Tag: Energy price
Commodity traders make record profits in 2022
Zurich The large swings in the prices of oil, gas, coal and industrial metals are creating historic gains for commodity traders. The industry generated its highest-ever gross revenue of $115…
Energy prices: The electricity discounters are back
power strip The lower prices on the energy exchanges are calling low-cost suppliers back onto the scene. (Photo: imago/Jochen Tack) Dusseldorf Anyone who has been looking for a new electricity…
Energy prices: The electricity discounters are back
power strip The lower prices on the energy exchanges are calling low-cost suppliers back onto the scene. (Photo: imago/Jochen Tack) Dusseldorf Anyone who has been looking for a new electricity…
Energy prices: The electricity discounters are back
power strip The lower prices on the energy exchanges are calling low-cost suppliers back onto the scene. (Photo: imago/Jochen Tack) Dusseldorf Anyone who has been looking for a new electricity…
Industry demands improvements to energy price brakes – EU strictly rejects
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics campaigned for German industry in Brussels – in vain. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin, Brussels In its efforts to give industry easier access…
What Habeck’s plans mean for homeowners
Dusseldorf “Habeck hammer”, “crowbar”, “make a wish ideology” – these are just a few of the reactions to the draft bill from the Ministry of Economics and Building that was…
Habeck wants to promote heating exchange with billions
Robert Habeck “Climate neutrality must not become a social problem.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to accompany the increased switch to climate-friendly heating systems from 2024 with…
The chemical industry breaks out of its shock
Dusseldorf In the German chemical industry, the mood brightens for the first time towards the end of winter. Because of the significantly lower prices for energy and raw materials and…
Property owners will soon have to make a far-reaching decision
Renovation of an old building from the 1930s The energetic condition of a building is becoming more and more important. (Photo: dpa) The consequences of the sharp rise in interest…
Habeck wants to promote heating exchange with billions
Robert Habeck The Economics Minister wants to support low-income households in particular when replacing the heating system. (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd Elmenthaler) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to accompany the…
These are possible effects and consequences
Brussels The EU Commission wants to protect citizens and companies from high and strongly fluctuating electricity prices. To this end, she wants to introduce more long-term contracts in the electricity…
Up to 9000 euros relief for families since the beginning of the crisis
family with two children Low-income families benefit particularly from the measures. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Since the start of the Ukraine war a year ago, the traffic light coalition has put…
Electricity customers could get the right to long-term contracts
Habeck: Heating must not become a social issue Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has promised state support for households to bid farewell to oil and gas heating. The heat…
The political excitement over the gas heating ban is a farce
Geothermal heat pump in front of the house In future, heat pumps should be installed in most heating exchanges in Germany. (Photo: dpa) For the public it seems like a…
From 2024, 500,000 heat pumps will be installed each year
Habeck: Heating must not become a social issue Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has promised state support for households to bid farewell to oil and gas heating. The heat…
Is the federal government exaggerating on LNG?
Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) defends himself against public criticism, including from his own ranks, for overdoing it with the gas. “We price in risks, plan with…
Eon shocks district heating customers with a surcharge
Eon headquarters For Eon’s district heating customers, the price shock is only now coming – but it’s decent. (Photo: IMAGO/snowfieldphotography) Dusseldorf Eon expected its district heating customers to make the…
Eon: price shock for district heating customers
Eon headquarters For Eon’s district heating customers, the price shock is only now coming – but it’s decent. (Photo: IMAGO/snowfieldphotography) Dusseldorf Eon expected its district heating customers to make the…
Eon: price shock for district heating customers
High energy costs For Eon’s district heating customers, the price shock is only now coming – but it’s decent. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Eon expected its customers to make the first…
What the recalculated inflation rate means for leases
Apartment buildings in Berlin Index rents linked to inflation are actually supposed to rule out exorbitant rent increases. (Photo: IMAGO/Sabine Gudath) Berlin, Dusseldorf Bad news for tenants: Despite the significantly…