Tag: Energy costs
Companies insist on industrial electricity prices
Trimet aluminum smelter The high cost of electricity is becoming a serious problem for the industry. Production reductions are the result. (Photo: ddp images/dapd) Berlin A large majority of companies…
Government prepares for company bankruptcies
corporate bankruptcies The risk of insolvency for companies has risen significantly as a result of the sharp rise in energy costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government is taking precautions…
Municipalities warn of bankruptcies at gas suppliers
Berlin The German Association of Towns and Municipalities has warned of the consequences of a worsening of the gas crisis and has called for consequences. “It must be prevented, also…
Warnings about the consequences of the energy price explosion
Heating is getting expensive The real estate industry is increasingly warning of the drastic consequences of rising energy prices. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Frankfurt Europe’s largest real estate group Vonovia…
Energy costs: Housing association saves hot water
Under the shower In view of the energy crisis, the Dippoldiswalde eG housing cooperative is restricting the times with hot water supply. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt “Friendly living space in a…
Energy costs: Housing association saves hot water
Under the shower In view of the energy crisis, the Dippoldiswalde eG housing cooperative is restricting the times with hot water supply. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt “Friendly living space in a…
The state in the plumber role
the “turning point” announced weeks ago has so far been expressed in inflation rates and in widespread talk about the crisis. The state is preparing the citizens in homeopathic doses…
A lot of explosives at the inflation summit in the Chancellery – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
You can tell from the onset of the wave of “summer interviews” that another six months are over and the evenings of mild air are coming. ARD and ZDF began…
Saudi Aramco ahead of Apple most valuable listed companies in the world
Saudi Aramco IPO According to current evaluations, the state-owned company is the most valuable company in the world. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The price drop on the stock markets since the…
Rising energy costs: Retailers experience an electricity price shock
Dusseldorf Michael Radau, CEO of the supermarket chain Superbiomarkt, paid 4.7 cents per kilowatt hour for the electricity in his branches until the end of 2021. But the supply contract…
Jusos are pushing for relief on small incomes
Jessica Rosenthal “Especially with a view to current issues such as rising costs and energy insecurity, the SPD was not able to convince sufficiently.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal chairwoman…
Immoscout24: Rental prices continue to rise
Apartments in Berlin According to Immoscout24, rents in the federal capital rose particularly significantly in the first quarter – but are still below the rents in most other major cities…
Germany is too expensive a location for many US companies
Dusseldorf Despite all the suffering over the atrocities and the number of victims, there is an expectation in company headquarters that the war in Ukraine will give German-American relations a…
The Great Battle for Commodities – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, It has been four weeks since Vladimir Putin waged a bloody war of aggression on Ukraine. Four weeks in which Ukrainians have shown the world that they…
That’s how much cheaper refueling and bus travel should be
Berlin “It was a long night,” said SPD leader Lars Klingbeil on Thursday morning with small, narrowed eyes. The coalition leaders had been negotiating the federal government’s new relief package…
That includes the second relief package
traffic light coalition Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in exchange with Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP). (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin The heads of the traffic…
Energy prices: Traffic light coalition agrees second relief package
power plant Before the meeting, there was agreement that there should be further relief for the prices for fuel, gas and electricity, which had risen sharply again as a result…
How expensive heating is for German tenants
Smoking chimney Real estate has to be heated – but this is becoming more and more expensive. An evaluation by Immowelt shows how expensive it is for tenants in German…
Ampel plans relief due to high energy prices
Christian Lindner (on the left), Robert Habeck (middle) and Olaf Scholz According to the federal government, consumers and companies should be relieved – but in what way is still controversial.…
The Ukraine War and the Economy – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, Last week there was this one brief moment of hope. For the first time since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, there were signs of…