Daily Chart: Germany massively underestimates its coal mining emissions
A new study from the think tank Ember suggests that Germany is massively underestimating its emissions from coal mining. According…
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German farmers’ protests at odds with rising environmental concerns
The recent protests by German farmers against the government's plans to cut subsidies for agricultural diesel took place against a…
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Signal: rooftop systems drive Germany’s record solar installations
Germany installed a record 14GW of solar energy capacity in 2023 through more than a million new solar power systems,…
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Germany’s COP28 message is undermined by its domestic climate action crisis
On Saturday 2 December, on the third day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told…
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Signal: batteries market grows as gas-fired generators wind down
A growing global battery market offers a new means of bolstering energy security, as gas-fired power plants close down. The…
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Can EU green manufacturers ever compete with low-cost imports?
Economic security – an idea that encompasses a broad set of interconnected elements including supply chain resilience, research integrity, and…
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Signal: Deutsche Bank “phasing out business” with thermal coal
Deutsche Bank published its initial Transition Plan last week (October 19), including new net-zero targets for three high-emitting industries in…
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With renewables deployment under way, now comes the hard part – storage
Earlier this month in Brussels, several business leaders from various parts of the energy supply chain signed a contract to…
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Signal: 50% of Germany’s power to be generated by renewables in 2023
Germany is set to generate more than half of its power from renewable sources this year, according to Robert Habeck,…
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Survey: German companies fear energy transition will have a negative impact
A survey of more than 3,500 German companies has shown that half of them believe the transition to renewable energy…
