Tag: Energy crisis
Gas imports are a pan-European issue
First LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven It falls short of simply planning just enough import capacity to exactly replace the pipelines that previously brought gas from Russia to Germany. The energy…
What can really happen in a blackout
Fear of power failure Are blackout worries justified? How stable is the German power grid this winter? (Photo: Getty Images [M]) Pulheim On a normal sunny day, the production of…
2022 in 22 charts – war & inflation characterize the financial markets
Frankfurt Stock Exchange The Dax ended the year below 14,000 points. Munich, Dusseldorf January and December of 2022 couldn’t be more different when it comes to mood. At the beginning…
2022 in 22 charts – war & inflation characterize the financial markets
Frankfurt Stock Exchange The Dax ended the year below 14,000 points. Munich, Dusseldorf January and December of 2022 couldn’t be more different when it comes to mood. At the beginning…
Pessimism dominates among companies
Industry Outlook 2023 Like most sectors, the construction industry and trades are anticipating a downturn in the coming year. Only a few sectors are optimistic for 2023 – including aircraft…
Most Germans are worried about 2023
Hamburg According to the Hamburg futurologist Horst Opaschowski, only a few people in Germany currently believe in a happy new year. In a survey conducted in cooperation with the Ipsos…
Pessimism dominates among companies
Industry Outlook 2023 Like most sectors, the construction industry and trades are anticipating a downturn in the coming year. Only a few sectors are optimistic for 2023 – including aircraft…
High electricity prices: Germans pay more
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) The state has placed a package under the…
Gas costs have increased twelvefold in one year
parma The family business Mutti was “overwhelmed” by inflation this year, as company boss Francesco Mutti describes it – especially with natural gas. Compared to the previous year, the costs…
EU energy ministers agree on gas price cap
Brussels The price of gas in Europe should not rise as high as it did this summer, when a megawatt hour cost more than 340 euros. The EU energy ministers…
EU energy ministers agree on gas price cap
Brussels The price of gas in Europe should not rise as high as it did this summer, when a megawatt hour cost more than 340 euros. According to EU diplomats,…
Hope in the German economy is back
Dusseldorf The mood in the German economy has improved for the third month in a row. This is shown by the business climate index published by the Ifo Institute on…
Europe caps gas at a price of 180 euros
Brussels The price of gas in Europe should not rise as high as it did this summer, when a megawatt hour cost more than 340 euros. According to EU diplomats,…
Hope in the German economy is back
Dusseldorf The mood in the German economy has improved for the third month in a row. This is shown by the business climate index published by the Ifo Institute on…
Dependence on Russia would have been avoidable
Floating LNG special ship “Hoegh Esperanza” in Wilhelmshaven Building an LNG terminal for Germany would have been possible much earlier. (Photo: Reuters) In view of Germany’s first LNG terminal, top…
LNG terminal opened in Wilhelmshaven
Floating LNG special ship “Hoegh Esperanza” in Wilhelmshaven Building an LNG terminal for Germany would have been possible much earlier. (Photo: Reuters) In view of Germany’s first LNG terminal, top…
Germany opens its first own LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven The federal government could hardly have chosen a more suitable day to inaugurate Germany’s first LNG terminal. When Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the new terminal on Saturday, an…
“The Christmas business 2022 will be the best ever” – luxury boom in the crisis
Due to the sharp rise in energy and food prices, consumers in Germany have to save. But not everyone seems to be affected by the crisis: The luxury goods market…
For the time being, the EU Commission has given the go-ahead for the takeover of Uniper by the federal government – the second review is still pending
Uniper The federal government can take over the troubled gas company. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Groundbreaking decisions were made this Friday shortly before the planned state takeover of the gas importer…
For the time being, the EU Commission has given the go-ahead for the takeover of Uniper by the federal government – the second review is still pending
Uniper The federal government can take over the troubled gas company. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Dusseldorf According to a decision by the EU Commission, Germany can largely nationalize the crisis-ridden energy…