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Germany and California combine their efforts in achieving climate goals
Germany will cooperate with California on climate change goals after the U.S. President Donald Trump's decision earlier this month to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement, which was condemned by world leaders and many in the industry.
read more... 13/06/2017
German utilities to get several billions of euros in nuclear tax refunds
Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that the nuclear fuel tax is illegal on 7 June, raising the prospect of 6.3 billion euros refund to utilities and up to 1.5 billion euros in interest payments.
read more... 13/06/2017
Germany, Belgium and Denmark encourage the increase of Europe's offshore wind capacity
Germany, Denmark and Belgium joined with 25 industry giants, including Dong Energy and Siemens Gamesa, to issue a statement pledging to increase Europe's offshore wind capacity by almost 500% in the next decade.
read more... 09/06/2017
Germany: 2030 offshore wind target will not be raised until grid expansion is complete
Germany links its 2030 offshore wind capacity target with country’s north-south grid expansion.
read more... 06/06/2017
Norway: Statnett obtains 0.3 bln euro loan from EIB for electricity cable to Germany
Norway's grid operator Statnett obtained a 300 million-euro ($336.33 million) loan from the European Investment Bank to finalize its electricity cable to Germany, according to the company on Friday.
read more... 02/06/2017