Peter Altmaier Archives

Consumption

Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says Europe’s largest economy could use natural gas as a transition fuel and develop green

By Energy Reporters | 23.01.2020

Policy

Germany has set the deadline of 2038 to close all its coal power stations. The deadline for abandoning brown coal

By Energy Reporters | 19.01.2020

Storage

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is planning to build a “Gigafactory” near Berlin and an engineering and design centre near

By Energy Reporters | 14.11.2019

Transmission

The surcharge used to fund Germany’s move towards renewable energy (EEG) is due to increase again next year, triggering demands

By Energy Reporters | 16.10.2019

Policy

Germany has reported a sudden decline in the number of new wind farms being planned this year, raising fears that

By Energy Reporters | 31.08.2019

Policy

The Germany cabinet has approved a plan to spend up to €40 billion by 2038 to reduce the impact of

By Energy Reporters | 29.08.2019

Storage

Germany is increasingly looking to hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels to end the dependence on coal. Last month

By Energy Reporters | 03.08.2019

Storage

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has announced a subsidy programme for battery production with bids

By Energy Reporters | 26.02.2019

Policy

Russia and Germany are in talks over how the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should adapt to an EU deal on

By Energy Reporters | 22.02.2019

Policy

The German government will not be forced into blocking the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, Berlin’s energy minister,

By Energy Reporters | 23.01.2019

Policy

The European Union agreed yesterday (Thursday) to increase the share of renewable-energy contribution to 32 per cent by 2030 after

By Energy Reporters | 15.06.2018

Policy

Boosting the EU’s 2030 renewable-energy target without plans on how to achieve it would undermine public confidence in politicians, German

By Energy Reporters | 14.06.2018