Tag: energy
Habeck announces another package to accelerate wind and solar expansion
Robert Habeck In his 20-minute government statement on the annual economic report, Habeck added that the figures in it were not good, but significantly better than expected a few months…
Heating app start-up secures fresh capital
Heating via app Smart systems like Tado’s are currently experiencing a boom in demand. Munich High electricity costs are a burden for most companies, for the start-up Tado they are…
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…
Siemens Gamesa: Delisting decided – shareholders agree to withdrawal from the stock exchange
Siemens Gamesa wind turbine in front of Gran Canaria Siemens Energy takes its crisis subsidiary off the Spanish stock exchange. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The Dax group Siemens Energy can take…
In Africa, it takes more than a kneel
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) There is great potential for renewable energies in southern Africa. (Photo: dpa) Robert Habeck probably never dreamed how intensively he would deal with…
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…
Corona pandemic, war in Ukraine and energy crisis inhibit innovations
Digitized quality control of gear plates According to the study, these are difficult times for disruptive inventions, i.e. those that radically change existing structures and entire markets. (Photo: Elrnig Klinger)…
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…
Energy-efficient factory to cut costs by 35 percent
Velden In view of the high energy costs, fears of de-industrialization are raging in the German economy. One way out could be the more efficient use of electricity and gas.…
Spain and France are putting pressure on the EU
Brussels, Madrid There is not much time left: In March, the EU Commission wants to present a reform of the electricity market. It shouldn’t be much later, because decisions in…
Infrastructure, bureaucracy, energy costs and tax burden: Germany’s location quality is declining
Industry Concerns about de-industrialization should not be downplayed. (Photo: dpa) The backbone of the German economy is known to be small and medium-sized enterprises. According to a study by the…
Why reservoirs are becoming increasingly important
energy Storing electricity is one of the most important challenges for the energy transition. Dusseldorf The Nant de Drance pumped storage power plant is located high in the Swiss Alps…
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…
Germany’s energy transition continues to fall short of targets
Electricity pylon in the evening light The expansion of the power grid is lagging behind the targets. This puts a strain on the energy transition. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The progress…
Siemens Energy reports new losses in the renewable energy business
Siemens Gamesa The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Munich After new bad news from the wind power subsidiary Gamesa, the Dax group Siemens Energy has…
Higher energy efficiency is the key
“Ten percent is always possible” – with this appeal, Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) urged Germans to save energy last spring. Apparently this request worked. According to initial estimates, energy…
Siemens Energy reports new losses in the renewable energy business
Siemens Gamesa The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Munich After new bad news from the wind power subsidiary Gamesa, the Dax group Siemens Energy has…
Siemens Energy reports new losses in the renewable energy business
Siemens Gamesa The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Munich The Dax group Siemens Energy again has to cope with high losses in the renewable energies…
These properties are the losers of the energy crisis
thermal insulation A worker attaches a styrofoam plate for thermal insulation to a house facade in Lower Bavaria. But many houses in Germany have so far been poorly renovated in…
New heating technologies are on the rise
Handelsblatt Energy Summit Philipp Pausder, Christian Deilmann and Florian Unger (from left) discussed the heat transition with Handelsblatt editor Catiana Krapp. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Berlin A far-reaching upheaval…