Germany can achieve climate neutrality by 2045, but huge tasks such as massive renewable energy development and industry reform must be started as soon as feasible by the country’s next administration, according to the German Energy Agency (dena). According to…
Germany’s agriculture commission has made recommendations for climate-friendly farming
The "Commission for the Future of Agriculture" was established by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet in 2020 as a last-ditch effort to involve the farming sector in the government's efforts to achieve climate neutral transformation. Agriculture had been thrust into the…
In an effort to reduce emissions, Germany has doubled its spending on building repairs to 11.5 billion euros
Following last year’s emissions exceeding government limits, Germany will invest an additional 5.7 billion euros to make buildings more energy efficient. Ministers agreed to spend additional 5.8 billion euros earlier this year, which the government’s Council of Experts on Climate…
VW claims that a faster departure from coal in Germany is required to decrease the automotive sector’s carbon impact
According to news agency dpa, in a piece reported by Focus Online, carmaker VW believes an early German coal departure is required to ensure that its electric vehicle fleet obtains the clean electricity it need to efficiently fulfill carbon emission…
Germany has opened the world’s first industrial CO2-neutral e-kerosene factory
The non-profit atmosfair and its partners have opened the world’s first CO2-neutral e-kerosene production factory. To create green hydrogen, the facility in Werlte, Germany, combines CO2 collected from the air and a biogas plant that uses food waste, as well…
In Germany, there is a lot of interest in buying electric cars
According to a poll conducted by the Technical Inspection Authority (TÜV), interest in electric automobiles is quickly increasing in Germany. Almost one-quarter of respondents (23%) said they have plans to buy an e-car or could “very easily foresee” doing so…
Germany has passed “peak vehicle” as a result of material shortages, according to a new research
According to a report by Deutsche Bank (DB) Research, car production in Germany has been declining since late 2019, and unresolved raw material supply bottlenecks are expected to continue to have a negative impact, indicating that the country may have…
The German climate discussion unfairly ignores building emissions, according to a researcher
In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Lamia Messari-Becker, a buildings and physics professor at the University of Siegen, stated that the climate discussion in Germany has been overly concentrated on wind and solar power, neglecting the huge volume of emissions…
The closure of a wind turbine facility in eastern Germany raises concerns about the future of the coal area
Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, has announced the closing of a blade facility in Brandenburg, Germany. Over 450 jobs will be lost in Lauchhammer, and two additional production sites in Spain and Denmark will be closed “as demand for…
Germany is also seeing a rise in gas prices, but the government has no plans to interfere, according to media reports
The rapid spike in natural gas prices has an impact on Germany, but the economics ministry does not intend to take government action to safeguard consumers at this time, according to Tagesspiegel Background, an energy policy magazine. While prices in…