"Germans want more renewables" / 121 million litres of diesel each day
Renewable Energies Agency / Kantar Emnid
Ninety-five percent of Germans say that increased use and expansion of renewable energy is important or very important, according to a representative survey by Kantar Emnid, commissioned by Renewable Energies Agency (AEE). It also found broad support (65 percent) for renewable energy installations in respondents鈥� direct neighbourhoods (5km radius), which increased further if they already had experience with such installations in their area.
Find the results in German .
For past years鈥� survey results on the Energiewende, read the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Polls reveal citizens' support for Energiewende.
Reuters / 威力彩玩法
Lower Saxony, Germany鈥檚 and home to carmaker Volkswagen, will hold new elections on 15 October after a Greens party member defected to the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). The move had cost the current government coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party its one-seat majority and 鈥渕arks the latest in a series of setbacks for the centre-left SPD, which is trailing the conservatives by a double-digit score in national polls鈥�, writes Andrea Shalal for Reuters.
Read a Reuters article in English .
For background on the 2017 election year, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier Vote2017 - German elections and the Energiewende.
Uniper / Reuters
German energy company and E.ON鈥檚 fossil carve-out Uniper raised its earnings outlook for 2017 to an adjusted EBIT of 1-1.2 billion euros, after a 鈥渧ery solid performance鈥� in the first half of the year, Uniper writes in a press release. Christoph Steitz writes in an article for Reuters that Uniper 鈥渄isplayed strength to potential buyers of a 47 percent stake former parent E.ON is planning to sell soon鈥�.
Read the Reuters article in English and the Uniper press release in English .
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier Utilities and the energy transition.
Reuters
The EU Commission is not planning to introduce e-car sales quotas, said a Commission spokesperson in reaction to , writes news agency Reuters.
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Find background material on the carmakers fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit鈥檚 outcome in the 威力彩玩法 article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer鈥檚 bonus.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany鈥檚 largest oil and gas producer Wintershall is sticking to plans to build the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 despite possible US sanctions, reports Bernd Freytag in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淓ven in times that are not easy, politically, we clearly commit to the Russian-German economic partnership,鈥� Wintershall chairman of the board Mario Mehren told the newspaper.
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For background, see the News Digest entries Germany and Austria say US sanction plans against Russia threaten Europe鈥檚 energy security and Merkel calls US gas sanctions against Russia 鈥渋rregular behaviour鈥�.
Germany on average consumed 121 million litres of diesel fuel every day in 2016, resulting in a record share of diesel in total fuel consumption of 65 percent, reports Germany鈥檚 Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Diesel sales increased 30 percent from 1999 until 2016, while petrol sales fell 41 percent in the same period.
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Find background material on the carmakers fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit鈥檚 outcome in the 威力彩玩法 article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer鈥檚 bonus.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
German sports car manufacturer Porsche is looking at the possibility to phase out the diesel version for its SUV Cayenne with the upcoming new model, writes Susanne Preu脽 for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淚n regards to diesel, we are examining different scenarios鈥�, but a decision was not yet made, a Porsche spokesperson told the newspaper. One of the alternative scenarios would be that the September release is the last Cayenne available with a diesel engine, writes Preu脽.
Read the article in German .
Find background material on the carmakers fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit鈥檚 outcome in the 威力彩玩法 article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer鈥檚 bonus.
Handelsblatt
The transport minister of Austria wants to see new registration of conventional cars phased-out by 2030, writes Handelsblatt. 鈥淚t is my goal that in 2030, only emissions-free cars will be registered in Austria,鈥� Austrian transport minister J枚rg Leichtfried told Handelsblatt in an interview. Asked about decisions on diesel bans in England and France, Leichtfried said that he was 鈥渘ot a friend of bans鈥� and wanted to develop the transport transition together with the industry and the population.
Read the interview (behind paywall) in German .
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 factsheet The debate over an end to combustion engines in Germany.
