Tag: Energy price
Manufacturers resist trade
butter Consumers have to pay less money for butter again than before the war broke out in Ukraine. Other products are likely to remain expensive. (Photo: Sorin Gheorghita/Unsplash) Dusseldorf The…
Trade warns of industrial electricity price: “Special tariff leads to distortion of competition”
Berlin DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi encounters divided opinions with her proposal to cap the electricity price for industry at four cents per kilowatt hour for a limited period of time.…
Plumbers refuse orders to install gas boilers
oil heating Many homeowners opt for a pure oil or gas boiler for cost reasons. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Anyone who wants to have a new gas boiler installed quickly these…
Heating law is to go into parliament before the summer recess
Union calls for an end to uncertainty about heating plans In view of the violent dispute in the traffic light coalition about the planned heating law, the Union calls for…
Economists speak out against it
Advisory Council Achim Truger (2nd from left) is in favor of an industrial electricity price, Ulrike Malmendier (from left), Monika Schnitzer, Veronika Grimm and Martin Werding are against it. (Photo:…
New Uniper management wants to privatize the group again “as quickly as possible”.
Dusseldorf According to the will of the new board of directors, the crisis group Uniper should be privatized again as quickly as possible. At the energy supplier’s annual general meeting…
Geywitz and Habeck want to collect energy data about every building by law
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany must not become an import country for electricity. That is why, in view of the increasing demand for electricity, the rapid expansion of capacity…
“Greed inflation” in industry? “Only a few have increased their prices disproportionately”
BASF acetylene plant in Ludwigshafen In the Group’s basic chemicals business, prices are already falling sharply. (Photo: BASF SE) Dusseldorf Exactly one year ago, chemical companies were still bursting with…
Controversial heating law not in the Bundestag this week
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany must not become an import country for electricity. That is why, in view of the increasing demand for electricity, the rapid expansion of capacity…
Is a quick installation now worthwhile?
Dusseldorf The federal government wants to advance the heat transition with the new building energy law. The consequences for homeowners and tenants are far-reaching: from next January, every new heating…
How does Germany save its industry from the electricity price shock?
Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Niese The economy is critical of an industrial electricity price, the industry representative demands affordable electricity as quickly as possible. (Photo: Imago, Getty, PR) Berlin The…
Is it still worth installing a gas heating system before 2024?
gas meter Gas heating or heat pump? What causes higher costs? (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Dusseldorf A draft law by the federal government is causing a lot of concern among…
Is it still worth quickly installing a gas heating system before 2024?
gas meter Gas heating or heat pump? What causes higher costs? (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Dusseldorf A draft law by the federal government is causing a lot of concern among…
Scholz does not expect major changes to the heating law
Olaf Scholz According to the draft law already passed by the Federal Cabinet, from 2024 every newly installed heating system should be operated with at least 65 percent green energy.…
Why the price of oil could rise in the long term
Oil pump in the Permian Basin of Texas Frankfurt Although the oil alliance Opec plus announced in April that it would cut oil production by around one million barrels a…
IMF only expects low growth rates in Germany for years to come
Christian Lindner The Federal Minister of Finance has warned the other ministries to be frugal. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin For Christian Lindner (FDP), reading begins pleasantly. In the latest country report…
Is your home fit for the energy transition?
The federal government wants Germany to be climate-neutral by 2045. In order for this ambitious goal to be achieved, property owners should also help to save energy. After all, according…
Cartel Office targets gas suppliers
gas stove With the electricity and gas price brakes, the federal government wants to mitigate the consequences of increased energy prices for consumers or companies. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Bundeskartellamt…
Many salary is not enough to live on due to high inflation
inflation Consumers had to pay 17.2 percent more for groceries in April than a year earlier. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt/Bonn According to their own statements, almost a third of the employees…
What you should pay attention to in the 2022 annual statement
Settlement of heating costs 2022 According to the consumer centers and the German Tenants’ Association, every second heating bill is incorrect. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Ohde) Dusseldorf Tenants will receive their heating…