Germany agrees to amend energy law to boost renewables
4 years ago

Germany agrees to amend energy law to boost renewables

Hindustan Times  

Germany’s ruling coalition has agreed changes to a new energy law that aims to boost renewable power and help the country meet its goal of producing 65% of its electricity from green sources by 2030, parliamentary sources told Reuters. The energy law is now expected to go before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday ahead of votes in the lower house on Thursday and the upper house on Friday, with a view to enacting the legislation by Jan. 1, 2021, the sources said. The law will give local communities incentives to build onshore wind projects, promote biomass and geothermal energy and encourage more large-scale solar plants on commercial buildings as well as smaller-scale rooftop installations. “We had a basic agreement at the weekend, that is very important,” Environment Minister Svenja Schulze told a news conference, adding that details of the legislation would be presented later on Monday.

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Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy

Associated Press  

The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in December. Here are the big hurdles to solar, wind and other renewable energy projects: COSTLY CREDIT Central banks in Europe and the U.S. have raised interest rates to combat inflation. INFLATION Everything costs more these days — …

Germany’s government waters down a cost-cutting plan that infuriated the country’s farmers
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany’s government waters down a cost-cutting plan that infuriated the country’s farmers

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government on Thursday watered down cost-saving plans that have infuriated farmers, announcing that it is giving up a proposal to scrap a car tax exemption for farming vehicles and will stagger cuts to tax breaks for diesel used in agriculture. The cuts were part of a package agreed last month by leaders of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s …

Germany’s highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures
1 year, 1 month ago

Germany’s highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s highest court on Wednesday annulled a government decision to repurpose 60 billion euros originally meant to cushion the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic for measures to help combat climate change and modernize the country. But it eventually wasn’t needed for that purpose, and the center-left Scholz’s three-party coalition decided in 2022 to put the money into the …

EU lawmakers approve a deal to raise renewable energy target to 42.5% of total consumption by 2030
1 year, 3 months ago

EU lawmakers approve a deal to raise renewable energy target to 42.5% of total consumption by 2030

Associated Press  

STRASBOURG, France — European Union lawmakers endorsed a deal Tuesday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc’s energy mix, another step to accelerate its green transition away from fossil fuels. The bill, adopted by a large majority — 470 lawmakers voted in favor, 120 against and 40 abstained — foresees an updated renewable energy target of 42.5% of …

German lawmakers approve a contentious plan to replace fossil-fuel heating
1 year, 3 months ago

German lawmakers approve a contentious plan to replace fossil-fuel heating

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German lawmakers on Friday approved contentious legislation for the replacement of fossil-fuel heating systems, passing a major climate policy plan that prompted lengthy infighting in the governing coalition and helped push down its poll ratings. The junior partners in the coalition led by Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party — the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats -- …

Germany hails EU deal on renewable energy raising target for 2030 to 45%
1 year, 6 months ago

Germany hails EU deal on renewable energy raising target for 2030 to 45%

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister welcomed a deal Friday among European Union countries to increase by more than a third the bloc’s renewable energy target for 2030. “The new European rules will trigger an investment boom for renewables and make it legally binding,” said Economy Minister Robert Habeck, whose portfolio includes energy and climate. Under the new rules, countries that …

EU told to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90-95% by 2040
1 year, 6 months ago

EU told to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90-95% by 2040

India Today  

The European Union should commit to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95% by 2040, official advisers said on Thursday, as Brussels prepares a new goal to curb Europe's contribution to climate change. The European Commission is drafting what would be the EU's first legally binding emissions-cutting target for 2040, aimed at guiding the world's third-biggest …

Germany to ease solar rules as new installations surge
1 year, 7 months ago

Germany to ease solar rules as new installations surge

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s energy minister announced plans Friday to ease bureaucratic hurdles for solar power as the country set a new record for photovoltaic installations during the first quarter. Europe’s biggest economy added 2.7 gigawatts of solar power capacity during the first three months of 2023, putting it on course to beat the target of 9 GW this year, compared …

Germany tries to reassure homeowners on heating overhaul
1 year, 8 months ago

Germany tries to reassure homeowners on heating overhaul

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government sought Wednesday to reassure homeowners that plans to phase out gas or oil heating systems will provide generous transition periods and take into account hardship cases. Almost a third of the energy consumed in Germany goes toward heating and warm water, prompting the government to draft a bill that would require all new heating systems …

EU reaches deal on more ambitious renewable energy targets for 2030
1 year, 8 months ago

EU reaches deal on more ambitious renewable energy targets for 2030

The Hindu  

European Union negotiators struck a political deal on Thursday on more ambitious targets to expand the use of renewable energy by 2030, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end the use of Russian fossil fuels. Sweden leads the 27 EU countries with its 63% renewable energy share, while in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and …

German governing parties agree on energy, climate measures
1 year, 8 months ago

German governing parties agree on energy, climate measures

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s three ruling parties announced Tuesday that they have an agreement on a series of energy and climate policies following weeks of infighting that threatened to paralyze the government. Senior members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats and two smaller parties, the environmentalist Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, said three days of closed-doors talks had resulted in …

German government sued over failure to meet climate goals
1 year, 11 months ago

German government sued over failure to meet climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A prominent environmental group said Tuesday that it is suing the German government over the failure to meet its own climate targets. The group, which has more than 450,000 members, argues that time is running out for Germany to meet its national climate goals for 2030 and achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045. A report published earlier this …

German Chancellor Reaffirms Aim to Achieve Climate Neutrality by 2045
1 year, 11 months ago

German Chancellor Reaffirms Aim to Achieve Climate Neutrality by 2045

News 18  

In a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his country’s goal of attaining climate neutrality, or net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2045. “Our transformation toward a climate-neutral economy – the fundamental task of our century – is currently taking on an entirely new dynamic,” said Scholz, “not in spite of, but …

Germany moves ahead with massive energy relief package
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany moves ahead with massive energy relief package

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German officials have agreed on the main details of a plan to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high gas, electricity and heating prices. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed Wednesday on a two-stage plan to tackle high gas prices that largely …

German parliament clears way for huge energy relief package
2 years, 2 months ago

German parliament clears way for huge energy relief package

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German parliament on Friday cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high energy prices, a plan that has been greeted with suspicion elsewhere in Europe. The package, which is expected to run through 2024, also is supposed to help limit …

Germany overrides allies, keeps 3 nuclear power plants running
2 years, 2 months ago

Germany overrides allies, keeps 3 nuclear power plants running

LA Times  

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered ministers Monday to prepare to keep all of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants running until mid-April, putting his foot down on an issue that had threatened to split his three-party government. The environmentalist Greens, led by Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck, had argued that only two nuclear plants in southern Germany — Isar …

Germany to spend billions to tackle high energy prices
2 years, 2 months ago

Germany to spend billions to tackle high energy prices

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany plans to spend up to 200 billion euros helping consumers and businesses as surging energy prices due to the war in Ukraine are pushing Europe’s largest economy into a looming recession. “We have taken decisions that allow us to deal with this changed situation.” The fund, part of wide efforts across Europe to provide relief on energy …

Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany
2 years, 3 months ago

Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Economists, scientists and environmental campaigners called Tuesday for the German government to create a 100 billion-euro fund for tackling climate change. One of its spokespeople, Luisa Neubauer, said Germany should take its cue from a bill recently passed in the United States that envisions $375 billion in federal investments to fight climate change over the decade. Volker Quaschning, …

Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
2 years, 4 months ago

Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%

Associated Press  

Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons by 2030, a new Department of Energy analysis shows. The first official federal calculations, shared with The Associated Press before its release Thursday, say that between the bill just signed and last year’s …

Germany to Reduce Government Incentives to Buy Electric Cars
2 years, 4 months ago

Germany to Reduce Government Incentives to Buy Electric Cars

News 18  

The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at the end of this year. At present, buyers of electric-only cars are eligible for government incentives of up to 6,000 euros and people who buy plug-in hybrids can get up to 4,500 euros. Starting in January, government incentives for …

German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy
2 years, 5 months ago

German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German lawmakers on Thursday approved a major package of reforms aimed at boosting the production of renewable power, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that the country has for too long relied on energy supplies from Russia. “Germany has relied for too long and too unilaterally on energy supplies from Russia,” he said at a renewable energy industry event …

Economists: Current measures won’t meet German energy goals
2 years, 5 months ago

Economists: Current measures won’t meet German energy goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany won’t achieve its targets for phasing out fossil fuels and ramping up renewable energy by 2030 with the measures currently in place, according to a think tank report released Wednesday. The respected German Institute for Economic Research, or DIW, examined the goals that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government set itself since coming to power last year following an …

Germany faces natural gas ‘crisis,’ raises warning level
2 years, 6 months ago

Germany faces natural gas ‘crisis,’ raises warning level

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies Thursday, warning that Europe’s biggest economy faces a “crisis” and storage targets for the winter are at risk after Russia reduced energy deliveries to several countries. The government said the decision follows cuts Russia made to natural gas flows starting last week and surging …

German govt seeks to resolve wind power dispute with states
2 years, 6 months ago

German govt seeks to resolve wind power dispute with states

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government unveiled a bill Wednesday to resolve a long-running dispute between federal authorities and the country’s 16 states over where to build land-based wind power plants. Some German states have bristled at proposals that would require them to set aside at least 1.4% of their surface for wind parks by 2026 and 2% by 2032, arguing …

EU unveils $220bn plan to ditch Russian energy
2 years, 7 months ago

EU unveils $220bn plan to ditch Russian energy

Al Jazeera  

Brussels plans to spend $314bn by 2030 to end its dependency on Russian oil and gas imports. Taken together, Brussels expects them to require 210 billion euros in extra investments by 2027 and 300 billion euros by 2030 on top of those already needed to meet the bloc’s 2030 climate target. The Commission said some investments in fossil fuel infrastructure …

Germany seeks to boost renewable energy, cut Russian imports
2 years, 8 months ago

Germany seeks to boost renewable energy, cut Russian imports

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government unveiled a major package of reforms Wednesday to boost the production of renewable power, meet its climate goals and become independent of energy imports from hostile nations such as Russia. The 600-page “Easter package” approved by Cabinet lays out ambitious goals for the expansion of offshore power and declares the installation of renewable energy to …

Bountiful wind, sun boost German renewable power this year
2 years, 8 months ago

Bountiful wind, sun boost German renewable power this year

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany recorded about 25% more electricity generated from renewable sources in the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year thanks to unusually windy and sunny weather, industry officials said Monday. Preliminary calculations by the energy lobby group BDEW and the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research indicate that Germany generated about …

Germany turns to renewables after Russian invasion of Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Germany turns to renewables after Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Germany aims to speed up wind and solar energy projects in a bid to reduce …

Germany faces ‘gigantic’ task meeting energy, climate goals
2 years, 11 months ago

Germany faces ‘gigantic’ task meeting energy, climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s new climate minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “gigantic” task if it wants to achieve its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring sufficient energy for its energy-hungry industry. The government plans to phase out coal power “ideally” by 2030 as well, filling the gap with less polluting natural gas until enough renewable energy …

Germany to slip back in cutting greenhouse gases, emission to grow by largest amount since 1990: Study
3 years, 4 months ago

Germany to slip back in cutting greenhouse gases, emission to grow by largest amount since 1990: Study

India Today  

Germany is forecast to slip back below the threshold it had set for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020, amid a post-pandemic recovery and unfavorable conditions for renewable energy, according to a report by an environmental think tank Sunday. Berlin-based Agora Energiewende examined data from the first half of 2021 to forecast that total emissions in Germany this year will be …

EU unveils tough climate rules, eyes tax on foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

EU unveils tough climate rules, eyes tax on foreign firms

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union unveiled sweeping new legislation Wednesday to help meet its pledge to cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55% over this decade, including a controversial plan to tax foreign companies for the pollution they cause. European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans said that by failing to act now, “we would fail our …

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms

LA Times  

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and other commission officials announce plans for new emissions rules at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday. ”The principle is simple: emission of CO 2 must have a price, a price on CO 2 that incentivizes consumers, producers and innovators to choose the clean technologies, to go toward the clean and …

Germany maps path to reaching ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045
3 years, 7 months ago

Germany maps path to reaching ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government adopted an ambitious plan Wednesday to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2045, five years earlier and with deeper cuts than previously planned. The roadmap approved by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet sets out a number of measures for achieving the new target, including spending more to expand renewable energy sources and …

Germany aims for net zero emissions by 2045, 5 years earlier
3 years, 7 months ago

Germany aims for net zero emissions by 2045, 5 years earlier

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German officials proposed Wednesday that the country could bring forward the date for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” to 2045, after Germany’s top court ruled that existing plans place too much of the burden for curbing climate change on young people. The proposed targets so far include few details on how the emission cuts would …

Court: Germany must share climate burden between young, old
3 years, 7 months ago

Court: Germany must share climate burden between young, old

Associated Press  

BERLIN — In a ruling hailed as groundbreaking, Germany’s top court said Thursday the government must set clear goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030, arguing that existing legislation risks placing too much of a burden for curbing climate change on younger generations. Fellow lawyer Roda Verheyen said the decision would likely mean Germany’s plans to phase out coal …

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