Germany’s subsidy to lower electricity expenditures for energy-intensive industry could cost the state significantly more than planned, according to calculations by business daily Handelsblatt.

With six months to go before the French presidential election, contenders are turning their attention away from this summer’s severe drought and wildfires and towards addressing rising fuel prices ...

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Weather conditions exacerbated by the climate crisis – like late frosts, a wet autumn and a record-breaking warm spring – have led to a 9.1 percent decrease in grain yields (excluding maize), ...

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Guaranteed remuneration for operators of renewable power installations has been a key component of Germany's energy transition. Feed-in tariffs were introduced with the country's Renewable Energy Act ...

Germany will need rapid legislative progress in 2026 to secure new gas electricity generation capacity and keep its coal phase-out on track, analysts from Aurora Energy Research said. Security of ...

Unusually low wind power output has caused another 'Dunkelflaute' period in Germany with significantly reduced renewable power production and extreme price hikes in short-term electricity trading.

On 1 July, Germany marks the end of its 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 but has ...

Compensation costs for the curtailment of renewable energy fell by around 22 percent to 435 million euros in 2025, compared to the previous year (€554 million in 2024), showed a response from the ...

Germany’s government has tabled its proposal for reducing incentives for new solar and wind energy projects in areas with a congested electricity network, and asked industry groups and federal states ...