Climate package will increase jobs but slow Germany’s economic growth
Germany’s climate package will create more jobs than a business-as-usual scenario while it is overall expected to have a slightly…
Romania gets 757 mln. euro, one of the largest slices of Just Transition Fund
Bogdan Tudorache The European Commission’s 7.5-billion euro-strong Just Transition Fund (JTF) is set to allocate 2 billion euro to Poland…
Reliance on imports for e-mobility could cause major job losses in Germany
The self-reliance of Germany’s carmakers for producing electric vehicles has to increase substantially over the next years if massive job…
Transport and heating tarnish Germany’s emission cuts in 2019
A sharp drop in coal use put a break on Germany’s CO2 emissions last year and pushed the country “surprisingly”…
Rising demand will lead Germany towards renewable power gap
Germany’s expansion of renewable energy will be unable to keep up with future demand, leading the country to miss its…
Germany grants homeowners tax incentives for energy efficient renovations
Following years of failed attempts, Germany will from January 2020 provide homeowners with tax incentives for energy efficient renovations, allowing…
Germany sets goal of cutting primary energy use by 30% by 2030
Germany has officially adopted the target of cutting primary energy use by nearly one third by 2030. The government has…
Drop in coal use pushes Germany closer to 2020 climate target
Germany has seen a second year of significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, as coal use fell by…
Tesla’s plant in Germany will produce 500,000 electric vehicles a year
Tesla, the American electric car maker, plans to produce 500,000 electric vehicles annually at its new factory, 140 km from…
Targeted action needed to curb unrelenting global demand for coal power
The world’s consumption of coal as a power source will grow further until at least 2040 if no targeted action…
Higher wholesale power prices offset planned renewables surcharge cut – industry
Wholesale electricity prices in Germany have increased by about 13 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year, the energy…
German solar power industry’s business climate continues to be positive
Business sentiment in the German solar power industry continues to be positive after the announcement of conditions more favourable to…
Tesla gigafactory in Gemany hailed as gamechanger for lagging e-mobility transition
Tesla’s decision to build its first European “gigafactory” for batteries and vehicles in Germany will be an enormous boost for…
Germany allows new coal plant to enter service despite phase-out
German utility Uniper has been given the green light to start commercial operations at its new 1.5-billion-euro Datteln 4 coal-fired…
Germany slashes key efficiency target in new building energy draft law
The German government has slashed an essential efficiency target that aimed for a “close to climate neutral building stock by…
Energy efficiency in Germany improved by 3.2 percent in 2018 – AGEB
In 2018, energy efficiency in Germany improved by 3.2 percent compared to the previous year, according to preliminary estimates by…
Legal loophole allowed German companies to avoid paying billions in renewables support
Hundreds of companies may have used a loophole in Germany’s Renewable Energy Act to avoid paying their share of the…
Germany to have 54 bln. euro for the climate package between 2020-2023
The German government expects CO2 pricing in the buildings and transport sectors to bring in 18.8 billion euros by 2023…
France and Germany – joint project for the production of batteries for next-generation electric vehicles
Two new-generation battery factories developed under the Franco-German project will be built respectively in France in 2022 and in Germany…
E-mobility and wind power auctions suffer from flawed competition – Germany
The German Monopolies Commission has warned that the breakthrough of electric cars and the expansion of onshore wind power in…
German energy ministers promise legal overhaul to revive ailing wind power expansion
The expansion of onshore wind power in Germany and the capacity growth of other renewable energy sources need a clear…
German landfill operators agree to significantly lower methane emissions
Methane emissions from landfills in Germany will be gradually reduced by a total of one million tonnes of CO2 equivalents…
German government says power storage capacity could grow more than 50-fold by 2030
The total power storage capacity available in Germany could grow immensely over the next decade, the German government says. In…