27 May 2025
27 May 2025, 12:00 91tv Team ECB: The European economy is not drought-proof 聽 The degradation of natural ecosystems slows growth and leads to financial instability. Water scarcity, natural flood protection and water quality are most critical. Euractiv: ...
26 May 2025
26 May 2025, 11:06 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump extends deadline for 50% tariffs on EU goods to July 9 U.S. president Donald Trump said he would extend the deadline for the European Union to face 50 percent tariffs until July 9 after a phone call with ...
22 May 2025
22 May 2025, 12:05 91tv Team FT: Northvolt failure raises stakes for 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 battery industry Swedish start-up鈥檚 fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the 鈥榲alley of death鈥�. Bloomberg: Spain, Portugal urge EU effort on power link after ...
20 May 2025, 13:09 Edgar Meza International 91tv Germanwatch is calling for greater support for Africa鈥檚 energy transition as the continent continues to provide raw materials for 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 green transformation. An upcoming meeting between ...
16 May 2025, 14:30 As Croatia goes to the polls for local elections on 18 May the green transition has been relatively absent in political campaigns. Citizen participation in the transition has picked up with the opening of the first large-scale solar ...
09 May 2025, 16:15 Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies. The bloc has come a long way from the dependency it once had, yet certain EU countries still rely on Russia for ...
05 May 2025, 13:27 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Several environmental and political NGOs have called on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government to force state-owned gas company SEFE to halt purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and make a clear ...
30 Apr 2025
30 Apr 2025, 11:14 91tv Team ESA: Satellite launched to count forest carbon The European Space Agency鈥檚 Biomass satellite was designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world鈥檚 forests and their crucial role in Earth鈥檚 carbon cycle. IEEFA: EU ...
24 Apr 2025, 17:08 Poland is driving European efforts to end the reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports and has announced an 鈥渆conomic nationalism鈥� policy in response to US tariffs, which could have an impact on energy and climate policy. In the meantime ...
17 Apr 2025, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Gas dpa / ntv / Handelsblatt Deutsche ReGas, the operator of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the island of R眉gen, expects a much higher utilisation rate of the installation this ...
07 Apr 2025
07 Apr 2025, 13:36 91tv Team International Energy Agency (IEA)-聽 Our latest review of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy policies is out now聽 Report explores how making Germany's electricity system more efficient & resilient can support the energy transition, ...
04 Apr 2025, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Industry International energate messenger / Tagesspiegel Background / 91tv German energy and industry representatives have expressed concern over the new tariff announcements by US president Donald Trump, ...
07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
26 Mar 2025
26 Mar 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: Vattenfall to build Germany's largest offshore wind farm Swedish power utility Vattenfall said it has made a final investment decision for two wind farm projects in the German North Sea, Nordlicht 1 and 2, the ...
21 Mar 2025
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Reuters: German energy transition could be 300 billion euros cheaper with more efficiency, finds report BCG & BDI industry association say investments currently planned in renewables, power grids and hydrogen far exceed ...
20 Mar 2025
20 Mar 2025, 14:00 91tv Team AP: Jury finds Greenpeace USA must pay over $660 million in case over Dakota Access protest activities NGO plans to appeal and had said earlier that a large award to the Texan pipeline company could threaten to bankrupt the ...
18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 91tv / rbb 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
21 Feb 2025
21 Feb 2025, 12:18 91tv Team E3G: German election 鈥� What鈥檚 at stake? Next government must develop joint EU strategy for competitiveness and decarbonisation. DW: German election: Parties face off over Ukraine, NATO, Trump Top German politicians traded ...
21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
14 Feb 2025, 10:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
07 Feb 2025, 13:24 Joey Grostern Gas dpa / 91tv State-owned liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals on the North Sea at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsb眉ttel handled the majority of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 imported LNG last year, and operated at 65 percent capacity, ...
30 Jan 2025, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 91tv Germany's economy ministry expects the country's GDP to rise 0.3 percent in 2025, according to its annual report. A report from autumn put growth at 1.1 percent, however, ...
29 Jan 2025
29 Jan 2025, 11:30 91tv Team Economist: Who is ahead in the race for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next parliament? Model gives the CDU/CSU "Union" a 97 in 100 chance of winning the most seats. Bloomberg: German industry lobby sees economy shrinking 0.1% this year ...
29 Jan 2025, 13:14 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Security 91tv Germany and Europe are well prepared to deal with serious disruptions to their gas supply in the long term, according to a report by consultancy PwC assessing the reliability of gas ...
27 Jan 2025, 13:51 Julian Wettengel Gas Politics Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed the buildout of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure and increased efforts to extract fossil fuels in the U.S. in聽 an interview with ...
23 Jan 2025, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices Die Welt Representatives of the German energy industry say that the policy announcements by the new U.S. administration could benefit their country鈥檚 competitiveness if the next government ...
23 Jan 2025
23 Jan 2025, 12:28 91tv Team Ember: Record 47% of the European Union鈥檚 electricity now comes from solar and other renewables聽 Another year of coal and gas decline cut EU power sector emissions to below half their 2007 peak and reduced reliance on imported ...
21 Jan 2025
21 Jan 2025, 11:00 91tv Team AP: Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement 鈥� again Move is blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Ursula von ...
21 Jan 2025, 13:01 The beginning of reelected U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 second term in office has prompted calls from German government representatives, researchers and civil society actors to strengthen European efforts to uphold global efforts to ...
20 Jan 2025
20 Jan 2025, 12:00 91tv Team Bloomberg: Trump to declare national energy emergency, unlocking new powers Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry in bid to unleash domestic production. European Commission: Strategic dialogue on the ...
17 Jan 2025, 15:00 Energy prices are becoming increasingly expensive for Italian businesses and households due to delays in the development of renewables and increases in the cost of gas on international markets. The rise in energy costs will be, along ...
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025, 11:45 91tv Team dpa: Parties row over Germany's shift to 'green' steel Conservative leader Merz doubts viability of climate-friendly steel, but labour union says it's industry's only chance of survival. Andreas ...
13 Jan 2025
13 Jan 2025, 11:50 91tv Team Science Direct: CO2-tax on emission-intensive agricultural goods could cut German agricultural emissions by 22.5% The CO2-tax could generate over 8.2 billion euros in annual revenue, analysis finds. Bloomberg: Europe threatens ...
10 Jan 2025, 09:59 Croatian citizens ended 2024 with a first round of presidential elections, marking the finale of a super election year. In terms of the climate, it was yet another year of above-average warmth, accompanied by numerous extreme weather ...
09 Jan 2025, 13:24 Norway now provides about half of the fossil gas flows to Germany, putting a spotlight on energy security. Industry experts warn that Europe's biggest economy is not prepared for a disruption of supply, for example due to sabotage ...
07 Jan 2025
07 Jan 2025, 10:12 91tv Team E3G: Four tests driving EU politics in 2025 鈥� and what they mean for climate action Think tank E3G's 2025 EU climate policy briefing, includes timeline of events and developments. ICIS: Net imports of LNG from Russia into ...
06 Jan 2025, 12:12 Germany is of central importance when it comes to the EU defining its priorities in energy and industrial policies, says Simone Tagliapietra, senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. He argues that the country鈥檚 next ...
06 Jan 2025
06 Jan 2025, 10:43 91tv Team HydrogenInsight: German chancellor calls on EU to shelve 'excessively strict' green hydrogen definition Scholz argues that planned projects cannot compete based on what the European Commission will accept is a ...
19 Dec 2024, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Gas Table Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 LNG import terminals are under pressure as technical issues and a wait for approval from the European Commission regarding state aid could lead to months-long disruptions, reported news service ...
18 Dec 2024, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 91tv Primary energy consumption in Germany dropped to a new low in 2024 amid聽warmer weather, a continued weakness of the country鈥檚 economy, and ongoing efficiency gains, the Federation of ...
18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
16 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024, 10:45 91tv Team The Guardian: Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month. DeSmog: ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor鈥檚 three-party ...
06 Dec 2024, 09:25 Ensuring the timely construction of new hydrogen-ready gas power plants must be a top priority in energy policy for Germany's next government, says the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Lobby ...
22 Nov 2024, 09:30 The collapse of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coalition government has thrown climate policymaking in 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 largest economy into disarray, and added many question marks to the progress of its landmark energy transition. The sacking of finance minister ...
19 Nov 2024, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Handelsblatt Gas supply in Germany at the beginning of winter is stable and storage facilities are well stocked as the heating season gets underway, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The risk of a tight gas ...
14 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024, 11:00 91tv Team Euractiv: Likely future German coalition divided on energy, climate Germany's conservative CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, is expected to win the snap election on 23 February according to the latest polls but remains at ...
12 Nov 2024
12 Nov 2024, 12:00 91tv Team ICCI: State of the Cryosphere 2024 鈥� Lost Ice, Global Damage 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2掳C of warming, would bring disastrous and irreversible ...
08 Nov 2024, 13:46 After an exhaustingly hot summer, the end of September and beginning of October ushered in extreme rainfall events and flooding in several Croatian cities along the coast and in the hinterland. At the start of November, higher ...
06 Nov 2024
06 Nov 2024, 13:24 91tv Team Euronews: Thousands of jobs to go at German car parts maker Sch盲ffler The company is downsizing at 10 locations in Germany and five other sites in Europe, further illustrating the challenges facing the European car industry. ...
11 Oct 2024, 16:39 In Italian, the expression 鈥渉ot autumn鈥� describes what happens when, after the long summer lull, political and social conflict cyclically rises again. For the energy transition, this is going to be a hot autumn indeed. Three of Italy鈥檚 ...
07 Oct 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are due to go into operation before the winter in Germany, state-owned operating company Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) told news agency ...
04 Oct 2024, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Gas NDR / 91tv The cost of a planned permanent onshore import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in northern Germany is likely to be more than expected and require additional state support, reports ...
04 Oct 2024, 09:00 While Europeans expect a continuation of the Biden administration鈥檚 climate policies under a Harris presidency, they are worrying about how to save the global climate fight from a second Trump administration. EU officials and experts ...
30 Sep 2024, 12:00 The late summer months brought bad energy and climate news for Croatians. August 鈥� a traditionally low activity month during the holiday season 鈥� saw record-breaking heat, with temperatures exceeding long-term averages by almost 5掳C in ...
12 Sep 2024
12 Sep 2024, 10:53 Julian Wettengel IEEFA: European LNG import terminals are used less as demand drops European Union (EU) LNG import terminals are being utilised less as demand for the fuel continues to decline across the continent. ECA: EU recovery fund ...
30 Aug 2024
30 Aug 2024, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann DW: Why are the German state elections so important? For the first time in post-war German history a far-right party could win a state election. Euractiv: The ins and outs of approving EU Commissioners EU member states ...
23 Aug 2024, 15:00 The summer holiday peak has arrived across Europe and most parliaments on the continent have gone into recess. But while federal politics won鈥檛 fully resume in Germany before 8 September, politicians and their observers have already ...
26 Aug 2024
26 Aug 2024, 12:57 91tv Team Bloomberg: Poland earmarks $1.2 billion to start first nuclear plant Finance minister outlined聽bid to decarbonise energy supply that would be country鈥檚 biggest-ever investment. Euractiv: Key solar panel producer to stay in ...
19 Aug 2024, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt / dpa Germany's cabinet will discuss a draft law to better protect so-called critical infrastructure against physical damage "shortly after the summer break", dpa reported in an ...
16 Aug 2024, 12:00 Croatia is feeling the consequences of climate change this summer. The country experienced long heat waves and record temperatures were recorded in the Adriatic Sea. This has led to more media attention on the topic of climate change, ...
16 Aug 2024
16 Aug 2024, 10:08 Julian Wettengel Eurostat: EU economy greenhouse gas emissions:-4.0% in Q1 2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0 percent ...
07 Aug 2024
07 Aug 2024, 13:41 91tv Team Reuters: German drugstore chain shuns Teslas over Musk's support for Trump Rossmann drugstore chain, which is among the largest in Europe, said its decision was with immediate effect and due to what it called an " ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Gas NDR 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 controversial new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen is ready to start commercial operations 鈥� but the project lacks demand, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. ...
31 Jul 2024
31 Jul 2024, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann International Energy Agency: World adding 510 GW renewable capacity in 2023 means 50%-increase from a year before Under current policies & market trends, global renewable capacity is set to be 2.5 times higher by ...
24 Jul 2024, 13:38 Germany is betting on sustainable hydrogen to decarbonise its economy and will largely have to import the fuel in future due to unfavourable local conditions for renewable electricity production. With its hydrogen import strategy, the ...
16 Jul 2024, 12:23 Edgar Meza Gas Handelsblatt EU countries are increasing Russian gas imports despite the bloc鈥檚 efforts to reduce fossil fuel from Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war, Handelsblatt reports. EU countries imported around 30 percent more ...
09 Jul 2024
09 Jul 2024, 11:00 S枚ren Amelang Carbon Brief: What record global heat means for breaching the 1.5C warming limit Recent warming has led to renewed debate around whether the world might pass the 1.5C Paris Agreement limit sooner previously estimated. ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:25 Following Croatia鈥檚 inconclusive elections in April, the country鈥檚 parliament finally approved the new coalition government on 16 May. The centre-right HDZ, which won the most seats, formed a coalition with the right-wing Homeland ...
01 Jul 2024, 13:33 Ruby Russel Gas Zeit Online Construction of Germany's first onshore liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal has begun at Stade in the state of Lower Saxony, close to the northern port city Hamburg. Expected to be operational by 2027, ...
28 Jun 2024, 16:00 French citizens are awaiting the upcoming snap election brought about by the dissolution of parliament following president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 loss to the far-right in this June鈥檚 EU elections. The vote could have a profound impact on the ...
25 Jun 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Gas Security 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The EU isn鈥檛 prepared to properly deal with a future gas crisis like the one resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new report ...
19 Apr 2024, 15:00 A series of politically turbulent months for Croatia culminated with early parliamentary elections on 17 April. The short campaign didn鈥檛 leave much space for discussions on energy policy, but when asked, all the biggest parties claimed ...
24 May 2024, 15:00 The curtain is coming down on five years of EU energy and environment legislative drama. Since the 2019 鈥済reen wave鈥� that helped put the spotlight on sustainable policy, dozens of laws have passed through the complex process of EU ...
05 Jun 2024, 13:54 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Gas International 91tv The highest Dutch court has put a halt to gas drilling off the German North Sea island of Borkum. The ...
29 May 2024, 14:30 In a bid to help Germany reach greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, the government has presented a draft law reform that would allow the storage of CO2 under the seabed, as well as onshore 鈥� but only if the federal states choose to do so. ...
24 May 2024, 14:00 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Clean ...
17 Apr 2024, 12:48 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels Gas 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Germany covered just 6 percent of its natural gas and 2 percent of oil demand with domestic supplies in 2023 as production continues to sink, according to an ...
06 Mar 2024, 11:46 Julian Wettengel Gas International 91tv / Zeit Online / t-online The NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has called on economy minister Robert Habeck to follow the example of the U.S. government and declare a moratorium ...
04 Mar 2024, 13:19 Jennifer Collins Gas dpa Germany has no plans to downgrade from the "alert level" of its gas emergency plan, saying the supply situation remains "tense" two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine upended ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Finance Correctiv Leading German insurance companies continue to provide cover to liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, even as they often make sustainability a key corporate goal, investigative news outlet ...
01 Feb 2024, 13:45 Jack McGovan Policy Tagesspiegel Background Energy sector groups have called for improvements to a German interior ministry draft law set to regulate the resilience and physical safety of critical infrastructure, reports Tagesspiegel ...
29 Jan 2024, 13:58 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International 91tv The U.S. government鈥檚 decision to put a halt to licensing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv An group of energy, economy and finance experts 鈥� the Council for Energy Independence 鈥� has presented a roadmap urging Germany to prioritise independence from natural gas in its energy policy. ...
09 Jan 2024, 14:03 Franca Quecke Gas Security Der Spiegel / Hamburger Abendblatt The alleged sabotage of an important gas pipeline currently under construction in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein might lead to damages of at least 1.6 million euros, ...
05 Jan 2024, 11:45 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv German gas consumption decreased yet again in 2023, while the country's role as a European gas hub diminished further following the halt of Russian pipeline gas supply in 2022. Gas use was ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:51 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions fell around ten percent last year to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and electricity generation from coal ...
20 Dec 2023, 10:40 Money that Germany has earmarked for climate action should be spent on projects that have a direct impact on key sectors, says Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). The economist warns against cross ...
14 Dec 2023, 13:24 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hydrogen 91tv Converting hydrogen to ammonia will be "the dominant transport technology" in order to ship the fuel to Germany, according to a report 聽commissioned by the World Energy Council ...
15 Nov 2023, 11:44 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The German government is supporting the construction of a 9,700-kilometre-long pipeline network to transport hydrogen across the country and to its neighbours, the economy ministry said in ...
14 Nov 2023, 13:53 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jack McGovan Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities Clean ...
08 Nov 2023, 14:13 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen International Handelsblatt Norwegian shipping company H枚egh LNG is set to convert its floating liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in Germany to import hydrogen starting 2028, the company's CEO,聽Erik ...
07 Nov 2023, 12:25 With a wide range of measures to cut red tape and ease licensing procedures, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal and state governments want to speed up investments in and construction of renewable power installations, transmission lines, hydrogen ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:40 Edgar Meza Gas Table.Media Germany has more gas stored than ever before, Table.Media reports, citing information from the association of European gas infrastructure operators, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE). German gas storage ...
30 Oct 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen International 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Nigeria in a bid to secure new energy and economic partnerships, and help diversify Germany's energy ...
25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
18 Sep 2023, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen 91tv Domestic production of green hydrogen should play a much bigger role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans to scale-up the hydrogen economy, which is currently based on a more often inefficient and costly ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Gas Wind Freight 91tv / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to strengthen the country鈥檚 ports to support the expansion of offshore wind power and LNG and ...
14 Sep 2023, 14:03 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Technology 91tv Germany plans to ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:30 Jennifer Collins Transport Freight 91tv Germany's ports require huge investments to maintain their crucial position in supplying energy and goods, and to keep up with the energy transformation, said coastal state ...
12 Sep 2023, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 91tv The future of the energy system in economic powerhouse state Texas will be a key feature during an upcoming trip of German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to the United ...
06 Sep 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Wind Transport Hydrogen German coastal states want hundreds of millions of euros from the federal government to transform their ports into energy hubs for liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, and offshore wind,聽 reports ...
30 Aug 2023, 12:03 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Germany can be 鈥渇airly optimistic鈥� regarding its gas supply in winter 2023/2024, said energy industry association BDEW, one year after Russia ended its pipeline supply to the country on 31 August. ...
24 Aug 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Die Zeit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry representatives don鈥檛 expect threatening bottlenecks in energy supply during the coming winter, newspaper Die Zeit reports. 鈥淭he next winter is similarly challenging as the last ...
16 Aug 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Gas 91tv The plans for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the German island of R眉gen in the Baltic Sea face more opposition by local interest groups who fear that the large ...
10 Aug 2023, 14:20 Nearly halfway through its four-year term, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government faces increasing public discontent over its switch from two years of energy crisis management to controversial climate policies. The coalition government of the Social ...
04 Aug 2023, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 91tv Dimethyl ether (DME) 鈥� a compound used as propellant in deodorant sprays 鈥� is a 鈥渉itherto underestimated鈥� way to store and transport hydrogen over long distances, said researchers of the ...
28 Jul 2023, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Gas EU 91tv Germany will likely avoid a gas shortage in the winter of 2023/24, but reliable liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports are key to preventing bottlenecks, the Bavarian industry association vbw said ...
18 Jul 2023, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases by China may become a boon for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 supply of the fossil fuel in the coming winter season, business daily Handelsblatt reported. In ...
03 Jul 2023, 14:15 The two most influential members of the EU, Germany and France, agree on the urgent need to jointly decarbonise 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 energy system and put supply security on a safer footing after the tumultuous energy crisis year 2022. Russia鈥檚 war ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:34 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry has proposed to extend current regulation to the extent to which gas storage facilities have to be filled at certain times of the year, said the economy ministry in a ...
29 Jun 2023, 12:32 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 quest for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a substitute for halted Russian pipeline supplies entails significant risks regarding climate change mitigation, as the country鈥檚 demand could ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Germany is likely to reach its gas storage target levels early, but a shortage risk for the coming winter remains if average temperatures drop significantly, gas storage operator INES said in a ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:31 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv Germany will likely need several lignite power units that had been brought back online from reserve during the energy crisis last year also for the coming winter, economy minister Robert Habeck ...
30 May 2023, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Gas Table.Media / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Ministers from the German coastal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have drafted a catalogue of measures worth one billion euros, which they claim will help ensure that the island ...
25 May 2023, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Hydrogen 91tv / dpa The German government has agreed rules to build an initial 鈥渃ore鈥� hydrogen network that is set to enter operation by 2032. "Our goal is the rapid ramp-up of the hydrogen market, ...
22 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Politics 91tv An economist and regional state secretary will become 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new energy state secretary following the departure of Patrick Graichen due to violations of the ministry's compliance rules. ...
19 May 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Politics Society 91tv / Zeit Online The island of R眉gen on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Baltic Sea coast is to be included into law as a location for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals despite local ...
19 May 2023, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Bild / ARD / Table.Media / PV Magazine Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is seeking to quickly replace energy state secretary Patrick Graichen, whose exit following ...
10 May 2023, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Gas NDR / 91tv The federal government has decided on a location for the disputed import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the popular holiday destination island of R眉gen, reported public ...
04 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv The European Union can cut its fossil gas use in half by 2030 and fully exit the fuel by 2050聽while maintaining supply security and industrial production at today鈥檚 levels without disruptive ...
03 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas Table.Media / Spiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government has postponed a decision to include a planned new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal off the coast of the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen in the country鈥檚 LNG ...
26 Apr 2023, 13:15 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Asset managers active in the area of sustainability see investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany as risky, said a report by the Science Platform for Climate Protection (WPKS). Germany ...
21 Apr 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Gas Policy Society dpa German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and economy and climate minister Robert Habeck (Greens) have defended controversial government plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the ...
19 Apr 2023, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Germany will be able to fully fill its gas storage facilities over the summer even if only a moderate volume of the fuel is available in the EU internal market, but there is still a risk of a ...
14 Apr 2023, 13:42 The decade-long debate about the the role of nuclear power in Germany flared up for a last time before the remaining three reactors are shut down on Saturday 15 April. Politicians from government coalition party FDP and the opposition ...
12 Apr 2023, 13:58 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Business manager magazin 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 state-owned energy supplier Uniper will continue to have a stake in nuclear plants abroad even after the end of the technology鈥檚 ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:35 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas pipeline network has to be adapted to a new reality over the coming decade, as gas consumption is expected to decline by at least 20 percent by 2032, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
29 Mar 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen 91tv The steel pipelines used in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas grid are generally suitable for the transport of hydrogen, said the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW). 鈥淭he ...
29 Mar 2023, 14:19 The German government coalition has overcome a month-long dispute with a deal on comprehensive reforms in climate and environmental protection, the acceleration of major infrastructure projects, and billions for the modernisation of ...
28 Mar 2023, 13:44 Edgar Meza Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background, 91tv With the development of green hydrogen forming a key part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, leading research institutions have thrown their support behind the idea of ...
28 Mar 2023, 11:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 91tv The governments of Germany and the Netherlands have agreed on closer cooperation to connect their respective hydrogen pipeline networks in the future, they said in a joint statement. 鈥淲e ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:21 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Society 91tv The German government can count on very broad popular support for its plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energies, a survey has revealed. 鈥淭he population is ready for a ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:26 Carolina Kyllmann Utilities 91tv Municipal utilities are at the forefront of implementing the energy transition and should 鈥渋nvest in the green future of their business,鈥� 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the annual ...
06 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background A draft update of the German government鈥檚 2020 national hydrogen strategy assumes a higher demand for the fuel than three years ago, when the country launched its first national strategy ...
03 Mar 2023, 13:34 With a significant 鈥渟afety buffer鈥� of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity, the German government aims to ensure that the country and neighbouring states will receive sufficient supply of natural gas in the coming years, says ...
01 Mar 2023, 13:39 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv Europe is on track to have sufficient capacity for supplying its economies with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming 10- 15 years, taking into account existing plans to expand the import ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages next winter, the Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has said in a report. Following a halt of Russian gas deliveries into Germany in September 2022, ...
15 Feb 2023, 12:57 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen 91tv Germany and Belgium agreed to link their hydrogen networks, double gas flow into Germany and explore the possibility of a second high-voltage electricity interconnector for cross-border ...
10 Feb 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Transport Policy 91tv / Tagesspiegel Background It is no longer necessary to prioritise the transport of coal, mineral oil and gas on German trains, the transport companies鈥� association VDV ...
03 Feb 2023, 12:56 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv The hasty buildout of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
30 Jan 2023, 15:52 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Table.Media / taz [CLARIFICATION: It is not just Agora Energiewende which says LNG expansion plans are oversized. The grid operators in their draft plan state that if all planned LNG capacity is ...
24 Jan 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann International Handelsblatt International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol is weary of too much optimism about energy security in Europe ahead of the 2023 winter, he said in an interview with newspaper Handelsblatt. ...
18 Jan 2023, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind Policy 91tv The expansion of onshore wind power capacity in Germany in 2022 again remained below the level required for reaching the country鈥檚 renewable power targets, a shortcoming that ...
18 Jan 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Government Handelsblatt The conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group opposition is calling on the German government to accelerate planning and approval procedures and greater investment in the expansion of ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:23 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt / 91tv Following the attacks of the Nord Stream pipelines in September, the German government wants to expand the requirement for operators of so-called critical infrastructure (kritis) ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv The German energy crisis has not ended yet, but has become 鈥渕anageable鈥� to a point where the government is confident it could be overcome for good by 2024, economy and climate minister ...
10 Jan 2023, 13:14 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Germany should be able to fill its gas storage units ahead of next winter, said the country鈥檚 gas storage operator association INES. 鈥淓ven with reduced LNG import volumes and a complete halt of ...
06 Jan 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Transport dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung An increasing number of cruise ships have switched their propellant from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to diesel fuel because of high LNG prices,聽 reports 聽newswire dpa in an article ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first full cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached the import terminal in Wilhelmshaven on 3 January, energy company Uniper said. The ship Maria Energy was loaded with approximately ...
02 Jan 2023, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Gas Bild am Sonntag 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister Christian Lindner has renewed his call for allowing the controversial fracking technology to increase gas supplies. 鈥淭he ban should be lifted,鈥� the head of the Free Democrats ...
23 Dec 2022, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv In order to bolster the capacity for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), Germany will support the construction of three so-called LNG bunker vessels. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck ...
23 Dec 2022, 14:20 The German government coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz looks back at a turbulent first year in office, which has been dominated by the reality check of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine and the European energy crisis. The turmoil in global ...
02 Jan 2023, 12:53 Germany's government needs to devise support for the country's energy-intensive industry in 2023 in order to keep it competitive, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at industry association BDI. ...
21 Dec 2022, 13:27 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Hydrogen 91tv The ...
20 Dec 2022, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU Die Zeit The vote by EU energy ministers to introduce a price cap on natural gas is a bad compromise for Germany, Anja Stehle wrote in an opinion piece for Die Zeit. The price ceiling, taking effect at 180 euros ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) opened on Saturday, 17 December, and is slated to supply gas to the German grid within days. 鈥淭his is a very special moment ...
03 Jan 2023, 13:18 The German government overall has done a good job in maintaining energy supply security in the country in the turbulent year 2022, but risks to the energy system's stability persist also in 2023, says Andreas Kuhlmann, head of the ...
15 Dec 2022, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Gas Government Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry expects a significant import overcapacity if all planned floating and fixed onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are implemented as planned, reports Table ...
16 Dec 2022, 11:26 The adoption of net zero emissions targets by global technology giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft is turning into a serious problem for Taiwan鈥檚 massive chipmaking industry. Pressure to decarbonise the extremely power-hungry ...
19 Dec 2022, 13:52 Filling gas storages in 2023 might not be as easy as this past year in the absence of Russian pipeline gas, and Europe should focus on energy saving and finding ways to increase especially LNG supply to address the global shortage next ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:46 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas International 91tv An alliance of civil society organisations including Fridays for Future, Germanwatch and Misereor聽 has called on the government 聽to abandon plans to support natural gas ...
12 Dec 2022, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Tagesspiegel Background / Bloomberg The first gas flows into the German grid from the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven are expected on 22 December, newspaper ...
08 Dec 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv The planned infrastructure for direct imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 coastlines are 鈥渕assively oversized鈥� and state involvement means that taxpayer money is used for what could ...
05 Dec 2022, 13:55 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv Fossil gas will be a crucial part of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power and energy supply for at least another ten years, because the expansion of renewables and the electricity grid are lagging behind, said ...
01 Dec 2022, 12:20 One year after taking over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government, chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 鈥渢raffic light鈥� coalition looks back at some turbulent first twelve months in office that were overshadowed by Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine and the subsequent ...
30 Nov 2022, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas International 91tv / Reuters / Tagesspiegel Background Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed two contracts that are set to supply Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a duration of at least 15 ...
25 Nov 2022, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Croatia could become an important gas supplier for the southern German state of Bavaria by providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and also hydrogen to the economic powerhouse state, the ...
25 Nov 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann EU 91tv Germany should ensure there is solidarity in Europe to get through the energy crisis and be prepared for the winter 2023/24, International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol said. 鈥淓urope needs ...
24 Nov 2022, 13:39 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 91tv / Frankfurter Allgemeine The first ship designed to convert liquefied natural gas (LNG) back 聽to gaseous state has聽 arrived 聽in Germany, Deutsche ReGas, 聽the company developing the country's ...
18 Nov 2022, 14:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv A major gas shortage in Germany during the coming winter has become 鈥渉ighly unlikely,鈥� the country鈥檚 gas storage operator association INES has said. In a review of supply scenarios for ...
18 Nov 2022, 13:23 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first terminal for the import of green hydrogen and its derivatives will be built in the northern port city of Hamburg. Economy minister Robert Habeck said the terminal is set to start ...
16 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) plans to streamline planning and approval procedures for faster construction of wind turbines, rail projects and even houses, newspaper Handelsblatt聽 reports. The ...
15 Nov 2022, 14:04 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen NDR / 91tv The first jetty for arrival of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed in northern German Wilhelmshaven, with the first delivery set to arrive in mid-January 2023, reports ...
07 Nov 2022, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen COP27 WirtschaftsWoche Plans by Egypt鈥檚 government and other governments in the region to make northern Africa and the Middle East (MENA) a major exporter of green hydrogen raise hopes within the German ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:00 Carolina Kyllmann Gas International COP27 91tv The German government has signed two memoranda of understanding with Egypt to strengthen partnerships on liquefied natural gas (LGN) and green hydrogen. The cooperation, which ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:34 German officials have reiterated that public support for new gas projects in other countries should be possible, as long as these are in line with overall climate commitments. The comments by the government come amid sharp criticism by ...
28 Oct 2022, 13:11 Kiprotich Koros Gas Industry 91tv African governments run the risk of stranded investments if they respond to the EU's short-term need for natural gas in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a report by the ...
27 Oct 2022, 13:12 Jessica Bateman Gas Policy 91tv It is possible to ensure the efficient use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a transitional solution in Germany over the coming winter and beyond without losing sight of the climate ...
17 Mar 2023, 14:25 A year after the launch of Russia's attack on Ukraine, Germany appears to be emerging from the energy crisis relatively unscathed. Russia鈥檚 war has dealt a heavy blow to 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 biggest economy, because it was particularly ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Resources & Recycling 91tv To succeed in the energy transition, Germany will focus on warranting secure supply chains and reliable production capacities required for renewable ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU dpa / Focus Online A new pipeline connecting Spain with France and the northern European grid could be finished within a year, the head of Spanish gas grid operator Enagas, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, told news ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:20 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his government would pave the way for prolonging the runtime of all three of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining reactors until April 2023. The German leader thus intervened to settle a dispute about the delayed end of ...
14 Oct 2022, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Gas Bloomberg / 91tv Germany has reached its target to fill gas storages to 95 percent two weeks ahead of the 1 November deadline, the economy ministry (BMWK) announced. 鈥淭he well-filled storage facilities ...
13 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background While Germany is building up an infrastructure to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its North and Baltic Sea coasts in record time, there continues to be uncertainty about where the ...
12 Oct 2022, 14:48 The European energy crisis is set to push Germany into a recession in 2023, as rising energy prices put a damper on industrial production and inflation means citizens will buy less, said the economy ministry in its autumn projection for ...
10 Oct 2022, 14:09 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics 91tv / Frankfurter Rundschau The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has won the regional parliamentary election in Lower Saxony, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest wind power producer, with 34 percent ...
07 Oct 2022, 14:55 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 91tv There ...
07 Oct 2022, 13:32 The state election in Lower Saxony on 9 October is the first major vote in the country since the energy crisis fueled by Russia's war has started to take a toll on the German economy. The ballot in the state that hosts most of ...
05 Oct 2022, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt A new gas pipeline that would connect the Iberian peninsula with northern Europe through the Pyrenees is causing a stir in France, Spain and Germany amid the energy crisis, business daily ...
30 Sep 2022, 12:35 Julian Wettengel Coal 91tv German energy company RWE is set to bring three lignite power plant units in the western part of the country back online in the coming days to help secure power supply during the coming winter, ...
29 Sep 2022, 17:37 The German government has agreed on a relief package worth up to 200 billion euros to fight soaring energy prices. 鈥淧rices must go down 鈥� that鈥檚 our conviction, and the government will do anything to achieve that,鈥� said chancellor Olaf ...
29 Sep 2022, 10:46 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Gas 91tv Leaking methane from the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines is likely to lead to 鈥渟ignificant climate damage鈥�, Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has said. ...
28 Sep 2022, 13:53 Jessica Bateman Gas Society S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Local activists in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein are protesting the government鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure construction plans, newspaper S眉ddeutsche ...
23 Sep 2022, 14:02 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 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Clean ...
23 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Elections & Politics WirtschaftsWoche The energy crisis forces Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, Stephan Weil, state premier of ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:05 Julian Wettengel Renewables 91tv Germany must use the price advantage of renewable energy sources to weather the energy crisis over the coming winter and beyond, said the renewables association BEE. The lobby group said ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv Germany no longer counts on receiving gas from Russia after deliveries through the pipeline Nord Stream 1 have been suspended indefinitely by Russian supplier Gazprom. 鈥淕as deliveries ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:10 With its third energy cost relief package since the start of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, the German government hopes to alleviate concerns over skyrocketing prices for heating and electricity in the coming winter. The large package worth ...
02 Sep 2022, 12:46 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv The German government has chartered a fifth floating import terminal (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help the country wean itself off Russian pipeline gas and ensure supply security,聽 the ...
01 Sep 2022, 13:42 Energy policy links between the UK and the European Union have remained strong since the UK officially left the bloc in January 2020, in contrast to complications in many other policy areas. A new renewable power interconnector project ...
31 Aug 2022, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices 91tv German leaders see the country well-equipped to get through the coming winter in the ongoing energy crisis. The government had initiated the necessary preparations to secure ...
22 Aug 2022, 13:07 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Rheinische Post / 91tv Chancellor Olaf Scholz and economy minister Robert Habeck want to deepen 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy ties with Canada during a three-day state visit, with a particular focus on future ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Security Der Tagesspiegel The European energy crisis caused by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine has created the right environment for 鈥渇inally and forcefully implementing a Europeanisation of energy and climate policy,鈥� ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Security Handelsblatt / Bild-Zeitung Russia鈥檚 government is actively trying to exploit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 current energy supply crisis by sowing division and spreading disinformation, security agencies in Germany have ...
15 Aug 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 91tv Leading members of the German government have renewed calls for perseverance and willingness to make sacrifices to beat the energy crisis, with the upcoming heating season set to drive up ...
11 Aug 2022, 17:39 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv [UPDATE adds paragraph on third relief package] German chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is confident European Union member states will show solidarity in the energy crisis exacerbated by ...
10 Aug 2022, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background There are still no liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts between German and Qatari companies almost five months after economy minister Robert Habeck visited the gulf state in March to ...
05 Aug 2022, 11:34 With natural gas deliveries from Russia dwindling, the German government is preparing for a winter without sufficient supplies of the fossil fuel it relies on heavily for heating homes. As well as increasing the import of liquified gas ...
03 Aug 2022, 14:52 Edgar Meza Gas International S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As concern over dwindling Russian gas supplies rises, Germany is looking increasingly towards Africa for new sources of energy. Skyrocketing gas prices around the world are creating ...
03 Aug 2022, 13:37 Russia is ready to use 鈥減retexts and invented reasons鈥� to obstruct 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 energy supply, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said as his government prepares for a possible full halt to natural gas trading with the country鈥檚 most ...
28 Jul 2022, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas storage levels could reach 90 percent by 1 November, even under the scenario where flows from Russia through the crucial Nord Stream pipeline remain curbed, the association of gas storage system ...
26 Jul 2022, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 91tv An agreement by EU countries to curb gas use during the coming winter is a signal of unity and solidarity in the face of the current energy crisis, said German economy minister Robert Habeck. ...
26 Jul 2022, 11:23 S枚ren Amelang Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to replace Russian supplies exceed requirements and put the country鈥檚 and European climate targets at risk, argues a report commissioned by ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:12 Edgar Meza Gas EU 91tv German policymakers and utilities have welcomed a European Commission聽 proposal asking EU聽member states聽to聽adopt聽voluntary measures to reduce聽gas聽consumption amid fears of Russia cutting off ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:03 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 91tv Gas has started to flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany following a 10-day closure for annual maintenance work. The lower utilisation at around 40 percent of ...
20 Jul 2022, 12:58 S枚ren Amelang Gas 91tv Germany will use a fifth floating liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in its drive to wean itself off Russian gas imports at a pace 鈥渘ever seen before鈥� in the country. A private consortium will ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:40 Sven Egenter Finance Security 91tv Russia鈥檚 cuts to natural gas supplies and the wider economic fallout from the war against Ukraine will push the German economy into recession, analysts at Deutsche Bank forecast. 鈥淎 likely ...
14 Jul 2022, 13:18 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security 91tv Europe will be faced with gas shortages until new import infrastructure, a reduction of gas consumption, as well as better coordinated cooperation between European countries are in place to ...
13 Jul 2022, 11:48 Hannah Naylor Gas EU Security 91tv Climate ministers Robert Habeck and Leonore Gewessler of Germany and Austria, respectively, said European solidarity is 鈥渕ore important than ever鈥� amid the ongoing gas crisis in Europe, ...
07 Jul 2022, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government 91tv German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out an extension of the runtime of the country鈥檚 three remaining nuclear plants as a way to stabilise the energy system amid an ...
06 Jul 2022, 12:03 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine pushes governments across Europe to overhaul their plans for gas infrastructure such as pipelines or import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Substituting only half of Russian gas imports forces ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
28 Jun 2022, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Gas Business & Jobs Security 91tv A sudden stop of Russian gas supplies as of July 2022 would lead to a loss of economic output of more than 12 percent, affecting up 5.6 million jobs in the country, a ...
27 Jun 2022, 19:30 The leaders鈥� meeting at Schloss Elmau in the German Alps is set to be a 鈥渉istoric鈥� G7 summit, says political analyst John Kirton. Never before has a summit of the G7 summit faced such a simultaneously unfolding and severe set of ...
24 Jun 2022, 14:08 The German government has launched the second of a total of three escalation stages of its national gas supply security plan, which was drawn up in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After triggering the first "early ...
28 Jun 2022, 17:00 Climate is planned to figure high on the agenda as leaders of the G7 democratic economies come together in a remote castle with picturesque views of alpine peaks in southern German state Bavaria. The German presidency has promised to ...
17 Jun 2022, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ARD / Tagesspiegel The increasing pressure on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas supply system could lead the government to tighten its grip on gas distribution and enforce savings by law, economy and climate minister Robert ...
16 Jun 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Rheinische Post To save gas and money, German households should be incentivised to use less energy for heating, the president of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), Klaus M眉ller, has told newspaper ...
15 Jun 2022, 13:00 Gas flows from Russia to Germany through the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline will be drastically reduced for an unspecified period, state-owned Russian gas provider Gazprom has announced. The company said that German engineering company ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:16 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Government 91tv The German government鈥檚 action on emission reductions is 鈥渋nsufficient鈥� for reaching its climate promises, an analysis NGO Climate Action Tracker has found. In a press ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:02 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security ZDF / ARD 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister has arrived in Israel for talks about bilateral energy cooperation, with a focus on developing renewable energies rather than short-term deliveries of ...
31 May 2022, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung All countries in Europe and beyond need to take 鈥渆xtraordinary measures鈥� to reduce their fossil energy demand in response to the supply crisis exacerbated by ...
23 May 2022, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Gas International Tagesspiegel Background The EU鈥檚 and, in particular, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 urgent drive to replace Russian gas imports has revived controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Canada, to the dismay of ...
24 May 2022, 07:59 Germany could support Senegal in efforts to exploit fossil gas resources off its coast, chancellor Olaf Scholz聽said during a visit to the western African country. As Germany seeks alternatives to Russian fossil fuel imports, Scholz said ...
20 May 2022, 13:44 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg ...
19 May 2022, 12:00 Germany has reacted largely positively to EU plans for ending dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports. Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the European Commission鈥檚 RePowerEU Plan an 鈥渋mportant initiative鈥� that could give fresh impetus to ...
13 May 2022, 12:26 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv An alliance of environmental NGOs has called on parliamentarians to make significant changes to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 planned acceleration of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to ensure that the current ...
13 May 2022, 13:00 Russia has started to use fossil fuel deliveries as 鈥渁 weapon鈥� with the introduction of sanctions on Gazprom Germania, the former German unit of Gazprom, said economy and climate minister Robert Habeck. While the situation was ...
11 May 2022, 13:10 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 ...
09 May 2022, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics NDR The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have achieved a clear victory in the state elections of northern German Schleswig-Holstein and relegated chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democrats ...
05 May 2022, 13:32 Germany is rapidly pushing several infrastructure projects for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to wean itself off Russian natural gas. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck visited the kick-off ceremony for the ...
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 May 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security 91tv Germany has said it will support an embargo on Russian oil imports if the EU member states agree on it. Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has聽 confirmed 聽that ...
28 Apr 2022, 11:30 Germany has reduced its dependence on Russian crude oil from 35 to 12 percent and will take steps to replace the remaining deliveries to the Russian-operated Schwedt refinery within the next days, said the economy and climate minister. ...
27 Apr 2022, 11:38 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Die Welt German finance minister Christian Lindner, head of the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP), has warned against accelerating the energy transition 鈥� a move driven by his Green Party ...
19 Apr 2022, 13:37 Kerstine Appunn Gas Handelsblatt The German finance ministry has approved the spending of up to three billion euros from the budget to finance floating terminals for liquified natural gas (LNG) in German ports. With the signing of the ...
12 Apr 2022, 11:50 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background Plans to build import infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany are quickly taking shape as more companies decide to invest, but NGOs and ...
01 Apr 2022, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Security Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The heads of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large, energy intensive companies have warned against severe damages that would be caused by a stop to Russian gas ...
31 Mar 2022, 13:53 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 91tv Transnational cooperation in the development of a common hydrogen market and the construction of hydrogen infrastructure can strengthen the Netherlands and Germany in the decarbonisation of their ...
30 Mar 2022, 13:49 Germany has triggered the first stage of its national gas supply emergency plan over fears that Russia might soon cut supplies if it doesn't receive payments from foreign buyers in roubles. The government called on all consumers to ...
30 Mar 2022, 12:05 Edgar Meza Heating 91tv The electrification of the heating sector could be a key component in making Europe become less dependent on Russian gas, according to an internal report by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The ...
28 Mar 2022, 10:56 A complete disruption of energy trading between Russia and the rest of Europe would have grave consequences for the economies of Germany and other EU countries, says energy and security policy expert Kirsten Westphal. If the flow of gas ...
25 Mar 2022, 15:02 Germany is making considerable progress in weaning itself off fossil fuel imports from Russia and could become virtually independent of the country鈥檚 coal and oil by the end of this year, said economy and climate minister Robert Habeck ...
24 Mar 2022, 14:07 Vladimir Putin鈥檚 announcement to only accept payment in roubles for gas deliveries to Europe has rattled 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry and sent natural gas prices soaring. Economy minister Robert Habeck called Russia鈥檚 move a 鈥渂reach of ...
24 Mar 2022, 12:07 Jessica Bateman Gas Der Spiegel The energy minister of Lower Saxony has called on the German federal government to provide partial funding for four liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in his state, Der Spiegel reports. In a letter to ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Tagesspiegel Background The European gas infrastructure would have to be changed quickly and extensively to be able to maintain supply in the event of an embargo or export ban on supplies from Russia, but ...
22 Mar 2022, 13:00 Jessica Bateman Gas Security Zeit / Tagesspiegel / Handelsblatt 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 opinion writers have weighed in on the government鈥檚 liquid natural gas (LNG) deal with Qatar, concluding that the country has little choice but to accept an ...
21 Mar 2022, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 91tv / ARD 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has launched an energy partnership with the Emir of Qatar which includes both the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ...
18 Mar 2022, 14:48 The new German three-party coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz had started its term at the end of last year with optimism to launch a vigorous climate action programme after two difficult years in a pandemic. But the 鈥渢raffic light ...
18 Mar 2022, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Utilities 91tv Energy company聽 RWE plans to build an ammonia terminal 聽at the site of the planned import harbour for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the northern German city of Brunsb眉ttel to ...
17 Mar 2022, 13:55 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen International 91tv / Spiegel Germany and Norway will consider building a hydrogen pipeline between the two countries in a bid to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian fossil gas.聽Norway wants ...
11 Mar 2022, 13:03 As president Vladimir Putin continues to wage war in Ukraine and the U.S. is preparing to ban all oil imports from Russia, calls are getting louder for Germany and Europe to follow Washington鈥檚 lead. European countries are paying ...
09 Mar 2022, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Coal Gas International General-Anzeiger Europe could manage to stop Russian energy imports by using more coal for power production in the short term, said the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
09 Mar 2022, 13:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Renewables Security 91tv The pivot away from Russian energy imports will require Germany to double down on its energy transition efforts and apply a speed similar to that of Tesla with its new ...
08 Mar 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security 91tv / The Guardian / CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected calls for immediately ending all energy trading with Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. 鈥湻〕馨潜璞疴�檚 ...
07 Mar 2022, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv Several environmental groups are calling on 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government to quickly present 鈥渁 binding phase-out path for fossil gas鈥� by 2040 in order to enable the country鈥檚 complete decarbonisation and ...
07 Mar 2022, 13:56 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Clean Energy ...
03 Mar 2022, 13:50 Kerstine Appunn Renewables International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German renewables stocks have surged amid prospects of an accelerated energy transition after the government emphasised plans to speed up renewables expansion as a ...
03 Mar 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Fossil fuels Security 91tv The German government is releasing oil reserves from the country鈥檚 Petroleum Stockholding Association (EBV) in an effort to calm the oil market. The move follows a decision on Wednesday ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:46 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Policy International Security The German government will push the construction of what would be the country鈥檚 first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals as part of ...
24 Feb 2023, 11:00 One year after Russia started its devastating war on Ukraine, the energy policy landscape of Germany and most of Europe has changed radically. European states to a large extent lowered or even completely cut their reliance on Russian ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:58 The outbreak of war in eastern Europe is sending shockwaves through 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 political class and is reshaping the energy transition debate, as the country鈥檚 most important energy trading partner Russia increasingly turns into a ...
25 Feb 2022, 13:50 Germany will safely get through this winter even if Russia cuts of energy supplies, the country's economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said. In order to prevent future supply shocks and reduce dependence on Russia, the ...
22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
23 Feb 2022, 10:15 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the economy ministry to halt the certification process for the already completed ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:55 Jessica Bateman Gas dpa / ntv The construction of Germany's first liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal remains uncertain as a key project continues to face delays, reports newswire dpa in an article carried by ntv. There is still ...
10 Feb 2022, 13:48 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU 91tv European imports ...
19 Nov 2021, 13:10 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Transport Freight 91tv Many German shipping companies are reluctant to implement emissions reduction ...
05 Oct 2021, 12:01 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas energate messenger / taz The energy group Uniper no longer believes in the construction of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal in northern German Wilhelmshaven, reports ...
15 Sep 2021, 12:29 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Fossil fuels The German government has issued export credit guarantees to 12 billion euros鈥� worth of fossil fuel projects over the ...
08 Sep 2021, 12:30 The Left Party would enter negotiations to form 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government with a demand to abolish the recently introduced carbon price on transport and heating fuels, according to MP Lorenz G枚sta Beutin, a climate and energy expert ...
29 Jul 2021, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Coal Gas 91tv / taz Following years of protests in the western German Rhenish lignite mining region, activist group Ende Gel盲nde is set to target plans for an import terminal for LNG (liquefied natural gas) ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:08 Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Transport Freight 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shipbuilding and offshore supply industry is an " ...
14 May 2021, 14:16 Edgar Meza 91tv 91tv Coal Utilities Reuters German energy company Uniper has agreed to consider an earlier than planned shutdown of its controversial coal-fired power plant Datteln 4, Reuters reports. "Should future ...
16 Apr 2021, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang 91tv 91tv Gas Hydrogen 91tv German utility company Uniper has dropped plans for an import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the German port of Wilhelmshaven and now plans to build a ...
01 Apr 2021, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid 91tv The conversion of large parts of the German gas infrastructure to reflect changing supply is well underway, the country鈥檚 gas grid operators write in their implementation report for the ...
15 Mar 2021, 13:35 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Finance 91tv Insurance companies must end their support for liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure and companies in Europe, German environmental and human rights organisation Urgewald says in a ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Technology Handelsblatt German ship engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is pushing for climate-neutral fuels to replace marine diesel, Christoph Schlautmann writes in business daily Handelsblatt. ...
18 Mar 2025, 10:20 The pipeline Nord Stream 2 connects Germany directly to Russian gas supplies, but it has never come into operation and has split opinions, both in Europe and beyond, for years. It has become a symbol of failed German energy policy, ...
29 Jan 2021, 13:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background The German government supports plans for a first domestic LNG import terminal, but the volatile global market is complicating existing endeavours, writes Christian Schaudwet in Tagesspiegel ...
15 Jan 2021, 13:06 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 DUH- Environmental Action ...
06 Jan 2021, 13:19 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The new US ...
08 Dec 2020, 08:03 The European Union and Germany will continue to deal with the general question of energy sovereignty and strategic autonomy even with a new US administration led by Joe Biden, says Kirsten Westphal, senior associate at the German ...
27 Nov 2020, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv / NDR The German parliament's budget committee has set aside 135 million euros for supporting the development of a liquid natural gas (LNG) tank vessel infrastructure. "This is how we ...
24 Nov 2020, 13:35 Edgar Meza Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Kassel-based gas producer Wintershall Dea says it has not felt any great pressure from the US government due to its involvement in the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline project, ...
12 Nov 2020, 14:26 Julian Wettengel Gas 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 gas demand is set to increase significantly from 90 billion cubic metres (Bcm) today to 110 Bcm by 2034 as the country exits both nuclear and coal, said the energy research company and ...
11 Nov 2020, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Freight Bayerischer Rundfunk / AFP / 91tv 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transport minister Andreas Scheuer continues to pursue a 鈥榗ash for clunkers鈥� scheme for old lorries. Since large lorries with alternative drive systems, ...
03 Nov 2020, 15:03 Governments in Germany and elsewhere in Europe are wary of the impact the US election could have on international climate action cooperation. While a win by incumbent President Donald Trump would likely exacerbate existing disputes on ...
27 Oct 2020, 13:28 International dpa Germany is eager to work more closely with the United States on climate action once again, foreign minister Heiko Maas said in statements reported by dpa this week. Maas said that he and environment minister Svenja ...
16 Oct 2020, 13:32 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Industry 91tv Natural gas has become by far the most important energy source for power generation of Germany's ...
12 Oct 2020, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Freight Business & Jobs manager magazin Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says a recovery of international maritime trade after the slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic is helping the company to regain its strength ...
08 Sep 2020, 13:58 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport EU 91tv The European Union has to " ...
12 Aug 2020, 13:55 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Utility Uniper says there could be further delays to the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, or possibly even a failure ...
07 Aug 2020, 14:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Die Welt / WirtschaftsWoche / Tagesspiegel Three Republican senators have threatened the US will impose "crushing legal and economic sanctions" on the port of Sassnitz on the German Baltic Sea ...
06 Aug 2020, 14:13 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Gas International 91tv The environmental group Environmental Action Germany (DUH) says it is suing to stop the controversial Nord ...
04 Aug 2020, 14:24 Edgar Meza Gas Security Die Welt The US government's threat of sanctions against companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project has led to angry calls of defiance by government officials and business leaders in ...
30 Jul 2020, 13:34 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 91tv The companies involved in the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, which connects Germany with Russia via the ...
17 Jul 2020, 13:49 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Gas International Handelsblatt Tumbling prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) due to the coronavirus pandemic are worsening conditions for planned gas import terminals in Germany, Klaus Stratmann ...
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 ...
18 Jun 2020, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Gas Security 91tv All of the parties represented in the German parliament reject the economic sanctions threatened by the United States over the construction of the controversial ...
16 Jun 2020, 14:59 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 91tv / Spiegel Online CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this article, the authors's name was misspelled as "Heckling". The correct name is " ...
18 May 2020, 14:08 Expert ICCT- International Council on Clean Transportation Transport Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Gas Cars Focus Online / 脰ko-Institut Despite ...
15 May 2020, 14:17 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Security 91tv Several German parliamentarians have criticised government plans to set up a domestic ...
15 May 2020, 16:34 The U.S. administration is aggressively promoting the country鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European partners, portraying it both as a supply that would help them diversify away from Russian gas and as a way to reduce greenhouse gas ...
30 Apr 2020, 13:50 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas WirtschaftsWoche The fall in natural ...
28 Apr 2020, 10:59 The coronavirus crisis has put a spotlight on deteriorating transatlantic relations as both continents focus on the well-being of their own populations and U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push his America First strategy. Over ...
09 Apr 2020, 13:58 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Germany should not focus exclusively on "green hydrogen" made with renewable electricity in its highly anticipated strategy for creating a ...
27 Mar 2020, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security WirtschaftsWoche Russia is defying threats from the U.S. over the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, making plans to finish the German-Russian project despite American pressure on companies working ...
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 ...
17 Mar 2020, 14:28 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Industry 91tv Germany's largest energy company RWE, together with oil company BP, chemicals producer Evonik and gas ...
13 Mar 2020, 14:12 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities S枚ren Amelang Renewables Utilities 91tv / dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany's largest coal power and renewables operator RWE plans to step up its ...
06 Mar 2020, 17:00 High methane emissions could unseat natural gas as the lowest-carbon fossil fuel, and the 聽EU needs to exert pressure on the US to get a grip on the issue, says Samantha Gross, fellow in the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and ...
03 Mar 2020, 14:13 S枚ren Amelang Energiewende Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt German ministries continue to be divided over plans for a hydrogen economy, delaying publication of the country's highly anticipated strategy to lower emissions in high ...
24 Feb 2020, 13:56 Freja Eriksen Gas Hydrogen Industry Handelsblatt The Netherlands has identified Germany as its main ally in building Europe's future hydrogen structure,聽 writes the business daily Handelsblatt. "Our aim is to intensify ...
19 Feb 2020, 18:30 To further its landmark energy transition, the Energiewende, Germany must concentrate on hydrogen technology to support the rollout of renewables, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In an in-depth review of Germany' ...
19 Feb 2020, 14:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen International Die Welt The importance of Russian gas for Germany is set to grow further amid the latter country's energy transition, economy minister Peter Altmaier said at a German-Russian industry ...
18 Feb 2020, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry 91tv Germany's government plans to use the country's EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to advocate a common European maritime economy strategy aimed at strengthening the ...
17 Feb 2020, 13:53 Rachel Waldholz Fossil fuels Security Handelsblatt / Deutsche Welle U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced one billion dollars in funding to support energy projects in Eastern and Central Europe as part of an effort to reduce ...
07 Feb 2020, 12:58 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Energiewende WirtschaftsWoche Germany needs to revamp its energy policy to avoid issues with supply security and ...
10 Oct 2019, 13:43 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 Transport Clean ...
20 Jun 2019, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Gas Freight 91tv A maritime energy transition in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is only possible with the help of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says the Maritime LNG Platform in a press release. LNG ...
29 May 2019, 12:16 Julian Wettengel Gas Die Welt The German government has promised financial support for the construction of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, but one potential site has run into a hurdle, reports Die Welt. The ...
04 Apr 2019, 13:34 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Renewables Hydrogen Technology 91tv A new project in northern Germany aims at establishing "the world鈥檚 first" power ...
04 Apr 2019, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Security Bloomberg / Politico US Vice President Mike Pence has reiterated his administration鈥檚 criticism of the controversial German-Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project in the Baltic ...
27 Mar 2019, 12:19 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 91tv ...
26 Mar 2019, 13:10 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / 91tv Energy company EnBW鈥檚 CEO Frank Mastiaux said Germany will build a ...
22 Mar 2019, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Security Tagesspiegel Background The parallel construction of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and a sea terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will reduce 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 dependence on individual ...
20 Mar 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Gas 91tv / Bizz Energy A group of environmental NGOs in Germany has intensified its resistance to the construction of the country鈥檚 first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:47 Rachel Waldholz Gas International Security Die Welt / Reuters US Vice President Mike Pence has issued a warning to Germany over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline at the Munich Security Conference this weekend, reports Die Welt.聽 His comments ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:16 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Gas International Security Financial Times The new rules for natural gas pipelines to and from third countries agreed by EU institutions mark the failure to find 鈥渁 robust and coherent鈥� joint ...
14 Feb 2019, 13:58 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Gas International Internationale Politik A u-turn on the controversial Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 鈥� currently under construction in the Baltic Sea 鈥� is unlikely, Christian ...
13 Feb 2019, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Gas International Security Rheinische Post The Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a 鈥渨in-win鈥� project that will benefit both Europe and Russia, Moscow鈥檚 ambassador in Germany, Sergey ...
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 ...
13 Feb 2019, 10:15 Representatives of European Union member states endorsed a last-ditch German and French proposal to amend some of the language of the new rules on how to regulate pipeline projects such as Nord Stream 2. The deal would introduce tougher ...
08 Feb 2019, 13:39 Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Gas International Security France and Germany have struck a compromise allowing Berlin to remain the lead negotiator with Russia on the Nord Stream II gas pipeline to Europe, reports news agency ...
23 Jan 2019, 17:36 Developed countries have the responsibility to establish 鈥渢echnologies from which others can benefit鈥�, such as forms of renewable energy production, after they emitted a lot of CO鈧� during the industrialisation, German Chancellor Angela ...
22 Jan 2019, 13:15 The German government is playing down US threats against companies involved in the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project connecting Germany to Russia. Energy minister Peter Altmaier said the government was 鈥渘ot impressed鈥� by ...
21 Jan 2019, 13:48 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv ...
18 Dec 2018, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann 91tv 91tv Gas International 91tv Liquefied natural gas shipped from the US currently cannot compete economically with natural gas that is transported to Europe via pipelines, Wintershall board ...
The US has 鈥渘ot deployed the full set of tools yet鈥� to thwart the completion of the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 that connects Germany with Russia, the US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, said according to an article by news agency Reuters. ...
Russia will continue to be an important trading partner also in a future that gradually substitutes fossil energy sources with renewables, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said at a the German-Russian Resource Conference in Potsdam ...
The German government is considering providing financial support to the construction of what would be the country鈥檚 first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, according to spokesperson Steffen Seibert. While private investors are currently examining ...
A total of 915,000 cruise ship passengers landed in Hamburg this year, up from 813,000 in 2017, Cruise Gate Hamburg, which operates three terminals in the harbour, said in a press release. Despite the increasing number of cruise ships visiting Hamburg, CO ...
The dual phase-out of nuclear and coal power in Germany means the country has to increasingly rely on natural gas to complement its power production from renewable sources but unlike other major European countries, the world鈥檚 second largest gas importer ...
Germany will choose where to build its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal by the end of 2018 as a gesture to the United States, which wants to ship more gas to Europe, economy minister Peter Altmaier said after a meeting with Maros Sefcovic, the ...
In an opinion piece, David Reay reacts to the op-ed on liquefied natural gas (LNG) by US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and US deputy secretary of energy Dan Brouillette in the Handelsblatt on 13 September. 鈥淭he pair offers up a shameless ...
Europe and Germany should 鈥渟hare in America鈥檚 abundance鈥� and cooperate with the US in energy policy by buying natural gas from America, the US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, writes together with US deputy secretary of energy Dan Brouillette in a ...
Germany is already connected to liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in neighbouring countries, but the government 鈥渋s working on advancing the [LNG] infrastructure in Germany itself,鈥� said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a German-Qatari ...
German energy company RWE has secured a 鈥渟ubstantial annual capacity鈥� of a planned German terminal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), reports news agency Reuters. RWE reached an agreement with LNG Terminal GmbH, the joint venture that aims to build ...
Qatar Petroleum, the world鈥檚 largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is in talks with German energy companies about cooperating on a potential LNG terminal, writes Mathias Bruggmann in an article in Handelsblatt. 鈥淲e have a serious interest in ...
Russian gas company Novatek and Belgian group Fluxys, a natural gas transmission system operator, are planning to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the German Baltic port city of Rostock, Andreas Meyer writes in the Ostsee-Zeitung. According ...
31 Aug 2018, 13:36 With its vast amounts of hydro energy, many would like Norway to become 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 鈥済reen battery鈥�, supplying neighbours with steady power when there is little wind or sun. An extreme heat wave and dry weather in the first half of 2018 ...
A pilot project in the city of Hamburg tests how container ship pollution in ports could be reduced by propelling them with electricity via mobile generators powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), reports the public broadcaster NDR.聽The LNG PowerPac, a ...
With just one exception, all cruise ships operating in Europe are powered by heavy fuel oil, 鈥渢he dirtiest of all fuels,鈥� according to a new ranking from Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), the organisation writes in a press release. Newly ...
18 Aug 2018, 20:13 Russia and Germany are set to proceed with the completion of a second natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea between the two countries. At a meeting with Russian President Putin near Berlin, German Chancellor Merkel sought to dispel ...
The importation of more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States would make the EU less dependent on Russia for energy, but American LNG is associated with significant environmental damage due to its extraction method, economist Claudia Kemfert ...
Germany could import liquefied natural gas (LNG) via its neighbouring countries, but this depends on the wholesale market prices of both LNG and pipeline gas, said Stefan Kapferer, head of utilities association BDEW, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ...
Plans to open a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein could weaken arguments about the country's dependence on Russian gas- a key criticism of US President Donald Trump, Klaus Stratmann writes in the ...
It is true that Russia is 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest energy supplier but German consumers are not 鈥渃aptives鈥�, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭o the dismay of climate politicians, an abundancy of oil, gas and coal is ...
In 2020, stricter environmental regulations concerning pollution from seagoing vessels will come into force, putting added pressure on the German shipbuilding industry to innovate, according to an article in tageszeitung (taz). The industry is currently ...
05 Jul 2018, 13:29 The climate advantage of natural gas can contribute to immediate CO鈧� reduction by replacing coal and oil in the power sector and in heating, says J眉rgen Fuhlrott, Head of Business Development at 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 biggest gas transmission grid ...
03 Jul 2018, 15:30 Cars fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG) could reach a share of up to ten percent of the total fleet in Germany and Europe, says Stephen Neumann, Volkswagen Group Officer for Natural Gas Mobility in an interview with the Clean ...
The benefits of the planned Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 outweigh the drawbacks, writes Josef Auer in a commentary for Deutsche Bank Research. It would increase supply security, as fewer countries are involved in transporting gas than before, ...
贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 reliance on natural gas imports- as a 鈥減artner for renewables鈥� 鈥� is growing, and the contentious Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline project is needed to supply the continent with gas cheaper than the liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported from ...
The natural gas network plan for 2018 to 2028 will include plans for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first national liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said in a press release. BNetzA said supply security was a 鈥減riority鈥� in the agency鈥檚 ...
Maritime transport is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but a growing awareness in the sector could herald an 鈥� energy transition on the high seas 鈥�, Axel H枚pner writes in Handelsblatt. The Green Ship of the Future initiative brings industry ...
Even if US sanctions lead to a cancellation of the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the Baltic LNG liquefied natural gas terminal projects, 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 import capacities are sufficient to meet demand, writes Aurora Energy Research in a brief. ...
The German shipping industry calls for greater financial support by the state to push its transition to more climate-friendly fuels, dpa news agency reports in an article carried by Die Welt. About 1,000 ships could run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ...
The federal cabinet approved聽 reform drafts for the energy and electricity tax laws 聽to adapt regulation on聽 national tax exemptions 聽to EU state aid law, the finance ministry writes in a press release. The draft would extend tax exemptions for聽 natural ...
Donald Trump鈥檚 wish for a better relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin could have a big impact on 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 natural gas supply, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. The impact would be felt if the new US president 鈥済ave up the Ukraine鈥� and ...
From 2019 on, Volkswagen (VW) will use two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled charter vessels for vehicle shipments between Europe and North America 鈥渢o significantly improve the environmental balance of its marine transport fleet鈥�, the company announced ...
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 ...
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling station for trucks has been opened in the city of Ulm. Energy company Uniper and transporter manufacturer Iveco operate the test facility. Uniper announced that it envisaged building a network of LNG ...
30 Mar 2016
30 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 91tv 91tv Reuters/SMA Solar 鈥淪MA Solar returns to profit on foreign demand鈥� SMA Solar, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest solar group, posted its first operating profit in three years thanks to strong foreign ...
12 May 2015, 00:00 G7 energy ministers agree on increasing efficiency as a no-regret measure to achieve energy security and greenhouse gas reductions. Joint action planned on cybersecurity for the electricity sector and a transparent gas market. Expert ...
10 Apr 2015
10 Apr 2015, 00:00 91tv 91tv Die Welt 鈥淕abriel risks losing the coal war鈥� A heavy storm is brewing above Sigmar Gabriel, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, as unions, employees, industry heads and parts of his own party rebel ...
07 Apr 2015
07 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 91tv 91tv 聽 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Unions 鈥� CO2 levy could erase 100,000 jobs The additional CO2 levy on old power plants, proposed by the German government to achieve climate targets, puts up to 100,000 jobs ...
06 Nov 2014
06 Nov 2014, 00:00 91tv 91tv SolarServer 鈥淪urvey: Energiewende little known in neighbouring countries, but support for goals鈥� Public awareness of the Energiewende 鈥� or energy transition 鈥� among some of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 immediate neighbours is low, ...
