05 May 2021, 12:35 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Many European Union member states are rejecting calls to expand emissions trading to聽the heating and transport聽sectors in the bloc in order to more ...
29 Jun 2016, 00:00 The energy industry and transport sector may escape specific greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to a new draft version of Germany's Climate Action Plan 2050. The proposal also omits an end date for power production from ...
15 May 2015
15 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt 鈥淩WE fights for brown coal鈥� Power company RWE is toughening its stance on energy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 proposal for a climate levy on old coal ...
13 Jan 2020, 17:00 Preview 2020: Green and sustainable finance has made a steep ascent in Germany last year and established itself as a key element of climate policy. Government plans to become a leading location for green financial products, intensifying ...
26 Apr 2019, 16:50 Expert FDP- Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Spiegel Online Germany鈥檚 liberal, pro-business Free ...
19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
13 Jun 2018, 00:00 The German government has conceded that the country is on course to widely miss its 2020 climate target. The economic boom, the pressure of immigration, and high emissions in transport mean that the energy transition pioneer is headed ...
12 Nov 2020, 14:18 Germany鈥檚 highest court has ruled that the compensation clauses in the country鈥檚 nuclear exit law are unconstitutional. The decision forces the government to make changes to the law yet again, after the original legislation had to be ...
22 Mar 2022, 14:29 The Saarland state election on 27 March is the first major public vote since Germany鈥檚 new federal government assumed power at the end of last year. The election in the small state is therefore partly seen as an indicator on how voters ...
18 Jan 2021, 13:57 Armin Laschet has been elected the new leader of Germany's largest party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), clearing a major hurdle on what could be his way to becoming next German Chancellor. The premier of Germany's largest ...
04 Jan 2022, 08:37 German ministers have criticised EU plans to label nuclear energy as a sustainable investment, but the government coalition is split on also including fossil gas in the taxonomy. Finance minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business ...
09 Jul 2019, 11:57 CORRECTION: This article previously stated that Gerd M眉ller is Germany's environment minister. That was a mistake. He is Germany's development minister. Planting huge amounts of trees across the globe could be an effective way ...
03 Sep 2021, 12:11 The German environmental organisations DUH and Greenpeace have launched legal action against major carmakers VW, BMW and Mercedes Benz, as well as oil and gas company Wintershall Dea over their impact on climate change. The NGOs are ...
02 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 3 at the UN climate conference: Today's official theme is resilience, with divestment and renewables featuring in others of the many side events / Germany insists on strong monitoring mechanism in agreement / ambitious pace for ...
18 Jun 2019, 08:43 Germany will join a growing group of EU countries to support the pledge to aim for carbon neutrality by 2050, increasing the likelihood EU leaders will agree to the goal at a meeting this week (20-21 June), several media outlets report. ...
15 Jan 2015
15 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Reuters "Merkel dashes loss-making power plants' aid hopes" Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was sceptical about capacity markets that would give extensive support to old coal fired ...
24 Feb 2016
24 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Die Welt 鈥淓nergy transition in the basement cancelled鈥� Three quarters of the energy consumption of German households is used for heating and hot water, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. Climate ...
23 Apr 2018, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, has indicated support for a national price on carbon emissions. The Social Democrat said in an interview the idea that Germany improves its emissions reduction by putting a price tag ...
10 Oct 2018, 17:18 Two days after the UN's latest IPCC report on global warming urged greater international efforts against climate change, the German parliament saw a heated debate about the implications for Germany. While the Green Party, which had ...
19 Jan 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to establish a round table on the future of coal in the country of the Energiewende this year. He said only factual discussions, rather than emotional debates, could provide the long-term ...
17 Oct 2014
17 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Die Welt 聽鈥� Energy transition: think-tank proposes new green power surcharge鈥� 聽 Green electricity is priced so cheaply that these renewable facilities will have to be paid a 鈥渃apacity premium鈥� in the future to ensure ...
11 Mar 2021, 14:15 10 years after the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima that prompted Germany to confirm its prior nuclear phase-out decision, the environment ministry has published further steps necessary to reduce nuclear risk, including the use of nuclear ...
08 Jul 2019, 12:08 Financial markets can be a great accelerator for developments in the economy, but without a clear political roadmap for emissions reduction, they are unable to unleash their supporting abilities, Gerhard Schick, founder of the German ...
07 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations about a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean ...
27 Aug 2019, 16:42 Addressing climate change and the pros and cons of renewable power have dominated German public debate for almost two decades, but the role of the finance sector in emissions reduction has taken a back seat. Many countries have already ...
17 Sep 2021, 10:05 Never before in German history has climate policy played a role as big as it does in 2021. Even after one and a half years of a turbulent pandemic, credible climate policies remain the yardstick many voters plan to base their decision ...
04 Mar 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Cost & Prices Security Energate messenger / 威力彩玩法 The reduction of hard coal imports from Russia to Germany has pushed up prices significantly, the German coal import association VDKI told ...
16 Jul 2021, 15:30 The EU鈥檚 proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively bring forward Germany鈥檚 coal exit date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) mean coal will become unprofitable in most of Europe, said ...
15 Nov 2021, 13:56 Negotiators in Glasgow reached a breakthrough on the rules for global carbon emission reduction trade. After five years of unsuccessful deliberations since the Paris Agreement laid down the framework for a new market where states and ...
01 Mar 2022, 14:31 Germany鈥檚 government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country鈥檚 power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035. In a draft paper seen by 威力彩玩法, the economy and climate ...
27 Sep 2021, 14:05 The Social Democrats (SPD) under chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz have narrowly won Germany's federal elections. According to preliminary final results, the SPD received 25.7 percent of votes, while the conservatives (CDU/CSU) ...
08 Jul 2020, 13:50 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 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 ...
29 Jun 2020, 13:05 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Climate & CO2 EU tageszeitung (taz) Germany鈥檚 ...
09 Aug 2016, 00:00 A study identifying potential risks for the energy transition in Germany finds the project to be overall 鈥渞obust and resilient鈥�. However, falling fossil fuel prices could pose a serious threat to the decarbonisation of Germany鈥檚 economy ...
20 Dec 2019, 16:30 Preview 2020: The fate of coal-fired power production in Germany has been sealed with the agreement of a government-appointed commission to phase-out the fossil fuel no later than 2038. But the proposal so far has not been translated ...
12 Nov 2021, 17:20 With only hours officially left to conclude talks in Glasgow, the details of how future carbon markets can help to increase climate mitigation ambition are being formed at the hands of government ministers while NGOs warn that current ...
15 Nov 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor calls on world to walk the talk, fails to deliver strong statement on German coal / Representatives from science, climate and environmental NGOs, and vulnerable small island states appealed to Merkel to meet the ...
24 Jan 2020, 12:12 Pressure is rising fast on industry to join the great decarbonisation race. Many energy-intensive German companies, like chemical giant BASF or steelmaker thyssenkrupp, already have detailed plans for drastic emission cuts, but lack ...
28 Jan 2021, 13:48 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out EU RND / Biznes Alert ...
06 Jul 2015
06 Jul 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt Global Edition 鈥淧ower provider鈥檚 new playbook鈥� German utility RWE is planning a major reorganisation聽 in response to the rising tide of renewable energies in the German power market, much like 聽rival ...
19 Jul 2019, 13:52 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Security BNetzA / Handelsblatt The German Federal Network ...
28 Jul 2017, 00:00 On 2 August, the CEOs of Germany鈥檚 major car manufacturers will meet with federal and state government representatives to discuss ways to reduce pollution from diesel cars. Recent cartel allegations shed a new light on the meeting鈥檚 ...
08 Dec 2022, 08:58 Climate activists must strike a careful balance between conciliatory offers for discussion and constructive provocation, argues political scientist J茅r茅mie Gagn茅 from More in Common, an international non-profit initiative studying ...
05 May 2015
05 May 2015, 00:00 PV Magazine 鈥淎ccepted photovoltaic projects between 8.48 and 9.43 cents per kilowatt-hour鈥� Solar array bids accepted in Germany鈥檚 recent auction were between 8.48 and 9.43 cents per kilowatt-hour, averaging out at 9.17 cents, according ...
09 Nov 2017, 00:00 German state secretary for environment says ETS reform shows EU can work together on climate policy / Negotiators progress on technical details of Paris rulebook / COP president Fiji was world's third most climate-impacted country ...
29 Oct 2019, 17:41 Germany is headed for second consecutive year of substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as a sharp drop in coal consumption is driving a decline of the country鈥檚 overall energy use in 2019. If this trend continues, the ...
26 Mar 2015
26 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Ministers and energy experts meet at international energy conference in Berlin Under the slogan 鈥渢owards a global Energiewende鈥� the first Energy Transition ...
10 Jun 2015
10 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt 鈥淕reat aim, little deed鈥� When it comes to decarbonising the economy, Germany is nowhere near as ambitious as the government likes to say, writes Silke Kersting in a commentary for the ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 German-Turkish relations might be at a low-point in many respects but when it comes to climate politics, Germany will try to keep the country on side during the COP23 summit in Bonn. Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, ...
17 Nov 2016, 00:00 Germans will elect a new federal government in autumn 2017. Security, economic stability and refugees are likely to dominate election campaigns, but keeping the Energiewende on a steady course and fulfilling Germany鈥檚 international ...
24 Apr 2019, 13:41 Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Rachel Waldholz Gas Security Reuters Manfred Weber, a leading candidate to become the next president of the European Commission, told ...
18 Dec 2018, 09:35 The role of gas 鈥� both in its natural form and as a CO2-neutral variety made with renewable power 鈥� will be one of the hottest topics on Germany's 2019 energy transition agenda, according to Carsten Rolle, secretary of the World ...
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 ...
15 Mar 2018, 00:00 Germany's new environment minister Svenja Schulze is a new face in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth cabinet. But the Social Democrat inherits a range of well-known challenges- from coal emissions to air pollution by diesel ...
17 Dec 2015, 00:00 [UPDATES with comments from VKU] German politicians, climate activists, scientists and media celebrated the "historic" Paris climate agreement. Some business associations as well as activists pointed to flaws of the deal, and ...
15 Sep 2021, 17:52 In the run up to the German federal election, a group of young people have entered a third week of a hunger strike to call for more climate action- with one of the protesters being temporarily admitted to hospital. The group, which ...
15 Mar 2019, 13:32 The German government has agreed to install a 鈥渃limate cabinet鈥� to coordinate emissions reduction efforts across various ministries to reach the country's 2030 climate targets. Environment minister Svenja Schulze said the climate ...
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 ...
27 May 2021, 14:00 As climate protection has become a mainstream issue in German politics, taking up centre-stage in the election programmes of most parties, youth climate activists are broadening the scope of their activism. The Fridays for Future school ...
07 Apr 2021, 12:51 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy ...
12 Oct 2020, 13:43 If the European Union doesn't include stricter rules for climate friendly farming in its main subsidy scheme (CAP), the farming sector will not achieve any emission reductions in the next ten years, a new report finds. Expert ...
08 Feb 2019, 14:10 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Gas Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The contentious Russian-German gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 is a political issue 鈥� contrary to what some German industry representatives say 鈥� and ...
05 Oct 2020, 10:45 Stepping up the 2030 EU climate target to an emission reduction of at least 55 percent as proposed by the European Commission would very likely require the bloc to phase out coal almost entirely by that date, according to experts. The ...
21 Jan 2019, 13:48 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Gas Security ...
22 Sep 2020, 13:45 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture EU 威力彩玩法 The final meeting before the decision on the next funding period for farmers under the EU鈥檚 Common Agriculture Policy ...
16 Jan 2019, 13:26 Kerstine Appunn Gas Security Handelsblatt Rainer Seele, chairman of Austrian oil and gas company OMV, has criticised the US ambassador to Germany鈥檚 letter to contractors of Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 as a 鈥渃ompletely ...
26 Sep 2018, 13:14 The German Football Association (DFB) has included a sustainability concept in its bid to host the 2024 European Football Championship. UEFA is set to select the host country this week. The DFB says it wants the tournament to contribute ...
07 Dec 2020, 09:46 Germans should not expect a lot of climate policy decisions next year, as the debates will be firmly in the grip of the national and state election campaigns, says Brigitte Knopf, secretary general of the Mercator Research Institute on ...
30 Nov 2021, 10:50 The three "traffic light coalition" parties have agreed to form Germany's next government and tabled a coalition treaty that they promise will put the country on a path compatible with Paris Climate Agreement 's ...
08 Jan 2019, 13:02 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Gas Security Bloomberg / Handelsblatt Global Support within German Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 coalition for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline is slipping as frustration with the Kremlin鈥檚 ...
10 May 2016
10 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he country, a wind industry park鈥� "Rapeseed, maize, and wind monocultures" in the German countryside reveal what the solar age looks like, ...
21 Jan 2015, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks looks forward to the UN climate summit and the role of Germany's climate action programme, hails the global contribution made by German renewable technology and doubts the economic sense of ...
13 Dec 2018, 14:41 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Gas Security The Guardian The head of Germany鈥檚 parliamentary foreign affairs committee, Norbert R枚ttgen of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party, has urged the government to ...
10 Dec 2018, 14:00 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Grid Security Handelsblatt Germany must be careful to 鈥渘ot overstep the mark鈥� on supply security when deciding on the process of phasing out coal-fired power production, Boris Schucht, CEO of ...
08 Dec 2015, 00:00 EU and African-Caribbean-Pacific group join forces / Review, finance, ambition 鈥� differentiation is key / Germany with 鈥渕oderate鈥� ranking in climate index Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear ...
04 Jan 2019, 11:00 German climate and energy policy must urgently become more proactive in 2019 to increase companies鈥� planning and investment security, says Mario Ohoven, president of the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW). ...
04 Dec 2018, 15:31 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Politics COP24 Die Welt Germany鈥檚 development minister Gerd M眉ller has proposed a biennial rhythm for the yearly COP climate summits to make the talks more efficient, report Philipp Fritz and Daniel ...
20 Mar 2015
20 Mar 2015, 00:00 Clear and sunny weather, a solar eclipse and no blackout- Germany's power system has passed an important test. The eclipse was a taste of the future, as the rise in renewables will make fluctuations of this magnitude regular events ...
27 Jul 2018, 13:55 Germany's coal mines seen from space, the talk on electric cars and Chinese-German battery production cooperation- 威力彩玩法's 2018 visiting cartoonist Mwelwa Musonko presents his view of the Energiewende and its many big and small ...
15 Jan 2021, 10:19 While our roads are increasingly abuzz with electric cars and scooters, low-emission trucks are conspicuous by their absence. But this is about to change as new climate targets force sharp emission cuts in heavy duty transport. The ...
03 Feb 2021, 09:23 Germany won't reach its 2030 energy and climate targets at the current energy transition pace, a top government advisor has warned. A higher EU 2030 climate target means Germany will likely have to raise its national greenhouse gas ...
27 Jun 2018, 17:29 As the energy transition touches more and more aspects of everday life, public acceptance will become a key question for the project's future, economist Andreas L枚schel says. In the 威力彩玩法 interview, the academic who heads the ...
04 Dec 2015
04 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Federal Network Agency / TenneT New law on underground cables in the transmission grid German parliament has passed a law detailing that new direct current transmission lines will be put underground 鈥� this will be ...
11 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen WirtschaftsWoche " Utilities could buy their way out of nuclear responsibilities for 49 billion euros鈥� WirtschaftsWoche reports on a study from the German Nuclear Power Commission proposing two ...
07 Dec 2015
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt 鈥淪till up in the air鈥� There are still many hurdles to an agreement in Paris and there is a real danger of disappointment, writes Klaus Stratmann in a commentary for business daily Handelsblatt. ...
20 Oct 2014
20 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 聽"Don't follow the path of the dreamer" 聽 In an interview with the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung, the head of the trade union for Mining, Chemicals and Energy (IG-BCE) expresses concerns over the ...
14 Jan 2021, 13:34 On its planned path to climate-neutrality by the middle of the century, Germany could achieve complete decarbonisation of its power sector already by 2040 鈥� and EU climate targets might even compel the country to greatly speed up the ...
16 Nov 2015
16 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online 鈥淕rid Agency: About 350,000 households had their power cut off鈥� The number of power cut-offs in Germany rose by two percent to a new record in 2014, reports Spiegel Online. According ...
11 Jan 2021, 12:51 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
28 Sep 2018, 12:24 Germany still lacks an overview of the total cost of the Energiewende and the government must improve cost transparency, efficiency and coordination of the energy transition in order to keep citizens鈥� trust, the Federal Court of ...
14 Sep 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government 威力彩玩法 The proposal for a " historic consensus " in German society on the need for climate action and the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 by economy ...
16 May 2019, 08:45 Germany is set to widely miss its greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2020 and 2030 unless significant steps such as the proposed coal exit are taken. The environment ministry鈥檚 new emissions forecast shows that the country must ...
07 May 2021, 12:03 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Elections & Politics Security 威力彩玩法 The co-leader of the German Greens, Annalena Baerbock, emphasised possibilities ...
22 Oct 2020, 13:09 One year ago, the German government decided that the country should become climate-neutral by the middle of the century. What was lacking so far, however, was a plan how to achieve this. In order to fill this gap, three think tanks ...
02 Jun 2015
02 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淏ad atmosphere in the power sector鈥� One of Germany鈥檚 four largest utilities, EnBW, has come out in favour of the government鈥檚 proposal for an additional levy on old coal-fired ...
15 May 2020, 14:17 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Julian Wettengel Gas Hydrogen Security 威力彩玩法 Several German parliamentarians have criticised government plans to set up a domestic ...
27 Apr 2021, 13:45 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Nuclear phase-out Finance EU Clean ...
US President Donald Trump has lambasted the German reliance on Russian energy resources, saying the country is 鈥渢otally controlled by鈥� and 鈥渃aptive of鈥� the fossil fuel exporting giant, according to international media reports. 鈥淕ermany is totally ...
16 Nov 2021, 13:55 Julian Wettengel Gas Nuclear phase-out Finance EU 威力彩玩法 More than 100 NGOs from across Europe have called on Germany's aspiring chancellor Olaf Scholz to do everything in his power as current finance minister and ...
19 Jul 2021, 13:46 Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has to increase its climate protection efforts after catastrophic floods killed over 150 people in the country. The disaster has brought climate change to the centre of the election campaign. After ...
17 Jul 2021, 10:30 Catastrophic floods have killed more than 130 people in Germany in one of the worst natural disasters in the country's post-war history. The torrential rains have been widely linked to climate change, swinging the issue into focus ...
07 Nov 2017, 00:00 Conference off to a reassuring start, final agenda passed / Developing nations want to talk about pre2020 climate action by industrialised states / German companies call for a coal exit path and climate friendly regulation / Emission ...
17 Oct 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 consumer surcharge to fund renewable electricity will rise less than expected in 2017. Still, discussions about the cost of the country鈥檚 Energiewende project and ways to reform the renewables support dominated the public ...
18 Jun 2019, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Climate & CO2 Security 威力彩玩法 Europe鈥檚 entire energy system from availability to consumption is potentially vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events, according to the European Environment ...
15 Nov 2017, 00:00 The German coalition talks on climate and energy policy stumble over a dispute over the reduction of coal fired power production. Just days before exploratory talks are scheduled to finish, the Green Party and its negotiating partners ...
14 Dec 2015
14 Dec 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淔or humanity鈥� The Paris treaty is a 鈥渢errific day for humanity鈥� and spells out clearly that the fossil era is coming to an end, writes Michael Bauchm眉ller in a commentary for ...
08 Dec 2015
08 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 DENA "Only one third of households know their electricity bills exactly" Only about one third of German households know the exact amount they pay for electricity, a survey by the German ...
14 Dec 2018, 13:35 Germany abstained from a call by nine other European countries for a stronger and extended role of carbon pricing at the COP climate conference in Katowice. The German environment ministry said it did not want to pre-empt the country鈥檚 ...
12 Mar 2021, 13:34 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Industry Cost & Prices EU 威力彩玩法 A carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) ...
04 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 5 at the UN climate conference: Negotiatons are not "leaping forward" / 1.5掳C should be mentioned in agreement / German climate action in the spotlight at home Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature ...
07 Jan 2019, 09:30 The impending phase-out plan for coal power in Germany will have a profound impact on the country's entire energy policy, says Antje von Broock of environmental organisation Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). The NGO is a member ...
05 Dec 2015, 00:00 UPDATE (adds NGO statement on climate finance pledge) Agreement on a draft agreement 鈥� with lots of options / Climate funding pledges reach $94 billion / Climate risk insurance can help dealing with loss and damages / Climate blind ...
12 Dec 2015, 00:00 Countries have agreed to a new global deal to limit global warming and address climate change impacts / 鈥淧aris will forever be connected to this historic watershed,鈥� says Chancellor Merkel / 鈥淐limate neutrality鈥� still in the text, just ...
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty have kicked off in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 威力彩玩法 ...
21 Jun 2019, 13:27 Just days after the German government signalled it was ready to ramp up climate action at home and across Europe, the European Council dealt a blow to greater climate ambitions by failing to agree on the goal of net-zero emissions in ...
22 Oct 2018, 16:34 Eating and producing less meat is one way to curb emissions from the agriculture sector, but giving up sausages and schnitzel is a tough sell in Germany 鈥� not just for consumers but also for farmers and the government. There are a lot ...
29 Jul 2016, 00:00 The surcharge that German consumers pay through their power bills to fund renewable power looks set to rise again in 2017, think tank Agora Energiewende* has predicted. If power suppliers calculate bills fairly, this won鈥檛 necessarily ...
01 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 2 at the UN climate conference: Negotiators begin their day-to-day work / Finance pledges for forests and renewables / New guidelines for climate compatible investment rules Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature ...
10 Nov 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 4 at the UN climate conference: EU and G77 + China clash over differentiated responsibilities / A 2掳C slogan translates into a 1.5掳C target / Government compensation for CO2 emissions in transport Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for ...
09 Dec 2015, 00:00 [Updates party statments to new draft text] Issues of differentiation, finance, loss and damage remain / High ambition coalition seeks attention and new partners / "Preparing for long nights" says German environment minister ...
24 Jun 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 first roadmap for decarbonisation by the middle of the century has been delayed amid industry fears that tough climate targets would endanger the country鈥檚 economic competitiveness and growth. The Environment Ministry in ...
10 Feb 2021, 13:05 The material demands of a transition towards a low-carbon energy system are immense, meaning countries like Germany that expand renewable power generation will have to greatly expand imports of many different raw materials over the next ...
27 Sep 2021, 09:30 Germany is heading towards a three-party federal government with a significant climate action focus as the Social Democrats scored a thin victory in the federal elections following an unexpected comeback, and the long-ruling ...
21 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
01 Aug 2018, 17:31 With a national 鈥渄iesel summit鈥� in early August 2017, the German government tried to curb the fallout of the country鈥檚 emissions fraud scandal and avoid being sued by the European Commission over excessive air pollution. One year on, ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:10 Boasting about 鈥渃limate neutral鈥� products or vague plans to become 鈥渘et zero鈥� is turning into a legal risk for companies, as activists drag firms into courts over deceiving consumers with questionable climate pledges. A raft of landmark ...
12 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
11 Dec 2015, 00:00 Agreement text expected Saturday morning / Germany, EU reiterate push for ambitious deal/ Leaders get on the phone/ Scientists fear weak deal Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate ...
10 Dec 2015, 00:00 [Updates new draft release] Shorter draft with less brackets and clarity on long-term target / EU fights for differentiation and sees red lines on ratcheting up ambition crossed / Saudi Arabia as the symbol for "self-destruction ...
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 Day 7/8 at the UN climate conference: Environment state secretary Flasbarth becomes facilitator / EU fights for new differentiation / Germany plans decarbonisation by 2050 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy ...
30 Nov 2015, 00:00 Day 1 at the UN climate conference: Paris must deliver an ambitious, comprehensive, fair and binding agreement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the climate conference in Paris / Germany's Environment Minister called for ...
25 Apr 2016
25 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 PV-magazine 鈥淓EG reform: state chamber wants exemptions for citizens鈥� energy鈥� Germany鈥檚 second parliamentary chamber, which represents the 16 states, has passed a resolution ...
06 Nov 2019, 09:11 Energy and climate policy observers grade Angela Merkel's government 3.7 points out of 10 for climate efforts in a mid-term review. Industry experts, researchers and lobbyists say plans for a CO2 price in transport and heating ...
06 May 2021, 12:12 The German government has presented its strategy to make the country a global leader in sustainable finance and help mobilise money for greening the economy. The Sustainable Finance Strategy proposes a 鈥渢raffic light鈥� system to identify ...
10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
19 May 2017, 00:00 The dominance of citizens鈥� energy projects among the successful bids in Germany鈥檚 first onshore wind power auctions comes as a big surprise for industry observers. Not only did citizen cooperatives account for the bulk of accepted ...
14 Jan 2019, 13:29 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Fossil fuels Security Reuters The United States has warned German companies involved in the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline they could face sanctions, reports news agency Reuters. US ...
25 Feb 2015, 00:00 The EU Commission has published its strategy paper on the creation of a European Energy Union. 威力彩玩法 presents a brief summary of reactions out of Germany to the proposals. Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 International Policy See the ...
15 Dec 2014
15 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淓lectricity crime story鈥� Wherever they can afford it, German towns and municipalities have been buying back power grids and gas supply networks and are beginning to generate ...
22 Jun 2020, 12:33 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Hydrogen EU Leopoldina / Acatech / Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities In a joint statement, leading German scientific institutions, including the German National Academy of Sciences ...
21 Dec 2018, 11:58 The German government has said it will use its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to spotlight the security implications of climate change. After the recent shift in climate policy by some permanent ...
18 Dec 2018, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Government COP24 Zeit Online Energy minister Peter Altmaier correctly said that Germany needs a new approach to climate action by the government and businesses, but it is now up to him and ...
07 Dec 2018, 14:31 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Fossil fuels Security Zeit Online New tensions between Russia and the Ukraine have reinvigorated critics of the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, linking Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea, ...
13 Oct 2015
13 Oct 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 (Modifies headline to clearify sourcing) 聽 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淭he VW scandal calls Brussels into action鈥� Even after the VW emissions cheating scandal, it appears the German government is trying to ...
25 Sep 2015
25 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online 鈥淓xhaust affair: VW tricks increase doubts about climate calculations鈥� Car manufacturers are not only using tricks to stay under nitrogen oxide thresholds in tests but also to reduce ...
23 Feb 2016, 00:00 A reformed energy-only market and interconnections with electrical neighbours are Germany's visions for a future European power system, energy state secretary Baake says. Utility industry head Kempmann warns against splitting power ...
28 May 2020, 12:34 German industry and energy sector associations have welcomed the coronavirus recovery proposal presented by the European Commission. Lobby group BDI said the funds should focus on sustainability not only in regard to climate and ...
04 Aug 2015
04 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淲ith greetings to Paris鈥� The German environment ministry and several NGOs welcomed President Obama鈥檚 clean power deal as increasing the chances of achieving an effective ...
20 Jul 2015
20 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 WirtschaftsWoche 鈥淕abriel鈥檚 energy concept will cost Germany dearly鈥� Energy minister Sigmar Gabriel has called his energy concept a 鈥渉istoric pact for new prosperity鈥� but what he didn鈥檛 say was ...
08 Oct 2018, 16:58 Anti-coal activists in Germany and beyond experienced a sudden change in fortune on 5 October, when a court ruling boosted their cause and provisionally stopped plans of energy company RWE to cut down the embattled Hambach Forest in ...
14 May 2019, 16:28 Germany鈥檚 Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her new climate cabinet will debate how Germany could reach climate neutrality by mid-century. Should the ministers find a 鈥渟ound鈥� way to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, ...
26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Berliner Morgenpost /dpa 鈥淰attenfall stops resettlement plans near lignite mine in Nochten鈥� Energy utility Vattenfall has stopped plans to resettle around 1700 people near its open cast lignite ...
09 Jun 2015
09 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淎 new world economy鈥� 鈥淲hoever thought international climate policy was a temporary phenomenon, like a heavy thunderstorm with dark clouds, should quickly rethink,鈥� ...
02 Nov 2017, 00:00 After an expected clash over climate and energy policy last week, Germany鈥檚 aspiring coalition partners of the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the pro-business FDP and the environmentalist Green Party also failed to agree on transport ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:30 Germany's environment ministry has warned that climate-neutral fuels made with renewables must not become an excuse for neglecting the domestic roll-out of renewables, increasing efficiency and other efforts to cut emissions. " ...
14 Mar 2017, 00:00 The Chief of the Federal Chancellery, Peter Altmaier, threw his weight behind Germany's self-imposed plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, after calling national climate targets the "wrong path" last week. Germany will ...
03 Dec 2021, 11:39 Many environmentalists have already written off sharp transport emission cuts under the next German government after the coalition agreed a treaty that is weak on mobility, and put the pro-business Free Democrats in charge of the ...
07 Jan 2015
07 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Dow Jones Newswires 鈥淓-Mobility project: Municipal utilities are looking for a common business model鈥� A new federal research project called 鈥渆connect Germany鈥� aims to demonstrate the opportunities ...
20 Sep 2019, 10:12 Today, the grand coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) aim to agree on a major policy package to bring Germany back on track to reaching the international ...
19 Sep 2018, 15:20 The German government has launched a new advisory panel to reduce transport emissions in line with national climate targets. The task force will broaden the focus of an earlier panel concentrated on electric cars, to discuss the entire ...
18 Sep 2018, 18:50 The country鈥檚 coal exit commission said there were no predetermined decisions regarding a date for the end to coal-fired power generation. Following irritation about reports of a supposed compromise on a 2038 end date, economy minister ...
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 The framework for energy policy until 2030 failed to meet all Germany鈥檚 ambitions but government says the agreement is in line with the energy transition. Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der ...
13 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany should implement a national tax on carbon emissions in order to meet its own emission reduction targets in the an efficient and straight forward way, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) proposed based on a study by ...
22 May 2018, 00:00 Energy transition pioneer Germany is about to launch a highly anticipated task force on phasing out coal power, the most prominent blemish on the country鈥檚 climate record. The government will likely nominate the coal exit commission on ...
26 Sep 2022, 12:04 The spread of unregulated company publicity involving 鈥渘et zero鈥� or 鈥渃limate neutral鈥� claims has become a systemic barrier to achieving climate targets, argues ClientEarth, an NGO focussing on using laws to advance environmental ...
11 Jan 2021, 13:32 Three men compete to take the lead of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany's largest party, and to possibly follow in the footsteps of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who leaves office after 16 years in September amid a global ...
24 Oct 2016, 00:00 Plans for a new climate department in Germany鈥檚 transport ministry could signal the issue will receive greater policy attention after years of neglect by the ministry, according to activists. But they also warn a new department alone is ...
01 Mar 2022, 13:29 The world is already facing 鈥渦nequivocal" consequences of climate change and damages will increase rapidly with rising temperatures, the United Nation鈥檚 climate science body IPCC is warning in its new landmark report. The paper on ...
Parliamentary elections held Sunday resulted in a major setback for Germany鈥檚 two largest parties, the conservative union of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU/CSU as well as the Social Democrats (SPD), German media say after both parties suffered heavy ...
26 Oct 2018, 10:47 As Germany鈥檚 federal government parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU camp and the Social Democrats (SPD), suffer from voter flight due to the coalition鈥檚 constant quarrels, the Green Party emerges as one of the big ...
16 Jul 2019, 13:08 German defence minister and European Commission candidate Ursula von der Leyen told Members of the European Parliament that if elected, she would introduce a "Green Deal" for Europe in her first 100 days in office, including a ...
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 ...
05 Jun 2020, 15:13 The German government coalition has decided to reboot Europe's largest economy with a 130 billion euros stimulus package that contains many steps to further the country's landmark energy transition. The 威力彩玩法 ...
09 Jan 2019, 10:45 Energy and climate policy has played a notable role in recent elections in Germany, where public opinion is split over the course of the country's coal exit and diesel emissions in inner cities, says Michael Sch盲fer, head of ...
24 Nov 2015
24 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Carl Morris 威力彩玩法 ZDF / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Allianz 鈥淎llianz quits coal financing鈥� German insurance company Allianz will no longer invest in companies that get more than 30 percent of their revenue ...
14 Nov 2017, 00:00 Technical negotiations at COP23 in Bonn are approaching the final stage; it's important that they will be open to amendments throughout 2018, says German negotiator / Ministers arriving in Bonn will focus on finance, loss and ...
08 Jan 2018, 00:00 The negotiation partners in Germany's ongoing coalition talks have agreed to postpone the country's 2020 emissions reduction target until "the early 2020s". Party negotiators also agreed on introducing a climate ...
03 Jan 2019, 11:30 Despite encountering many difficulties, Germany's so-called coal exit commission will manage to sketch a pathway out of coal-fired power production that is acceptable for everyone involved, says Peter R枚ttgen of renewable energy ...
06 Nov 2014
06 Nov 2014, 00:00 威力彩玩法 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 Germany鈥檚 immediate neighbours is low, ...
01 Sep 2015
01 Sep 2015, 00:00 Institute of Renewable Energy Industry (IWR) 鈥淎dditions of new solar arrays speeds up in July 鈥� Total capacity exceeds threshold of 39,000 MW鈥� The addition of new PV-systems has increased significantly in July compared to June, but not ...
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 ...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Bloomberg 鈥淲hy Germany鈥檚 nuclear power exit is causing havoc for utilities鈥� Financing the nuclear phase-out is the biggest challenge yet for Germany鈥檚 large utilities, which explains this week鈥檚 ...
20 Nov 2017, 00:00 After almost five weeks of deliberations, the pro-business Free Democratic Party has pulled the plug on Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 efforts to form a coalition government made up of her conservative CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the ...
19 Jan 2021, 09:30 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 federal states and the federal parliamentary elections in September. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and ...
18 Apr 2019, 15:15 Germany must make 鈥渆normous efforts鈥� to reach its climate and energy targets in the transport and buildings sectors, according to a draft of the government鈥檚 2019 progress report on the energy transition. The leaked paper includes new ...
26 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germans have handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in the country鈥檚 federal election. Most likely, Merkel will have to start talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a so-called "Jamaica coalition, ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:28 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Digitalisation Government Security Handelsblatt The Association of Energy Market Innovators (BNE), a lobby group of grid-independent energy suppliers in Germany, has criticised the German ...
17 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
05 Apr 2019, 11:37 The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives has criticised a key proposal for reaching Germany's 2030 climate targets, signalling major negotiations are still needed before the highly anticipated Climate Action Law ...
02 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
29 Dec 2015
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter Sven Egenter Spiegel Online 鈥淗endricks criticises massive rise in electricity exports鈥� Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks is concerned about the country鈥檚 CO2 emissions, writes Stefan Schultz at Spiegel Online ...
18 Dec 2015, 00:00 Second parliament chamber passes laws for combined heat and power support and new power cables / Progress in grid expansion and more money for efficient power stations will advance energy transition and national climate targets, says ...
13 Mar 2019, 11:10 The Hambach Forest in western Germany has become a symbol for climate activists, who are seeking to prevent energy company RWE from razing it to expand a nearby coal mine. A lawsuit by the environmental NGO BUND last year temporarily ...
31 Jul 2017, 00:00 Environment minister Barbara Hendricks has been at the helm of Germany's climate protection efforts for the past four years. During her tenure, the country has contributed substantially to brokering the Paris Agreement and put ...
31 Jul 2018, 14:06 Germany鈥檚 energy consumption fell by one percent in the first half of 2018 as warm weather in the spring reduced the need for heating. A rise in renewable energy generation that pushed out coal in the power sector also helped to cut ...
29 May 2015, 00:00 Germany and its neighbouring countries have agreed to let the market determine wholesale power prices even if this means soaring prices at times of high demand, Germany's state secretary for energy Rainer Baake said. He also ...
15 Jun 2020, 10:30 A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende's poster child, the power sector. But the 鈥淲盲rmewende鈥�, or heating transition, has significant potential to curb emissions and is ...
08 Jun 2015, 00:00 G7 leaders made a commitment to limit global warming to 2 degrees at their meeting in southern Germany. In order to achieve this goal, the group of seven industrialised countries said they would push for a decarbonisation of the global ...
03 Dec 2014
03 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) / NPE 鈥淓xtraordinary write-downs for electric cars demanded鈥� The National Platform for Electromobility (NPE) suggested in a progress report that achieving scale in the ...
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 ...
14 Jan 2020, 10:06 Germany's shift to electric mobility looks set to get underway in earnest in 2020, and the country's mighty carmakers look ahead with trepidation to what promises to be a tremendous effort for the industry. Against the ...
22 May 2019, 13:45 Voters across the EU will head to the polls between 23 and 26 May to elect a new European Parliament. It鈥檚 one of three major European institutions 鈥� along with the European Commission and Council 鈥� due for elections or leadership ...
18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淭he Goliath in open-cast mining鈥� The illegal protests against open-cast mining in Western Germany over the weekend are strongly reminiscent of the violent demonstrations in the country against ...
12 Oct 2018, 16:30 The surge of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a strong showing of the Green Party look set to end the absolute majority of conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavarian state elections on 14 October. The CSU is a ...
19 May 2015, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have thrown their weight behind an ambitious and urgent push to make the Paris climate summit a success. The international community must start work now in order to ...
21 Oct 2020, 12:22 The average air temperature in Germany has risen by about 1.6掳C from pre-industrial times and the effects of global warming are becoming increasingly felt in the central European country. The government鈥檚 progress report on its climate ...
11 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
03 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
02 Nov 2018, 14:40 Germany鈥檚 CO2 emissions are on course for their largest drop since the 2009 recession this year after remaining virtually unchanged for four consecutive years, according to first estimates by energy market research group AG ...
20 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
08 Feb 2018, 00:00 After weeks of intensive negotiations, Germany's would-be government partners have agreed on a coalition draft treaty. The 威力彩玩法 presents first reactions to texts on transport, climate and energy. [UPDATE adds VDA, VDMA ...
23 Feb 2015
23 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Tagesspiegel 鈥淒istribute radioactive legacy throughout the country鈥� Because only two German states have volunteered to store nuclear waste returning from processing plants abroad, the radioactive ...
25 Mar 2019, 14:51 After months of negotiations, the commission tasked with proposing measures to cut emissions from Germany鈥檚 transport sector has come together for its final meeting. So far, the task force has made headlines mainly for fierce dispute ...
06 Jan 2015
06 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Wirtschaftswoche "Wind power breaks one record after another" Between 3400 and 3700 megawatts of new wind power capacity have been built in Germany in 2014, Mario Br眉ck writes in the ...
21 Mar 2019, 12:22 The new 'climate cabinet' consisting of ministers responsible for Germany's emissions reduction record will help to make sure that the country introduces its much-awaited Climate Action Law still in 2019, Chancellor ...
28 Jan 2019, 11:36 The agreement by Germany's coal exit commission to end the fossil power source's use by 2038 the latest is welcomed by the country's climate activists and energy industry representatives alike. They praise the final ...
17 Sep 2018, 10:30 A report about a proposal by one of Germany鈥檚 coal commission co-heads for a coal exit by 2038 has caused irritation. Some commission members were quick to reject the report and warned that the commission's work was in peril should ...
30 Dec 2014, 00:00 After an eventful 2014 鈥� marked by the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), a new climate action package and the first fall in CO2 emissions for two years 鈥� German energy policy is primed for action in 2015. Expert AGEB- AG ...
04 Mar 2019, 12:01 The school student protests for rapid climate action make headlines in Germany as well as in other countries, putting pressure on politicians to take a stance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this weekend she 鈥渟trongly welcomes鈥� ...
18 Sep 2017, 00:00 With Germans about to cast their votes in the federal election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is virtually certain to retain power. But the make-up of the next coalition will be key to how the new government tackles a host of energy and ...
17 Sep 2019, 13:28 After shying away from the debate for a long time, Germany's political leaders are finally considering putting a price on CO2 to help reach the country's climate targets. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her " climate cabinet ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:12 Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, State of Baden-W眉rttemberg Ministerium f眉r Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft, Baden-W眉rttemberg Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
28 Jul 2017, 00:00 [CORRECTION, due to mistake in transcription: in reply to 4th question, diesel cars have "always been allowed to emit more NOx than petrol cars", not CO2] On 2 August, the CEOs of Germany鈥檚 major car manufacturers will meet ...
28 Jun 2019, 12:31 Germany鈥檚 parties are hastening to put together proposals on how the country can reach its national and international climate targets as pressure from recent election results, ongoing climate protests and an early heat wave continues to ...
25 Jan 2019, 11:58 Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission has begun what could be its decisive meeting on Friday. In crucial last-minute talks, the commission must agree on a timetable to phase out the climate-damaging fossil fuel for electricity production ...
13 Nov 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on developed nations to advance technology and make investments to combat climate change / Protesters interrupt US event on "cleaner fossil fuels" / Peruvian farmer effected by climate change ...
19 Dec 2018, 14:19 Diesel driving bans in numerous German cities are a major blow to many car drivers, the country鈥檚 carmakers, and its leading politicians. Now, the NGO that set the ball rolling on the bans is eyeing legal steps to end the world-famous ...
25 Nov 2015
25 Nov 2015, 00:00 Spiegel Online/Urgewald 鈥淕erman banks still put billions into brown coal鈥� A study by environmental NGO Urgewald shows that German banks continue to finance climate-damaging brown coal, reports Spiegel Online. Deutsche Bank alone has ...
10 Nov 2017, 00:00 Tough talks- but not yet reason to worry / EU remains steadfast on pre-2020 action and inflexible on Adaptation Fund / "No jobs on a dead planet"- trade unions / Climate-smart agriculture / Effects of climate change in Germany ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said vulnerable countries must be put centre-stage and kicked off the conference with a pledge to raise Germany's contribution to the climate change adaptation fund by 50 million euros. ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:01 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Fossil fuels Gas Security Federal Network Agency / Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy German authorities want to test the country鈥檚 resilience to a severe natural gas shortage ...
14 Dec 2017, 00:00 The energy transition has profound implications for Germany's preparations for an "unlikely but possible" large-scale power blackout, civil protection experts say. While renewable energy sources could replace fuel depots ...
10 Dec 2015, 12:00 The question is no longer whether Germany鈥檚 future will be nuclear-free 鈥� or even when, since the government is committed to completing the phase-out by 2022. But the logistics of pulling the plug on what was until recently one of the ...
17 Nov 2017, 00:00 The Bonn climate summit of 2017, a short way from Germany鈥檚 largest coal mining district, is almost over. But the COP will reconvene next year, 1,050 kilometres away from Bonn in Katowice, another traditional coal mining area located in ...
19 Dec 2019, 13:19 The use of gas from all sources will become more important as Germany seeks to decarbonise its economy and phase out nuclear power, the new head of Germany's largest energy industry lobby group, BDEW, has said. The Energiewende& ...
08 Jan 2015
08 Jan 2015, 00:00 Proving Energiewende critics wrong or only a minor step in the right direction? Recent data indicated that Germany has started substituting power from hard coal with renewable electricity while lower power consumption has contributed to ...
31 Oct 2017, 00:00 Ahead of the climate summit in Bonn, Professor Mojib Latif, a leading climate scientist from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, tells the 威力彩玩法 about his distrust in emission data, the unfortunate ...
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 The Energiewende is gradually transforming German homes 鈥� not just towards greater energy efficiency but to become producers as well as consumers of energy. Expert Institute for Housing and Environment Institut Wohnen und Umwelt ...
21 Nov 2019, 13:03 Hydrogen production with renewable power is seen by many countries as an essential tool to decarbonise the economy. The UK and Germany, the world鈥檚 two leading offshore wind power nations, have started to sound out how they could ...
17 Jan 2020, 12:39 The German government, its coal mining states and several major utilities have agreed on a roadmap for shutting down the country's lignite-fired power plants and on compensation payments for operators. Many analysts and ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:41 Germany鈥檚 constitutional court verdict that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they endanger future generations' freedoms is the 鈥渕ost far-reaching ruling in the world to date鈥� on climate protection, ...
29 Oct 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
01 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty have kicked off in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 威力彩玩法 ...
17 Sep 2021, 11:37 Three candidates vie to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor in the most unpredictable federal election in decades that will determine the next steps Europe's largest economy takes on the path to climate neutrality. A recent ...
21 Apr 2021, 12:37 Germany鈥檚 conservatives have chosen Armin Laschet as their leading candidate for the national election in September, signalling continuity with the era of Chancellor Angela Merkel and ending a days-long power struggle with top rival ...
05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
03 Mar 2015
03 Mar 2015, 00:00 Correction: Corrects spelling of Marijn Dekkers, CEO of Bayer and President of the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI). Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 聽S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕reetings from the Stone Age鈥� The new Moorburg ...
27 Mar 2019, 11:14 威力彩玩法 is stepping up its coverage of how business is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we have launched a series on start-ups that ...
09 Jan 2015
09 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) "A year full of superlatives for ecologic power" German consumers paid almost 23 billion euros for renewable electricity in 2014, the FAZ writes, ...
30 Mar 2016
30 Mar 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Reuters/SMA Solar 鈥淪MA Solar returns to profit on foreign demand鈥� SMA Solar, Germany鈥檚 largest solar group, posted its first operating profit in three years thanks to strong foreign ...
18 Nov 2014
18 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt 鈥淪tate premier Kraft fights for lignite鈥� North Rhine-Westphalia鈥檚 state premier Hannelore Kraft (Social Democrats) advocates the preservation of coal power in her state, since a ...
29 Oct 2019, 08:40 威力彩玩法 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how Germany's energy transition is transforming the commercial landscape. To showcase these big changes in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, this new series ...
24 Oct 2014
24 Oct 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online 鈥淎greement at EU summit: Merkel鈥檚 rotten climate deal鈥� The German government wanted ambitious climate targets but only partially succeeded in pushing them through, says Gregor Peter ...
25 Jan 2016
25 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淪upport for wind power in windless locations鈥� Current proposals for the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) from Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel ...
04 Nov 2021, 14:09 Finding sources of funding for climate action and ensuring a fair distribution of benefits and costs among different groups in society look set to become the main challenges for negotiators of a new German government coalition. While ...
03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Energy Transition/Fraunhofer ISE 鈥淲ind power #1 electricity source in November鈥� Stormy weather pushed Germany鈥檚 wind power production to a new record in November, covering a full quarter of domestic demand. It ...
13 Jul 2019, 13:04 Germany should introduce a price on carbon emissions for sectors such as transport and buildings currently not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, the government鈥檚 top economic advisors have proposed. This would work as an ...
09 Sep 2021, 14:11 Current polls suggest Germany's elections on 26 September will be followed by complicated coalition talks, but the Green Party refuses to reveal what they consider red lines during the negotiations. The party's climate policy ...
04 Nov 2015
04 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) 鈥淕abriel: The basis for the power market of the future is established鈥� The German government has approved wide-reaching reforms of the power market ...
04 Sep 2019, 10:53 This year's Frankfurt Motor Show steals the limelight for unusual reasons. Thousands of people will flock to the bi-annual industry fair 鈥� but many of them not to admire horsepower-proud vehicles, but instead to call for their ...
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 ...
02 Aug 2017
02 Aug 2017, 00:00 German carmakers have pledged to update the software in some 5 million diesel cars to lower emissions at the so-called "diesel summit", where leaders of the industry met with federal ministers and heads of federal states. ...
03 Feb 2021, 13:12 Germany must rapidly step up its national climate and energy targets to bring efforts in line with new EU-wide goals, said the independent expert commission in charge of monitoring the country鈥檚 energy transition. While details still ...
09 Oct 2015
09 Oct 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt 鈥淣uclear Energy? Never Again!鈥� The history of nuclear energy in Germany is a total fiasco, write J眉rgen Flauger and Klaus Stratmann in a 鈥渃losing balance sheet鈥� in business daily Handelsblatt. The ...
20 Oct 2021, 10:40 From large car manufacturers to globally operating logistics companies 鈥� the number of businesses pursuing net-zero targets and wanting to reduce their carbon footprint is growing. As many of the companies cannot or do not want to ...
21 Aug 2019, 16:00 Moment of truth for German climate policy: Right in time for the UN Climate Action Summit, chancellor Angela Merkel's government is due to present a raft of measures to drastically cut emissions. The eagerly awaited announcements ...
25 Nov 2014
25 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Dow Jones Newswires "Gabriel's coal proposal: utilities keep calm" German utilities are prepared to shut down some power stations, reports Dow Jones Newswires. They agreed to Economy ...
10 Jul 2018, 15:01 Wind and solar power, together with other renewable sources, have overtaken coal as Germany鈥檚 most important power source, figures released by the industry group BDEW show. But this milestone in the history of the country鈥檚 energy ...
13 Jan 2016, 00:00 A think tank proposal on how Germany should exit coal has pushed the debate on the Energiewende's future into full swing, exposing deep fault lines. The environment ministry and Greens backed the plan for a phase-out of coal power ...
24 Apr 2017, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to go beyond a rational take on the Energiewende and develop 鈥渁 certain passion and joy鈥� for the country鈥檚 generational project. Speaking at an event by her conservative CDU/CSU group in the ...
11 Dec 2017, 00:00 A round of fresh 鈥榞reen鈥� finance pledges by companies and investors marks the kickoff on 12 December in Paris of a climate finance summit initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron. However, NGOs say that the developments so far have ...
01 Jul 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel can still hope to achieve substantial progress in climate protection as she enters difficult talks with the leaders of the world鈥檚 largest economies at this week鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg, John J. Kirton ...
07 May 2015, 00:00 Superfluous emission allowances will be put into a market stability reserve from 2019 onwards, EU institutions agreed. The German government鈥檚 core demands have been included in the reform. But the chemicals industry fears for its ...
31 Aug 2018, 13:36 With its vast amounts of hydro energy, many would like Norway to become Europe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 ...
27 Sep 2021, 15:30 Germany is set to vote for a new government on 26 September. After 16 years at the helm of Europe's largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will make room for a successor who will shape the country's energy and climate ...
15 Apr 2015
15 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 The Guardian 鈥淕erman backlash grows against coal power clampdown鈥� The proposed levy on old coal-fired power stations is fast becoming a test of the German government鈥檚 commitment to decarbonise its ...
31 May 2019, 12:16 威力彩玩法 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
25 Mar 2015, 00:00 The protests against government proposals for a carbon emissions levy for older power plants are gaining momentum in Germany鈥檚 coal mining regions. Unions warn the plans put tens of thousands of jobs at risk because they will make ...
17 Feb 2015
17 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淲orries about solar eclipse鈥� On March 20, a solar eclipse will cover up to 80 percent of the sun in Germany and grid operators are concerned that massively ...
31 Aug 2021, 08:44 Tighter emission targets and mounting signs of climate change have once again turned Germany's coal exit into a hotly debated election campaign issue. The country agreed last year to phase out coal by 2038 at the latest, but many ...
14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Dow Jones Newswires "Gabriel鈥檚 three building sites for the Energiewende" In an analysis piece for Dow Jones Newswires, Christian Grimm gives an overview of the three biggest issues of ...
08 Sep 2017, 00:00 Dieselgate, looming driving bans in German cities, an election debate on phasing out combustion engines, and the rapid ascent of e-car rival Tesla 鈥� this year鈥檚 Frankfurt car show (IAA) comes at an awkward time for German carmakers. The ...
26 Oct 2021, 17:29 High gas, petrol and power prices are set to play a part in the ongoing negotiations to form the next German government coalition, which will shape the country鈥檚 energy transition policy for years. The election winner Social Democrats, ...
31 May 2016, 00:00 [UPDATE with new details on 2025 renewable target in paragraph 3, ads News Digest items] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers will meet on Tuesday to work out a compromise on reforming the core piece of legislation behind ...
09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 鈥淕rid fees push up power price鈥� An internal analysis by the federal grid agency reveals that the systemic costs of the Energiewende will push up grid fees, reports ...
10 Oct 2016, 00:00 German federal states want to ensure that the sale of new diesel and petrol cars in the European Union ends by 2030, in order to protect the climate. The surprising cross-party initiative in the upper house of parliament (Bundesrat), ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:32 The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet adopted a law detailing plant shutdowns and compensation payments for coal companies, confirming a ...
22 Oct 2015
22 Oct 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) 鈥淭he energy transition in Europe: initial lessons from Germany, the UK and France鈥� The experience of Germany, the UK and France shows that the transition to a ...
22 Apr 2016
22 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 UBA Record high CO2 measurements in Germany Germany鈥檚 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has measured the highest annual CO2 concentrations ever in 2015. In its research stations on ...
05 Nov 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty in Paris are just weeks away. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The Clean Energy ...
17 Dec 2019, 13:35 German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO鈧� price for the buildings and transport sectors. The starting price of the mechanism contained in the country's so-called climate package is to be ...
22 Sep 2021, 15:08 The conservative CDU has been heading Germany's government since 2005- and used its time in power to lay the groundwork for making the country the first climate-neutral industrialised nation before the middle of the century, says ...
01 Jul 2015
01 Jul 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淒irty deal鈥� At a high-level meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel tonight, the German government looks set to abandon plans for an additional levy on old coal-fired plants and instead adopt ...
07 May 2020, 09:31 Slumping power demand due to the coronavirus crisis combined with April鈥檚 strong wind and solar power production have revealed that Germany's fossil and renewable electricity generation, as well as electricity demand, need to ...
13 Jan 2017, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淪imply carry on鈥� G7 politicians want to rid the world of fossil fuels but German industry will demand support for the decarbonisation, Karl-Heinz B眉schemann writes in the ...
10 Apr 2018, 00:00 The current legislative period has to be used to significantly advance the mobility transition in Germany, ensuring that the country remains a technology leader, said economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier at a mobility conference ...
15 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form Germany鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
08 May 2019, 13:31 German industry heavyweights including chemical maker BASF, HeidelbergCement, gas supplier Linde and steelmaker Salzgitter say they are prepared for profound emissions cuts, but still lack the necessary market signal from policymakers. ...
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 ...
12 Mar 2018, 00:00 In a deal that could drastically re-shape Germany's power sector, RWE and E.ON have agreed to split RWE subsidiary innogy and focus each on different parts of the business. E.ON will largely be in charge of distribution grids while ...
01 Nov 2019, 15:35 Green and sustainable finance in Germany is not thinkable without the country's state-owned development bank KfW. The bank installed after the Second World War to finance reconstruction in Germany has become a major funder of ...
18 Mar 2016, 00:00 Renewable energy sources already play a key role in keeping Germany's carbon emissions in check, the country's environment minster told an international conference on Friday in Berlin. However, completing the energy transition ...
10 Feb 2016
10 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online 鈥淚nternal market analysis: EU member states鈥� nuclear provisions more than 100 billion euros short鈥� An EU analysis has revealed that the member states are not well prepared for the ...
07 Dec 2015, 00:00 The final negotiations for a global climate treaty are underway in Paris. What is the German perspective on an international climate agreement and what has the energy transition (Energiewende) got to do with it? The 威力彩玩法 ...
12 Jun 2019, 13:26 威力彩玩法 is stepping up its business coverage and exploring how the commercial landscape is being transformed by Germany's energy transition. To showcase the upheaval underway in the world鈥檚 fourth largest economy, we' ...
03 Feb 2015
03 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淏avaria does not need two grid extensions鈥� The southern German state of Bavaria, one of the country鈥檚 industrial powerhouses, has completed a three-month 鈥淓nergy Dialogue鈥� ...
23 Nov 2016, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 industry should work with the government to reach the goals in the country鈥檚 newly adopted Climate Action Plan 2050 rather than criticise the plan or individual measures, energy state secretary Rainer Baake told a conference ...
07 Oct 2019, 16:41 The German government has presented a draft of Germany鈥檚 first-ever major Climate Action Law, which assigns flexible annual greenhouse gas budgets to economic sectors for the years 2020-2030, but does not make long-term climate targets ...
27 Mar 2019, 15:42 The German commission charged with proposing emissions cuts for the nation's transport sector has failed to agree on enough steps to reach the country鈥檚 climate targets. During what was billed as the decisive meeting, members could ...
07 May 2021, 13:45 Electric cars have long been touted as key to a more sustainable future, but their contribution is clouded by the climate impact of making and disposing of them. As part of an industry-wide bid to roll out entirely CO2-neutral vehicles, ...
16 Oct 2017, 00:00 Not far from Germany's largest brown coal mine, the United Nations鈥� 23rd COP climate summit will take place in Bonn. While implementing the Paris Agreement will take centre stage under the presidency of Fiji, the host country ...
10 Dec 2014
10 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/dpa 鈥淓conomy minister Gabriel has still hopes for gas pipeline South Stream鈥� 鈥淚t would be better for Europe if the project still had a chance,鈥� Germany鈥檚 Minister for ...
08 Dec 2021, 15:00 The September 2021 election result has left Germany with several options for a new government coalition. Agreeing it will involve lengthy negotiations to overcome major discrepancies between party programmes, and agreeing on a ...
30 Apr 2021, 14:04 Germany's highest court has ruled in a landmark decision that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack detailed emission reduction targets beyond 2030. The court said the country's Climate ...
04 Jan 2018, 00:00 Germany enters 2018 without having found a new government, a situation that casts a cloud over all of the country鈥檚 major policy endeavours including those dealing with energy and climate. But irrespective of the unprecedented ...
26 Jun 2018, 17:32 Germany has provided inspiring visionary leadership on energy and climate change for many years, but is now at risk of being left behind, former US Vice President Al Gore said on the first working day of the country鈥檚 coal exit ...
25 Sep 2016, 00:00 In a move to fast-track the full ratification of the 2015 UN climate treaty (Paris Agreement), the German parliament has unanimously approved the terms of the treaty, helping to pave the way for it to enter into force before the end of ...
09 Feb 2021, 14:40 The energy transition marks the single largest effort in history to reduce industrial waste by pursuing the goal of burning zero fossil resources and replacing them with renewables- but it does not come without waste on its own. Germany ...
07 Apr 2021, 08:47 Germany鈥檚 ruling conservatives and the Greens are about to kick off the 2021 national election race in earnest by naming their respective leading candidates to take over the helm of Europe鈥檚 biggest economy in autumn. While the country ...
24 Sep 2015, 00:00 UPDATE 24 Sept | The European grid regulator has recommended that the Austrian-German electricity trading zone should be partially disconnected. Countries including Poland and the Czech Republic have called for the split, to prevent ...
04 Jul 2017, 00:00 At the Hamburg summit, the G20 leaders must go beyond mere lip services and present concrete proposals on how they will implement the Paris Climate Agreement, Christoph Bals, policy director of environmental NGO Germanwatch, tells Clean ...
30 Jul 2019, 10:30 Markus S枚der, Bavaria鈥檚 conservative state premier, has called for climate action to be enshrined in Germany鈥檚 Basic Law, according to German daily S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. S枚der has thus embraced a long-standing demand by the Green Party, ...
30 Jun 2017, 00:00 One week ahead of the Hamburg G20 summit, the ambitious climate and energy action plan the German presidency was pushing hangs in the balance. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is determined to make the meeting a success on ...
14 Aug 2015
14 Aug 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Federal Network Agency / German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) 33 successful bids in second PV auction round Germany鈥檚 second-ever photovoltaic tendering round has resulted in 33 successful bids ...
10 Oct 2017, 00:00 One week before the start of exploratory talks on forming a government coalition, aspiring German government alliance partners CDU and the Green Party agree that the country will have to phase out coal-fired power production. Yet, two ...
31 Jul 2015
31 Jul 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Government launches suggestions for new auction design for renewables The Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has launched the ...
24 Sep 2017, 00:00 Despite heavy losses in Germany's parliamentary elections, Angela Merkel is poised to stay chancellor for another four years. The voters鈥� decision sets her conservative CDU/CSU party alliance on course for coalition talks with the ...
16 Mar 2021, 12:00 Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020- the largest annual fall since 1990- as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable ...
12 Mar 2021, 14:30 Youth climate activists agree on one thing: Germany needs to adopt radical climate policies in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. How best to push this agenda is a different question entirely. In this German 鈥渟uper election ...
29 Dec 2015, 00:00 2016 is set to be another eventful year in German energy policy. The Paris climate summit underlined the need to reduce emissions even further, which will ultimately involve painful decisions about the future of coal. A series of ...
29 Jun 2017, 00:00 European Union leaders have underscored their commitment to work towards a joint solution on climate issues at the G20 summit in Hamburg. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would not be easy regarding questions such as climate ...
27 Nov 2018, 12:01 Germany risks showing up empty-handed at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Poland in December as the country鈥檚 coal exit commission has decided to extend its work beyond the original end-of-2018 deadline. The task force has set ...
09 Mar 2021, 09:00 A regional vote in the south-western German state of Baden-W眉rttemberg on 14 March kicks off a busy election year in Germany that will conclude with the general elections in September and the selection of a new chancellor. While the ...
06 Jun 2015
06 Jun 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 Oxfam / E3G 鈥淟et them eat coal鈥� Five of the G7 countries are burning more coal now than before the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009, while the G7 coal plants together emit ...
03 May 2016
03 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 BDEW 鈥淓nergiewende continues to be major topic for population鈥� 93 percent of Germans believe the Energiewende is important or very important, according to a survey by ...
12 May 2015
12 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Die Welt 鈥淓nergiewende show on the high seas鈥� Germany鈥檚 energy minister Sigmar Gabriel invited his G7 counterparts to visit a new offshore wind converter platform in the North ...
20 Apr 2015
20 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淢etal vs coal鈥� Unions are deeply split on the issue of the proposed coal levy, according to an article by Michael Bauchm眉ller in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Germany's聽 IG ...
07 Dec 2016, 00:00 Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party left energy and climate policy on the sidelines at the Christian Democratic Union鈥檚 (CDU) conference in Essen. The centre-right party laid the groundwork on Tuesday for its 2017 federal election ...
12 Jan 2018, 00:00 The parties currently in talks to form Germany鈥檚 next government have agreed to speed up the roll-out of renewable energies and start the phase-out of coal-fired power generation. Contrary to a draft leaked earlier this week, the ...
14 Mar 2018, 00:00 The 2017 September election results have led to unprecedented difficulties in forming a new government in Germany. After the longest government building process in modern Germany, Angela Merkel was re-elected as chancellor of a renewed ...
14 Nov 2016, 00:00 Banning combustion engines in new cars by 2030 and exiting coal-fired power production as early as 2025 are likely to be two key Green Party demands in the general elections in autumn 2017, the party decided at its convention. But ...
09 Nov 2016, 00:00 Disagreements over the future of coal in Germany have blocked adoption of a long-awaited government roadmap for making the country almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. In a surprise move capping several days of uncertainty about the ...
13 Jan 2015
13 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Die Welt/S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥溾�橢lon鈥� und 鈥楩elix鈥� cost consumers millions鈥�/ 鈥淪tormy times on the power market鈥� Heavy winds from two low pressure systems created an enormous oversupply of wind power ...
17 Dec 2014
17 Dec 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淣uclear power companies should pay 17 billion euros into fund鈥� The German government plans to establish a fund for the costs of dismantling and disposal of nuclear power ...
02 Dec 2015
02 Dec 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淟ate, perhaps too late鈥� RWE鈥檚 plans are radical and effectively split Germany鈥檚 second largest utility in two, writes Caspar Busse in a commentary for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淭he decision is ...
23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
13 Nov 2015
13 Nov 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 EnBW 鈥淪table development and progress with restructuring鈥� Germany鈥檚 third largest utility EnBW has achieved revenue of around 15.3 billion euros and an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of around ...
12 Oct 2017, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not give up the government鈥檚 goal to reduce CO鈧� emissions by 40 percent by 2020, which would 鈥減lay a big role鈥� in the upcoming talks to form a new government coalition. Germany鈥檚 broad ...
22 Jan 2020, 11:28 The German coal exit commission 's compromise reached in early 2019 was hailed as a breakthrough for cooperation between industry representatives, policymakers and environmental groups, as it outlined how to phase-out the fossil ...
14 Oct 2015
14 Oct 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 Spiegel Online/dpa-AFX 鈥淩enewable energy surcharge rises to record level of 6.35 cents鈥� The renewables surcharge German consumers pay with their power bills will rise to a record 6.35 cents per KWh next year, ...
11 Sep 2017, 00:00 Wind power lobby groups say new funding rules are resulting in unrealistically low compensation, squeezing wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers, while measures to help citizen-owned projects compete in the sector are being ...
23 Sep 2019, 09:41 The German government coalition has reached an agreement on the country's climate action strategy, including a pricing system for carbon emissions in all major sectors. The 威力彩玩法 presents reactions to the deal. S枚ren ...
27 May 2016
27 May 2016, 00:00 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Panorama (ARD) 鈥淎bsurd Energiewende: climate law rewards electricity waste鈥� To be exempted from Germany's聽 Renewable Energy Act (EEG)聽 surcharge, 聽some companies just on 聽the threshold of ...
25 May 2016
25 May 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Reuters Campaigners urge Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad Environmental groups urged G7 nations led by Japan and Germany to stop financing coal projects abroad, reports ...
31 Jan 2019, 13:30 In a bid to improve Germany's poor emission reduction record and to identify economic perspectives for people employed in the waning coal industry, the grand coalition government in 2018 set up a commission tasked with managing the ...
27 Jul 2017, 00:00 Germany's most important carmakers have met in "secret workshops" since the 1990s in order to reach agreements on technological standards and prices, according to a report by news magazine Der Spiegel. The companies ...
16 Mar 2020, 14:19 Germany鈥檚 carbon emissions have fallen sharply in 2019 for the third year in a row, bringing the country closer to climate targets it had already written off. But progress in emissions reduction is heavily tilted towards the energy and ...
16 Apr 2015
16 Apr 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 IG BCE / Friends of the Earth Germany Supporters and opponents of coal gear up for mass protests The heated debate over the future of coal in Germany will be taken to the streets next weekend, as ...
16 Feb 2016
16 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 E-World Essen State economy minister warns against decreed coal exit Garrelt Duin,聽economy minister for Germany鈥檚 largest federal state- North-Rhine-Westphalia- warned against a ...
31 Mar 2015
31 Mar 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 聽 Federal Environment Agency (UBA) 鈥淭rend reversal: Emissions decrease to lowest level since 2010鈥� German greenhouse gas emissions have decreased in 2014 for the first time in three years, ...
06 Jun 2019, 17:11 Germany continues to be off track regarding many of its energy and climate targets according to the economy ministry鈥檚聽 latest progress report on the energy transition. In an accompanying opinion, government advisors lament that the ...
04 Feb 2015
04 Feb 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Tageszeitung "Wind turbines that can float" The Dresden-based Gicon group is producing a prototype for a floating wind turbine (see picture above), Bernward Janzig from the taz reports. ...
