Germany plans giant green hydrogen plant
Transmission
The German grid operators Tennet, Gasunie Deutschland and Thyssengas have made detailed plans to link the electricity and gas grids
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Audi fined €800m over diesel emissions
Industry
German car manufacturer Audi has been fined €800 million by a public prosecutor in Germany over the diesel emissions scandal. Prosecutors
Activists celebrate Hambach reprieve
Environment
A demonstration of around 50,000 environmentalists (pictured) has been held to celebrate the reprieve of what is left of western
Wintershall wins North Sea’s Nova deal
Production
Wintershall Norge has received the all-clear from Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for its US$1.2-billion development and operation of
Bareiss defends ‘reliable’ Russia
Transmission
The controversial 1,200km Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is vital to secure energy supplies and Russia
‘Impossible’ to keep Hambach forest: RWE
Production
The police in western Germany say they are close to clearing the last remaining treehouses from the endangered Hambach forest
German offshore wind farm goes online
Transmission
The Arkona offshore wind farm off Germany’s Baltic coast has supplied its first electricity into the national electricity grid. The
Industry chief rejects US pipeline meddling
Production
The Federation of German Industry (BDI) has said it will not buckle under US pressure to drop the 1,200 km
Porsche ditches diesel for electric
Storage
Porsche says it is abandoning diesel vehicles and will instead focus on hybrid and electric technology. Earlier this year a
German giants reject US claims on Iran
Policy
US sanctions against Iran, introduced by Donald Trump after he decided to break the 2015 nuclear deal, have forced more
Germany unveils world’s first hydrogen train
Storage
A pollution-free, hydrogen-powered train (pictured) has begun operation between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany. The hydrogen
Protesters join fight to save Hambach
Environment
Around 4,000 protesters have marched on western Germany’s Hambach forest as police arrested activists trying to prevent RWE extending its
Lignite activists forced from Hambach
Environment
The authorities in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have ordered environmental protesters’ treehouses in Hambach forest (pictured) to
Investors claim billions in VW case
Environment
Germany’s court case which could shake up car manufacturing against Volkswagen over the “dieselgate” scandal that opened this week, as
German LNG terminal talks restart
Consumption
Germany has revived plans to build a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on its Baltic coast to exploit deepening