Tag: alternative energy
Energy storage start-up Stabl Energy gets fresh money
The founding team The founders of Stabl Energy from left to right: Martin Sprehe, Arthur Singer, Christoph Dietrich and Nam Truong. (Photo: STABL Energy GmbH) Hamburg A winner of the…
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…
How the EU’s policies contributed to the crisis
There were two ways of avoiding the current gas price crisis. Firstly, the European suppliers could have negotiated prices with the supplier Gazprom on a longer-term basis. Second, they could…
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…
German solar innovation inspires Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani By 2030, the entrepreneur wants to single-handedly increase India’s solar capacity by 100 gigawatts. (Photo: imago / Hindustan Times) Bangkok Asia’s richest man wants to drive the energy…
Energy supply: How the gas panic is harming wind power operators
The EU Commission is looking for tools to counter the high gas prices. The examples of France and Spain show how tricky the situation has become for providers of wind…
Coal and oil consumption are increasing – energy prices could endanger climate change
RWE power plant Niederaussem The IEA experts demanded that the states should finally send a clear signal that they want to accelerate the expansion of renewable energies rapidly. (Photo: imago…
Salzgitter fears production problems due to electricity prices
Steel production The explosion in electricity prices is also having an impact on the energy-intensive steel industry. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The steel industry is sounding the alarm because of the…
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…
Decarbonization through red hydrogen?
Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer Society “As a bridging technology, we need turquoise hydrogen from gas and, in the longer term, also red hydrogen from nuclear fusion.” (Photo: Fraunhofer)…
If even companies are calling for more climate protection, all alarm bells should sound
Wind turbines Companies are demanding more climate protection from the future government. (Photo: dpa) At the latest when companies demand stricter measures in terms of climate protection, all alarm bells…
Women entrepreneurs in Chile: Founder Constanza Levicán
Salvador Constanza Levicán’s first attempt to commercialize a technological innovation developed in-house failed. That was four years ago. The electrical engineer and her fellow students from the renowned Universidad Católica,…
When it comes to hydrogen, the economy wants clarity quickly from the future coalition
Hydrogen pipe The question of what role hydrogen-based fuel should play in the transport sector is a controversial political issue. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The subject of hydrogen has been shaping…
Green steel from Sweden – Klöckner cooperates with start-up
San Francisco, Berlin The European steel market is still on the move: while the manufacturers undercut each other with their dates for the market launch of green steel, some buyers…
Sustainable e-kerosene from the Emsland
Frankfurt Germany is pushing ahead with the industrial production of synthetically produced aviation fuel. The first production facility for sustainable kerosene was inaugurated on Monday in Werlte in Emsland. “Nobody…
It continues to shine in the neighborhood
Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant In Germany, the last reactors will soon go offline, but other European countries continue to rely on the technology. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, London, Istanbul, Madrid, Stockholm,…
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…
France caps price increases for gas and electricity over the winter
Gas landing station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline in Lubmin Wholesale prices for natural gas have risen dramatically this year. (Photo: dpa) Paris, Brussels In view of…
Steel industry – climate protection agreements could be the last chance
Berlin Energy-intensive industries such as steel, chemicals or cement will be under immense pressure in the coming years to make their production processes climate-neutral. The steel industry is particularly in…
For the first time, the container ship is filling up with “green” gas
Container ship “Elbblue” (in front of the picture) In order to cast off its reputation as a “swimming climate offender”, shipping is increasingly turning to alternative fuels. (Photo: MAN) Dusseldorf…