German

Coal Production

Germany Begins Allocating €40 Billion to Coal Regions to Start Phase-Out

By 2038, Germany’s last coal-fired power plants are expected to be shut down. To reorient the regions economically, however, they are to be replaced by researc…

Solar Company

Centrotec Taking Control of Solar Module Maker Sonnenstromfabrik

German heating and ventilation equipment provider Centrotec SE has agreed to take over PARI Group AG.

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Installs Foundations and Cables for 857MW Offshore Wind Farm in UK

German utility RWE has completed undersea work on the 857MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK.

Smart Energy

Hydrogen-Based Steel Production Starts at Dillinger

Germany’s first hydrogen-based steel production plant that uses the green gas as reducing agent in the blast furnace has begun operation in Dillingen.

Germany

E.ON Further Expands Commitment to Green Gas

Germany multinational energy company E.ON is further expanding its commitment to green gas by joining the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.

Wind Turbine

Buss Energy Acquires Stake in Austria’s Wind Turbines Inspection Firm

German company Buss Energy Group has bought a 24.9% stake in Austrian wind turbine inspection firm Aero Enterprise.

Nuclear Policy

E3 Respond to 'Snapback' Request on Iran Agreement

The foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany - the E3 - have issued a statement in response to the US administration's letter to the UN Security Council …

Gas turbine engine

Kawasaki Gas Engine and PBST Achieve World’s Highest Class Efficiency

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new type KG-18-T gas engine, equipped with German air management specialist, PBST’s two-stage-turbocharging ‘ECOCHARGE’ system.…

Germany

Germany Narrows Gap to Achieve Climate Protection Target

Germany wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, and by at least 55 pe rcent by 2030.

Power Construction

German Power Grids Spend 750 mln Euros as Frankfurt Adds Data Centres

More power is also required to digitalise the German energy industry's transition to reliance on volatile green power, and to support the mass arrival of electr…

Energy Transition

TEQ and GENA form Hydrogen-Focused Partnership

Energy Transition Québec and the German Energy Agency have launched an international cooperation to boost the energy transition through the use of hydrogen tec…

Wind Power Project

Germany's Struggle with Wind Power

Germany’s energy transition is in trouble.

Germany

Germany Approves Sixth UER Project

The German environment agency has approved another upstream emissions reduction project, which will save around 117,400t of greenhouse gas emissions.

Germany

RWE Joins Newly Launched European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

German multinational energy company RWE has joined the newly launched European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.

Nuclear Power Plant

E.ON Sells German Nuclear Power Ahead at Above-Market Prices

German utility E.ON said on Wednesday it has sold forward 73 per cent of its 2021 nuclear power generation and 46 per cent of its 2022 output at prices above th…