2022

Both Poland and Bulgaria no longer receive gas from Russia. The European gas storage facilities currently have a filling level of about 38 percent. However, according to the latest data from the European organisation Aggregated Gas Storage Inventory (AGSI), the largest European gas storage facility in Rehden had a fill level of just 0.51 percent […]

The expansion of wind power is intended to make our energy supply independent of imported energy sources. The traffic light government wants to massively accelerate the expansion. To this end, all federal states are to designate at least two percent of their area for additional wind power plants. That was the plan. The reality is

Discussions about gas supply in the event of a gas shortage are increasing. Actually, the situation is clearly defined in the Emergency Plan Gas of the Federal Ministry of Economics. However, several industry representatives have already spoken out in favour of an amendment to the emergency plan that would put industrial enterprises on an equal

The Emergency Gas Plan of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology regulates gas supply in the event of a gas shortage. It provides for three warning levels to regulate the distribution of gas in the event of supply problems. Currently we are in the early warning stage, which the Ministry of Economics has already

Slowly, our politicians are realising the extensions of their own policies. After Economics Minister Habeck called on citizens to save energy, now Interior Minister Faeser is appealing to citizens to stock up on emergency supplies. She justifies this by threatening power cuts and supply shortages due to the war in Ukraine. Faeser refers to cyber

Finance Minister Christian Lindner is critical of the accelerated expansion of the energy transition. He fears that the affordability of energy and thus also German competitiveness could increasingly take a back seat. Therefore, he is also critical of a further acceleration of the expansion. Lindner takes a critical view of affordability and competitiveness in the

The European wind energy sector is currently facing a wave of hacker attacks. Three German-based wind energy companies have been the target of cyber attacks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These include the companies Nordex, Deutsche Windtechnik and Enercon. Enercon was indirectly affected after Russian hackers temporarily paralysed a communications satellite. This disrupted communication

Climate activists from the group “Last Generation” activated the emergency shut-off valves at several oil pipeline stations in Germany. The aim, according to the activists, was to put pressure on the German government. The government should not allow any more drilling for fossil fuels in the North Sea. Activists penetrate pipeline distribution stations and activate

The prices for the most important things for living are rising extremely sharply in a very short time. In the meantime, the inflation rate for food, electricity and fuel is already in the double digits, for gas even in the triple digits. Our neighbouring countries around Germany and also other EU states have long since

Energy prices are rising, not only heating oil, natural gas and petrol are becoming more expensive, but also firewood. Now, firewood thefts are becoming more frequent in state forest enterprises. Several state-managed forest enterprises have registered an increase in wood thefts in recent months. The wood thieves are even taking whole logs out of the

Once again, Economics Minister Robert Habeck calls on the citizens of the state to save energy and also sets a target. “As a rule of thumb, I would say: Ten percent savings are always possible,” says Habeck. He even makes concrete suggestions as to where savings should be made. Habeck’s tips are intended to help

After the EU has already imposed an embargo on Russian coal, an embargo on crude oil is imminent. The EU states are not yet in agreement, but there are only a few states left that are not in favour. How much crude oil does Germany need and how much of it comes from production in

The increase in fuel prices reached a new record in German history in March. According to the Federal Statistical Office, consumers had to pay an average of 41.9 percent more for petrol and as much as 62.6 percent more for diesel at the pumps than a year earlier. Fuel prices – price increase higher than

The German Chemical Industry Association has now calculated how much electricity the industry would need to be completely climate-neutral in 2045, as decided by the German government. The entire chemical industry would thus need 685 terawatt hours (TWh) of electrical energy per year. This is how much electricity is needed to convert the entire basic

Russia has stopped gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. This is in response to the fact that both countries refuse to pay for gas supplies in rubles, as Russia has demanded. In this way, Russia is sending a signal to the other European countries that it is serious and will implement its announcements. Germany also