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After Poland, Bulgaria and Finland, Russia has now also stopped natural gas deliveries to the Netherlands. The reason is the Dutch refusal to pay for Russian supplies in roubles. The Kremlin is thus escalating the dispute over payment with another step. Denmark could be the next country to be affected by the suspension of gas […]

The EU states have decided on an oil embargo against Russia. As is so often the case with such decisions, however, there is a compromise with several exceptions. For example, at Hungary’s request, oil deliveries through pipelines are not to be affected. Therefore. Germany and Poland now want to voluntarily renounce deliveries through pipelines. EU

A few weeks ago, Renault boss Luca de Meo was already critical of electromobility. Now he is raging against the introduction of the Euro 7 emission standard. In his opinion, the new emission standard would only increase the prices for vehicles with combustion engines without actually reducing the emission of exhaust gases significantly. Renault boss

After Bulgaria and Poland, Russia has also stopped gas deliveries to Finland because these countries were not prepared to pay for the deliveries in roubles. Germany, too, refuses to pay in roubles, so there is a threat that deliveries will be stopped overnight. If this happens, Economics Minister Habeck wants to shut down the gas-fired

In Germany, the expansion of LNG terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas is to be accelerated, but there is a lack of suppliers to replace the imported gas volumes from Russia. The draft law has already been passed and still requires approval by the Bundestag and Bundesrat. The construction of fixed and floating

Energy transition through green hydrogen? Getting away from natural gas has long been one of Germany’s goals. Until now, the reason for this was the climate. Now there is also the fact that Germany wants to become less dependent on Russia. Now the question is whether hydrogen is really a conceivable alternative for heating. Natural

The German Environmental Aid (DUH) is taking legal action against advertisements for environmentally friendly products, as it often classifies them as consumer fraud, or green-washing. A number of well-known brands and companies are affected. Even the names of detergents convey to customers that they are “sustainable” products. “Pro Climate” is the name of the dm

Germany’s climate policy is increasingly becoming a laughing stock abroad. As we have already reported in our article “The world’s stupidest energy policy“, the Wall Street Journal has already expressed its criticism. Now the “Neue Züricher Zeitung” also reports on the absurd procedure in the Reinhardswald near Kassel. Ancient forest to make way for wind

The Green Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Robert Habeck, of all people, has to push the construction of LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals. In doing so, he encounters strong resistance from environmental associations. Green politicians oppose green environmental associations Habeck has to solve the energy problem in the most difficult crisis of Germany’s post-war

Russian gas is currently flowing into the local gas storage facilities (as of May 2022) and the gas storage levels are slowly increasing. LNG could contribute to substitution as early as this year, after Economics Minister Habeck was able to get the legal basis for an accelerated expansion of LNG terminals through the Bundestag and

The sharp rise in crude oil prices brought the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco a record profit in the first quarter of 2022. Compared to the previous year, the group increased its revenues by a good 82 percent in the same period. The additional revenue amounts to 39.5 billion US dollars. In the same

With the elimination of the EEG levy on the electricity price, the Federal Government wants to relieve citizens of the burden of energy costs from July 2022. The EEG levy, with the corresponding share of VAT, currently amounts to around 4.4 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). A sample household with a consumption of 4000 kWh

As participants report in the Welt, Patrick Graichen, at an event, is said to have called on representatives of municipal utilities to plan the dismantling for their natural gas network. Graichen is State Secretary in Habeck’s Ministry of Economics. Graichen referred to the timetable for the decarbonisation of Germany. According to Graichen, there should be

There are clearly many more private charging stations for electric cars in Germany than the grid operators are aware of. However, the utilities fear major challenges, because they have to adapt their infrastructure to electric charging. The highest density of e-cars, and thus of unregistered charging stations, is probably in the better residential areas of