Economic stimulus package: Federal government announces hydrogen era

EIt is not often that politics is pounding a whole new industrial sector. But when it comes to overcoming the economic consequences of the corona pandemic, the federal government can no longer be stopped by the usual misgivings: With around nine billion euros, a hydrogen industry is now to be set up in Germany. The … Read more

CO2 price and EEG surcharge: Why climate protection now costs twice

AAs a result of the Corona crisis, the promotion of renewable energy threatens to get out of hand. The CEO of the energy group E.on, Johannes Teyssen, felt obliged to “speak out on behalf of our customers” when presenting the quarterly results. The EEG surcharge on the electricity price will “shoot through the roof next … Read more

Climate protection: what can be learned from Italy – economy

Europe’s crisis country could become the winner of a climate-friendly economic change. Nowhere is garbage recycled so efficiently – but it is also exemplary in other areas. – Greta, says Francesco Starace, head of the Italian electricity company Enel, is a symbol. Nobody knows them, but everyone uses them. Starace has no doubt what the … Read more

Criticism of the energy transition: In Poland, climate activists fear the German exit from nuclear power

ACreative activists from Poland demonstrate for the preservation of nuclear power – in Germany. Urszula Kuczynska and her colleagues from Fota-4-Climate see the nuclear catastrophe one step closer with every nuclear power plant that goes offline. Like the demonstrators of Fridays for Future in Germany, they are calling for decarbonization, i.e. a massive expansion of … Read more