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…
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…