21 Aug 2019, 12:02 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Transport dpa The revenues from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aviation ...
11 Nov 2019, 12:58 Expert Enercon GmbH Wind turbine manufacturer Wind Business & Jobs Technology Freja Eriksen Wind Business & Jobs dpa German wind turbine maker Enercon has announced it will cut up to 3,000 jobs, saying the federal government& ...
30 Aug 2016, 00:00 The German government and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on state-aid related aspects of the country鈥檚 new power market law and other energy policy issues, clearing the way for the 鈥渕ost important reform鈥� since the market ...
German car manufacturers are 鈥渨orld champions in restoring the past鈥�, but are not able to come up with new basic ideas for a radically changing world, writes Sebastian Matthes in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt. German engineers optimised the combustion ...
27 Apr 2016, 00:00 (CORRECTION- In paragraph five: Government and industry will invest 600 million euros each, not 600,000 million euros; in paragraph eight: government will invest an additional 400 million euros in charging stations, not 400,000 million ...
08 Dec 2021, 15:00 The September 2021 election result has left Germany with several options for a new government coalition. Agreeing it will involve lengthy negotiations to overcome major discrepancies between party programmes, and agreeing on a ...
15 Dec 2021, 13:42 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Finance Handelsblatt A new report by Swiss asset management firm Globalance Invest has examined the climatic impact of the 40 companies listed on the DAX, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading stock market index, and measured ...
Possible negotiations to extend 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grand coalition government should put a special focus on international competitiveness, as the US under President Donald Trump is increasingly becoming a rival, writes the Christian Democratic Party鈥檚 (CDU) energy ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind rbb Hundreds of wind turbines in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will be decommissioned this year because they will lose their guaranteed funding after 20 years in operation and can no longer be operated ...
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05 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Federal Environment Agency 鈥淓missions trading: industry鈥檚 emissions almost unchanged in 2015鈥� The CO鈧� emissions of German energy intensive industry remained virtually unchanged for the ...
15 Jul 2021, 14:04 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Solar 91tv Germany registered strong demand in its ...
29 Jan 2019, 13:40 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Energiewende Financial Times Agreeing on a phase-out plan for German coal was hard, implementing it will be harder still, writes Tobias Buck in an article for the Financial Times. Buck uses the ...
23 Jul 2020, 13:44 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 91tv The increasing demand for electric vehicles in Germany could become an important pillar of the country's ...
In light of the emissions scandal, Angela Merkel sees this year鈥檚 Frankfurt car show (IAA) as a 鈥渧ery special show,鈥� the Chancellor聽said in her weekly video podcast. 鈥淭he car industry is an important pillar of our economic success, and also of our ...
Economy minister Brigitte Zypries cautioned her Social Democrat colleague, environment minister Barbara Hendricks, not to agree to 鈥渦nreflected compromises鈥� in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) reform negotiations, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
28 Oct 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 91tv Germany's tourism regions urgently need to adapt as they are impacted by climate change in a multitude of ways that will damage many businesses, said a report ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:28 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Digitalisation Government Security Handelsblatt The Association of Energy Market Innovators (BNE), a lobby group of grid-independent energy suppliers in Germany, has criticised the German ...
13 Jul 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Solar Cost & Prices pv magazine Solar photovoltaics (PV) became the main source in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 net power production in the month of June while also achieving its highest price ever, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine, ...
By not publishing CO鈧� emissions test results, the federal government is protecting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 auto industry and thus hindering important innovation in efficiency and climate protection, writes Bernhard P枚tter in an opinion piece in taz. 鈥淚f in ten years ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:07 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 third solar PV ...
02 Nov 2020, 14:03 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Green ...
07 May 2019, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa The heads of government of eastern German lignite states Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have called for EU support to cope with the transition away from coal, news agency dpa reports in an article ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:12 Edgar Meza Bioenergy Hydrogen S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Bayernoil, Bavaria鈥檚 biggest oil refinery, is planning to move away from petrol and heating oil and towards e-fuels created with sustainably produced hydrogen, but legal uncertainties ...
13 Jan 2020, 13:54 Expert German Trade Union Association Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 91tv Labour unions are necessary for organising the collective ...
25 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany could play a decisive role in the global transition to renewable energy,聽Fatih Birol, executive director of the聽International Energy Agency (IEA ...
07 Jun 2021, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Digitalisation Technology Resources & Recycling 91tv A rising number of manufacturing companies in Germany use artificial intelligence to optimise product development and production, ...
The German car industry has high hopes for synthetic fuels, but their plans could backfire in light of global efforts to electrify transport, writes Jens Tartler in Tagesspiegel. Synthetic fuels, produced with the help of renewable electricity, could be ...
The job cuts announced by E.ON are a further example of the Energiewende鈥檚 impact on employment in the industry, according to coal mining union IG BCE. 鈥淭he conventional power industry does no longer earn enough money to pay its employees [鈥 That鈥檚 ...
11 Mar 2019, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices Welt Online Industrial giant Siemens wants to get rid of its nuclear energy legacy and shift responsibility for about 10,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste onto the German state, ...
Like other recent studies, the German Industry Association鈥檚 (BDI) study shows that cutting emissions by 80 percent by 2050 is technically and economically feasible, writes Andreas Mihm in an editorial in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. But the ...
05 May 2021, 12:37 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 Edgar Meza Energiewende Clean Energy ...
Germany will initiate a domestic battery cell production in the framework of the federal government鈥檚 upcoming industrial strategy, said economy minister Peter Altmaier at a press conference after a meeting with Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission ...
"Many election manifesto pledges concerning the German energy transition project appear to be based on wishful thinking and contain little information about the measures required or the expected costs," writes Deutsche Bank Research in a paper ...
02 Jun 2021, 13:21 Voters in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt will head to the ballot box on 6 June to elect a new state government. Home to one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three main coal mining regions, the state is dealing with the transition away from lignite ...
16 Mar 2020, 14:27 Rachel Waldholz Cars Handelsblatt / Der Spiegel A public hearing on Tesla鈥檚 proposed e-car factory outside Berlin has been postponed indefinitely because of concerns over the coronavirus,聽the business daily Handelsblatt reports. ...
German companies booked revenues of some 66 billion euros with products and services aimed at environmental and climate protection in 2015, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW K枚ln) says in a report. Metal working and electronics manufacturers ...
The current narrative that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 mighty car industry has failed to jump on the electric mobility bandwagon at the right time is a distortion of reality- and the country is on track to become a leading producer of electric vehicles, Christoph M. ...
02 May 2022, 14:14 Voters in the northern wind power state of Schleswig-Holstein head to the polls this Sunday (8 May) to elect a new parliament in one of the regions most crucial to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 efforts to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports and massively ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:14 Expert Climate Neutrality Foundation Stiftung Klimaneutralit盲t Climate & CO2 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Industry Efficiency Julian Wettengel Agriculture 91tv The Climate Neutrality Foundation has proposed a ...
03 Jun 2021, 12:14 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is aiming for higher renewables expansion targets for 2030 as part of ...
German port industries and state politicians call for removing the cap on offshore wind power expansion, Jan Peter Naumann writes in DVZ 鈥� Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung. The current expansion corridor of 15 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 had to be expanded to 30GW by ...
The landmark court ruling on diesel driving bans causes 鈥渁larm in diesel country,鈥� because 60 to 80 percent of all cars sold by Audi, Daimler, and BMW in Germany in the past years had a diesel engine, writes Thomas Fromm in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淭his ...
Closely monitored regulations on the car industry should be implemented on an EU level, as this is 鈥渁pparently difficult鈥� within Germany, Martin Unfried writes in an opinion piece for tageszeitung (taz). Unfried says the German government is too cosy with ...
28 May 2021, 13:29 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 push to replace conventional power with renewables like wind and solar PV has not only altered its energy system and shaken up established energy utility giants, it has also turned millions of Germans into electricity ...
Achieving a 65 percent share of renewables in power consumption by 2030, as determined by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition, will require a clear regulatory framework and parallel investments in infrastructure, work on which must start as soon as possible, ...
11 May 2020, 13:44 Edgar Meza Gas Hydrogen Technology Handelsblatt/Energate Messenger German research minister Anja Karliczek, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party, is pushing for a prompt government decision on a national ...
09 Oct 2019, 10:40 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Gas Utilities Heating 91tv Most ...
12 Jan 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Member countries of the EU should have the option to temporarily opt out of the planned emissions trade for transport and buildings when it comes ...
Germany needs an end date for coal-fired power production and for internal combustion engines in cars to make progress in emissions reduction and ensure that its industries do not fall behind others in developing technologies of the future, Michael Nelles ...
10 Jan 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government dpa / n-tv Germany's Court of Auditors has criticised the supplementary budget presented by finance minister Christian Lindner, which rededicates billions of euros reserved for ...
27 Aug 2021, 13:29 Expert European Energy Exchange (EEX) Electricity Electricity market Gas Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 91tv The first sell-off ...
23 Mar 2021, 13:03 Julian Wettengel Cities 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 municipalities and the federal environment ministries have agreed that municipalities will receive better counsel and support for efforts to adapt to a changing climate. The government ...
06 Mar 2020, 14:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Germany's banks say the country should push for EU-wide rules on sustainable finance, instead of creating its own "counterproductive" framework. In reaction to the first interim ...
08 Oct 2019, 14:10 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 91tv High incomes in Germany should be taxed more to generate funds for ...
鈥淐onsiderable legal concerns鈥� could stand in the way of German farmers鈥� demand for recurring compensation payments if power lines are built on their land, according to a law firm report commissioned by energy industry association the German Association of ...
08 Apr 2020, 15:30 The coronavirus crisis is driving many economies around the globe into recession, leading policymakers to draw up unprecedented spending plans to cushion the impact and enable recoveries. Activists, environmental think tanks and others ...
02 Mar 2020, 14:01 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Most banks in Germany lack proper preparation to cope with risks stemming from climate change and will have a hard ...
A CO 2 tax or European wide minimum price for CO 2 emissions as suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron is worth thinking about, writes Andreas Mihm in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The current system is 鈥渋nefficient, prone to lobby interests ...
18 Dec 2019, 13:25 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Hamburger ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:31 S枚ren Amelang Cars EU Spiegel Online The German transport ministry wants to prevent attempts to step up the climate ambitions of the EU's future car fleet emission targets,聽 reports 聽Der Spiegel. According to documents seen by the ...
The next government must put much more emphasis on energy efficiency measures if climate targets are to be reached, according to the German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF). In an open letter addressed to Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 ...
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 ...
Unions want to push car industry managers to speed up the transition to emission-free mobility, reports weekly magazine Der Spiegel. Powerful metalworkers鈥� union IG Metall plans to publish a paper on 鈥淐utting CO 2 pollution in individual transport鈥�, write ...
The two major German insurance companies Allianz and Munich Re have until now often been viewed as 鈥渂eing in the camp of climate activists鈥�, but a study by NGO Unfriend Coal now suggests both companies are quite active in insuring Poland鈥檚 coal industry, ...
04 Apr 2019, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Hydrogen Business & Jobs dpa / Focus Online An exclusive focus on supporting the development of battery electric mobility would be a risky strategy for German carmaker Daimler as it neglects other promising ...
Germany does not even come close to its claim of being a leading market for e-mobility, writes Lukas Bay in a commentary for the Handelsblatt. 鈥淕ermany makes lots of announcements, but delivers very little.鈥� German carmakers still don鈥檛 have attractive e ...
21 Feb 2020, 14:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables 91tv Power generation with solar panels and bioenergy plants has reached a new record level in Bavaria, the German state's economy ministry has said. Final data for 2018 ...
Several German states are demanding that the federal government and the EU should protect the steel industry from stricter environmental regulations and rising electricity costs, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. In a draft of the joint final statement for ...
23 Dec 2020, 13:54 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt Hydrogen technology can become a key component of Siemens Energy鈥檚 business model, the company鈥檚 CEO, Christian Bruch, told Handelsblatt in an interview. ...
02 Jul 2019, 14:09 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar 91tv For the first time, solar energy topped the list of sources for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 net public electricity ...
22 Dec 2021, 13:50 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government coalition is set to markedly strengthen the country鈥檚 European and international climate policy efforts and use the presidency of the G7 next year to advance the establishment of a global 鈥渃limate club鈥� and new ...
12 Mar 2021, 13:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 91tv The sales of bicycles and e-bikes in Germany increased by 16.9 percent in 2020 compared to the year before, amounting to 6.44 billion euros, the German bicycle industry association (ZIV) ...
17 Aug 2021, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv Promoting agroforestry, reforestation, sustainable forest management and, in particular, the rewetting of peatland soils have an important role to play in preserving and ...
Industry energy prices in Bavaria were 鈥渁pparently completely stable鈥�, writes Tilman Weber for Erneuerbare Energien. According to an analysis by the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw), higher oil, hard coal, natural gas and electricity costs drove up the ...
17 Feb 2020, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Gas Renewables Hydrogen Germany's environment minister Svenja Schulze has proposed to speed up the large-scale use of renewable hydrogen with a quota for aeroplane fuels and tenders for production.聽 "For me it is ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:10 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Government EU 91tv France and Germany, who have recently been at odds over the future role of nuclear and gas, will intensify their cooperation on climate action in Europe and work ...
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26 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv IRENA 鈥淕ermany remains highest EU renewables employer鈥� Germany remains the highest EU renewables employer with about 355,000 jobs, despite a 4 percent decline in employment in the ...
Power plants of the mining and manufacturing sectors produced 10.4 percent of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gross electricity in 2015, with 50 terawatt hours (TWh), reports Germany's statistics agency Destatis. Most power of the industrial plants is used for self ...
The Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 79 people in London last summer has led to scepticism of the insulation industry and made it more difficult to achieve the German energy transition goal of greater efficiency in the heating sector, Mechtild ...
04 Dec 2019, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 91tv Danish offshore wind company Orsted and German chemical maker Covestro have signed the world's biggest purchase agreement for an offshore wind farm planned without support payments. ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Carbon removal Technology Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies will be required on a large scale in a climate-neutral economy, but these only make sense in combination with direct air ...
14 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables WirtschaftsWoche German economic affairs and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said his ministry will submit new calculations for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 expected energy demand in the coming years due to ...
18 Dec 2018, 09:35 The role of gas 鈥� both in its natural form and as a CO2-neutral variety made with renewable power 鈥� will be one of the hottest topics on Germany's 2019 energy transition agenda, according to Carsten Rolle, secretary of the World ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:00 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Utilities 91tv German energy companies RWE and innogy are jointly looking into large-scale production of green hydrogen and ...
Large-scale installations used for storing renewable power as gas (power-to-gas) would be an interesting prospect for the east German lignite mining region of Lusatia, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze. Speaking at an event organised by the ...
The car industry lobby often claims that it provides one in seven jobs in Germany, but the true number is one in 25, write Matthias Breitinger and Tina Groll in an analysis for weekly magazine Die Zeit. But the carmakers are better positioned in e ...
13 Mar 2019, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars dpa / Focus Online Germany needs 10 million electric cars on the road by 2030 to reach its climate targets, according to transport minister Andreas Scheuer. He聽 told newswire dpa in an article ...
30 Sep 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance COP26 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A month ahead of the international climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, 220 financial institutions call on 1,600 companies to define solid targets to reduce their greenhouse ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 politicians and companies are squandering the country鈥檚 leading role in climate protection even though the energy transition can benefit the economy, according to a ten-page special report in business daily Handelsblatt by Silke Kersting and ...
15 Mar 2019, 13:49 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Utilities Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and energy ...
The number of electric cars in Germany could rise to between 23 and 29 million by 2040, and building the necessary charging infrastructure will be a business worth billions of euros, according to a study conducted by Aurora Energy Research comparing the ...
The leaders of the G7 must fully commit to climate protection and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and industry 鈥渘eeds more than a minimum consensus鈥�, said Dieter Kempf, president of Federation of German Industries (BDI), in a press release. 鈥淣o ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalling support for an eventual combustion engine ban is putting the onus solely on the car industry, writes Horst Teltschik, former board member at carmaker BMW and former foreign policy advisor of the German government ...
10 Aug 2021, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency ...
11 Jun 2021, 14:14 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Heating 91tv Agora Energiewende * and the聽 Climate Neutrality Foundation 聽have unveiled a聽 roadmap 聽aimed at facilitating the necessary heating transition to make the building sector ...
13 Jun 2019, 13:16 S枚ren Amelang Storage Cars Deutsche Welle German carmaker VW has acquired a 20 percent stake in Swedish car battery maker Northvolt, which raised 900 million euros in cash to finance the construction of Europe鈥檚 biggest car battery cell ...
Workforce representatives of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 car industry fear 鈥渕assive job losses鈥� due to the transition from the combustion engine to electric drives, write Nikolaus Doll and Philipp Vetter in Die Welt. In a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, works ...
The European Commission鈥檚 proposal on limiting average CO鈧� emissions from new cars is already ambitious, and the German government should not push for even stricter limits, Stephan Weil (SPD), premier of carmaker Volkswagen鈥檚 home state of Lower Saxony, ...
22 Sep 2020, 14:00 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
26 Nov 2019, 12:58 S枚ren Amelang Coal 91tv Europe's mining regions call for EU support for "clean coal" technologies to ease their transition, but climate activists warned the coal exit must not be delayed by promoting " ...
The European Commission has endorsed German exemptions from the renewables levy (EEG surcharge) for all existing self-suppliers of electricity (i.e. those that entered into operation before August 2014), as well as for new self-suppliers using renewable ...
European countries must increase their focus on supply security and safeguard their solidarity in critical power supply situations, according to a joint appeal by energy industry associations. The continent is no longer characterised by a large supply of ...
25 Sep 2018, 14:33 Europe needs a common standard for sustainable finance and investment regulation to ensure that the financial sector contributes to the transition to a low-carbon economy, financial industry representatives said at a green finance ...
The ministers鈥� agreement on EU car CO鈧� emissions limits would 鈥渕ark no less than the end of the car industry as we know it,鈥� writes Markus Fasse in an opinion piece in Handelsblatt, adding that it would basically push combustion engine cars out of the ...
French President Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 call for a European price of 25-30 euro per tonne of CO鈧� has received mixed reactions in Germany, reports Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. German utilities argue that the proposed scheme would put the ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 foreign minister and former SPD head Sigmar Gabriel says his party should focus less on environmental and climate protection and instead emphasise topics that concern its traditional voting bloc, such as industrial job security and upholding ...
Social Democratic (SPD) chancellor candidate Martin Schulz calls for a binding European e-mobility quota as a consequence of the diesel scandal, reports Peter Fahrenholz for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). 鈥淲ith a binding European e-mobility quota we will ...
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 ...
21 Dec 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Transport Freight 91tv Despite increasingly ambitious climate targets, truck traffic in Germany reached a record level last year, according to pro-rail group Allianz pro Schiene. The market ...
08 Nov 2017, 00:00 Following intense lobbying by German carmakers, the EU has proposed car emission targets that will be insufficient to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets in the transport sector, according to environmental organisations. Critics said the ...
03 Nov 2020, 13:40 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Hydrogen 91tv ...
Representatives of the electricity and gas grid industry in Germany are looking for solutions to run their businesses in an 鈥渁ll-electric world鈥� where the sectors of power generation, transport and heating are linked, a gathering at the Treffpunkt Netze ...
The diesel scandal is only the tip of the iceberg of the German car industry鈥檚 troubles and neither the manufacturers鈥� CEOs nor Chancellor Angela Merkel have grasped the gravity of the crisis, writes Heribert Prantl in an opinion piece in S眉ddeutsche ...
26 Feb 2019, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society WDR A slim majority of 51 percent of citizens in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest coal state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), say the 2038 deadline to give up all coal-fired power production in the country is 鈥渢oo late鈥�, ...
25 Feb 2019, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Technology 91tv An international research project aims to assess the potential of geothermal energy as a replacement for coal-powered heating in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 western state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). ...
24 Jan 2017, 00:00 Germany's economy and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel will not run for Chancellor in this year's federal election. Gabriel plans to step down from his current role to head the foreign office instead, various news outlets ...
Biogas production in Germany has a lot of untapped potential for contributing to the country鈥檚 climate targets and needs a proper long-term strategy to make sure it is put to the best possible use, lobby group Fachverband Biogas says in a press release. ...
A sober look at German carmakers and utilities reveals that their constant talk about sustainability is not backed up by actions, writes Bert Fr枚ndhoff in a commentary for the business website Handelsblatt Global. The car industry provided the best ...
The G20 should boost the innovative strength of industry and accelerate technology development, so that it can 鈥渕ake its maximum contribution to climate protection,鈥� writes Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and CEO of BASF, and ...
According to the wind industry, German turbine operators supported under the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) should be able to sell their electricity directly to companies, reports Klaus Stratmann in the Handelsblatt. Until now, renewable electricity supported ...
01 Apr 2019, 13:42 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 Policy Clean ...
27 Aug 2019, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Wind Hydrogen NDR Germany's northern coastal states are set to expand their efforts to bring hydrogen production from wind power to an industrial scale and better use the turbines' energy potential, ...
31 May 2019, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang Cars 91tv Germany will extend in its current form for another year a bonus scheme to encourage people to buy electric cars, disappointing some officials who had called for a top-up of support payments. Economy ...
06 Jan 2023, 11:03 Germany and the EU must focus on reducing their dependence on raw materials that are critical for key energy transition technologies this year, says economist and government advisor Veronika Grimm. 鈥淲e are [faced] with the task of more ...
02 Jun 2021, 12:09 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Agriculture 91tv German agriculture minister Julia Kl枚ckner has presented a model for financially rewarding ...
01 Mar 2022, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas Wind 91tv / Spiegel / Bloomberg The German government is set to introduce a law to prescribe minimum levels for the country鈥檚 gas storages, according to economy and climate ministry plans seen by ...
The German hydrogen electrolysis sector must become a 鈥済igawatt industry鈥� for Germany to reach its climate targets, according to a new study by Fraunhofer ISE, Fraunhofer IPA and E4tech, commissioned by the federal transport ministry (BMVI). The ...
16 Aug 2018, 16:59 While touring critical power grid projects in northern Germany, energy minister Peter Altmaier also faced a troubled wind industry that fears its golden years in the country are over. Under pressure from workers and local politicians, ...
Six major German energy industry associations have called on the country鈥檚 next government to implement a storage strategy and make storage facilities 鈥渢he fourth pillar鈥� of the energy system, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. The letter, co-signed ...
29 Apr 2021, 12:00 Kerstine Appunn Grid Tagesspiegel Background 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power transmission grid operators聽(TSO)聽have said that the construction of key electricity lines will likely be delayed by several years,聽 reports Jakob Schlandt in Tagesspiegel ...
05 Apr 2023, 11:36 Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a 鈥渢urning point鈥� in the country鈥檚 adaptation efforts, the plans will also ...
21 May 2019, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 91tv Household electricity prices in the European Union (EU) on average have increased to 21.1 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) in the second half of 2018, a 3.5 percent increase over the ...
08 Nov 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The rising price for emissions allowances in the EU's trading system ETS is increasing the price of cement, giving German building material giant ...
German Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz has unveiled a ten-point plan for a better Germany in his quest to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel in the 24 September elections. The party鈥檚 goals include massive investment in infrastructure, including in ...
29 Oct 2019, 08:40 91tv is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how Germany's energy transition is transforming the commercial landscape. To showcase these big changes in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, this new series ...
The聽 decision by logistics company Deutsche Post DHL to double production of its self-developed electric van 聽is an embarrassment for established truckmakers, according to an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭he industry believed for a long ...
According to German Solar Industry Association BSW, the industry鈥檚 business climate has reached a seven-year high, reports Brian Parkin for Bloomberg. The association said it expects solar companies鈥� order books to keep growing in the coming months thanks ...
With about 100,000 new solar heaters in 2016, a total of 2.2 million solar heating systems are now installed in Germany, the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) and the Association of Heating Industry (BDH) say in a joint press release. 鈥淭he ...
26 Jul 2021, 12:25 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Transport 91tv / WirtschaftsWoche / ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:47 Jessica Bateman Business 91tv Private sector employees in Germany are largely in favour of their companies opting for tougher climate protection measures but are sceptical about their implementation, a survey commissioned ...
Low water levels in the Rhine river after a prolonged drought have disrupted fuel and chemical supplies on the vital European trade route, sparking concern over potential economic impact and raising questions about how climate change will hit Europe鈥檚 ...
10 Sep 2019, 14:27 Facing an unprecedented wave of climate protests, Germany's trio of car groups, BMW, Daimler and VW, put their sustainability ambitions at the centre of their presentations at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). In an unprecedented ...
06 Jan 2020, 14:14 Expert EWI- Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Freja Eriksen Renewables ...
07 Jan 2019, 15:55 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Fossil fuels Renewables CORRECTION: Research institute Fraunhofer ISE calculates the share of renewables based on net power generation, which excludes self-production by industrial companies or ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:24 Sven Egenter Cars Business & Jobs dpa / tagesschau.de German car part supplier Bosch will cut around 2,600 jobs in the coming years because the demand for diesel and petrol cars is waning, according to a report by newsagency dpa run ...
25 Oct 2019, 14:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 91tv Germany's Sustainable Finance Advisory Council (SFC) is in disagreement about the extent to which financial actors should be obligated to align their business with sustainability goals. ...
06 Jan 2020, 14:10 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
Nigeria, Africa鈥檚 most populous country and largest economy, can cover a big share of its growing energy demand with solar power, the German industry lobby group BSW Solar says in a press release. In an in-depth analysis of Nigeria鈥檚 solar power potential ...
09 May 2019, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance AFP / Handelsblatt Allianz, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading insurer, aims to make its investments completely climate-neutral by the middle of the century, company CEO OIiver B盲te told shareholders, news agency AFP reports. ...
10 Mar 2020, 13:11 Rachel Waldholz Transport Der Spiegel The steep drop in air travel caused by the coronavirus outbreak is reducing carbon emissions in the short-term, but the economic hit could undermine the aviation industry鈥檚 commitment to longer term ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable levy聽 decreases for the second year in a row, but the government should lower household power prices by abolishing exemptions for companies that do not compete internationally, writes Joachim Wille in an editorial in the Frankfurter ...
The German solar industry is confident that the country鈥檚 renewables expansion targets and the growing impact of energy storage solutions will boost the sector鈥檚 progress, Welt Online reports. Carsten K枚rnig, head of the German Solar Industry Association ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:50 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Utilities 91tv Undecided political issues are by far the greatest ...
19 May 2021, 13:34 Edgar Meza International dpa John Kerry, the U.S. presidential envoy for climate, called for greater global efforts in the fight against climate change during his visit to Berlin on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reports. Global ...
06 Sep 2021, 13:49 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices Focus / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel The German Taxpayers Federation is calling for an end to the high state subsidies for electric vehicles, news weekly Focus reports. The federation鈥檚 call follows on ...
16 Apr 2021, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Mobility Transport dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany must ramp up its transition to low-emission buses, transport minister Andreas Scheuer has said. "In order to achieve our climate targets in ...
The European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the EU鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 40 percent to 45 percent relative to 1990 levels is misguided, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Deputy Director Holger L枚sch says in a statement. ...
11 Mar 2019, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Government 91tv Most homeowners in Germany support the country鈥檚 transition towards a low-carbon economy but are unhappy with the project鈥檚 slow progress, a survey commissioned by heating ...
The diesel engine could remain the most economic option for many drivers if the car industry manages to get clean diesel cars to the market at affordable prices, Eric Heymann writes in a note for Deutsche Bank Research. The industry must regain trust and ...
29 Jul 2019, 13:39 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Storage 91tv The production of so-called power-to-x fuels must be regulated in ...
13 Jan 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Government Der Tagesspiegel The existing combustion engine vehicle fleet in Germany cannot be made climate-neutral by switching to synthetic e-fuels, new transport minister Volker Wissing has said. In an interview ...
06 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks on phasing out coal in power generation. The aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 ongoing shift to renewable power. The government on ...
26 Apr 2019, 12:56 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Reuters / Tagesspiegel Background German refineries have adequate oil stocks if import flows on the Russian Druzhba pipeline were to be halted, a spokesman for industry group MWV ...
Mining Union IG BCE, which represents many workers at car industry suppliers and is a fierce opponent of a quick coal exit, has called for a 鈥渇uture commission transport transition鈥� shortly after the upcoming elections, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
14 May 2021, 14:14 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Society Agriculture Tofu sausages, veggie burgers and other plant-based alternatives to meat are quickly becoming more popular in Germany, but their share remains tiny when compared to animal products. ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:15 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Gas International Security 91tv German government officials, MPs and experts have criticised U.S. plans to tighten sanctions on the contentious natural gas pipeline project Nord ...
26 Jul 2018
26 Jul 2018, 16:22 Following last year鈥檚 strong growth, wind energy expansion in the first half of 2018 dropped substantially. Wind power groups are calling on the government to launch the special auctions for renewable energies that it agreed to hold in ...
Representatives of industry, civil society and science call for an internationally coordinated price system for CO鈧� emissions in a guest commentary in Die Zeit. The Federation of German Industries (BDI), environmental NGO Germanwatch and the Mercator ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:35 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy ...
The auto sector will remain one of the steel industry's biggest customers, because the switch to e-mobility demands large quantities of steel for component parts, charging stations, power grids and power stations, Helmut B眉nder writes for聽Frankfurter ...
The Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce has warned against planned legislation to standardise electricity grid fees across the country, the聽Rheinische Post reports. The organisation, which represents business interests in the region appealed to ...
A large-scale shift to e-cars would drastically reduce the number of people employed in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 car manufacturing sector, Richard Rother writes in taz. 鈥� Replacing cars with combustion engines with e-cars will eliminate a large part of value creation,鈥� ...
10 Jan 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Efficiency Die Welt Increasing efficiency is crucial for the success of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, but there has been little progress on the issue, which is strongly neglected in comparison to ...
31 Aug 2021, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next German government must massively increase climate action efforts in order to triple the current average annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions, ...
The demand for electricity storage solutions will increase substantially in Germany in the next decade, with battery and heat storages expected to grow the fastest, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) among ...
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 assessment of why his Social Democratic party suffered so many losses in recent elections is 鈥渉ypocritical鈥�, J枚rg Staude says in a commentary for klimaretter.info. Gabriel said his party had neglected its voters鈥� core ...
A concerted lobbying effort by German carmakers was crucial in watering down new EU car fleet emission targets for the period after 2021, reports S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淚t seems a call from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chief car lobbyist, [car industry association VDA head] ...
24 Aug 2021, 13:01 The Social Democrats- emerging from a legislative period with a 鈥済reat deal of dissent鈥� in energy policy with its conservative coalition partner- are hoping to find new partners and new ways to drive forward the expansion of renewable ...
25 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany is hosting this year鈥檚 international climate summit (COP23) in Bonn. The conference will be about establishing the trust in mutually agreed rules on climate protection, says Carsten Rolle, head of the energy and climate policy ...
Many of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 medium-sized industrial companies say they are under pressure from rising electricity costs, and businesses want the government to cut levies that fund 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables expansion, writes Klaus Stratmann in the Handelsblatt Online. ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 offshore wind industry calls on the next federal government to increase the expansion corridors for offshore wind to at least 20 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 (at the moment: 15 GW), and to 30 GW by 2035, according to a joint press release issued by ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks says the EU environment council鈥檚 proposal for a reform of the Union鈥檚 emissions trading system (ETS) is a success for climate protection and the industry alike. In a press release by the environment ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:39 The German government, its coal mining states and several major utilities have agreed on a roadmap for shutting down the country's lignite-fired power plants and on compensation payments for operators. Many analysts and ...
Three years after the uncovery the diesel scandal, transport minister Andreas Scheuer is pushing carmakers to more rapidly advance the transition to electric mobility, according to a dpa article carried by Berliner Morgenpost. At the 鈥� diesel summit 鈥� ...
An聽 announcement by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest carmakers that they will substantially increase the share of electric vehicles in their product portfolios has turned the tide in the market for e-car charging stations, Axel H枚pner writes for Handelsblatt. Large ...
German policymakers could agree to a European carbon floor price of 20 euros per tonne, Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of French oil company Total, has said according to Reuters. Back in September, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested a minimum CO 2 price of ...
Gearing the financial system towards sustainable or 鈥檊reen鈥� investment is increasingly becoming part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate protection policies, but politicians should be wary not to repeat the mistakes made in the country鈥檚 energy transition legislation, ...
04 Jul 2019, 12:43 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv More than 60 local German utilities have called for the introduction of a mandatory share of renewables-based gases to be added to the country鈥檚 natural gas supply for sectors not covered ...
The German federal government must implement the promised additional tenders for offshore wind energy without delay and must also rapidly increase the expansion paths for all renewable energy sources, the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) ...
In Art & Coal, a major exhibition in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Ruhr region, artists explore the 900-year-old culture of coal mining as the country鈥檚 last two mines prepare to close, writes Sunaina Kumar in an article for the online art magazine and blog website ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:27 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 Julian Wettengel Gas Heating ...
27 Apr 2018, 00:00 The Energiewende is an indispensable project even if future economic returns remain uncertain, according to Christoph M. Schmidt, president of the RWI- Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, and chair of the German Council of Economic ...
18 Sep 2019, 12:30 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv Companies in Germany's ...
10 Jan 2019, 09:15 The German coal exit commission is set to deliver its final recommendations for the country鈥檚 coal exit in February 2019, but this report is likely to be only the beginning of a long and controversial policymaking process in the country ...
The number of free emissions allowances allocated to industrial companies competing at a global level under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) should not be rigidly restricted, because too few allocations may result in carbon leakage, according to a ...
The German wind power industry keeps jumping from one output and price record to another, but it is nevertheless headed for a slump in 2019 if policymakers do not intervene soon, J眉rgen Gei脽inger, CEO of German turbine producer Senvion, says in a guest ...
In a joint press release, regional branches of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE), the Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall) and the German Trade Union Association (DGB) have called on the future Schleswig-Holstein government 鈥渢o continue to ...
Several industry representatives support the call to abolish the electricity tax in Germany, writes Jens Tartler in Tagesspiegel. Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) and German Engineering Federation (VDMA) argue that power ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest federal state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), must do its bit for climate protection without losing its status as leading industrial location, NRW鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft said at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest energy trade-fair E-World in ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial heavyweight Siemens did not anticipate the rapid decline in renewable energy prices, particularly solar photovoltaic (PV) power, and consequently it had to implement significant layoffs in its conventional energy branch to compensate ...
The costs of financing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transition to a low-carbon economy should be more fairly distributed, as low-income households currently spend a higher share of their income on the electricity levies and taxes that help finance the Energiewende, writes ...
The 鈥渕arket slump鈥� in the German wind power sector, which continues to lead to job cuts at manufacturers and suppliers, is caused by government regulation, writes the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) in a press release. 鈥淥n the one hand, the federal ...
07 Apr 2020, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 91tv The slump in wind power expansion in Germany has prevented a new record for investments in the technology in Europe, industry association WindEurope says in an analysis of 2019 financing trends ...
13 Sep 2019, 13:24 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections ...
15 Jun 2020, 08:46 The independent expert commission in charge of monitoring Germany's energy transition says the European Green Deal requires the country to do more to fight climate change. The government advisors say a quicker-than-planned coal ...
18 Nov 2021, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Hydrogen 91tv Germany will not be able to import enough renewable hydrogen to reach the targets laid out in its national hydrogen strategy, according to an analysis conducted by the ...
18 Aug 2021, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Coal dpa / rbb / Spiegel Online Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has said Germany should stick to its existing timetable for exiting coal no later than 2038. "We have made ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 cities have warned for over a year that the car industry is headed for a front crash since first court hearings in the context of emissions limit violations by diesel cars had started, Jasper van Altenbockum writes in an op-ed for Frankfurter ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:50 Charlotte Nijhuis Start-ups 91tv The next German government should provide more financial support for the founding and scaling of climate tech start-ups, argues the German Energy Agency (dena) on the basis of a new report ...
The German car industry has not given up yet on its highly profitable combustion engine, reports Sebastian Schaal for business magazine WirtschaftsWoche. 鈥淓lectric propulsion remains Plan B, because Plan A is simply working too well,鈥� he wrote. At an ...
10 Sep 2019, 13:43 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Efficiency 91tv The draft law aimed ...
The influential Federation of German Industries (BDI) has called on the government to come up with a strategy to secure the supply of scarce raw materials for 鈥渇uture technologies鈥� needed for e-mobility, digitalisation, and the energy transition. 鈥淭he ...
Small- and medium-sized suppliers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 mighty carmakers should receive more financial support to accomplish the shift to e-mobility and lower vehicle emissions as proposed by the EU, the economy ministers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states were quoted by ...
The law aimed at facilitating the use of solar panels in inner cities by allowing tenants to consume electricity generated on their roofs fails to bring about the desired effects, the industry lobby group BSW Solar says in a press release. The effectivity ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:17 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Kerstine Appunn Technology Clean Energy ...
29 Mar 2018, 00:00 A new government with fresh faces for environment, energy, and transport policy is supposed to bring Germany's dented reputation as a climate policy pioneer back on track. Critics point out that apart from ambitious announcements, ...
A sharp emissions reduction by 2050 will likely benefit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy, according to a study summary draft by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) seen by 91tv. An 鈥�80 percent climate path is possible with a neutral to positive effect ...
Businesses including Daimler, Audi, Caterpillar, Bosch, and energy company ENBW, are teaming up with scientists in the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg to explore the potential for, and large-scale production of, synthetic fuels, the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
11 Mar 2019, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Society 91tv / Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung Leading German climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has called for a substantial shift in strategy for the tourism industry to make sure that ...
03 Sep 2019, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy ...
Stefan Kapferer, head of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest energy industry association BDEW (Association of Energy and Water Industries), says the country鈥檚 next government would be prudent to repeal the electricity tax. The tax "can no longer be justified" and ...
The German government currently administers past achievements and fails to set new impulses in economic and energy policy to ensure that the current economic upswing can be sustained, Rainer Dulger, head of the heavy industry employers鈥� association ...
The new federal government has to work out a comprehensive concept to secure the German industry鈥檚 competitiveness, write Christoph Schmidt and Steffen Elstner of the Rhineland-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI Essen) in a guest commentary ...
10 Nov 2021, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Climate & CO2 International 91tv Germany should put more emphasis on international cooperation in the fight against climate change, the country's Council of Economic Experts has ...
Software updates for diesel cars, decided at the diesel summit in Berlin, are unlikely to reduce emissions enough and prevent driving bans, writes Christian Lindner, head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in a guest commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
12 Dec 2018, 14:11 Bavarian state premier Markus S枚der called for a national exit from coal-fired power generation but rejected the current financial demands from coal-mining states to cushion the phase-out. In a speech on his new government鈥檚 priorities, ...
18 Jun 2021, 10:22 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Carmaker Audi will stop launching new combustion engine or hybrid models in 2026 to focus exclusively on pure battery-electric cars, reports Max H盲gler in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung ...
Industry and energy production emissions reduction in Germany has been below the EU-average for the tenth year in a row, according to figures released by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). With 453 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent, combined emissions ...
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 ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 wind power industry is located in the northern parts of the country but the western and southern federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Wurttemberg are home to a large number of suppliers, Klaus Stratmann writes on Handelsblatt ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:00 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Rundschau Emissions reductions due to the coronavirus crisis cannot be considered good news, ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must ramp up expansion targets for wind power to meet the country鈥檚 climate targets and secure stable conditions for the industry, trade union IG Metall K眉ste says in a press release. IG Metall called on state premiers, ...
A group of trade unionists, regional economics and energy ministers and industry leaders has called for Germany to increase its offshore capacity to at least 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, and at least 30 GW by 2035, Craig Richard reports for Windpower ...
A move from feed-in tariffs to competitive auctions risks roiling the German renewable energy market, writes Vaishnavi 聽 Chandrashekhar in Yale Environment 360. In response to falling technology costs and high renewables surcharges paid by consumers, ...
04 Mar 2019, 13:33 Rachel Waldholz Cars Hydrogen Business & Jobs 91tv / The Daily Telegraph / Die Welt / Deutsche Welle German carmakers are planning a major investment in electric vehicles over the next three years, the German ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition needs a 鈥渞estart鈥� as many companies struggle to cope with the additional financial burden in the form of surcharges, levies and other costs put on every kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity, Klaus Stratmann writes in an op-ed for ...
15 Jun 2021, 12:33 Edgar Meza Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind tender has resulted in 240 new planned wind turbines with a combined capacity of 1,110 megawatt (MW), just under the total offered volume of 1,243 MW, the Federal Network ...
Daimler鈥檚 embroilment in the car emissions manipulation scandal shows that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most important industry is still miles away from coming clean, writes Markus Balser in a commentary for the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung entitled 鈥淎 heavy blow for [Daimler CEO ...
The German government鈥檚 鈥楥ommission on Growth, Structural Economic Change and Employment鈥� 鈥渕ust not become a coal exit commission, nor an uncritical trailblazer for a national climate protection act,鈥� according to the Federal German Association for Brown ...
The federal German government is currently not planning a combustion engine ban similar to British plans. 鈥淎 ban of diesel or petrol cars is currently not on the agenda of the federal government. It鈥檚 about making possible a low-emission mobility,鈥� a ...
11 Mar 2021, 14:29 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Cost & ...
The election battle in Germany leaves little room for hoping that the country鈥檚 climate protection record will improve soon, Ralf K枚pke writes in Energie & Management. While the wind power industry currently approaches a new expansion record and ...
Almost no other country hosts as many important car manufacturers side-by-side as Germany and, with about 800,000 employees nationwide, the industry 鈥渉as an invaluable social responsibility 鈥�, Thomas Fromm writes in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. ...
The German car industry says that diesel technology is 鈥渁t least in the mid-term鈥� indispensable to reach climate targets, writes the German Bundestag in a press release. In a hearing before the parliament鈥檚 committee of inquiry for the diesel emissions ...
15 Jan 2015, 00:00 German trade unions are vocal stakeholders in the Energiewende, wary of job losses in the conventional energy sector and campaigning for labour rights in the growing renewables sector. Their importance is amplified by their traditional ...
22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014, 00:00 Stuttgarter Zeitung "EnBW offers stakes in wind parks" German utility Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg (EnBW) is asking citizens to participate in the financing of 聽wind parks after offering stakes in wind farms to local communities ...
Revenues in the energy, water and waste management industry fell by 15.9 billion euros (or 2.6 percent) in 2014, the second decline in a row, reports Germany's statistics agency Destatis. The turnover of businesses with 20 employees or more amounted ...
02 Aug 2017
02 Aug 2017, 00:00 German carmakers have pledged to update the software in some 5 million diesel cars to lower emissions at the so-called "diesel summit", where leaders of the industry met with federal ministers and heads of federal states. ...
Germany is still likely to miss key Energiewende goals, including its 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target, even as household power prices continue to rise, according to McKinsey鈥檚 bi-annual Energiewende-Index report. At 30.8 cents per kilowatt hour (ct ...
The German gas sector initiative 鈥� Future Natural Gas 鈥� has started a PR campaign criticising the high-emissions coal industry, petrol and diesel cars, and positioning natural gas as the cleaner alternative, reports Nils-Viktor Sorge for manager magazin. ...
19 Aug 2019, 13:09 Expert KIT- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Technology Julian Wettengel Storage Hydrogen Technology 91tv Researchers in Germany have combined ...
10 Nov 2021, 17:04 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit.聽 91tv tracks the latest views and comments from ...
04 Mar 2021, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Transport 91tv German lobby group Rail Alliance has called for a quick ramp-up of cross-border European express and night train services as a way to replace flights and thus combat the transport sector鈥檚 ...
German climate targets for the building sector are in danger because many house owners shy away from modernising their buildings to meet higher energy standards due to the costs involved, writes Ralph Diermann in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. ...
An asset swap deal between German utilities E.ON and RWE took a step forward after energy corporation innogy reached agreements with the two companies "for a fair integration process," Reuters reports. innogy will no longer be an independently ...
German solar companies and research organisations are calling for an effective industrial policy strategy to strengthen the domestic solar business and avoid an exodus of companies to Asia. In an open letter to the federal government, more than 30 ...
German-American energy storage company Younicos says it landed contracts during 2016 to build systems able to hold 75 megawatts (MW) of electricity, which if completed would mean a 60 percent increase in systems either installed or under construction. The ...
24 Aug 2020, 13:52 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:13 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Clean Energy ...
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. ...
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31 Oct 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Reuters / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel UPDATE- Former member of coal commission tells Tagesspiegel announcement could be "bluff"聽 German utility Uniper has been given the green light to start ...
Daimler started building a new 500 million euro battery factory in the East German town of Kamenz. The site is the carmaker's second factory for lithium batteries and should be operational by the middle of 2018, quadrupling production, according to a ...
The Social Democrats (SPD) have compiled a list of 11 topics to be addressed during talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservatives on renewing a grand coalition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 two largest political camps. Talking point number 11 is entitled 鈥淔or ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert Vattenfall Energy company Electricity market Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Grid 91tv The Moorburg coal plant in Hamburg will be taken offline completely in July 2021, after Germany's four grid operators ...
Challenging times lie ahead for the German onshore wind industry after strong growth in 2016, according to business associations BWE and VDMA. In the past year, capacity additions grew by around one quarter compared to 2015 to 4,625 megawatts. The number ...
VW head Michael M眉ller has caused a stir among industry representatives by saying diesel cars should lose their tax privilege in Germany, Martin Murphy writes in Handelsblatt. 鈥淲hy does he let this genie out of its bottle?鈥� a manager of a German VW ...
Old wind turbines in Germany must be refurbished and modernised to ensure that the country meets its 2030 goal of increasing the share of renewables to 65 percent of power consumption, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) says in a press release. The ...
11 Feb 2019, 14:09 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Cars International 91tv Registrations of new electric cars in the EU exceeded 100,000 for the first time last year, industry association ACEA says in a press release (in English). ...
08 Nov 2022, 13:51 As the UN climate change conference (COP27) gets underway in Egypt, the German government has pledged additional funding to protect forests worldwide and support the most vulnerable countries in dealing with climate risks. Chancellor ...
When it comes to heating, there is 鈥渆normous potential鈥� for cooperation between the housing sector and the energy industry, according to a new study commissioned by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). The results show that ...
Carmakers in Germany need to embrace a global 鈥渄isruptive鈥� shift in mobility by adjusting their production to the looming dominance of e-cars, Peter Altmaier, Chief of the German Chancellery, said at the 鈥� Agenda 2017 鈥� conference of 聽 Tagesspiegel in ...
15 Aug 2019, 10:58 In a bid to regain its damaged reputation as a future mobility leader, BMW will replace its CEO on Friday, when Harald Kr眉ger will hand over the company's steering wheel to Oliver Zipse. But industry experts are uncertain whether ...
Daimler, Volkswagen, and other car manufacturers are investing billions of euros in the production of more than 200 hundred electric vehicle models between now and 2022, and that comes at a high cost, writes Franz Hubik in a commentary for Handelsblatt. ...
French President Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 proposal to introduce a high price on CO鈧� emissions in the European Union would give France an 鈥渆normous competitive edge鈥� over Germany, as his country鈥檚 energy supply is based mostly on emission-free nuclear and hydro ...
08 May 2019, 13:16 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Gas Wind Business & Jobs Reuters German engineering conglomerate Siemens is spinning off its gas and power business, which has dragged on the firm鈥檚 performance as the rise of ...
21 Oct 2019, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Market forces will drive Sweden's fossil fuel phaseout and ultimately determine the fate of nuclear energy, said the country's energy minister Anders Ygeman in an ...
01 Aug 2019, 12:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
03 Mar 2020, 13:44 Rachel Waldholz Cars Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Handelsblatt Tesla could break ground on its new e-car factory outside Berlin as soon as this month, and the company could be eligible for 280 million euros in subsidies from the ...
Power storage devices need a clearer legal definition in German law to create a better investment environment for the industry, BSW Solar says in a press release. 鈥淢any disputes and uncertainties stem from the fact that storages sometimes count as ...
27 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany's most important carmakers have met in "secret workshops" since the 1990s in order to reach agreements on technological standards and prices, according to a report by news magazine Der Spiegel. The companies ...
15 Sep 2020, 14:34 Coal Die Zeit Coal workers in the mining region of Lusatia in eastern Germany are preparing for an uncertain future as the country鈥檚 coal exit moves forward, writes Anna Saraste in Die Zeit. With a variety of operations in the area, ...
26 Oct 2021, 13:21 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs 91tv The German economy could suffer climate change-related damage totalling 730 billion euros in the next 50 years if countermeasures are not taken early enough, a new ...
11 Dec 2018, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cars Reuters / Transport & Environment Due to German and Austrian resistance to more ambitious car emission limits, the European Union has failed to reach a compromise over how sharply to curb ...
Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW and automotive industry supplier Continental contribute over 40 percent to the total revenue and one third to the profits of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 stock index DAX, which comprises the country鈥檚 30 largest market-listed companies, Daniel ...
06 Mar 2020, 10:27 Germany's massive policy push to reach 2030 climate targets is insufficient, two studies commissioned by the government have found. Despite the agreement on a coal phase-out, the introduction of a CO2 price and a host of other ...
Hard coal power plant operator and one of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest power suppliers Steag announced that it will leave the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) by the end of 2016, writes the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). The industry association ...
The inspiration for the new world of private mobility based on electric cars today comes from the US and China, as Germany, the current carmaker champion, is busy 鈥渇ighting a messy rearguard action to save the combustion engine,鈥� Tobias Engelmeier writes ...
21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
08 Sep 2020, 14:31 Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The state premier of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, has expressed support for scrapping the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge, dpa reports in an article carried by ...
21 Oct 2021, 13:24 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility 91tv / dpa Several environmental organisations are calling for an immediate end to short ...
08 Sep 2021, 13:35 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 91tv ...
06 Sep 2021, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & Recycling Der Spiegel / 91tv German raw material company Aurubis has ended cooperation with Norwegian mining firm Nussir ASA on the world鈥檚 first carbon neutral copper mine after resistance ...
04 Oct 2018, 17:11 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has decided to reduce emissions from diesel cars in polluted cities by swapping old models for new ones and retrofitting some older cars. Transport minister Andreas Scheuer and environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
21 Jan 2019, 13:30 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 Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace ...
The German power grid was on the brink of a blackout on the 24 th of January because of an extended period of little wind and cloudy skies, the Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries (IG BCE) warned in the Rheinische Post. Energy ...
Diesel technology has long been hailed as a climate-friendly alternative to petrol but has聽 suddenly come under intense fire, amounting to 鈥� a broadside against 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 leading industry,鈥� Alfred Gaffal, president of Bavarian industry association vbw, ...
03 Nov 2020, 12:53 Energy consumption and related CO2 emissions in Germany are set to fall significantly in Germany in 2020, data by energy market research group AGEB shows. The drop in CO2 output to a large extent is caused by the coronavirus pandemic ...
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 ...
A reform of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) could make the scheme more effective without endangering the competitiveness of the European raw materials industry, a report by international researchers, including the German Institute for ...
25 Jan 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policy will see little change as former justice minister Brigitte Zypries replaces Sigmar Gabriel as economy and energy minister this week, according to policy experts. Gabriel鈥檚 Social Democratic party colleague ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 automobile industry has had a lot of 鈥� false friends 鈥� in the government in recent years, Green Party politician and head of the parliamentary commission on transport and digitalisation Cem 脰zdemir told Ansgar Graw at Die Welt in an interview. ...
The Greens鈥� call for an end to the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2030 was meant to deliver a 鈥渨ake-up call to the German industry", said Cem 脰zdemir, co-head and one of the two leading candidates for the Green Party in the upcoming ...
23 Mar 2020, 08:55 The United States administration, politicians and industry warily watch European Union debates on introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism, which would put a CO鈧� price on goods imported to the EU to reduce the risk of carbon ...
20 May 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Society Agriculture 91tv The eating habits of German consumers are increasingly favouring greater climate protection, sustainability and less waste, according to a new survey published Wednesday by the Federal ...
The Bavarian Industry Association (vbw) calls for an end of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which is aimed at supporting the expansion of renewable energy sources financially. In a press release on its 鈥淎genda for Germany鈥� for the year 2030, the vbw ...
The Green state premier of the southern German federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, will try to evade diesel driving bans that could be imposed to improve air quality in Stuttgart, the state鈥檚 capital, the newspaper Stuttgarter ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:17 Expert Bundesverband Bioenergie Federal Association for Bioenergy Bioenergy Renewables Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e ...
11 Jul 2019, 13:56 Sven Egenter Bioenergy 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biogas lobby expects another slowdown in new installations and job losses in 2019, and warns that many operators might close plants in absence of a change in the business environment. ...
18 Mar 2021, 14:00 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars 91tv BMW has stepped up its plans for the electrification of its vehicle fleet and will turn Mini into a pure e-car brand. The Munich-based carmaker said the last new Mini with a combustion ...
12 Feb 2020, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen International Reuters / Handelsblatt Germany plans to set up a production and import chain for renewable hydrogen in a joint project with Western African countries, news agency Reuters聽 reports. " ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 After a public consultation process of over a year and months of political wrangling, the German government agreed on a climate action plan 2050. While this roadmap to a nearly carbon-emission free economy contains detailed targets for ...
Gas-based transport could help the German transport sector reach its greenhouse gas reduction targets, and it also needs more reliable political framework conditions, the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) and the ...
23 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Hydrogen 91tv The number of biogas plants installed in Germany is ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government plans to present a joint list of demands to German carmakers at the national diesel summit on 2 August, a spokesperson for the environment ministry (BMUB) told journalists in Berlin on Monday. The inviting transport and ...
25 Feb 2019, 14:17 The first draft of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Climate Action Law, presented last week, has laid bare conflicting views within the German coalition聽government over how the country should meet its climate targets. The proposal has drawn criticism from ...
Eastern German states Saxony and Brandenburg demand at least 1.2 billion euros in federal funds to finance the economic transformation of their shared coal-mining region Lusatia, Jens Blankennagel writes in Berliner Zeitung. 鈥� The end of coal mining there ...
09 Mar 2021, 13:23 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Transport 91tv / Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 railway operator Deutsche Bahn and airline Lufthansa are planning on making rail travel to ...
Business federations have welcomed former justice minister Brigitte Zypries as the successor of Sigmar Gabriel for heading 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry, Heike Jahberg and Kevin P. Hoffmann write in Tagesspiegel. 鈥�Industry expects a smooth transition in the ...
Economically, it makes more sense to consume excess power in Germany than to export it, but high taxes and fees on electricity discourage domestic companies from ramping up production when wholesale prices are low, according to the Association of German ...
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 ...
11 Oct 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza Cars Business & Jobs WirtschaftsWoche / Spiegel / Reuters Tesla is flying high in Germany: In September, more electric Tesla Model 3s were registered in the country than leading domestic models, such as the BMW 3 Series, ...
10 Jul 2019, 18:03 LEAG, eastern 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest energy and mining company, is building a 50 MW battery that could help stabilise the country鈥檚 electricity grid partly through renewable energy. Environment minister Svenja Schulze lauded the project in ...
11 May 2021, 13:27 Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Circular business models can make a significant contribution to meeting 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate targets, according to a report issued by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 education and ...
25 Aug 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Wirtschaftswoche The German Council of Economic Experts member Veronika Grimm has criticised 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate policy and called for a market-based approach that builds on the already existing Emissions ...
By 28 March Germany had already used up its annual CO鈧� budget for 2018, one week earlier than last year, according to the natural gas industry initiative Zukunft Erdgas. 鈥淭he reason for this is the climate strategy of the government, where the measures ...
05 Mar 2021, 13:51 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Transport 91tv Customized flight routes for individual planes could significantly lower the aviation sector& ...
German petrol stations are struggling for new business models as a breakthrough for electric vehicles appears just around the corner, Michael Ashelm and Bernd Freytag write for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淚nstead of marching ahead, an entire ...
22 Dec 2020, 12:28 Edgar Meza Wind Spiegel Online / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party is ready to accept exceptions to nature conservation in order to accelerate the expansion of wind farms, Valerie H枚hne writes in Spiegel Online, citing a Green ...
The new governing coalition of conservative CDU and economic liberal FDP in Germany's most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) seems intent on curbing wind power expansion but is hit by resistance from the job-creating industry, Guido ...
21 Mar 2019, 12:31 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport S枚ren Amelang Cars Hydrogen Business & Jobs Technology dpa / Focus Online BMW, Daimler and VW have settled a dispute over how to manage the transition to green ...
The German Solar Industry Association BSW and the German Wind Energy Association BWE say joint auctions for solar and wind power capacity won鈥檛 achieve a well-balanced mix of renewables, Sandra Enkhardt reports for pv magazine. While prices are currently ...
11 Nov 2016, 00:00 After months of heated debate, the German government has finally struck an agreement on its contentious Climate Action Plan 2050, due to be signed off by the cabinet over the weekend. It includes emission reduction targets for transport ...
A ban on registering new combustion engine passenger cars from 2030 would directly or indirectly affect around 620,000 jobs in Germany 鈥� or 10 percent of the country鈥檚 industrial workforce, according to a study by Institute for Economic Research (ifo) for ...
24 Jan 2020, 14:08 Expert YouGov Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Society 91tv Despite a slump in the expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, most people in the country remain fundamentally in favour of the renewable energy ...
If the extensive deal between E.ON and RWE goes through, 鈥渙ld rivals" will "become partners under the pressure of the energy transition鈥� and create 鈥渁 new order in the German energy industry鈥� by organising a clear 鈥渄ivision of labour鈥�, Helmut ...
E.ON should have never begun building the long-delayed hard coal power plant in Datteln, because the energy transition was already in full swing at the start of construction in 2007 and coal 鈥渁 phase-out model鈥�, writes J眉rgen Flauger in an opinion piece ...
09 Oct 2020, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Technology EU Zeit Online / Tagesspiegel Background Europe and Germany both need a strategy for carbon sinks and storage, argue聽Andreas Kuhlmann,聽head of Germany's energy agency (dena), and Oliver ...
14 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert Ecologic Institute ...
A fairer procurement of resources needed to manufacture renewable energy facilities would help the energy transition 鈥渕ake a real contribution to more global justice and climate protection,鈥� says catholic relief organisation Misereor in a press release. ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the German car industry to do all that is necessary to regain the credibility and trust lost during the emissions scandal. In her opening speech at the Frankfurt car show (IAA), Merkel said carmakers had ...
The government coalition of conservative CDU and pro-business FDP in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has passed legislation on the limitation of wind power expansion, Welt Online reports. NRW鈥檚 economy minister Andreas ...
The transition of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 car industry from combustion engines to electric motors means workers鈥� representatives in supervisory boards will have to 鈥渁pprove of their own amputation,鈥� Markus Fasse writes in Handelsblatt. Premium manufacturer Daimler, for ...
28 Sep 2018, 15:37 Germany's solar power industry used to be a leader of the renewable technology's global expansion but a series of political blunders has killed off solar power companies and passed the torch on to China, solar power researcher ...
It is increasingly clear that carmakers have become serious about electric mobility as the German car industry reinvents itself, writes Nils-Viktor Sorge in manager magazin.聽 Suppliers and employees focusing on combustion-engine technology face an ...
06 Jun 2019, 14:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance 91tv The new advisory council on sustainable finance established by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has held its first meeting to debate how the country鈥檚 financial sector can better ...
The European Emissions Trading System (ETS) amendment proposal passed in the European Parliament only partly recognises the threat to the competitiveness of the continent鈥檚 industry, writes Hendrik Kafsack in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
The 鈥渋ll-prepared鈥� 鈥榙iesel summits鈥� organised by the federal government are not the right platform for dealing with the 鈥渄ynamic鈥� developments of the car emissions fraud scandal, Baden-Wuerttemberg鈥檚 Green state premier Winfried Kretschmann told the ...
24 Jun 2021, 13:54 Expert DBV- German Farmers鈥� Association Deutscher Bauernverband Agriculture Edgar Meza Agriculture Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Farmers鈥� Association (DBV) is demanding a surcharge on domestic agricultural products to be ...
19 Jan 2021, 13:14 Expert RAG German Coal RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG Coal Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Coal 91tv German hard coal companies RAG Sales and RAG Mining Solutions have announced the end of their business ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the TV debate with her challenger Martin Schulz, scolded 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 carmakers for putting the country鈥檚 key industry in jeopardy with their manipulation of exhaust emission values, Carsten Knop writes in a commentary for ...
13 Jan 2020, 13:57 Expert NPE- German National Platform for Electric Mobility Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit盲t Transport Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 91tv The self-reliance of Germany's carmakers for producing ...
鈥淲e will correct the ideological, much too fast expansion of wind energy鈥� in North Rhine-Westphalia, said the Free Democrats鈥� (FDP) state chairman Christian Lindner in a video on Twitter, talking about coalition negotiations. His comments came just hours ...
05 Mar 2019, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas Handelsblatt The planned exit from coal-fired power generation in Germany may require large-scale construction of gas-fired power plants, but the necessary investments in the technology still remain wanting, ...
The dangers of our planet sliding into a 鈥渉othouse Earth鈥� state are speculative but real, argues Georg Ehring in a commentary carried by the public radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk, referencing a scientific paper published by a team of scientists, ...
The German Solar Association (BSW) and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) 鈥渞egard the first joint auction [for onshore wind and solar power] as a failure,鈥� and call for separate auctions to be held in the future, the two organisations write in a ...
鈥淎s far as possible,鈥� German carmakers themselves have to put right the 鈥渟erious mistakes鈥� made during the diesel crisis, said Chancellor Angela Merkel after a two-day cabinet retreat in Meseberg near Berlin. 鈥淭he customer or taxpayer cannot be made ...
The shipping industry is 鈥渁pproaching an energy transition鈥�, writes Uwe Lauber for Handelsblatt Global, although there is still no 鈥淕reen Deal鈥� for market participants and no policy in place following the Paris climate summit. The sector 鈥渋s preparing for ...
Do not believe any tests you haven鈥檛 faked yourself, is the lesson from the car emissions scandal, writes Jan Heidtmann in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. He says it is welcome news that the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) will conduct its own ...
28 May 2019, 13:21 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency ...
22 Apr 2021, 13:36 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Government Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Energiewende ...
16 Jun 2021, 12:18 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels Gas 91tv Oil and natural gas production in Germany continues to decline sharply, shows an annual report for 2020 published by the Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG). It ...
21 Sep 2021, 13:23 Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal 91tv Eastern German lignite power plants that are scheduled to ...
The resolute stance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in advocating climate protection on the international stage could be seen as being at odds with her energy and climate policy at home, Silke Kersting writes in Handelsblatt Global. 鈥淣ot much is left ...
14 Jan 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Government 91tv / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The ambitious energy transition plans by new German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck have drawn criticism from the opposition, ...
21 Apr 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Solar International 91tv Germany has joined an international alliance of 75 countries to further the expansion of solar energy generation, the ministries for energy and development announced after a cabinet ...
23 Nov 2016
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industry should work with the government to reach the goals in the country鈥檚 newly adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 rather than just criticise the plan or individual measures, energy state secretary Rainer Baake told the 鈥� Agenda 2017 鈥� ...
09 Aug 2019, 13:54 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Grid Renewables Wind Costs for maintaining a ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 recently introduced electric vehicle subsidy programme, which went into effect 18 May has so far turned out to be a flop, according to experts, Karl-Heinz B眉schemann writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Financed by the government and the German ...
19 Apr 2021, 13:38 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The parliamentary groups of German government coalition partners CDU/CSU and SPD are calling for forest owners to be financially rewarded for their聽contribution to ...
Germany will need the well-directed use of power-based synthetic fuels in connection with a phase-out of oil and natural gas to reach its long-term climate targets, the think tanks Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende* write in a joint analysis. ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and energy minister, Peter Altmaier, has announced the target of covering 30 percent of global battery cell demand with production 鈥� in Germany and Europe 鈥� by 2030 to make the continent more independent from Asian imports. At a mobility ...
10 May 2016
10 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he country, a wind industry park鈥� "Rapeseed, maize, and wind monocultures" in the German countryside reveal what the solar age looks like, ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry (BMWi), together with industry associations VSM and VDMA, has started an initiative intended to implement energy transition in maritime traffic, news agency Reuters reports. At the 10th National Maritime Conference in Hamburg, ...
14 Jun 2021, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 91tv Unabated and strong climate change could make the whole of Germany 鈥渁 hotspot for climate change risks鈥� by the end of the century, said the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) based on ...
15 Feb 2019, 11:34 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Electricity market Gas Grid Tennet / Gasunie Gas and electricity grid infrastructures need to be much better aligned to guarantee the ...
14 Feb 2019, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Elections & Politics 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coal exit should follow the Coal Exit Commission's final report as closely as possible, according to the commission鈥檚 co-chair ...
05 Aug 2019, 13:09 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Wind Frankfurter Rundschau Sluggish power grid expansion ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:34 Kerstine Appunn Electricity market Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background Europe鈥檚 CO2 price for the energy and industry sector (EU ETS) has reached a record 38 euros per tonne. In Germany this has caused electricity production from ...
The highly anticipated task force on phasing out coal power 鈥� which will also tackle the phase-out of lignite mining 鈥� should follow the example of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hard coal exit, Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament. The last German hard coal mine closed ...
Chemical companies BASF, Evonik, and Clariant seek to use excess renewable power in Germany to make synthetic fuels and other chemicals, reports Ludwig Burger for Reuters. According to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chemical industry lobby VCI, so-called power-to-X technology ...
Changing renewables funding from guaranteed feed-in tariffs to auctions will drastically reduce revenues in the wind power industry, Daniel Wetzel writes in Die Welt. The renewables surcharge power customers pay with their electricity bill currently ...
04 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) 鈥渟ugarcoated鈥� reports on the emissions scandal investigation, bowing to pressure from the auto industry, writes Hanno Kautz in an article for Bild. In the original version of the report from 2016, KBA ...
13 Apr 2021, 12:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert SPD- Social Democratic ...
12 Apr 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Hydrogen Technology 91tv German energy provider EWE has completed the first stage of a test project to see whether the safe storage of green hydrogen in underground caverns is possible. The ...
08 Apr 2021, 12:38 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Agriculture 91tv A more vegetarian or vegan diet could halve Germans鈥� diets鈥� greenhouse gas emissions, shows a report ...
The German solar industry needs free trade and new concepts to prevail as an important part of the energy transition, writes Ama Lorenz for EurActiv. Competition from the Asian markets has been met with antidumping regulations by the EU. This has led to ...
26 Aug 2022, 14:20 The German government has introduced a package of energy saving provisions for businesses and state entities that will take effect in September, just as key relief measures run out and citizens are set to face higher prices for fuels ...
06 Apr 2021, 12:11 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics 91tv The Green Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the state of Baden-W眉rttemberg have decided to enter coalition negotiations with the goal to make the southern German ...
The VW emissions scandal has plunged the entire German car industry into its worst post-war crisis, writes Caspar Busse in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淏ut something good comes out of it, because it finally leads to a fundamental rethink. The ...
Germany should aim to achieve its 2020 emissions reduction goals at some point in the 2020s instead of 鈥渘ew year鈥檚 eve 2020鈥�, Michael Vassiliadis, head of mining labour union IG BCE, has said at a union conference in Berlin. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not a sin to stretch the ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the country鈥檚 renewable reform is a profound paradigm shift. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 feel it yet [鈥 but it will change the landscape considerably,鈥� Merkel said with reference to the transition from pre-fixed feed-in tariffs to ...
29 Jan 2021, 13:17 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Renewable Energy Act | EEG 91tv At the Handelsblatt Energy Summit earlier this month, German economy ...
Retrofitting older diesel cars to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions could be financed 鈥渇ully or for the largest part possible鈥� through a support mechanism, a group of government advisors writes in a draft report, Markus Balser and Michael Bauchm眉ller ...
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 ...
29 Apr 2019, 13:39 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic ...
01 Aug 2018, 17:31 With a national 鈥渄iesel summit鈥� in early August 2017, the German government tried to curb the fallout of the country鈥檚 emissions fraud scandal and avoid being sued by the European Commission over excessive air pollution. One year on, ...
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 ...
The turnover of enterprises with 20 or more persons employed in the energy, water, and waste management industries amounted to 510.1 billion euros in 2016, a decrease of 9.8 percent compared with 2015, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said in a ...
31 May 2016, 00:00 [UPDATE with new details on 2025 renewable target in paragraph 3, ads News Digest items] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers will meet on Tuesday to work out a compromise on reforming the core piece of legislation behind ...
Stefan Kapferer, managing director of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), welcomed the agreement by the EU member states鈥� energy ministers on the Union鈥檚 future energy policy, because it meant that the existing power price zones ...
27 May 2021, 13:28 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 91tv The next government after the ...
07 May 2020, 13:58 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Cost & Prices 91tv Household electricity prices in Germany are the second highest in Europe, topped only by prices in Denmark. While Danish households paid 29.2 euros per 100 kWh on ...
02 Jun 2016, 00:00 The latest reform of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy law is taking shape 鈥� on Tuesday the federal government and the heads of the 16 states reached an agreement on essential aspects of a reformed bill, such as the amount of onshore wind and ...
08 Jul 2019, 12:08 Financial markets can be a great accelerator for developments in the economy, but without a clear political roadmap for emissions reduction, they are unable to unleash their supporting abilities, Gerhard Schick, founder of the German ...
21 Dec 2016
Economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 statement on the performance of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy in 2016 has been a self-complacent stocktaking, Christoph Eisenring writes in an opinion piece for Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. Gabriel stated he would have done 鈥渘othing鈥� ...
03 Jul 2019, 14:15 Expert DLR- German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum f眉r Luft- und Raumfahrt Transport Technology S枚ren Amelang Fossil fuels Gas Hydrogen Technology Wirtschaftswoche French oil major Total keeps an eagle eye on German projects that use ...
Synthetic fuels will be competitive with conventional liquid fuels by 2050 and replace oil as the primary ingredient for transport and heating fuels by mid-century, a new study by consultancy Prognos, research institute Fraunhofer UMSICHT and the German ...
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 ...
26 Mar 2015
26 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Ministers and energy experts meet at international energy conference in Berlin Under the slogan 鈥渢owards a global Energiewende鈥� the first Energy Transition ...
The German car industry continues to lobby hard to soften EU emission limits, but its foot-dragging in the shift to electric mobility has alienated EU policymakers, writes Silke Wettach in the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche. The carmakers want to ...
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 ...
01 Mar 2022, 14:31 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 91tv, the economy and climate ...
EU Commissioner in charge of Energy Union Maro拧 艩ef膷ovi膷 says that the auto industry 鈥渕ust finally get moving鈥� and make considerable progress in the area of zero emission vehicles, according to an article in Die Welt. 鈥淲ith the combustion engine the ...
14 Jan 2021, 13:41 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Handelsblatt Energy company Vattenfall would like to expand its involvement in wind energy in Germany, J眉rgen Flauger writes in the ...
Europe鈥檚 car industry will be able to continue using exhaust emission systems for which exceeding the exhaust values is in many cases permitted, Nikolaus Doll writes in Die Welt. The German government has failed to have the part of an EU regulation ...
The energy supply via district heating networks fell slightly last year in Germany. Operators supplied roughly 161 terawatt hours of heat, a decline of 0.6 percent, according to the statistics office Destatis. 鈥淭he main energy sources for district heating ...
After three years of rapid shrinking and the loss of more than 100,000 jobs, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar industry seems to have bottomed out, Franz Hubik writes on Handelsblatt Online. 鈥淎lthough the market has shrunk to a fifth of its original size, it now was at ...
19 May 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics International RND German federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has proposed the creation of an international organisation of countries to lead the way in climate protection, Andreas Niesmann writes for ...
17 Jan 2017, 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 ...
According to grid operators, German power consumers will have to shoulder grid fee rebates for energy-intensive industry in excess of 1 billion euros next year, sparking renewed calls for reform of the system to pay for keeping the grid stable as ...
02 Apr 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International 91tv The new Model 3 by US e-car pioneer Tesla has overtaken German car industry heavyweights Daimler and BMW in European e-car sales in the first month after the model鈥檚 launch on the ...
02 Apr 2019, 13:52 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Politics Society 91tv Germany should strive to find consensus on the ...
The energy sector could achieve a 40 percent CO 2 reduction by 2020 if an extra five gigawatt (GW) of brown and hard coal-fired power stations were shut down in the next years, industry association BDEW says. The energy association finds in its analysis ...
More and more electricity around the world will be generated with wind power turbines but 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large manufacturers continue to lay off workers at home and abroad, Dow Jones Newswires reports. Senvion, Nordex, Enercon, and Siemens-Gamesa are among the ...
05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
27 Mar 2019, 12:29 Julian Wettengel Cars Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Reuters Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he wants to extend tax incentives for buyers of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids for another decade, news agency Reuters reports, ...
12 Feb 2019, 18:04 Against the backdrop of escalating tensions over the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, Germany and the US aim to boost industry cooperation on liquefied natural gas (LNG). German economy minister Peter Altmaier invited US ...
German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 decision to scrap the harmonisation of grid fees across the country continues to outrage politicians in eastern Germany, Jens Tartler writes in Tagesspiegel. Heads of eastern states accuse the federal government of ...
14 Apr 2015
14 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) 鈥淕ermany as a business location: Energiewende beats Industry 4.0鈥� A majority of companies in the electrical industry is ...
The latest diesel summit of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government and representatives of municipalities with high levels of air pollution has been a 鈥渇ailure鈥�, J眉rgen Resch, head of organisation Environmental Action Germany (DUH), said in a press release. None of ...
The proposal by the European Parliament鈥檚 Committee on the Environment to tighten emissions limits for new vehicles begs for a clarification by the German government 鈥渨hether it wants to protect the climate or the car industry,鈥� environmental NGO VCD says ...
The expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 solar power capacity must be accelerated if the country does not want to miss out on one of the global energy transition鈥檚 most important trends, the German solar power industry warns in the Erneuerbare Energien magazine. ...
27 Mar 2019, 12:27 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport S枚ren Amelang Transport Cars 91tv German Transport Minister Andreas ...
It will be easier for CDU, CSU, FDP and the Green Party to find an agreement on migration and asylum than on climate policy, the CDU鈥檚 Armin Laschet, state premier of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial heartland North Rhine-Westphalia, told Rheinische Post in an ...
05 Jul 2021, 13:06 Expert BTU- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg Renewables Hydrogen Technology Efficiency Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Renewables Solar Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches ...
The federal economy ministry has made changes to the reform of the combined heat and power (CHP) law, after last month鈥檚 agreement with the EU Commission on state aid questions. The changes include the introduction of tenders for governmental support for ...
15 Mar 2021, 13:36 Charlotte Nijhuis Grid 91tv / Handelsblatt Dutch grid operator TenneT wants to invest up to six billion euros annually in grid expansion in Germany and the Netherlands in the next three to five years, the company writes in ...
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 ...
01 Apr 2020, 15:11 Germany produced more than half of its electricity with renewable power in the first three months of 2020, the first full quarter in which renewables covered the majority of the country鈥檚 electricity needs. The numbers were driven by ...
Social Democrat state premier of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke warns that certain coal related provisions in a late draft of the environment ministry鈥檚 climate plan could endanger power supply security in Germany, reports Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. In a ...
Europe鈥檚 former biggest PV panel producer SolarWorld will file for insolvency, the company said in a press release. 鈥淒ue to the ongoing price erosion and the development of the business,鈥� SolarWorld is now 鈥渙ver-indebted鈥� and lacks a positive prognosis, ...
04 Nov 2019, 14:13 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 91tv The beginning of serial production of Volkswagen's e-car flagship model ID.3 in a factory in Zwickau marks a "system change" for Germany's ...
19 Oct 2020, 12:59 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Europe needs a new way of using resources and should bring together design and sustainability, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in an op-ed ...
New guidelines for the industry in the German government鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050 bear traces of a planned economy, writes Christoph Eisenring in Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung. He cites measures such as expanding the area of arable land reserved for ecological ...
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks said that today鈥檚 court ruling on the legality of driving restrictions to cut down air pollution 鈥渃onfirms my view that carmakers have to avoid driving bans themselves.鈥� Carmakers needed to shift towards other ...
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 ...
28 Jun 2021, 14:03 Edgar Meza Agriculture Europe鈥檚 leading crispbread maker Wasa is partnering with German rye suppliers to develop 鈥渃arbon farming鈥�, a type of organic farming that binds carbon dioxide in the soil while also minimizing pesticides and ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Coal Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 revised climate targets mean the country's coal power phase-out will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned, newspaper ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition is moving ahead to implement its climate action plan to put the country back on track to reach 2030 targets. The cabinet has adopted several legislative drafts to mould the decisions into 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 tax ...
The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has published demands for the coming legislative period in the form of a 10-point plan. It calls for new ways to finance renewables expansion, tax-based support for energy-efficient building renovation, grid fee ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition can only become a success if the country does not neglect efficiency, the second important pillar of the Energiewende besides renewables expansion, said acting German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries at the annual kick-off ...
04 Mar 2019, 13:40 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Policy Zeit Online The Climate Action Law proposed by ...
The goals in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 climate action plan, agreed by the government in November 2016, mean that half of the country鈥檚 coal-fired power capacity must retire by 2030, state secretary in the economy and energy ministry Rainer Baake told a business ...
German carmakers and suppliers are reluctant to agree to battery cell production in Europe despite the recent EU Commission initiative to build an 鈥淎irbus for batteries鈥�, reports Joachim Becker in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Industry managers argue that even ...
03 May 2021, 12:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Renewables Solar Wind 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore ...
07 Apr 2020, 13:19 Expert Hans-Josef Fell Politician Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Energiewende Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Operators of innovative renewables systems that guarantee continuous energy supply day and night, ...
German manufacturing businesses have reduced their energy use in line with government efficiency targets, the Federal Ministry of Finance says. A monitoring report by RWI- Rhineland-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research found that companies consumed ...
The federal economy ministry proposes to lower the threshold for energy-intensive industries to be eligible for a reduced renewables surcharge, writes Spiegel Online. With this proposed adjustment to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), reported ...
01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 91tv The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable support levy paid by consumers as part of their power bills will fall slightly below 6.8 cents from the current 6.88 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2018, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has learned from an industry source. Nevertheless, ...
Many Central and Eastern European countries have reacted extremely sceptical to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, but they have been proven wrong, writes Jan Ondrich in a blog post on energytransition.de. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid remains one of the most stable in Europe ...
Germany is the world's number one market for investing in smart energy, a new industry survey by law firm Pinsent Masons finds. 鈥淭he opportunities for deploying energy infrastructure in greenfield sites, the level of existing technological innovation ...
