19 Sep 2023, 13:47 Edgar Meza Renewables 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) has called for a revision of long-term renewable power scenarios detailed in an analysis by the economy ministry (BMWK). The ...
06 Jun 2024, 14:00 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables International 威力彩玩法 ...
09 Aug 2024, 13:22 Milou Dirkx Citizens' energy Renewables 威力彩玩法 The German government is under increasing time pressure to legislate energy sharing opportunities and meet EU requirements originally set for mid-2021,聽 said 聽the German ...
22 Nov 2022, 13:57 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 威力彩玩法 It is possible to achieve Germany鈥檚 target of covering half of heat production with renewable energies by 2030, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) said at the presentation of its ...
26 Jun 2024, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices dpa / n-tv / 威力彩玩法 Falling wholesale power prices have torn a hole in Germany鈥檚 financing of renewable energy sources, whose operators receive state support if revenues from ...
15 Nov 2022, 12:11 Edgar Meza Renewables 威力彩玩法 Germany still needs a bigger push to speed up renewables expansion to avoid a prolonged cost crisis and ensure that the country reaches its targets, said the Renewable Energy Federation (BEE). ...
27 Apr 2023, 12:57 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Society 威力彩玩法 Energy ...
Germany produced 35 percent of its power from renewable energy in the first half of 2017, up from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association. But in the heating sector, the gains were only minimal, the BEE said. 鈥淭he ...
Germany鈥檚 Energiewende is faltering in areas like the heating and mobility sectors, according the half-yearly report of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE).聽 The share of renewable energy in electricity, heating and transport edged up to 15.1 ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:19 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 Germany's energy industry has warned that the country might struggle to find investors to build new hydrogen-ready gas power plants, following the end of a ...
08 Apr 2020, 12:49 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Renewables 威力彩玩法 The climate ...
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) proposes to introduce a CO鈧� price for energy consumption in heating, writes Dagmar Dehmer in an article in Tagesspiegel. According to a study, carried out by consultancy Prognos, the levy of 25 euros per tonne ...
08 Nov 2023, 14:02 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
Germany will likely miss the 2020 EU goal to increase the renewables share 聽of gross final energy consumption to 18 percent (currently 14.6 percent), according to projections by 聽the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE). 鈥淲hile 23 EU member states ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables 威力彩玩法 The German government has proposed the right steps to accelerate the rollout of photovoltaic (PV) systems, local utilities association VKU said ahead of a parliamentary discussion about ...
14 Dec 2021, 13:07 BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs BWE- German Wind Energy Association Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs ...
Renewable energy technologies hold significant potential in decarbonising industrial heating and cooling processes, writes the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) in a press release, based on a short study compiled by the Hamburg Institute. 鈥淎s more ...
The increase in the wholesale market price for electricity in 2018 has led to a reduction of the so-called 鈥渕arket premium鈥� that renewable power suppliers like wind and solar PV installations receive as a guaranteed payment, the German Renewable Energy ...
06 Mar 2025, 13:12 Jack McGovan Renewables Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 The proportion of advertised jobs related to the energy transition rose from 1.8 to 3.8 percent between 2019 and 2024 in Germany despite multiple economic crises during that ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Renewables International 威力彩玩法 Associations from the German and Ukrainian renewable energy industry have agreed to work together more closely to speed up the energy transition in both countries. The ...
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says the country鈥檚 coal exit plan should be accompanied by a plan to achieve 100 percent renewable energy supply. 鈥淥nly planning security for industry can lay the foundations for investments鈥� and prevent ...
Climate-friendly construction must not hinge on high extra costs, says the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), based on a report published by the Institute for Building Systems Engineering Dresden (ITG). Between 2000 and 2014, tasks prescribed in ...
30 Apr 2025, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Government 威力彩玩法 The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved the coalition agreement with the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, led by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, clearing the final major hurdle to ...
07 May 2019, 12:30 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables Clean Energy ...
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) has criticised聽 the European Parliament鈥檚 propositions 聽for a reform of the EU鈥檚 Emissions Trading System (ETS) for being 鈥渁n empty shell鈥� that cements the system鈥檚 status as 鈥渁n ineffective instrument for ...
23 Nov 2023, 12:48 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Industry 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 steel and renewable industries have launched a joint call for a 鈥渢ransformation summit鈥� to clarify the urgently needed funding for industry decarbonisation in the wake of ...
Due to the sluggish advance of its energy transition in the heating and transport sectors, Germany is set to miss the EU target of covering 18-percent of final energy consumption with renewables by 2020, lobby group the Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) ...
For 2018, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) projects a slight decrease in the country鈥檚 levy to finance renewables expansion, the organisation says in a press release. The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) surcharge will drop to about 6.71 euro cents ...
31 Aug 2020, 13:42 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
20 May 2020, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Agriculture Tageszeitung (taz) Power suppliers in Germany have begun offering "bee power" contracts that charge customers one additional cent per kilowatt hour to help preserve the industrious ...
A German CO 2 tax in combination with a European carbon floor price would be a very effective means to protect the climate, according to a study by consultancy Energy Brainpool commissioned by the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE). This model would ...
19 Oct 2022, 13:12 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Nuclear phase-out pv magazine / Clean ...
20 Dec 2023, 09:05 Europe has no time to lose in formulating its renewed emissions reduction ambitions after the results of next June鈥檚 European Parliament elections become known, says Simone Peter from the German Renewable Energy Federation. A 鈥淔it-for ...
29 Nov 2024, 12:22 Julian Wettengel Industry 威力彩玩法 Ahead of the German snap election, an alliance of industry associations has called on political parties to push for a government strategy to decarbonise heat that businesses use in their ...
07 May 2025, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The election of Friedrich Merz as Germany鈥檚 new chancellor in an unprecedented second parliamentary vote was greeted with relief by the country鈥檚 energy, industry, and ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background The collecting of German energy companies鈥� windfall profits will end on 30 June. "In view of the secure electricity supply, falling ...
German household power prices will remain largely unchanged in 2019 as higher grid fees and wholesale prices outweigh a dip in the surcharge paid for the roll-out of renewable energy sources. The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) expects the ...
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) will present a proposal to put a tax on the use of fossil fuels in power generation, which would complement the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. A study by consultancy ...
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 ...
18 Sep 2023, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Domestic production of green hydrogen should play a much bigger role in Germany鈥檚 plans to scale-up the hydrogen economy, which is currently based on a more often inefficient and costly ...
10 Nov 2022, 13:27 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Handelsblatt ...
09 Dec 2024, 13:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Die Welt A legislative standstill in plans to build new gas-fired power plants poses a threat to the transformation of East German coal-mining regions, the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has said ...
Germany will not be able to reach its EU target of an 18-percent renewables share in final energy consumption by 2020 under the current conditions, writes the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) in its forecast for renewables development by 2020. ...
05 Jul 2022, 13:08 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables Handelsblatt / ...
12 Feb 2020, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann International 威力彩玩法 The German government must take advantage of its EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to bolster the bloc's climate action ambitions and vouch for a 2030 emissions ...
Replacing an old fossil-fuelled boiler with a new one saves less energy than often assumed, said the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), based on a report published by the consultancy Econsult. Depending on the type of old boiler, 2 to 15 percent ...
06 Oct 2021, 14:11 Edgar Meza Renewables Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Renewable energy industry groups have laid out a series of proposals for the incoming federal government to accelerate the expansion of green power sources. "From an ...
06 Sep 2022, 14:05 Julian Wettengel Renewables 威力彩玩法 Germany must use the price advantage of renewable energy sources to weather the energy crisis over the coming winter and beyond, said the renewables association BEE. The lobby group said ...
The umbrella organisation German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) has called for a 鈥渃orrection鈥� of privileges regarding the renewables surcharge (EEG-Umlage) for energy-intensive industries, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. Instead of subsidising ...
19 May 2020, 14:23 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
27 Feb 2025, 13:51 The European Commission unveiled a series of plans to make the bloc's industry more competitive, reduce energy costs and cut red tape. Germany's industry associations called the proposals an important first step in the right ...
19 Apr 2021, 13:37 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert RWI 鈥� Leibniz Institute for Economic Research RWI 鈥� ...
17 Dec 2020, 10:36 If Germany doesn鈥檛 help existing and promote new renewable energy installations, it risks a 鈥済reen power gap鈥� in 2030, Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) says. With the EU tightening its climate ...
13 Dec 2024, 13:38 Unusually low wind power output has caused another 'Dunkelflaute' period in Germany with significantly reduced renewable power production and extreme price hikes in short-term electricity trading. Most customers are shielded ...
31 Jan 2023, 13:25 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables EU 威力彩玩法 The implementation into national law agreed by Germany鈥檚 government of an EU emergency regulation on the accelerated buildout of renewable energy sources will greatly boost the country鈥檚 ...
14 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Electricity market Renewables WirtschaftsWoche German economic affairs and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said his ministry will submit new calculations for Germany鈥檚 expected energy demand in the coming years due to ...
25 Apr 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 Germany must avoid building too many new gas power plants in the country鈥檚 efforts to secure electricity supply at times of little wind or sunshine, said renewables association BEE during an online ...
20 Oct 2022, 13:44 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband ...
14 Dec 2022, 13:18 Finding a proper economic policy response to the U.S. government's "Inflation Reduction Act" to lure green energy investments into German and European projects will be one of the key challenges the government is going to ...
03 Apr 2025, 11:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Energiewende Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germany could achieve climate neutrality by 2045 at a much lower cost through a combination of energy efficiency measures and a slower expansion of power generation and ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
07 Jun 2024, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 parliament has passed a government reform package designed to speed up the rollout of wind power, as well as industry decarbonisation, by removing red tape. The amendment to ...
29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for Germany鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
11 Sep 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 威力彩玩法 The German government鈥檚聽 new building energy legislation 聽to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems has generated mixed reactions from industry associations and ...
03 Nov 2020, 13:40 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 ...
20 Feb 2023, 16:47 On the path to a climate neutral electricity system that is largely covered by renewable sources, Germany is planning a reform to its electricity market. Inaugurating the 鈥楥limate Neutral Electricity System Platform鈥�, the economy and ...
23 Jun 2022, 13:05 Edgar Meza Policy EU Euronews, 威力彩玩法 The European Parliament鈥檚 approval on 23 June of a draft law overhauling the bloc鈥檚 emissions trading system (EU ETS) has been met with widespread criticism from industry and ...
24 Mar 2020, 14:39 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Policy 威力彩玩法 Parts of the ...
06 Aug 2019, 13:57 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Utilities Elections & Politics Recharge ...
07 Apr 2016
07 Apr 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Bundestag Federal government rejects national CO鈧� price floor The federal government continues to have reservations over a national price floor for carbon allowances, according to ...
23 Nov 2022, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Policy 威力彩玩法 / Reuters The gas and electricity 鈥減rice brakes鈥� that Germany鈥檚 government plans to finance with scooping up windfall profits made by power producers during the energy crisis ...
30 Apr 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 威力彩玩法 Please note: This article has been updated to clarify that support for the target so far has been voiced only by the foreign ministry, while the government cabinet has yet to agree ...
06 Oct 2020, 13:16 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Hydrogen Heating Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Clean ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:30 German government officials and industry associations have welcomed the EU鈥檚 proposal for a 鈥淕reen Deal Industrial Plan,鈥� intended to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's industry on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ...
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 Benjamin Wehrmann Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Government 威力彩玩法 Germany's parliament has adopted a constitutional reform to allow the country to take up hundreds of billions of euros in new debt to finance ...
31 Mar 2023, 11:38 The era of nuclear power in Germany will end on 15 April as planned, the country鈥檚 environment minister has said. Minister Steffi Lemke stressed that the phase-out would not endanger the power supply security in Germany or other ...
26 Jan 2021, 13:28 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 About 650,000 people could lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 and 2020, but the building sector could absorb almost a quarter of these workers with new jobs, ...
15 Oct 2018, 14:44 Germany鈥檚 renewable energy surcharge that is paid by consumers with their electricity bill and supports wind, solar, biomass and hydro power installations, is to fall by 5.7 percent in 2019, transmission grid operators have calculated. ...
12 May 2022, 13:38 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
27 Mar 2025, 12:57 Germany's prospective next government is stepping back from its predecessor's ambition to speed up the country鈥檚 coal exit to 2030, sticking instead to the original 2038 deadline. Leaked negotiation documents reveal that many ...
17 Jul 2019, 12:46 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert VDMA- German Engineering Federation Verband Deutscher ...
30 Apr 2020, 12:39 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' ...
26 Feb 2020, 13:52 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Wind Germany's economy ministry has ...
21 May 2021, 12:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
18 May 2021, 13:33 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. ...
08 Oct 2019, 14:01 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Grid 威力彩玩法 The German power grid ...
18 Jun 2020, 14:23 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy ...
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 ...
05 Aug 2024, 13:33 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity market Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germany is set to reform its electricity market design as it moves to decarbonise its power sector. In a paper outlining fields of action, the economy ministry ...
Only a small part of Germany鈥檚 inflexible conventional power generation is required to guarantee grid stability, according to the German Renewable Energy Federation BEE. The lobby group said the Federal Grid Agency鈥檚 (BNetzA) finding that many plants do ...
07 May 2025, 15:00 The six-month wait for a new German government came to an end when Friedrich Merz was finally confirmed as chancellor in a day of high drama in parliament on 6 May. Stakeholders and observers have urged the new chancellor to keep energy ...
20 May 2021, 13:34 Germany鈥檚 first movers in hydrogen generation using electricity will be supported by lower power prices and a wide definition of 鈥済reen鈥� hydrogen, the government has decided. By creating 鈥渃lear and pragmatic鈥� requirements for green ...
28 Apr 2025, 13:55 Conservative CDU member Katherina Reiche looks set to become Germany鈥檚 new economy and energy minister in a government led by Friedrich Merz as chancellor. Reiche looks back at ten years in the energy industry, where she assumed leading ...
As wind power generation starts to take off internationally, companies from the former global lead market Germany are set to close down parts of production at home and move jobs closer to growth markets, Brian Parkin and William Wilkes write for Bloomberg ...
29 Apr 2015, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 first auction for large solar arrays attracted many bidders but did not push prices below the current feed-in tariffs. On average, successful bids came in at 9.17 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), compared to a feed-in tariff of ...
06 May 2021, 13:05 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:46 The EU member states' agreement on reforming the bloc's electricity market has been hailed as a success from ministers in France and Germany, whose dispute over the role of nuclear power in European climate action has ...
Germany鈥檚 surcharge paid for the roll-out of renewable energy sources, the EEG-surcharge, will 鈥渘oticeably decrease鈥� in 2019, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. According to the article, the renewables levy will decrease to 6.4 cents ...
26 Apr 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Solar 威力彩玩法 A package of measures to boost the use of solar energy in Germany by removing red tape, approved by parliament on Friday (26 April), will significantly accelerate the rollout of the ...
Germany is struggling with 鈥榗ognitive dissonance鈥� in agreeing on the details of its climate protection plan, writes Hermann Falk of the German Association for Renewable Energy (BEE) in a guest commentary in the Frankfurter Rundschau. Various competing ...
Several industry representatives support the call to abolish the electricity tax in Germany, writes Jens Tartler in Tagesspiegel. Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) and German Engineering Federation (VDMA) argue that power ...
22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
13 Mar 2020, 14:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind 威力彩玩法 / ...
Six major German energy industry associations have called on the country鈥檚 next government to implement a storage strategy and make storage facilities 鈥渢he fourth pillar鈥� of the energy system, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. The letter, co-signed ...
22 Jul 2022, 13:48 S枚ren Amelang Efficiency 威力彩玩法 German business associations have launched an appeal to redouble energy saving efforts in order to avoid gas shortfalls this winter. 鈥淭he heating period is less than 100 days away and is ...
21 Nov 2022, 13:59 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Policy The lack of cooperation between authorities, supply chain problems, rising costs, a lack of skilled workers and legal issues are the main culprits for Germany鈥檚 failure to massively speed up the ...
07 Oct 2015
07 Oct 2015, 00:00 Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 Bloomberg Business, Greenpeace,聽S眉ddeutsche Zeitung 鈥淕reenpeace says can find cash to buy Vattenfall coal assets鈥� Bloomberg Business reports that Greenpeace has registered its interest in buying ...
18 May 2020, 18:14 The German government has agreed to remove key hurdles to the rollout of renewable energies that had begun to slow the country's landmark energy transition. The deal between chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance ...
08 Feb 2023, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Finance International EU 威力彩玩法 The European Union should go further in its proposal to counter the U.S.鈥檚 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), more than 40 business organisations, companies, think tanks ...
23 Apr 2024, 14:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa With a set of demands on Germany鈥檚 energy transition and social security expenditures, the pro-business government party Free Democrats (FDP) has caused a stir in the ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International 威力彩玩法 The economy ministers from France and Germany will use their planned visit to the U.S. on Tuesday (7 February) to advocate for 鈥渏oint green lead markets鈥� for climate ...
Due to the end of their 20-year life span of guaranteed support payments, about 20 gigawatt (GW) of wind power capacity in Germany will be retired by 2023 as their operation is no longer profitable, Simone Peter, head of Germany鈥檚 Renewable Energy ...
11 Apr 2024, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 Electricity prices in Germany are unlikely to go down in the near future, despite repeated claims that a complete switch to renewable power is going to make ...
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 ...
15 Mar 2023, 09:45 Germany鈥檚 renewable industry association BEE has criticised key elements of the EU proposal to reform the design of the bloc鈥檚 electricity market. The lobby group said strict rules about the shape of future subsidies for new low-carbon ...
08 Jul 2020, 13:14 The European Union wants to establish itself as the world leader in hydrogen technologies and will focus on ramping up electrolyser capacities in the next four years. According to the European Commission's hydrogen strategy, the ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Germany鈥檚 energy policy has not lived up to its climate and renewables expansion targets and has failed to adequately integrate citizens in planning procedures, Simone Peter of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) and Stefan Kapferer of the German ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 wind energy sector requires faster approval procedures and better working conditions to attract the skilled workers needed reach expansion targets, a report commissioned by ...
10 Mar 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Industry EU 威力彩玩法 / Financial Times / Reuters / NY Times German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed the European Commission鈥檚 decision to further relax state aid rules for clean technologies as part ...
10 Nov 2023, 10:15 Germany鈥檚 ruling coalition has reached a deal on how to support industry struggling with high electricity prices in the coming five years. The package of measures, worth 12 billion euros in 2024 alone, includes lowering the electricity ...
16 Jun 2020, 14:53 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
31 Mar 2020, 14:14 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
30 Jun 2015
30 Jun 2015, 00:00 威力彩玩法 German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) 鈥淲ind strengthens power sector, renewable heat and transport stagnate鈥� The share of renewables in total German power consumption has risen to a record 32.5 percent in the ...
At an event held by the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) on 27 June, parliamentarians from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Greens, and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) called the government鈥檚 climate and energy policy measures misguided. ...
Angela Merkel鈥檚 cabinet has initiated an amendment to the German Nuclear Exit Act that ensures compensation payments to operators of nuclear power plants who had to shut down their reactors in 2011. The law must be amended because the German ...
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 ...
11 Apr 2016, 00:00 [Updated 11 April with results from fourth round of solar PV auctions] Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have driven the expansion of renewable energy in Germany, but in 2014 the government decided to gradually replace them with an auction system. ...
27 May 2015
27 May 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 BEE / BWE 鈥淕ermany risks missing binding EU target for renewables鈥� If Germany sticks to current policies, it will miss its official target of 18 percent renewables in final energy consumption by ...
26 Jul 2023, 13:36 The German government coalition has presented a long-expected update to its National Hydrogen Strategy with the aim of speeding up the development of a market for the fuel, which it sees as essential on the path to climate neutrality by ...
23 Apr 2021, 12:17 The governing coalition parties in German parliament have agreed on higher tender volumes for next year's wind and solar PV installations. But parliamentarians did not make headway on a new renewables target for 2030, which has ...
19 May 2022, 12:00 Germany has reacted largely positively to EU plans for ending dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports. Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the European Commission鈥檚 RePowerEU Plan an 鈥渋mportant initiative鈥� that could give fresh impetus to ...
09 Sep 2022, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's plans for a tax on energy companies' windfall profits generated by the current supply crisis could slow the rollout of renewables because ...
16 Jan 2015
16 Jan 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Business Green "Germany breezes past 1GW offshore wind milestone" Germany's renewables industry is celebrating another milestone this week, as an industry-backed report confirmed ...
09 Oct 2014, 00:00 Resistance to Germany鈥檚 subsidies for the renewables industry have left politicians questioning why financing for the UK鈥檚 Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been granted EU approval. Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
10 Nov 2020, 13:56 Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 Rules about bird protection will have to be standardised in all 16 states if Germany is to reach its wind power expansion targets, a group of energy industry associations have argued. ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:28 Expert BVG- German Geothermal Association Bundesverband Geothermie e.V. Renewables Business & Jobs Freja Eriksen Renewables 威力彩玩法 Germany needs a masterplan for deep geothermal energy in order to reap the technology' ...
30 Oct 2019, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables energate Germany's government expects the country will use less electricity in 2030, even though renewable power is meant to replace fossil fuels in many sectors from transport to heating,聽 ...
05 Mar 2025, 17:07 Germany鈥檚 likely next government coalition parties have proposed an overhaul of state debt rules to make hundreds of billions of euros available for defence and infrastructure investments. The agreement, which faces a big hurdle in the ...
10 Feb 2023, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Politics 威力彩玩法 The transformation of Germany鈥檚 energy system away from fossil fuels must quickly be reinforced by sufficient 鈥渕olecule-based鈥� power plant capacity that can back up the ...
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 ...
18 Apr 2019, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics New York Times For years, Germany has been embroiled in a cultural war over immigration, refugees and diversity, but the environment has also emerged as a deeply polarising issue that the ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs EU Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 The looming trade conflict between Europe and the U.S. about government subsidies for green investments could be significantly defused after the American ...
16 Aug 2021, 13:41 Germany is set to widely miss its climate targets this year, according to a think tank analysis that adds pressure on the chancellor contestants to present plans for rapid emissions cuts. Six weeks before the country's general ...
13 Nov 2020, 14:53 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG Government pv magazine / 威力彩玩法 The German government this week rejected a range of changes to the draft reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which had been proposed by the the ...
10 Jun 2024, 13:44 German businesses, researchers and civil society have welcomed that democratic and pro-EU parties continue to have a large majority after the 2024 EU elections, but warned that wins for the populist and far-right camp means that it ...
21 Jul 2020, 13:28 Bioenergy Berliner Zeitung A German startup reportedly is on the verge of industrialising a process that can increase biogas energy yields by 40 percent 鈥� and even turn leaves into fuel, the Berliner Zeitung reports. LXP, based in ...
04 Apr 2022, 13:51 The German government presented another piece of the puzzle to hurry along the growth of renewables in its energy mix, seen by now as much of a bid for fossil fuel import independence as a means of achieving climate neutrality by 2045. ...
29 Jan 2020, 14:09 Freja Eriksen Grid 威力彩玩法 Corrects position of Felix Matthes, who is research coordinator at the Institute for Applied Ecology, not the institute's head. Power grid expansion is set to become the German energy transition ...
Brigitte Zypries, Germany鈥檚 new economy minister, has assured the country鈥檚 renewables industry of pursuing a progressive policy approach to advance the energy transition. At a conference by the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) she pledged to ...
22 Jul 2020, 13:48 After four days of negotiations, the EU member states have agreed on an unprecedented funding package to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and secure the bloc's budget until 2027. The 27 governments greenlighted a ...
30 Nov 2016, 00:00 鈥淧utting energy efficiency first, achieving global leadership in renewable energies and providing a fair deal for consumers鈥� are the objectives of the EU Commission鈥檚 energy package. The paper presented on Wednesday, also dubbed 鈥渨inter ...
02 Mar 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Heating 威力彩玩法 Activists for a better inclusion of the buildings sector in Germany's climate plans have voiced their concerns in a parliamentary petition committee, calling for a true " ...
09 Feb 2021, 13:21 Expert Economic Council- CDU Wirtschaftsrat Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) of Germany Business & Jobs Society Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating 威力彩玩法 Government measures to create a climate ...
07 Apr 2022, 11:20 Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation. In the 鈥渂iggest energy policy reform in decades,鈥� the ...
04 Mar 2015, 00:00 The consultation period for the government's green paper on power market reform is over and submissions reveal stakeholders' different ideas and priorities for a redesign. Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Electricity ...
24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
02 Sep 2020, 12:55 A faster deployment of more renewable installations that run into less problems with citizens and are able to quickly survive in the market without government support are at the centre of a renewables law reform proposal by Germany鈥檚 ...
16 Sep 2016, 00:00 To decarbonise Germany鈥檚 economy, small amounts of renewable electricity will have to replace large amounts of fossil fuel. The policies to make this Energiewende happen must be decided now, the economy ministry says in a new discussion ...
05 Sep 2022, 13:10 With its third energy cost relief package since the start of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine, the German government hopes to alleviate concerns over skyrocketing prices for heating and electricity in the coming winter. The large package worth ...
23 Feb 2016
23 Feb 2016, 00:00 S枚ren Amelang Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Die Welt 鈥淣uclear giants buy their way out for 18 billion鈥� The expert commission on financing the nuclear clean-up will suggest to the government that utilities transfer their ...
29 Mar 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Policy 威力彩玩法 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Germany's system of financing its renewables build-up through a surcharge on power bills does ...
22 Mar 2019, 16:00 European leaders did not call for climate neutrality by 2050 at today鈥檚 summit in Brussels, despite several countries including France suggesting it to be included. Germany is among a group of countries rejecting a tougher wording on ...
23 Feb 2025, 20:42 Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz鈥� conservatives have won Germany鈥檚 snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in a future government. But it remained ...
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 ...
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 ...
15 Jul 2015, 00:00 The European Commission has launched its proposals for an Energy Union, including reform of the emissions trading scheme, a redesign of the European power market, updated efficiency labelling and consumer empowerment. 威力彩玩法 has compiled ...
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 ...
19 Jun 2019, 12:01 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Renewables 威力彩玩法 / ...
13 Jul 2021, 13:07 The German energy ministry has increased the country鈥檚 estimated power needs in 2030-- a figure that will be crucial after the general elections in September, when a new government has to set renewable energy expansion targets based on ...
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, ...
11 Apr 2025, 13:00 Germany鈥檚 prospective coalition government has agreed to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments, and stick to existing climate targets. In their coalition treaty,聽conservatives and Social Democrats ...
15 Dec 2022, 11:57 Germany urgently needs an overarching plan to reduce transport emissions in the new year, given that the government didn鈥檛 make any headway during its first year in office, Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility ...
20 Dec 2022, 13:19 The new year is going to pose the great challenge for Germany鈥檚 government to ensure that companies hit by the ongoing energy price crisis do not choose to relocate their business, according to Frederik Moch, head of energy policy at ...
15 Feb 2019, 13:49 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 Sven Egenter 威力彩玩法 Climate & ...
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 ...
12 Apr 2022, 09:53 Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine has added a new dimension to Germany鈥檚 ambitious aims for ramping up the share of renewables in its energy system. Marking a 鈥� historic turning point,鈥� the fast elimination of fossil fuel imports for Germany ...
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 ...
03 Jun 2019, 14:10 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Cars 威力彩玩法 VW CEO Herbert Diess has drawn heavy criticism for suggesting that Germany should first exit coal instead of nuclear power in order to protect the climate. Environment state ...
07 Mar 2018
07 Mar 2018, 00:00 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen her close ally and former head of the Chancellery Peter Altmaier as the next economy and energy minister. This puts the political heavy-hitter in charge of shaping Germany鈥檚 Energiewende at a ...
19 Apr 2021, 13:33 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation ...
05 Jan 2016
05 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 dpa/Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淕rowth of wind power sluggish in 2015鈥� 2015 will enter the history of German renewables as a year of disillusionment, according to a report by press agency dpa. ...
21 Dec 2023, 10:12 Preparing a fast expansion of renewable power will be a key challenge for governments across Europe in 2024, says Sarah Jilibert-Schabram of the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition (DFBEW). France and Germany both have stated ...
19 Oct 2016, 00:00 The German government decided on a pact to free nuclear power plant operators of responsibility for storing radioactive waste, and transfer it into the hands of the state. Utilities welcomed the decision made on Wednesday, while critics ...
23 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 The number of biogas plants installed in Germany is ...
21 Apr 2021, 16:38 German politicians have welcomed the deal concluded by EU lawmakers on a climate law that enshrines the goal of climate-neutrality 2050 and a more ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. However, conservatives and industry ...
04 Sep 2019, 13:12 The expansion of Germany's most important renewable energy source, onshore wind, has almost come to a standstill. Bureaucratic hurdles and resistance to new turbines from different interest groups mean that only a handful of new ...
11 Mar 2020, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar Wind Policy 威力彩玩法 Germany's federal states need to band together and devise a coherent strategy to ensure that the expansion of renewable energy sources can proceed in line with the ...
11 May 2016
11 May 2016, 00:00 Sven Egenter EY "Germany 5th聽in EY renewable investment attractiveness ranking" Germany鈥檚 attractiveness as a location for renewable investments has declined, according to major business consultancy EY. Germany is ranked fifth ...
19 Mar 2024, 13:58 The global growth of renewable power sources is an encouraging trend for climate action but needs to be better coordinated to ensure international targets are met, according to Germany鈥檚 economy and foreign affairs ministers. ...
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 ...
10 Dec 2024, 14:45 The early end of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition government follows a three-year term marked by crises and a deep internal dispute over funding for future climate and energy policies. Despite its noisy demise, the chancellor鈥檚 three-party ...
05 Jul 2024, 15:07 Months of negotiations among the parties in Germany鈥檚 governing coalition about the country鈥檚 2025 budget have ushered in 鈥渞ecord investments鈥� into renewable power, industrial decarbonisation, electric mobility and a faster transition ...
14 Apr 2016
14 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 dpa / Frankfurter Rundschau 鈥淐hristian Democrats put the breaks on renewable development鈥� Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party wants to make changes to the ...
02 Jul 2015, 00:00 The German government finally buried plans for a levy on old coal-fired power plants. Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel, energy minister Sigmar Gabriel and leading politicians from the ruling coalition adopted a union proposal to pay ...
07 Feb 2024, 10:30 The European Commission has recommended that the bloc reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, saying the EU's Green Deal now needs to become an "industrial decarbonisation deal." Politicians from member ...
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 ...
06 Feb 2024, 09:42 Germany is set to hold auctions to support the construction of new gas-fired power plants in the short term, which would then be converted to run on hydrogen in the mid-to-late 2030s, the ruling coalition said. The plants are considered ...
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 ...
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 ...
01 Nov 2019, 13:29 Germany can become largely carbon-neutral by the middle of the century at tolerable cost by overhauling its entire economy, but聽in order to do so must specify its 2050 emissions target as soon as possible, according to a study by ...
28 Feb 2022, 13:58 The outbreak of war in eastern Europe is sending shockwaves through Germany鈥檚 political class and is reshaping the energy transition debate, as the country鈥檚 most important energy trading partner Russia increasingly turns into a ...
13 Dec 2023, 14:38 Germany will earmark billions of euros less for climate and transformation projects every year until 2027 in order to make the government budget comply with constitutionally enshrined limits on borrowing. One month after a seminal ...
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 ...
07 Jan 2016, 00:00 Record renewables growth in 2015 meant Germany exported more coal-generated electricity than ever before, hampering the country's efforts to protect the climate, according to energy policy think tank Agora Energiewende. The data ...
03 Feb 2022, 12:13 Economy minister Robert Habeck and environment minister Steffi Lemke have reiterated Germany鈥檚 opposition to labelling nuclear power as a sustainable activity, but did not react to provisions on gas projects the European Commission ...
11 Nov 2014
11 Nov 2014, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Spiegel Online "Energy efficiency in companies: Hidden chances for climate protection" Greater energy efficiency efforts by companies could help Germany save nearly a quarter of the聽CO2 emissions necessary to ...
02 Jun 2016, 00:00 The latest reform of Germany鈥檚 renewable energy law is taking shape 鈥� on Tuesday the federal government and the heads of the 16 states reached an agreement on essential aspects of a reformed bill, such as the amount of onshore wind and ...
22 Feb 2019, 18:00 German environment minister Svenja Schulze is calling for an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal of 鈥渁t least 95 percent鈥� by the year 2050 compared to 1990, in a draft of the highly anticipated Climate Action Law, seen by Clean ...
29 Jan 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen Energy associations Call for fair competition conditions for power storage facilities Energy business associations BDEW, BEE, BNE, BVES, VDMA and VKU have called on the parliamentary ...
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 Jun 2020, 14:06 The German government coalition has decided to reboot Europe's largest economy with a 130 billion euros stimulus package that contains steps to further the country's landmark energy transition. Aside from comprehensive actions ...
16 Jan 2015, 00:00 Energy experts say the German chancellor's secpticism over extensive payments to conventional power plants as back-up for renewables sends a strong signal that capacity markets may not be on the cards in the upcoming power market ...
28 Jun 2022, 15:11 Civil society groups and others have largely reacted with criticism of the German presidency's role in furthering climate action within the G7 group of influential economies. With the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion ...
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 ...
10 Oct 2022, 13:41 The German state should support households and businesses with about 90 billion euros by early 2024 to lower gas bills, said an expert commission charged by the government with drawing up a plan to relieve gas consumers affected by ...
04 Sep 2017, 00:00 For the second time within one month, Germany鈥檚 government has held a 鈥渄iesel summit鈥� to discuss the consequences of the emissions fraud scandal of the country鈥檚 major carmakers. After a first summit in early August with industry ...
21 Sep 2015
21 Sep 2015, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 鈥淲orried about the climate鈥� The very hot and dry summer of 2015 was a sign of climate change, 46 percent of Germans believe. In contrast, 40 percent told ...
04 Oct 2023, 10:11 Against the backdrop of a faltering economy and heated national debates about climate policies, two of Germany's key economic regions, Bavaria and Hesse, head to the polls in the first week of October. A change of government is not ...
25 Feb 2015, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 biggest concerns regarding the European Commission鈥檚 energy policy proposals are potential impact on its own transition to renewables power, as well as power market reform. Kerstine Appunn International Renewable Energy Act | ...
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 ...
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) ...
25 Feb 2019, 14:17 The first draft of Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Law, presented last week, has laid bare conflicting views within the German coalition聽government over how the country should meet its climate targets. The proposal has drawn criticism from ...
15 Jul 2021, 09:30 The German environment ministry has called new EU proposals to reform the bloc's climate and energy policy 鈥渘othing less than a new industrial revolution in the European Union.鈥� The European Commission's comprehensive proposal ...
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, ...
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 ...
17 Feb 2016
17 Feb 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Handelsblatt / Ministry for Environment 鈥淓verything for the climate鈥� The Ministry for Environment (BMUB) is about to enter the second phase of consultation for its Climate Action Plan 2050, and has ...
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 ...
23 Dec 2021, 13:13 A new German government has started its work shortly before Christmas, kicking off its four-year term with a key promise to make the country ready for its ambitious bid to become climate neutral before the middle of the century. At a ...
17 Dec 2018, 10:11 Nearly 200 nations agreed on a rulebook for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement at the UN climate change conference COP24 in Katowice, Poland. The deal on climate action rules was immediately hailed as a victory for ...
20 Nov 2019, 13:04 Following intense criticism of the German government's planned minimum distance rules for wind power by industry and environmental groups, economy minister Peter Altmaier says the government has not made a final decision on what ...
09 Oct 2019, 17:06 The German government cabinet has adopted the country鈥檚 first framework climate law and a detailed programme of measures to reach national and European targets for 2030. Against the backdrop of climate action protests by the Extinction ...
16 Sep 2020, 12:50 German industry, politicians and environmental NGOs have criticised first details of the European Commission proposal for a more ambitious 2030 climate target. Plans for more stringent passenger car emission rules and the inclusion of ...
23 Feb 2017, 00:00 Against a backdrop of general elections later this year, a debate about a general overhaul of Germany鈥檚 much-imitated system for renewables support is gathering pace. Many proponents of replacing the current Renewable Energy Act (EEG) ...
28 Jul 2023, 14:30 The European Union鈥檚 two largest economic and industrial leaders, Germany and France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for green industry leadership and decarbonisation technologies. Despite ...
07 Jun 2018, 00:00 Germany has launched official talks to phase out coal power in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions that have remained stubbornly high despite the country鈥檚 shift to renewable power. The 威力彩玩法 collects reactions from ...
28 May 2021, 13:29 Germany鈥檚 push to replace conventional power with renewables like wind and solar PV has not only altered its energy system and shaken up established energy utility giants, it has also turned millions of Germans into electricity ...
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 ...
27 Jan 2016, 00:00 The centrepiece of Germany's Energiewende in the power sector is to undergo a profound revision this year. The government has tabled a draft law for the reform of the Renewable Energy Act, which has stirred a heated debate. The ...
31 Aug 2021, 11:38 Ahead of Germany鈥檚 September federal election, almost all parties in parliament are calling for climate policies that quickly and lastingly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country鈥檚 plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 ...
12 Jul 2023, 14:02 Differing views on the place of nuclear power in Europe have dominated public perceptions of energy policy cooperation between France and Germany for years. Given the urgent need to agree on European energy policy strategies in light of ...
08 May 2015, 00:00 Feed-in tariffs set by government or parliament have supported rapid expansion of renewable power production, along with falling costs. Now the government wants to move to a more market-based approach. With this is mind, the 2014 ...
27 Mar 2015, 00:00 UPDATE-- Over 900 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 60 countries take part in the first Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry, the ...
22 Sep 2020, 10:30 As the coronavirus crisis drives many governments across the globe to introduce emergency plans to cushion the immediate economic effects, there are growing calls to align any mid and long-term stimulus efforts with climate targets. ...
15 Apr 2016
15 Apr 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy New draft version of Renewable Energy Act released The Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has released a new draft of the Renewable ...
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 ...
10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
23 Dec 2022, 14:20 The German government coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz looks back at a turbulent first year in office, which has been dominated by the reality check of Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine and the European energy crisis. The turmoil in global ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
07 Dec 2018, 19:29 Germany's conservative Christian Democrats elected general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm of the party. The election of Merkel's close ally and former premier in the ...
04 Oct 2018, 14:48 Germany鈥檚 shift from fossil fuelled and nuclear power will only succeed if the infrastructure is there to support a very different kind of energy system. But the country鈥檚 grid is just not up to the job of making proper use of all the ...
24 Feb 2023, 11:00 One year after Russia started its devastating war on Ukraine, the energy policy landscape of Germany and most of Europe has changed radically. European states to a large extent lowered or even completely cut their reliance on Russian ...
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 ...
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 ...
