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Germany stops landmark mechanism that funded renewables expansion via power bills
Germany ends landmark renewables levy on consumer power prices. The surcharge helped to spur the growth of wind and solar power capacity for more than two decades.
Kerstine Appunn

Jul 4, 2022

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Germany drops renewables surcharge, household bills to fall by €300
German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on the power price as of July 1, 2022, saving families $A450 a year.
Kerstine Appunn

May 1, 2022

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Germany can cope with a lot less Russian gas, but not entirely without it
If Russian gas imports were to stop completely, Germany would have to save around 290 terawatt-hours, and lower temperatures in buildings by up to 1°C.
Kerstine Appunn

Mar 21, 2022

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Renewables

Germany fast-tracks shift to 100 pct renewables as EU energy crisis deepens
Germany’s climate and energy ministry to propose faster expansion of renewables, to reach a near 100% renewable power supply by 2035, instead of 2050.
Kerstine Appunn

Mar 1, 2022

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Renewables

Germany plans emergency program for “huge, gigantic” 2030 emissions task
Germany’s new climate minister says the nation has eight years to achieve the same growth in renewables achieved in the past 30 years.
Kerstine Appunn

Jan 14, 2022

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Coal

German coal plant closes after just six years, to produce green hydrogen from wind
A 1600MW coal generator closes for good after just six years, and will now be repurposed to produce green hydrogen from wind energy.
Kerstine Appunn

Jul 9, 2021

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Coal

German brown coal generator to close six years early due to high CO2 price
A brown coal generator in Germany is to close six years early because of high carbon prices.
Kerstine Appunn

Jun 9, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

Shutting down nuclear and coal – can Germany keep the lights on?
Can a large industrialised society like Germany run securely and smoothly on a power system largely fed by wind and solar? The question is not if, but how.
Kerstine Appunn

May 16, 2021

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Renewables

Germany sets bigger wind and solar auctions for next few years
Germany announces three-fold lift in solar auction capacity, and an increase in onshore wind tenders, but critics say it is only the bare minimum needed.
Kerstine Appunn

Apr 26, 2021

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Coal

Three more German coal plants to retire before end of 2021
Two German hard coal power stations and one small-scale lignite plant will stop selling electricity by the end of 2021.
Kerstine Appunn

Apr 5, 2021

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Small modular reactors not the solution, says German nuclear authority
Two recent reports have concluded that Small Modular Reactors carry enormous risks and will probably never be as cheap as their advocates claim.
Kerstine Appunn

Mar 12, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Energy giant to close biggest coal generator in Germany after just five years
“Economically and politically dead”. Energy giant wants to close down its newest and biggest coal generator in Germany after just five years because it is losing money.
Kerstine Appunn

Sep 7, 2020

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