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Angela Merkel envisages an amendment of Renewable Energy Act if re-elected
Chancellor Angela Merkel engages to curb the generous support for renewable energy if she is re-elected in September. Thus, Germany would be the latest European country to pull back incentives for renewable sources.
read more... 21/06/2013
Germany: Angela Merkel wants to curb renewables incentives
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveiled at an energy conference in Berlin on June 12 a U turn in the German renewable energy policy, as she aims to curb the renewable energy incentives in favor of power grid modernization and lower pressure on the rising electricity prices.
read more... 13/06/2013
It is official: EU imposes provisional tariffs on Chinese solar imports
European officials have decided to impose provisional anti-dumping tariffs on solar modules, wafers and cells imported into Europe from China, in a move that could unleash a trade war between two of the world's largest economies.
read more... 05/06/2013
IEA warns Germany on costly clean energy transition
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director, Maria van der Hoeven recommended the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to curb electricity retail prices in Germany, otherwise the country’s shift to green power may be jeopardized.
read more... 27/05/2013
Angela Merkel’s coalition supports the acceleration of shale gas fracking
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition is pledging for easing the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing methods, withdrawing a virtual moratorium on the controversial fracking in some German regions.
read more... 11/02/2013