Tag: Energy research
Deutsche Bahn wants to replace diesel with biofuels
Richard Lutz The CEO of Deutsche Bahn announced Deutsche Bahn’s plans to phase out diesel in passenger transport. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to completely ban and replace diesel…
Siemens Energy, Trumpf, Thales: Marvel Fusion brings energy expertise
Dusseldorf The idea of nuclear fusion sounds tempting: nuclear energy, safe and inexhaustible. The start-up Marvel Fusion has set itself the task of making the dream of fusion energy, which…
Hydrogen: It takes pragmatism
Sometimes a moment is enough to realize the magnitude of a task. Like last December when energy prices went through the roof. Because gas is scarce in Europe and the…
Tesla is recalling tens of thousands of vehicles
Tesla Model 3 Software does not stop the car at intersections. Now tens of thousands of cars have to go back to the workshop for an update. (Photo: AP) Washington…
Ex-Uniper boss switches to Hamburg hydrogen company
Andrew Schierenbeck Green hydrogen is the major topic of the future worldwide. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin Former Uniper CEO Andreas Schierenbeck started a new job on February 1: The manager is…
Handelsblatt Green: No energy transition without hydrogen?
Dusseldorf Without hydrogen, the energy transition will be difficult. Electricity from wind, sun and biomass alone is not enough if the entire economy is to become climate-neutral. But why is…
Daimler Truck and Blackrock are planning a network of charging stations in the USA
Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck With the futuristic-looking concept truck, Daimler is giving a preview of its future truck flagship with a range of more than 1000 kilometers for the first time.…
Russia was Germany’s most important supplier in 2021
Eugal natural gas pipeline in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Around half of the natural gas and hard coal imports in 2021 came from Russia. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany’s energy bill rose to…
“Hydrogen is indispensable in the heating market”
More than half of the German consumption of final energy – i.e. the energy that reaches the consumer in the form of combustibles, motor fuels or electrical energy – is…
“Hydrogen is indispensable in the heating market”
More than half of the German consumption of final energy – i.e. the energy that reaches the consumer in the form of combustibles, motor fuels or electrical energy – is…
German Energy Agency wants to speed up grid expansion
High-voltage pylons in North Rhine-Westphalia The expansion of the energy infrastructure is years behind the plans. (Photo: Photodisc/Getty Images) Berlin The German Energy Agency (Dena) advises a change of course…
This is how Elon Musk wants to stop the downward trend
Tesla boss Elon Musk The Roadster was announced in 2017 but has not yet been built. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf The relationship between Wall Street analysts and Elon Musk…
Annalena Baerbock is on the right track
Annalena Bärbock The foreign minister has announced an office for “hydrogen diplomacy” in the Ukrainian capital. (Photo: Reuters) Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tried last week to send German support to…
Controversy over taxonomy becomes a reality check for the Greens
Vattenfall gas power plant in Berlin-Lichterfelde The federal government sees the use of gas power plants as a transitional technology. (Photo: Paul Langrock/laif) Steffi Lemke and Robert Habeck quietly and…
Toyota Mirai II (2022): price, horsepower, range
Dusseldorf The gas station attendant shakes his head in amusement. A hydrogen filling station? Here? In search of fuel, the navigation system of my Toyota Mirai II led me to…
Habeck demands from Söder proposals for exceptions for wind power
Markus Soeder and Robert Habeck The Green politician calls on the CSU leader to be ecologically patriotic about wind energy. (Photo: Reuters) Munich In the dispute over the expansion of…
Climate-friendly buildings: Why the heat transition is difficult
Berlin The transition to climate-friendly living is one of the major challenges for German politics. After all, real estate accounts for around a third of energy consumption in this country.…
EnBW and Wien Energie invest in Easelink
Charging without a power cable The car automatically connects to the charging plate. Source: Easelink. Dusseldorf The charging station is hardly recognizable as such: a square plate narrow enough to…
That’s what steel production with hydrogen costs
steel without carbon Thyssen-Krupp wants to produce the steel with hydrogen in the future. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin The dimensions are enormous: Europe’s largest steelworks currently consumes 4.3 terawatt…
Transport Minister Wissing and RWE CEO Krebber at the Handelsblatt Energy Summit
Dusseldorf The announcements of the new federal government in terms of energy transition are big: By 2030, the traffic light wants to get out of coal – eight years earlier…