OIEA: Iran imported from Russia 149 tons of uranium concentrate
Iran received on Tuesday, February 7th, the last batch of 149 tonnes of concentrated uranium provided by Russia, according to…
Bosch reaches 328 mln. USD settlement in VW emissions scandal
Bosch has agreed to pay USD 327.5 million to resolve allegations in the US that it played a significant role…
Employers, trade unions and embassies criticise changes to the Criminal Law approved by emergency ordinance
Over 300,000 Romanian protested on Wednesday evening in many Romanian and European cities against the changes introduced by Grindeanu Cabinet…
Manufacturers require abandoning a fire safety norm that would eliminate polystyrene from thermal insulation of buildings
The manufacturer of building materials AdePlast, on behalf of all local producers of polystyrene, calls on the government and the…
Almost half of all Romanians prefer solar energy as the main source of home heating
Almost half of all Romanians (49%) believe it would be desirable to use environmentally friendly solar energy for space heating,…
CE launches the infringement procedure against seven states in Volkswagen scandal
The European Committee started legal action on Thursday against seven countries including Germany and Britain for failing to police emissions…
Large companies should fear this: households to become energy independent
Half of EU citizens – including local communities, schools and hospitals – could be producing their own renewable electricity by…
Germany accuses Fiat of using illegal emissions device
Germany found unusual increases in the emissions of four Fiat Chrysler vehicles, and Berlin therefore accuses the Italian-American carmaker of…
Germans to replace maze with daisies for fueling the biogas industry
A giant form of the flowering daisy plant that can grow 10 feet high may become the favored fuel of…
Amazon opens sale points in Shell gas stations in Germany
The world’s largest online retailer is teaming up with oil giant Shell and its German gas station chain to create…
Germany introduces new benefits for owners of electric cars
German ecological car owners receive tax breaks, reservation of parking spaces for loading, free parking, permission to use bus lanes…
EU calls into question Germany’s brown coal compromise
The European Commission fears that Germany’s new electricity market reforms will breach EU guidelines by giving environmentally-harmful brown coal power…
Germany helps Russia bypass Ukraine via Nord Stream 2
Gazprom and its European partners signed a shareholders’ agreement on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project that will run beneath…
German coal reserve plan may break EU rules
Germany’s plans to pay companies to shift power capacity to a coal-fired reserve from 2017 may well breach EU rules,…
A new record: Germany produced 78% of its daily energy needs with renewables
An ideal combination of sunny and stormy weather in different parts of Germany on July 25th allowed the country to…
Wintershall: Shale gas controversy blocking conventional production
Wintershall Holding GMBH says natural gas production in Germany fell by about 6% in the past year, and controversy over…
German government upholds fracking ban
Drilling for shale gas remains under an unlimited ban, said German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks, dismissing media reports of government…
Germany tables ambitious plan to uphold energy efficiency targets
In order to meet EU energy efficiency targets, the German government has tabled a national action plan, including a tendering…