High energy costs are changing the heating habits of people in Germany. According to a recent survey, one in ten people didn't turn on their heating or oven at all in September, October or November this year.
Germany and Norway want to start a NATO-led alliance to protect critical underwater infrastructure, their leaders said on Wednesday, weeks after explosions hit two key gas pipelines in the fallout from the war in Ukraine.
The gas and electricity price caps are coming, and the government wants to pay people's energy bills in December - but will that be enough to stop people falling into hardship? Germany's Economics Ministry thinks it won't be and has drafted plans for a new hardship fund. Here's what you need to know.
The German government is planning to cover the cost of December's gas bill to support households with soaring energy costs. Here's how much to expect and when you can expect it.
German gas giant Uniper said
Wednesday it was taking Gazprom to an international tribunal over the Russian
company's failure to deliver gas, saying it has so far cost them €11.6 billion.
Qatar has agreed to send Germany two million
tons of liquefied natural gas a year for at least 15 years, officials said Tuesday, as Europe's biggest economy scrambles for alternative supplies after
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
As the year draws to an end, price comparison portals have observed huge spikes in electricity costs across Germany - though the scale of the price hikes vary across different regions.
The Christmas tree outside Chancellor Olaf Scholz's office in Berlin will not be lit as long this year, a government spokesman said Thursday, as Germany seeks to save energy through the winter.
Troubled gas giant Uniper on Wednesday said the German government would need to spend an additional €25 billion under a planned nationalisation to stave off the firm's collapse in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.
To help German residents with skyrocketing energy costs, the government is planning to provide relief starting in January, according to draft legislation.
Germany will have to take on more debt than expected in 2023 to combat an energy crisis that has left Europe's biggest
economy facing "great economic uncertainty", Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Tuesday.
Ralph Tiesler, from Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), said over the weekend that Germany could have to reckon with local power shortages in the winter.
Germany said Tuesday its gas storage facilities were now completely full, helped by a spell of unseasonably warm
weather, as the country readies for a winter deprived of Russian energy.
On Tuesday, Germany’s first terminal for the import of liquified natural gas (LNG) will be opened at the port of Wilhelmshaven on the northwest coast.
Germany announced Monday it was nationalising a former subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom, saying the step was necessary because of the systemic importance of the company for power supplies
in the country.
The German Bundestag has passed tax relief and other measures to help people deal with rising inflation amid the cost of living crisis. Here's a look at what you need to know.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
on Monday urged COP27 participants not to lose sight of renewable energy targets despite the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Germany on Wednesday put the finishing touches
on an energy price cap, the cornerstone of a massive €200 billion package to shield households and businesses from rising costs.
To deal with spiralling energy costs, a gas price cap could come into effect as early as February, according to a new draft proposal to be discussed on Wednesday.
Germany’s Expert Commission on Gas and Heat has proposed six months of protection against eviction for tenants who can’t pay their energy bills because of rising prices.
Swedish electric car battery specialist Northvolt could postpone building a factory in northern Germany due to the energy crisis and enticing subsidies in the United States, its boss said Saturday.
Germany could be set to introduce an electricity price cap from January next year - but questions remain on how quickly a similar cap on gas prices can be implemented.
In order to tackle rising energy prices, a quarter of German companies revealed in a new survey that they planned to cut jobs, among other cost saving measures.
As part of a phased relief package, the German government has agreed to cover December's gas bill for households and some businesses. But how much money are people set to get - and how? Here's what you need to know.
