According to think tanks Agora Energiewende and Institute for Applied Ecology, the EU’s proposed new climate and energy legislation will effectively push Germany’s coal phase-out date to 2030, and rising prices in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) will make coal…
The German government claims that electric vehicle batteries are the “greatest successful industry policy project since Airbus.”
According to German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, the manufacture of electric vehicle battery cells in Europe is on pace to become “the most successful industrial policy initiative since Airbus.” The CDU lawmaker made the comment in response to Mercedes-decision Benz’s…
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…