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The coalition government has set a political goal of having at least 15 million electric cars registered in Germany by 2030. However, this could soon be doomed to failure, because according to the latest calculations by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, there will not be enough lithium available for the batteries. Raw […]

With the turn away from Russian energy sources, the energy emergency in Germany is meanwhile getting worse. In the case of gas supply, the Minister of Economics has already declared an emergency alert. Therefore, gas-fired power plants are to be taken off the grid in order to save resources. Now the Ukrainian Energy Minister Galushenko

A new report by TÜV Süd refutes Habeck’s statements on extending the operating lives of two nuclear power plants in Bavaria. In this report, TÜV confirms that the Isar 2 nuclear power plant can be operated well beyond the end of the year. Even the short-term recommissioning of Block C in Gundremmingen, which has already

The discussion about extending the lifetimes of the last remaining German nuclear power plants is just picking up speed again in view of the current energy crisis. While the CDU and FDP want to at least discuss an extension, the Greens and SPD immediately reject the further use of nuclear energy. A look at the

For several days now, only 40 percent of the usual gas supply has been coming through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. The supply situation is now so threatening that Minister of Economics Habeck has declared the alarm level of the gas emergency plan. Habeck also immediately names the reasons for the reduced deliveries. For example,

In 2017, the Bundestag and Bundesrat passed what is probably the world’s strictest law on fracking for natural gas. It regulates the complete ban on commercial fracking, with the aim of protecting the environment and health from the risks of this technology. Germany is sitting on about 2.3 trillion cubic metres of natural gas in

The situation on the global energy markets is becoming increasingly difficult due to Russia’s boycott. Many countries are therefore building new nuclear power plants in order to reduce CO₂ emissions and to secure the electricity supply. This means that the demand for uranium to produce the fuel elements will rise sharply in the future. Uranium

The rescue of the PCK refinery in Schwedt, Brandenburg, which has been hotly debated in recent days, is becoming a federal political issue. Since the German government and the European Union want to do without Russian oil in the future, the refinery is facing extinction. Up to 2,000 employees would be affected. The rescue is

Robert Habeck has declared the second stage of the emergency decree on gas supply with the alert stage. As a result, gas prices are likely to rise even further for consumers. Apparently, the 55 members of the board of the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industries have already been informed of this step.

Christian Lindner has spoken out in favour of scrapping the will-to-buy subsidies for electric cars. He told the Welt am Sonntag: “We simply can’t afford misguided subsidies any more. If I have my way, the premium for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, for example, will be cancelled. Up to now, these cars have been subsidised

The biggest problem with renewable energies is their volatility. Wind is only available for 25 % of the year’s full load hours, and solar only for about 10 % of the year. For this reason, the coalition agreement logically envisaged a massive expansion of gas-fired power plants. However, the approximately 60 new gas-fired power plants

While the war between Ukraine and Russia is still in full swing, numerous countries want to become independent of Russian raw materials. Nevertheless, they want to ease the population’s worries about cold winters and increased expenses. In Germany, the federal government is working diligently on solutions, while other countries are already a few steps ahead

The traffic light coalition has only been in government for a few months and there is now a shortage of everything. Raw materials, microchips, sunflower oil, flour and labour are becoming scarce. Prices for food, energy and everything else needed to live are rising day by day to new record levels. Inflation is at 8

It almost sounds like a paradox. Australia is the world’s fifth largest gas exporter and second largest coal exporter. Despite this, the country is currently experiencing massive problems in securing its own electricity supply. It is winter in Australia and temperatures on the south-east coast have fallen to their lowest level in decades. But in

The problems with the gas supply are mounting. Due to the 60 percent cut in Russian gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, the supply for next winter is already critical. Now, however, even less LNG is coming from the USA, as an LNG terminal there has burnt down. LNG terminal on the Gulf