Germany kept greenhouse gas emissions under its target level in 2022 despite a coal-driven increase in pollution in the energy sector, figures published Wednesday showed.
The German Student Union has responded with frustration at the lack of a clear deadline for the €200 energy payment promised by the government last year.
Germany's electricity supply during this decade is secure even if the country were to bring its coal exit forward to 2030, according to a government-commissioned report on Wednesday.
The market prices for electricity and gas in Germany are cheaper now than they have been for a long time, leading some consumer advisors to recommend customers shop around for lower tariffs.
Though wholesale prices for gas and electricity have recently dropped, German utility companies expect the end price for consumers to double long-term.
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France's President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pledged to drive Europe forward together, as the German leader visited Paris to celebrate 60 years of post-war cooperation despite recent strains.
Germany’s Federal Employment Agency is offering those struggling to pay their heating bills the chance to apply for a one-off monthly payment of €502. Here’s what you need to know.
Police on Sunday said they had almost finished clearing climate activists from a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, as both sides accused each other of violence.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg condemned moves to demolish a German village to make way for a coal mine expansion as police clashed with demonstrators at the site on Saturday.
Climate activists occupied the regional office of Germany's vice chancellor Thursday in a show of support for a flagship anti-coal protest, accusing the Green party politician of betrayal.
German police pressed ahead on Wednesday with clearing a camp of anti-coal activists in an abandoned town which has become emblematic of the country's struggle to transition away from fossil fuels amid an energy crisis.
German police say they expect a "difficult" and "dangerous" task when they begin to remove thousands of anti-coal activists near an open cut mine at a village in western Germany this week.
Germany has so far avoided the "worst-case scenario" of an economic meltdown after being cut off from Russian gas, and is optimistic its stocks will last through next winter, the economy minister said Thursday.
Germany used more renewable energy than ever in 2022 but again failed to reach its CO2-reduction goal as Russia's war in Ukraine prompted a return to more coal and oil use, a think tank reported Wednesday.
Germany on Wednesday shrugged off Russia's ban on oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western allies, saying it has "no practical significance".
Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann – both of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) – have signalled that government support for citizens fighting soaring costs is reaching its limit.
The icy temperatures in recent weeks have led Germany’s Federal Network Agency to upgrade its gas consumption monitor to "critical", but could cold weather really lead to gas shortages?
Germany on Saturday inaugurated its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, built in record time, as the country scrambles to adapt to life without Russian energy.
Many consumers are looking to save money amid Germany's energy crisis - but electric heaters have the opposite effect, said Klaus Müller, head of Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNA), on Tuesday.
Germany is set to receive its first floating gas terminal, officials said Friday, as the country looks to replace Russian supplies it previously received via pipeline.
German's RWE said Tuesday it is taking legal action against Russia's Gazprom over halted gas supplies, the latest German company to do so since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
