Germany has set out its plan to claw back 90% of the earnings from some clean power generators as the government seeks funding for its consumer aid package.

The government is planning to skim earnings above €130 a megawatt-hour for solar, wind and nuclear, according to a draft law seen by Bloomberg News. Politicians are trying to reclaim some of the profits that companies like RWE AG are making from high power…

Lignite mills will be taxed on their earnings of over 52 euros per megawatt hour, and oil plants of 28 euros.

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The leaders of Germany’s new government coalition, formed by the Green party, the Liberal party (FDP) and the Social-democrat party (SPD) have presented, yesterday, their 177-page program for the next four years.

In the renewable energy chapter of the document, the government coalition is aiming for the share of renewables in gross electricity demand to rise to 80% by 2030, assuming an increased demand of between 680 and 750 TWh per year.

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The sale of carbon permits through Germany’s national emissions system by the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will begin on 05 October 2021.

The revenue will be used to limit the taxes on the retail electricity sales price to support renewable energy and to compensate for the increased travel costs.

Germany’s emissions trading system; While the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission price is added to the price of gasoline, diesel, heating fuel, coal and gas, Germany, which expects to generate 7.4 billion euros this year, will be increased gradually until 2050.

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The demand for energy-efficient building renovation programmes offered by Germany’s government in the context of its Climate Action Programme 2030 remains high in the second quarter of 2020, even as the coronavirus pandemic took a grim toll on economic activity between April and June. According to the economy ministry (BMWi), credits and grants worth 14.5 billion euros haven been issued by the national development bank KfW in the first half of the year to retrofit more than 215,000 housing units as well as commercial and public buildings.

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Nord Stream 2, the company building a gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, has reportedly requested a permit allowing it to use pipe-laying vessels with anchors to complete the final roughly 120-kilometre stretch of pipeline in Danish waters.

Nord Stream 2 has, as a precautionary measure, submitted an amendment request in accordance with the guidance received from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA), Nord Stream 2 EU representative Sebastian Sass told New Europe on June 19, adding that Nord Stream 2 will implement the project in accordance with the construction permit and as assessed in the Environmental Impact Assessment.

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Battery storage systems are emerging as one of the key solutions to effectively integrate high shares of solar and wind renewables in power systems worldwide. A recent analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) illustrates how electricity storage technologies can be used for a variety of applications in the power sector, from e-mobility and behind-the-meter applications to utility-scale use cases.

Utility-scale batteries, for example, can enable a greater feed-in of renewables into the grid by storing excess generation and by firming renewable energy output.

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The European Union will need to continue having a nuclear energy share of at least one-quarter until 2050 to meet the emissions reduction targets it has set for that year, according to a new report from Deloitte.

The EU has set targets of reducing emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels, and by up to 95% by 2050 – or net zero. An essential part of that plan will be phasing out the burning of coal, the highest-emitting fossil fuel which is still used heavily in countries such as Poland and Germany.

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A transition towards a low-carbon economy is forecast to boost output and employment growth in the EU thanks to a spur in investment in clean energy, according to a new report released on Tuesday. An analysis run by Cambridge Econometrics and EU agency Eurofound’s European jobs monitor calculated that the EU28 GDP would be 1.1 per cent higher by 2030 in case of the Paris Climate agreement was implemented compared to the baseline scenario.

The number of jobs would be boosted by 0.5 per cent over the same period.

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The lukewarm response to the report of the commission set up to advise on plans for the elimination of coal use in Germany is understandable. The commission’s conclusions push the end of coal use out to 2038. The plan is cautious enough to have secured the support even of those members of the commission representing the coal industry and the main coal producing regions.

Criticism of the report has predictably come from groups such as Climate Alliance Germany and Friends of the Earth, which have said that the plan will not meet the Paris climate agreement targets, and that the phasing of the reduction through the 2020s needs to be defined in detail.

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the US not to interfere in Europe’s energy policies.

Speaking at the traditional New Year reception, Maas said, ’Europe’s energy problems should be resolved in Europe, not in the United States. Geleneksel Noting that North Stream-2 is a full German-Russian joint project and that it is important for all of Europe, the minister also expressed that the Central and Eastern European partners take seriously the doubts about this project.

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Onshore and offshore wind farms in Germany generated almost 15 terrawatt-hours of electricity in December, according to the energy and water industry trade association BDEW.

The association said a total of 14.83 billion kilowatt-hours was produced by wind power in the last month of the year.

This would be enough to cover the electricity consumption of Berlin or Schleswig-Holstein for one year, it said.

However, in reality there is a lack of energy storage facilities to use volatile renewable power as needed, BDEW added.

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Charging stations for electric cars are the ‘fuel’ stations of the future. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to simply place them on every street corner, as they have to be connected to the respective power grid. Volkswagen is now announcing a solution that can theoretically be set up quickly and anywhere – a kind of power bank for electric cars.

At the turn of the year, VW released a small teaser video, including a press release, which could make one or two lines of concern disappear from the minds of future electric car drivers.

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