Tag: energy transition
Getec: Financial investor EQT sells energy service provider
Solar system The energy service provider Getec is one of the largest direct marketers of green electricity in German-speaking countries. (Photo: obs) Frankfurt The Magdeburg energy service provider Getec has…
Where did the energy crisis suddenly come from?
Dusseldorf Electricity, gas and oil are becoming significantly more expensive – and not just in Europe, but all over the world. The energy crisis does not only affect us individually.…
German energy transition rated positively by the World Energy Council
Wind turbines According to the study, there is a lack of reliably deployable power plant capacities that take on a back-up function when the wind is not blowing and the…
A thousand tips for decarbonization
Berlin No, there is no shortage of concrete ideas for greening the economy in this anthology. And very few would have thought of many of them. Take building material recycling,…
Blackout horror scenario – how secure is our power supply?
Dusseldorf Imagine everything is dark. The Internet is paralyzed, the railways don’t run, the cell phones go out after a few hours and when the tank is empty there is…
Enpal becomes the first green unicorn in Germany
Enpal More and more people are investing in building a solar system on their own home. Dusseldorf The solar start-up Enpal doesn’t have that many customers. Or a lot of…
Altmaier calls for the EEG surcharge to be abolished completely as soon as possible
Peter Altmaier The Federal Minister of Economics wants to completely abolish the EEG surcharge. (Photo: imago images / Political-Moments) Berlin, Düsseldorf Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) has spoken…
How the EU’s policies contributed to the crisis
There were two ways of avoiding the current gas price crisis. Firstly, the European suppliers could have negotiated prices with the supplier Gazprom on a longer-term basis. Second, they could…
German solar innovation inspires Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani By 2030, the entrepreneur wants to single-handedly increase India’s solar capacity by 100 gigawatts. (Photo: imago / Hindustan Times) Bangkok Asia’s richest man wants to drive the energy…
Coal and oil consumption are increasing – energy prices could endanger climate change
RWE power plant Niederaussem The IEA experts demanded that the states should finally send a clear signal that they want to accelerate the expansion of renewable energies rapidly. (Photo: imago…
It continues to shine in the neighborhood
Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant In Germany, the last reactors will soon go offline, but other European countries continue to rely on the technology. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, London, Istanbul, Madrid, Stockholm,…
Solaredge: Israeli solar start-up displaces SMA
Tel Aviv To see into the future, Ronen Faier takes a look from the window of his office onto the sunny streets of Herzlia, a Tel Aviv high-tech suburb. On…
Gas prices at record levels – and no end in sight
Berlin, Düsseldorf Natural gas has never been as expensive as it is now. Experts speak of a “historic all-time high” – and there is no end to the increase in…
Delta variant is clouding sentiment in the US economy
San Francisco, Frankfurt After a boom in the summer months, companies in the USA are now preparing for a much more difficult phase. Since the pandemic with the highly contagious…