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  • Germany鈥檚 Energiewende start-ups 鈥 Cutting emissions as a business model

    Energy transition start-ups 29 Apr 2020, 09:45 The shift to a low-carbon future is turning the economy inside out. Policy has a crucial role to play, but ultimately it is businesses that will make the Energiewende happen. In Energiewende home country ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    The construction sector's struggle to go from big polluter to carbon hero

    Europe must look beyond heating emissions in its quest to make buildings climate-friendly 03 May 2024, 13:30 In Europe's journey to make buildings climate friendly, the carbon impact of construction materials has largely remained an afterthought. ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    New German government charts cautious climate course for Europe's largest economy

    Germany on track for 2030 targets? 07 May 2025, 13:30 Germany's new coalition government has set out a steady but cautious path in climate and energy policy, committing to current EU targets but showing little ambition to go beyond. Chancellor ...
  • Climate and energy high on the agenda in 2024 EU parliament elections

    Worries over climate change effects and cost of living fears set scene for EU election campaign 10 Jun 2024, 15:00 In this year's EU parliament elections, citizens from across the European Union voted to shape the bloc鈥檚 climate and energy policy in ...
  • Time for trucks: The next big thing in the shift to climate-friendly transport

    The decarbonization of heavy duty freight 05 Feb 2021, 11:15 New emissions rules for trucks have fired the starting gun for cleaning up heavy-duty road freight. But while cars and vans are going battery-electric, the question remains: Will trucks run on ...
  • Vote25: 2030 climate and energy targets hinge on next German government

    Collapse of Scholz's coalition leaves unfinished policy business 23 Feb 2025, 21:00 The collapse of chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government led to snap elections in Germany in early 2025. Climate and energy policy played a major role in ...
  • 04 Jul 2024 |

    Populists in power: A challenge for ambitious EU climate policy

    What the rise of far-right populist parties means for EU climate efforts in the 2024 election year 04 Jul 2024, 14:00 Right-wing populist parties opposing strong climate action are gaining support in many EU countries and are expected to score well in the ...
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  • 03 Apr 2019 |

    German e-car pioneer says cars should have smaller battery and hydrogen fuel cell

    03 Apr 2019, 12:16 S枚ren Amelang Cars Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Extending the range of battery-based electric cars with an additional hydrogen fuel cell makes more sense from an economic and environmental perspective than using huge batteries, said ...
  • 鈥11,900 euros: Germany鈥檚 cheapest e-car could become a bestseller鈥

    Germany鈥檚 current cheapest electric car, the e.GO Life, comes from the small, new manufacturer e.GO Mobile and has the potential to become a bestseller, Focus Online reports. 鈥淲e aim for a production of 20,000 cars by 2019,鈥 says CEO G眉nter Schuh, who is ...
  • 10 May 2019 |

    Germany鈥檚 e-car newcomer e.GO starts delivery of compact car

    10 May 2019, 13:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Start-ups 威力彩玩法 German E-car start-up e.GO has started to deliver its compact car model e.GO Life in a bid to stir up the country鈥檚 automotive industry with its low-price electric vehicle. The company ...
  • 31 May 2019 |

    Start-up e.GO Mobile hopes to speed up transport transition with cheap subcompact

    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' ...
  • 05 Mar 2019 |

    VW signs e-vehicle startup e.Go as first partner for production platform

    05 Mar 2019, 13:56 S枚ren Amelang Cars Business & Jobs Reuters / Die Welt Volkswagen has signed German startup e.GO Mobile as the first external partner for its modular platform for electric vehicles (EV), reports Ludwig Burger for Reuters. The partner ...
  • 15 Mar 2019 |

    BMW and Daimler mull development of joint e-car platform to save billions in costs

    15 Mar 2019, 13:42 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Cars Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt German ...
  • 09 Mar 2018 |

    German universities to develop autonomous car

    Seven German universities have teamed up to develop an autonomous e-car, competing with automakers and tech giants such as Google and Apple, reports Spiegel Online. RWTH Aachen University 鈥 which already developed the successful Streetscooter delivery van ...
  • 06 Oct 2017 |

    New e-car maker e.GO scales up expansion plans 鈥 up to 100,000 cars per year

    Thanks to unexpectedly strong demand, new budget e-car maker e.GO has expanded its production plans, reports public broadcaster WDR. The company aims to make up to 100,000 electric vehicles per year, considerably scaling up original plans for 20,000 cars. ...
  • 27 Aug 2018 |

    E-car pioneer predicts one million electric cars in Germany by 2022

    German e-car pioneer G眉nther Schuh, founder of the successful e-van company StreetScooter and inventor of the new compact e-car e.GO Life, says he is 鈥渙ptimistic鈥 that there will be more than one million electric cars on the country鈥檚 roads by 2022, two ...
  • 11 Nov 2019 |

    Higher e-car buyer's premium puts small manufacturers at risk

    11 Nov 2019, 13:04 Expert Stefan Bratzel Director Cars Transport Freja Eriksen Cars Spiegel Online Small manufacturers of e-cars say their business could be threatened by the German government's increased buyer's premium intended to boost sales ...
  • 30 Apr 2019 |

    Bosch makes another bet on fuel cell technology

    30 Apr 2019, 13:14 S枚ren Amelang Cars Hydrogen Bloomberg Bosch, the world鈥檚 largest auto-parts supplier, says it continues to believe that hydrogen fuel cell trucks and cars will play a key role in future mobility, and has taken a further step to advance ...
  • 20 May 2019 |

    Volkswagen to relocate production of cheaper e-car to Eastern Europe due to labour costs

    20 May 2019, 13:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Handelsblatt The production of Volkswagen鈥檚 highly-anticipated low-cost e-car ID could be relocated to a factory in Eastern Europe and not take place in the company鈥檚 factory in Emden in ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German e-car pioneer takes to the skies in hybrid 鈥淪ilent Air Taxi鈥

    05 Apr 2019, 09:08 German e-car pioneer G眉nther Schuh, who runs the e-car startup聽 e.GO Mobile 聽and spearheaded the development of the聽 electric delivery van StreetScooter 聽now used by Deutsche Post DHL, has set his sights on conquering the air. Schuh, ...
  • 14 Jan 2020 |

    Anxious carmakers forced to tread 'arduous' path to e-mobility in 2020

    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 ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    EU must bet on interconnected energy system, exploiting countries鈥 strengths 鈥 Greek deputy energy minister

    02 May 2025, 09:30 The European Union should strive for a well-connected energy system designed in a way that allows different national strengths to complement each other, says Nikos Tsafos, deputy energy minister of Greece. The country is expected to ...
  • 24 Apr 2025

    In brief | 24 April '25

    24 Apr 2025, 13:14 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: German economy to flatline in 2025 as tariff turmoil hits, government says The German government cut its economic growth forecast and now sees stagnation in 2025 instead of a 0.3% expansion as uncertainty from global ...
  • 28 Nov 2024

    In brief | 28 November '24

    28 Nov 2024, 10:30 威力彩玩法 Team BPIE: EU buildings sector significantly off track to meet 2030 and 2050 climate goals Overall, the four key indicators of the EU Buildings Climate Tracker 鈥 CO2 emissions reduction, final energy consumption, renewable energy ...
  • 08 Apr 2025 |

    First materials register for entire German building stock lays foundation for circular construction

    08 Apr 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Construction 威力彩玩法 Germany's first database of materials for the country's entire building stock could provide an important foundation for increasing the rate of reuse and recycling of ...
  • 18 Mar 2025 |

    Outgoing German economy minister warns next govt against creating new energy dependencies

    18 Mar 2025, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Security 威力彩玩法 / rbb Germany鈥檚 outgoing economy minister, Robert Habeck from the Green Party, has warned that the next government must not create new energy dependencies and should instead ...
  • As renewables grow, Germany must jumpstart flexible electricity consumption 鈥 start-up unicorn

    28 Nov 2024, 11:05 The cheapest way to make the most of a growing renewable electricity supply is to ensure demand follows power generation, and not the other way around 鈥 which is still the case today. Dynamic electricity tariffs, which reward households ...
  • 11 Apr 2024 |

    Renewables will not reduce German electricity prices throughout next decade 鈥 govt advisor

    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 ...
  • 04 Jun 2024 |

    EU elections will not trigger Green Deal rollback, but future ambition at stake 鈥 researcher

    04 Jun 2024, 14:00 The European Parliament elections this week (6-9 June) are unlikely to cause a big rollback of existing EU Green Deal legislation, but a projected shift to right-wing 鈥 and often climate action sceptic 鈥 parties could lower ambition ...
  • Fossil fuel imports to Germany go down as costs increase 鈥 report

    27 Jan 2025, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels Cost & Prices RND / Tagesspiegel Background Germany is reducing its fossil fuel imports even as the cost of buying them has increased from 2021 to 2023, according to a report by the 脰ko-Institut ...
  • 21 Aug 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany's Scholz expects gas extraction project in North Sea to go ahead 鈥 media

    21 Aug 2024, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Augsburger Allgemeine / dpa Germany's Olaf Scholz considers a gas drilling project off the coast of Germany and the Netherlands as likely, as environmentalists continue to push back, the chancellor told radio ...
  • 06 Feb 2025

    In brief | 6 February '25

    06 Feb 2025, 11:30 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: Year begins with warmest January despite shift towards cooling La Nina Last month was the world's warmest January on record, continuing a streak of extreme global temperatures despite a shift towards the cooling ...
  • 11 Feb 2025

    In brief | 11 February '25

    11 Feb 2025, 11:00 威力彩玩法 Team PIK: Research institute compiles 85,000 individual studies about climate policy, offering "wealth of evidence" Over a quarter of studies reviewed from 2020 or later; Potsdam Institute for Cliamte Impact Research ...
  • 21 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | March '25

    21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Local utilities call for expansion of district heating, grid fee reform for energy transition 鈥渞estart鈥

    07 Mar 2025, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Grid Utilities 威力彩玩法 Germany should restart its transition away from fossil fuel-based energy with a larger focus on cost-efficiency, said local utility association VKU. Among the proposals for the country鈥檚 ...
  • 28 Aug 2024 |

    German govt co-funds conversion of natural gas cavern into hydrogen storage

    28 Aug 2024, 14:06 Jack McGovan Storage Hydrogen MDR / 威力彩玩法 The German government is co-funding a hydrogen storage project in the Saale region, with economy minister Robert Habeck having handed over the funding notice of 61 million euros on ...
  • 26 Aug 2024 |

    Bavarian draft law to boost housing construction threatens climate plans 鈥 municipalities

    26 Aug 2024, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Cities Construction S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A draft "modernisation" law intended to speed up housing construction in the southern German state of Bavaria has met resistance in cities and municipalities, as local ...
  • 16 Apr 2025 |

    German industry supplier says US tariffs could cut global car production by millions

    16 Apr 2025, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars WirtschaftsWoche The tariff policies of US president Donald Trump are likely to lead to a massive drop in global automobile production, the CEO of German automotive industry supplier Mahle, Arnd Franz, has warned ...
  • 03 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's coal exit on track, no forced closures needed

    03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 威力彩玩法 / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
  • 26 Feb 2025

    In brief | 26 February '25

    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 S枚ren Amelang Bloomberg: EU pitches new Clean Deal as industries struggle to compete European Commission to outline measures to reduce energy costs. Politico: Europe鈥檚 impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green ...
  • Snap election chance for Germany to reset relations with European partners 鈥 analyst

    14 Feb 2025, 10:00 Germany鈥檚 snap elections on 23 February take place against the backdrop of massive changes in geopolitics, presenting the next government with the opportunity to reset its relationships with major European partners, says Rafael Loss, ...
  • Climate action to become an opposition issue under next German gov鈥檛 鈥 political advisor

    11 Apr 2025, 12:30 Climate will play a smaller role under Germany鈥檚 next government and greater ambition will be mostly pushed by the opposition, says Johannes Hillje, a political communication advisor who has worked with several German ministries. The ...
  • 19 Jul 2023 |

    Climate change among EU's most polarising issues 鈥 report

    19 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Society EU 威力彩玩法 Policies on migration and combating climate change are the most polarising topics for people surveyed in several European countries, a report by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy ...
  • North Sea CO2 storage should be confined to unavoidable emissions due to limited capacity, environmental risks 鈥 report

    04 Apr 2025, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 威力彩玩法 Limited capacity and environmental risks mean that carbon storage in the German North Sea should only be used for residual emissions that remain unavoidable, said ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    Chemical company BASF begins geothermal tests in bid to reduce gas consumption

    28 Feb 2025, 13:09 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Heating Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Chemicals company BASF has started tests in the depths of the Upper Rhine Plain to explore the potential of using geothermal energy, business daily Handelsblatt ...
  • 05 Feb 2025 |

    German government and industry consider return of Nord Stream pipeline 鈥 media report

    05 Feb 2025, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt The German government and industry players are considering using parts of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea for hydrogen deliveries ...
  • 28 Mar 2025 |

    NGO wins greenwashing lawsuits against German airline, apparel company

    28 Mar 2025, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Company climate claims 威力彩玩法 NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has won separate greenwashing lawsuits against airline Lufthansa and apparel company Adidas on the grounds of misleading consumers with ...
  • 28 Feb 2025 |

    Special Dispatch: Europe reacts to German snap election results

    28 Feb 2025, 15:00 Last week鈥檚 parliamentary snap election changed Germany鈥檚 political landscape: The former tripartite 鈥渢raffic light coalition鈥 of chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clearly voted out- and conservative CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz ...
  • 28 Mar 2025 |

    Sufficiency strategy sorely needed for Germany to tackle energy transition faster and at lower cost 鈥 report

    28 Mar 2025, 13:08 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency Policy 威力彩玩法 Germany should develop a binding strategic framework for "good enough", in the form of a national sufficiency strategy, to reduce emissions as well as energy and raw ...
  • German supermarkets face big gap between climate ambitions and real action 鈥 think tank

    23 Apr 2025, 13:42 Carolina Kyllmann Agriculture Business Company climate claims 威力彩玩法 Large food retailers in Germany have a long way to go to make good on their sustainability promises, according to a report by Dutch think tank Questionmark. ...
  • 06 Nov 2024

    In brief | 6 November '24

    06 Nov 2024, 13:24 威力彩玩法 Team Euronews: Thousands of jobs to go at German car parts maker Sch盲ffler The company is downsizing at 10 locations in Germany and five other sites in Europe, further illustrating the challenges facing the European car industry. ...
  • 20 Feb 2025 |

    Germany launches second auction worth 鈧2.5 billion for green hydrogen imports

    20 Feb 2025, 13:38 Jack McGovan Hydrogen Policy 威力彩玩法 The German government has started its largest green hydrogen import auction yet. For the first time, one portion of the tender worth 2.5 billion euros in total will be funded jointly by ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    A quarter of Germans lack adequate access to public transportation 鈥 report

    24 Mar 2025, 13:32 Edgar Meza Mobility Transport 威力彩玩法 More than 25 percent of Germans have poor access to local public transport, according to a report by Greenpeace, which is calling on the government to improve the situation. Based on data ...
  • 27 Jan 2025 |

    Offshore wind power yield from German North Sea up 8% in 2024

    27 Jan 2025, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 威力彩玩法 / dpa / Handelsbatt Offshore wind farms in the German North Sea generated around eight percent more wind power last year compared to 2023, transmission system operator TenneT said. At 20.8 ...
  • 09 May 2025 |

    Germany鈥檚 new energy minister calls for 鈥渞eality check鈥 of costs and risks of renewables

    09 May 2025, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Government 威力彩玩法 The new German economy and energy minister, conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Katherina Reiche, has said that Germany had to 鈥渇ind a new agreement on the ...
  • 10 Feb 2025 |

    Failed law reform means Germany loses one year in efforts to establish CCS 鈥 cement industry

    10 Feb 2025, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Industry WirtschaftsWoche Parties鈥 failure to agree on final details of a reform to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany ahead of the election on 23 February will set efforts back significantly, industry ...
  • 28 Mar 2025 |

    Many German buildings need refurbishment plus heat pump to reach climate targets 鈥 report

    28 Mar 2025, 13:04 Carolina Kyllmann Efficiency 威力彩玩法 Reducing the energy consumption of Germany's least energy efficient buildings is essential for聽letting clean heating technologies achieve the sector's climate targets, a report by ...
  • 14 Jan 2025

    In brief | 14 January '25

    14 Jan 2025, 11:26 威力彩玩法 Team Reuters: German premium carmakers' sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held ...
  • 10 Jan 2025 |

    Four in five residential buildings in Germany still heated with oil and gas 鈥 energy agency

    10 Jan 2025, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Heating 威力彩玩法 Climate-friendly heating technologies may now be predominant in new builds in Germany but the country鈥檚 existing buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, shows a report by the German Energy ...
  • 22 Jan 2025 |

    German industry agrees on low-carbon cement label to ramp up green material's market share

    22 Jan 2025, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Construction Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 With a new label for low-carbon cement, Germany's industry aims to ramp up production and sales of the climate friendlier construction material, business ...
  • 17 Oct 2024 |

    Petrol price surcharge, scrappage premium 鈥 Germany debates options to boost EV sales

    17 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs SWR / 威力彩玩法 / dpa Germany is debating a range of ideas to boost sales of electric vehicles (EV) and support the transition of one of the country鈥檚 most important industries. The ...
  • 12 Mar 2025 |

    Needs of low-income households must be addressed as part of electricity grid expansion 鈥 report

    12 Mar 2025, 13:20 Edgar Meza Grid Society 威力彩玩法 Berlin-based think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial has called for alternative methods to finance electricity grid expansion in Germany. The current financing of electricity grid expansion via grid fees ...
  • 02 Apr 2025 |

    Closed door rhetoric, open door policy: Europe鈥檚 far-right lets in migrant workers needed for the energy transition

    02 Apr 2025, 10:05 They may rail against immigration and climate action on stage but behind the scenes, far-right leaders across Europe welcome labour migrants who are needed for the continent鈥檚 energy transition. To fill its rapidly widening skill gaps, ...
  • 23 Jan 2025 |

    Five countries agree 鈥渆nergy security cornerstone鈥 hydrogen pipeline from North Africa to Europe

    23 Jan 2025, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International 威力彩玩法 Government representatives from Algeria, Austria, Italy, Germany, and Tunisia have signed a joint letter of intent for a new hydrogen corridor that should connect southern ...
  • 03 Dec 2024 |

    Reform of German flood protection law postponed until after snap election

    03 Dec 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Adaptation Spiegel Germany鈥檚 government had aimed to reform several laws to improve flood protection in the country, but environment minister Steffi Lemke told news magazine Spiegel that the reform is no longer possible ...
  • Energy costs in focus as German parties flesh out election programmes

    13 Jan 2025, 13:40 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Cost & Prices Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background With just six weeks to go before Germany鈥檚 parliamentary elections in late February, several parties have specified their ...
  • 08 Jan 2025 |

    Sustainable finance rules set to fully enter real economy in 2025 鈥 finance industry initiative

    08 Jan 2025, 12:06 The application of sustainable finance principles across the EU will take a major step forward in 2025 as reporting duties for environmental data are expanded to cover a much wider range of companies, says Matthias H眉bner, head of the ...
  • 12 Nov 2024

    In brief | 12 November '24

    12 Nov 2024, 12:00 威力彩玩法 Team ICCI: State of the Cryosphere 2024 鈥 Lost Ice, Global Damage 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2掳C of warming, would bring disastrous and irreversible ...
  • Consumers not sufficiently prepared for cost increases from EU carbon price 鈥 env agency

    28 Jan 2025, 13:13 Edgar Meza Cost & Prices Elections & Politics dts Significant parts of the population聽in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the expected cost increases in fossil heating and mobility due to carbon pricing, said Dirk ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    Renewables spurred by geopolitical upheaval, can help prevent conflict 鈥 IRENA

    24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy ...
  • Vulnerable households in Germany need more state help to tackle energy poverty 鈥 report

    08 Jan 2025, 13:02 Jennifer Collins Cost & Prices Efficiency Heating 威力彩玩法 Some 10 percent of 30 million households in Germany still reliant on fossil fuels for heating are unable to adequately warm their homes or are "heavily ...
  • 07 Oct 2024 |
    Gas

    Germany to have two more floating LNG import terminals in operation by winter 鈥 operator

    07 Oct 2024, 13:36 Julian Wettengel Gas dpa Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are due to go into operation before the winter in Germany, state-owned operating company Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) told news agency ...
  • Vote25: Affordability of transition is key topic for next government 鈥 researcher

    09 Dec 2024, 14:00 The break-up of Germany's coalition government could further undermine public acceptance of the energy transition's costs, warns Brigitte Knopf, head of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial, which focuses on climate policy' ...
  • 12 Dec 2024 |

    Sustainability reporting still a black box for many smaller companies in Germany 鈥 survey

    12 Dec 2024, 13:35 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Finance 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt The upcoming requirements on sustainability reporting for credit ...
  • Thyssenkrupp green steel doubts put Germany's hydrogen network at risk 鈥 grid operator

    18 Oct 2024, 13:16 Jack McGovan Grid Industry Hydrogen Technology Policy Handelsblatt Doubts over Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe鈥檚 (TKSE) strategy to decarbonise using hydrogen puts Germany鈥檚 plans for the construction of a hydrogen core grid at risk, gas grid ...
  • Europe must push global climate action, can benefit from Trump鈥檚 green tech assault 鈥 analysis

    22 Jan 2025, 13:19 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    Mercedes CEO calls for long-term EV subsidies as domestic market struggles

    16 Dec 2024, 13:51 Jack McGovan Cars Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Handelsblatt The CEO of German car manufacturer Mercedes, Ola K盲llenius, has called for more long-term subsidies for electric vehicles as demand weakens. By the end of the decade ...
  • 26 Nov 2024 |

    Large companies ramp up climate investments in Germany 鈥 survey

    26 Nov 2024, 13:19 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Businesses in Germany invested 85 billion euros in measures to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, a 12 percent increase over the previous year, shows a survey ...
  • Energy policy dissatisfaction drives companies out of southern German industry state- survey

    13 Dec 2024, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Staatsanzeiger Baden-W眉rttemberg / 威力彩玩法 Dissatisfaction with Germany鈥檚 energy policy and soaring prices are driving company investments out of the southwestern ...
  • 15 Jan 2025 |

    Industry groups hopeful after 2024 record year for onshore wind power in Germany

    15 Jan 2025, 13:11 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 The past year was 鈥渁 record year鈥 for ...
  • 29 Oct 2024 |

    NGOs call for more secure interim storage facilities for Germany's nuclear waste

    29 Oct 2024, 13:22 Jack McGovan Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background Many nuclear waste storage facilities in Germany are not up to safety standards with issues like rusting drums and interim sites being used without permits, ...
  • 03 Feb 2025 |

    Germany warns U.S. against imposing tariffs on EU goods

    03 Feb 2025, 13:35 Jennifer Collins International K枚lner Stadtanzeiger / Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 / Politico The German government has warned U.S. president Donald Trump against starting a trade war with Europe, saying that if the country imposes ...
  • 28 Apr 2023 |

    Germany kicks off nationwide public transport ticket as NGOs lament wasted potential

    28 Apr 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Transport 威力彩玩法 / Die Zeit / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany is introducing a nationwide monthly 49-euro public transport ticket which will allow users to use any regional buses or trains across the country, ...
  • 12 Dec 2023 |

    German govt greenlights 2.6 billion euros for green steel production in western state Saarland

    12 Dec 2023, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Hydrogen Die Welt Steel producers in the western German state of Saarland have been granted 2.6 billion euros in state support to transform their production procedures towards climate neutrality. Economy and ...
  • 16 Sep 2024 |

    Germany should prioritise urban revitalisation over new construction 鈥 researchers

    16 Sep 2024, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Construction 威力彩玩法 Germany should make better use of existing buildings instead of focusing on new construction to solve the housing shortage, researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and ...
  • Farmer protests continue in Germany after govt backtracks on cuts for climate-damaging subsidies

    05 Jan 2024, 11:43 Julian Wettengel Agriculture Cost & Prices Society Government 威力彩玩法 / Spiegel / Table.Media Following a noisy backlash from farmers, the German government coalition has decided to backtrack on planned cuts to climate ...
  • 13 Sep 2024 |

    One third of German households have invested in energy transition technologies- survey

    13 Sep 2024, 13:01 Jack McGovan Technology Society 威力彩玩法 A total of 12.9 million households in Germany- almost one in three- use at least one energy transition technology like solar panels, a heat pump, or an electric car, according to a聽 ...
  • 'Building climate bonus' for landlords could speed up heating transition, prevent hardships- researchers

    21 Nov 2024, 13:13 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Heating Society 威力彩玩法 The German government should protect poorer households against incurring higher costs from the rising national carbon price, researchers at the Mercator Research ...
  • Renewables to dominate future EU energy supply despite nuclear buzz- German engineers

    24 Jan 2025, 12:32 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables 威力彩玩法 The Association of German Engineers (VDI) has cautioned that new-found enthusiasm for nuclear power, as a means to mitigate global warming, must not slow the rollout of ...
  • European corporations demand 鈥渋ndustrial deal鈥 in declaration to European Commission

    20 Feb 2024, 14:04 Jack McGovan Industry EUElections2024 EU Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 More than 70 companies from across Europe have come together to demand an industrial deal from the European Commission and member states under fear of falling ...
  • 25 Nov 2024 |

    German law on new gas power plants hangs in balance ahead of snap election

    25 Nov 2024, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Politics Tagesspiegel Background / Table.Media / Zeit A planned law to ensure new gas power plants can be built in Germany to secure electricity supply as the country phases out coal power continues to hang ...
  • 12 Sep 2023 |

    Coastal states call for tenfold funding increase to German ports in energy transition

    12 Sep 2023, 14:30 Jennifer Collins Transport Freight 威力彩玩法 Germany's ports require huge investments to maintain their crucial position in supplying energy and goods, and to keep up with the energy transformation, said coastal state ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should restrict CCS to unavoidable CO2 emissions 鈥 govt advisors

    11 Oct 2024, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Industry 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 reform plans to allow the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should restrict their use to emissions that are impossible to ...
  • Vote25: Next German government should focus on EU cooperation in industry decarbonisation- researcher

    28 Jan 2025, 12:58 Slowing down industry decarbonisation in Germany would result in a dangerous loss of competitiveness in emerging green markets, says Philipp Verpoort, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Instead, the ...
  • 19 Apr 2023 |

    German cabinet adopts ban of new fossil fuel boilers, but consumers remain uncertain

    19 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Policy Society The majority (79%) of homeowners in Germany are in favour of replacing fossil heating systems with climate-friendly alternatives, but uncertainty reigns as to how this heating transition will be ...
  • 17 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | January 鈥25

    17 Jan 2025, 15:00 Energy prices are becoming increasingly expensive for Italian businesses and households due to delays in the development of renewables and increases in the cost of gas on international markets. The rise in energy costs will be, along ...
  • 01 Sep 2023 |

    German coalition鈥檚 energy and climate policy dissent continues after government retreat

    01 Sep 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 The row between Germany鈥檚 coalition partners over key climate and energy policies such as industry support shows no sign of letting up despite a two-day retreat ...
  • 17 Jul 2024 |

    Germany to launch auctions for truck charging stations along motorways in September

    17 Jul 2024, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Transport Freight 威力彩玩法 / Electrive German transport minister Volker Wissing has said that the government will launch first auctions for the right to set up electric truck charging infrastructure along the ...
  • 09 Sep 2024 |

    Germany must invest 鈧120 bln to make public buildings climate neutral by 2045 鈥 report

    09 Sep 2024, 13:29 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Heating 威力彩玩法 Germany needs to invest 120 billion euros in energy-related ...
  • 06 Sep 2024 |

    Dismantling prototype nuclear plant closed 35 years ago could cost German state 鈧1 bln

    06 Sep 2024, 13:20 Jennifer Collins Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Germany's federal government may have to pick up a one billion euro tab to dismantle a nuclear power plant that shut down in 1989 as the operating ...
  • 09 Jul 2024 |

    Germany's national railway company unveils sustainable wooden station building

    09 Jul 2024, 13:17 Jennifer Collins Construction 威力彩玩法 Germany's state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has opened a second sustainable station made of locally sourced and processed wood. In operation one year after construction ...
  • 03 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's 9-euro public transport ticket used more for leisure, less for replacing car commutes 鈥 researchers

    03 Sep 2024, 12:29 Jennifer Collins Transport 威力彩玩法 A heavily subsidised public transport ticket introduced for three months in Germany in 2022 led to a significant increase in train delays and only marginally reduced traffic on the roads, ...
  • 10 Jul 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 econ min says change of government would not derail climate neutrality push

    10 Jul 2024, 13:34 S枚ren Amelang Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Germany鈥檚 Green Party economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has expressed confidence that the country鈥檚 efforts to reach climate neutrality by 2045 would not be derailed by a ...
  • 22 Nov 2024 |

    Eastern German state Thuringia's new gov't to include pro-Russia party BSW

    22 Nov 2024, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Elections & Politics MDR / dpa Three parties have agreed to form a coalition in Germany's eastern state of Thuringia following elections in September. The Christian Democrats (CDU), Social Democrats (SPD) and ...
  • 06 Aug 2024 |

    Gas drilling project in German North Sea faces renewed pushback from environmental groups

    06 Aug 2024, 13:27 Jack McGovan Gas Society 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt / NDR As a gas drilling project off the German North Sea island of Borkum advances, environmental organisations have renewed calls to shutter the new extraction site. Groups ...
  • 28 Feb 2023 |

    Greta Thunberg joins protests against City of Munich's wind farm in Norway

    28 Feb 2023, 14:21 Edgar Meza Wind Cities S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Climate protection activist Greta Thunberg is leading the charge against Munich municipal utilities company Stadtwerke M眉nchen (SWM) and its wind farm in Norway to protect the ancestral lands ...
  • 31 May 2024 |

    Germany, Italy, Austria push for cross-border hydrogen import corridor

    31 May 2024, 12:50 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen International 威力彩玩法 Germany has signed a declaration of intent with Italy and Austria to develop a green hydrogen import corridor in a bid to improve future energy security, the economy ministry ...
  • 14 Mar 2023 |

    Long way to go to increase digitalisation in Germany鈥檚 urban planning process 鈥 experts

    14 Mar 2023, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background There is still a long way to go to increase digitalisation and make planning procedures faster and more efficient, for example for site planning for ...
  • 01 Nov 2024 |

    Dispatch from the European Union | November '24

    01 Nov 2024, 16:30 As the world heads to the international climate summit COP29, the European Union is in a tricky position. The Brussels machine is still getting back up and running after the June elections, with the European Commission chiefs yet to be ...
  • 20 Jul 2023 |

    Support for climate movement halves as Germans reject street blockades 鈥 survey

    20 Jul 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Germans' support for the climate movement has halved following the rise of highly controversial street blockades by more radical activists, shows a survey by More in ...
  • 01 Jul 2024 |

    Untapped potential in making EU construction product manufacturers deal with waste 鈥 think tank

    01 Jul 2024, 13:32 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Construction 威力彩玩法 European manufacturers in the construction industry should be made responsible for managing the waste created when their products reach the end of their lives, think tank BPIE ...
  • 31 May 2024 |

    Steelmaker ArcelorMittal to receive 鈧1.3 bln in subsidies for green transformation of German sites

    31 May 2024, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Industry 威力彩玩法 / dpa / Tagesspiegel Background Germany's economy minister has awarded steelmaker ArcelorMittal 1.3 billion euros to drive the decarbonisation of its production sites in the states of ...
  • 02 May 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | May '25

    02 May 2025, 14:40 Against the backdrop of the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in late April, which also affected parts of France, the country is heading for controversial discussions about its energy strategy for the coming decade. A focus will ...
  • 30 Sep 2024 |

    NGOs urge strict limits on Germany鈥檚 CCS use, criticise law reform

    30 Sep 2024, 13:46 S枚ren Amelang Carbon removal 威力彩玩法 The German government's current plan for allowing carbon capture and storage (CCS) is far too permissive and set to delay the phase-out of fossil fuels, said environmental NGOs. They ...
  • 07 Nov 2023 |

    German govt and states agree on continuing nationwide public transport ticket, price may go up

    07 Nov 2023, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices ARD / 威力彩玩法 The nationwide public transport ticket for Germany will still be available in 2024 but its monthly price may go up, the federal government and the country鈥檚 16 states ...
  • "Real fight" at G7 summit about ending fossil fuel finance 鈥 political analyst

    27 Jun 2022, 19:30 The leaders鈥 meeting at Schloss Elmau in the German Alps is set to be a 鈥渉istoric鈥 G7 summit, says political analyst John Kirton. Never before has a summit of the G7 summit faced such a simultaneously unfolding and severe set of ...
  • 21 Jun 2024 |

    Focus on prefabricated building insulation can help overcome skills shortage bottleneck- consultancy

    21 Jun 2024, 11:46 Julian Wettengel Heating Construction 威力彩玩法 The shortage of skilled labour is the decisive hurdle that keeps Germany from modernising enough buildings towards more energy-efficiency to reach climate targets, said ...
  • Germany pushes for global renewables targets at G20 summit

    08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
  • Urgent repairs needed at nuclear plant earmarked to back up German electricity

    20 Sep 2022, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security dpa / Zeit Online / 威力彩玩法 One of the two nuclear plants in Germany slated to go into an emergency reserve until April 2023 has to undergo urgent maintenance work due to a valve ...
  • 07 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | April 鈥25

    07 Apr 2025, 09:39 Croatia is making moves on renewable energy reform, including new rules for self-supply, storage, and energy communities, but long-standing challenges persist. Grid bottlenecks continue to slow solar expansion, and major energy ...
  • 23 Jan 2024 |

    Deutschlandticket escapes price hike 鈥 at least until end of 2024

    23 Jan 2024, 13:28 Ruby Russel Transport dpa / Tagesschau The cost of the 49-euro 鈥楧eutschlandticket鈥 will not rise this year, the chair of the conference of state transport ministers Oliver Krischer (North Rhine-Westphalia) told news agency dpa in an ...
  • 05 Jul 2024 |

    Germany can largely cover future hydrogen demand with pipelines 鈥 report

    05 Jul 2024, 14:38 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 A large part of Germany's future hydrogen demand could be supplied to the country via pipelines from neighbouring countries, according to a report by think tanks Agora Energiewende and ...
  • 30 Jul 2024 |

    German car dealers say demand drops for private e-cars, rebounds for combustion engines

    30 Jul 2024, 13:14 Edgar Meza Cars 威力彩玩法 Demand for purely battery-electric vehicles (BEV) dropped dramatically in Germany during the first half of 2024 and the country鈥檚 automotive sector is bracing for a gloomy full year as high prices and ...
  • 25 May 2023 |

    German government agrees to build 鈥渃ore鈥 hydrogen grid

    25 May 2023, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 / dpa The German government has agreed rules to build an initial 鈥渃ore鈥 hydrogen network that is set to enter operation by 2032. "Our goal is the rapid ramp-up of the hydrogen market, ...
  • 17 Dec 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 Green Party adopts draft election programme with focus on climate neutral economy

    17 Dec 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The Green Party is calling for major investments in Germany鈥檚 infrastructure, energy system, industry and administration to use decarbonisation and the energy transition as an ...
  • Consistent climate policies could greatly reduce German energy imports 鈥 report

    16 Oct 2024, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 A consistent policy mix promoting decarbonisation and climate neutrality can significantly reduce energy imports and electricity costs for Germany in the next ...
  • 14 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | March 2025

    14 Mar 2025, 13:47 The public debate in Poland in recent weeks has been dominated by international security and the implications of the rift between the new US administration and Europe on Ukraine. Beyond the frontpage news, there has been progress on ...
  • 24 Mar 2023 |

    Govt carbon management strategy must set clear restrictions on CCS use 鈥 NGOs

    24 Mar 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Policy 威力彩玩法 A German strategy on carbon capture and use (CCU) or storage (CCS) 鈥 the carbon management strategy which is currently being developed by the government with stakeholder input 鈥 ...
  • 21 Sep 2021 |

    Gas price hike also hits Germany, but no plans to intervene by govt- media report

    21 Sep 2021, 13:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 / ARD The quick rise in natural gas prices impacts Germany, but the economy ministry at this point does not aim to use government action to protect ...
  • 12 Jul 2024 |

    Germany awards first green hydrogen import contract to ammonia project in Egypt

    12 Jul 2024, 13:36 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International 威力彩玩法 In its highly anticipated first auction for the import of green hydrogen products, Germany has awarded a contract to receive green ammonia from Egypt. 鈥淏etween 2027 and 2033, at ...
  • 11 Jun 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 governing parties list conditions for supporting von der Leyen鈥檚 EU Commission bid

    11 Jun 2024, 13:48 Benjamin Wehrmann EUElections2024 EU Zeit Online Germany's government coalition parties- chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP)- have laid out conditions for ...
  • 02 Aug 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 auto industry struggling with high investment costs and low demand for electric cars

    02 Aug 2024, 14:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Carmaker Volkswagen is facing 鈥渆normous efforts鈥 to meet its own business targets due to high costs and decreasing revenue, said the company鈥檚 CEO Oliver Blume. ...
  • Industry calls on German government to agree coherent National Circular Economy strategy

    08 May 2024, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 The industry-affiliated NGO聽German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy (Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft) has called on Germany鈥檚 government to come up with an ambitious ...
  • 31 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Poland | January '25

    31 Jan 2025, 14:00 Poland鈥檚 energy transition is lagging and set to rely on natural gas as a bridge fuel and nuclear energy for baseload capacity. A far-right party is pushing against new renewable investment with a referendum on a pending new wind farm ...
  • 27 Mar 2024 |

    Meyer Burger seals solar module plant shutdown as German treasury rejects new state support

    27 Mar 2024, 11:51 Julian Wettengel Solar Business & Jobs MDR Swiss photovoltaics manufacturer Meyer Burger has sealed the closure of its solar module plant in eastern German state Saxony, following news that the federal government is unlikely to ...
  • 30 May 2024 |

    Germany to give hydrogen infrastructure priority to drive market ramp-up

    30 May 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Germany's cabinet has agreed to give hydrogen infrastructure planning and approval priority to drive the rapid development and expansion of its production, storage and supply. The draft ...
  • 08 Jul 2022 |

    Germany puts up additional 鈧126 mln for transitions in emerging and developing countries

    08 Jul 2022, 12:31 Hannah Naylor Finance International 威力彩玩法 The economy ministry (BMWK) is channelling an additional 126 million euros into the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in order to support decarbonisation efforts in emerging and ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Designated German climate minister could push transition with experience bridging political divide

    06 May 2025, 14:00 Germany鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
  • 19 Mar 2024 |

    Munich Re climatologist suggests homes destroyed by floods shouldn鈥檛 be rebuilt

    19 Mar 2024, 13:48 Jack McGovan Adaptation Tagesspiegel Reinsurance company Munich Re's top climate scientist has said that many settlements destroyed by floods shouldn鈥檛 be rebuilt. With reference to Germany's Ahr valley, which suffered 40 ...
  • 23 Apr 2024 |

    German industry aims high with green steel definition and sustainable cement production

    23 Apr 2024, 14:16 Two new projects for the climate-friendly production of steel and cement illustrate the ambition of Germany鈥檚 industry to meet sustainability targets without ceding market share to foreign competitors. Economy minister, Robert Habeck, ...
  • 04 May 2022 |

    BMW and Mercedes-Benz sell car-sharing joint venture

    04 May 2022, 13:57 S枚ren Amelang Cars 威力彩玩法 BMW and Mercedes-Benz have agreed to sell their joint car-sharing venture Share Now to Stellantis, a company formed last year through a merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA. The German ...
  • 17 Apr 2024 |

    Germany wants to speed up hydrogen expansion with 'overriding public interest' law 鈥 media

    17 Apr 2024, 12:50 Jennifer Collins Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background / Handelsblatt Germany's government wants to boost the expansion of hydrogen projects by giving them "overriding public interest" status, which would streamline planning ...
  • 17 Apr 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | April 鈥25

    17 Apr 2025, 15:00 The return of nuclear energy in Italy is slowly but steadily shifting from possibility to concrete political project. The transition to renewables, meanwhile, has entered a paradoxical phase: installation numbers are solid yet local ...
  • 16 Apr 2024 |

    Fears of job cuts at Berlin's Tesla factory after carmaker announces global workforce reduction

    16 Apr 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Cars Business & Jobs n-tv / Handelsblatt / Elektrek / The Guardian Plans announced by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla to cut ten percent of its global workforce have led to worries over the potential impact on ...
  • Reaching climate neutrality by 2045 鈥渦nrealistic鈥 for Germany without CCS 鈥 research academies

    15 Apr 2024, 12:33 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal 威力彩玩法 Germany cannot realistically reach climate neutrality by 2045 without using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, several research academies have said in a ...
  • 14 Jun 2024 |

    Broad civil society alliance in Germany calls for 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥

    14 Jun 2024, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Society EUElections2024 EU 威力彩玩法 A broad alliance of German environmental NGOs, unions, consumer, and church groups has called for a 鈥淓uropean Green and Social Deal鈥 to be implemented in the next EU legislature ...
  • Gearing up for Germany's 2025 election, Scholz鈥檚 SPD eyes working class votes

    14 Oct 2024, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Government Die Zeit / ntv / ARD / Politico Germany鈥檚 parties are gearing up for their election campaigns with around a year to go before the country鈥檚 next scheduled national vote. Chancellor ...
  • Dispatch from Germany | April '25

    11 Apr 2025, 15:30 The biggest hurdles to building Germany's next government have fallen: a historic spending package has laid the groundwork for coalition negotiations between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance 鈥 winner of February鈥檚 snap election 鈥 ...
  • 01 Feb 2023 |

    Bidders could end up paying production fee in Germany鈥檚 largest-ever offshore wind auction

    01 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 With its largest offshore wind power auction to date, Germany aims to make progress on its ambitious target to nearly quadruple capacity by the end of the decade 鈥 and could ...
  • 30 Apr 2024 |

    Solarwatt becomes second solar PV producer to halt production in Germany in 2024

    30 Apr 2024, 13:06 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business Policy Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Solar panel manufacturer Solarwatt is set to halt production of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in its factory in Dresden, business daily Handelsblatt reported. ...
  • Preview 2023: Germany must avoid exodus of energy-intensive companies 鈥 trade union

    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 ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    G7 climate club could strike 鈥済rand bargain鈥 on climate and health 鈥 advisor to German govt

    12 Jan 2022, 12:00 As some of the richest democracies in the world, the Group of Seven (G7) have the opportunity to strike a 鈥済rand bargain鈥 with developing nations on combatting climate change at the same time as health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
  • Germany should use CO2 pricing revenues to lower electricity prices, drop climate bonus 鈥 economists

    13 Feb 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The German government should use revenues from carbon pricing to lower or abolish several components of the electricity price, rather than make good on its plan to ...
  • 02 Mar 2018 |

    Daimler becomes sole owner of car2go on road to car-sharing venture with BMW

    German premium carmaker Daimler will buy its long-standing joint venture partner Europcar鈥檚 25 percent stake in car2go in its quest for greener pastures that might even include a car-sharing alliance with German rival BMW, reports Reuters. With the move, ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    Hydrogen exports to EU could bolster Ukraine鈥檚 economy 鈥 German govt advisors

    11 Mar 2024, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen trade with the EU could play an important role in rebuilding the economy and energy infrastructure of Ukraine, Germany鈥檚 government-appointed National Hydrogen Council has said. ...
  • 11 Oct 2024 |

    Dispatch from Italy | October '24

    11 Oct 2024, 16:39 In Italian, the expression 鈥渉ot autumn鈥 describes what happens when, after the long summer lull, political and social conflict cyclically rises again. For the energy transition, this is going to be a hot autumn indeed. Three of Italy鈥檚 ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

    Germany spent only ten percent of funds earmarked for electric mobility charging in 2023

    08 Apr 2024, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices Deutsche Verkehrszeitung Germany has only spent about ten percent of the 1.8 billion euros earmarked for the expansion of electric mobility charging infrastructure in its Climate and ...
  • Ongoing fall of energy prices helps reduce Germany鈥檚 overall inflation for households

    08 Dec 2023, 13:10 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Gas Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Prices for energy have decreased 4.5 percent in Germany in the year up to November ...
  • EU welcomes COP28 deal which 鈥渟eals end of fossil fuel era鈥

    13 Dec 2023, 14:15 Germany and other EU governments have welcomed the outcome of the climate conference COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, saying it heralds the end of the fossil fuel era. EU lawmakers said the deal reached in Dubai will form the ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | March 鈥25

    07 Mar 2025, 15:00 Winter may finally be on the way out but Italy is still grappling with high electricity prices, with average wholesale prices in February among the highest in Europe. Under increasing pressure to halt further rises, the government ...
  • 11 Nov 2024 |

    Prolonged 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 shrinks Germany鈥檚 renewables output in early November

    11 Nov 2024, 13:52 Several days of little sunshine and wind have pushed down renewable electricity production in Germany in early November, causing an increase of fossil fuel use and high power prices. However, energy analysts said such conditions are ...
  • 02 Apr 2024 |

    German special climate fund remains untapped to large extent

    02 Apr 2024, 13:28 Edgar Meza Government Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF), a multi-year federal budget set up to finance climate and energy transition policy measures, again fell significantly short of spending ...
  • 02 Dec 2021 |

    RWE wins bid to build 1GW offshore wind farm in Danish waters

    02 Dec 2021, 13:36 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Tagesspiegel Background / Der Spiegel German utility RWE has been awarded the contract by the Danish government to build a large-scale wind farm ...
  • 29 May 2024 |

    Developed countries reach $100 bln annual climate finance target two years late 鈥 OECD

    29 May 2024, 13:42 Julian Wettengel International 威力彩玩法 Developed countries finally made good on their pledge to mobilise 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years later than promised, the ...
  • 27 May 2024 |

    German transport emissions in focus as country hosts international minister meeting

    27 May 2024, 13:19 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Transport 威力彩玩法 Germany should lead the way in making mobility more sustainable, transport and environmental association Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) said following the conclusion of the聽 ...
  • 20 Feb 2024 |

    Industry electricity prices for German companies drop almost one quarter in early 2024

    20 Feb 2024, 13:44 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices Clean Energy ...
  • 鈥淔ederal government remains optimistic with regard to e-cars鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in May that her government was probably going to miss its goal of putting one million e-cars on the road by 2020- but now the mood seems to have changed, Peter Hannen writes in pv magazine. In a response to a ...
  • 22 May 2024 |

    German econ min considers EU quotas for green steel, cement and chemicals to drive demand

    22 May 2024, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Industry 威力彩玩法 Using public procurement contracts and quotas for climate-friendly basic materials could help drive demand for climate-friendly products like green steel or cement, the German economy ministry ...
  • 13 Feb 2024 |

    EU countries should form European hydrogen import alliance 鈥 researchers

    13 Feb 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 威力彩玩法 Countries like Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany should form a joint hydrogen alliance to use their market power as future importers of hydrogen derivatives, said researchers from ...
  • 11 Jul 2019 |

    Customers do not want e-cars 鈥 electric mobility pioneer Schuh

    11 Jul 2019, 14:16 Sven Egenter Cars S眉ddeutsche Zeitung German drivers do not want electric cars because these do not offer the same range as any gasoline car at a competitive price, e-mobility pioneer G眉nther Schuh says in an interview with S眉ddeutsche ...
  • 04 Jun 2021 |

    Carmaker BMW takes aim at supply chain emissions in China

    04 Jun 2021, 11:57 Julian Wettengel Cars dpa German carmaker BMW has announced it wants to reduce supply chain CO2 emissions in China by 20 percent from 2019 levels by 2030, reports news agency dpa. 鈥淢any people believe that the biggest source of ...
  • 10 Apr 2024 |

    Germany鈥檚 hydrogen core grid needs clear funding rules to succeed 鈥 industry

    10 Apr 2024, 13:48 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Industry association vbw has ...
  • 17 Apr 2023 |

    Germany's nuclear power era ends as remaining reactors go offline as planned

    17 Apr 2023, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy The age of nuclear power in Germany ended on Saturday (15 April) after more than 60 years with the decommissioning of the country鈥檚 three remaining reactors. Operators said the switch-off happened ...
  • German govt greenlights 鈧5.5 bln subsidy to dampen increase of electricity grid fees

    01 Nov 2023, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Cost & Prices Policy 威力彩玩法 The German government has greenlit a subsidy worth 5.5 billion euros to go towards grid fees in 2024 in a bid to cushion the impact of rising electricity prices on ...
  • 30 Nov 2022 |

    Long-term Qatar LNG deal 鈥済ood message for Germany's energy security鈥 鈥 chancellor Scholz

    30 Nov 2022, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas International 威力彩玩法 / Reuters / Tagesspiegel Background Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed two contracts that are set to supply Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a duration of at least 15 ...
  • 29 Jan 2024 |

    German energy industry proposes 鈥渞esilience bonus鈥 for European-produced solar PV arrays

    29 Jan 2024, 13:53 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Handelsblatt A ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

    EU taxonomy must distinguish between fossil and green gas 鈥 German state minister

    12 Nov 2021, 13:04 The upcoming rules in the European Union taxonomy for sustainable investments have to treat the supply of fossil gas different from the buildout of infrastructure that can also be used with green gases, said Jan Philipp Albrecht, Green ...
  • 24 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Germany | January '25

    24 Jan 2025, 15:30 Germany has fully switched into election campaign mode ahead of the national vote on 23 February. Parties have presented their manifestos, with key energy transition issues including the future of industry, boosting investments, energy ...
  • 16 Sep 2022 |

    Impossible to forecast gas shortage in winter far in advance, says German grid agency

    16 Sep 2022, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Gas Security Handelsblatt Germany will only be able to find out at short notice whether it will face any form of gas shortage in winter, which will then be impossible to prevent, according to the country鈥檚 grid agency ...
  • 23 May 2024 |

    Reluctant Germany likely to be outvoted in EU regarding tariffs on Chinese EVs 鈥 media

    23 May 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Bloomberg In the looming trade conflict with China over import tariffs on electric vehicles, Germany is at risk of seeing its rejection of trade restrictions being outvoted in the EU, the ...
  • 22 Dec 2016 |

    "Target mark 2031"

    Germany鈥檚 federal cabinet has agreed on a law that is aimed at facilitating the search for a final repository for the country鈥檚 nuclear waste by 2031, the Federal Ministry for the Environment has said in a press release. Environment minister Barbara ...
  • German Greens call for European framework on CCS for hard-to-abate emissions

    27 Nov 2023, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Carbon removal ARD / Der Spiegel The German Green Party has finalised its manifesto for the 2024 EU elections, including a promise for rules to allow capturing and storing carbon emissions (CCS) from ...
  • 25 Apr 2017 |

    鈥溾橠ividend payout king鈥 innogy ensnares shareholders鈥

    Green power-utility innogy has assured its shareholders that it will raise its profits and make high dividend payouts, Frankfurter Rundschau reports. 鈥淲e want to make money and pay dividends,鈥 CEO Peter Terium said at the first annual stockholders鈥 ...
  • 07 May 2025 |

    Merz government urged to table convincing climate and energy plans in first 100 days

    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 Apr 2018 |

    Looming diesel bans force Germans to choose between cars and environment

    Diesel fuel was invented by a German engineer and is pushed relentlessly by the country鈥檚 carmakers to this day, which is why banning it 鈥渉as the feel of a ban on beer or bratwurst,鈥 writes Griff Witte in a feature article for the Washington Post. 鈥淵et ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Weak coal and nuclear performance weighs on RWE鈥檚 balance sheet

    14 Mar 2019, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Business Utilities 威力彩玩法 A lower power production from coal and nuclear plants, as well as lower wholesale power prices, have dented the profits of German RWE, the energy company鈥檚 annual balance sheet ...
  • 12 Feb 2019 |

    Companies plan Germany鈥檚 first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen project

    12 Feb 2019, 14:14 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 German power grid operator Amprion and gas grid operator Open Grid Europe (OGE) are planning to build a 100 megawatt (MW) power-to-gas plant along with hydrogen infrastructure, a project they ...
  • 15 Feb 2023 |

    Germans say public transport key to achieving climate targets but refuse to let go of cars

    15 Feb 2023, 12:59 Expert Allensbach Institute The Institut f眉r Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD Allensbach) Elections & Politics Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility Cars 威力彩玩法 Decarbonisation in the mobility sector is the most important area for ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    Green parliamentary group calls for carbon capture for Germany's unavoidable industry emissions

    22 Dec 2023, 12:00 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 Green Party lawmakers in federal parliament (Bundestag) want the country to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) or capture and use (CCU) in sectors where 鈥 with ...
  • 10 May 2021 |

    Germany's largest union warns new CO2 target will speed up car industry job losses

    10 May 2021, 14:22 Expert IG Metall-Industrial Union of Metalworkers IG Metall Transport Business & Jobs Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport S枚ren Amelang Cars Industry Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Government聽 ...
  • 鈥淭enant electricity support brings Energiewende to the inner cities鈥

    The federal cabinet鈥檚 approval of a bill for supporting tenant electricity models in Germany will 鈥渕ake tenants directly participate at energy transition鈥, economy minister Brigitte Zypries said in a press release by the Federal Ministry for Economic ...
  • 29 Feb 2024 |

    NGOs warn against production of Russian-designed nuclear fuel rods in Germany

    29 Feb 2024, 13:46 Jennifer Collins Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 / t-online Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) called on German authorities to reject an application to allow the production of Russian-designed nuclear fuel rods in ...
  • 27 Feb 2024 |

    Faster digitalisation can get Germany closer to 2030 climate targets 鈥 IT industry

    27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 威力彩玩法 Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country鈥檚 digital industry ...
  • 27 Mar 2025 |

    Prospective new German government shows no ambition to speed up coal exit

    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 ...
  • 24 Jan 2024 |

    FDP opposition puts planned EU corporate sustainability due diligence rules at risk

    24 Jan 2024, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs EU Handelblatt / 威力彩玩法 The opposition by the German co-governing Free Democratic Party (FDP) could prevent the planned adoption of sustainability and human rights rules for the EU's ...
  • Green light for battery production plant in northern German state

    23 Jan 2024, 13:35 Ruby Russel Cars Business & Jobs Technology NDR / Spiegel / dpa Plans to build one of Germany鈥檚 largest car battery cell factories have been approved by local authorities on what Swedish manufacturer Northvolt hailed as a " ...
  • 09 Aug 2018 |

    Energy market experts expect rising power prices

    A panel of 180 energy market experts is expecting energy prices to rise over the next five years, a survey by research institute Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has found. In its 鈥淓nergy Market Barometer,鈥 80 percent of participants expect ...
  • 鈥淓.ON is becoming a bargain鈥

    A wave of mergers and acquisitions in the energy market does not bode well for the future of German utility E.ON as an independent company, J眉rgen Flauger writes in Handelsblatt. 鈥淓.ON has been low priced for some time now,鈥 Flauger writes, explaining ...
  • 19 Jan 2024 |

    Farmers in Germany threaten more extensive protests starting next week

    19 Jan 2024, 13:19 S枚ren Amelang Agriculture Tagesspiegel / Focus Online / T-Online Following weeks of disruptive street blockades, German farmers have threatened to ramp up protests against the planned cuts to agricultural diesel subsidies. The president ...
  • 07 Jun 2024 |

    Environment minister says frequent floods are 鈥渘ew reality鈥 in Germany as farmers count losses

    07 Jun 2024, 13:41 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Agriculture Der Spiegel / ARD Severe floods like those affecting large parts of southern Germany in June are no longer a 鈥渙nce-in-a-century鈥 event, but rather 鈥渁 new reality鈥 that the country must come to ...
  • 18 Mar 2024 |

    Germany needs concrete plans to make green hydrogen imports fair and sustainable, NGOs say

    18 Mar 2024, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen International 威力彩玩法 An alliance of social and environmental NGOs has called on the German government to include concrete and binding sustainability and justice standards in its hydrogen import strategy ...
  • 14 Feb 2024 |

    Bureaucracy a major impediment to companies striving for decarbonisation in Germany 鈥 survey

    14 Feb 2024, 14:00 Ruby Russel Industry Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 A survey by consulting firm EY has found that only one in five companies considers Germany a compelling place to decarbonise production 鈥 with excessive bureaucracy the biggest ...
  • 12 Feb 2018 |

    Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher鈥檚 childhood racecourse to shut down due to coal mining

    The go-kart track where former German Formula 1 race driver and motorsports icon Michael Schumacher learned his trade is to fall prey to the expansion of the lignite mine Hambach of energy company RWE, public broadcaster WDR reports on his website. The ...
  • 15 Jun 2023 |

    Germany needs 100,000 extra workers to meet its solar power targets 鈥 association

    15 Jun 2023, 12:36 Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs Manager Magazin Germany needs to recruit an additional 100,000 workers to meet the country鈥檚 solar expansion targets, according to the German Solar Industry Association (BSW). Speaking at industry ...
  • German NGO NABU takes action against gas pipeline Nord Stream 2

    The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) is taking legal action against the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which is supposed to connect Germany with Russia via the Baltic Sea. The NGO says the offshore pipeline will ...
  • 14 Nov 2023 |

    EnBW, RWE rake in high profits in 2023 so far, highlight energy transition investments

    14 Nov 2023, 13:53 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jack McGovan Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities Clean ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    Green Deal 2.0 must trigger investments in European industry and infrastructure 鈥 EU lawmaker

    15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
  • 03 Nov 2023 |

    Half of Europe's family homes could be energy self-sufficient with solar and storage 鈥 report

    03 Nov 2023, 13:49 Carolina Kyllmann Solar Storage 威力彩玩法 / dpa Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report ...
  • 30 Jan 2018 |

    BMW paves way for merger with Daimler鈥檚 car sharing service

    German carmaker BMW has bought the shares of car rental service Sixt in their joint car sharing service DriveNow, clearing the way for a merger with rival Daimler鈥檚 service Car2Go, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by the Frankfurter ...
  • 16 Jan 2024 |

    Cuts to German farmers鈥 diesel fuel subsidies largely justified 鈥 economists

    16 Jan 2024, 13:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 / Augsburger Allgemeine In a parliamentary hearing, economists have largely backed the German government鈥檚 insistence on gradually phasing out subsidies for diesel fuel ...
  • 11 Jul 2023 |

    Ecosystem impact must guide offshore wind development- NGO

    11 Jul 2023, 13:40 James Jackson Wind 威力彩玩法 The rollout of offshore wind in the German North and Baltic seas can be reconciled with environmental concerns, but the location of specific marine ecosystems must become a core part of the planning ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Delayed gas plant planning threatens agreed 2030 coal phase-out in western Germany 鈥 state premier

    07 Dec 2023, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Zeit Online The German government must quickly present a strategy for the building of new gas-fired power plants to avoid missing the 2030 end date for coal-fired power production in western state North ...
  • 30 May 2022 |

    German government split over integrating 鈥渃limate money鈥 in social security system

    30 May 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Funke Mediengruppe / Bild / n-tv Plans by Germany鈥檚 labour minister to assist households struggling with high energy prices and inflation by paying them a 鈥渟ocial climate money鈥 have led to ...
  • Germany assesses risks of coalition break-up over budget row as U.S. vote looms large

    05 Nov 2024, 13:24 Government members and political observers have warned that Germany must avoid a high-stakes gamble among government coalition parties at critical time for the country and Europe. As disunity in the three-party coalition becomes more ...
  • Bavarian politicians voice concerns about security of planned Czech nuclear power plants

    08 Feb 2024, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out International S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Bayerischer Rundfunk Local politicians from Germany鈥檚 border region in Bavaria have expressed concerns about the security of nuclear power stations planned in the ...
  • 30 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淕20: bad options鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel tries to be factual and content-focussed in her clear criticism of US President Donald Trump鈥檚 policies but she is unlikely to be successful in light of the 鈥渃acophony of interests鈥 at the G20 summit, writes Stefan ...
  • 06 Dec 2024 |

    Dispatch from France | December '24

    06 Dec 2024, 11:14 The appointment of Michel Barnier as France鈥檚 new prime minister in September sparked as many concerns as it ignited hopes for advocates of more ambitious climate action. But the former environment minister, who had laid some of the ...
  • 29 Mar 2018 |

    BMW and Daimler agree to combine car-sharing businesses

    German carmakers BMW and Daimler have signed an agreement to merge their mobility services business units to compete with Uber in the United States and Didi Chuxing in China, writes news agency Reuters. 鈥淎s pioneers in automotive engineering, we will not ...
  • Germany should act as global role model in timber construction 鈥 ministers

    11 Oct 2023, 13:30 Carolina Kyllmann Resources & Recycling Construction 威力彩玩法 Germany must set a good example worldwide when it comes to construction with timber, agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir聽 said 聽during the " Charter for Wood 2 ...
  • 23 Nov 2023 |

    German coalition government delays decision on 2024 budget as court ruling effects still unclear

    23 Nov 2023, 12:50 Julian Wettengel Government Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 The parliamentary groups of Germany鈥檚 coalition government have postponed a decision on the 2024 federal budget, as the full extent of the consequences of a shock ...
  • 23 Apr 2024 |

    Pro-business FDP upsets coalition partners with demands including end of renewables support

    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 ...
  • German climate envoy expects 鈥渄ifficult discussions鈥 on COP29 at upcoming minister meeting

    23 Apr 2024, 14:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 This year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue will create space for ministers from about 40 countries to have "difficult discussions" on international climate ...
  • German coalition still at odds over nuclear power as Green Party accepts limited extension

    17 Oct 2022, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government Bild / Der Spiegel The dispute over delaying the completion of Germany鈥檚 nuclear phase-out drags on within the country鈥檚 coalition government. A meeting between chancellor Olaf Scholz from ...
  • Industry slams Germany's plans for 鈥淗2-ready鈥 gas power plants

    12 Jul 2024, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Industry Policy 威力彩玩法 / WirtschaftsWoche The German government鈥檚 plans for a so-called capacity market, which would reward power plant operators for providing generation capacity rather ...
  • 07 Feb 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | February '25

    07 Feb 2025, 14:40 The fallout triggered by the dissolution of the French National Assembly last June continues to afflict political decisionmaking in France. The collapse of the Barnier government 聽in December, and the resulting ministerial reshuffle, ...
  • 10 Jul 2024 |

    German government says no new law planned to ensure coal exit earlier than 2038

    10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 威力彩玩法 The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
  • 23 Oct 2024 |

    Hydrogen to start to flow in pipelines in Germany in 2025

    23 Oct 2024, 13:05 Germany will see the first hydrogen flow in pipelines from next year after the country鈥檚 "core hydrogen grid" was approved. The backbone of the long-distance transmission network for hydrogen will be slightly smaller than ...
  • 25 Mar 2020 |

    Nuclear plant in Germany taken offline, corona crisis impacts on deconstruction plans

    25 Mar 2020, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Passauer Neue Presse / 威力彩玩法 The nuclear plant Gundremmingen in Bavaria will go offline until the end of March or early April due to a malfunctioning fuel element that needs replacing, the ...
  • Reused and recycled buildings challenge wasteful construction status quo

    02 Apr 2024, 10:30 鈥淩euse and recycle鈥 is a catchphrase most people associate with plastic bags or bottles. But our homes, schools and offices are also made with materials that are far too valuable and carbon-intensive for single use: They shouldn鈥檛 ...
  • 14 Sep 2023 |

    German Greens call for joint EU CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in draft election programme

    14 Sep 2023, 14:10 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 The European Union should set up a joint transport infrastructure and storage facilities for CO2, said the German Green Party in its draft programme for the EU elections on 6-9 June ...
  • 08 Dec 2023 |

    CCS cannot replace full global fossil fuel phase out- German foreign min

    08 Dec 2023, 13:38 Julian Wettengel International COP28 威力彩玩法 The challenge to reach an agreement on phasing out fossil fuels is going to be the toughest nut to crack at the ongoing UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai, said German ...
  • Lack of skilled workers could delay climate-proofing Europe鈥檚 homes and cities

    16 Jan 2025, 12:00 Europe's ageing buildings are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of climate change, with homes increasingly threatened by floods or at risk of becoming unbearably hot to live in. The job of adapting the spaces where ...
  • Half of Germans would accept CO2 storage sites in their region- survey

    12 May 2023, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Carbon removal Der Spiegel About half of the people in Germany would accept a carbon storage site in their region, an online聽 survey 聽commissioned by news magazine Der Spiegel has found. In the survey ...
  • Economic stress increases cost impacts from extreme weather by third in EU 鈥 report

    01 Sep 2023, 12:07 Chinsisi Moyo Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and river floods are known to hit the economy- but the damages could be significantly worse if economic output is already low, ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland

    10 May 2024, 15:00 Poland saw a change in power last autumn when a pro-EU coalition led by former European Council president Donald Tusk took over after eight years of rule by the right-wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS). Since then, however, the ...
  • 23 Mar 2023 |

    German electric car exports rise more than 65 percent in 2022

    23 Mar 2023, 13:23 Edgar Meza Cars 威力彩玩法 German exports of electric cars rose more than 65 percent last year to some 500,000 units valued at 24.2 billion euros, statistical office (Destatis) reports. While foreign trade of electric vehicles is ...
  • 30 Nov 2020 |

    Certification company suspends Nord Stream 2 work after US sanction threats

    30 Nov 2020, 15:22 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Security Focus Online / Reuters The completion of the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 between Russia and Germany is facing ever more hurdles. After the United States government threatened to impose ...
  • France and Germany to make climate protection 鈥渁 priority鈥 of bilateral action

    The governments of France and Germany have vowed to make cross-sectoral climate protection covering all areas 鈥渁 priority鈥 of their bilateral activities. In a joint statement by the Franco-German council of ministers, the countries鈥 leaderships said they ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Energy industry voices doubts about timely launch of German Power Plant Strategy

    10 May 2024, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt / Der Spiegel Representatives of Germany鈥檚 energy industry have voiced doubts whether the government鈥檚 planned Power Plant Strategy, which is supposed to pave the way for the use of new ...
  • 29 Jun 2016 |

    State secretary Baake at G20 energy minister meeting in Beijing

    The G20 group of countries, whose energy ministers are going to meet in Beijing this week, are responsible for around 75 per cent of global energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. State secretary Rainer Baake, who is going to ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25: Reactions to Germany's snap election results

    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 ...
  • Small businesses fear impact of Germany鈥檚 looming diesel driving bans

    The possible diesel driving ban in Germany鈥檚 inner cities poses a major threat to many small and medium-sized businesses that use cars with the contested engine technology in their everyday work, Georg Berger writes on Welt Online. 鈥淚f there was a driving ...
  • 19 Dec 2023 |

    Fed state minister worried about Germany鈥檚 鈧49 transport ticket due to budget crisis

    19 Dec 2023, 13:25 Jack McGovan Transport Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government鈥檚 decision to cut its climate budget by 45 billion euros over the next three years could put the country鈥檚 鈥楧eutschlandticket鈥 at risk, the transport minister for ...
  • Populists pose threat to prosperity of energy transition 鈥減ioneer鈥 Eastern Germany 鈥 government official

    02 Aug 2024, 12:34 The upcoming elections in three Eastern German states in September have put the region at the centre of attention of the country鈥檚 political landscape in 2024, especially due to the expected success of populist parties which could shake ...
  • 'Carrots and sticks' needed to heat homes cleanly 鈥 energy analyst

    21 Jul 2023, 11:27 Switching to climate-friendly heating to keep homes warm requires both subsidies for clean technologies and restrictions on dirty ones, says Duncan Gibb, senior advisor at climate think tank Regulatory Assistance Project and founder of ...
  • 19 Feb 2020 |

    Five years after Dieselgate, VW USA wants to be the climate-friendly alternative

    19 Feb 2020, 14:23 Rachel Waldholz Cars Handelsblatt Just a few years after being hit with massive fines for its role in the emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen is hoping to re-brand as the climate-friendly alternative in the American market, Astrid ...
  • 鈥淢y home, my power plant鈥

    German homeowners installed about 25,000 power storages in their houses in 2016, more than in any other European country, but the real boom of 鈥 decentralised power supply 鈥 might only start in 2020, Stefan Mayr writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 2020 will be ...
  • 07 Aug 2023 |

    Planned reform of climate label for cars underestimates CO2 price 鈥 consumer protection organisation

    07 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 The reform of an energy consumption label for passenger cars underestimates the projected CO2 price of transport fuels like diesel and petrol, consumer protection ...
  • E.ON head suggests Germany puts check on renewables expansion to lower costs

    14 Mar 2024, 13:57 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables Cost & Prices Die Welt / dpa / ARD The head of Europe鈥檚 largest energy network operator E.ON has suggested that Germany could ...
  • 08 Jun 2023 |

    Energy crisis not over yet, gas storage must be full before winter- German grid agency

    08 Jun 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Hamburger Abendblatt The energy crisis in ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    Supply security: Uniper coal plant needs to stay in reserve a while longer

    02 Jun 2021, 12:10 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Clean Energy ...
  • 19 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淭he German auto industry is finally (maybe) done with gas鈥

    German carmakers鈥 grand promises on going electric may be more about buying time than a complete shift of focus, writes Jack Stewart in Wired. A big part of the problem is that customers are not clamouring for electrics, while regulators around the world ...
  • Unclear responsibilities for climate could dwarf Germany鈥檚 new buildings ministry

    08 Dec 2021, 13:05 b.wehrmann Efficiency Elections & Politics Handelsblatt / Focus Online The creation of a new buildings ministry by the next German government gives reason for hope that the country鈥檚 laggard sector will finally make more progress in ...
  • 28 Jul 2023 |

    Germany should halve approval times for grid expansion 鈥 econ minister

    28 Jul 2023, 13:10 Carolina Kyllmann Grid ARD / 威力彩玩法 Germany should cut the time it takes to approve planned transmission and distribution grid expansions by half, economy minister Robert Habeck said in a report by public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淲e ...
  • 16 Feb 2023 |

    City of Hamburg bans new combustion engine taxis from 2025

    16 Feb 2023, 13:10 S枚ren Amelang Cars DPA / Tagesspiegel The city of Hamburg is the first German state to ban new registrations of combustion engine taxis from 2025, reports newswire DPA in an article published in Tagesspiegel. "We hope that this ...
  • 25 Sep 2018 |

    Merkel opposes more ambitious EU car fleet emissions targets

    Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany should not push for more ambitious EU car fleet emission limits. 鈥淚 think the [European] Commission鈥檚 proposal forms a reasonable basis鈥 for the upcoming negotiations, Merkel said at an event hosted by the ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Journeys made by rail increase since introduction of flatrate 'Germany ticket' 鈥 media

    24 Jul 2023, 13:31 Jennifer Collins Mobility dpa / ARD The number of rail journeys in Germany has increased since the introduction of a new nationwide 'Germany ticket' in May,聽 according to a report by news agency dpa published by broadcaster ...
  • 06 Sep 2023 |

    Germany plans to spend more than 鈧1 bln on nuclear fusion research by 2028

    06 Sep 2023, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Policy 威力彩玩法 More than one billion euros will be invested by the German government on fusion research over the next five years. "Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy ...
  • German finance minister announces end to energy price caps, causing disapproval among coalition partners

    27 Nov 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices Finance Policy Deutschlandfunk / Tagesspiegel / 威力彩玩法 Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has announced that price subsidies for electricity and gas introduced during the ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Nigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success

    20 Dec 2024, 10:13 Large-scale solar PV developers have not been able to overcome Nigeria鈥檚 reputation as a risky place to do business, a problem which can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite tremendous solar potential, very little of it has been ...
  • 25 Oct 2024 |

    Dispatch from Poland | October '24

    25 Oct 2024, 16:00 Poland鈥檚 new government has updated the country鈥檚 energy strategy, which it says is more ambitious, but implementation remains uncertain as it depends on how coal miner unions react. In its push to increase nuclear power generation, the ...
  • Conservative election victory set to narrow climate policy focus in Germany

    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 ...
  • Old EV batteries can increase renewable power use while reducing resource demand 鈥 agency

    12 Oct 2023, 11:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 Making greater use of old electric vehicle (EV) batteries could greatly help reduce waste and stabilise the power grid in the shift towards renewable power, the ...
  • 14 Jul 2021 |

    German coal exit on track despite weak third phaseout tender 鈥 grid agency

    14 Jul 2021, 13:05 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Coal 威力彩玩法 Germany's ...
  • 08 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淐arsharing companies call for own parking sites鈥

    Providers of carsharing services in Germany have called for new legislation that would grant them their own parking sites in crowded inner cities, Max H盲gler writes in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. Companies operated by carmakers like Car2go (Daimler), DriveNow ...
  • 24 Mar 2020 |

    Coal plant compensation should go into green corona stimulus package 鈥 renewables industry

    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 ...
  • 21 Feb 2019 |

    Car-sharing usage up in Germany

    21 Feb 2019, 13:32 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars Deutsche Welle German car-sharing companies logged sharp growth in 2018, picking up an extra 350,000 registered customers, reports Deutsche Welle (in English). The total number of registered users increased ...
  • Transport receives highest share of Germany's climate-damaging subsidies by far 鈥 report

    20 Aug 2024, 13:26 The transport sector receives by far the biggest share out of all of Germany's government subsidies that are harmful to the climate, according to a report commissioned by the economy ministry. In their coalition agreement, the ...
  • German chemicals producer Bayer backs climate change denying US Republicans- report

    03 Nov 2020, 13:49 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs International Tageszeitung (taz) As US voters go to the polls on Tuesday, leading German chemicals producer Bayer will be mainly sponsoring candidates from US President Donald Trump鈥檚 Republican Party, ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

    Local representatives urge halt to plans for LNG terminal on German Baltic Sea island

    16 Aug 2023, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Gas 威力彩玩法 The plans for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the German island of R眉gen in the Baltic Sea face more opposition by local interest groups who fear that the large ...
  • Price hikes and lower meat consumption highlight need for change in Germany鈥檚 farming sector

    09 Nov 2023, 14:56 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Agriculture Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 German agriculture is going through a transformation to make the sector more sustainable, putting ...
  • 22 Jun 2021 |

    Cabinet set to pass emergency climate programme allocating 8 bln euros

    22 Jun 2021, 13:48 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German government aims to spend some 5.2 billion euros next year in climate protection investments as part of an emergency climate pact that is expected to be approved by ...
  • Circular economy could halve industry's decarbonisation costs 鈥 think tank

    27 Sep 2023, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 Improving circular economy principles for the use of steel, cement and plastics could help Germany鈥檚 energy-intensive industries reduce their greenhouse gas ...
  • 20 Jun 2023 |

    Scholz announces reduced government spending, assures climate commitments unaffected

    20 Jun 2023, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government ARD German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the federal government is to reduce its spending and return to 鈥渇iscal policy normality鈥 after state support for citizens and businesses ...
  • German start-up Marvel Fusion invests in US, laments lack of support in Europe

    08 Aug 2023, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Start-ups Industry Technology Handelsblatt German nuclear fusion start-up Marvel Fusion has blamed a lack of government support in Europe for its decision to build a laser fusion facility in the US, in a ...
  • 16 Jun 2023 |

    Climate change could make home insurance twice as expensive in ten years- industry

    16 Jun 2023, 13:45 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The premiums for insuring residential buildings could double over the coming decade in the face of increasing damages caused by climate change, the German insurance ...
  • 鈥淢erkel rejects Schulz鈥檚 e-car quota鈥

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a proposal by social democratic (SPD) frontrunner Martin Schulz to introduce a mandatory European quota for electric cars, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. 鈥淲hat are we going to do if the quota is not ...
  • 29 Oct 2019 |

    BMW, Daimler frustrated with carsharing, eye investment cuts, sale- report

    29 Oct 2019, 14:22 S枚ren Amelang Mobility Cars Only eight months after launching their combined car sharing with great ambitions, BMW and Daimler have grown highly sceptical of the business,聽 write Markus Fasse and Franz Hubik in business daily ...
  • Germany generates record 鈧3.9 bln EU emissions trading revenues in first half of 2023

    02 Aug 2023, 14:54 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices EU 威力彩玩法 [Update adds link to report] Germany has generated a record 3.89 billion euros from the sale of allowances under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ...
  • 25 May 2022 |

    Roll-out of smart electricity meters in Germany faces new delays

    25 May 2022, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Digitalisation Handelsblatt The installation of smart electricity meters in German households is set to take longer than planned, reports business daily Handelsblatt. The country鈥檚 Federal Office for Information Security ...
  • 25 Jul 2023 |

    City of Berlin adopts 鈧5 bln climate protection fund to reduce fossil fuel dependency

    25 Jul 2023, 13:26 Jennifer Collins Cities Politics 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel / RBB Berlin鈥檚 Senate has adopted a five-billion-euro climate protection fund to flow into mobility, energy efficiency in buildings, power supply and the economy. The ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Climate activists take to the streets of Berlin ahead of national election

    17 Aug 2021, 12:19 Activists from the coalition group 鈥楢ugust Rise Up鈥 took to the streets in Berlin on Monday 16 August to call for more climate action six weeks ahead of the German federal election. Around two hundred people blocked the road in front of ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Germany brings forward publication deadline for climate-friendly municipal heating plans

    24 Jul 2023, 13:35 Jennifer Collins Heating Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 Local authorities across Germany may have to submit plans detailing how they are going to transition to climate-neutral heating systems in their jurisdictions six months earlier than ...
  • 30 May 2023 |
    Gas

    State govt calls for one billion euros in investments to ensure acceptance of Baltic Sea LNG terminal

    30 May 2023, 13:17 Julian Wettengel Gas Table.Media / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Ministers from the German coastal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have drafted a catalogue of measures worth one billion euros, which they claim will help ensure that the island ...
  • 21 Jul 2023 |

    State agency vows to speed up Germany鈥檚 transmission grid buildout

    21 Jul 2023, 13:45 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Handelsblatt The slow development of Germany鈥檚 ...
  • 17 Oct 2023 |

    Heating sector representatives call for cutting bureaucracy in Germany's municipal heating act

    17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 威力彩玩法 Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
  • 17 Oct 2023 |

    German govt agrees "green mobility update" in decarbonisation push for transport sector

    17 Oct 2023, 13:35 Edgar Meza Transport Policy S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 governing coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP), has- after long negotiations- agreed on a far-reaching ...
  • Nuclear exit without notable effect on German power price in first month 鈥 agency

    16 May 2023, 13:40 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Cost & Prices BR In the month after ...
  • 20 Dec 2024

    Dispatch from the European Union | December '24

    20 Dec 2024, 14:57 Dave Keating *** Our weekly Dispatches provide an overview of the most relevant recent and upcoming developments for the shift to climate neutrality i n selected European countries, from policy and diplomacy to society and industry. For ...
  • 13 Mar 2023 |

    German ministers seek to strengthen trade and climate action ties in Brazil and Colombia

    13 Mar 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann International 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt / dpa Germany鈥檚 economy and agriculture ministers seek to intensify strategic cooperation with Brazil and Colombia on trade and climate action, they said. Over a six-day ...
  • 12 May 2023 |

    Flatrate 'Germany Ticket' for public transport proves success, third of citizens interested

    12 May 2023, 13:51 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The flat-rate ticket for nationwide public transport in Germany ...
  • 21 Sep 2021 |

    Closing of wind turbine plant in eastern Germany raises questions about coal region鈥檚 future

    21 Sep 2021, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 / rbb Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced the closure of a blade factory in eastern German state Brandenburg. The company is axeing over 450 jobs in the town ...
  • 06 Jan 2020 |

    Germany takes next nuclear plant offline according to schedule

    06 Jan 2020, 14:12 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out ...
  • 19 Dec 2019 |

    German govt squashes speculation on extension for nuclear plants

    19 Dec 2019, 13:42 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Sven Egenter Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 / Der ...
  • 16 Dec 2022 |

    鈥淲aterbed effect鈥 threatens coal exit's climate impact as govt shuns deleting allowances- media

    16 Dec 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal EU Die Zeit The shut down of German coal plants in 2021 is set to have only a minor impact on European emissions reduction because the government might not report plant decommissionings to the European Commission, ...
  • 03 May 2024 |

    Social and cultural aspects are also key for true building sustainability 鈥 association

    03 May 2024, 10:42 Making buildings more sustainable hinges on being able to measure what sustainability actually means. Definitions and standards vary widely across Europe, making it hard to compare projects and assess progress. Certifications can ...
  • 25 Apr 2023 |

    Cyclist satisfaction increases in major German cities but room for improvement remains 鈥 survey

    25 Apr 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility 威力彩玩法 Many German cities have improved their cycling infrastructure in recent years, but the majority of cyclists in the country continue to consider road traffic to be unsafe for them, according ...
  • 14 Dec 2022 |

    Preview 2023: Germany, EU must respond to U.S. 鈥淚nflation Reduction Act鈥- BEE

    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 ...
  • 02 Dec 2022 |

    German hydrogen strategy revision aims to solidify target to double electrolysis capacity by 2030- media

    02 Dec 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German economy ministry (BMWK) aims to solidify targets to double the country鈥檚 electrolysis capacity- which is needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen- by 2030 by revising ...
  • 29 Nov 2022 |

    Environment minister urges end to gas extraction project off German North Sea island

    29 Nov 2022, 13:40 Carolina Kyllmann Climate & CO2 Gas Neuen Osnabr眉cker Zeitung The German environment minister has urged to stop gas extraction plans near the north-western island of Borkum, newspaper Neuen Osnabr眉cker Zeitung reports. Dutch company ...
  • 14 Oct 2022 |
    Gas

    Industry and household savings reduce German gas consumption

    14 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 High prices and possibly also pleas by the government are driving down gas consumption in Germany, reports Jakob Schlandt in energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
  • 11 Mar 2019 |

    EU regulators scrutinise German utility deal, citing anti-trust concerns

    11 Mar 2019, 14:20 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Rachel Waldholz Business & Jobs Utilities Reuters EU regulators will take a hard look at part ...
  • 16 Nov 2022 |

    Chancellery aims to speed up approval times for renewable projects

    16 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) plans to streamline planning and approval procedures for faster construction of wind turbines, rail projects and even houses, newspaper Handelsblatt聽 reports. The ...
  • 21 Nov 2023 |

    Senior coalition party members question German debt brake鈥檚 suitability for climate crisis

    21 Nov 2023, 12:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Government ARD / Stern Leading members of Germany鈥檚 government coalition parties have questioned the sensibleness of the country鈥檚 limit on new government borrowing, the so-called 鈥榙ebt brake鈥, after ...
  • RWE head Schmitz vows to 鈥渇ight on鈥 for clearing of Hambach Forest

    In two separate interviews, the CEO of energy company RWE, Rolf Martin Schmitz, has vowed to continue contending for the clearing of the embattled Hambach Forest, which a court ordered to halt on 5 October. In an interview with the Rheinische Post, ...
  • 15 Dec 2021 |

    Germany chooses three more coal plants to go offline by 2023 in fourth exit tender

    15 Dec 2021, 12:09 s.amelang Coal 威力彩玩法 A large hard coal power station and two small-scale combined heat and power plants in Germany are set to stop selling electricity by May 2023 as part of the country's coal exit. In the fourth coal ...
  • 24 Jun 2019 |

    Merkel holds another 鈥榗ar summit鈥 aimed at making German car industry future proof

    24 Jun 2019, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Government Handelsblatt / Stuttgarter Nachrichten / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung After a series of meetings with high-profile car industry representatives in recent years to deal with the fallout of the so ...
  • Germany and India join forces to bridge the green skills gap 鈥 but youth might not engage

    03 Feb 2025, 14:49 Germany is increasingly looking outwards to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap, especially to India. Joint collaborations aim to tackle a critical challenge faced by both nations: securing a skilled workforce capable of ...
  • 20 Jan 2023 |

    Germany takes key step towards offshore wind targets with development plan- ministry

    20 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 威力彩玩法 A new area development plan for the expansion of offshore wind energy is a key step in helping Germany come closer to its target of installing at least 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, the economy and ...
  • "Merkel's experience, credibility make her key in swaying Trump"

    23 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. " ...
  • 19 May 2023 |

    German govt to set controversial location for floating LNG terminals into law

    19 May 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Politics Society 威力彩玩法 / Zeit Online The island of R眉gen on Germany鈥檚 Baltic Sea coast is to be included into law as a location for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals despite local ...
  • Oil majors pay 鈧13-bln entry fee in 鈥渜uantum leap鈥 for offshore wind energy

    13 Jul 2023, 13:40 Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in the world鈥檚 largest ever offshore wind auction. Environmentalists hailed the result as a ...
  • 20 Mar 2023 |

    German govt rules out further runtime extension of nuclear power plants

    20 Mar 2023, 12:12 Carolina Kyllmann Nuclear phase-out Funke Mediengruppe / Nikkei The lifespan of Germany鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants will not be further extended, environment and nuclear safety minister Steffi Lemke told publishing house ...
  • Germany considers subsidising offshore wind electricity for industry users

    09 Jan 2023, 14:28 Julian Wettengel Wind Industry Cost & Prices Handelsblatt The German economy ministry is working on a proposal to subsidise offshore electricity for industry customers through an auction scheme in order to shield companies against ...
  • 16 Mar 2023 |

    Potential city of Berlin coalition plans to spend 鈧5 billion on climate action

    16 Mar 2023, 12:59 Carolina Kyllmann Cities Politics Tagesspiegel At least five billion euros are to be earmarked for climate protection in the city of Berlin, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Cristian Democrats (CDU) decided, newspaper Tagesspiegel ...
  • 04 Jul 2023 |

    NGO warns against broad adoption of carbon capture and storage in Germany

    04 Jul 2023, 13:32 Edgar Meza Carbon removal Technology 威力彩玩法 NGO Germanwatch, which promotes sustainable development and climate protection, is warning against the country鈥檚 CO2 management policy opening the door to 鈥渁 permanent extension of ...
  • 10 May 2023 |
    Gas

    Govt decides controversial location for LNG terminal on Germany鈥檚 Baltic Sea coast 鈥 media

    10 May 2023, 12:24 Julian Wettengel Gas NDR / 威力彩玩法 The federal government has decided on a location for the disputed import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the popular holiday destination island of R眉gen, reported public ...
  • 29 Oct 2019 |

    Sustainable start-up builder econnext links social, green and finance worlds

    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 ...
  • 2024 EU elections: Reactions from Germany

    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 ...
  • G19 should have own text on climate and energy 鈥 Greenpeace head

    The US negotiating team is 鈥渨orking hard to water down鈥 climate texts for the upcoming G20 summit at the preceding negotiations,聽said International Executive Director at Greenpeace Jennifer Morgan at the Global Solidarity Summit in Hamburg. It is ...
  • German research ministry plans to boost nuclear fusion development

    23 Jun 2023, 13:13 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Technology 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 research ministry, which is led by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), wants to accelerate research into nuclear fusion with a new funding programme. 鈥淭he energy ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    Over 400 old wind turbines go offline in state of Brandenburg after losing support payments

    08 Sep 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind rbb Hundreds of wind turbines in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will be decommissioned this year because they will lose their guaranteed funding after 20 years in operation and can no longer be operated ...
  • 05 Oct 2022 |

    State premier says east German coal region won鈥檛 follow early phase-out agreed in west

    05 Oct 2022, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Coal dpa The premier of eastern German lignite mining state Saxony-Anhalt has said his state will not follow an聽 agreement 聽on an early coal phase-out made in the heavy industry state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in ...
  • Germany's energy transition too slow to reach 2030 targets 鈥 govt advisor

    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 2017

    SPD shuns coal exit commitment, points at other sectors for decarbonisation

    Germany鈥檚 environment minister Barbara Hendricks has shunned calls for making a clear commitment to initialising the country鈥檚 exit from coal-fired power production. At a press conference by government members of her Social Democratic Party (SPD), ...
  • 04 Oct 2021 |

    Germany鈥檚 grid expansion going slower than planned

    04 Oct 2021, 12:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Grid Der Spiegel Bureaucratic hurdles and citizens鈥 initiatives ...
  • 01 Sep 2020 |

    Hydrogen prices to rise sharply without electrification of heating, transport 鈥 Aurora

    01 Sep 2020, 12:47 Expert Aurora Energy Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Hydrogen Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The price of green hydrogen will be significantly ...
  • Consultancies cash in on climate advice as firms race towards net zero

    16 Feb 2023, 13:59 The world鈥檚 top management consultancies, who for decades have advised the biggest polluters, are now piling into the business of helping companies cut emissions to become more sustainable. They are retraining staff, poaching ...
  • 06 Apr 2020 |

    Nuclear power generation and waste transfers continue in Germany despite coronavirus crisis

    06 Apr 2020, 13:58 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable ...
  • Some countries will wait out US elections before deciding on climate targets 鈥 policy expert

    11 Mar 2020, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 Some countries are likely to wait and see whether U.S. President Donald Trump wins another four years in office in November before committing to stepping up their ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    Chances for Germany's deindustrialisation are slim, cost rises will boost efficiency 鈥 Bosch CEO

    13 Apr 2023, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs Handelsblatt Higher energy prices in Germany will not lead to an 鈥渋ndustrial exodus鈥 of companies seeking cheaper production locations abroad but rather strengthen efficiency and innovation ...
  • Businesses, NGOs, think tanks call for quick design of EU Green Deal Industrial Plan

    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 ...
  • 30 Aug 2021 |

    Thyssenkrupp Steel under increasing pressure to go green

    30 Aug 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Industry Handelsblatt German conglomerate thyssenkrupp finds it increasingly difficult to spin off its troubled steelmaking division, Kevin Knitterscheidt and Martin Murphy write in Handelsblatt. In order to successfully sell ...
  • 24 Sep 2021 |

    鈥淪upport direct air capture like Germany supported wind and solar鈥- Climeworks

    24 Sep 2021, 11:20 Their goal is to create an entirely new industry, one that will become as important as today鈥檚 oil and gas giants, because the world will be in desperate need of removing carbon to mitigate climate change. Swiss company Climeworks has ...
  • 12 Jul 2022 |

    German economy faces 鈥渟evere crisis鈥 in case of Russian gas supply halt 鈥 chemical industry

    12 Jul 2022, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Gas Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 economy faces a 鈥渟evere crisis鈥 should fossil gas supplies from Russia come to a complete stop, the president of the German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI), ...
  • 16 Dec 2021 |

    Germany needs clear and mandatory guidelines for climate adaptation- analyst

    16 Dec 2021, 11:11 Discussions about climate action tend to centre around the need for mitigation 鈥 reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming. But even if we get on track to limiting warming to 1.5C, scientific projections show ...
  • 23 Aug 2023 |

    Slow expansion of wind power in southern Germany is 'depressing' 鈥 Scholz

    23 Aug 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 威力彩玩法 / Rheinische Post Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the sluggish rollout of wind power in the south of the country "depressing" and warned that the three southern states 鈥 Hesse, Baden ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |
    Gas

    German gas demand set to rapidly decline by 2030, new investments questionable 鈥 consultancy

    25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 威力彩玩法 Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, Germany鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
  • 17 Jan 2023 |

    Businesses' sustainability investments in Germany rising despite economic uncertainty 鈥 survey

    17 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Business Finance 威力彩玩法 Around three quarters (76 %) of businesses in Germany increased investments in sustainability measures in 2022 despite high economic uncertainty, a survey by consulting firm Deloitte ...
  • Germany stops renewables funding via power bills to make electricity cheaper

    29 Apr 2022, 13:16 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Policy 威力彩玩法 German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on the power price as of 1 July 2022. The German federal parliament (Bundestag) passed ...
  • 04 Nov 2022 |

    Egypt signs LNG and hydrogen deals with Germany ahead of COP27

    04 Nov 2022, 14:00 Carolina Kyllmann Gas International COP27 威力彩玩法 The German government has signed two memoranda of understanding with Egypt to strengthen partnerships on liquefied natural gas (LGN) and green hydrogen. The cooperation, which ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    Can the UK climate movement go 'beyond politics'?

    16 Jul 2021, 10:23 The UK is leading the world in terms of climate targets as it heads towards COP26. This is in no small part due to the work of climate activists, who, in the words of the campaigning group Extinction Rebellion, have come together to ...
  • 24 Oct 2022 |

    Energy industry says German gas price relief plans cannot be brought forward

    24 Oct 2022, 13:43 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Gas Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 / ...
  • 03 May 2023 |
    Gas

    Government postpones decision on disputed LNG terminal off Germany鈥檚 Baltic coast

    03 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas Table.Media / Spiegel Germany鈥檚 government has postponed a decision to include a planned new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal off the coast of the Baltic Sea island of R眉gen in the country鈥檚 LNG ...
  • 24 Jul 2023 |

    Europe is cracking down on radical climate protests

    24 Jul 2023, 13:50 The criminalisation of climate protesters is intensifying all over Europe, with multiple countries considering harsh new laws. While human rights activists express concern at the crackdown, experts are divided over the impact on the ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Long-term climate strategies should be key focus of COP26 鈥 German govt advisors

    06 Jul 2021, 13:20 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 Climate & CO2 The German Advisory ...
  • 10 Jun 2020 |

    Recurring droughts will change German forests forever- researcher

    10 Jun 2020, 12:15 Extreme droughts and prolonged heat waves have significantly raised awareness of climate change dangers in Germany in the past years. And the changing weather patterns are also having a huge impact on the country's environment, as ...
  • 24 Aug 2018 |

    Coalition between Conservatives and Greens in Bavaria possible

    According to the latest polls, the Green Party could be the second-largest party in the October state elections in Bavaria, which would make possible a conservative-green coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), writes Die Welt. The Green鈥檚 co-top ...
  • 15 Dec 2022 |

    Cold snap drains German gas storages one percent in a single day

    15 Dec 2022, 13:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security ZDF The cold snap that has gripped large parts ...
  • 28 Sep 2022 |

    Household gas heating costs in Germany climb nearly 70% in 2022 鈥 index

    28 Sep 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 Consumers in Germany can expect to pay about 20 percent more for their appartment's gas heating bill 2021 than for the year before, and prices could climb by 67 percent ...
  • Clean batteries key hurdle in carmakers' race to go green

    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, ...
  • 27 Feb 2020 |

    Law firm calls German coal exit law 'unconstitutional,' Greens push for earlier plant closures

    27 Feb 2020, 14:10 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert STEAG Electricity generator Fossil fuels Utilities Freja Eriksen Coal Welt / Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion by the energy law firm Rosin ...
  • 01 Apr 2021 |

    Three more German coal power plants to go offline in December 2021

    01 Apr 2021, 13:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Coal 威力彩玩法 Two German hard coal power stations and ...
  • 12 Nov 2020 |
    Gas

    Demand for gas to rise as Germany exits nuclear, coal 鈥 analysts

    12 Nov 2020, 14:26 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 gas demand is set to increase significantly from 90 billion cubic metres (Bcm) today to 110 Bcm by 2034 as the country exits both nuclear and coal, said the energy research company and ...
  • 13 Jan 2025 |

    Uncertainty abounds over German government鈥檚 backtracking on EU鈥檚 sustainability reporting rules

    13 Jan 2025, 10:15 A last-minute move by Germany鈥檚 government to call for a delay to key EU sustainable finance legislation has caused dismay among observers from the finance industry and beyond. At a time when economic and political uncertainty is ...
  • 01 Nov 2024 |

    Climate finance target amount uncertain until last minute at COP29 鈥 Germany鈥檚 climate envoy

    01 Nov 2024, 11:29 Julian Wettengel Finance COP29 Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 Upcoming negotiations on a new goal for financial support from richer countries to developing economies to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be 鈥渧ery ...
  • 14 Sep 2022 |

    German coal industry says more money needed for restarting plants to save gas

    14 Sep 2022, 13:52 S枚ren Amelang Coal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Readying retired German coal plants for use during the winter in case of gas shortfalls is not economically viable for the sector, Germany鈥檚 coal industry has said. The lifetime ...
  • Fridays for Future activists call for 100-billion-euro climate fund for Germany

    13 Sep 2022, 12:07 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Activists from the Fridays for Future student group have called on the German government to set up a special fund for 鈥渕assive鈥 investments in climate action. 鈥淲e ...
  • 22 Jan 2020 |

    Draft coal exit law tightens reins on German hard coal

    22 Jan 2020, 13:26 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal 威力彩玩法 / Die Welt Germany鈥檚 hard coal power plant operators criticise the ...
  • 02 Mar 2021 |

    Moorburg coal plant not deemed crucial for grid stability, can go offline for good

    02 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert Vattenfall Energy company Electricity market Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Grid 威力彩玩法 The Moorburg coal plant in Hamburg will be taken offline completely in July 2021, after Germany's four grid operators ...
  • 27 Sep 2019 |

    Most Germans say government's 2030 climate action package does not go far enough

    27 Sep 2019, 13:39 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ ...
  • 25 Nov 2022 |
    EU

    IEA head Birol calls on Germany to preserve European unity during energy crisis

    25 Nov 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann EU 威力彩玩法 Germany should ensure there is solidarity in Europe to get through the energy crisis and be prepared for the winter 2023/24, International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol said. 鈥淓urope needs ...
  • 01 Sep 2022 |

    New digitalisation strategy to help fight climate crisis 鈥 German govt

    01 Sep 2022, 12:15 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation 威力彩玩法 The German government has said its new digitalisation strategy will help in the fight against the climate crisis and in efforts to transform the economy. Environmental data and ...
  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    Deutsche Bahn to replace diesel with 100 percent biofuels by 2040

    07 Feb 2022, 13:42 Jessica Bateman Bioenergy Transport Die Zeit Germany鈥檚 national railway provider Deutsche Bahn has announced plans to run all trains on biofuels by 2040, newspaper Die Zeit reports. The group says it is phasing out diesel and wants to ...
  • 28 Jun 2019 |

    Little progress at Bonn climate change conference

    28 Jun 2019, 12:38 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 COP24 tageszeitung (taz) / Clean ...
  • 17 Dec 2019 |

    Deutsche Bahn invests record sum in new trains, revives mothballed connections

    17 Dec 2019, 13:23 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Transport 威力彩玩法 / Spiegel Online The German rail service Deutsche Bahn (DB) is going to make the biggest investment in its vehicle ...
  • Reactions from energy and climate community to collapse of Germany鈥檚 coalition government

    07 Nov 2024, 10:29 Following the break-up of Germany's governing coalition, the country's energy industry urged rapid snap elections to give companies much-needed investment security in uncertain times. Youth climate movement Fridays for Future ...
  • 18 Jun 2021 |

    City of Berlin lawmakers pass rooftop solar law, approve buyback of city grid

    18 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Spiegel, rbb As expected, the Berlin House of Representatives has passed a law making solar photovoltaic (PV) systems mandatory on residential and non-residential buildings in the city, Spiegel writes. The Berlin ...
  • 22 Mar 2022 |

    Network operator TenneT proposes to fasten offshore grid expansion

    22 Mar 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Grid Energate The higher renewable targets of Germany鈥檚 government will require a faster expansion of the power grid, Tim Meyerj眉rgens, COO of transmission grid operator TenneT, has told Energate. Connecting the ...
  • 16 Mar 2021 |

    Utility RWE has long way to go to climate-neutrality 鈥 Greenpeace report

    16 Mar 2021, 13:29 Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background German energy utility RWE is struggling to make the transition to climate-neutrality, according to a report published by EnergyComment and commissioned ...
  • 16 Dec 2020 |

    EU taxonomy could deliver breakthrough in sustainable finance 鈥 researchers

    16 Dec 2020, 15:16 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Finance EU Clean ...
  • 31 Oct 2022 |

    Former open-cast mining area to host largest floating solar PV plant in Germany

    31 Oct 2022, 13:17 Carolina Kyllmann Solar 威力彩玩法 Regional officials in eastern German Cottbus have given the green light for the country's largest floating solar power plant to be built on the man-made Cottbus Ostsee lake, a former open ...
  • 25 Oct 2022 |

    Tighter energy efficiency laws put 鈥渕assive burden鈥 on data centres 鈥 digital association

    25 Oct 2022, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Digitalisation Policy 威力彩玩法 The proposed energy efficiency laws in Germany might place a too heavy burden on data centres and could drive them out of the country, digital association Bitkom said in a press ...
  • 03 Jan 2023 |

    CO2 pricing brings Germany record 13 billion euros in revenues in 2022

    03 Jan 2023, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Finance EU 威力彩玩法 The European emissions trading system (EU ETS) and national carbon pricing brought Germany a record 13.2 billion euros from the sale of carbon dioxide pollution rights in 2022, the Federal ...
  • 26 Nov 2020 |

    Germany's new stock exchange rules fail to allay climate concerns as ECB issues warning

    26 Nov 2020, 13:31 Expert Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany Finance Benjamin Wehrmann Finance 威力彩玩法 Climate activists have criticised new stock index rules introduced by Germany's stock exchange operator Deutsche B枚rse for not ...
  • 26 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淰W exhaust scandal: US judge approves 15 billion-euro settlement鈥

    A US judge has approved a record settlement of 16.5 billion dollars (15.2 billion euros) over the VW exhaust scandal. Much of the sum to be paid out by the German carmaker will go to buybacks and customer compensation. No such deal has been reached in ...
  • 09 Jul 2018 |

    No change in support for energy transition 鈥 survey

    A majority of 61 percent of the German population think the transition to an energy system dominated by renewables is the right way to go, 30 percent are undecided and 7 percent are opposed to the idea, the 2017 edition of the bi-annual survey on 鈥渘ature ...
  • Energy crisis especially severe for Germany, 2023 possibly 鈥渆ven harder鈥- IMF

    18 Oct 2022, 14:10 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 economy will take a bigger hit from the energy crisis compared to other European countries, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), business ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German government plans extensive LNG infrastructure build-up to ensure security of European supply

    03 Mar 2023, 13:34 With a significant 鈥渟afety buffer鈥 of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity, the German government aims to ensure that the country and neighbouring states will receive sufficient supply of natural gas in the coming years, says ...
  • Vote25: Next German government must shape unified EU response as Trump shakes global order

    19 Feb 2025, 13:00 As the new U.S. administration under president Donald Trump upends decades of transatlantic relations and the wider geopolitical order, Germany faces the challenging task of resetting relations with its neighbours to ensure a strong EU ...
  • 17 Oct 2018 |

    New law to accelerate power grid expansion

    Germany鈥檚 energy ministry is drafting a law to accelerate the development of the country鈥檚 electricity network, Michael Bauchm眉ller reports in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The draft, seen by the paper, will include streamlining the planning procedure, ...
  • Adverts with unregulated climate claims are barrier to real emission cuts 鈥 NGO lawyer

    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 ...
  • Second grid 鈥渟tress test鈥 to determine whether Germany鈥檚 remaining nuclear plants still needed

    19 Jul 2022, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government has said it will carry out a second assessment of the benefits of extending the runtime of the country鈥檚 remaining nuclear plants beyond their ...
  • 13 Dec 2021 |

    EnBW to supply zero-support offshore wind power to airport operator Fraport

    13 Dec 2021, 13:21 j.wettengel Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt The demand for zero-support renewable electricity is booming and the latest sign is a large-scale power purchase agreement (PPA) energy company EnBW concluded with airport ...
  • 08 Dec 2020 |

    Preview 2021 鈥 鈥楨U energy sovereignty key issue even under US president Biden鈥

    08 Dec 2020, 08:03 The European Union and Germany will continue to deal with the general question of energy sovereignty and strategic autonomy even with a new US administration led by Joe Biden, says Kirsten Westphal, senior associate at the German ...
  • VW head M眉ller says diesel will have a 鈥渞enaissance鈥 soon

    Diesel engines will have 鈥 a renaissance in the foreseeable future 鈥 and shed its currently-tarnished image as a particularly polluting technology, VW head Michael M眉ller said at the important trade fair Geneva International Motor Show, the Frankfurter ...
  • 23 Nov 2020 |

    US threatens to go through with sanctions over Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    23 Nov 2020, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn International Security dpa The government of the United States is increasing its pressure on people and companies associated with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany again, reported ...
  • 25 Apr 2017 |

    鈥淐ronyism simply continues鈥

    Germany鈥檚 resistance to an emissions testing overhaul shows that the government continues to protect the auto industry, writes Markus Balser in an opinion piece in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淣o [EU] government has taken legal steps against its car ...
  • 03 Feb 2022 |

    Deutsche Bahn announces record investment of over 13 bln euros in climate push

    03 Feb 2022, 12:32 Deutsche Bahn Transport Business & Jobs Jessica Bateman Transport Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced it is investing a record 鈧13.6 billion in improving its ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    First phase-out auction for German hard coal deemed success, modern plants go offline

    01 Dec 2020, 14:48 The first auction for the decommissioning of hard coal plants in Germany has been hailed as a success both by coal plant operators and climate activists, as it ensures that plants with a capacity of almost 5 gigawatts will be off the ...
  • 13 Dec 2024

    Special Dispatch Europe | Preview 2025

    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 The coming year will show whether the EU can use a new strategy to clean its industry and continue the path laid out over the past five years in the European Green Deal, or whether increasing global competition and protectionist efforts ...
  • 30 Mar 2022 |

    Climate activists vow to resist demolition of town for German lignite mine expansion

    30 Mar 2022, 14:07 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Society dpa / Die Welt Climate activists from student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) have said they will resist the planned ...
  • Leading German industry group strongly opposes push to raise EU鈥檚 2030 emissions reduction goal

    The European Commission鈥檚 proposal to raise the EU鈥檚 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 40 percent to 45 percent relative to 1990 levels is misguided, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Deputy Director Holger L枚sch says in a statement. ...
  • 04 Oct 2022 |

    German coal region brings phase-out forward to 2030 but refires lignite short-term

    04 Oct 2022, 15:05 Germany's western coal mining and heavy industry state North Rhine-Westphalia aims to complete the phase-out of coal-fired power production no later than 2030, eight years earlier than agreed in German coal exit law. However, two ...
  • 08 Dec 2022 |
    Gas

    Plans for German LNG terminals 鈥渕assively oversized鈥 鈥 NewClimate Institute

    08 Dec 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 The planned infrastructure for direct imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Germany鈥檚 coastlines are 鈥渕assively oversized鈥 and state involvement means that taxpayer money is used for what could ...
  • German chancellor candidate Merz must walk fine line between restart and continuity in energy and climate

    14 Feb 2025, 14:20 The conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz is widely tipped to become Germany鈥檚 next chancellor 鈥 but remains ambiguous on a range of policy fields, notably on energy and climate. Despite being known as a senior policymaker for decades, ...
  • 11 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淭hat wasn鈥檛 it!鈥

    German Social Democratic (SPD) chancellor candidate Martin Schulz鈥檚 call for a European e-mobility quota "seems like a shot from a blank gun鈥, writes Peter Fahrenholz in an opinion piece in S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淎s a Europe expert, Schulz knows only ...
  • 03 Feb 2023 |

    NGO urges 鈥減ause to think鈥 about LNG expansion as Germany overshoots gas storage target

    03 Feb 2023, 12:56 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 威力彩玩法 The hasty buildout of Germany鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure is turning into a ...
  • 24 Jun 2022 |

    Env min confident German government coalition will come together on combustion engine ban

    24 Jun 2022, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Cars Deutschlandfunk Environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) remains optimistic that Germany鈥檚 government cabinet will find a common line on the ban of internal combustion engine cars in the EU, despite recent ...
  • 08 Nov 2018 |

    EU executive conditionally approves Daimler, BMW car-sharing deal

    The European Union鈥檚 competition authority has approved the plan of German luxury carmakers Daimler and BMW to combine their car-sharing businesses, subject to conditions, reports Gabriela Baczynska for Reuters. The deal includes car-sharing units Car2Go ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    New German climate ministry says grid expansion years behind schedule

    12 Jan 2022, 13:18 TenneT Electricity market Grid Technology k.appunn Grid 威力彩玩法 The conversion and expansion of Germany鈥檚 power grid is going 鈥渘owhere as fast as necessary for the transformation,鈥 the new economy and climate ministry (BMWK) ...
  • 30 Jan 2023 |

    Renewable energy leaders show mixed views on whether Germany can meet renewable targets 鈥 media

    30 Jan 2023, 12:54 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Policy Frankfurter Allgemeine The heads of many renewable energy companies showed mixed opinions in whether Germany can meet its targets for green electricity generation, according to an article in newspaper ...
  • 26 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淪ecure usage of hydrogen in the energy transition鈥

    A new research project by Fraunhofer institute IWM in Freiburg is going to investigate the secure use of hydrogen in natural gas pipelines. The project will run for 4 years and cost 9.4 million euros, 1 million of which will be contributed by the federal ...
  • 09 Sep 2022 |

    Uranium delivery from Russia on its way to Germany to supply Europe鈥檚 nuclear plants with fuel rods

    09 Sep 2022, 13:40 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU dpa / n-tv A delivery of uranium is on its way from Russia to Germany six months after the beginning of the war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy trading sanctions imposed by the EU, news agency ...
  • 16 Jun 2022 |

    Grid agency head proposes lower legal minimum temperature in German flats to save gas

    16 Jun 2022, 13:17 Kerstine Appunn Cost & Prices Rheinische Post To save gas and money, German households should be incentivised to use less energy for heating, the president of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), Klaus M眉ller, has told newspaper ...
  • 09 May 2023 |

    Germany must address structural weaknesses to reach ambitious climate targets 鈥 OECD

    09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport 威力彩玩法 The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country鈥檚 economy in order to achieve international ...
  • 31 Jul 2023 |

    Far-right AfD lead candidate for EU election rejects Green Deal

    31 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics EU Dlf / 威力彩玩法 / dpa The European Union鈥檚 focus on climate in all policy fields is unnecessary and the Green Deal should be abolished, Maximilian Krah, the German populist far-right ...
  • 02 Jan 2018 |

    Germany might need new gas power plants 鈥 Uniper CEO

    Germany might need new gas power plants to balance out the fluctuating feed-in by renewables, Uniper CEO Klaus Sch盲fer tells Rheinische Post in an interview. 鈥淭he question of supply security is going to resurface, at the latest when the last nuclear ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Small solar PV

    02 Jun 2021, 10:44 After 20 years, many pioneer clean energy projects are losing their guaranteed feed-in tariff, with possible repercussions for citizen involvement in the energy transition. In the solar sector, this change is mainly affecting households ...
  • 03 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淕as business with Putin鈥

    Despite opposition for geostrategic, budgetary, economic and environmental reasons, the EU should go ahead with the Baltic natural gas pipeline project with Russia 鈥楴ord Stream 2鈥, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for FAZ. Imposing a construction ...
  • 10 Feb 2021 |

    CO2 emissions from German power mix fluctuated a lot in 2020, storage needed 鈥 consultancy

    10 Feb 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Renewables 威力彩玩法 CO2 emissions from the German power mix range between 87 and 664 grammes per kilowatt-hour depending on the time of year and day, researchers from consultancy EUPD Research ...
  • 07 Oct 2021 |

    thyssenkrupp Steel unveils climate-friendlier production process

    07 Oct 2021, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry In its efforts to slash CO2 emissions in steel production, thyssenkrupp Steel has announced what it describes as a milestone on its path to climate-neutral steel 鈥 its new bluemint Steel brand, produced with less ...
  • 29 Aug 2018 |

    VW has 鈥渕iles to go鈥 in US to carry out transparency reforms 鈥 report

    Germany鈥檚 largest carmaker still has to invest a lot of effort in the US to regain the trust that it lost after it was revealed in 2015 that the company cheated on emissions tests on a large scale, Jack Ewing writes in the New York Times. A report ...
  • 29 Jul 2021 |

    Former German lignite mine land to be used for solar PV

    29 Jul 2021, 13:31 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Julian Wettengel Coal Solar dpa / 威力彩玩法 German lignite operator Leag seeks to take advantage of the country's coal phase-out and ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Germany says it will stick to international climate finance commitment despite budget crisis

    25 Apr 2024, 13:57 Germany will continue to aim to provide 6 billion euros annually in funds to developing countries for climate mitigation and adaptation by 2025, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said. The government would do so despite a recent ...
  • 29 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淕erman environment minister warns: America is harming itself鈥

    Following the executive order by US President Donald Trump to repeal former president Barack Obama鈥檚 鈥淐lean Power Plan,鈥 Germany鈥檚 Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks warned the US against 鈥渕aking a stand against technologic and economic change,鈥 ...
  • Green construction materials next step to climate neutrality 鈥 German construction minister

    17 Aug 2022, 14:53 Hannah Naylor Efficiency Resources & Recycling S眉ddeutsche Zeitung As solar panels, thermal insulation and heat pumps are increasingly becoming a standard in the tens of thousands of new houses that are built each year in the ...
  • Vote25: Keeping homes affordable while making them climate-friendly is next German govt's big challenge

    23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
  • 28 Feb 2023 |

    Redesigned offshore auction signals 鈥渃ritical stage鈥 for Germany鈥檚 wind power industry

    28 Feb 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 The launch of the latest offshore wind power auction could signal a 鈥渃ritical stage鈥 for the technology鈥檚 role in Germany鈥檚 energy transition, the offshore wind industry has said. The ...
  • Preview 2024: Government must prioritise in budget, tackle fossil fuel taxes 鈥 energy analyst

    05 Jan 2024, 10:00 The German government must stop relying too much on giving out subsidies for climate action from 2024, and instead tackle the country鈥檚 system of fossil fuel taxes, says energy analyst Andreas Schr枚der from commodity intelligence ...
  • 23 Nov 2021 |

    Young Germans prefer strong climate policies over individual lifestyle changes- survey

    23 Nov 2021, 13:24 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Society Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Climate change is still young Germans鈥 biggest concern, but they would rather politicians act on the topic than drastically change their own lifestyles, a survey ...
  • 23 Sep 2020 |

    A quarter of German wind turbines at risk of going offline as fixed remuneration expires 鈥 study

    23 Sep 2020, 13:28 Julian Wettengel Wind 威力彩玩法 Almost a quarter of Germany鈥檚 wind turbines require a new business model when fixed payments under the country鈥檚 Renewable Energy Act (EEG) expire after their 20-year guaranteed support period, ...
  • 21 Jan 2022 |

    First battery-powered train to start trial operations in German regional transport

    21 Jan 2022, 12:20 b.wehrmann Transport 威力彩玩法 Together with French manufacturer Alstom, German railway company Deutsche Bahn is going to start trial runs with the country鈥檚 first battery-powered passenger train. Test operation of the so-called ...
  • Coalition draft treaty contains "good compromise" and "huge step forward"

    The head negotiators of CDU and SPD in the coalition talks have praised the decisions on energy and climate policy as 鈥渁 good compromise鈥 (Armin Laschet, CDU) and a 鈥渉uge step forward鈥 (Barbara Hendricks, SPD). Hendricks, who is acting environment ...
  • 19 Jan 2022 |

    Germany may use blue hydrogen from Norway for transitional period 鈥 state secretary

    19 Jan 2022, 12:09 s.amelang Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 Germany aims to secure a full supply of green hydrogen in its drive to become climate neutral, but may use blue hydrogen made with natural gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway for a ...
  • 04 Oct 2018 |

    German conservatives want to reduce wind turbine lighting to appease critics

    Wind turbines in Germany should not be illuminated throughout the whole night as this would gravely impede the acceptance of wind power by local residents, the conservative CDU鈥檚 deputy parliamentary group leader Carsten Linnemann told the Frankfurter ...
  • 20 Jul 2016 |

    Uniper listing to go ahead in September

    German utility E.ON will go ahead with listing its spin-off company Uniper in September 2016, according to a press release. The vast majority- 99.7 percent- of shareholders had agreed to the split in June and no legal case had been made against the ...
  • 19 Oct 2023 |

    France and Germany claim EU deal on electricity market a success despite unresolved nuclear questions

    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 ...
  • 鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to Katowice empty-handed鈥 鈥 environment minister

    30 Nov 2018, 15:04 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels International 威力彩玩法 Despite the extension of the work of Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission, the country鈥檚 delegation will not go to Katowice empty-handed, said environment ...
  • German car industry and government launch sustainability 鈥渂attery pass鈥

    25 Apr 2022, 12:52 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable Energy Act | EEG Business Benjamin Wehrmann Storage Resources & Recycling Clean ...
  • 13 Oct 2022 |
    Gas

    Germany still in the dark about LNG supplies to its new terminals

    13 Oct 2022, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Tagesspiegel Background While Germany is building up an infrastructure to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its North and Baltic Sea coasts in record time, there continues to be uncertainty about where the ...
  • Coalition spat threatens to delay law for phaseout of fossil heating systems

    24 May 2023, 13:26 S枚ren Amelang Heating Policy Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The intensifying quarrel within the German government coalition is increasingly likely to delay a law designed to pave the way towards climate-friendly heating. ...
  • 22 Nov 2018 |

    Free-floating car sharing has minor impact on car ownership - report

    Car sharing schemes differ greatly in their impact on users鈥 car ownership, according to a report published by the car sharing association bcs. Whereas car sharing businesses using fixed stations for pick-up appear to have reduced car ownership ...
  • 15 Jul 2022 |

    Transport companies propose 69-euro "climate ticket" for Germany

    15 Jul 2022, 12:10 Hannah Naylor Transport Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) has proposed a permanent 69-euro ticket for citizens to use local and regional public transport across the country as a way ...
  • 17 Dec 2021 |

    German industry and energy companies propose to speed up renewables and grid buildout

    17 Dec 2021, 12:27 50Hertz Transmission Electricity market Grid Technology RWE AG Utilities TenneT Electricity market Grid Technology Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities j.wettengel Grid Renewables Tagesspiegel Background / ...
  • Quotes from the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue

    21 Mar 2017, 00:00 Over 1,000 ministers, officials, business people, energy experts and journalists from around 90 countries take part in the third Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a two-day confernce hosted by the German Foreign Ministry. The following ...
  • 29 Sep 2022 |

    German railway group Deutsche Bahn raises ticket fares, citing increasing energy costs

    29 Sep 2022, 14:02 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Transport Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 German railway group Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced an increase in average fares for long-distant ...
  • 09 Dec 2016 |

    "EU sets important signal against national solo acts"

    The European Commission鈥檚 decision to start infringement proceedings against a number of European countries for failing to cooperate in emissions cheating investigations is 鈥渓ong overdue,鈥 writes J枚rg M眉nchenberg in a commentary for Deutschlandfunk.聽 ...
  • Geothermal power will become most important heat source in Germany 鈥 researcher

    Heat generated from geothermal sources will become Germany鈥檚 primary source for district heating, geo scientist Ernst Huenges says in an interview with the Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. 鈥淭here are almost no alternatives from other regenerative sources鈥, ...
  • 06 Jul 2022 |

    Political uncertainty in U.S. bodes ill for German chancellor鈥檚 climate club initiative 鈥 opinion

    06 Jul 2022, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 G20 & G7 Handelsblatt The concept of an international climate club of nations which agree to cooperate on higher climate policy standards could lose drive before it is even launched due to the ...
  • 10 Dec 2021 |

    Structural change in western German coal region could create up to 27,000 new jobs 鈥 report

    10 Dec 2021, 14:05 German Economic Institute (IW) Business & Jobs b.wehrmann Coal Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Investments in the former coal mining region in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) could create up to 27,000 ...
  • 27 Mar 2020 |

    German carmakers among thousands of companies halting production, employing 'short-time' work

    27 Mar 2020, 13:49 Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 / Erneuerbare Energien Germany's largest carmaker, VW, has extended the suspension of ...
  • 22 Sep 2017 |

    Mercedes-Benz plans $1bn e-car investment in US

    Mercedes-Benz plans to invest 1 billion dollars in making electric vehicles in the US state of Alabama, reports Nathan Bomey in USA Today. The investment will go both聽to an expansion of the German luxury brand's existing plant near Tuscaloosa and to ...
  • 05 May 2023 |

    Germany tables solar power strategy as 2023 expansion could surpass goal

    05 May 2023, 14:28 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 In a bid to greatly improve ...
  • 03 Dec 2021 |

    Sustainability has become 鈥渆xistential challenge鈥 for companies 鈥 Siemens

    03 Dec 2021, 13:20 Expert Siemens Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Business Handelsblatt German industrial giant Siemens regards industrial companies' responsibility to become more environmentally friendly as a defining task of the future and ...
  • 02 Dec 2021 |

    Five biggest power suppliers continue to lose market share 鈥 monitoring report

    02 Dec 2021, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Electricity 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 five biggest power ...
  • Utility EnBW鈥檚 profits up by one third in first quarter 2018

    German utility EnBW has increased its profits by one third in the first quarter 2018 compared to the same period last year, the company said in a press release. EnBW made 687 million euros in profits between January and March, with all business segments ...
  • 24 Nov 2021 |

    German nuclear power shutdown will not lead to power shortages 鈥 report

    24 Nov 2021, 12:15 Jessica Bateman Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 The shutdown of Germany鈥檚 last remaining nuclear power plants will not cause supply shortages, according to calculations by the department of energy, transport and environment at the ...
  • 鈥淪uccessful model Energiewende鈥

    There is still a long way to go until the financing mechanisms of the German energy transition are transferred into a sustainable market design, writes Felix Matthes, research coordinator for energy and climate policy at 脰ko Institut, in a guest ...
  • 21 Jul 2017 |

    Economy minister: 鈥淭he diesel crisis is self-inflicted鈥

    German carmakers must present ways to significantly reduce NOX emissions from diesel engines at an upcoming 鈥 diesel summit 鈥 with federal ministries, Handelsblatt report. Economy minister Brigitte Zypries told the business daily in an interview the ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |
    Gas

    Environmental groups urge Germany to present binding plan to end gas use by 2040

    07 Mar 2022, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 威力彩玩法 Several environmental groups are calling on Germany鈥檚 government to quickly present 鈥渁 binding phase-out path for fossil gas鈥 by 2040 in order to enable the country鈥檚 complete decarbonisation and ...
  • 25 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淣uclear power plant may be dismantled鈥

    The Green Party has criticised the Bavarian environment ministry for giving the go-ahead to tear down a nuclear power plant. The Isar I plant is to be demolished despite around 300 tonnes of radioactive material which cannot be removed for storage until ...
  • Germany says 20 percent of EU budget should go to climate action

    The German government says the EU should devote at least 20 percent of its budget to climate-friendly projects and programmes, Rheinische Post reports. 鈥淭he government supports the propositions of the EU鈥檚 Green Growth Group,鈥 which called for one fifth ...
  • 22 Jun 2017 |

    Oettinger proposes EU could receive tax revenues from CO2 emission allowances

    To compensate for loss of revenue after Brexit, EU Budget Commissioner G眉nther Oettinger proposes that member states could transfer part of their tax revenues to the EU, including revenues from taxes on CO鈧 emission rights, he told German weekly Der ...
  • 04 Jul 2016 |

    German rail operator bets on autonomous vehicles

    German rail operator Deutsche Bahn hopes to operate a fleet of autonomous vehicles in the future to bring clients to the nearest train station, according to CEO R眉diger Grube. 鈥淲e will offer our door to door services in the future: Call a bike, car to go ...
  • 04 Nov 2021 |

    German big business CEOs say they expect reaching CO2 neutrality in 14 years

    04 Nov 2021, 13:08 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Business Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany鈥檚 leading business executives are taking climate and environmental protection increasingly serious, according to a survey presented at the COP26 climate ...
  • 15 Sep 2020 |

    East German coal workers worried about uncertain future

    15 Sep 2020, 14:34 Coal Die Zeit Coal workers in the mining region of Lusatia in eastern Germany are preparing for an uncertain future as the country鈥檚 coal exit moves forward, writes Anna Saraste in Die Zeit. With a variety of operations in the area, ...
  • 21 Feb 2022 |

    Abolition of renewables levy must exclusively benefit consumers- German econ min

    21 Feb 2022, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy Handelsblatt / dpa The German government wants to ensure by law that the planned elimination of the country's renewables levy exclusively benefits consumers and not power providers, saying it ...
  • 22 Jan 2019 |

    BMW and Daimler eye autonomous driving alliance- report

    22 Jan 2019, 13:28 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Cars Handelsblatt Long-time rivals BMW and Daimler are considering ...
  • 13 Apr 2023 |

    Energy industry calls for faster construction of new gas power plants for supply security

    13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country鈥檚 energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
  • 05 Oct 2018 |

    Dry summer makes biogas scarce and more expensive

    The exceptionally hot and dry summer 2018 in Germany and large parts of Europe has led to a shortage of biogas plants like maize, for which crop yields in some regions have fallen by 50 percent, making the production of biogas more expensive, Andreas ...
  • 12 Mar 2021 |

    E-bike sales jump during pandemic to reach 40 percent share in Germany

    12 Mar 2021, 13:39 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport 威力彩玩法 The sales of bicycles and e-bikes in Germany increased by 16.9 percent in 2020 compared to the year before, amounting to 6.44 billion euros, the German bicycle industry association (ZIV) ...
  • 12 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淏UND also opposes underground power lines鈥

    Even though new power transmission lines in Bavaria are going to be buried underground, environmental organisation Friends of the Earth (BUND) is still opposing the grid expansion in the southern state, dpa writes. There was no need for new large power ...
  • COP23- See the energy transition in Germany's industrial centre

    30 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany鈥檚 coal mining state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) hosts the United Nations鈥 COP23 climate summit in Bonn. The epicentre of Germany鈥檚 industrialisation, this region is responsible for almost one percent of global CO2 emissions, ...
  • Crucial EU electricity market integration collides with member states' worries of uneven benefits

    09 Apr 2025, 13:50 The EU has worked for decades to merge the electricity markets of its member states and make the flow of power across borders as seamless as possible. As renewables reshape electricity systems, it is ever more important to integrate ...
  • 04 Apr 2025 |

    Q&A: EU to propose 2040 emissions reduction target

    04 Apr 2025, 08:30 The European Commission is expected to propose an emissions reduction target for the EU for 2040 with some delay by summer 2025. This will act as a waypoint to the 2050 net-zero emissions goal, and the Commission has already suggested ...
  • Q&A: Germany's new 鈧500 bln fund- What's in it for climate and energy?

    21 Mar 2025, 11:14 Germany's prospective next coalition government has proposed a debt-financed special fund worth 500 billion euros for infrastructure and climate projects, in combination with an additional major defence package. The outgoing ...
  • Germany's government 鈥 Who shapes climate and energy policy under chancellor Merz?

    07 May 2025, 10:00 The new coalition government of chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) has signalled continuity on energy transition policy. The cabinet includes both expert ministers 鈥 like ...
  • Q&A: What are dynamic electricity tariffs and why are they central to the energy transition?

    17 Dec 2024, 14:00 Dynamic electricity tariffs allow households to save money by shifting power consumption to sunny or windy periods, when plentiful renewable energy generation pushes wholesale prices down. Consumers reacting to power prices that vary ...
  • What Germany's 2025 coalition agreement says on climate and energy

    22 Apr 2025, 12:38 The conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats want to form Germany's next government. The parties' coalition agreement shows that the next government aims to continue the country's landmark energy transition ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Q&A: What Canada鈥檚 election means for climate action and ties with Europe amid Trump-era tensions

    30 Apr 2025, 11:30 Mark Carney's Liberal Party has emerged as the winner in a high-stakes federal election that will shape the country鈥檚 climate and energy policy as聽Mark Carney's Liberal Party has one a high-stakes federal election that will ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    What are the best materials for sustainable construction and renovation?

    25 Apr 2024, 10:22 Most buildings today are predominantly made from conventional construction materials, such as cement and steel, which have a hefty environmental footprint. Substituting them with alternative, regenerative ones, such as timber, clay, ...
  • Q&A- Germany鈥檚 nuclear exit: One year after

    16 Apr 2024, 10:05 Decades of debates came to an end in April 2023, when Germany finally shuttered its last nuclear power plants after the energy crisis. One year on, predictions of supply risks, price hikes and dirty coal replacing carbon-free nuclear ...
  • 21 Feb 2025 |

    Q&A: What is on the menu of the EU鈥檚 new Vision for Agriculture and Food?

    21 Feb 2025, 13:40 As Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, begins her second stint at the top job, she has one group firmly in her sights: farmers. The freshly re-elected president is keen to live up to her promise to be a friend of ...
  • Q&A: What does the German coalition government break-up mean for climate and energy?

    15 Nov 2024, 13:00 Germany's coalition government under Olaf Scholz has come to an early end 鈥 on the day Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. The chancellor sacked his finance minister after long internal disputes over the right way ...
  • Q&A: German capital Berlin votes whether to make city climate neutral by 2030

    27 Mar 2023, 11:37 A referendum called to force the city of Berlin to become climate neutral in 2030 failed to receive the necessary share of yes votes among all voters. This target implied that the German capital with almost four million inhabitants ...
  • Q&A 鈥 What the German top court鈥檚 鈥榙ebt brake鈥 ruling means for climate policy

    11 Jan 2024, 14:14 A ruling by Germany's highest court in November 2023 declared an integral part of the government's funding plan for climate and energy programmes unlawful, dealing a major blow to the coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz. The ...
  • Q&A: How will Germany support the expansion of renewables in future?

    11 Nov 2024, 10:30 Guaranteed feed-in support payments for renewable energy projects have been at the heart of Germany's energy transition since they were introduced in 1990, and have been emulated across the globe. Renewables are now the cheapest ...
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  • 16 Sep 2024 |

    How 威力彩玩法's Summer Academy in climate journalism fundamentally changed my thinking about our planet's future

    16 Sep 2024, 11:00 Rei Takver International Global heating and the move to a climate-neutral economy across the world is the defining story of our time. At 威力彩玩法's Summer Academy, made possible with the support of Journalismfund's ...
  • 01 Nov 2024 |

    Adaptation is rarely breaking news. How should journalists cover it?

    01 Nov 2024, 07:00 Carolina Kyllmann Adaptation Society There is a growing consensus on the need to adapt to the effects of climate change. But many thorny issues remain unsettled: What needs protecting at all costs? What risks is society willing to ...
  • 23 Jan 2024 |

    Leaving no one behind: 威力彩玩法鈥檚 grant winners go cross-border to cover just transition stories

    23 Jan 2024, 09:35 Milou Dirkx International How can Europe reach climate neutrality and ensure that no one gets left behind? 威力彩玩法 invited journalists from around the world to collaborate and submit cross-border pitches for just transition ...
  • 04 Oct 2024 |

    Journalists must cover 鈥渮any鈥 climate solutions 鈥 with extra care

    04 Oct 2024, 10:00 S枚ren Amelang Technology Society Should energy and climate journalists cover "futuristic" subjects such as geoengineering, nuclear fusion, or novel carbon dioxide removal methods?聽And if so, how? I was sceptical at first ...
  • 21 Dec 2022 |

    From soil to the sea: 威力彩玩法鈥檚 grant winners go cross-border in covering company climate claims

    21 Dec 2022, 10:25 Milou Dirkx Company climate claims With corporate net zero targets and climate neutrality claims popping up left and right, there is a multitude of important stories on company climate claims that journalists can dig into. That is why ...
  • 18 Oct 2024 |

    A veteran鈥檚 top five tips for impactful climate reporting

    18 Oct 2024, 09:04 Josh Axelrod Society With 15 years of climate journalism experience, Ugochi Anyaka Oluigbo has covered many remarkable environmental stories firsthand, from oil spills in Nigeria to the struggles of cocoa farmers in C么te d'Ivoire. ...
  • 10 Oct 2024 |
    EU

    Where to begin if you plan to cover energy and climate policymaking in Brussels

    10 Oct 2024, 12:31 Boris Schneider EU For a reporter who wants to get a foot in the door of EU energy and climate coverage, finding the right entry point poses the first and obvious challenge. But an often underestimated problem is allocating your ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    Losing track in green transition: Albania and Kosovo鈥檚 challenging journey towards railway revitalisation

    02 May 2024, 16:30 Marianna Raizner Transport International 威力彩玩法 grant winners Arlis Alikaj and Jeta Selmonaj Muji explored the plans of Albania and Kosovo to renew their railway systems- or mainly the lack thereof. They found that while "nothing ...
  • Enter a successful cross-border pitch: 威力彩玩法 jury shares tips

    06 Oct 2022, 15:10 Milou Dirkx Company climate claims International Companies around the world are increasingly making bold claims about becoming net-zero, and producing "climate neutral" products. Do these claims remain consistent across supply ...
  • 16 Jan 2024 |

    Digging deep: A cross-border reporting collaboration on deep-sea mining

    16 Jan 2024, 13:00 Milou Dirkx International 威力彩玩法 grant winners Gabriela Ram铆rez and Patrick Egwu dug deep into the politics behind deep-sea mining. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a UN body, governs half of the Earth's surface and has ...
  • 10 Nov 2023 |

    How 威力彩玩法 shows a way out of the Kafkaesque castle that the EU鈥檚 energy transition can be

    10 Nov 2023, 15:13 Boris Schneider International EU 威力彩玩法 has added two new products for journalists and experts who cover Europe's move to climate neutrality. The 'Dispatch from' and the 'Guides to' will update on the ...
  • 16 Oct 2024 |

    Coping with eco-anxiety and building resilience: Strategies for journalists

    16 Oct 2024, 09:20 Josh Axelrod Society Managing the emotional strain of covering climate and environmental issues is a growing concern for many journalists. At 威力彩玩法's 10-year anniversary conference, participants discussed strategies for ...
  • 02 Dec 2021 |

    COP26 Reflections: The good, the bad and the future

    02 Dec 2021, 15:04 Milou Dirkx International COP26 began with high expectations and finished in a whirlwind of pledges, promises and results that can be seen as both significant victories and major setbacks. And although COP26 has now ended, reporting ...
  • 29 Mar 2019 |

    A tectonic shift: Reporting on the business upheaval triggered by the energy transition

    29 Mar 2019, 15:01 S枚ren Amelang Business Technology Stepping up 威力彩玩法's coverage of the business upheaval triggered by the energy transition, and our upcoming Global Energy Transition Journalism conference #GETJO19, led me to reflect on ...
  • 07 Feb 2023 |

    Both doom and bloom- psychologists advise on covering climate change

    07 Feb 2023, 09:48 Milou Dirkx Society As the effects of climate change become increasingly visible and extreme, feelings of climate anxiety are on the rise. How can journalists best take emotions like these into account without amplifying them? A new ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    The power of solar in Africa, energy sovereignty in South America, coal trade between Colombia and Europe: 威力彩玩法鈥檚 grant winners go truly cross-border on green recovery

    06 Oct 2020, 14:00 Milou Dirkx International From a fair energy transition in Chile and Argentina to solar power in East Africa 鈥 the winning pitches of the 威力彩玩法 grant showcase the breadth and potential of true cross-border reporting. Our international ...
  • 12 Mar 2020 |

    Unbiased reporting needed on climate, today鈥檚 most polarised issue in US- says Amy Harder

    12 Mar 2020, 11:04 Julian Wettengel Politics International Climate has become the most polarising issue in the US and highlights deep partisan divides between Republicans and Democrats, a recent Pew Research Center survey shows. As climate change becomes ...
  • Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)

    Go-to environmental organisation for questions on technical standards. Their policy experts cover bioenergy, electric cars, climate & CO2, EU, Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Hydrogen, Policy, Renewables, Storage, Technology, and Transport. More ...
  • 威力彩玩法 Masterclass: What is at stake in energy and climate in Germany's election

    29 Jan 2025 Berlin Against the background of an ailing economy, geopolitical tensions around the globe and inflation-driven fears about a cost-of-living crisis, German voters are facing a crucial snap election. How should journalists make sense of the ...
  • 威力彩玩法 Masterclass: How to report on the construction sector鈥檚 hidden climate impact

    25 Jul 2024 Berlin Applications are closedThe climate and environmental impacts of construction have remained an afterthought in discussions about making buildings greener. While homes and offices are becoming more energy efficient, and the electricity ...
  • RESEARCH TOUR 鈥 Farmers, populism & climate action: Lessons from post-election Netherlands for the EU鈥檚 future agriculture and climate policies

    03- 06 Mar 2024 Amsterdam [Applications are closed] Populist leaders and parties are on the rise in many European countries. In the Netherlands, the far right politician Geert Wilders could become the next prime minister, with the BBB (Farmer-Citizen ...
  • 威力彩玩法 cross-border grants

    Open call for applications We currently don't have an open call for applications. Find previous cross-border grant opportunities here. What is cross-border research? Cross-border journalism can mean covering an international story with a colleague, ...
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