Tag: Decarbonization
Power grids: Cross-border lines connect countries
substation The transmission of electricity across national borders is gaining in importance worldwide. (Photo: imago images/UJ Alexander) Power markets around the world are growing together as power lines connect countries.…
Decarbonization of shipping: Shipowners are looking for alternatives
Container ship MOL Triumph The Japanese company wants to win the international competition for climate-neutral ocean shipping. (Photo: dpa) Tokyo The climate-friendly freighter of the future is behind glass in…
How the new Swiss Steel boss wants to create decarbonization
Dusseldorf Frank Koch, who has been the new CEO of the steelmaker Swiss Steel since the beginning of the year, is still surrounded by evidence of the past and the…
The EU Commission is thwarting the development of a hydrogen value chain
Lines for liquid hydrogen in the Leuna chemical park Without climate-neutral hydrogen, Europe will hardly be able to achieve its ambitious goals. (Photo: dpa) If you charge the battery of…
This is how your company becomes climate-neutral
Wind turbines in front of the Jänschwalde power plant The federal government aims to make Germany climate-neutral by 2045. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The climate protection organization WWF and the consulting…
We must now spend money on the climate-neutral economy
Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shown more clearly than ever that Europe has become too dependent on other regions – both economically and militarily. For too long…
War in Ukraine: Shortage of natural gas endangers green steel industry
Dusseldorf Martin Lindqvist is optimistic, which is unusual for a steel manager in the current situation. The energy-intensive industry is suffering from high prices for electricity and, above all, gas,…
Economic development: meeting with Economics Minister Habeck
It was last Monday when a handpicked group of top German managers met with Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck. The title of the invitation to the Federal Ministry of Economics…
Germany must take the industrial middle class with it
Stefanie Kersting As an Executive Board Member of the Neuman & Esser Group, the author is responsible for the Energy Solutions division with international companies that offer industrial solutions from…
Ex-Uniper boss switches to Hamburg hydrogen company
Andrew Schierenbeck Green hydrogen is the major topic of the future worldwide. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin Former Uniper CEO Andreas Schierenbeck started a new job on February 1: The manager is…
Farewell to growth – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Good morning dear readers, it becomes increasingly clear: The corona pandemic marks a break in the economic era in Germany. The recession of 2020 and the sluggish recovery that we…
Entry into the hydrogen world faces high hurdles
Plant for the climate-neutral production of kerosene According to experts, many years will pass before climate-neutral hydrogen becomes available in abundance. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Green hydrogen is considered to be…
“Anyone who wants to phase out coal must not oppose new gas-fired power plants”
BDEW managing director Kerstin Andreae warns against a hasty exit from the use of natural gas. The politically defined goal of climate neutrality by 2045 is “extremely ambitious,” said Andreae…
A thousand tips for decarbonization
Berlin No, there is no shortage of concrete ideas for greening the economy in this anthology. And very few would have thought of many of them. Take building material recycling,…
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)…
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…
LDP elects a new head of government
Tokyo He is the new strong man in Japan. Fumio Kishida is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister next Monday and will succeed Yoshihide Suga. The 64-year-old prevailed…
The climate change in the auto industry is at the expense of the little ones
Production of a Mercedes EQC in Bremen The change from the combustion engine to the electric drive is a challenge for the suppliers. (Photo: dpa) Whoever appoints the new chancellor,…