3 Green Deal priorities – renewable energy, clean mobility, energy efficient houses
EU energy ministers express strong support for the European Green Deal as an essential part of the EU’s recovery strategy…
German business community calls for “Kurzarbeit” law
The second questionnaire regarding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business, carried out by AHK Romania, shows that all…
Nuclear plant in Germany taken offline, corona crisis impacts on deconstruction plans
The nuclear plant Gundremmingen in Bavaria will go offline until the end of March or early April due to a…
Corona crisis hits German carmakers during crucial transition period
The production stops and far-reaching sales collapse in the automotive industry is hitting Germany’s major carmakers at a crucial time…
Germany and Netherlands ”open” to consider ”coronabonds”
Germany and the Netherlands, two of the staunchest opponents of the idea of issuing common debt in the eurozone, would…
Industry production stops set to slash Germany’s energy demand, lowers CO2 certificates cost
The extensive suspension of Germany’s industrial production in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus will have a substantial…
Coronavirus increases demand for wind & solar investments
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted major sell-offs in global markets, but demand for renewable energy investments remains strong, said German…
Work on Germany’s largest support-free pv farm starts
Utility EnBW has started constructing Germany’s largest support-free solar power farm on the outskirts of Berlin. The solar farm with…
Energy and industry companies team up to launch Germany’s first hydrogen network
Germany’s largest energy company RWE, together with oil company BP, chemicals producer Evonik and gas grid operators have announced the…
OMV to sell its 287 gas stations in Germany
The Austrian energy company OMV wants to sell its 287 gas stations in Germany. The company announced its intentions in…
Winds of change push German power grid to the edge
As Berlin steps up its switch to renewable energy, consumers of electricity — i.e., German taxpayers — are footing the…
Keep your focus and face all fears eyes wide open!
87 years later, the spirit of the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt is still alive and kicking! Not only when…
Germany: Coal electricity production fell 23% in Q4, green up 6%
Bogdan Tudorache In the fourth quarter of 2019, a total of 141 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed…
Germany: Aviation tax should be postponed due to coronavirus
Germany should postpone the introduction of an aviation levy designed to lower emissions because the sector has already been dealt…
Government studies find Germany’s 2030 climate package fails to reach objective
The German government’s comprehensive 2030 climate package announced last year will likely fail to reach its objective and not bring…
Gas-fired power generation reaches record high in Germany
Power production from natural gas rose to an all-time high in Germany last year, overtaking hard coal electricity generation for…
Germany seeks hydrogen import deal with West African states
Germany plans to set up a production and import chain for renewable hydrogen in a joint project with Western African…
France, Germany join BlackRock for climate investment
France and Germany are joining forces with investment giant BlackRock to speed up attracting capital to invest in projects fighting…
Germans protest against Tesla gigafactory
The U.S. carmaker Tesla’ new factory plan in Germany is facing protests. Tesla announced plans last November to build its…
EFdeN qualified for the third time for Solar Decathlon, the global sustainable homes competition,
EFdeN is among the teams selected for the 2021 edition of Solar Decathlon Europe, which will take place in Wuppertal,…
German power grid firms need sharp rise in renewable generation capacity by 2035
Germany’s four power grid operators said on Friday that a sharp rise in the country’s renewable generation capacity was needed…
Germany’s RWE to cut one in three jobs in $2.9 bln coal exit deal
RWE, Germany’s biggest power producer, will cut about 6,000 jobs, or nearly a third of its current workforce, by 2030…
Romania would benefit from investments worth 10 billion euro form the Green Deal
Romania is among the main beneficiaries of the Fair Transition Mechanism, intended to help Europe become climate neutral by 2050,…