Tag: natural gas
Nord Stream 2, Ukraine conflict, Greens criticism: Chancellor in defense mode
Olaf Scholz at the EU summit The Chancellor is under pressure from the ranks of the Greens who want to stop the Nord Stream 2 project. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The…
Gas and electricity will remain expensive in 2022
The assessments are of great importance for the entire manufacturing industry, because chemicals and plastics are obtained from almost all industries. In principle, the same picture emerges in chemistry itself:…
Gas storage in Germany at a historically low level
Natural gas pipeline in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania The natural gas storage facilities in Germany are currently significantly emptier than in previous years. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin The gas storage reserves in…
Nord Stream 2 opponents in the US Congress failed for the time being
US Congress in Washington In order to defuse the dispute with the USA over the pipeline, Germany made a joint declaration in July that it would give Ukraine more support.…
RWE puts gas storage facilities for sale in the Czech Republic
RWE campus in Essen RWE can use the proceeds from the sale for the planned investments in the new core business of renewable energies. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Düsseldorf According to…
How Russia uses natural gas as a means of political leverage
Vladimir Putin with Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia supplies natural gas to Turkey and southern Europe via the Turkstream pipeline. (Photo: Reuters) Moscow, Istanbul For the Serbian President Alexandar Vucic, the…
Nord Stream dispute drive up energy prices in Europe
Nord Stream 2 construction The price for gas for delivery in a month briefly climbed to just under 120 euros per kilowatt hour on Tuesday at the Rotterdam trading center.…
Utility increases dividend after record year 2021
MVV Energie CEO Georg Müller The company has hedged itself against price fluctuations on the energy markets. Dusseldorf The listed Mannheim energy company MVV Energie has reason to celebrate these…
EU is preparing admixture in the gas network
Residential area in Lower Saxony Heating with hydrogen is technically possible. But it’s not good for the environment. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin The EU Commission is setting the course for…
Nord Stream 2 cannot be approved like this
Brussels Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has confirmed that the controversial German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 cannot currently be put into operation. When recording a ZDF interview in Brussels…
Poland criticizes Berlin’s European policy goals
Warsaw During his inaugural visit to Warsaw, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) heard from Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki clear criticism of the European political vision of the new federal…
Comment on gas deliveries: Russia has to explain itself
Gas production in Siberia The gas deliveries from Russia are currently insufficient to increase the low level of storage facilities in Europe. (Photo: LAIF) It has never been easier to…
Eon could part with the district heating business
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Germany’s leading energy group Eon will invest primarily in the electricity and gas business in the future. CEO Leonhard Birnbaum recently announced that by 2026 the record sum…
Olaf Scholz should use Nord Stream 2 as a lever in the Ukraine conflict
Nord Stream 2 logo on pipeline pipe In fact, the gas pipe was the geopolitical issue from the start. (Photo: Reuters) This is not without a certain irony: In the…
Nord Stream 2 causes a fight at the traffic lights
Info box from Nord Stream 2 in Lubmin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Berlin The new federal government is coming under pressure in the face of a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine because…
Gas.de stops deliveries – what consumers need to know now
Gas stove A price comparison with the providers is central. (Photo: imago images / Ralph Peters) Dusseldorf After larger German energy suppliers, such as Rheinische Elektrizitäts- und Vertriebsgesellschaft and Brandenburger…
Gas.de and Grünwelt cease deliveries
Gas stove With Gas.de, a larger energy supplier is now also leaving the market. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the middle of the heating season, the energy discounter Gas.de stops delivering.…
Why the biogas for heating is running out
Dusseldorf The gnashing of teeth can literally be read from the letter from the organic electricity and biogas provider Naturstrom to its customers: “The severe delivery bottleneck for biogas unfortunately…
Why the biogas for heating is running out
Dusseldorf The gnashing of teeth can literally be read from the letter from the organic electricity and biogas provider Naturstrom to its customers: “The severe delivery bottleneck for biogas unfortunately…
So it is with the transatlantic relationship
Washington German business representatives are traveling to the USA these days with mixed feelings. According to the talks, they are actually in a spirit of optimism and are working with…