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,…
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…