Tag: Energy price
This could be the future of energy companies
Gas storage in Saxony-Anhalt The gas importers Uniper and Sefe are now set to become important players in the hydrogen market. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics and…
EU Commission starts reform of the electricity market – and angers the eco-industry
Brussels, Berlin In the future, electricity customers should no longer be exposed to such high price increases as they were last year. There should also be more incentives to expand…
“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…
Climate saver or environmental sin? This is how LNG affects the German CO2 balance
Dusseldorf Germany is increasingly covering its natural gas needs with liquefied natural gas. According to the market research company Icis, Germany imported around 485,000 gigawatt hours of natural gas from…
Baden-Württemberg’s consumer protection minister calls for price increases to be reviewed
gas meter Falling gas prices are not yet reaching consumers, as many suppliers have stocked up on long-term contracts. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chairman of the conference of consumer protection…
Baden-Württemberg’s consumer protection minister calls for price increases to be reviewed
gas meter Falling gas prices are not yet reaching consumers, as many suppliers have stocked up on long-term contracts. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chairman of the conference of consumer protection…
Economy: neither recession nor upswing
Dusseldorf Two months ago the headline here was: “The mood is worse than the situation.” An impending recession was considered certain, the only question seemed to be how long it…
The best years are behind us
components for wind turbines There are warnings of de-industrialization in Germany if an economic turning point does not occur soon. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Not so long ago, Germany was considered…
German producer prices continue to fall – these are the current figures
Berlin German producers are asking less and less money for their goods. Producer prices of industrial products have fallen for the third month in a row. In December they are…
When will gas and electricity finally be cheaper again?
live podcast Handelsblatt editor Michael Scheppe (left) in conversation with EWE boss Stefan Dohler. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) The energy exchange prices are currently well below the highs of…
Court brakes EU platform
Brussels, Dusseldorf Joint procurement of gas at European level could start later than planned. The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the contract to set up the…
There are no real prices in the energy industry
Handelsblatt Energy Summit 2023 The industry agreed: less intervention in the energy market. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Berlin The free market in energy has always been an illusion. So…
The rescue package has cost the federal government 29.5 billion euros so far
Natural gas storage facility in Saxony-Anhalt Gas prices are falling. This could also save the federal government billions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany is fighting the current energy crisis with enormous…
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…
“We were under a lot of time pressure” – Klaus Müller defends expensive filling of the gas storage tanks
The federal government had the goal that the gas storage should be 40 percent full by the beginning of February. In mid-January, the filling level is well over 90 percent.…
“We were under a lot of time pressure” – Klaus Müller defends expensive filling of the gas storage tanks
Berlin The President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, is currently not afraid of a gas shortage. “You see me optimistically for this winter,” said Müller during a recording…
Five reasons why the feared recession could not happen
Shopping street in Cologne Private consumption – an important pillar of the German economy – has so far remained quite stable because households can fall back on savings. (Photo: dpa)…
“All the headhunters wanted to poach my top executives”
Berlin It is a remarkable performance: at the Handelsblatt energy summit, Uniper boss Klaus-Dieter Maubach speaks about the future of the crisis-ridden gas importer – Maubach himself recently announced his…
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…
“Our approach was very different from the German one”
Nadia Calvino Spain does not only want to achieve climate change in its own country. (Photo: AP) Madrid Spain’s Economics Minister Nadia Calviño is calling for a level playing field…