 Oct 2024
16 Oct 2024, 11:48 91tv Team pv magazine: Research on agrivoltaics in Germany demonstrates strong synergies Recent research conducted by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fraunhofer ISE on agrivoltaics show that not only did the crops grown under the PV panels benefit from the ...
28 Oct 2024, 13:07 Edgar Meza Renewables Cost & Prices 91tv Federal funds required to support the expansion of renewable energy in Germany could drop in 2025, according to an analysis by the Institute of Energy Economics at the University ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
14 Dec 2021, 13:07 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband ...
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 ...
24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
07 Jan 2025, 13:44 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's revenue from carbon pricing rose to a record 18.5 billion euros in 2024, up around 100 million euros from the previous year, said the country's Federal Environment ...
20 Feb 2024, 14:08 Jack McGovan Wind Society 91tv More than three-quarters of the German population (81%) think the use and expansion of onshore wind energy is important or very important, according to a new analysis published today by the ...
05 Jul 2018, 13:29 The climate advantage of natural gas can contribute to immediate CO鈧� reduction by replacing coal and oil in the power sector and in heating, says J眉rgen Fuhlrott, Head of Business Development at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest gas transmission grid ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International 91tv Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥�, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
08 Jan 2025, 10:08 Jennifer Collins Electricity Renewables 91tv The share of renewable energy in net public electricity generation in Germany in 2024 reached a record high of 62.7 percent, with solar power smashing government expansion ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Government Bild Zeitung In a bid to achieve the high renewable power expansion targets for the end of the decade, German chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to make the buildout a priority and hold talks with the 16 ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:37 The construction of new wind turbines in Germany picked up slightly again in the first six months of 2020, but expansion figures are still far too low to bolster an industry that suffered two years of steeply declining growth. As the ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:17 Germany's environment minister has called for a sharp increase in the country's renewables targets. Svenja Schulze said the country will have to increase renewables' share in power use to "at least 75 percent, maybe ...
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 ...
31 Jan 2024, 13:21 Franca Quecke Renewables Solar 91tv The volume of bids in the latest German auction for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects has once again by far exceeded the auctioned capacity, the Federal Network Agency ...
24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥� result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
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 ...
20 Dec 2019, 14:23 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind energy sector requires faster approval procedures and better working conditions to attract the skilled workers needed reach expansion targets, a report commissioned by ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:55 Carolina Kyllmann Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 91tv Germany's renewable energy sector employed 387,700 people in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent and the highest level in a decade, said the economy ...
27 Nov 2019, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 91tv No single energy company can currently claim any dominance over Germany's electricity market, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and the federal antitrust ...
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 ...
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 ...
20 Jun 2016
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW) 鈥淣ew study: EEG 2016 thwarts Paris climate agreement鈥� If Germany continued the deployment of renewable energies at the average pace of ...
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 " ...
28 Jun 2018, 16:17 The German government鈥檚 Energiewende advisors say the country must put much greater emphasis on the project鈥檚 European dimension to achieve the shift to renewables and the necessary emissions reduction during the next decade. The group ...
07 Feb 2018, 00:00 Agreeing on climate and energy policy was one of the simpler tasks during Germany's coalition negotiations, says Social Democratic (SPD) energy spokesman Bernd Westphal. However, he concedes that the challenges awaiting the country ...
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, ...
10 Oct 2024
10 Oct 2024, 13:16 91tv Team Nature: Overconfidence in climate overshoot Global and regional climate change and associated risks after a temporary overshoot of global warming limits are different from a world that avoids it. Reuters: German economy ...
30 Mar 2021, 13:43 Edgar Meza Wind 91tv The Aloys Wobben Foundation (AWS), the sole shareholder of wind turbine company Enercon, and German utility EWE AG have launched the 50-50 joint venture Alterric to develop and operate onshore wind ...
20 Nov 2024
20 Nov 2024, 09:53 91tv Team NewClimate Institute: Climate Change Performance Index 2025 Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead in this year. Germany drops two places to 16th in this year鈥檚 CCPI. Bloomberg: EU considers changes to carbon border ...
29 Jul 2024
29 Jul 2024, 11:00 Julian Wettengel Reuters: Trump effect in clean tech sector deepens angst in Europe's boardrooms European companies focused on clean energy are abandoning expansion plans, bracing for lower sales or see funding of U.S projects in ...
09 Feb 2016
09 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Rheinische Post 鈥淲e can鈥檛 cope with a premature lignite exit鈥� The Paris Agreement has no consequences for Germany, because the country already has the most ambitious climate targets, according to ...
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 ...
05 Sep 2019, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Energiewende 91tv Germany is set to miss several key energy transition targets for the year 2020, and the country's high power supply security is at risk unless new generation capacity and grid ...
09 Dec 2014
09 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv EurActiv 鈥淕lobal comparison reveals Germany's 'Energiewende dilemma'鈥� Germany scored average results (place 22 of 61) in the global climate protection index, compiled by the NGO ...
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: ...
26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Berliner Morgenpost /dpa 鈥淰attenfall stops resettlement plans near lignite mine in Nochten鈥� Energy utility Vattenfall has stopped plans to resettle around 1700 people near its open cast lignite ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Solar Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv The economy ministry aims to speed up solar energy expansion in Germany with legislative reforms it calls 鈥渟olar package I鈥�, which are set to be unveiled before the ...
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 ...
29 Sep 2023, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 91tv Renewables covered more than half of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity consumption so far this year, according to calculations by utility association BDEW and the Centre for Solar Energy and ...
The energy transition in Germany does not achieve most of its goals, and its progress has slowed down over the last few years, a study conducted by the consultancy Prognos and commissioned by the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) has found. Improvements ...
17 Jan 2025, 13:12 S枚ren Amelang Transport Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must ensure that aviation can become climate-neutral within 20 years, which will require a plethora of policy initiatives, an alliance of ...
18 Dec 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Primary energy consumption in Germany dropped to a new low in 2024 amid聽warmer weather, a continued weakness of the country鈥檚 economy, and ongoing efficiency gains, the Federation of ...
20 May 2021, 13:34 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first movers in hydrogen generation using electricity will be supported by lower power prices and a wide definition of 鈥済reen鈥� hydrogen, the government has decided. By creating 鈥渃lear and pragmatic鈥� requirements for green ...
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 ...
21 Oct 2022, 13:58 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind Handelsblatt / RND The number of approved applications for ...
20 Jan 2022, 12:01 Germany's onshore wind power capacity is recovering from years of depressed expansion, but is still not close to levels necessary for the country鈥檚 renewables targets for 2030, the country's wind power industry聽said in its ...
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 ...
13 Jul 2023, 13:40 Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in the world鈥檚 largest ever offshore wind auction. Environmentalists hailed the result as a ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Society 91tv The German government can count on very broad popular support for its plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energies, a survey has revealed. 鈥淭he population is ready for a ...
25 Jun 2015
25 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕abriel takes on the energy sector鈥� Energy minister Sigmar Gabriel was given a chilly reception by the Chairwoman of the Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) in ...
15 Mar 2024, 13:30 Jack McGovan Storage 91tv With a turnover of over 15.7 billion euros, and a 46 percent growth increase in comparison to 2022, the energy storage sector鈥檚 expansion in Germany continues at a fast pace, according to industry ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars dpa / Ingenieur U.S. carmaker Tesla, which is headed by highly controversial CEO Elon Musk, registered the biggest slump of new registrations among all electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in Germany last year. ...
09 Feb 2018, 00:00 The coalition agreement by Germany's would-be coalition parties CDU/CSU and SPD is a step towards "realistic" Energiewende policy, says CDU energy policy spokesperson Joachim Pfeiffer. He argues a coal exit date for ...
04 May 2023, 12:05 Julian Wettengel Transport Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Environmental NGOs have criticised the government's decision to accelerate the planning and construction of motorway upgrades and demand that all projects ...
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 ...
29 Jun 2021, 14:19 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cities 91tv / HR German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is planning one of the largest infrastrucuture projects of the ...
19 Sep 2024, 11:38 S枚ren Amelang Policy International Security 91tv / Deutschlandfunk Germany commits to 鈥渟ystematic climate and environmental protection in line with the Paris Climate Agreement鈥� in the Arctic in聽 new policy guidelines ...
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 ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥� conservatives have won 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
18 Jan 2023, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 91tv The expansion of onshore wind power capacity in Germany in 2022 again remained below the level required for reaching the country鈥檚 renewable power targets, a shortcoming that ...
27 Feb 2023, 14:08 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv Targeted immigration of ...
09 Oct 2024, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Carbon market 91tv The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should be reformed to make it more resilient to crises, such as the effects of Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine or the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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. ...
05 Feb 2024, 14:34 Franca Quecke Solar Business & Jobs Handelsblatt / 91tv In聽 a resolution, the council of German state governments (Bundesrat) called for special support for solar power products manufactured in the country or the ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:35 Edgar Meza Transport Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP), has- after long negotiations- agreed on a far-reaching ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Ministry for Environment 鈥�5 years after Fukushima: Nuclear power has no future鈥� The nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago showed that atomic power was never 100 percent controllable, ...
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 ...
28 Nov 2024, 11:55 Ruby Russel Renewables 91tv [UPDATE adds FA Wind survey] The vast majority (80%) of people in Germany support the country's ongoing transition to renewable energy, a survey commissioned by the German Renewable Energy ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024, 11:00 Carolina Kyllmann Bloomberg: EU wind industry warns Germany over large Chinese turbine deal Europe鈥檚 wind industry warned Germany that a deal for 16 Chinese offshore wind turbines risks fostering unfair competition for local suppliers ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 91tv A package of measures to boost the use of solar energy in Germany by removing red tape, approved by parliament on Friday (26 April), will significantly accelerate the rollout of the ...
The energy transition offers plenty of opportunities for German businesses, but the current government coalition has done little to solve key issues for the industry, writes the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) in its 2018 ...
07 Mar 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 91tv Salt caverns could be an effective location for storing hydrogen in Germany due to their geological, physical and chemical properties, according聽 to a report published 聽by the Institute of Energy ...
23 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv World Energy Council/Roland Berger 鈥淓nergiewende requires new financing models鈥� Traditional utilities can no longer shoulder the huge infrastructure investments necessary for the Energiewende, ...
23 Sep 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current expansion targets for wind and solar electricity by 2030 are nearly in line with what is needed to help the world limit global temperature rise ...
22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
13 Feb 2023, 14:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 91tv The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country 鈥渋n almost unknown unity鈥�, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His ...
21 Oct 2019, 13:07 Expert AGEB- AG Energiebilanzen e.V. Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende Utilities Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Freja Eriksen ...
12 May 2023, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 gigawatts (GW) between January and April 2023, an increase in the growth rate of 46 ...
05 Nov 2024, 13:24 Government members and political observers have warned that Germany must avoid a high-stakes gamble among government coalition parties at critical time for the country and Europe. As disunity in the three-party coalition becomes more ...
31 Jul 2020, 12:19 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 91tv Long approval procedures and insufficient land designation mean the expansion of wind power capacity across Germany is too slow to meet climate targets, a聽 report 聽by the federal and state ...
12 Oct 2023, 12:11 Jack McGovan Renewables Wind dpa / Stuttgarter Zeitung Germany has added 50 percent more new wind power capacity in the first nine months of 2023 than in the same time period last year, reports news agency dpa in an article published by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:59 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Policy The lack of cooperation between authorities, supply chain problems, rising costs, a lack of skilled workers and legal issues are the main culprits for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 failure to massively speed up 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 ...
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 ...
12 May 2021, 15:34 The German government鈥檚 decision to aim for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 鈥� five years earlier than previously envisaged 鈥� is to be substantiated by a reform of the country鈥檚 Climate Action Law. Angela Merkel and her ministers have ...
13 Jun 2016
13 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淒on鈥檛 miss the transition鈥� Renewable energies have become so cheap that many countries have started an Energiewende, only for Germany to hit the brakes with its ...
30 Oct 2015
30 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv UN Climate Change Secretariat 鈥淕lobal response to climate change keeps door open to 2 degree C temperature limit鈥� A report assessing the 140 climate action plans submitted to the United Nations ...
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 ...
30 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Die Welt Climate activists from student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) have said they will resist the planned ...
The conservative alliance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU has pledged to stick to the country鈥檚 national climate targets, including the long fought-over Climate Action Plan 2050. The two parties鈥� joint programme ...
The conservative alliance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU has pledged to stick to the country鈥檚 national climate targets, including the long fought-over Climate Action Plan 2050. The two parties鈥� joint programme ...
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) ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:15 Germany is increasingly at risk of failing EU-mandated climate targets for the transport and building sectors, show projections by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The agency聽 warned that despite shrinking overall emissions, ...
28 Jun 2021, 13:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 91tv The share of ...
12 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
05 Sep 2024, 13:57 Jennifer Collins Technology Heating Policy 91tv / n-tv Germany wants to accelerate the use of geothermal plants coupled with large heat pumps and heat storage facilities by easing approval procedures hindering their ...
09 Aug 2024, 13:22 Milou Dirkx Citizens' energy Renewables 91tv The German government is under increasing time pressure to legislate energy sharing opportunities and meet EU requirements originally set for mid-2021,聽 said 聽the German ...
07 Apr 2020, 13:21 Expert Forschungszentrum J眉lich Research institute for energy, climate and nuclear sciences Nuclear phase-out Technology Expert RWTH Aachen University Technology Rachel Waldholz Storage 91tv Battery storage systems have ...
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024, 11:43 German ministers and lawmakers, just like most of their peers across the European Union, are heading into the parliaments鈥� summer 2024 recess and some time off. However, there are exceptions: three eastern German federal states will ...
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 ...
27 Apr 2015
27 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淩esistance at the bucket wheel鈥� 10,000 coal workers demonstrated聽 in Berlin on Saturday 聽against energy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 planned climate levy. These were supported by ...
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 ...
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 ...
30 Nov 2023, 13:10 Edgar Meza Renewables EU 91tv In order to increase the market share of European manufacturers in the renewable energy sector, wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) roof systems could receive more funding if they are produced ...
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 ...
20 Jan 2015
20 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt 鈥淎ttack on coal鈥� // Interview with Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy has "ended the debate over capacity payments to fossil-fuelled ...
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 ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Solar Tagesspiegel Background The parliamentary groups of the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) and Green Party consider supporting the rebuilding of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 domestic solar industry through measures such as clauses that ...
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 ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv Europe is on track to have sufficient capacity for supplying its economies with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming 10- 15 years, taking into account existing plans to expand the import ...
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 ...
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 ...
22 Jan 2016
22 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv BDEW 鈥淭axes and fees reach a new record high鈥� The power price remained steady at the beginning of 2016 compared to a year ago, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) reports. ...
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 ...
06 Oct 2021, 14:11 Edgar Meza Renewables Elections & Politics 91tv Renewable energy industry groups have laid out a series of proposals for the incoming federal government to accelerate the expansion of green power sources. "From an ...
23 Mar 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 states have understood the importance of renewable energy for the future of local industry as they gear up for a fast expansion of onshore wind power, economy and climate ...
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, ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 91tv A need for energy supply security has increased acceptance in the German population towards the expansion of renewables, a survey by the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE) found. ...
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 ...
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 ...
13 Aug 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv Most residents of the eastern German state of Saxony are in favour of the switch to renewables, but many are still concerned about new wind turbines being built near their home ...
15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淏uyer鈥檚 premium for e-cars still cannot be applied for鈥� Customers still cannot apply for a buyer鈥檚 premium for new e-cars after the ...
15 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
16 Aug 2016, 00:00 The rise of volatile wind and solar power in the share of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity generation means that keeping the grid stable becomes an ever more complex 鈥� and potentially costly 鈥� task. Predicting how many renewable megawatts will be ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:20 Jennifer Collins Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt A mooted cap on industry power prices could stall green energy expansion in Germany by making investments in wind and solar unprofitable, according to a report by business daily ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
10 Mar 2023, 13:29 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 91tv A new solar PV strategy tabled by the ...
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 ...
28 Aug 2018, 13:59 The expansion of a lignite mine that threatens a nearby forest has become a first touchstone of the German coal exit commission鈥檚 robustness. But despite fears that the row over the embattled Hambach Forest could gravely impede the ...
02 Jun 2022, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities rbb / 91tv The city of Berlin must consider building large modern wind turbines on its territory if it wants to meet its contribution to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power expansion target, the city state鈥檚 ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:19 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv Germany's energy industry has warned that the country might struggle to find investors to build new hydrogen-ready gas power plants, following the end of a ...
14 Nov 2024, 13:16 The expansion and maintenance of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 rail and road network should be financed by a special fund outside of the regular budget, according to the government鈥檚 council of economic advisors. Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & ...
24 Sep 2019, 13:58 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
04 Nov 2015
04 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) 鈥淕abriel: The basis for the power market of the future is established鈥� The German government has approved wide-reaching reforms of the power market ...
09 Nov 2021, 12:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The possible next German government鈥檚 plans to dedicate two percent of the country鈥檚 land area to wind power generation will need to be backed by a wide range of additional activities to ensure ...
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 ...
29 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Kerstine Appunn Renewables Wind 91tv Having announced higher renewables targets ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Solar Wind Federal Network Agency ...
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 ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:42 Three eastern German states will elect a new government in September 2024, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the post-reunification history of the country and for the future of its climate and energy transition policies. The ...
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, ...
31 Aug 2021, 08:44 Tighter emission targets and mounting signs of climate change have once again turned Germany's coal exit into a hotly debated election campaign issue. The country agreed last year to phase out coal by 2038 at the latest, but many ...
21 Jun 2024, 12:52 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Two investors have bid a total of more than 3 billion euros for permits to build offshore wind parks in the German North Sea, said the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in a press release. The two ...
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. ...
19 Jan 2021, 09:30 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 federal states and the federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and ...
14 Dec 2021, 11:31 Edgar Meza Society 91tv A large majority of people in Germany continue to support the expansion of renewable energy, but the percentage of those who see it as very or extremely important has declined, according to the ...
15 Oct 2018, 14:44 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy surcharge that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations, is to fall by 5.7 percent in 2019, transmission grid operators have calculated. ...
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 ...
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 ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:27 Kerstine Appunn Wind Cost & Prices 91tv Growing uncertainties are putting off wind farm investors and have led to another public tender for new wind capacity being undersubscribed, German wind energy association BWE has ...
19 Jan 2015
19 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Handelsblatt 鈥淯topian targets鈥� The development of renewable energies is fast-paced in Germany but that is no reason for euphoria, writes J眉rgen Flauger in the Handelsblatt. Germany will miss its ...
10 Jun 2016
10 Jun 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Reuters 鈥淕abriel hints at changes to environment minister鈥檚 climate action plan鈥� Based on statements by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy minister Sigmar Gabriel,聽 Reuters reports聽 there could be ...
10 Jul 2023, 13:46 James Jackson Transport 91tv To meet the EU鈥檚 goal of shifting millions of passengers to rail in order to reduce transport emissions, the continent鈥檚 high-speed track network should be expanded from 11,000 kilometers today ...
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. ...
26 Sep 2023, 12:32 Expert GTAI- Germany Trade & Invest Economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany Business & Jobs International Edgar Meza Wind Hydrogen dpa / Handelsblatt Germany and the UK aim to cooperate on the expansion of ...
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 ...
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 The centrepiece of Germany's Energiewende in the power sector is to undergo a profound revision this year. The government has tabled a draft law for the reform of the Renewable Energy Act, which has stirred a heated debate. The ...
02 Sep 2024, 13:19 The far-right party AfD scored its first ever state election win in eastern Thuringia and came a close second in neighbouring Saxony, while the parties of the federal coalition government in Berlin recorded heavy losses. One year ahead ...
09 Aug 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Wind Policy Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind industry has accused the operator of the country鈥檚 motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines, which are key to reaching climate targets. The government-owned ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Wind Society 91tv Onshore wind power has become more popular than ever among people living in Germany as a result of the war in Ukraine,聽 a poll 聽has found. One in three respondents said Russia's war and ...
15 Oct 2020, 11:29 EU countries largely make good progress towards reaching their existing energy and climate targets for 2030, said the European Commission in a series of reports. But the assessment of national plans comes at a time when the union is in ...
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 ...
28 Aug 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 91tv / n-tv / NZZ The stock price of Swiss solar panel manufacturer Meyer Burger has plunged after the company聽 announced 聽it would not follow through on plans to open a new ...
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 ...
29 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv VW / Handelsblatt 鈥淲e plan to make electric cars one of Volkswagen鈥檚 new hallmarks鈥� German carmaker Volkswagen wants to be at the forefront of big changes in the auto industry, in ...
27 Aug 2024, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage EU Die Welt Plans by the European Union to measure the carbon footprint of battery production based on the host country鈥檚 electricity mix are causing concerns among 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 automotive industry, which fears ...
10 Jul 2024, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has expressed confidence that the country鈥檚 efforts to reach climate neutrality by 2045 would not be derailed by a ...
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 ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's plans for a tax on energy companies' windfall profits generated by the current supply crisis could slow the rollout of renewables because ...
20 Jun 2024, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Solar 91tv The technical potential of solar PV installations on agricultural land (also known as agri PV) in Germany largely exceeds the potential of other so far unconventional PV technologies ...
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 ...
08 Jun 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Reuters / ARD Minimum distances for wind power turbines from residential areas could be suspended by Germany's federal government in a bid to accelerate the technology鈥檚 sluggish expansion, public broadcaster ...
03 Aug 2015
03 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕ermany- a good climate country?鈥� It is questionable whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition is a good example for other countries to follow, writes political science ...
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 ...
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 ...
03 Aug 2021, 14:15 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 91tv The construction of new solar PV installations in ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 91tv The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
19 Sep 2023, 13:30 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heat pump industry has called for reductions in electricity prices in order to achieve the country鈥檚 expansion target of installing 500,000 units a year from 2024. In a statement, the ...
15 May 2025, 12:15 The new German government鈥檚 coalition agreement remains too vague on climate policy to make sure emission-cutting targets are met, warned the country鈥檚 Council of Experts on Climate Change. A comprehensive climate action programme, ...
20 Dec 2022, 13:19 The new year is going to pose the great challenge for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to ensure that companies hit by the ongoing energy price crisis do not choose to relocate their business, according to Frederik Moch, head of energy policy at ...
25 Sep 2024, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Technology Society Heise online / mdr Work has begun on the construction of the world鈥檚 highest wind turbine in the eastern German lignite region Lusatia,聽 reports 聽technology website heise online. The ...
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 ...
04 Jun 2024, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Industry 91tv The states of eastern Germany are benefitting from the transition towards a climate neutral economy and are well-positioned to emerge as a strong industrial hub thanks to their ...
14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
22 Jul 2024, 13:10 Edgar Meza Citizens' energy Solar pv magazine Plug-in solar panels accounted for 200 megawatts (MW) of added photovoltaic (PV) power capacity in Germany in the first half of 2024, pv magazine reports, citing data from the Federal ...
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 ...
12 May 2022, 14:00 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Edgar Meza Renewables Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 16 federal states have sufficient space ...
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 ...
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 ...
25 Jan 2024, 13:13 Italy has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) large democratic economies, but its positions on climate policy often remain ambiguous, says Luca Bergamaschi, co-founder of the think tank Ecco Climate. He ...
23 Jun 2023, 10:00 As the two largest economies in the European Union, France and Germany, for at least a decade have acted as the bloc鈥檚 key drivers of more ambitious climate action. A glaring gap in the two countries鈥� energy policy has been exposed in ...
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 ...
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 ...
22 May 2020, 14:02 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Business & Jobs Clean ...
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 ...
29 Jun 2022, 13:00 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 Cars 91tv / Reuters Germany will ...
11 Nov 2022, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables EU 91tv The European Commission鈥檚 proposals for emergency measures to speed up the expansion of renewable energy would give Germany the opportunity to quickly implement a number of measures ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Wind BR24 / 91tv Bavaria鈥檚 controversial 10H rule, which sets a minimum distance between wind turbines and settlements, largely slowed down the expansion of wind power in the state, a report by the ...
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 ...
24 Oct 2024
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 ...
22 Feb 2024, 13:35 Two years after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, Germany continues to struggle with its full economic recovery 鈥� even if energy prices are losing in relevance for the country鈥檚 growth prospects. Presenting the ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
09 Aug 2016, 00:00 A study identifying potential risks for the energy transition in Germany finds the project to be overall 鈥渞obust and resilient鈥�. However, falling fossil fuel prices could pose a serious threat to the decarbonisation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ...
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 ...
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 ...
06 Nov 2023, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Finance Handelsblatt Raising private capital to fund the fast expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacity could face difficulties due to regulatory challenges in taxation law, fund manager association BVI said in ...
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 ...
28 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The launch of the latest offshore wind power auction could signal a 鈥渃ritical stage鈥� for the technology鈥檚 role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, the offshore wind industry has said. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
25 Mar 2020, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Passauer Neue Presse / 91tv The nuclear plant Gundremmingen in Bavaria will go offline until the end of March or early April due to a malfunctioning fuel element that needs replacing, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
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 ...
06 Feb 2024, 09:42 Germany is set to hold auctions to support the construction of new gas-fired power plants in the short term, which would then be converted to run on hydrogen in the mid-to-late 2030s, the ruling coalition said. The plants are considered ...
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 Sep 2024, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv / rbb German chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD) has narrowly defeated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to emerge as the strongest party in the ...
04 Oct 2022, 12:14 Edgar Meza Coal Society 91tv The town of L眉tzerath that has become a symbolic battle ground for climate activsits in Germany will be demolished to make room for a nearby coal mine, the state government of North-Rhine ...
23 Dec 2021, 13:13 A new German government has started its work shortly before Christmas, kicking off its four-year term with a key promise to make the country ready for its ambitious bid to become climate neutral before the middle of the century. At a ...
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 ...
19 Feb 2020, 18:30 To further its landmark energy transition, the Energiewende, Germany must concentrate on hydrogen technology to support the rollout of renewables, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In an in-depth review of Germany' ...
31 Jan 2025, 14:00 Poland鈥檚 energy transition is lagging and set to rely on natural gas as a bridge fuel and nuclear energy for baseload capacity. A far-right party is pushing against new renewable investment with a referendum on a pending new wind farm ...
11 Sep 2017, 00:00 Wind power lobby groups say new funding rules are resulting in unrealistically low compensation, squeezing wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers, while measures to help citizen-owned projects compete in the sector are being ...
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 ...
08 Sep 2015
08 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Rundschau Nuclear decommissioning: Environmental activists worried about security An alliance of 76 environmental groups is demanding stricter security standards and more public ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 91tv The German government will make a total of 4 billion euros available by 2026 to improve the state of natural ecosystems, with the goal of making them more resilient and ...
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 Jan 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv Military obstacles and air traffic control systems often stand in the way of the much-needed expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, but the problem could be resolved quickly, said wind energy ...
13 Feb 2015
13 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Night storage heating has comeback thanks to the Energiewende Night storage heating, ovens that take up power at night when there used to be an over-supply of cheap power and ...
22 Jun 2021, 12:56 The manifesto of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance for the upcoming national election remains vague on climate and energy, leaving plenty of leeway for possible government coalition negotiations with competitors like the Green ...
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 ...
12 Dec 2019, 13:14 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband ...
22 Sep 2021, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Wind 91tv Germany could install offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 60 gigawatts (GW), says a聽 study 聽by wind power consultancy WindGuard. According to the ...
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 ...
09 Mar 2022, 13:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables Security 91tv The pivot away from Russian energy imports will require Germany to double down on its energy transition efforts and apply a speed similar to that of Tesla with its new ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
16 Apr 2024, 13:06 Jennifer Collins Renewables 91tv The number of power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Germany grew by 323 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a market analysis by the country's energy agency (dena) ...
22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
27 Apr 2023, 12:57 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 91tv Energy ...
28 Mar 2022, 13:18 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Renewables Clean Energy ...
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 ...
09 Jan 2019, 13:53 Municipal utility chief executive Andreas Feicht will take on the role as Germany's energy state secretary on 1 February. With his appointment, economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier fills a position crucial to the progress of ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The strict minimum distance rules for new onshore wind turbines in Bavaria need to be relaxed to ensure a faster expansion of the renewable power source, the state鈥檚 economy minister Hubert ...
30 Nov 2016, 00:00 鈥淧utting energy efficiency first, achieving global leadership in renewable energies and providing a fair deal for consumers鈥� are the objectives of the EU Commission鈥檚 energy package. The paper presented on Wednesday, also dubbed 鈥渨inter ...
28 Jan 2022, 13:43 Expert NABU- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V. Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The planning for offshore wind power projects in German waters is ...
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 ...
30 Aug 2024, 12:47 Joey Grostern Coal Society K枚lner Stadt-Anzeiger / 91tv B眉rgewald, an empty village on the edge of the Hambach open-cast coal mine in the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia, has been bought back by the local ...
04 Jul 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv Germany can still achieve its 2030 climate targets as long as a number of requirements are met, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) concluded in a new report. These include the expansion ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Die Welt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called on the country鈥檚 states to massively ramp up their onshore wind power efforts, newspaper Die Welt reports. ...
17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 91tv / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
08 Nov 2023, 14:02 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
19 May 2023, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann International 91tv / Financial Times 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz must push for an accelerated phase-out of fossil fuels at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, as the issue has not featured prominently enough ...
23 Feb 2021, 11:56 Julian Wettengel Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv / Spiegel Renewables expansion in Germany and across the world is insufficient to help keep global temperature rise below 1.5掳C, a key goal of the Paris Climate ...
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 ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
22 Feb 2019, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv Grid operators TenneT and TransnetBW have presented their detailed plans for the route of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large north-south electricity line 鈥淪uedLink鈥�, running from windy Schleswig-Holstein down to ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 91tv / BR Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has reacted with irritation to a German nuclear plant operator鈥檚 objection to his plans for putting two of the remaining ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Policy EU 91tv Solar PV companies and several German states have agreed on a 10-point action plan to protect and strengthen the country鈥檚 solar power industry in order to ensure the planned large ...
12 Dec 2022, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Tagesspiegel Background / Bloomberg The first gas flows into the German grid from the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven are expected on 22 December, newspaper ...
27 Feb 2023, 13:48 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind dpa / Der Spiegel The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
28 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 As the European Union鈥檚 focus shifts away from climate action and towards increasing security and competitiveness, the question whether it will set a 90 percent emissions reduction target for 2040 has become central. Dave Keating *** ...
19 Aug 2022, 12:53 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The ...
13 Dec 2023, 14:38 Germany will earmark billions of euros less for climate and transformation projects every year until 2027 in order to make the government budget comply with constitutionally enshrined limits on borrowing. One month after a seminal ...
22 Jan 2019, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
28 Apr 2022, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The parliamentary group of the ruling conservative CSU in Bavaria has come out in favour of relaxing the strict wind power turbine distance rules in the southern German state,聽 reports ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:36 Jessica Bateman Renewables Elections & Politics Handelsblatt The incoming German coalition government鈥檚 ambitious energy and climate goals can only be achieved with industrial transformation on a scale never before seen in Germany, ...
12 Jun 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 91tv There is a gap of 41 billion euro in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public sector budgets over the next five years for investments and funding programmes dedicated to greening the economy, the country ...
13 Jul 2022, 12:57 Jessica Bateman Wind 91tv The German government鈥檚 ambitious offshore wind power expansion targets triggered a construction increase in the first half of 2022, although no turbines were built. According to a press release ...
25 Jan 2023, 13:10 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Several environmental NGOs call on the German government to align the more rapid buildout of renewable energy with protecting and expanding 鈥� green infrastructure 鈥� such as natural wetlands ...
21 Apr 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Renewables Solar Policy Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 green-led ministries of economics, agriculture and environment are bickering over using agricultural land for solar power,聽 reports 聽business daily Handelsblatt. ...
22 Nov 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The leader of four German states have asked the European Commission to pass a special wind energy quota for the country's South, arguing that the expansion of wind energy needs to 鈥減ick up ...
21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country鈥檚 industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
29 Sep 2021, 13:42 Olaf Scholz has led Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) to an unexpected win in the country's 2021 elections. The finance minister of chancellor Angela Merkel's outgoing government has led a campaign based on continuity with ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 91tv Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
19 Jan 2021, 12:18 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 bne- Association of Energy ...
21 Sep 2015
21 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 鈥淲orried about the climate鈥� The very hot and dry summer of 2015 was a sign of climate change, 46 percent of Germans believe. In contrast, 40 percent told ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:37 Russia is ready to use 鈥減retexts and invented reasons鈥� to obstruct Europe鈥檚 energy supply, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said as his government prepares for a possible full halt to natural gas trading with the country鈥檚 most ...
21 Dec 2021, 13:27 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 91tv 91tv Grid Utilities ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:12 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Nuclear phase-out pv magazine / Clean ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are well positioned to play a key role in a future global hydrogen economy- but must strengthen cooperation on infrastructure projects, said ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:46 Julian Wettengel Gas International 91tv / Zeit Online / t-online The NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has called on economy minister Robert Habeck to follow the example of the U.S. government and declare a moratorium ...
29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country鈥檚 large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:51 The European Commission unveiled a series of plans to make the bloc's industry more competitive, reduce energy costs and cut red tape. Germany's industry associations called the proposals an important first step in the right ...
11 Apr 2022, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Wind 91tv The number of construction permits issued for new onshore wind turbines in the first three months of 2022 fell 14 percent compared to the same period last year, wind energy industry association ...
03 Dec 2021, 13:18 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Renewables 91tv / dpa Germany's CO2 reduction by 2030 could more than double as a ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The grid 鈥渟tress test鈥� conducted by Germany's power transmission grid operators suggests that letting two of the remaining three nuclear plants in the country run longer than planned ...
16 Feb 2015
16 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕oodbye coal鈥� 鈥淣ow the British also have their Energiewende,鈥� Bj枚rn Finke comments on British plans to exit coal announced over the weekend. He argues London鈥檚 energy ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:05 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 91tv More than half of German companies say that the energy transition has negative effects on their competitiveness, shows the energy transition barometer survey by the German Chamber ...
17 Jul 2015
17 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) "European Commission has missed the opportunity for innovation in CO2 intensive materials" The EU Commission鈥檚 proposal for carbon leakage ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Renewables Changing weather patterns will boost the role of hydropower in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, Bavarian industry associations聽 have said. 鈥淒ue to increasingly rainy winter months, [we] expect an increase ...
27 May 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is set to miss its 2030 energy efficiency target if it relies only on its existing policy measures, a report commissioned by industry energy efficiency ...
15 Oct 2019, 12:27 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy surcharge (EEG surcharge) that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations will rise by about 5 percent to 6.756 cents per kilowatt hour (ct ...
16 Jul 2021, 12:44 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Cars EU 91tv To achieve its target of having 3.5 million e-car charging stations, the EU will have to increase the rate of expansion thirtyfold at the very least, the industry-sponsored ...
27 Mar 2024, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Solar Business & Jobs MDR Swiss photovoltaics manufacturer Meyer Burger has sealed the closure of its solar module plant in eastern German state Saxony, following news that the federal government is unlikely to ...
09 Mar 2015
09 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv German Insurance Association (GDV) Insurers keen to increase investments in renewable energy German insurers want to pour more money into renewables to profit from the reliable income streams they ...
04 Aug 2022, 13:55 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The expansion of onshore wind power in ...
04 May 2023, 09:35 Germany will contribute 2 billion euros to replenish a key funding mechanism to support climate action in developing countries, chancellor Olaf Scholz has said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin. Besides announcing the ...
10 Jul 2019, 12:56 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche ...
17 Jul 2020, 13:28 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The number of newly installed wind power ...
27 May 2016
27 May 2016, 00:00 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Panorama (ARD) 鈥淎bsurd Energiewende: climate law rewards electricity waste鈥� To be exempted from Germany's聽 Renewable Energy Act (EEG)聽 surcharge, 聽some companies just on 聽the threshold of ...
28 Mar 2023, 11:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv The governments of Germany and the Netherlands have agreed on closer cooperation to connect their respective hydrogen pipeline networks in the future, they said in a joint statement. 鈥淲e ...
07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
14 Jan 2021, 13:34 On its planned path to climate-neutrality by the middle of the century, Germany could achieve complete decarbonisation of its power sector already by 2040 鈥� and EU climate targets might even compel the country to greatly speed up the ...
17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 91tv Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
14 Jul 2021, 13:05 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal 91tv Germany's ...
16 Feb 2024, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Renewables Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The construction of hydrogen storage facilities beyond the existing caverns is crucial for the energy system of the future, especially as a basis for solar photovoltaics (PV) ...
13 Jan 2025, 10:15 A last-minute move by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to call for a delay to key EU sustainable finance legislation has caused dismay among observers from the finance industry and beyond. At a time when economic and political uncertainty is ...
01 Apr 2021, 13:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv Two German hard coal power stations and ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:25 With a wide range of measures to cut red tape and ease licensing procedures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal and state governments want to speed up investments in and construction of renewable power installations, transmission lines, hydrogen ...
09 Apr 2020, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv / dpa / Focus Online The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany has moderately picked up again in the first quarter of 2020, figures compiled by industry expert group Fachagentur Windenergie ...
16 May 2024, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 91tv To decarbonise freight transport more quickly, government action should prioritise the expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric trucks, said the German Council of ...
19 Jul 2019, 13:52 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Security BNetzA / Handelsblatt The German Federal Network ...
25 May 2020, 12:40 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale ...
09 Nov 2021, 12:54 Edgar Meza Wind dpa / Zeit Online / IWR A row over wind power expansion and wildlife protection in western German state North Rhine-Westphalia has led the state鈥檚 renewable energy association LEE to organize a demonstration against ...
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18 Nov 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Balance Sheet of Energiewende Germany has published an assessment of its national climate protection efforts. The government says Germany is making 鈥済ood ...
19 Jul 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv The number of operational onshore wind turbines installed in Germany has shrunk in the first six months of 2024, when 250 new installations were added while 280 older ones were taken ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:15 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Jessica Bateman Wind 91tv The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) specified in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
30 Aug 2021, 13:30 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Edgar Meza Industry Welt am Sonntag German energy giant RWE is accelerating the expansion of renewable energy sources, Guido M. Hartmann writes in Welt am Sonntag. ...
22 Dec 2021, 12:40 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Society 91tv The majority of German consumers support a faster transition from ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:05 German consumers are swarming to shops to buy electric heaters as fears of a true gas shortage caused by Russia's war on Ukraine rise, but experts warn this could pose problems for power supply security. The majority of heating and ...
02 May 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Solar 91tv Almost a third of Germany's residents are planning to install 鈥� or have already installed聽鈥� a small plug-in solar photovoltaic (PV) unit, often known as a balcony ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:18 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine ...
07 Sep 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out n-tv The German Green Party has rejected criticism from the conservative CDU/CSU opposition alliance over economy and climate minister Robert Habeck鈥檚 decision to put two of the country鈥檚 remaining ...
11 Jul 2024, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Business & Jobs More than one in five jobs in Germany are related to 鈥済reen activities鈥�, while less than one in 20 are in emission-intensive industries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
03 Feb 2020, 13:44 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Gas ...
26 Aug 2016, 00:00 In August, Germany held the fifth tender in its new auction pilot scheme for payments to large-scale solar projects. While officials overseeing the programme continue to praise its results and declining price levels, critics warn that ...
03 Apr 2024, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar Resources & Recycling 91tv Better recycling infrastructure is needed for discarded solar panels in Germany, especially as waste volume is set to increase in the coming years, according to a report by ...
12 Jun 2019, 13:26 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
26 Nov 2019, 13:04 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Expert TenneT Grid operator ...
06 May 2020, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Grid Renewables 91tv Germany's electricity supply can remain secure until 2050 as renewable energy installations and decentralised units such as storages will be able to contribute ...
05 Jun 2023, 14:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities Der Spiegel District heating could help to decarbonise up to 20 million of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 roughly 43 million households, if the government introduced the right subsidies and framework conditions, the industry ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:05 The Social Democrats (SPD) under chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz have narrowly won Germany's federal elections. According to preliminary final results, the SPD received 25.7 percent of votes, while the conservatives (CDU/CSU) ...
03 Apr 2020, 13:50 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Grid Storage 91tv A German data centre will for the first time be able to help ensure grid stability, says energy company RWE. Data centres ...
01 Oct 2019, 13:46 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Freja Eriksen Wind 91tv The targets for renewable power consumption and wind energy expansion on land set by the German government's new ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry and the operators of two of the country鈥檚 three remaining nuclear plants have agreed on a concept for keeping them in an emergency reserve beyond ...
23 Jul 2019, 13:52 Freja Eriksen Grid Cost & Prices 91tv A German court has ruled to revoke the so-called mixed-price system used to set prices on the energy balancing market. The Higher Regional Court of D眉sseldorf鈥檚 decision follows a ...
14 Jun 2024, 12:57 S枚ren Amelang Technology Resources & Recycling 91tv Extending the average lifespan of smartphones to between five and seven years could reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions from such devices by around half, ...
25 Oct 2019, 15:22 The share of renewable energy in Germany's gross power consumption reached a record of almost 43 percent in the first nine months of 2019. But a near halt in the country's onshore wind power expansion overshadows the ...
31 Mar 2021, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv The German parliament has let a deadline for implementing higher renewable energy capacity targets pass, causing both energy industry stakeholders and climate ...
18 Jan 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Government Handelsblatt The conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group opposition is calling on the German government to accelerate planning and approval procedures and greater investment in the expansion of ...
12 Feb 2019, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Storage Spiegel Online German grid operators plan to build three gigantic batteries with combined discharge capacity of 900 megawatts (MW) to relieve grid congestion from 2025, Manuel Berkel reports for Spiegel Online ...
29 Aug 2019, 12:55 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Wind 91tv The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) has ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:04 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 quest for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a substitute for halted Russian pipeline supplies entails significant risks regarding climate change mitigation, as the country鈥檚 demand could ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cities 91tv / Tagesspiegel Several boroughs in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 capital Berlin have rejected a new analysis commissioned by the senate to assess the prospects for onshore wind power installations on the city ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 91tv Building wind power turbines in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 woodlands is permissible and cannot be prohibited by individual states on the basis of their own environmental regulation, the country鈥檚 ...
06 Jun 2019, 17:11 Germany continues to be off track regarding many of its energy and climate targets according to the economy ministry鈥檚聽 latest progress report on the energy transition. In an accompanying opinion, government advisors lament that the ...
29 Jul 2020, 13:31 Expert Nordex Renewables Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs NDR / Recharge News Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex might be seeking help from the German government to cover losses in earnings due to ...
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03 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv BDEW / ZSW 鈥淩enewables share will likely rise to 33 percent in 2015鈥� Renewable energies are likely to cover around 33 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gross power consumption in 2015, research institute ZSW ...
10 Sep 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv / Reuters The investments in emission reductions by Germany's government need a "restart" that ends the current approach of "small measures" based on ...
01 Oct 2021, 11:34 After Spain hosted the COP25 in 2019 and many Spanish cities declared a climate emergency, the country's climate movement has grown 鈥� especially among young people. But the coronavirus pandemic slowed down this newfound momentum ...
06 Dec 2019, 15:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 91tv The German government will meet with state representatives in January to discuss how to expand renewable energy installations at a pace that will raise the share of renewables in ...
08 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Renewables 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ministries for the economy, the environment and construction have released a draft for translating the EU鈥檚 renewable energy directive (RED) into German law to speed up the roll-out of ...
14 May 2020, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen 91tv Germany can establish an initial grid for transporting green hydrogen made with renewables by 2030 at limited costs, according to the country's gas transmission grid operator umbrella ...
04 Sep 2019, 13:12 The expansion of Germany's most important renewable energy source, onshore wind, has almost come to a standstill. Bureaucratic hurdles and resistance to new turbines from different interest groups mean that only a handful of new ...
10 Nov 2020, 13:56 Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Wind 91tv Rules about bird protection will have to be standardised in all 16 states if Germany is to reach its wind power expansion targets, a group of energy industry associations have argued. ...
11 Feb 2019, 14:22 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Grid Cars Spiegel Online The roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany could lead to grid overload in ...
25 Apr 2025, 14:00 The aspiring German coalition government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to assume control at a time of unprecedented transatlantic turmoil for the EU. Amid a backlash against global climate policy led by the new US ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:03 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv The Bavarian Industry Association vbw's energy price index fell by nearly 30 percent in 2023, but the group says companies are still suffering from high energy ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:08 Kerstine Appunn Wind 91tv The May tender for building new onshore wind capacity in Germany has attracted fewer bidders than expected, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has said. After two rounds of oversubscribed auctions ...
24 May 2024, 14:00 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Clean ...
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19 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Federal Ministry for Energy and Economic Affairs (BMWi) Gabriel says wants round table on future of coal 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel has said he wants to establish a round table on the ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:19 Jennifer Collins Gas dpa Germany has no plans to downgrade from the "alert level" of its gas emergency plan, saying the supply situation remains "tense" two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine upended ...
27 Jan 2023, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Government Handelsblatt / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung No agreement was reached at a meeting by the German government coalition leadership convened to settle disputes over climate protection and the construction of ...
