Category: Germany

The Amprion control room in Brauweiler, Germany. Photographer: picture alliance/Getty Images Germany’s largest power-grid operator said that the country may have to restrict electricity exports this winter as a last Continue Reading

Germany’s gas consumption rose too much last week to levels higher than in previous years, and without considerable gas conservation—including from households—Europe’s biggest economy will find it difficult to avoid Continue Reading

Germany is currently in an “extremely tense situation” in terms of energy supply, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Friday, adding that Europe’s biggest economy still risks running out of Continue Reading

A new forecast by Germany’s leading economic institutes predicts the eurozone’s largest economy will slip into recession next year, triggered largely by a “drastic” increase in energy costs caused by Continue Reading

Germany is preparing to introduce a national electricity price cap this fall if the European Union fails to agree on a similar move for the entire bloc, according to government Continue Reading

Germany’s Volkswagen AG warned on Thursday that global auto production will be at risk in 2023 if Russia fails to resume deliveries of natural gas through Nord Stream 1. As Continue Reading

The German government is in talks about providing urgent financial support for scores of regional state-owned energy providers which are struggling to cope with soaring gas prices, three sources familiar Continue Reading

Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) has planned out measures by which it could reduce gas consumption by up to 50% but has not reduced it beyond 10% as of yet, the carmaker’s production Continue Reading