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Wind Power Project

German Onshore Wind Installation Grows by 46%

GlobalData finds the industry added 1431MW or 420 turbines in 2020

Wind Farm

EWE Acquires Five German Wind Farms

Sites purchased from InvestInvent have a total capacity of 28MW.

Solar Power Plant

European PV Players Launch 4GW Solar Developer

Hartree Partners, AGP Group and NaGa Solar have formed a new JV to develop at least 4GW of solar projects across the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.

Blockchain

Germany Launches Blockchain Energy Trading Project

Germany has launched a state-subsidised research project that will look at how to make use of blockchain technology in adapting power trading to the growing sha…

Battery Recycling

Volkswagen Group Components Begins Battery Recycling Pilot

Volkswagen Group Components opened the Group’s first plant for recycling electric car batteries in Salzgitter.

Hydrogen Project

New Members for North Sea Hydrogen Project

AquaVentus aims to generate 10GW of offshore wind-powered green hydrogen by 2035

Hydrogen Project

Coal to Green Hydrogen: Germany’s Energy Transition Summed Up in One Project

The Moorburg coal power station boasts an eventful inception, a landmark closure, and now, a bright future.

Electric Car

Siemens and Aral Advance E-Mobility

Aral AG (Aral), a subsidiary of the bp group in Germany, has tasked Siemens Smart Infrastructure with expanding the grid connection at 30 selected petrol statio…

Smart Grid

Germany: Siemens Smart Grid Installed in Aral Network

Aral aims to complete the installation of more than 100 HPC charging points at 30 German service stations before the end of this quarter and has commissioned Si…

Energy Infrastructure

BP’s German Subsidiary Selects Siemens to Expand EV Infrastructure

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has been selected by Aral AG, a subsidiary of the bp group in Germany, to install intelligent substations at some 30 existing gas s…

Wind Farm

German Power Firm Plans First Wind Project

17-turbine site will be developed by EP New Energies

Coal Trade

German Coal Imports Fell for 6 Consecutive Years

​The demand for coal in the German steel industry has fallen sharply, coupled with the continuous development of renewable energy, it is expected that in 2021.…

Hydrogen Project

Frankfurt Trials Hydrogen Bus

DB Regio Bus is trialling a hydrogen-powered bus on the streets of Frankfurt, Germany.

Hydrogen Project

Letter of Intent Signed for German Green Hydrogen Project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell, Vattenfall and municipal company Wärme Hamburg have signed a letter of intent to plan how they can jointly produce hydrogen…

Offshore Wind Power

German Offshore Wind Production Reaches New Peak in 2020

In 2020, Germany’s total offshore wind generation was 26.89 terawatt hours, of which wind farms in the North Sea generated 22.76 TWh and those in the German se…