Tag: Renewable energy
If you want to expand renewables in Spain, you need a big plan for the region
Madrid Spain’s coal-fired power plants are mostly located in structurally weak regions. If a power plant closes, it hits the surrounding communities hard, after all, energy production is often the…
The aim is to make the renewables sector fit for the energy transition
Borkum Riffgrund One offshore wind farm in the North Sea The expansion of renewables is to be massively accelerated in Germany. (Photo: Paul Langrock/Zenit/laif) Berlin, Dusseldorf Subsidies for operating costs,…
Berlin and Paris are fighting over the role of nuclear power in the energy transition
Paris, Madrid When can hydrogen be called “green”? The government in Paris responded with satisfaction to the EU Commission’s proposal that the industrial gas can also be considered climate-friendly if…
EU spends more money on subsidies than US
Wind farm in Texas The US promotes the green transformation more pragmatically than the EU. (Photo: AFP) Brussels The American subsidy program for green technologies has alarmed Europeans. The 27…
EU spends more money on subsidies than US
Wind farm in Texas The US promotes the green transformation more pragmatically than the EU. (Photo: AFP) Brussels The American subsidy program for green technologies has alarmed Europeans. The 27…
The green potential of district heating
combined heat and power plant The Vattenfall combined heat and power plant in Berlin-Lichterfelde supplies around 100,000 households with district heating. It runs on natural gas. (Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa) Berlin…
New losses due to problems at Gamesa
Siemens Energy balance sheet check For the energy technology group, the way out of the red is still a long way off. Munich The year 2023 began for the suffering…
Infrastructure stocks benefit from mega trends
infrastructure projects Companies such as energy suppliers or telecommunications companies are considered crisis-resistant. Frankfurt For years they led a niche existence on the stock exchange, but last year they became…
Infrastructure stocks benefit from mega trends
infrastructure projects Companies such as energy suppliers or telecommunications companies are considered crisis-resistant. Frankfurt. For years they led a niche existence on the stock exchange, but last year they became…
Energy: criticism of the European electricity market
Brussels The planned reform of the European electricity market design is an opportunity to eliminate massive inadequacies in the regulation of this market. This is how the European Court of…
EU proposes US-style tax rebates
wind farms In the future, it should also be possible to promote mature green technologies. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission wants to counter the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)…
Renewable energies: SMEs initiate energy transition
Installation of a photovoltaic system Two thirds of medium-sized companies invest in solar projects to initiate their energy transition. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Dusseldorf Sharply increased energy prices and fears about the…
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…
Too little impetus for companies
Berlin Federal Development Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) is certain: “Africa is growing and changing enormously. How it develops will shape the 21st century – and thus also the future of…
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.…
EU Council President Michel presents four-point plan against IRA
EU Council President Charles Michel Michel believes that high EU investments are necessary in response to the American subsidy package. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin The European response to the US…
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…
Confederation creates space for more offshore wind power
Offshore wind turbines off Amrum With the new plan, a total of 36.5 gigawatts of wind power capacity can be created. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The federal government wants to promote…