Tag: Energy crisis
Poorest federal state wants to become a green role model
Berlin Around 20 minutes by car west of Saarbrücken, it’s steaming, fuming and smoking. The groan of heavy machinery fills the air, the soundtrack of hard work for generations. Huge…
Hydrogen start-up Sunfire is about to be valued in the billions
Frankfurt, Dusseldorf According to financial circles, the Dresden hydrogen start-up Sunfire is in negotiations with investors about a financing round that could value the company at more than one billion…
Study shows high power consumption of electronic devices with a premium label
A to G: The new energy label of the EU There have been new energy efficiency labels for electrical appliances since March 2021. They are intended to better inform consumers…
Heat pumps are booming – gas heating is losing a lot of market share
Heat pump in front of a residential building “There isn’t a customer who doesn’t want to find out more about heat pumps.” (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The German heating market is…
Germany’s largest gas importer Uniper has top staff
Uniper headquarters in Düsseldorf While Uniper has found an internal solution for the operational board, the group is probably looking externally for suitable candidates for the chairmanship. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf,…
Germany’s largest gas importer Uniper has top staff
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The Düsseldorf-based energy group Uniper is getting a new Chief Operating Officer (COO). From March 1st, Holger Kreetz will take over the position from the previous COO David…
Traffic light housekeepers now want help for companies with oil or pellet heating
Heating A total of one billion euros is earmarked for hardship aid for small and medium-sized companies. (Photo: imago images/avanti) Berlin Contrary to what was originally planned, the hardship aid…
Pakistan is hoping for the IMF as a last resort
Man with donkey cart near Sehwan in Pakistan Pakistan is still struggling with the aftermath of the devastating floods of September 2022. (Photo: Reuters) Bangkok The containers in the port…
“I’m worried about next winter”
Fatih Birol “Germany and the rest of Europe are paying the price for decades of dependence on a single supplier.” (Photo: AP) davos European gas storage facilities are full, prices…
The federal government assumes export risks for medium-sized companies
Industry The Federal Ministry of Economics and the Federal Ministry of Finance have agreed to make it easier for German medium-sized companies to do business with other countries with the…
Eon boss prepares consumers for continued high electricity prices
Berlin Electricity prices in daily trading have fallen by around two thirds since mid-December. Just 130 euros are currently due on the Leipzig Stock Exchange EEX for one megawatt hour…
Eon boss Leonhard Birnbaum is preparing consumers for further high prices
Berlin Electricity prices in daily trading have fallen by around two thirds since mid-December. Just 130 euros are currently due on the Leipzig Stock Exchange EEX for one megawatt hour…
WEF President Börge Brende sees Europe “as a comeback kid”
Frankfurt Everything should be the same as before the pandemic. The meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos will take place again in…
WEF President Borge Brende sees Europe “as a comeback kid”
Frankfurt Everything should be the same as before the pandemic. The meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos will take place again in…
“We bureaucratize ourselves in pajamas”
The author Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. Year after year, a bizarre spectacle takes place in German companies. Millions of employees are asked by their HR departments to…
In this way, sharing with neighbors is possible
Heat pump at the family house When it comes to heat pump sharing, there are numerous regulations to be observed. Photo: thermondo/thermondo/obs (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf High energy costs and the…
Sharing the heat pump – This is how you can use it with your neighbors
Heat pump at the family house When it comes to heat pump sharing, there are numerous regulations to be observed. Photo: thermondo/thermondo/obs (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf High energy costs and the…
Election in Spain 2023: Stable economy, wedged politics
Madrid If the state of the economy alone were to decide the upcoming elections in Spain in 2023, the governing socialists would have nothing to worry about. Inflation in Spain…
Germany is getting poorer: An interim assessment of the energy crisis
Dusseldorf After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the energy crisis began in Germany at the beginning of last year. The rise in oil and gas prices has hit much of the…
Consultants have a lot to do
The majority of the industry associations surveyed by the German Economic Institute (IW) are pessimistic: 39 of the 49 surveyed associations assess the current situation of their companies as worse…