Tag: Alternative energy wind
Desperate search for guaranteed power plant output
Working on a gas turbine at Siemens Energy New gas-fired power plants are urgently needed, but there is no incentive to invest. (Photo: Weisflog) Berlin A broad alliance of different…
Cuxhaven becomes the bottleneck for the German energy transition
Wind power installation at sea There is a lack of capacity on Germany’s coast. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Hamburg As much electricity as 40 nuclear power plants is to be generated…
Profit skimming plans split renewables industry
Berlin, Dusseldorf The energy industry is vehemently discussing the federal government’s plan to skim off excess profits. Associations and representatives of companies such as RWE, EnBW and others have been…
Siemens Energy again with high losses
Wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa The renewable energy business is Siemens Energy’s big problem child. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The Dax group Siemens Energy continues to write deep red numbers. In…
Siemens Gamesa posted a loss of almost one billion euros
Siemens Gamesa The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Dusseldorf, Munich After a loss of almost one billion euros, the new Siemens Gamesa boss Jochen Eickholt…
We should produce hydrogen offshore directly in the North Sea
The author Jürgen Peterseim is Senior Manager at PwC. (Photo: obs) In Berlin we have the dictum “Wedding is coming”. It describes the state of hopeful waiting for a social…
Energielenker Green Energy: Biogas company is for sale
Biogas plant (symbol image) Renewable energies are currently in high demand among investors. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The North German biogas and electricity producer Energielenker Green Energy is for sale. The…
Expansion of wind turbines in Germany is faltering
Wind turbines in North Rhine-Westphalia More green electricity is a key element in achieving climate targets. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The expansion of wind turbines on land is not really gaining…
Wind power expansion in Germany is hardly progressing
windmill The wind companies are having a hard time with the high prices. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Dusseldorf In September, just 87 bidders with their wind farms for 772 megawatts applied…
Futurist Rifkin on fears of sabotage: “Governments need to wake up”
Jeremy Riftin The economist does not see Western countries as well prepared for attacks on the energy grid. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) new York The West has fallen asleep with its…
Siemens Energy boss wants to take more action at Gamesa
Christian Bruch The manager makes the restructuring of Siemens Gamesa a top priority. (Photo: Thorsten Jochim for Handelsblatt) Munich At Siemens Energy, the pressure from investors and the supervisory board…
Siemens Energy boss Bruch wants to take more action at the crisis subsidiary Gamesa
Munich At Siemens Energy, the pressure from investors and the supervisory board is growing on CEO Christian Bruch to finally turn around the problem subsidiary Gamesa. According to corporate circles,…
New technologies for green electricity must be used
Wind turbines in front of coal power plant To many it still seems unthinkable that wind and solar power should supply Germany with electricity in the future – when the…
Huge battery storage against power failures is created
Illustration of a large storage This is what the Fluence network booster in southern Germany could look like. Dusseldorf Although Germany is in the middle of the energy crisis, many…
Huge battery storage against power failures is created
Illustration of a large storage This is what the Fluence network booster in southern Germany could look like. Dusseldorf Although Germany is in the middle of the energy crisis, many…
Largest network storage system in the world: mega storage facility is being built in southern Germany
Large storage in the USA The provider Fluence has already set up a number of power storage systems internationally. The project in Kupferzell is by far the largest in Germany.…
Wind group cuts 2900 jobs
Siemens Gamesa The group has been in the red for years. (Photo: ddp) Dusseldorf The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is cutting 2,900 jobs worldwide. The wind company announced this…
Coal group Leag wants to build Europe’s first giga solar park
Photovoltaic More and more large solar parks adorn Germany’s landscape. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf It is an almost unimaginable area: the solar park with a capacity of one gigawatt (GW) in…
Northern German states want electricity price zones – criticism of Bavaria
wind energy Critics have repeatedly pointed out that regions with a lot of renewable energy, for example from wind power, are burdened with higher fees. (Photo: IMAGO/IlluPics) Hanover/Kiel/Schwerin The northern…
Mercedes is planning a 100-megawatt wind farm in northern Germany
wind farm The Mercedes-Benz Group wants to generate 15 percent of its annual electricity requirements with wind energy. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Hamburg Mercedes-Benz is increasing the proportion of regeneratively generated…