Germany hit back on Wednesday at claims made by US presidential candidate Donald Trump over the country's energy network - and also mocked his baseless claim that immigrants are eating Americans' pets.
Customers can save a high three-digit sum on their household electricity costs, according to calculations done by German price comparison portals. Here's why you may want to switch your tariff.
As part of its drive to roll out renewable energy, Germany has passed a new law that will make it easier to install solar panels on your balcony. Here's what homeowners and renters need to know.
At one of Europe's largest chemical complexes, German group Covestro is trialling the manufacture of a key product using sugar as a base material instead of oil, as the industry seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.
According to Germany’s new heating law, many newly installed heating systems need to be powered primarily with renewable energy - but there are also hefty state subsidies on offer for eco-friendly heaters.
A recent announcement from the United States on liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals has stoked fears that Germany could lose its top provider of gas. But is Germany’s energy supply really at risk?
German emissions were at their lowest point in around 70 years, as Europe's largest economy managed to reduce its dependence on coal faster than expected, a study published Thursday showed.
More than half the electricity consumed in Germany in 2023 will have been generated from renewables for the first time, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) said on Monday.
Germany announced on Thursday a huge relief
package including tax cuts on electricity for the manufacturing sector, in a bid to shore up an economy that man fear could end the year in recession.
The cost of energy is expected to rise again this coming winter, even though the government's price cap is supposed to be in effect until April 2024. Here's what households can expect.
With the colder weather creeping in, many people in Germany will be wondering if they should start heating their homes. Here's what you need to bear in mind.
Germany will avoid gas shortages in the coming winter, Berlin's economy minister said, dodging the worst scenarios predicted after Russian gas supplies to the country were cut last year.
After months of soaring energy prices last year in Germany, many are looking ahead to winter with trepidation. But are gas and electricity prices likely to skyrocket again - and what help can households expect?
German imports of refined oil products from India soared in the first seven months of the year, official data showed Tuesday, much of which was likely made using crude oil from sanctions-hit Russia.
Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometre power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy
ministry said Monday, pushed by an energy crisis.
Paris and Berlin "squabble like an old married couple", German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said, acknowledging that the "best friends in the world" still have points of disagreement including nuclear power.
Last winter passed without major gas shortages, thanks to EU-wide actions - but the problem is far from solved for the winters to come, warns global energy specialist Professor Michael Bradshaw.
Germany's government must call a halt to social reforms if the country is to remain competitive, the liberal Free Democratic Party's chief whip Johannes Vogel said on Friday.
Germany is likely to "significantly miss" the federal government's target of 15 million electric vehicles by 2030 unless it moves quickly to stimulate sales, according to the director of the Center of Automotive Management (CAM).
