Tag: Alternative energy wind
Renewable energies are taking over the electricity market
Berlin The traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP pays great attention to the restructuring of the electricity market in its coalition agreement. The focus is…
Demand for subsidized green electricity is booming
Offshore Wind power at sea is by far the most powerful of all renewables. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Amazon, Covestro, Fraport. Three companies that actually have nothing in common. Except that…
RWE wants to build floating wind farms off the coast of South Korea
The logo of the energy company in Essen Dusseldorf The energy group RWE wants to build floating wind farms off the coast of South Korea. The largest German electricity producer…
Avoid price shocks for gas and electricity
All over the republic, private households and companies have received mail from their energy suppliers in recent months: In view of the record prices for gas and electricity, price increases…
Bornholm Energy Island: 50Hertz & Energinet cooperation
A work ship brings fitters to wind turbines The island is to become an “offshore hub”, i.e. a hub for the surrounding wind farms in both countries. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Traffic light parties want to use two percent of the land area for wind power
Wind turbines in the southern Black Forest The expansion of onshore wind power is to be accelerated. Generous land designations could help. But the resistance to wind turbines is considerable…
Green boom due to renewable energies in Brazil
Salvador In northeastern Brazil, new wind farms are currently being opened every few months. The largest plant in Latin America started in June: 230 turbines with a total capacity of…
Renewable energies spoil Siemens Energy’s balance sheet
Munich, Düsseldorf The red numbers in the business with renewable energies brought the DAX newcomer Siemens Energy losses in its first year as an independent company. In fiscal year 2020/21…
Green boom due to renewable energies in Brazil
Salvador In northeastern Brazil, new wind farms are currently being opened every few months. The largest plant in Latin America started in June: 230 turbines with a total capacity of…
“Electricity motorway”: simplify trade to Great Britain
End piece of the power line “NordLink” The “NeuConnect” subsea power cable is expected to transport up to 1.4 gigawatts of electricity in both directions from 2026 onwards. (Photo: dpa)…
“Electricity motorway”: simplify trade to Great Britain
Merkel and Johnson With “NeuConnect”, Germany could give up excess electricity. (Photo: Reuters) London / Wilhelmshaven With a “power highway” under water, Germany and Great Britain want to trade and…
Altmaier calls for the EEG surcharge to be abolished completely as soon as possible
Peter Altmaier The Federal Minister of Economics wants to completely abolish the EEG surcharge. (Photo: imago images / Political-Moments) Berlin, Düsseldorf Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) has spoken…
Altmaier calls for the EEG surcharge to be abolished completely as soon as possible
Peter Altmaier The Federal Minister of Economics wants to completely abolish the EEG surcharge. (Photo: imago images / Political-Moments) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) has spoken out…
The EEG surcharge will apparently decrease significantly in the coming year
Multiple socket outlet The EEG surcharge, with which consumers promote the expansion of renewable energies, is expected to decrease in 2022. (Photo: imago / Jochen Tack) Berlin According to information…
Hydrogen – time for a new honesty
Anyone who thinks that energy and climate protection policy is only an issue during election campaigns or coalition negotiations is wrong. These two closely related areas will be at the…
RWE is taking the Jüchen wind farm off the grid as a precaution
Destroyed Nordex wind turbine The almost 240 meter high wind turbine collapsed near Haltern am See. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf / Frankfurt The energy company RWE shut down its Jüchen A…
Ex-manager Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath becomes a board member at BP
Dusseldorf. Three weeks ago, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath surprised everyone by saying goodbye to RWE. After just one and a half years, she resigned from the position of head of the future…