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Feb 6

The first permits for large-scale CO2 storage in the Danish North Sea are in place. From 2030 up to 13 million tonnes of CO2 a year could be pumped underground, danish @KlimaMin announces via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelel

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Dørene til et nyt grønt Nordsøeventyr er nu åbne | Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet

Feb 6

The first permits for large-scale CO2 storage in the Danish North Sea are in place. From 2030 up to 13 million tonnes of CO2 a year could be pumped underground, danish

@KlimaMin

announces

via.ritzau.dk

De første tilladelser til storskala lagring af CO2 i den danske del af Nordsøen er på plads. Eventyret begynder i 2025, og fra 2030 kan op mod 13 mio. tons CO2 årligt blive pumpet ned i undergrunden.

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Germany pushes to extend lifespan of three nuclear plants -letter

Oct 18, 2022

Germany pushes to extend lifespan of all three remaining nuclear plants Chancellor Scholz settles dispute within gov't coalition, ordering to put reactors into reserve until mid-April 2023

reuters.com

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked the economy, environment and finance ministries to lay the legal framework to keep the country's three nuclear power plants operational until as late as April...

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(S+) Stresstest: Habeck will zwei Atomkraftwerke als Notreserve

Sep 5, 2022

German economy ministry to call for putting two of Germany's three remaining #nuclear plants into reserve beyond scheduled phase-out at end of the year -

@derspiegel

Reactors to remain in operation as emergency reserve until spring 2023

spiegel.de

Zwei der drei verbliebenen deutschen Meiler sollen nach SPIEGEL-Informationen bis zum Frühjahr zur Verfügung stehen – allerdings nur für Notfälle. So will das Wirtschaftsministerium die Netzstabili...

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Sep 5, 2022

Third German energy relief package introduces power price brake, windfall taxes, and freezes CO2-price €65 bln package partly to be financed with tax on "insane" energy company profits also proposes nationwide public transport ticket at reduced fare

Third German energy relief package introduces power price brake, windfall taxes, and freezes...

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Aug 5, 2022

Is Germany reverting to coal to fight the gas supply crunch? While painful for climate activists and parts of govt, economy ministry argues #coal can help ease energy shortages during winter and should not endanger Germany’s climate targets - the Q&A

Q&A: Is Germany reverting to coal to fight the gas supply crunch?

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Felix Chr. Matthes and 7 others

Great summary by

on the why, how, when, ... of Germany bringing back retired #coal power plants as a way to tackle the current #EnergyCrisis Which plants can be used, under which circumstances? What does it mean for coal exit plans? For #climate targets?

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Aug 5, 2022

Is Germany reverting to coal to fight the gas supply crunch? While painful for climate activists and parts of govt, economy ministry argues #coal can help ease energy shortages during winter and should not endanger Germany’s climate targets - the Q&A cleanenergywire.org/news/qa-german

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Jul 18, 2022

“Russia’s war has convinced the last person in Germany that we need more renewables & energy efficiency to safeguard not only the climate but also our energy security. Renewable energy is also freedom energy“ – 🇩🇪

@ABaerbock

@GermanyDiplo

at #PCD2022 cleanenergywire.org/news/climate-c

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Jul 6, 2022

Parliament amends energy transition laws, weakens 2035 renewables target Germany aims at share of 80% renewables in power consumption by 2030 & wants to have a GHG neutral power system "after the completion of the coal exit” cleanenergywire.org/news/parliamen

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Jun 29, 2022

The idea behind scrapping the renewables levy was that cheaper power meant higher uptake of electric transport & heating – now the price reduction will be a small relief amid rising energy prices due to the Russian war against Ukraine & gas-supply crunch

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An average German family will save around €200-300 per year after the renewables levy of currently 3.7 cents/kWh is abolished; Electricity suppliers are obliged to transparently show how prices are lowered

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The renewables surcharge was instrumental to fund the country’s expansion of renewable power capacity in the past 20 years; Future renewables funding will be via the state budget

Germany’s energy consumption and power mix in charts

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The end of Germany’s controversial renewables surcharge is nigh – As of 1 July the country stops funding renewables directly via peoples’ power bills, to make electricity for households cheaper 🧵 cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-s

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Reuters Science News

@ReutersScience

Construction is due to begin on Wednesday on what could become the world's biggest plant to capture carbon dioxide from the air and deposit it underground, the company behind the nascent green technology said. reut.rs/3NwxqBX

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Zia Weise

@ZiaWeise

Again, this is rather different from the compromise Germany just read out in Council, which limits e-fuels to specific vehicle types

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German @Bundeskanzler says the govt position is: "We want to make it possible for passenger cars with CO2-neutral drives, including e-fuels, to be registered after 2035" (speaking at #G7 press conference) twitter.com/KeAppunn/statu…

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German

says the govt position is: "We want to make it possible for passenger cars with CO2-neutral drives, including e-fuels, to be registered after 2035" (speaking at #G7 press conference)

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German env min @SteffiLemke will negotiate on 2035 combustion engine ban #Fitfor55 at EU Council meeting “so that the @EU_Commission can develop a mechanism to ensure CO2 reduction in the future, but also guarantee openness in terms of technology”. Says it will be a long day.

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German env min

will negotiate on 2035 combustion engine ban #Fitfor55 at EU Council meeting “so that the

@EU_Commission

can develop a mechanism to ensure CO2 reduction in the future, but also guarantee openness in terms of technology”. Says it will be a long day.

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🇩🇪 position on cars has been unclear, as parts of the govt insist that e-fuels should be allowed while others only want to permit battery cars. Lemke says, the cabinet has found a “common line” for the EU negotiations, based on the coalition agreement

Germany will not back 2035 combustion engine ban in EU – finance minister

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German env min

will negotiate on 2035 combustion engine ban #Fitfor55 at EU Council meeting “so that the

@EU_Commission

can develop a mechanism to ensure CO2 reduction in the future, but also guarantee openness in terms of technology”. Says it will be a long day.

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German econ & climate minister #Habeck

Learn about the latest and upcoming meetings, press releases and policies related to energy within the Council and the European Council.

says agreement on binding EU energy efficiency target and ambitious new renewables target (40% by 2030) plus making renewables an overarching public interest is “a big success”

consilium.europa.eu

Energy

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Africa needs $25bn a year of investment to boost energy provision, says IEA chief

Ember

@EmberClimate

Jun 20, 2022

An investment of $25bn a year could secure universal energy access in Africa by 2030 says

@fbirol

The report shows renewables providing 80% of new capacity by 2030 - but the continent will need global support to finance this.

ft.com

Focus on renewables and natural gas would charge up continent’s economic development, says Fatih Birol

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cleanenergywire.org/events/event-g #G7GER #G7Elmau

Jun 16, 2022

Last chance to sign up! Today, 16.00 CEST! How can Germany push the #climate agenda as the war dominates debates? Journalist briefing ahead of #G7 summit w/

@DavidRyfisch

@esthernstamara

& Ella Kokotsis of

@g7_rg

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Jun 15, 2022

"I don't want to hide the fact that it will mean an imposition for people and states,” says econ & climate min #Habeck

in Berlin. “But taking worries and fears [about the wind power expansion] seriously will not make the govt incapable to act”

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Two percent of German land area for onshore wind by 2032 – federal govt presents next batch of energy transition laws If states don’t manage to assign enough space to wind turbines, state distance rules cease to apply & wind power gets priority cleanenergywire.org/news/two-perce

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Jun 14, 2022

Science Media Center Germany

@smc_germany

, a service for journalists, has published its gas storage report with data on current storage levels and scenarios for the coming months sciencemediacenter.de/alle-angebote/ #NaturalGas #FossilFuels

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Cyril Brunner

@brunncy

Jun 14, 2022

Christian Holzleitner on land-based #CarbonRemovals within the

@EUClimateAction

plan and how they can be used, e.g., by airlines to get to #ClimateNeutrality. It shows me how important it is to increasingly discuss the implications of the permanence of CO2 removed. #negCO2

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Ships May Soon Transport Captured Carbon to Storage Locations

Jack Wittels

@JWittels

Jun 10, 2022

Get ready for the cargo of the future: liquified pollution bloomberg.com/news/articles/ via

@business

#OOTT #ship #shippers #carbon

bloomberg.com

Boats have carried liquefied carbon dioxide before, but not for the large-scale purpose of transporting industrial emissions to long-term storage facilities.

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Jun 10, 2022

New: German grid agency

@bnetza

data platform #SMARD now provides electricity market data visuals (average prices) of all neighbouring countries of the Germany/Luxembourg market area smard.de/en/new-average

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Potsdam Institute

@PIK_Climate

Jun 9, 2022

The #FoodSystem stands for a whopping 1/3 of global #emissions. How can you improve engagement in reducing that? E.g. by accounting emissions at every stage of the value chain, our researchers

@prajdhan

et al propose. New paper with @unikold here: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest

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ENRD Contact Point

@ENRD_CP

Jun 9, 2022

🌳The 2nd meeting of our Thematic Group on #CarbonFarmingEU takes place today! Stay tuned for content on 🌱Upscaling carbon farming 🌱Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) 🌱Examples of 🇪🇺 good practices And more! Outcomes available soon👉 bit.ly/CarbonFarming2

@EUAgri

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friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/upl

Jun 9, 2022

Analysis of the #CAP strategic plans of seven EU member states, by

@foeeurope

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Jun 8, 2022

#Fitfor55 – European Parliament votes on key #climate & #energy legislation today – incl a carbon border tax #CBAM Our explainer of the

@EU_Commission

CBAM proposal: cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/emi

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Oliver Geden

@Oliver_Geden

Jun 1, 2022

"What are negative emissions, and why do we need them?". Our new briefing paper, issued by German science academies' project “Energy Systems of the Future” energiesysteme-zukunft.de/en/publikation

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Parliament’s biggest group rejects compromise on EU carbon border tax

Frédéric Simon

@FredSimonEU

Jun 3, 2022

Parliament’s biggest group rejects compromise on EU carbon border tax. The EU assembly is heavily divided ahead of a decisve vote next week on the two centerpieces of the bloc's 2030 climate strategy: the #EUETS and #CBAM. More:👇

euractiv.com

Lawmakers are gearing up for a cliff-hanger vote on the EU’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) next week after the European Parliament’s main political groups failed to agree a...

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Beyond Fossil Fuels

@Beyond_Fossils

Jun 2, 2022

The Romanian govt has published an emergency law to phase out #coal by 2030 🙌 🇷🇴 is the 17th European country to align its coal exit with the #ParisAgreement & plans to fund household #solar PV installations for every miner that is laid off 🥇 More 👉 bit.ly/3Q0zXqS

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Closing the transparency gap: Why sustainability disclosure is key to financing the climate...

Benjamin Wehrmann

@BenJoWe

Jun 1, 2022

For journos eager to learn more about the tricky science of ESG, disclosure and sustainable finance, I recommend you join our upcoming

event with

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on 9 June

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"We have taken measures to accelerate power grid expansion – the next step is creating a climate neutrality grid for Germany, w/ electrolysers & combining power & European hydrogen grid, says econ & climate min #Habeck

at #bdewk22

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"Price for natural gas in Germany will never be as low again as before Ukraine war -- because of that there is now a business case for ramping up hydrogen," says German econ & climate min #Habeck

at #bdewk22 conference #EnergyTransition

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Denmark’s Orsted Warns Russia May Cut Gas Over Ruble Demand

Stephen Stapczynski

@SStapczynski

May 30, 2022

Denmark could be the next country cut off from Russian natural gas 🇩🇰🥊🇷🇺 🙅 Orsted (Denmark’s top utility) says it won’t pay for Russian fuel in rubles currency 🇪🇺 Finland, Poland, Bulgaria also cut off recently. Still, all are relatively small buyers

bloomberg.com

Russia will cut natural gas supplied via pipelines to the Netherlands and Denmark could be next.

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