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  • Preview 2022 鈥 New German govt enters decisive energy transition year with high climate ambitions

    What to watch in energy & climate in Germany and beyond 20 Jan 2022, 10:42 2022 marks a crucial year for Germany's energy transition. The new government plans a massive acceleration of the country's renewables roll-out, wants to pull forward ...
  • Youth climate movement drives public debate about policy

    Climate protests and their policy impact 16 Aug 2023, 11:11 After the youth climate movement was struggling to find resonance during the energy crisis, some activists turned to more drastic protests, such as motorway blockades and attacks on artworks. ...
  • Preview 2021: 'Climate election' set to dominate Germany's energy transition agenda

    Will the pandemic and a new government help or hinder climate action next year? 22 Dec 2020, 12:30 2021 looks set to become a tumultuous and decisive year for climate and energy topics in Germany: In autumn, the country elects a new government 鈥 and ...
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  • 22 Mar 2022 |

    Small state of Saarland poses first public vote of confidence in Germany's new government

    22 Mar 2022, 14:29 The Saarland state election on 27 March is the first major public vote since Germany鈥檚 new federal government assumed power at the end of last year. The election in the small state is therefore partly seen as an indicator on how voters ...
  • German govt鈥檚 climate policy has been through baptism of fire in first 100 days

    18 Mar 2022, 14:48 The new German three-party coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz had started its term at the end of last year with optimism to launch a vigorous climate action programme after two difficult years in a pandemic. But the 鈥渢raffic light ...
  • 18 Mar 2022 |

    Germany can cope with a lot less Russian gas, but not entirely without it- analysis

    18 Mar 2022, 13:48 Kerstine Appunn Gas Efficiency Security 威力彩玩法 Germany can save enough energy to make itself almost independent from Russian gas within five years, but not entirely,聽 a paper 聽by think tank Agora Energiewende, consultancy ...
  • 16 Mar 2022 |

    German environmental taxes hit record low and don't do enough for climate 鈥 report

    16 Mar 2022, 13:35 Expert F脰S- Green Budget Germany Forum 脰kologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft Energiewende Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 威力彩玩法 The share of environmental taxes in Germany's public revenues fell to ...
  • 15 Mar 2022 |

    Emissions up 4.5% in 2021 after pandemic slump, transport and heating fail targets

    15 Mar 2022, 13:55 Germany鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly five percent in 2021, in an expected rebound during the economic revival after the pandemic. The country's Federal Environment Agency warned that the 鈥淐orona windfall ...
  • 15 Mar 2022 |

    EU's CO2 border adjustment plans threaten German steel industry鈥檚 climate-neutral future- report

    15 Mar 2022, 13:33 Edgar Meza Industry EU 威力彩玩法 The European Commission's plans to replace emission rights trading with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which aims to create a level playing field for EU producers subject to EU ...
  • 14 Mar 2022 |

    Germany plans new energy price relief for consumers

    14 Mar 2022, 13:47 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy dpa / Der Spiegel The German government plans a new relief package to help consumers cope with rising energy prices. The price increases overburden many people, Green economy and climate minister ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    Advisors, NGOs urge consumers to save fossil fuels through behaviour changes

    11 Mar 2022, 14:26 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Benjamin Wehrmann Efficiency Security Clean Energy ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    G7 energy ministers discuss ways to support Ukraine鈥檚 energy security

    11 Mar 2022, 13:45 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 Security G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 11 Mar 2022 |

    Q&A: How can Germany and the EU weather a fossil fuel embargo on Russia?

    11 Mar 2022, 13:03 As president Vladimir Putin continues to wage war in Ukraine and the U.S. is preparing to ban all oil imports from Russia, calls are getting louder for Germany and Europe to follow Washington鈥檚 lead. European countries are paying ...
  • 10 Mar 2022 |

    Ukraine war pushes demand for solar batteries as homeowners strive for independence

    10 Mar 2022, 13:20 Paul Gordon Solar 威力彩玩法 The war in Ukraine and the associated energy crisis are pushing homeowners in record numbers to install solar power systems and batteries, the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) has said. ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |

    Germany will fund half of new LNG terminal in alliance with Dutch operator

    07 Mar 2022, 13:56 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 Gas Security 威力彩玩法 The ...
  • 03 Mar 2022 |

    Efficiency industry calls for massive energy saving initiative to cut import dependence

    03 Mar 2022, 13:52 Expert DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency S枚ren Amelang Heating 威力彩玩法 Germany must launch an " ...
  • 02 Mar 2022 |

    War鈥檚 knock-on effects could lead to Germany missing emissions reduction targets- energy industry

    02 Mar 2022, 13:36 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Security Germany might ...
  • War in Ukraine: Tracking the impacts on German energy and climate policy

    24 Feb 2023, 11:00 One year after Russia started its devastating war on Ukraine, the energy policy landscape of Germany and most of Europe has changed radically. European states to a large extent lowered or even completely cut their reliance on Russian ...
  • German ports unprepared for offshore ramp-up 鈥 business associations

    25 Feb 2022, 13:20 Expert BVMW- German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses Bundesverband mittelst盲ndische Wirtschaft Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Germany's sea ports are not ...
  • Germany opposes Russia's cutoff from SWIFT banking over energy access concerns

    25 Feb 2022, 13:12 Kerstine Appunn Finance International Security ARD / RND / POLITICO The European Union on Thursday announced wide-ranging economic sanctions against Russia in response to president Vladimir Putin鈥檚 military attack on Ukraine- but didn鈥檛 ...
  • German government agrees wide-ranging energy price relief for consumers

    24 Feb 2022, 13:07 Expert VCI- German Chemicals Industry Association Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Die Zeit / Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 In view of ...
  • 25 Feb 2022 |

    Germany plans strategic gas and coal reserves

    25 Feb 2022, 13:50 Germany will safely get through this winter even if Russia cuts of energy supplies, the country's economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said. In order to prevent future supply shocks and reduce dependence on Russia, the ...
  • 22 Feb 2022 |

    Reactions from Germany to halt of Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression

    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
  • 23 Feb 2022 |

    German chancellor suspends Nord Stream 2 over Russian aggression against Ukraine

    23 Feb 2022, 10:15 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the economy ministry to halt the certification process for the already completed ...
  • 22 Feb 2022 |

    Germany鈥檚 plan for agriculture funding puts focus on organic farming

    22 Feb 2022, 13:12 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Agriculture 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 new government has handed in the 鈥渟trategic plan鈥 on how it would distribute the 30 billion euros in subsidies ...
  • Temporary 鈥減rice shock鈥 for oil and gas in event of Russian invasion of Ukraine 鈥 ifo head

    18 Feb 2022, 12:03 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 An ...
  • 18 Feb 2022 |

    Germany must push for EU CO2 price in transport and buildings 鈥 govt advisors

    18 Feb 2022, 12:01 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 威力彩玩法 The German government should intensify its efforts for introducing a new EU carbon emissions trading system for the transport and buildings sectors, a group of climate science ...
  • 17 Feb 2022 |

    NGOs call on govt to soon start returning CO2 price revenues to citizens

    17 Feb 2022, 12:00 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 government should soon introduce a so-called climate premium (鈥淜limageld鈥) to return the revenues from the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels to citizens, ...
  • 11 Feb 2022 |

    Fridays for Future accuses new German government of failing on climate promise

    11 Feb 2022, 13:44 S枚ren Amelang Society 威力彩玩法 The German Fridays for Future climate protest movement has said the new German government is nowhere near to implementing the policies necessary to address the climate emergency. "It's ...
  • 10 Feb 2022 |

    Germany to open agricultural areas to solar power in first move of renewables push

    10 Feb 2022, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Agriculture Solar 威力彩玩法 Several German ministries have launched a coordinated initiative to better use the potential locations for constructing new renewable energy installations. In one of the first ...
  • 09 Feb 2022 |

    Maze of support programmes means German energy transition could 'hit a wall' 鈥 economists

    09 Feb 2022, 13:20 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government Handelsblatt The slur of programmes and initiatives aimed at boosting Germany鈥檚 emissions ...
  • E.ON lambasts study questioning its climate credentials

    08 Feb 2022, 14:44 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Focus Online E.ON objects to a study arguing the German utility and many other large companies fall short of their net-zero carbon promises, news website Focus Online reported. The ...
  • 08 Feb 2022 |

    Bavaria鈥檚 econ min says exceptions to state鈥檚 strict wind power distance rules are necessary

    08 Feb 2022, 14:07 b.wehrmann Wind 威力彩玩法 The strict minimum distance rules for new onshore wind turbines in Bavaria need to be relaxed to ensure a faster expansion of the renewable power source, the state鈥檚 economy minister Hubert Aiwanger has ...
  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    Carbon Contracts for Difference could kickstart German industry decarbonisation 鈥 think tank

    07 Feb 2022, 13:36 b.wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Contracts refunding companies for investments in low-emissions technologies could be a key tool to ensure industry starts the transition to聽 climate-neutral production, a study by ...
  • 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 ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    German govt finds compromise on buildings鈥 subsidy to appease construction sector

    02 Feb 2022, 13:43 k.appunn Efficiency Heating Society 威力彩玩法 The German government has agreed to review applications by home builders under a controversial funding programme set up by the previous administration. Its aim is to pacify the ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    Geothermal energy could cover a quarter of Germany鈥檚 heating needs 鈥 researchers

    02 Feb 2022, 13:42 k.appunn Heating 威力彩玩法 Deep geothermal energy can make a major contribution to the decarbonisation of Germany鈥檚 heating sector, a paper published by researchers from the Fraunhofer and Helmholtz associations shows. Deep ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    German environment ministry funds moorland protection in Africa

    02 Feb 2022, 13:40 k.appunn Agriculture International 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 environment ministry (BMUV) will launch four new projects worth a total of 32 million euros to protect wetlands and peatlands abroad, it announced on the occasion of today鈥檚 ...
  • 02 Feb 2022 |

    Q&A: EU sustainable finance taxonomy and the dispute about nuclear power and gas

    02 Feb 2022, 12:52 With its Green Deal the European Union has embarked on the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050, and it has made sustainable finance a key pillar of its efforts. The EU taxonomy 鈥 a system that defines companies鈥 activities ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Solar PV overtakes wind power capacity in Germany in 2021- media

    01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman b.wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total solar PV capacity in Germany has ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Network operator starts using offshore wind to stabilise grid

    01 Feb 2022, 13:25 k.appunn Grid 威力彩玩法 Grid operator TenneT has started using 17 wind farms in the North Sea to prevent grid bottlenecks, the company that runs a large section of the German transmission grid ranging from the coast to the Alps ...
  • 31 Jan 2022 |

    German foreign ministry gets new state secretary for climate policy 鈥 media

    31 Jan 2022, 13:29 k.appunn Government International Der Spiegel The German foreign ministry under Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) will create a new position of state secretary for international climate policy, reports Der Spiegel. The Bundestag (federal ...
  • 27 Jan 2022 |

    Climate-friendly recovery key issue at G7 finance ministers鈥 summit in May

    27 Jan 2022, 13:04 b.wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Finance International 威力彩玩法 The new German finance minister, Christian Lindner, has聽 said 聽climate action and sustainable finance will be two core topics during the country鈥檚 G7 presidency ...
  • 25 Jan 2022 |

    Policy reactions to climate change growing factor for financial stability 鈥 German central bank

    25 Jan 2022, 13:30 b.wehrmann Finance 威力彩玩法 Climate action policies and the ability of the economy to cope with them will become a defining factor for the financial system鈥檚 stability, the German central bank Bundesbank has said in a聽 report. ...
  • 25 Jan 2022 |

    Sudden halt of controversial buildings subsidy dismays Germany's construction sector

    25 Jan 2022, 13:24 BDI- Federation of German Industries Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy DENEFF- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency Citizens' energy Business & Jobs Efficiency Shaping a new integrated energy system and ...
  • 24 Jan 2022 |

    German government vows to speed up energy transition

    24 Jan 2022, 13:31 s.amelang 威力彩玩法 Renewables Policy dpa / Stern The German coalition government has promised to accelerate the country's landmark energy transition and other core legislation procedures, newswire dpa report s in an ...
  • 24 Jan 2022 |

    Investors plan import terminal for synthetic methane from Middle East in Germany

    24 Jan 2022, 12:51 Jessica Bateman 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen Die Welt Investors plan to build an import terminal for synthetic methane made in the Middle East on Germany's North Sea coast, reports newspaper Die Welt. The company Tree Energy ...
  • 21 Jan 2022 |

    Global coordination of climate policy top priority in German G7 presidency

    21 Jan 2022, 18:40 The German government wants to use this year鈥檚 presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialised nations and democracies to improve the coordination of global efforts to combat climate change. 鈥淲e want to achieve that no ...
  • 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 ...
  • Renewables levy could come to early end as govt split over power consumer relief

    21 Jan 2022, 12:18 High energy prices continue to keep Germany鈥檚 new government busy, and the coalition parties are debating ways to ease the burden on struggling consumers. A possible short-term remedy could be an earlier end to the country鈥檚 renewable ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    Final 2020 emissions data out: Germany narrowly stays within EU climate goal margin

    20 Jan 2022, 13:42 k.appunn Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany narrowly managed to meet its emissions budget for 2020 under the EU鈥檚 climate action targets for sectors such as transport and buildings (Effort Sharing Decision), the final ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    German grid agency to get consumer advocate as new president- media

    20 Jan 2022, 13:28 k.appunn Grid Handelsblatt Germany鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), in charge of regulating the power grid and overseeing the country鈥檚 grid expansion planning, will reportedly get the prominent head of the Federal Consumer ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    German energy companies invested record amounts in 2021

    20 Jan 2022, 13:27 Jessica Bateman Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Record levels of investment were made by German energy companies in 2021, said the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Investments totalling 20.5 billion euros ...
  • Legal opinion finds German national carbon pricing system constitutional

    20 Jan 2022, 12:09 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background A legal opinion commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has concluded that the German government鈥檚 Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG) does not ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    Onshore wind expansion in Germany at 2011 level as industry hopes grow

    20 Jan 2022, 12:01 Germany's onshore wind power capacity is recovering from years of depressed expansion, but is still not close to levels necessary for the country鈥檚 renewables targets for 2030, the country's wind power industry聽said in its ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    Economist calls for climate policies to meet different countries鈥 needs

    20 Jan 2022, 11:54 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Tagesspiegel Global climate policies must be shaped towards different countries鈥 strengths and weaknesses if they are to be successful, a leading German economist has said. In an opinion piece for Der ...
  • 20 Jan 2022 |

    German government push is key to kickstarting EU industry decarbonisation

    20 Jan 2022, 10:22 Germany's new government must take rapid policy decisions at home and actively engage at the EU level and beyond to pave the way for urgent emission cuts in energy-intensive industry. The start of the country's government ...
  • 19 Jan 2022 |

    Germany aims to turn G7 into 鈥渘ucleus of an international climate club鈥 鈥 chancellor

    19 Jan 2022, 13:45 j.wettengel Hydrogen G20 & G7 Germany will use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies this year to turn the group into 鈥渁 nucleus of an international climate club,鈥 said German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the World ...
  • Executives鈥 climate change awareness on rise globally, less so in Germany

    19 Jan 2022, 12:08 j.wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 The executives of companies worldwide are becoming increasingly concerned about climate change, but in Germany less so in global comparison, said accounting ...
  • 17 Jan 2022 |

    Clash between wind power expansion plans and military needs can be resolved 鈥 industry

    17 Jan 2022, 12:09 j.wettengel Wind 威力彩玩法 Military obstacles and air traffic control systems often stand in the way of the much-needed expansion of onshore wind power in Germany, but the problem could be resolved quickly, said wind energy ...
  • 14 Jan 2022 |

    New German government must prepare offshore wind boom after expansion halt in 2021 鈥 industry

    14 Jan 2022, 14:00 b.wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 offshore wind industry is placing great hope on the new government鈥檚 ambitious renewables expansion plans, after no turbines were added to German waters throughout the whole of 2021 ...
  • Opposition says new economy minister Habeck neglects businesses amid climate push

    14 Jan 2022, 13:46 b.wehrmann Business & Jobs Government 威力彩玩法 / Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The ambitious energy transition plans by new German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck have drawn criticism from the opposition, which ...
  • 13 Jan 2022 |

    German industry calls on government to use G7 presidency for cooperation on climate

    13 Jan 2022, 14:11 BDI- Federation of German Industries Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy s.amelang Industry G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Germany should use its G7 presidency to push for more international cooperation in the fight against ...
  • 12 Jan 2022 |

    Promoting Green Deal beyond EU central issue for German G7 presidency 鈥 climate minister

    12 Jan 2022, 13:50 j.wettengel EU G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Climate action tops the agenda of the German presidency of the G7 group of influential economies, which the new economy and climate ministry aims (BMWK) to use to improve greenhouse gas ...
  • Greens in German-French border state want to overcome nuclear row and focus on cooperation

    12 Jan 2022, 13:16 b.wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Renewables dpa / Die Zeit Amid the debate between France and Germany over the use of nuclear power in the EU鈥檚 emissions reduction plans, the Green Party in southwestern German state Baden-W眉rttemberg want ...
  • Germany to launch emergency programme for 鈥渉uge, gigantic鈥 2030 emissions target task

    12 Jan 2022, 12:20 Faced with a 鈥渄rastic backlog鈥 of too-high emissions left by the previous government and with not enough measures in place to reach the 2030 climate targets, Germany鈥檚 new minister for the economy and climate, Robert Habeck, has ...
  • 11 Jan 2022 |

    Environment minister says Germany prepares 鈥渃lear no鈥 on nuclear in EU taxonomy

    11 Jan 2022, 13:40 BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Climate & CO2 B眉rgerbewegung Finanzwende Finance DUH- Environmental Action Germany Climate & CO2 Society VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Climate & CO2 Electricity market ...
  • 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, ...
  • 10 Jan 2022 |

    German economy minister aims to speed up climate action with emergency measures 鈥 media

    10 Jan 2022, 13:43 b.wehrmann Renewables Government dpa / t-online With a set of immediate measures, Germany鈥檚 new economy and climate minister Robert Habeck wants to kickstart the government鈥檚 ambitious plans for fast emissions reduction and energy ...
  • 10 Jan 2022 |

    Nord Stream 2 must run to avoid 鈥渂illion-euro ruin鈥 in the Baltic 鈥 German climate committee head

    10 Jan 2022, 13:26 e.meza Gas Security WirtschaftsWoche As energy prices in Germany continue to rise, the chairman of the German Bundestag鈥檚 climate committee, Klaus Ernst, is pushing for the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to begin ...
  • 鈥淣uclear is the opposite of what wind & solar need to partner with鈥- ex energy state sec

    10 Jan 2022, 12:20 Without the anti-nuclear movement, the energy transition in Germany would likely look different. But despite a strong focus on fighting nuclear power, the civil society movement that marked the rise of the Green Party has always had the ...
  • German coal plants benefit from record gas prices despite higher CO2 costs- analysis

    06 Jan 2022, 13:36 k.appunn Carbon market Electricity market Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 The German wholesale power price more than tripled in 2021 to an average of 97 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) compared to the previous year, pushing it to the ...
  • 05 Jan 2022 |

    German carmaker Porsche bets on e-fuels

    05 Jan 2022, 13:44 k.appunn Cars Handelsblatt German carmaker Porsche wants to continue selling cars with combustion engines and invests in the production of synthetic fuels to lower their emissions. In a first step, the company is investing 20 million ...
  • 04 Jan 2022 |

    Renewables supplied 46% of net public power in Germany in 2021

    04 Jan 2022, 12:30 Fraunhofer ISE Renewables Solar k.appunn Electricity 威力彩玩法 The share of renewables in net public power generation amounted to 46 percent in 2021, down from 50 percent the year before, figures released by research institute ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    Germany to use G7 presidency to make group 鈥榯railblazer鈥 for climate-neutral economy 鈥 Scholz

    03 Jan 2022, 14:13 e.meza G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would use its year-long presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), which began 1 January, 鈥渢o make this group of countries a trailblazer for a climate-neutral economy ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    German climate minister says country set to miss 2022 emission reduction targets

    03 Jan 2022, 13:19 s.amelang Climate & CO2 Die Zeit Germany is lagging behind in climate action and the country is likely to miss its sectoral targets for emission reductions this year, the country's new climate and economy "super minister ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    Germany enters last year of nuclear, takes reactors and lignite plants offline

    03 Jan 2022, 13:18 RWE AG Utilities k.appunn Coal Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 nuclear and coal phase-out both took a step towards their completion on the last day of 2021, when the country decommissioned several gigawatts of nuclear and ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    German agriculture minister says end of 鈥榡unk prices for food鈥 will protect animals and climate

    03 Jan 2022, 13:17 k.appunn Agriculture Bild am Sonntag Germany's new agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir from the Green Party wants people to 鈥渧alue their food as much as their cars鈥, he told Bild am Sonntag in an interview at the end of last year. In ...
  • 03 Jan 2022 |

    German consumers experience biggest rise ever in gas and power prices in 2021

    03 Jan 2022, 13:15 b.wehrmann Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 German consumers saw the greatest rise in prices ever recorded for electricity, gas and heating oil in 2021, comparison website Verivox has said. The price for gas climbed by almost 47 ...
  • 04 Jan 2022 |

    German government split over EU plans to label gas as sustainable

    04 Jan 2022, 08:37 German ministers have criticised EU plans to label nuclear energy as a sustainable investment, but the government coalition is split on also including fossil gas in the taxonomy. Finance minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business ...
  • 10 Dec 2015 |

    Pulling the plug on nuclear

    10 Dec 2015, 12:00 The question is no longer whether Germany鈥檚 future will be nuclear-free 鈥 or even when, since the government is committed to completing the phase-out by 2022. But the logistics of pulling the plug on what was until recently one of the ...
  • 14 Apr 2023 |

    Q&A: Why is Germany phasing out nuclear power- and why now?

    14 Apr 2023, 10:18 Nuclear power production in Germany comes to an end on 15 April 2023, marking a milestone in the long and controversial process of the technology's phase-out in the country. Europe鈥檚 energy crisis, fuelled by the fallout of Russia ...
  • 23 Dec 2021 |

    New German govt enters 2022 with no time to lose in race for climate neutrality

    23 Dec 2021, 13:13 A new German government has started its work shortly before Christmas, kicking off its four-year term with a key promise to make the country ready for its ambitious bid to become climate neutral before the middle of the century. At a ...
  • 22 Dec 2021 |

    Germany to push for international climate club during G7 presidency

    22 Dec 2021, 13:50 Germany鈥檚 new government coalition is set to markedly strengthen the country鈥檚 European and international climate policy efforts and use the presidency of the G7 next year to advance the establishment of a global 鈥渃limate club鈥 and new ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    Germany鈥檚 energy consumption rising, renewables share falling in 2021

    21 Dec 2021, 14:21 Energy consumption in Germany has increased in 2021, as the economy recovered from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the country weathered a cold winter. At the same time, a year of depressed wind power production let the ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    German grid operators and utilities prepare for spread of Omicron variant

    21 Dec 2021, 13:27 BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities s.amelang 威力彩玩法 Grid Utilities Security 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background / ARD The ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    Germans spend low share of income on energy bills in EU comparison

    21 Dec 2021, 13:04 e.meza 威力彩玩法 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Germans spend a much lower share of their income on energy bills than many other EU citizens, according to the German Economic Institute (IW). German households pay just ...
  • 20 Dec 2021 |

    New German environment minister wants to reconcile wind power demand and nature conservation

    20 Dec 2021, 13:57 e.meza 威力彩玩法 Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung New German environment minister Steffi Lemke plans to focus on reconciling climate protection and nature conservation during the impending massive rollout of windpower. Speaking to ...
  • Germany's 'super minister' announces climate and energy opening balance

    20 Dec 2021, 13:33 e.meza 威力彩玩法 Policy Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Robert Habeck, Germany鈥檚 new minister for economic affairs and climate protection, will present an 鈥渙pening balance鈥 at the beginning ...
  • Preview 2022- What to watch in energy & climate in Germany and beyond

    20 Dec 2021, 10:55 The start of Germany's new government makes 2022 a crucial year for the country's landmark energy transition. All eyes are on the three-way coalition's first steps towards implementing its ambitious climate plans, which ...
  • 17 Dec 2021 |

    Chancellor Scholz calls for keeping "private sector project" Nord Stream 2 out of Ukraine crisis

    17 Dec 2021, 12:28 j.wettengel Gas Security 威力彩玩法 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out against linking the operating permit for the controversial Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to efforts to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 14 Dec 2021 |

    Commerzbank pushes for coal phase-out by 2030

    14 Dec 2021, 11:28 e.meza Coal Finance 威力彩玩法 As part of its efforts to achieve a coal phaseout in Germany by 2030, Commerzbank is introducing a number of measures aimed at decreasing business linked to fossil fuels. From 1 January, Commerzbank ...
  • New German finance minister must strike balance between climate spending & solid budget

    13 Dec 2021, 13:51 Few nominations for Germany鈥檚 new government cabinet have caused as much international uproar as that of FDP leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. Critics have warned that the head of the pro-business party could thwart ...
  • 10 Dec 2021 |

    Germany's fast-charging infrastructure growing quicker than demand from e-cars

    10 Dec 2021, 14:02 BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities b.wehrmann Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 The construction of fast-charging infrastructure for e-cars in Germany ...
  • New German development minister to highlight climate in cooperation with global South

    09 Dec 2021, 13:34 b.wehrmann Elections & Politics International 威力彩玩法 In the context of the formation of Germany鈥檚 new government, former environment minister Svenja Schulze moves on to lead the country鈥檚 development ministry (BMZ), ...
  • 09 Dec 2021 |

    Warmer winters pushing white Christmas out of Germany 鈥 meteorological service DWD

    09 Dec 2021, 13:30 DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Climate & CO2 b.wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 威力彩玩法 Global warming is making white Christmas a thing of the past in Germany, the country鈥檚 national weather service ...
  • 06 Dec 2021 |

    New German govt faces tough challenge in French nuclear power push for the EU 鈥 media

    06 Dec 2021, 14:06 b.wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Der Spiegel The plans of French President Emmanuel Macron to make nuclear power a pillar of the EU鈥檚 decarbonisation strategy pose a 鈥減olitical nightmare鈥 for the next German government, Michael Sauga and ...
  • 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 ...
  • 30 Nov 2021 |

    New Berlin state government to introduce citizen climate council and 'climate check' for laws

    30 Nov 2021, 13:49 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background The new Berlin state government consisting of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party has presented its coalition agreement on Monday. The threey-party ...
  • 25 Nov 2021 |

    Greens criticise European Commission's plans against methane emissions

    25 Nov 2021, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Gas International dpa The European Commission is planning measures against methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the EU, according to a draft law proposal seen by聽 German news agency ...
  • 23 Nov 2021 |

    UK makes carbon capture central pillar of net-zero drive

    23 Nov 2021, 13:30 The UK government is embracing carbon removal technologies as a part of its net-zero ambition and wants to use carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to revive the industrial heartlands in the North of the country and create tens ...
  • 22 Nov 2021 |

    鈥淭he wind farm saves our swimming pool鈥 鈥 survey looks into renewables dividend for German towns

    22 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert Agency for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection (AEEPM, Romania) Bioenergy Transport Kerstine Appunn Citizens' energy Wind Many people in Germany, including those generally in favour of renewable energies, remain ...
  • 22 Nov 2021 |

    Southern German states call on EU to allow regional wind power privileges

    22 Nov 2021, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Wind S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The leader of four German states have asked the European Commission to pass a special wind energy quota for the country's South, arguing that the expansion of wind energy needs to 鈥減ick up ...
  • Germany's Social Democratic Party has new climate movement- report

    19 Nov 2021, 13:17 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background A new climate movement has ...
  • 19 Nov 2021 |

    German environment agency warns against using fossil CO2 in CCU

    19 Nov 2021, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Carbon removal Technology Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies will be required on a large scale in a climate-neutral economy, but these only make sense in combination with direct air ...
  • 19 Nov 2021 |

    Only a third of German shipping companies already implement emissions cuts- survey

    19 Nov 2021, 13:10 Expert PwC Electricity market Transport Cars Business & Jobs Efficiency Heating S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Transport Freight 威力彩玩法 Many German shipping companies are reluctant to implement emissions reduction ...
  • 17 Nov 2021 |

    German housholds set to see more gas and electricity price hikes through winter

    17 Nov 2021, 12:55 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Gas and electricity prices are soaring in Germany and many energy suppliers have already notified households of further rate hikes in the coming months, according to ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Energy ministry raises estimate for Germany鈥檚 2030 power need

    16 Nov 2021, 13:44 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |

    Bavaria announces new climate protection act but leaves doors shut for wind power

    16 Nov 2021, 13:41 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 BR The German state of Bavaria wants to be climate-neutral by 2040 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030, according to the revised Climate Protection Act, passed by the state cabinet on ...
  • 16 Nov 2021 |
    Gas

    Certification of Nord Stream 2 pipeline suspended over legal details

    16 Nov 2021, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 Federal ...
  • 15 Nov 2021 |

    Carbon markets 鈥 COP26 closes biggest loopholes but lacks clarity on voluntary trade

    15 Nov 2021, 13:56 Negotiators in Glasgow reached a breakthrough on the rules for global carbon emission reduction trade. After five years of unsuccessful deliberations since the Paris Agreement laid down the framework for a new market where states and ...
  • 15 Nov 2021 |

    German reactions to the COP26 climate summit results

    15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting聽in a similarly positive ...
  • 14 Nov 2021 |

    COP26- Glasgow Climate Pact decided in overtime with weakened coal pledge

    14 Nov 2021, 12:40 A Glasgow Climate Pact, including the notion that climate action needs to be accelerated within this decade to keep global temperature from rising more than 1.5掳C as well as a historic reference to the phase-out of climate damaging ...
  • 12 Nov 2021 |

    Carbon offset markets in limbo: Key issues of Article 6 PA as talks come to a head

    12 Nov 2021, 17:20 With only hours officially left to conclude talks in Glasgow, the details of how future carbon markets can help to increase climate mitigation ambition are being formed at the hands of government ministers while NGOs warn that current ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    Government dispute over e-fuels stops Germany from signing COP26 car pledge

    10 Nov 2021, 13:51 The German government has refused to sign on to a COP26 climate summit declaration on zero emissions cars and vans because the transport and environment ministries could not agree on whether to include e-fuels in the country鈥檚 ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    German cities increasingly relying on electric cars for municipal vehicle fleets

    10 Nov 2021, 13:18 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Cars Cities 威力彩玩法 One out of five cars in Germany's municipal vehicle fleets is now electric, according to a survey 聽conducted by clean mobility think tank聽Agora Verkehrswende, which ...
  • 10 Nov 2021 |

    Day 10 at COP26: Germany stresses need for both ambitious political outcome & strong rulebook

    10 Nov 2021, 17:04 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit.聽 威力彩玩法 tracks the latest views and comments from ...
  • 09 Nov 2021 |

    New German gov鈥檛 must back goal of 2% land area for wind power with other measures- advisors

    09 Nov 2021, 12:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 威力彩玩法 The possible next German government鈥檚 plans to dedicate two percent of the country鈥檚 land area to wind power generation will need to be backed by a wide range of additional activities to ensure ...
  • 09 Nov 2021 |

    Day 9 at COP26: Germany signs pledge to end foreign fossil fuel funding by 2022, hailed as 鈥済ame changer鈥

    09 Nov 2021, 18:30 After a week of political announcements, ministers this week join their negotiators to hash out the nitty-gritty of the Paris Agreement rulebook and eyes are on a possible solution for carbon markets under Article 6. 威力彩玩法 tracks the ...
  • 08 Nov 2021 |

    Day 8 at COP26: Germany pledges additional 150 million euros for climate adaptation

    08 Nov 2021, 17:30 With the goal to "keep 1.5掳 within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. Industrialised countries and large emitters are ...
  • 04 Nov 2021 |

    Three quarters of German buildings still heated with fossil fuels 鈥 report

    04 Nov 2021, 13:36 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Efficiency 威力彩玩法 Three quarters of German buildings are ...
  • 04 Nov 2021 |

    Govt to fund CO2 removal research with 鈧20 million over next three years

    04 Nov 2021, 13:32 Kerstine Appunn Carbon removal Ten projects researching different techniques for carbon direct removal (CDR) from the atmosphere will receive a total of 20 million euros in funding from Germany鈥檚 federal science and education ministry ...
  • 04 Nov 2021 |

    Scientific advisory board stresses need for forest adaptation in face of 鈥渆xistential threat鈥

    04 Nov 2021, 13:11 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Agriculture Edgar Meza Agriculture 威力彩玩法 The adaptation of forests to the consequences of climate change is the most important task facing forest policymakers today, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 03 Nov 2021 |

    New state premier of North-Rhine Westphalia ready to end coal by 2030

    03 Nov 2021, 14:30 Kerstine Appunn Coal 威力彩玩法 / dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 most populated state and home to some of the largest still operating lignite mines and coal power stations could phase-out the fossil fuel as early as 2030, ...
  • 02 Nov 2021 |

    Merkel makes plea for carbon pricing in last COP climate speech

    02 Nov 2021, 12:57 Taking her final bow on the world stage after 26 years of climate policy involvement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow that progress in emission reductions has been insufficient to achieve the ...
  • 01 Nov 2021 |

    Merkel calls G20 climate outcome 鈥済ood signal鈥 for COP26, NGOs cry foul

    01 Nov 2021, 12:48 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 COP26 威力彩玩法 The G20 summit in Rome has achieved good results on climate policy, said German chancellor Angela Merkel. 鈥淭hat is a good signal for Glasgow," she said. Ahead of the UN Climate Change ...
  • 28 Oct 2021 |

    Drought, heavy rains and heat waves impair tourism in Germany 鈥 report

    28 Oct 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany's tourism regions urgently need to adapt as they are impacted by climate change in a multitude of ways that will damage many businesses, said a report ...
  • 28 Oct 2021 |
    Gas

    Scholz says Germany needs new gas plants as EU edges closer to taxonomy decision

    28 Oct 2021, 13:37 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Gas 威力彩玩法 / EurActiv Germany鈥檚 chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz (SPD) has re-iterated that the country must build new gas-fired power plants to complement renewables and guarantee ...
  • 28 Oct 2021 |

    COP26 aims to keep 1.5掳C within reach as Merkel leaves international climate stage

    28 Oct 2021, 13:30 Governments from across the world will descend on Glasgow next week for the UN climate change conference COP26, with the UK presidency鈥檚 key objective as keeping the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5掳C within reach. It is set ...
  • 26 Oct 2021 |

    Staying true to the Paris Agreement could hobble booming carbon offset market

    26 Oct 2021, 12:43 The booming voluntary market for CO2聽emission offsets is facing a hairy double counting issue that could stop further growth in its tracks. While high-aiming businesspeople are preparing a new standard to scale the market and make it ...
  • 21 Oct 2021 |

    European CO2 price should be central to German climate policy 鈥 economists

    21 Oct 2021, 13:28 Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU 威力彩玩法 Germany should think ...
  • Fridays for Future calls on next govt to introduce German CO2 budget in line with 1.5掳 target

    20 Oct 2021, 13:32 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Climate activists from Fridays for Future have presented a list of demands for the first 100 days of a new German government. The activists first and ...
  • 20 Oct 2021 |

    German federal and state governments agree on moorland protection programme

    20 Oct 2021, 13:18 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 The German federal government and state governments have reached an agreement about the protection of moorlands. Environment minister Svenja Schulze and agriculture minister Julia ...
  • 20 Oct 2021 |
    Gas

    Nord Stream 2 must be in line with European regulation to receive permit 鈥 Baerbock

    20 Oct 2021, 13:15 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Funke-Mediengruppe German Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock has said that the controversial Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 should only be granted its operating permit if it adheres to ...
  • 19 Oct 2021 |

    Government projection report confirms Germany clearly off-track from 2030 climate target

    19 Oct 2021, 13:46 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 Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut ...
  • 18 Oct 2021 |

    First German officials call for support payments amid energy price hike as industry鈥檚 worries grow

    18 Oct 2021, 13:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Tagesspiegel Background / Welt am Sonntag / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Die Welt The energy price hike across Europe is causing further worries among German officials and company leaders, ...
  • 20 Oct 2021 |

    鈥淚 wouldn't play avoiding and removing emissions off against each other鈥 鈥 atmosfair CEO

    20 Oct 2021, 10:40 From large car manufacturers to globally operating logistics companies 鈥 the number of businesses pursuing net-zero targets and wanting to reduce their carbon footprint is growing. As many of the companies cannot or do not want to ...
  • Carbon offset market booms despite nagging greenwash concerns

    15 Oct 2021, 11:34 Thanks to more and more businesses publicly making 鈥渃arbon neutrality鈥 or 鈥渘et-zero鈥 commitments, the voluntary market for carbon emission offsets is booming both globally and in Germany. Critics, however, consider buying into projects ...
  • 14 Oct 2021 |

    Onshore wind energy continues slow recovery in Germany with more bids in latest tender

    14 Oct 2021, 13:29 Kerstine Appunn Renewables 威力彩玩法 For the first time since December 2020, an onshore wind power auction was oversubscribed in Germany. Developers submitted 210 bids totalling 1,824megawatt (MW) for the tender volume of 1,492 ...
  • 14 Oct 2021 |

    No G20 state on 1.5掳C path, Germany no exception

    14 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 The progress made so far by the world鈥檚 largest industrialised and emerging countries is far too miniscule to adhere to the Paris Agreement鈥檚 1.5 degree temperature ...
  • 13 Oct 2021 |

    Company car tax cuts undermine Germany鈥檚 transport sector emissions reduction efforts 鈥 analysis

    13 Oct 2021, 13:23 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 威力彩玩法 The tax cuts for company cars in Germany are undermining the country鈥檚 efforts to get a ...
  • 13 Oct 2021 |

    Gas price hike may hit German economy with production cuts- media reports

    13 Oct 2021, 13:02 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche / Der Spiegel / manager magazin Media reports show that rising prices for energy and especially for natural gas across Europe could start to hamper German companies鈥 ability to ...
  • No time to lose for next government to get Germany on path to climate neutrality 鈥 report

    11 Oct 2021, 14:02 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The next German government must get a great deal of ambitious policy underway very quickly to put Germany on a path towards climate neutrality by 2045 right ...
  • 11 Oct 2021 |

    German towns call for energy support payments for poor households amid gas price hike

    11 Oct 2021, 13:26 Expert German Association of Towns and Municipalities Deutsche St盲dte- und Gemeindebund Cities Citizens' energy Society Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Bild Zeitung The Association of German Towns and Municipalities (DStGB) ...
  • 08 Oct 2021 |

    Germany needs 20-30 GW of new gas plants to ensure supply security 鈥 RWE CEO

    08 Oct 2021, 12:00 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • Climate neutrality 2045 feasible, but 鈥渆normous task鈥 for Germany 鈥 dena

    07 Oct 2021, 12:17 Germany can reach its target of climate neutrality by 2045 but enormous tasks such as the massive expansion of renewable energy and transformation of whole industries have to be initiated as quickly as possible by the country鈥檚 next ...
  • 06 Oct 2021 |

    Renewables and climate action part of solution to energy price hike 鈥 German env min

    06 Oct 2021, 14:00 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU 威力彩玩法 Renewable energy and climate action are part of the solution to an energy crunch such as the one currently experienced by Europe, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
  • 30 Sep 2021 |

    Financial institutions call on German companies to set climate targets ahead of COP26

    30 Sep 2021, 13:16 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance COP26 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A month ahead of the international climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, 220 financial institutions call on 1,600 companies to define solid targets to reduce their greenhouse ...
  • 29 Sep 2021 |

    Milk鈥檚 environmental balance: pasture-based dairy farming beats indoor production

    29 Sep 2021, 13:27 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Agriculture 威力彩玩法 Organically produced milk derived from pasture-fed cows is more environmentally friendly than milk ...
  • 28 Sep 2021 |

    Software developers see growing opportunities in CO2 emissions management

    28 Sep 2021, 13:41 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Handelsblatt The analysis of CO2 emissions promises big business for software companies, Larissa Holzki and Christof Kerkmann write in Handelsblatt. They point out, however, that CO2 emissions remain ...
  • 24 Sep 2021 |

    German parties agree on urgent need for faster climate action in last debate before vote

    24 Sep 2021, 13:43 In a last TV debate three days before the German elections, the representatives of almost all major parties have agreed that more rapid and effective climate protection must be a priority for the next government. At the same time, the ...
  • Global Fridays for Future strike calls for climate action 2 days before German election

    24 Sep 2021, 13:13 Youth climate movement Fridays for Future called for a rapid transition to climate neutrality at its eighth global climate strike just two days before the German federal election. Protests took place in hundreds of German towns and ...
  • Fridays for Future plans climate strike in over 350 German cities ahead of election

    23 Sep 2021, 13:45 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Activists from student climate movement Fridays for Future plan to take to the streets worldwide and in over 350 German cities for a global ...
  • 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 ...
  • 22 Sep 2021 |

    NGO sues BMW and Mercedes over combustion engine phase out

    22 Sep 2021, 13:41 Jessica Bateman 威力彩玩法 Cars Manager Magazin/ Handelsblatt An NGO has filed lawsuits to try and force BMW and Mercedes to stop producing internal combustion engines by 2030 at the latest. Environmental organisation ...
  • 23 Sep 2021 |

    The carbon balancing act: Emission reduction and removal in the bid for net-zero

    23 Sep 2021, 12:45 鈥淎chieving net-zero鈥 emissions by the middle of the century is a goal that few would fault. But when it comes to reaching a balance of greenhouse gases and carbon removal 鈥 as not all emissions from food and industrial production can be ...
  • "Signal for trust鈥 to developing nations needed with $100bn climate finance plan 鈥 German state sec

    21 Sep 2021, 14:04 The German state secretary in the environment ministry, Jochen Flasbarth, has called on wealthy nations to do more on climate finance and come up with a plan to reach the target of mobilising 100 billion U.S. dollars per year for ...
  • 21 Sep 2021 |

    German public transport passenger numbers in first half of 2021 down 42 percent compared to 2019

    21 Sep 2021, 13:56 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Jessica Bateman Transport Rail and bus passenger numbers in Germany in the first half of 2021 were less 42 percent of pre-pandemic levels, statistics ...
  • 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 ...
  • 20 Sep 2021 |

    Most Germans support higher CO2 price if revenue is paid back to consumers

    20 Sep 2021, 13:25 Jessica Bateman 威力彩玩法 Cost & Prices Society 威力彩玩法 Over half of Germans would support a higher CO2 price in transport and heating if the revenue was redistributed to consumers rather than kept by the ...
  • Next German govt will need to make unpopular decisions on emission cuts, say scientists

    20 Sep 2021, 13:21 Jessica Bateman 威力彩玩法 Policy Elections & Politics Whoever forms the next federal government in Germany will need to make unpopular decisions if they are to meet the emissions cuts dictated by the country's ...
  • 20 Sep 2021 |

    Renewable power surcharge to drop by up to a third, says German economy minister

    20 Sep 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Cost & Prices The renewable surcharge Germans pay with their power bills to finance the roll-out of wind and solar energy will decrease substantially next year, economy minister Peter Altmaier ...
  • 21 Sep 2021 |

    Two states with climate policy sway will also vote on Germany鈥檚 federal election day

    21 Sep 2021, 10:43 Regional votes in two German states on 26 September are being overshadowed by the federal election on the same day. But the outcome in German capital Berlin and in the north-eastern state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will affect how ...
  • 17 Sep 2021 |

    Energy company RWE says prepared to phase out coal-fired power generation earlier

    17 Sep 2021, 12:36 Kerstine Appunn Coal 威力彩玩法 / Spiegel Online German energy company RWE is ready to close down its coal-fired power stations earlier than prescribed by the country鈥檚 coal exit law, CEO Markus Krebber told聽 Spiegel Online. RWE ...
  • 17 Sep 2021 |

    Many ways to climate neutrality: Who are the candidates running to succeed Merkel?

    17 Sep 2021, 11:37 Three candidates vie to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor in the most unpredictable federal election in decades that will determine the next steps Europe's largest economy takes on the path to climate neutrality. A recent ...
  • 15 Sep 2021 |

    German utilities are against narrow focus on green hydrogen

    15 Sep 2021, 13:05 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen German utilities have said that the ...
  • 15 Sep 2021 |

    German government supporting 12 billion euros worth of fossil fuel projects 鈥 NGOs

    15 Sep 2021, 12:29 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Jessica Bateman Fossil fuels The German government has issued export credit guarantees to 12 billion euros鈥 worth of fossil fuel projects over the ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    Space is getting scarce for shipping, offshore wind, nature protection in German seas

    14 Sep 2021, 12:52 Kerstine Appunn Wind Die Welt Shipping, fisheries, offshore wind power, raw material extraction and nature conservation all have been assigned their space in the German waters in the latest plan of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic ...
  • 14 Sep 2021 |

    Merkel successor must get EU states on board for ambitious climate package 鈥 former commissioner

    14 Sep 2021, 10:00 The EU鈥檚 鈥楩it for 55鈥 package of climate and energy legislation will be 鈥渋ncredibly difficult鈥 to get through member states and German chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 successor must be willing to spend time, energy and diplomatic capital, ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    Majority of motorists drive slower than 130 km/h on German motorways

    13 Sep 2021, 13:57 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Cars Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Around 77 percent of motorists drive slower than 130 km/h on German ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    Munich auto show IAA ends with large protests and 400,000 visitors

    13 Sep 2021, 13:53 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport Kerstine Appunn Mobility Cars 威力彩玩法 / tagesschau.de The first IAA mobility motor show held in Munich which closed on Sunday was deemed a success by industry ...
  • 13 Sep 2021 |

    CDU and SPD blame each other for poor climate record, Greens stress coal exit in second TV debate

    13 Sep 2021, 14:00 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 A second televised debate between the three chancellor candidates for the German federal election has again seen the Social Democrats鈥 (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz come out on ...
  • 10 Sep 2021 |

    City of Hanover pulls forward own coal exit to 2026

    10 Sep 2021, 15:01 Kerstine Appunn Coal Cities 威力彩玩法 The City of Hanover has finalised plans to shut down the combined heat-and-power hard coal station in St枚cken by 2026, operator enercity said in a press release.The agreement between the ...
  • 09 Sep 2021 |

    Activist investor pushes RWE to dump coal and boost energy company鈥檚 value

    09 Sep 2021, 14:22 Edgar Meza Coal Finance Reuters / Der Spiegel After acquiring a stake in RWE, Germany鈥檚 largest energy company, activist fund Enkraft is pushing for the company to divest its brown coal division, Reuters reports. In a letter to the ...
  • 09 Sep 2021 |

    German government鈥檚 cars on average emit twice as much CO2 as fleet limits permit 鈥 NGO

    09 Sep 2021, 14:13 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Edgar Meza Cars Government 威力彩玩法 Environmental Action Germany (DUH) has taken Germany鈥檚 leading political leaders to task for ...
  • 09 Sep 2021 |

    Court rules 2018 coal protester eviction in Hambach Forest was illegal

    09 Sep 2021, 14:00 The eviction of coal protesters in the Hambach Forest in 2018 was illegal, a court ruling in German state North Rhine-Westphalia found. The forest threatened by a nearby lignite mine had become a symbolic battleground in the context of ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    Leading meat producers cause more emissions than large European countries

    08 Sep 2021, 13:38 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f眉r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Heinrich B枚ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society ...
  • 08 Sep 2021 |

    Tripling of climate investments needed if Germany wants to reach 2030 target 鈥 think tanks

    08 Sep 2021, 13:35 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Merkel leaves work to do with mixed climate legacy

    10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the 鈥渃limate chancellor鈥, Germany鈥檚 outgoing head of government Angela Merkel鈥檚 climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
  • 07 Sep 2021 |

    Operator says Nord Stream 2 pipeline almost complete, bets on quick start of operations

    07 Sep 2021, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 威力彩玩法 / Die Welt The operator of the controversial gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has announced that the project is almost complete. The last pipe segments connecting Germany and Russia through the ...
  • 07 Sep 2021 |

    Interest in e-car purchases growing significantly in Germany

    07 Sep 2021, 13:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 威力彩玩法 Interest in electric cars is growing rapidly in Germany, according to a survey by the Technical Inspection Authority (T脺V). Nearly one in four respondents (23 percent) said they already have ...
  • 06 Sep 2021 |

    NGOs slam carmakers as Europe's largest auto show braces for climate protests

    06 Sep 2021, 14:05 Environmentalists have denounced the car industry's continued reliance on climate-damaging vehicles as Europe's largest auto show IAA opens its doors to the public in Munich. Carmakers are presenting their visions for climate ...
  • 06 Sep 2021 |

    German taxpayer association demands end to e-car subsidies following critical study

    06 Sep 2021, 13:49 Edgar Meza Cars Cost & Prices Focus / Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel The German Taxpayers Federation is calling for an end to the high state subsidies for electric vehicles, news weekly Focus reports. The federation鈥檚 call follows on ...
  • 03 Sep 2021 |

    German conservatives at record low in latest poll, climate tops list of concerns

    03 Sep 2021, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics ARD / DW Germany鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance of current chancellor Angela Merkel has reached a record low in the well-known Deutschlandtrend survey by infratest dimap, commissioned by public ...
  • 02 Sep 2021 |

    Germany's monopolies commission calls for more competition in e-car charging sector

    02 Sep 2021, 14:03 Edgar Meza Cars Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 The Monopolies Commission, an independent expert committee that advises the German government and legislature on competition issues, is urging the government to ensure fair competition in the ...
  • German election primer 鈥 Parties set sights on industry decarbonisation

    02 Sep 2021, 12:00 In its pursuit of climate neutrality by 2045, Germany has set its sights on extending the energy transition to its famed heavy industry. All major parties address the topic in their programmes for the election on 26 September, ...
  • 01 Sep 2021 |

    Market barrieres deter German companies from investing in rooftop solar systems- PV industry

    01 Sep 2021, 13:29 Edgar Meza Solar 威力彩玩法 / pv magazine The German Solar Association (BSW Solar) is calling for a 鈥渞apid dismantling of market barriers鈥 in view of an ongoing slump in the commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) segment. Companies ...
  • 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 ...
  • 30 Aug 2021 |

    Chancellor candidates focus on climate and industry in first TV debate

    30 Aug 2021, 13:27 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party ...
  • 27 Aug 2021 |

    Increased heavy rain will put pressure on civil protection forces 鈥 report

    27 Aug 2021, 13:33 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Heavy rainfall in Germany will become more frequent and more intense due to rising ...
  • 26 Aug 2021 |

    German cities fail to harness potential of solar PV on new buildings 鈥 green power provider

    26 Aug 2021, 13:45 Charlotte Nijhuis Solar Cities 威力彩玩法 German cities are failing to fully utilise solar PV installations on new building rooftops, according to the country鈥檚 largest green power provider LichtBlick. The ratio of newly ...
  • Next German govt must put CO2 pricing centre stage of 鈥渕ore European鈥 climate policy 鈥 advisor

    26 Aug 2021, 10:15 International partners can be assured that Germany鈥檚 next government coalition after the September election will not veer far off course of the country鈥檚 current climate and energy policy, says government advisor and director of two ...
  • 25 Aug 2021 |

    German election primer 鈥 Climate activists push parties to commit to 1.5掳C

    25 Aug 2021, 11:25 As Germany鈥檚 federal election in September draws closer, climate activists put pressure on all parties to back the 1.5掳C global warming limit outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement. After a year of continuous protests in 2019, the ...
  • 24 Aug 2021 |

    Climate protection role of German forests underestimated 鈥 report

    24 Aug 2021, 13:43 Expert Institute for Applied Ecology 脰ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 forests can provide the annual sink capacity needed to achieve ...
  • 23 Aug 2021 |

    Power outages in Germany continue to decline amid growing share of renewables

    23 Aug 2021, 13:36 Edgar Meza Electricity Renewables 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 energy transition and increasing share of decentralised generation capacity are having no negative effects on the quality of its power supply,聽 according to 聽the Federal ...
  • 31 Aug 2021 |

    German election primer 鈥 2038 end date for coal under fire as climate forecasts worsen

    31 Aug 2021, 08:44 Tighter emission targets and mounting signs of climate change have once again turned Germany's coal exit into a hotly debated election campaign issue. The country agreed last year to phase out coal by 2038 at the latest, but many ...
  • 20 Aug 2021 |

    Chancellor candidate Scholz plans to write electricity expansion target into law

    20 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Grid Industry dpa / Reuters / Tagesspiegel SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz is aiming for a new law to ensure industry has enough renewable electricity to decarbonise over the coming decades, ...
  • 20 Aug 2021 |

    City of Berlin agrees to cut 2030 emissions by 70 percent

    20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 Cities 威力彩玩法 The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament聽 agreed 聽to reduce CO2聽emissions by at least 70 ...
  • 20 Aug 2021 |

    Germany agrees to repatriate remainder of highly radioactive waste treated in France

    20 Aug 2021, 13:29 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Nuclear phase-out AFP / n-tv / 威力彩玩法 Germany has agreed to repatriate several tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste from the French reprocessing plant La Hague, news agency AFP ...
  • Germany to widely miss 2030 climate target 鈥 draft govt report

    20 Aug 2021, 13:03 Germany is facing a significant gap between estimated greenhouse gas emission reductions and targets over the coming 20 years, a draft government report shows. Germany recently decided to reduce emissions by 65 percent by 2030. However, ...
  • 19 Aug 2021 |

    Combustion engine ban most effective step for reaching German transport climate targets 鈥 report

    19 Aug 2021, 13:40 Expert Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Wuppertal Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 A ban on sales of new combustion engines by ...
  • 17 Aug 2021 |

    Germany launches tender to quickly expand countrywide e-car charging network

    17 Aug 2021, 13:29 Expert BMVI- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Bundesministerium f眉r Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Transport Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 The German transport ministry (BMVI) has ...
  • German election primer- Faster renewables expansion vital for next government's climate policy

    31 Aug 2021, 11:38 Ahead of Germany鈥檚 September federal election, almost all parties in parliament are calling for climate policies that quickly and lastingly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country鈥檚 plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 ...
  • 13 Aug 2021 |

    Europe's largest auto show to look beyond cars but activists decry 'greenwashing'

    13 Aug 2021, 13:33 Europe's largest car fair IAA is set to become a showdown between climate activists and an automotive industry eager to prove its green credentials when it takes place next month. The show, which has been moved from Frankfurt to ...
  • German election primer 鈥 Parties split on raising national CO2 price

    13 Aug 2021, 13:15 Many economists and climate researchers view raising the national carbon price on transport and heating fuels faster than currently planned as essential to reaching new, higher climate targets in both sectors. The debate about a ...
  • 12 Aug 2021 |

    Uniper says German election outcome could pose risk for Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    12 Aug 2021, 13:27 Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Security dpa / 威力彩玩法 German energy group Uniper, which is involved in the financing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, is seeing risks for the project even after ...
  • 12 Aug 2021 |

    Coal power could use up almost half of Germany鈥檚 remaining CO2 budget by 2038 鈥 report

    12 Aug 2021, 13:25 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Expert Greenpeace Energy (now Green Planet Energy) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Kerstine Appunn Coal ...
  • Energy costs for German households rise considerably after 2020 slump

    09 Aug 2021, 12:04 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 German households are spending some 18 percent more on their energy use than a year ago, calculations by comparison website Verivox show. Compared to 2020, when the ...
  • 10 Aug 2021 |

    鈥淣o more time to lose鈥 to keep 1.5掳C within reach 鈥 German reactions to IPCC report

    10 Aug 2021, 13:00 German politicians and other stakeholders said the latest major report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an urgent warning that rapid emission cuts are needed to keep the Paris Agreement target ...
  • 06 Aug 2021 |

    Support programme for forest owners to ensure CO2 uptake and biodiversity- env ministry

    06 Aug 2021, 13:20 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 A new funding model should link payments for climate protection performance for forest owners with ambitious biodiversity standards, the federal environment ministry (BMU) has proposed ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

    German corporate decision-makers support using blue hydrogen for some time 鈥 survey

    05 Aug 2021, 12:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 On the path to making industry climate neutral, corporate decision-makers in Germany call for allowing the use of 鈥渂lue鈥 hydrogen made from natural gas where the CO2 is captured and stored 鈥 ...
  • 05 Aug 2021 |

    Germany could miss industry sector climate target in 2021 鈥 researchers

    05 Aug 2021, 12:17 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Due to a significant increase of coal use, greenhouse gas emissions from Germany鈥檚 industry and energy sectors look set to rise this year compared to 2020, and industry might even ...
  • German election primer: Candidates handle agriculture transformation with kid gloves

    06 Aug 2021, 14:00 Germany鈥檚 upcoming national election is the first in which climate and energy policy have truly taken centre stage. In the agriculture sector, droughts and new policies aimed at bringing out the sector鈥檚 potential for eco-system ...
  • 04 Aug 2021 |

    Power-to-x fuels are key for climate-friendly shipping and aviation 鈥 env min

    04 Aug 2021, 13:55 Charlotte Nijhuis Freight 威力彩玩法 Electricity-based synthetic fuels 鈥 so-called power-to-x fuels (PtX) 鈥 are a 鈥渃entral building block鈥 in making maritime and air transport climate-friendly, environment minister Svenja Schulze ...
  • 04 Aug 2021 |

    German economics professors want more EU climate action 鈥 survey

    04 Aug 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices EU FAZ / 威力彩玩法 Forty-one percent of economics professors said the EU should do more on climate, according to a survey by the Institute for Economic Research (ifo), writes Frankfurter ...
  • 03 Aug 2021 |

    Germany's solar PV expansion soars by over 20% but should be four times higher still- industry

    03 Aug 2021, 14:15 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 威力彩玩法 The construction of new solar PV installations in ...
  • 04 Aug 2021 |

    German energy use on the rise after pandemic dip, natural gas top source for first time

    04 Aug 2021, 13:06 Germany's energy use in the first half of this year exceeded 2020 levels, as the economy recovers from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, figures by energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) show. However, total ...
  • 02 Aug 2021 |

    Time is right for European solar industry renaissance 鈥 solar industry

    02 Aug 2021, 12:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel Background After years of dependence on imports from Asia, the time is right to push for a renaissance of the solar industry in Europe, industry representatives Christian M眉ller ...
  • Abolishing Germany鈥檚 renewables levy can only be a start 鈥 opinion

    30 Jul 2021, 11:23 Julian Wettengel Renewable Energy Act | EEG Cost & Prices S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany鈥檚 largest parties call for the abolishment of the EEG surcharge 鈥 the levy power consumers pay with their electricity bills to help finance ...
  • 29 Jul 2021 |

    German env min calls for climate damage register, Greens present resilience plan

    29 Jul 2021, 13:35 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 environment ministry wants to start systematically collecting data about damage caused by climate change in a register, following the recent devastating floods that hit the ...
  • 28 Jul 2021 |

    EU power demand back to pre-pandemic levels, less coal, more renewables in the mix

    28 Jul 2021, 12:17 Expert Ember Climate & energy think tank Climate & CO2 Electricity market Julian Wettengel Coal EU 威力彩玩法 The European Union鈥檚 electricity demand was back to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2021, but thanks ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    New cable between Germany and UK advances Europe鈥檚 integrated power system

    26 Jul 2021, 11:54 One of the first project financed interconnectors in Europe is due to be built between Germany and the UK by 2023-24. The opening up of the interconnector market to private investment has been promoted by both the UK and German ...
  • 23 Jul 2021 |

    Green party leader criticises Nord Stream 2 deal for undermining Ukraine鈥檚 security

    23 Jul 2021, 13:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Politics International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit Green party co-leader and chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock has criticised the Nord Stream 2 agreement with the U.S. government. On 21 July, Berlin ...
  • 22 Jul 2021 |

    Germany and U.S. reach deal that allows completion of Nord Stream 2

    22 Jul 2021, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas International Security 威力彩玩法 Germany and the United States have reached an agreement resolving their long-standing conflict over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The deal allows for the completion of the ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Climate protection plans need a 鈥榮ocial deal鈥 鈥 trade union head

    21 Jul 2021, 13:27 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics dpa, ZEIT Online Climate protection plans need a stronger focus on social equality, Reiner Hoffman, head of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), has said. The EU Green Deal, a ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Increase in living space stumbling block for climate-friendly housing sector

    21 Jul 2021, 13:24 Expert KfW Bank KfW- government-owned financing institution Fossil fuels Finance Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency Heating 威力彩玩法 The living space per capita in Germany has grown significantly in recent years which has ...
  • Politicians call for investments in urban climate adaptation measures

    20 Jul 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German politicians are calling for investments in urban planning to better prepare cities for extreme weather events, such as the ...
  • 20 Jul 2021 |

    Public charging drives up price of electric mobility for consumers

    20 Jul 2021, 13:12 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Zeit Online Charging an electric vehicle at a public charging point can be significantly more expensive than doing it at home, Zeit Online writes. The price of electricity at a public charging station can be ...
  • 16 Jul 2021 |

    Germany, U.S. launch energy and climate partnership

    16 Jul 2021, 13:04 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 International 威力彩玩法 Germany and the U.S. have entered a partnership aimed at strengthening climate ambition and deepening the countries鈥 collaboration on policies and sustainable ...
  • 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 ...
  • 15 Jul 2021 |

    German solar tender twice oversubscribed, average price 5 ct/kWh

    15 Jul 2021, 14:04 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Solar 威力彩玩法 Germany registered strong demand in its ...
  • Deadly floods sharpen focus on climate change in German election campaign

    17 Jul 2021, 10:30 Catastrophic floods have killed more than 130 people in Germany in one of the worst natural disasters in the country's post-war history. The torrential rains have been widely linked to climate change, swinging the issue into focus ...
  • 14 Jul 2021 |

    Broad alliance calls for speed limits in Germany to improve climate and safety

    14 Jul 2021, 13:11 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Mobility Cars 威力彩玩法 A broad-based coalition of environmental groups and police representatives is calling for Germany鈥檚 next government to impose a聽general speed limit on聽the country鈥檚 ...
  • 15 Jul 2021 |

    German reactions to EU 鈥淔it for 55鈥 plans to overhaul climate and energy laws

    15 Jul 2021, 09:30 The German environment ministry has called new EU proposals to reform the bloc's climate and energy policy 鈥渘othing less than a new industrial revolution in the European Union.鈥 The European Commission's comprehensive proposal ...
  • 13 Jul 2021 |

    Solar Germany鈥檚 biggest power source in June as price reaches all-time high

    13 Jul 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Solar Cost & Prices pv magazine Solar photovoltaics (PV) became the main source in Germany鈥檚 net power production in the month of June while also achieving its highest price ever, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine, ...
  • 13 Jul 2021 |

    Merkel reassures Ukraine on Nord Stream 2 ahead of talks with U.S. President Biden

    13 Jul 2021, 12:07 Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has reassured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Germany would do everything to ensure Ukraine remains a gas transit state even after the completion of the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline. ...
  • Germany should combine climate action with strong social policy 鈥 Fridays for Future leader

    12 Jul 2021, 13:20 Expert Fridays for Future Germany Climate activism group Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Society Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 political parties should combine climate protection ...
  • German election primer 鈥 Fight over combustion engine phase-out heats up

    12 Jul 2021, 12:20 Germany's upcoming general election adds fuel to the debate about whether combustion engines have a future in the birth country of the automobile and whether a general speed limit should be introduced on its famed autobahns. Given ...
  • 09 Jul 2021 |

    Protecting the climate 'won't require major sacrifices'- SPD's Scholz

    09 Jul 2021, 12:46 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Despite all the changes that are necessary to protect 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 ...
  • 05 Jul 2021 |

    Germany will reach 1 million e-cars target by mid 2021 鈥 energy minister

    05 Jul 2021, 12:59 High uptake of government subsidies for electric cars has put Germany within striking distance of its original target of having 1 million e-cars on the road by 2020. Energy and economy minister Peter Altmaier said that subsidies for ...
  • 02 Jul 2021 |

    Berlin citizens' initiative starts referendum for more climate protection

    02 Jul 2021, 13:15 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cities Der Tagesspiegel Not satisfied with the Berlin state government鈥檚 climate protection targets, a broad-based citizens鈥 initiative is aiming to mount a referendum to make the German capital carbon ...
  • 30 Jun 2021 |

    Plastic production and waste remain blind spots in Europe's climate policies 鈥 researchers

    30 Jun 2021, 13:50 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Resources & ...
  • 29 Jun 2021 |

    Eastern Germany to bear brunt of drier weather conditions in next years- researcher

    29 Jun 2021, 14:42 Expert PIK- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Climate & CO2 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Eastern Germany, including Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg, will likely continue to suffer from very dry ...
  • 29 Jun 2021 |

    An 'historic achievement' 鈥 German govt praises nuclear exit decision ten years on

    29 Jun 2021, 14:38 Expert BASE- Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Bundesamt f眉r die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung Nuclear phase-out Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 decision to phase out nuclear ...
  • Conservative climate group says Germany could reach 100% renewables by 2030 at low cost

    29 Jun 2021, 14:28 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Elections & Politics The conservative climate group KlimaUnion (ClimateUnion),聽which is made up of party members of the governing CDU/CSU alliance, released a position paper in which the members argue ...
  • 28 Jun 2021 |

    German chancellor candidates ready to pull plug on Nord Stream 2 if need be

    28 Jun 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security The contenders from Germany's governing parties to become Germany's next chancellor have both signalled their readiness to shutter the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if the Russian ...
  • 28 Jun 2021 |

    Little wind and sunshine let German renewables share slide in first half of 2021

    28 Jun 2021, 13:30 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables 威力彩玩法 The share of ...
  • 24 Jun 2021 |

    German housing association criticizes new climate requirements for residential buildings

    24 Jun 2021, 13:55 Edgar Meza Efficiency Die Welt Climate-neutrality in the residential building sector cannot be achieved with ever-more efficiency and insulation requirements, especially if real estate prices are to remain affordable, says the Federal ...
  • 21 Jun 2021 |

    Left Party agrees most ambitious climate targets of all major parties in election manifesto

    21 Jun 2021, 12:30 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics tageszeitung (taz) Germany鈥檚 Left Party has agreed the most radical election programme yet in terms of climate protection goals and demands at its party convention on 19-20 June. Climate is the key ...
  • 21 Jun 2021 |
    Gas

    German NGOs call for fossil gas phase-out by 2040

    21 Jun 2021, 12:23 Julian Wettengel Gas 威力彩玩法 NGOs have called on the German government to immediately start the process of phasing out fossil gas use and set an end date for 2040 to ensure a transformation in line with the Paris Agreement ...
  • Greens鈥 Baerbock refines proposal for carbon contracts for difference to support industry

    18 Jun 2021, 11:17 Julian Wettengel Industry Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 The German Green Party鈥檚 chancellor candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has refined her party鈥檚 proposal to introduce so-called Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) to ...
  • 16 Jun 2021 |

    Energy transition set to transform eastern Germany 鈥 economy minister

    16 Jun 2021, 12:19 Edgar Meza Coal Society rbb Germany鈥檚 eastern states are set to greatly benefit from the country鈥檚 energy transition due to the high number of future-oriented companies based there and to the coal exit compromise, which will see the ...
  • 11 Jun 2021 |

    Merkel set for U.S. visit to iron out Nord Stream 2 dispute 鈥 media report

    11 Jun 2021, 14:06 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Gas International Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 [UPDATE adds date for Merkel visit] German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Washington, D.C. to settle the transatlantic dispute between the U.S ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    Germany must start fossil gas heating phase-out to avoid costs 鈥 think tank

    09 Jun 2021, 13:23 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Gas Heating 威力彩玩法 Germany should immediately increase its national carbon price and better support renewables to initiate the phase-out of fossil gas in buildings heating, said think ...
  • 09 Jun 2021 |

    People in G7 and emerging countries see climate as major security risk 鈥 survey

    09 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Society Security 威力彩玩法 The top risks perceived by German respondents in the聽 Munich Security Index 2021 聽survey by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) are climate change, the ...
  • On her way out, Merkel could set stage for Germany as even more progressive climate partner

    11 Jun 2021, 08:00 As the global fight against climate change gains momentum with more and more countries updating their emissions targets, a green surge is washing over Germany鈥檚 national election campaign and sets the scene for the country to become a ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    Lignite power plant to shut down six years earlier than planned, due to high CO2 price 鈥 operator

    08 Jun 2021, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Coal TAG24 / 威力彩玩法 A lignite (brown coal) power station in the eastern German town of Chemnitz is going to be shut down by 2023, instead of the last unit running until 2029, the management of plant operator ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    2020s must be 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥, says German chancellor Merkel

    08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International 威力彩玩法 Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the 鈥渄ecade of sustainability鈥, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    Partial solar eclipse in Germany will reduce solar PV output by 4.2 GW on Thursday

    08 Jun 2021, 13:18 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid Solar 威力彩玩法 German transmission grid operators (TSO) are preparing for the partial solar eclipse on Thursday, 10 June but are confident that ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    Env min proposes strategy for protecting water supply from climate change

    08 Jun 2021, 13:13 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 The ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    City of Berlin set to make solar PV mandatory for new and renovated buildings

    08 Jun 2021, 13:11 Edgar Meza Solar Cities pv magazine The German capital is a step closer in making solar PV systems mandatory on residential and non-residential buildings in the city, Sandra Enkhardt writes in pv magazine. In a special meeting, the ...
  • 07 Jun 2021 |

    Merkel's conservatives win election in Eastern German coal mining state

    07 Jun 2021, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a surprisingly clear victory in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, in a boost for the bloc's ...
  • 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 ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    East German state election highlights political conflicts of energy transition

    02 Jun 2021, 13:21 Voters in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt will head to the ballot box on 6 June to elect a new state government. Home to one of Germany鈥檚 three main coal mining regions, the state is dealing with the transition away from lignite ...
  • 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 ...
  • Citizen participation as the key to energy transition success

    10 Mar 2015, 11:02 Since the energy transition took off in 2000, millions of Germans have become energy producers, investing in solar panels on their houses and buying shares in wind parks. Citizens' engagement is one reason that support for the ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Biogas

    01 Jun 2021, 10:25 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. Without the support of the feed-in tariff, power production ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Onshore wind power

    31 May 2021, 11:05 Many of Germany鈥檚 early renewable energy pioneers were experimenters with onshore wind technology. Inspired by the example of neighbouring Denmark, which had already proven the effectiveness of wind technology in the early 1990s, a ...
  • Share of citizen energy in decline as funding runs out and big investors take over

    28 May 2021, 13:29 Germany鈥檚 push to replace conventional power with renewables like wind and solar PV has not only altered its energy system and shaken up established energy utility giants, it has also turned millions of Germans into electricity ...
  • 25 May 2021 |

    Many of Germany鈥檚 public buildings not energy efficient 鈥 NGO report

    25 May 2021, 13:24 Charlotte Nijhuis Efficiency 威力彩玩法 Many publicly-owned buildings in Germany do not meet the energy efficiency requirements in line with the country鈥檚 climate targets, shows a report published by the NGO Environmental Action ...
  • 25 May 2021 |

    German politicians should clearly commit to e-mobility 鈥 Audi CEO

    25 May 2021, 13:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Welt am Sonntag Audi boss Markus Duesmann is calling for a clear political commitment to electric cars from German politicians, Welt am Sonntag reports. Instead of building a hydrogen infrastructure and ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    German building alliance presents plan to achieve climate targets

    21 May 2021, 12:20 Expert BEE- German Renewable Energy Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe ...
  • Government defines 鈥済reen hydrogen鈥, decides rules for rapid market ramp-up

    20 May 2021, 13:34 Germany鈥檚 first movers in hydrogen generation using electricity will be supported by lower power prices and a wide definition of 鈥済reen鈥 hydrogen, the government has decided. By creating 鈥渃lear and pragmatic鈥 requirements for green ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    German parliament raises targets for emission cuts in transport sector

    21 May 2021, 10:32 Germany has increased the emissions reduction targets in its transport sector. Following changes introduced by parliament,聽 the sector has to reach a share of 32 percent renewables by 2030. The use of biofuels made from palm oil will be ...
  • 20 May 2021 |

    A hydrogen master plan for eastern Germany

    20 May 2021, 12:31 Edgar Meza Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 A new masterplan developed by three Fraunhofer research institutes outlines how a successful hydrogen industry can be developed in eastern Germany. The transition from fossil fuels to sustainably ...
  • 20 May 2021 |

    Coal phase-out after 2030 too late, new climate targets only achievable through early exit 鈥 analysis

    20 May 2021, 12:29 Expert Energy Brainpool Energy consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Coal Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from ...
  • 20 May 2021 |

    Germans are eating more regional food, less meat- survey

    20 May 2021, 12:28 Edgar Meza Society Agriculture 威力彩玩法 The eating habits of German consumers are increasingly favouring greater climate protection, sustainability and less waste, according to a new survey published Wednesday by the Federal ...
  • 17 May 2021 |

    NGOs obtain govt calculations for coal exit compensations, say sums are too high

    17 May 2021, 13:29 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert Ember Climate & energy think tank Climate ...
  • 14 May 2021 |

    Uniper agrees to consider early closure of controversial Datteln 4 coal plant

    14 May 2021, 14:16 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Coal Utilities Reuters German energy company Uniper has agreed to consider an earlier than planned shutdown of its controversial coal-fired power plant Datteln 4, Reuters reports. "Should future ...
  • 14 May 2021 |

    German Fridays for Future activists take aim at financial sector

    14 May 2021, 14:08 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Finance Society 威力彩玩法 The youth climate activists from Fridays for Future are for the first time specifically targeting banks and other financial services companies for their involvement in ...
  • German minister calls for greater investment in CO2 removal research

    12 May 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Handelsblatt German education and research minister Anja Karliczek is calling for immediate investment in research and development of technologies to remove CO2 from ...
  • Green chancellor candidate Baerbock envisions 鈥榯ransatlantic green deal,鈥 calls for halt to Nord Stream 2

    07 May 2021, 12:03 Expert Green Party B眉ndnis 90/ Die Gr眉nen Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Gas Elections & Politics Security 威力彩玩法 The co-leader of the German Greens, Annalena Baerbock, emphasised possibilities ...
  • 06 May 2021 |

    German Environment Agency calls for tougher corporate environmental reporting guidelines

    06 May 2021, 13:10 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Finance 威力彩玩法 The German Environment Agency (UBA)聽 is calling for more detailed environmental and climate protection ...
  • 04 May 2021 |

    Ukraine could become important part of Europe鈥檚 hydrogen supply chain 鈥 German MPs

    04 May 2021, 12:12 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Security Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 German politicians have said that Ukraine could have 鈥渁 key role鈥 in Europe鈥檚 future supply with hydrogen,聽 reports business daily Handelsblatt. Germany and Europe had ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    Few bids for onshore wind but big interest in solar in Germany鈥檚 renewables tenders

    03 May 2021, 12:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Renewables Solar Wind 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 latest onshore ...
  • 30 Apr 2021 |

    Court ruling forces govt to rethink climate policy to stay within CO2 budget 鈥 law professor

    30 Apr 2021, 14:41 Germany鈥檚 constitutional court verdict that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they endanger future generations' freedoms is the 鈥渕ost far-reaching ruling in the world to date鈥 on climate protection, ...
  • 28 Apr 2021 |
    Gas

    Domestic natural gas production in Germany down 16 percent in 2020

    28 Apr 2021, 13:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Gas 威力彩玩法 Domestic production of natural gas in Germany fell by almost 16 percent in 2020 year-on-year, show data presented by the federal association of natural gas, petroleum and geo-energy (BVEG). ...
  • 27 Apr 2021 |

    Germany could reach climate neutrality by 2045 鈥 report

    27 Apr 2021, 13:43 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
  • 26 Apr 2021 |

    CDU/CSU budget expert calls for higher CO鈧 price to finance renewables levy

    26 Apr 2021, 13:26 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel The vice chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Andreas Jung is launching a new ...
  • 23 Apr 2021 |

    Car supplier Bosch invests one billion euros in fuel cell development

    23 Apr 2021, 12:53 S枚ren Amelang Transport Industry Handelsblatt / Financial Times In contrast to a growing number of truckmakers, car parts supplier Bosch bets heavily on hydrogen fuel cell trucks,聽 reports 聽Martin Buchenau in Handelsblatt. The company ...
  • Germany scraps support plans for old wind turbines over state aid concerns

    22 Apr 2021, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association ...
  • 22 Apr 2021 |

    EU indecision over gas as green investment imperils supply security 鈥 German utilities

    22 Apr 2021, 12:58 Germany's utilities say the delay to the EU decision on whether natural gas projects count as a sustainable investment imperils the country's supply security and climate targets. They argue that the exclusion of gas from the ...
  • Biden鈥檚 global climate summit raises hopes among German NGOs and industry

    22 Apr 2021, 10:00 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert WWF Germany World Wide Fund For Nature Climate & CO2 Fossil ...
  • 20 Apr 2021 |

    German government raised 11.5 billion euros via green bonds- 2020 report

    20 Apr 2021, 13:06 Expert BMF- Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen Finance Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit ...
  • 20 Apr 2021 |

    BMW secures 68 million euros in state funding for new battery projects

    20 Apr 2021, 13:04 Expert BMW- Bayerische Motoren Werke Bavarian Motor Works Transport Cars Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost ...
  • 20 Apr 2021 |

    Energy companies get ready to sue over RWE鈥檚 lignite exit compensation

    20 Apr 2021, 13:00 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz ...
  • 19 Apr 2021 |

    How wastewater management can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    19 Apr 2021, 14:00 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling 威力彩玩法 A new study commissioned by the German Environment Agency (UBA) examines how ...
  • 16 Apr 2021 |

    German railways and Lufthansa want to lure 4.3 million flight passengers onto trains

    16 Apr 2021, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Mobility Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn and the country's aviation industry have agreed on a plan to shuttle around 20 percent of domestic flight ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |
    Gas

    Germany's natural gas infrastructure plans violate Paris Agreement 鈥 report

    15 Apr 2021, 14:03 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 S枚ren Amelang Gas Germany will ...
  • 14 Apr 2021 |

    German environmental NGO sues in effort to stop Nord Stream 2

    14 Apr 2021, 14:56 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Gas International 威力彩玩法 NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH)聽has聽 filed a lawsuit 聽against the continued construction of the Baltic Sea gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.聽The non-profit ...
  • 13 Apr 2021 |

    German Left Party outflanks Greens on climate action- Tagesspiegel Background

    13 Apr 2021, 12:32 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Tagesspiegel Background [UPDATE adds draft programme key content] The German Left Party (Die Linke) looks set to out ...
  • 13 Apr 2021 |

    German govt agrees on farming subsidies distribution, adds more eco-schemes

    13 Apr 2021, 12:30 Germany takes first tentative steps towards a change away from area-based farming subsidies to payments made depending on the environmental performance of farmers. The government cabinet has agreed on how to implement European rules ...
  • 12 Apr 2021 |

    U.S. will use 'all available means' to stop completion of Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    12 Apr 2021, 14:18 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Gas International Tagesspiegel The U.S. government is increasing pressure on the German government to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline,聽 Hans Monath聽writes 聽in newspaper Tagesspiegel. President Joe ...
  • 12 Apr 2021 |

    Hydrogen storage pilot project in underground salt dome reaches milestone

    12 Apr 2021, 13:53 Edgar Meza 威力彩玩法 Hydrogen Technology 威力彩玩法 German energy provider EWE has completed the first stage of a test project to see whether the safe storage of green hydrogen in underground caverns is possible. The ...
  • 09 Apr 2021 |

    Berlin continues to lead German cities with most e-car charging stations

    09 Apr 2021, 12:20 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Cars 威力彩玩法 Berlin has expanded its ...
  • Conservative politicians set up climate group, call for climate neutrality in 10-20 years

    09 Apr 2021, 12:16 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Expert CSU- Christian Social Union Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Climate & ...
  • Outgoing German govt鈥檚 climate and energy policy lacked master plan 鈥 legal expert

    07 Apr 2021, 12:54 Expert Thorsten M眉ller Chairman, foundation for research on energy and environment law Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Tagesspiegel Background Germany鈥檚 outgoing ...
  • 06 Apr 2021 |

    RWE to supply German rail company with additional North Sea wind power

    06 Apr 2021, 12:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Wind 威力彩玩法 State-owned German railway company Deutsche Bahn and utility RWE extend their renewable energy contract with an additional 190 gigawatt hours (GWh) of offshore wind power annually, the railway ...
  • 29 Mar 2021 |

    More farming subsidies to be used for climate measures, but devil is in the details

    29 Mar 2021, 13:16 Germany will spend over 40 percent of the farming subsidies it expects to receive from the EU on climate, biodiversity and other sustainability-related practices, the country鈥檚 16 state agriculture ministers have agreed after 33 hours ...
  • 25 Mar 2021 |

    Must lay groundwork for climate neutrality 2050 now 鈥 German Energy Agency

    25 Mar 2021, 13:58 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Germany must prepare different ...
  • 23 Mar 2021 |

    Deutsche Post to invest 7 billion euros in climate-neutral logistics by 2030

    23 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert DHL Express Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Freight 威力彩玩法 German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is investing seven billion euros in climate-neutral logistics until 2030, the company ...
  • Lobbying scandal halts German renewables talks, shakes up election outlook

    19 Mar 2021, 13:43 The lobbying scandal engulfing Angela Merkel's Conservatives has derailed important talks about Germany's plans for rolling out renewables. The affair also dampens the Conservatives' hopes of an unchallenged victory in ...
  • 16 Mar 2021 |

    Volkswagen plans six new battery cell factories in Europe

    16 Mar 2021, 13:31 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Handelsblatt / Wirtschaftswoche Online German car manufacturer Volkswagen plans to build six battery cell factories in Europe by 2030, the carmaker announced on Monday, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 15 Mar 2021 |

    German agri min proposes measures to make farming more climate-friendly

    15 Mar 2021, 13:18 The German agriculture ministry has proposed six voluntary environmental measures to make the country鈥檚 farming sector more sustainable and climate-friendly. Its draft plan on how Germany will spend EU agricultural subsidies as of 2023 ...
  • 15 Mar 2021 |

    Grid operator TenneT plans to double annual investment in grid expansion

    15 Mar 2021, 13:36 Charlotte Nijhuis Grid 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt Dutch grid operator TenneT wants to invest up to six billion euros annually in grid expansion in Germany and the Netherlands in the next three to five years, the company writes in ...
  • 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) ...
  • How climate activists take on the German super election year

    12 Mar 2021, 14:30 Youth climate activists agree on one thing: Germany needs to adopt radical climate policies in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. How best to push this agenda is a different question entirely. In this German 鈥渟uper election ...
  • Germany updates sustainability strategy, reaches most 2020 energy and climate goals

    10 Mar 2021, 13:44 Expert Destatis Federal Statistical Office- Statistisches Bundesamt Energiewende Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 Picking up on the United Nations鈥 call for a 鈥渄ecade of action鈥 to implement the 2030 ...
  • 09 Mar 2021 |

    Need more than strict CO2 limits for transport transition 鈥 MEP and VW workers鈥 council head

    09 Mar 2021, 13:20 Kerstine Appunn Cars Business & Jobs S眉ddeutsche Zeitung In setting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gases, the European Union and its member states should be careful not to forget about the impact this has on the bloc鈥檚 ...
  • 05 Mar 2021 |

    EU court's bird protection ruling deals blow to German wind power plans

    05 Mar 2021, 14:14 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind EU Handelsblatt In a blow to Germany's ambitious wind power ...
  • 03 Mar 2021 |

    Germany should double petrol and diesel prices for new combustion engine cars 鈥 industry analyst

    03 Mar 2021, 12:20 Expert Ferdinand Dudenh枚ffer Professor and Director, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Transport Cars Julian Wettengel Cars Cost & Prices Handelsblatt / 威力彩玩法 Germany should double the price for diesel and petrol fuel ...
  • 03 Mar 2021 |

    EU state aid probe into German coal company compensations means 鈥渢ough negotiations鈥 鈥 researcher

    03 Mar 2021, 12:17 The European Commission has expressed doubts that Germany's planned compensation payments to operators of lignite-fired power plants in the context of the country's coal phase-out are in line with EU state aid rules, and ...
  • 02 Mar 2021 |

    Largest German ship engine manufacturer pushes for climate-neutral fuels

    02 Mar 2021, 13:14 Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Technology Handelsblatt German ship engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is pushing for climate-neutral fuels to replace marine diesel, Christoph Schlautmann writes in business daily Handelsblatt. ...
  • 01 Mar 2021 |

    NGO alliance calls for exiting all fossil fuels by early 2040s ahead of German elections

    01 Mar 2021, 14:13 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Germany must phase out coal by 2030, oil and fossil gas by the early 2040s and base its energy system on renewables, ...
  • German chemical producers eye substitution of fossil fuels in bid to achieve resource circularity

    01 Mar 2021, 14:03 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt German chemicals companies BASF, Covestro and others are eager to find more sustainable substitutes for many raw materials ...
  • 26 Feb 2021 |

    European interconnection key for affordable CO2-free power supply by 2050 鈥 report

    26 Feb 2021, 12:20 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables EU 威力彩玩法 A largely CO2-free German and European power supply by 2050 with renewable energy as ...
  • 25 Feb 2021 |

    Run on government support for hydrogen projects in Germany

    25 Feb 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Handelsblatt / FAZ Almost 200 submitted hydrogen project proposals showed a 鈥渉igh interest鈥 and readiness to invest in the technology in Germany, the economy ministry told business daily Handelsblatt. The ...
  • 25 Feb 2021 |

    Texas-like winter storm gas outage 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥 in Germany 鈥 grid operators

    25 Feb 2021, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables 威力彩玩法 Freezing gas infrastructure and subsequent supply outages happening in Texas during a recent winter storm are 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥 in Germany, gas grid operators said. 鈥淭he transmission ...
  • Majority of Germany鈥檚 pioneer wind turbines continue operation after end of renewables support

    25 Feb 2021, 13:17 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background / Tagesschau ...
  • 23 Feb 2021 |

    Deutsche Post's e-van StreetScooter attracts buyers, defying predicted demise

    23 Feb 2021, 11:48 Expert DHL Express Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Cars Business & Jobs Manager Magazin Online The electric delivery vehicle StreetScooter, a subsidiary of German postal service Deutsche Post, has attracted potential ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    Volkswagen sells more electric cars than Tesla for first time 鈥 consultancy

    19 Feb 2021, 14:06 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Cars 威力彩玩法 Volkswagen sold more electric cars across the globe than Tesla at the end of last year for the first time ever, according to an聽 analysis ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    Sea levels on German coast have risen 15-20 cm in last 100 years- researchers

    19 Feb 2021, 13:59 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 Sea levels on the German coast have risen by around 15 to 20 centimeters in the last hundred years,聽 according to Sea Level Monitor data 聽from the research ...
  • 19 Feb 2021 |

    Virtual meetings can replace a third of business trips, saving emissions 鈥 survey

    19 Feb 2021, 13:55 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Transport Following the pandemic, one third of business trips in Germany could be replaced by video conferences, a survey 聽conducted by the Borderstep Institute on behalf of the Ecological ...
  • 18 Mar 2025 |

    Nord Stream 2: Twists and turns of a controversial gas pipeline

    18 Mar 2025, 10:20 The pipeline Nord Stream 2 connects Germany directly to Russian gas supplies, but it has never come into operation and has split opinions, both in Europe and beyond, for years. It has become a symbol of failed German energy policy, ...
  • 18 Feb 2021 |

    Nord Stream 2 saves European industry several billion euros 鈥 German gas group

    18 Feb 2021, 14:24 Julian Wettengel 威力彩玩法 Gas International 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 gas industry has said additional natural gas import infrastructure such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is essential for keeping competition in Europe ...
  • Debate on scrapping renewables levy gathers pace in Merkel's conservative party

    17 Feb 2021, 13:18 S枚ren Amelang Renewable Energy Act | EEG Policy Handelsblatt / pv magazine Plans to scrap Germany's renewables levy are maturing within Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with a new ...
  • 15 Feb 2021 |

    Union, grid operator want to turn Eastern Germany into climate-friendly industry pioneer

    15 Feb 2021, 13:44 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs ...
  • 12 Feb 2021 |

    New buildings obliged to install e-car charging infrastructure

    12 Feb 2021, 13:57 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Kerstine Appunn Cars 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 parliament ...
  • 11 Feb 2021 |

    German government and coal power companies sign lignite phase-out agreement

    11 Feb 2021, 13:32 Expert LEAG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG Coal Fossil fuels Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Tagesspiegel / dpa The German federal government and ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    German Left Party puts climate and fair transition at heart of election programme

    09 Feb 2021, 13:31 Expert Left Party Die Linke Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics ZEIT online The German Left Party (Die Linke) puts climate protection at the heart of its federal election campaign, Katharina ...
  • 08 Feb 2021 |

    German Social Democrats put sustainability at heart of election campaign

    08 Feb 2021, 13:27 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics ZEIT online / Tagesspiegel The German Social Democrats (SPD) want to put ...
  • 09 Feb 2021 |

    Recycling revolution necessary to complete the clean energy transition

    09 Feb 2021, 14:40 The energy transition marks the single largest effort in history to reduce industrial waste by pursuing the goal of burning zero fossil resources and replacing them with renewables- but it does not come without waste on its own. Germany ...
  • 04 Feb 2021 |

    Nearly 40 percent of German motorists will not buy e-car 'under any circumstances'- survey

    04 Feb 2021, 13:29 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities S枚ren Amelang Cars 威力彩玩法 Many Germans remain deeply sceptical about electric cars. Thirty-nine ...
  • Drop in production and installation cuts employment in German renewables sector

    04 Feb 2021, 13:12 CORRECTION: The headline of an earlier version of this article stated that the number of jobs in Germany's entire renewables sector has halved since 2011. However, this decrease only affected production and installation and not ...
  • 04 Feb 2021 |

    German carmakers double e-car and plug-in hybrid production in 2020

    04 Feb 2021, 09:57 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Cars 威力彩玩法 German carmakers doubled their global production of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles last year, according to car industry association VDA. "In 2020, more than ...
  • 04 Feb 2021 |

    German govt decides new renewables quota for transport fuels, doubles EU target

    04 Feb 2021, 11:15 Germany will increase the share of renewable energies in its transport sector to 28 percent by 2030, the government cabinet decided today, agreeing on draft legislation proposed by the environment ministry. The greenhouse-gas reduction ...
  • Germany must urgently adapt energy targets to new EU climate goals 鈥 experts

    03 Feb 2021, 13:12 Germany must rapidly step up its national climate and energy targets to bring efforts in line with new EU-wide goals, said the independent expert commission in charge of monitoring the country鈥檚 energy transition. While details still ...
  • 02 Feb 2021 |

    German sustainable bank GLS grows in crisis year, calls for restructuring of financial system

    02 Feb 2021, 14:25 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance Green stimulus Frankfurter Rundschau The German sustainable bank GLS has grown in 2020, defying challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic and spurring calls for a social-ecological restructuring of the ...
  • 02 Feb 2021 |

    Local utilities file fresh market distortion lawsuit against E.ON-RWE deal

    02 Feb 2021, 13:40 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities A group of local utilities in Germany will double ...
  • Households could save up to 413 euros a year without renewables levy 鈥 economic institute

    29 Jan 2021, 13:17 Expert German Economic Institute (IW) Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K枚ln Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Renewable Energy Act | EEG 威力彩玩法 At the Handelsblatt Energy Summit earlier this month, German economy ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    More renewables curbed to stabilise German power grid 鈥 report

    28 Jan 2021, 13:59 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    German onshore wind growth achieves turnaround in 2020 but still off target

    28 Jan 2021, 13:25 Onshore wind power- the cornerstone of Germany's decarbonisation plans- 聽has suffered from chronically low additional installations in the past years. The industry seems to have achieved a turnaround in 2020, connecting almost 50 ...
  • Germany provides extra 220 million euros for climate adaptation in poorest countries

    26 Jan 2021, 12:05 Expert DIE- German Development Institute Deutsches Institut f眉r Entwicklungspolitik Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 International 威力彩玩法 Germany will provide an additional 120 million euros in financial aid to ...
  • Deutsche Bahn buys power from Statkraft wind farms after support ends

    26 Jan 2021, 12:04 Expert Deutsche Bahn German railway operator Transport Business & Jobs Charlotte Nijhuis Renewables Wind Renewable Energy Act | EEG 威力彩玩法 Deutsche Bahn (DB) will help to continue the operation of two wind farms marketed ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

    Germany in top 20 countries most affected by climate change 鈥 NGO

    25 Jan 2021, 12:37 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 威力彩玩法 / Handelsblatt Germany is among the 20 countries that have been most affected by climate change in the past two decades, according to the Global ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

    German environment minister in favour of Nord Stream 2 completion

    25 Jan 2021, 12:36 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 CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich ...
  • 22 Jan 2021 |

    German offshore wind industry concerned about 2021 construction pause

    22 Jan 2021, 14:10 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background The German offshore wind industry is bracing for difficult times ahead as no new constructions are planned this year and the timing of new ...
  • 21 Jan 2021 |

    Merkel sticks with Nord Stream 2 despite mounting opposition in Germany and EU

    21 Jan 2021, 14:09 Julian Wettengel Gas Security 威力彩玩法 / Reuters German chancellor Angela Merkel has reaffirmed her support for the contentious Russian-German pipeline Nord Stream 2, even as pressure from those opposing project increases by ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    German North Sea wind farms produce more electricity in 2020 than ever before

    20 Jan 2021, 13:37 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Wind 威力彩玩法 / Der Spiegel German wind farms in the North Sea produced more electricity last year than ever before. In 2020, the amount produced rose by 12.4 percent to 22.76 terawatt ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    First mandatory resident participation option for German wind farm as auction problems continue

    20 Jan 2021, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Wind Der Spiegel / Tagesspiegel Background The first mandatory share offers in a new wind power farm for neighbouring residents have been introduced in Germany, news website Der Spiegel reports. ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    German agriculture ministry wants EU carbon border tax for farming imports

    20 Jan 2021, 13:29 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Agriculture Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Agriculture EU 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 agriculture ministry is pushing for a carbon adjustment mechanism at EU borders to ...
  • Biden presidency sparks hope for climate but policy differences remain 鈥 German env min

    20 Jan 2021, 13:27 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Climate & ...
  • 19 Jan 2021 |

    German hard coal and mining equipment suppliers quit operations

    19 Jan 2021, 13:14 Expert RAG German Coal RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG Coal Fossil fuels Business & Jobs Kerstine Appunn Coal 威力彩玩法 German hard coal companies RAG Sales and RAG Mining Solutions have announced the end of their business ...
  • 20 Jan 2021 |

    German government 鈥渘otes with regret鈥 U.S. sanctions against Nord Stream 2

    20 Jan 2021, 10:10 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Gas Security Handelsblatt / dpa / ...
  • 15 Jan 2021 |

    Nord Stream 2 gets new construction permit as researchers question pipeline's necessity

    15 Jan 2021, 13:06 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Expert DUH- Environmental Action ...
  • 14 Jan 2021 |

    Vattenfall wants to build offshore wind farms in Germany, struggles with framework conditions

    14 Jan 2021, 13:41 Expert Vattenfall Germany Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Handelsblatt Energy company Vattenfall would like to expand its involvement in wind energy in Germany, J眉rgen Flauger writes in the ...
  • 13 Jan 2021 |

    Farmers must contribute more to Germany鈥檚 climate neutrality goal 鈥 Env Min

    13 Jan 2021, 13:39 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Germany鈥檚 farmers will have to make greater efforts to contribute to the country鈥檚 goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, environment Minister Svenja Schulze has said at her ministry鈥檚 annual Agriculture ...
  • Germany will need much more renewable power than govt assumes- Greens' Nestle

    13 Jan 2021, 11:41 Germany is going into a major election year in 2021 with votes in six of the country鈥檚 16 states and the federal parliamentary elections in autumn. Although somewhat sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigning and positioning of ...
  • Left Party leaders bet on fair and climate-friendly recovery in campaign year kick-off

    11 Jan 2021, 13:53 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Elections & Politics 威力彩玩法 / Der Spiegel The leaders of the Left Party have called for a socially fair and climate-friendly coronavirus recovery as the centrepiece of the German ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    Pandemic turns Fridays for Future activists into lobbyists

    11 Jan 2021, 13:51 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 Politics Die Zeit Since the start of the pandemic, climate activists from Fridays for Future have shied away from organising mass demonstrations and turned to soft lobbying instead, Nele Spandick ...
  • 11 Jan 2021 |

    German Greens hope to win chancellorship in upcoming elections

    11 Jan 2021, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Politics Spiegel Online Despite coming second way behind chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU coalition in current polls, Germany鈥 Greens have a chance of becoming the strongest party and winning the ...
  • 08 Jan 2021 |

    German regional govt attempt to circumvent Nord Stream 2 sanctions futile 鈥 analyst

    08 Jan 2021, 12:39 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Tagesspiegel Background / 威力彩玩法 The plan to circumvent US sanctions on companies involved in completing the Russian-German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 by creating a 鈥渃limate鈥 foundation ...
  • 07 Jan 2021 |

    2020 records show e-mobility 鈥渉as entered mainstream鈥 in Germany 鈥 motor authority

    07 Jan 2021, 13:59 Expert Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Cars Transport Charlotte Nijhuis Cars 威力彩玩法 [Update adds December 2020 data and graph] The number of newly registered electric cars in Germany tripled in 2020 ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    Biden administration will be 鈥渜uantum leap鈥 for US-German relations 鈥 transatlantic coordinator

    06 Jan 2021, 13:19 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Charlotte Nijhuis Climate & CO2 EU Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland The new US ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    German regional govt aims to shield Nord Stream 2 against U.S. sanctions

    06 Jan 2021, 18:13 A German state government attempts to circumvent looming U.S. sanctions on the contentious natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 with the help of a 鈥渃limate鈥 foundation. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the pipeline will land, ...
  • 06 Jan 2021 |

    German renewables reform could lead to downward spiral of wind auction bids 鈥 official

    06 Jan 2021, 11:52 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Wind Tagesspiegel Background A late ...
  • 21 Dec 2020 |

    Energy company RWE shuts down first lignite unit as part of coal phase-out

    21 Dec 2020, 12:52 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Coal Utilities Tagesspiegel / Die Welt German energy company RWE has shut down its first lignite unit as part of the country's coal phase-out, ...
  • 18 Dec 2020 |

    Volkswagen undermines the sale of own e-cars 鈥 report

    18 Dec 2020, 14:17 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Cars WirtschaftsWoche / 威力彩玩法 Despite Volkswagen鈥檚 (VW) positioning as a pioneer in the mobility transition, the car manufacturer does not do enough to sell its ...
  • 18 Dec 2020 |

    Germany needs integrated network planning for electricity and gas 鈥 study

    18 Dec 2020, 14:11 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Kerstine Appunn Electricity Grid 威力彩玩法 / Tagesspiegel Background The separate planning procedures ...
  • Preview 2021 鈥 鈥楢 strong Green Party is the only realistic option to tackle climate issues in Germany鈥

    18 Dec 2020, 12:15 In the upcoming election year, the 20-year-old climate activist for Fridays for Future (FfF) Jakob Blasel will run for German parliament on a Green Party ticket. Blasel told 威力彩玩法 his decision was based on the need to close ...
  • German parliament passes renewables reform, paves way for hydrogen ramp-up

    17 Dec 2020, 14:20 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG 威力彩玩法 The German parliament has passed the聽 latest reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG),聽which specifies a timeline of tenders for renewable power installation additions until ...
  • 17 Dec 2020 |

    Germany backs major international green hydrogen project in Saudi-Arabia

    17 Dec 2020, 13:53 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International Clean ...
  • 17 Dec 2020 |

    German energy use hits 'historic low' in pandemic, renewables share keeps rising

    17 Dec 2020, 13:51 German energy consumption was at a 鈥渉istoric low鈥 in 2020, largely due to the effects of the Covid19 pandemic, said energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) based on preliminary data. The researchers also said energy ...
  • 16 Dec 2020 |

    Volkswagen CEO Diess gets green light to implement ambitious e-car plans

    16 Dec 2020, 15:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars electrive.net / Der Spiegel Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has prevailed in an internal power struggle at Germany's largest carmaker, allowing him to pursue the company's ambitious e-mobility agenda as ...
  • 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 ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    Germany and Denmark to strengthen cooperation on offshore energy island hubs

    15 Dec 2020, 14:17 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Energy Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 15 Dec 2020 |

    EU countries need to coordinate renewables support to avoid investor hopping- study

    15 Dec 2020, 13:59 Expert IASS- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Think tank on sustainable development Climate & CO2 Policy Edgar Meza Renewables EU EU member states need to coordinate their domestic energy reforms in order to better ...
  • 14 Dec 2020 |

    Germany pledges 500 million euros at Paris Agreement anniversary summit that leaves critics unimpressed

    14 Dec 2020, 14:20 Charlotte Nijhuis Politics International EU Der Spiegel / 威力彩玩法 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged an additional 500 million euros to help poorer countries in their effort to protect the climate in the context of ...
  • Breakthrough in Germany鈥檚 renewables law reform: wind and solar capacity to grow faster

    14 Dec 2020, 14:09 Members of Germany鈥檚 governing coalition have agreed on new rules to ensure a significant increase in the country鈥檚 renewable power production. However, exact targets of the much-anticipated reform of the country's landmark ...
  • Fight over ambition level threatens to delay Germany's renewables reform

    11 Dec 2020, 13:07 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Frankfurter Rundschau Germany鈥檚 government and parliament are struggling to complete the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the law that guides the ...
  • 11 Dec 2020 |

    German farming ministry launches 1-billion-euro climate action package

    11 Dec 2020, 13:05 Kerstine Appunn 威力彩玩法 Agriculture 威力彩玩法 Germany鈥檚 agriculture ministry has launched a 1-billion-euro 鈥滷armers for climate action鈥 package, including an investment programme worth 816 million euros to boost ...
  • 11 Dec 2020 |
    EU

    EU leaders agree to raise 2030 climate target- German reactions

    11 Dec 2020, 14:14 German politicians have welcomed the EU leaders鈥 decision to increase the bloc鈥檚 2030 climate target as an important decision that puts the Union on a credible path towards climate neutrality by 2050 and means the bloc is once again one ...
  • 10 Dec 2020 |

    E-car boom boosts sales at Europe's largest copper producer Aurubis

    10 Dec 2020, 13:53 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Cars Industry Reuters Rapidly rising sales of electric cars translates into good business opportunities for Europe's largest copper producer Aurubis,聽 reports 聽newswire Reuters. "With every ...
  • 10 Dec 2020 |

    Climate change heats up Bavaria's groundwater 鈥 study

    10 Dec 2020, 13:51 S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Climate & CO2 dpa Bavaria's groundwater has warmed significantly due to global warming, reports newswire dpa in an聽 article 聽carried by public broadcaster ZDF. At a depth of 20 metres, ...
  • Preview 2021: 鈥楪erman CO2 price can only be a start of energy taxes reform鈥

    10 Dec 2020, 11:02 With the EU presenting its Green Deal implementation packages next summer, Germany鈥檚 autumn election will be a climate election, says Christoph Bals, Policy Director at NGO Germanwatch. He has a long list of changes that the new ...
  • 08 Dec 2020 |

    Bosch plans to start production of fuel cell power stations in 2024

    08 Dec 2020, 13:30 Edgar Meza Storage Hydrogen 威力彩玩法 German technology company Bosch is ramping up stationary fuel cell efforts, announcing this week plans to begin full-scale production of distributed power stations based on solid oxide fuel ...
  • Energy law reform inadequate for German 2030 renewables target 鈥 analysis

    04 Dec 2020, 13:01 Kerstine Appunn Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG Tagesspiegel Background Germany will fail to achieve its 2030 target of a 65 percent renewables share in power consumption, even with added ambition in the latest draft for the ...
  • 02 Dec 2020 |

    Investment in renewables creates added value and local jobs 鈥 study

    02 Dec 2020, 13:42 Kerstine Appunn Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Up to two thirds of the gross value added by investments in local energy infrastructure and production remain in the German state where the investment takes place, an聽 analysis 聽by ...
  • 02 Dec 2020 |

    Disgruntled Green Party members in Hesse consider joining new 'Climate list' party

    02 Dec 2020, 13:40 Kerstine Appunn Elections & Politics Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Members of the regional Green Party in central German state Hesse have said they might leave the party and join a new 鈥渃limate list鈥 due to the regional party ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    Market share of alternative drives continues to grow in Germany 鈥 energy agency

    01 Dec 2020, 14:09 Expert dena- German Energy Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 New registrations of cars with alternative drive systems ...
  • 30 Nov 2020 |

    Employees working from home face higher heating bill during coronavirus pandemic 鈥 Verivox

    30 Nov 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Heating 威力彩玩法 Working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic containment measures implemented in Germany could increase the affected households' heating demand by up to four ...
  • 27 Nov 2020 |

    German climate cabinet to take stock, NGOs call for decisions

    27 Nov 2020, 14:33 A little more than one year after Germany鈥檚 so-called 鈥渃limate cabinet鈥 presented a big policy package to reach 2030 climate targets, its members will meet again on 2 December 鈥 but this time only to take stock, not decisions. ...
  • 27 Nov 2020 |

    German mobility far from climate-friendly, car still has central role- study

    27 Nov 2020, 14:20 Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the transport sector Transport Cars Freight Charlotte Nijhuis Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 Germany still has a long way to go in making mobility more environmentally and ...
  • 26 Nov 2020 |

    Replacing Germany's old wind turbines needs policy boost 鈥 energy industry

    26 Nov 2020, 13:33 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 威力彩玩法 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 25 Nov 2020 |

    European Commission greenlights German hard coal exit tenders until 2026

    25 Nov 2020, 15:04 Germany's phase-out plan for hard coal plants can largely be carried out as planned by inviting operators to submit compensation claims in tender procedures, the European Commission has decided. The German government welcomed the ...
  • 24 Nov 2020 |

    Germany's onshore wind power potential greater than previously thought 鈥 study

    24 Nov 2020, 13:21 Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 威力彩玩法 Wind power production in Germany could be ...
  • German Greens vow to speed up low-carbon transition

    23 Nov 2020, 14:00 Germany's Greens have backed a more ambitious climate target in a bid to defuse growing tensions with more radical activists. At a virtual convention designed to showcase the party's ability to govern Europe's largest ...
  • 23 Nov 2020 |

    G20 states confirm climate cooperation, Merkel sees topic rise on agenda

    23 Nov 2020, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn International G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The heads of state and government from the G20 (Group of Twenty) major economies have formally confirmed their cooperation on climate protection. Despite the United States ...
  • 20 Nov 2020 |

    G20 important for global climate action in 2021 鈥 German official

    20 Nov 2020, 14:31 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 威力彩玩法 The Group of Twenty (G20) major economies could play a crucial role for global climate action next year, said a German government official in Berlin ahead of this year鈥檚 digital G20 summit ...
  • German industry welcomes EU offshore wind plans, but environmental concerns remain

    20 Nov 2020, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann 威力彩玩法 Renewables Wind International 威力彩玩法 The plans by the European Commission to significantly ramp up renewable energy generation at sea have been mostly welcomed by German policymakers ...
  • German Greens call on climate activists for unity in election goals

    20 Nov 2020, 13:20 Leading members of Germany's Green Party have called on climate activists to cooperate in the country's general elections next year. They warn that more radical climate platforms competing in elections could harm the fight ...
  • 19 Nov 2020 |

    German rail company cuts back on coal power with major renewable deals

    19 Nov 2020, 13:53 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Mobility Der Spiegel State-owned German railway company Deutsche Bahn will sharply cut back its use of coal power by increasing the share of renewable electricity,聽 reports 聽Gerald Traufetter in ...
  • 18 Nov 2020 |

    G20 corona stimulus packages risk delaying climate action 鈥 report

    18 Nov 2020, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis 威力彩玩法 Green stimulus 威力彩玩法 Corona stimulus packages in G20 countries are set to delay climate action,聽according to a report published by Climate Transparency, an international partnership ...
  • 17 Nov 2020 |

    Renault Germany CEO calls on Berlin to maintain e-car purchase premium

    17 Nov 2020, 15:35 Edgar Meza Cars Tagesspiegel Background Renault Germany CEO Uwe Hochgeschurtz has appealed to the German government to maintain the purchase premium for e-cars ahead of Wednesday鈥檚 auto summit with Chancellor Angela Merkel. In an ...
  • 17 Nov 2020 |

    Germany's charging infrastructure outgrows demand by e-car drivers 鈥 energy industry

    17 Nov 2020, 13:48 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Cars 威力彩玩法 / Reuters The ...
  • 16 Nov 2020 |

    German solar lobby warns 450,000 PV arrays could be decommissioned by 2030

    16 Nov 2020, 13:35 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang 威力彩玩法 Solar dpa / Focus Online Germany's solar industry ...
  • German states and federal government clash over renewables law reform

    13 Nov 2020, 14:53 Kerstine Appunn Renewable Energy Act | EEG Government pv magazine / 威力彩玩法 The German government this week rejected a range of changes to the draft reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which had been proposed by the the ...
  • EU should take lead in climate cooperation with the US- political analyst

    13 Nov 2020, 15:15 The election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States is raising hopes that the US can be a partner again in international efforts to combat climate change. The US backed away from many climate commitments during the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Environment minister urges higher renewables goal in German transport sector

    10 Nov 2020, 13:47 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium f眉r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Kerstine Appunn Bioenergy Renewables Transport ...
  • 09 Nov 2020 |

    Shift to e-cars only works if Germany builds 2,000 charging points per week 鈥 car lobby

    09 Nov 2020, 13:19 Expert VDA- German Association of the Automotive Industry Transport S枚ren Amelang Cars Der Spiegel Germany must speed up its charging infrastructure rollout tenfold to avoid a failure in its shift to electric mobility, which is rapidly ...
  • German renewables operators urged to register facilities to avoid losing remuneration

    06 Nov 2020, 14:24 Expert BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Renewable Energy Act | EEG ...
  • German nuclear industry cautious about usefulness of small reactors for energy transition

    05 Nov 2020, 14:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Technology S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are increasingly hailed as an effective way for using nuclear power to curb the climate crisis without the major risks associated with ...
  • 04 Nov 2020 |

    Fully electric cars' share of new registrations reaches record 8.4 percent in Germany

    04 Nov 2020, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Cars 威力彩玩法 Pure electric cars' share of new car registrations in Germany reached 8.4 percent in October as a record number of car buyers opted for alternative propulsion systems.聽The number of new purely ...
  • 29 Oct 2020 |

    German car industry commits to 2050 climate neutrality, insists on combustion engines

    29 Oct 2020, 17:50 The German car industry has committed to climate-neutral mobility by 2050 for the first time, but continues to reject a sole focus on electric mobility. Following a fierce quarrel within the lobby group, industry association VDA said ...
  • 28 Oct 2020 |

    German 2020 solar power generation tops 2019 record already by October

    28 Oct 2020, 10:44 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Renewables Solar 威力彩玩法 Germany has already surpassed last year鈥檚 ...
  • 27 Oct 2020 |

    Hamburg decides to reduce coal usage in heating plant for climate action

    27 Oct 2020, 13:47 Coal Hamburger Abendblatt Hamburg鈥檚 Wedel coal-fired district heating plant is lowering its coal combustion, which will lead to lower CO2 emissions in the years until its planned shutdown in 2025, Jens Meyer-Wellmann writes in the ...
  • 23 Oct 2020 |

    Researchers develop lightweight battery pack for electric vehicles

    23 Oct 2020, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Cars Technology 威力彩玩法 Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) have developed a lightweight battery pack to reduce the overall weight of e-car batteries. ...
  • 22 Oct 2020 |

    12 minutes per year: Germany has shortest time of power black-outs ever

    22 Oct 2020, 13:47 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid 威力彩玩法 Interruptions in Germany鈥檚 electricity ...
  • 21 Oct 2020 |

    EU Council votes for climate measures in future farming subsidies, critics say effects will be minimal

    21 Oct 2020, 13:41 The EU鈥檚 27 agriculture ministers have found a compromise on how the 387 billion euros in farming subsidies should be spent in the years until 2027, agreeing to make certain environmental and climate standards mandatory and earmarking a ...
  • 20 Oct 2020 |

    EU must include global warming in security policy 鈥 Munich Security Conference head

    20 Oct 2020, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Security Tagesspiegel Background The coronavirus pandemic shows that Europe needs to broaden its security policy focus to include non-military or terrorist threats such as infectious disease and global warming, former ...
  • 20 Oct 2020 |

    Public's interest flags in participation in Germany's nuclear waste disposal search

    20 Oct 2020, 12:36 Nuclear phase-out Tageszeitung (taz) An event aimed at boosting public participation in Germany鈥檚 search for a nuclear waste disposal site has drawn less interest than its organisers expected, Malte Kreutzfeldt writes in Die ...
  • 20 Oct 2020 |

    German transmission grid operator 50Hertz calls for more Baltic offshore wind power

    20 Oct 2020, 12:34 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Wind Handelsblatt German electricity transmission grid operator 50Hertz wants to see a more aggressive expansion of wind power in the Baltic Sea than currently ...
  • 19 Oct 2020 |

    EU chief wants new vision for European buildings

    19 Oct 2020, 12:59 Kerstine Appunn Efficiency Heating EU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Europe needs a new way of using resources and should bring together design and sustainability, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in an op-ed ...
  • 19 Oct 2020 |

    German consumers to pay more for gas in 2021

    19 Oct 2020, 12:57 Kerstine Appunn Gas Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Higher costs for gas infrastructure and the new CO2 price in the heating sector are set to increase gas costs for German households in 2021, consumer comparison site Verivox has ...
  • 16 Oct 2020 |

    Tesla forced to halt construction at Berlin factory after failing to pay its water bill

    16 Oct 2020, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars rbb24 / Der Spiegel US carmaker Tesla has been forced to halt construction works at its planned e-car and battery factory near Berlin after failing to pay a water bill to the local supply company, which then ...
  • 16 Oct 2020 |

    Germany must push 2030 renewables target to 75 or even 80 percent 鈥 env min

    16 Oct 2020, 13:17 Germany's environment minister has called for a sharp increase in the country's renewables targets. Svenja Schulze said the country will have to increase renewables' share in power use to "at least 75 percent, maybe ...
  • 15 Oct 2020 |

    Lack of e-car charging price transparency continues to irk German consumer groups

    15 Oct 2020, 13:56 Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Cost & Prices 威力彩玩法 Prices at electric car charging points in Germany are not ...
  • 15 Oct 2020 |

    Germany's renewables surcharge capped at 6.5 cents in 2021 but benefit for customers uncertain

    15 Oct 2020, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Cost & Prices Government 威力彩玩法 The surcharge on German power customers' bills to support the expansion of renewable energy sources will fall from currently 6.75 to 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) ...
  • 15 Oct 2020 |
    EU

    Most EU states on track for 2030 climate goals, but higher targets on horizon

    15 Oct 2020, 11:29 EU countries largely make good progress towards reaching their existing energy and climate targets for 2030, said the European Commission in a series of reports. But the assessment of national plans comes at a time when the union is in ...
  • 14 Oct 2020 |

    Germans convinced transport must change but doubt e-cars are the solution- survey

    14 Oct 2020, 15:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Transport Cars 威力彩玩法 Most people in Germany regard the mobility sector as a great threat to the country's climate targets and call for measures to reduce the impact of transport on greenhouse gas ...
  • Germany's old wind turbines will be given new lifelines at end of 20-year support

    14 Oct 2020, 14:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Renewable Energy Act | EEG 威力彩玩法 Germany will try to retain most of its wind power capacity that will lose its guaranteed remuneration after dropping out of the 20-year feed-in tariff support scheme ...
  • 13 Oct 2020 |

    Polish coal mine could pollute German water supply- Greenpeace

    13 Oct 2020, 13:58 Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Coal EU 威力彩玩法 The Polish state-owned PGE energy company鈥檚 plans to expand the聽Tur贸w聽opencast mine threaten to pollute German water supplies, the advocacy ...
  • Germany's solar industry slams renewables act reform, cites possible EU law violation

    13 Oct 2020, 13:54 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Expert BWE- German Wind Energy Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy ...
  • 13 Oct 2020 |

    Germany's SMEs worry EU sustainable finance regulation might overstretch their capacities

    13 Oct 2020, 13:21 Expert Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Finance EU 威力彩玩法 Many smaller companies in Germany are worried that the EU鈥檚 ...
  • 12 Oct 2020 |

    Current EU plans for farming subsidies would not benefit climate 鈥 NGO

    12 Oct 2020, 13:43 If the European Union doesn't include stricter rules for climate friendly farming in its main subsidy scheme (CAP), the farming sector will not achieve any emission reductions in the next ten years, a new report finds. Expert ...
  • 09 Oct 2020 |

    Holcim says demand for climate-neutral concrete rising in Germany

    09 Oct 2020, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Industry Hamburger Abendblatt Swiss-based building materials company Holcim is registering rising demand for climate-neutral concrete. "We register big interest from many companies in climate-neutral construction who ...
  • 09 Oct 2020 |

    Electric cars and plug-in hybrids set to outsell diesels in Germany soon 鈥 survey

    09 Oct 2020, 13:38 S枚ren Amelang Cars dpa / Die Welt / 威力彩玩法 People in Germany are set to buy more pure electric cars and plug-in hybrids than diesel cars soon, a survey commissioned by price comparison website Verivox shows, news agency dpa ...
  • 08 Oct 2020 |

    Daimler works council opposes pure focus on e-mobility

    08 Oct 2020, 14:19 Expert Daimler AG Transport Cars Business & Jobs S枚ren Amelang Cars Automobilwoche / dpa /Handelsblatt The Daimler works council has warned the carmaker against focusing solely on electric mobility. "Electric mobility is ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    Germany's e-car subsidies cause 'economic damage' as pandemic strains budget 鈥 researchers

    06 Oct 2020, 13:09 Expert IfW- Kiel Institute for the World Economy Institut f眉r Weltwirtschaft Kiel Society International Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs 威力彩玩法 Support payments for electric mobility are part of " ...
  • 06 Oct 2020 |

    German military needs to adapt to momentous climate change challenges 鈥 defence minister

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  • No more Autobahn: Germany's Greens call for halt of new highway construction

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  • 05 Oct 2020 |

    Germany registers more than 20,000 pure electric cars in a month for first time

    05 Oct 2020, 13:45 S枚ren Amelang Cars 威力彩玩法 A record number of car buyers in Germany have opted for electric vehicles in September. The number of new purely electric vehicles rose to 21,188 last month, an increase of 260 percent compared to a ...
  • 23 Feb 2022 |

    Q&A: What does Germany's decision to put Nord Stream 2 on hold mean?

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  • The energy crunch 鈥 Effects on households and businesses and government's reaction

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  • 07 Feb 2022 |

    The energy crunch 鈥 What causes the rise in energy prices?

    07 Feb 2022, 14:33 Prices for electricity and gas have skyrocketed in Europe last year and this winter, inflating energy bills for households and businesses, prompting governments to introduce relief measures while wondering how to counteract the ...
  • 07 Oct 2021 |

    Climate and energy stumbling blocks for the 2021 German coalition talks

    07 Oct 2021, 12:05 Climate and energy policy could emerge as a major stumbling block in the upcoming coalition talks between the German election winner Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the pro-business FDP. The parties have decided to open ...
  • 16 Aug 2021 |

    Climate-friendly farming: The proposals of Germany's agriculture commission

    16 Aug 2021, 12:44 In a late push to include the farming sector in its efforts for a climate neutral transformation, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in 2020 created the "Commission for the Future of Agriculture." Droughts and farmers& ...
  • 27 Apr 2023 |

    Covering the EU鈥檚 鈥淔it for 55鈥 package of climate and energy laws

    27 Apr 2023, 11:30 The European Union is undertaking a major revamp of its climate and energy legislation to make its member states 鈥淔it for 55鈥 鈥 the bloc鈥檚 new 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The European Commission presented its ...
  • How many car industry jobs are at risk from the shift to electric vehicles?

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  • 26 May 2021 |

    Waste to Energy 鈥 Controversial power generation by incineration

    26 May 2021, 12:12 The EU's plans to become climate-neutral by mid-century add further fuel to the heated debate about the environmental impacts of incinerating waste to generate power. The sector provides a small but significant share of the EU' ...
  • 29 Apr 2021 |

    German top court finds key climate legislation insufficient in landmark ruling

    29 Apr 2021, 11:03 In a decision called "historic," Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's climate policies are insufficient because they lack emission reduction targets beyond 2030. "The challenged provisions do ...
  • EU鈥檚 Farm to Fork strategy impacts climate, productivity, and trade

    05 Mar 2021, 13:40 The European Green Deal with its landmark Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies aims to achieve nothing less than a complete overhaul of the EU's food system to reach the bloc's 2050 target of climate neutrality. The new ...
  • 07 Mar 2022 |

    Tesla's Berlin gigafactory will accelerate shift to electric cars

    07 Mar 2022, 14:14 Few recent business headlines have sparked as much talk in Germany as the arrival of Tesla's "gigafactory" near Berlin, which is set to churn out hundreds of thousands of electric cars in the birth country of the ...
  • Resources and recycling needs for Germany's solar panels

    11 Feb 2021, 11:14 Solar PV is set to become the world's fastest growing power source over the next decades, triggering a major shift in resource requirements in the energy sector and producing vast quantities of installations that at some point turn ...
  • Resources and recycling needs for Germany's wind turbines

    08 Feb 2021, 14:56 Wind energy is becoming Germany's most important power source and is a key component of countries' energy transition plans around the world. But in order to ensure a reliable supply of input materials for their construction ...
  • Electric highways offer the most efficient path to decarbonise trucks

    01 Feb 2021, 16:20 Connecting electric trucks to overhead power lines on so-called electric highways is the most energy-efficient route to zero-emission road freight. The technology is being tested in a number of pilot projects, with Germany and Sweden ...
  • 14 Jan 2021 |
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    Who sets the targets? Expert Q&A on European energy and climate policy

    14 Jan 2021, 08:50 Energy targets and climate policies in European countries have never been set only at national level. On a continent where small states share multiple borders, their energy systems are becoming increasingly interlinked, and thus ...
  • 21 May 2021 |

    CO2 reduction and biofuels in Germany's transport sector- implementing the RED II directive

    21 May 2021, 14:42 No greenhouse gas reductions since 1990 鈥 that is the unfortunate balance of Germany's transport sector. While the climate targets are clear, the way to reach them remains subject to fierce debate. One major part in decarbonising ...
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    Global reporting on new IPCC report: Securing a liveable and sustainable future for all

    14 Mar 2022, 15:00 Milou Dirkx International In a report published by the IPCC two weeks ago, 270 scientists from 67 countries reviewed more than 34,000 articles to assess the effects of climate change, the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural ...
  • 02 Dec 2021 |

    COP26 Reflections: The good, the bad and the future

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  • 03 Sep 2021 |

    Cartoon-snapshot of what鈥檚 hot in energy and climate

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  • 25 Apr 2022 |

    Climate coverage and war: Reporting on the energy transition as a security priority

    25 Apr 2022 Berlin As the Covid19 pandemic was dragging to an end, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is violently shaking the international order. The biggest war in Europe since the end of WWII, the aggression against Ukraine is not only causing endless ...
  • 30 Mar 2022 |

    Exchange programme brings together journalists from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Germany in 2022

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  • 15 Feb 2022 |
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    Event: Can the Green Deal boost EU-African Union relations and economies?

    15 Feb 2022 Berlin The EU has set the course for climate neutrality by 2050, but its 'Green Deal' sustainable growth strategy could have a sizeable impact far beyond the continent itself. Implemented correctly, it could help deepen the relations ...
  • 27 Jan 2022 |

    Event: Germany鈥檚 G7 presidency as a stepping stone for the 2022 international climate agenda

    27 Jan 2022 Berlin Sign up now! The new German government has to hit the ground running on the international stage as the country assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) mere days after taking office. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his team have ...
  • 27 Jul 2021 |

    Covering climate: Journalism insights on the launch of the sixth IPCC report

    27 Jul 2021 Berlin Climate change will become a top theme of media coverage around the world in the latter half of 2021. As the IPCC will publish the first part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in early August, every newsroom, media house and ...
  • 06 Jul 2021 |

    Fit for 55 鈥 EU gets ready for complete overhaul of climate and energy legislation

    06 Jul 2021 Berlin The European Union is getting ready for a major revamp of its climate and energy legislation to make the continent 鈥淔it for 55鈥 鈥 its new 55% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The Commission is set to present its package of ...
  • Uniting the world to tackle climate change 鈥 UK, U.S. & EU on the road to COP26

    20 Apr 2021 Berlin The United Kingdom is set to host what many see as the most important global climate summit (COP26) since the deal over the landmark Paris Agreement was struck in 2015. This year鈥檚 UN climate change conference on 1-12 November in ...
  • Feeding 450 million in a climate friendly way 鈥 How does the EU鈥檚 attempt to make farming sustainable affect its trading partners?

    11 Mar 2021 Berlin Eating habits, farming practices and supply chains in Europe must change if the European Union is to achieve its target of climate neutrality by the middle of the century. The EU鈥檚 2020 Farm to Fork strategy is the first attempt to give ...
  • All aboard for the green economy: Can Europe perform an energy transition that leaves no one behind?

    16 Feb 2021 Berlin As Europe has set the course to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050, a profound economic transformation is picking up pace, with plenty of new opportunities but also with the risk of leaving some behind. Europe's ...
  • 18 Jan 2021 |

    Europe and the U.S.- new dream team for climate action or rivals on the road to net zero?

    18 Jan 2021 Berlin Politicians and climate policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic have hailed the election of Joe Biden as the United States鈥 next president as a new beginning for EU-U.S. relations to drive global emissions reduction. The president ...
  • 2030 climate target 鈥 EU decision goes down to the wire

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  • 24 Nov 2020 |
    EU

    Deep dive: Making the most of Europe's renewables potential

    24 Nov 2020 Berlin Hydro power from Norway, wind power from Portugal and solar PV from Greece? Europe鈥檚 potential for renewable energy varies significantly depending on the geological and geographical conditions in individual regions. While each country ...
  • 19 Nov 2020 |

    Explanatory: The interplay between European and national energy and climate policies

    19 Nov 2020 Berlin Europe鈥檚 energy and climate policies have never been set only at national government level. On a continent where small states share multiple borders, the energy systems are becoming increasingly interlinked, and thus national actions ...
  • 01 Dec 2020 |

    Carbon border tax: Will Europe build trade walls to save the climate?

    01 Dec 2020 Berlin Some see it as a climate policy panacea, others as just the right recipe for trade conflicts with partners across the globe: The European Union is working out plans to put a price on imported goods depending on the greenhouse gas ...
  • Estival

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