Jennifer Collins

Berlin, Germany, Dublin

Reporter at Freelance

Climate and environment reporter. Find some of my work here: https://t.co/o4aMBqjBRv

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2025 ushered in by drought across Germany and Europe - weather service

1 week ago | cleanenergywire.org | Jennifer Collins

Germany has seen its driest February to mid-April months since 1931, according to the country's meteorological service DWD. DWD recorded about 40 litres of rain per square metre across the country – 68 percent less than in the 1991 to 2020 reference period. Germany's northwest was exceptionally dry in the first few months of 2025 and very few regions reached their precipitation targets.
Half of all EVs sold in Germany made by VW, as Tesla tumbles from 1st to 8th

1 week ago | thedriven.io | Jennifer Collins

Every second electric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Volkswagen, while two out of three newly registered e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, according to a report by newspaper Die Welt. Registration figures by Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) since the beginning of 2025 had shown a clear lead by German brands’ electric cars.
German carmakers 'dominate' domestic e-mobility market - consultancy

1 week ago | cleanenergywire.org | Jennifer Collins

Every second electric car sold in Germany in the first quarter of 2025 was made by Volkswagen, while two out of three newly registered e-vehicles came from German manufacturers, according to a report by newspaper Die Welt. "Overall, German car manufacturers are showing high growth rates in the German market and clearly dominate," Jan Sieper of consultancy EY told the newspaper, attributing German automaker leadership partly to brand loyalty and trust.
French TotalEnergies lauds German coalition treaty, vows 'green' expansion in neighbour market

1 week ago | cleanenergywire.org | Jennifer Collins

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung French energy company TotalEnergies says it plans to stay on its expansion course in Germany, welcoming the CDU/CSU and SDP coalition deal that will continue to support the expansion of renewables and introduce new "flexible" gas-fired power plants as well as battery storage, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
DeepSeek: Weniger Energie, mehr Effizienz in der KI? – DW – 06.02.2025

2 months ago | dw.com | Jennifer Collins

06.02.20256. Februar 2025Das chinesische Unternehmen DeepSeek mischt die KI-Branche auf. Könnte der neue Chatbot die Umweltverträglichkeit von KI verbessern? Das könnte den hohen Energie- und Wasserverbrauch von Künstlicher Intelligenz senken. https://p.dw.com/p/4q3RgDas chinesische Unternehmen DeepSeek hat einen Coup gelandet.
Was bedeutet DeepSeek für den ökologischen Fußabdruck von KI?

2 months ago | msn.com | Jennifer Collins

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Majority of German homeowners plan to install solar power - survey

2 months ago | cleanenergywire.org | Jennifer Collins

Solar Cars Heating Around two-thirds of homeowners in Germany plan to have a solar power system installed by 2029, according to a survey commissioned by Munich-based climate NGO Initiative Klimaneutrales Deutschland.
Germany warns U.S. against imposing tariffs on EU goods

2 months ago | cleanenergywire.org | Jennifer Collins

Kölner Stadtanzeiger / Tagesspiegel / Politico The German government has warned U.S. president Donald Trump against starting a trade war with Europe, saying that if the country imposes tariffs, the EU is prepared to retaliate with its own levies. "We Europeans are prepared for counter-tariffs," said economy minister Robert Habeck in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, adding that "we can't let ourselves be pushed around".
Can we fix generative AI's massive energy and water use? – DW – 01/30/2025

2 months ago | dw.com | Jennifer Collins

01/30/2025January 30, 2025With new US firm Stargate announcing a half trillion-dollar investment in Artificial Intelligence, and China's DeepSeek shaking up the industry, what does it all mean for AI's environmental impact? https://p.dw.com/p/4pptVChinese Artificial Intelligence firm DeepSeek has dropped a new AI chatbot it says is much cheaper than the systems operated by US tech giants like Microsoft and Google and could make the technology less power hungry.
This German city will use sea water to heat households

Jan 16, 2025 | theprogressplaybook.com | Jennifer Collins

By Jennifer Collins, Clean Energy Wire, and NDRThe northern German city of Flensburg has commissioned one of the world’s largest seawater heat pumps to supply climate-neutral heat through its district heating system, reports regional public broadcaster NDR. The city’s municipal utility signed a contract valued at 70 million euros with US-Irish company Johnson Controls for the heat pump. The pump, with a capacity of 60 megawatts, will keep around a fifth of the city’s 100,000 inhabitants warm.