Germany

Natural Gas

Germany Launches Investigation into Nord Stream Blasts

German federal prosecutors said they had opened an investigation against “unknown persons”.

Natural Gas

German Gas Commission Wants One-off Payment Now, Price Break Next Year

Germany's expert commission charged with drawing up plans to ease the impact of soaring gas prices on consumers favors a one-off payment this year and a price b…

Energy Storage Project

Grid Booster: World’s Largest Storage-as-Transmission Project Gets Green Light

Fluence Energy and TransnetBW have announced future deployment of the Grid Booster project, touted as the world’s largest battery-based energy storage-as-trans…

Energy Transition

RWE Commits to Early Coal Phase-Out, but at What Cost?

RWE has committed to ending lignite-based electricity generation in 2030, eight years ahead of schedule.

Natural Gas

Fourth Gas Leak at Nord Stream Found

Authority supervising the Swedish coastline has confirmed its findings while the US reaffirmed its support to its European allies

Wind Farm

Vattenfall to Develop 980MW Wind Farm Offshore From Germany

Located 85km from the island of Borkum, the wind farm could be linked to the German grid in 2027.

Natural Gas

German Economic Institutes See 2023 Contraction as Gas Crisis Hits

Four leading German economic institutes have almost halved their spring economic growth forecast for Europe's largest economy this year and slashed their 2023 p…

Natural Gas

German Gas Price Brake to Cost Between 15 Bln and 24 Bln Euros

A brake on gas prices currently being discussed by the German government could cost between 15 billion and 24 billion euros, depending on market price developme…

Natural Gas

How Germany’s Industrial Giants Are Preparing for Winter

Germany has managed to fill its gas reserves to 91.32% of capacity, allaying fears it could run out this winter after Russian gas flows fell sharply - but it ha…

Natural Gas

Germany Considers Price Caps as Energy Crisis Worsens

Germany looks to cap the prices of electricity and natural gas to help households and businesses reel from the soaring energy prices.

Tesla Gigafactory Catches Fire in Germany

A major fire appears to have broken out at Tesla's Berlin recycling plant, prompting a local group of environmentalists who have been fighting the company to ca…

Offshore Wind Power

Masdar and Germany’s RWE Renewables Sign Offshore Wind Projects Agreement

Companies to identify opportunities globally amid push for renewable energy deployment

LNG

UAE Signs Energy Agreement With Germany’s Scholz

The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, has signed an agreement with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that covers accelerat…

Hydrogen Project

UAE Strikes Deal With German Companies to Develop Hydrogen Strategy

The Emirates signs agreement with global engineering and advisory company GHD and applied research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

LNG

Adnoc Signs Agreements to Supply LNG and Diesel to Germany

State oil company will deliver the first LNG shipment in late 2022 to a floating import terminal near Hamburg