Benjamin Wehrmann

3 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Government spending on Germany’s public transport brings clear economic benefits, but the planned railway investment package could trigger a price hike in the construction sector, according to two separate analyses looking at the financial impact of Germany’s public transport system, which plays a key role in the country’s decarbonisation plans but needs dozens of billions of euros in public money.

3 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Clean Energy Wire / Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a mixture of policy restarts and continuity in his first government declaration in parliament, in which ideas on energy and climate policy played only a minor role. Merz said he aimed for “a change in our politics” and a “rethinking” on key policy matters but also promised “reliability and predictability” for Germany’s international partners.

3 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Most people in Germany say they do not think that the country is going to meet is national climate target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, a survey commissioned by newspaper Die Zeit has found. Just under one-third (29%) of respondents said they expect Germany to meet the target that the new coalition government again vouched to pursue. More than two-thirds (67%) said they do not expect the target to be met, while five percent said they either could not or did not want to answer.

3 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Most people in Germany continue to be very concerned about the impact of global warming and support climate action measures to mitigate its damaging effects despite the many other crises in the world overshadowing climate in recent years, an analysis by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has found.

3 weeks ago | cleanenergywire.org | Benjamin Wehrmann

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The massive nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal on 28 April continues to raise questions across Europe regarding the incident’s origins and the conclusions that need to be drawn in other countries to prevent such a large-scale power outage, energy researchers Christoph Maurer, Lion Hirth and Simon Müller wrote in a guest article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.