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Sonja van Renssen

Journalist at Freelance

Editor-in-Chief at Energy Monitor

Chief Strategy Officer, @CarbonPulse Freelance climate, energy and environment journalist and moderator based in Brussels

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  • 1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sonja van Renssen

    Germany could sign off CCS legislation before summerFormer CDU and SPD members of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, have said they expect the new government to sign off on a Carbon Management Strategy before the summer, although some remain nervous about a renewed focus on carbon capture, utilisation, or storage (CCS/CCU).

  • 1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sonja van Renssen

    BRIEFING: German network agency rethinks energy transition scenariosThe Federal Network Agency has widened the scope of its biennial "energy scenario" frameworks for the next 12-20 years to consider slower growth in power demand and the introduction of gas plants with CCU/CCS to the power mix in 2045, although hydrogen remains the star decarboniser alongside renewables.

  • 1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sonja van Renssen

    German energy industry calls for Energiewende "course correction", as government off to a turbulent startGermany needs its own "bureaucracy reduction law" for the energy industry, said the sector's main national trade association on Tuesday, as it also called for a new fleet of gas-fired power plants to be a priority for the incoming government.

  • 1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sonja van Renssen

    New German climate minister hails from the eastThe centre-left's pick for the new German climate minister will head up a fortified environment ministry that takes back responsibility for national and international climate policy from the energy and economic affairs, and foreign departments.

  • 2 weeks ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sonja van Renssen

    German energy industry says electricity bidding zone split would slow low-carbon transition, NGO disagreesGermany's main energy association concluded that a European recommendation to split the country's bidding zone for electricity would lead to "massive uncertainty" for industry and "significantly dampen" the investment climate for renewables, contrary to an NGO report.

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Sonja van Renssen
Sonja van Renssen @SonjavanRenssen
4 Mar 25

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Sonja van Renssen
Sonja van Renssen @SonjavanRenssen
25 Feb 25

Looking forward to moderating and reporting at Carbon Forward's second event of the year, in Singapore: https://t.co/vLakImsTPw @CarbonPulse @RedshawAdvisors @carbon_forward Hope to see you there! https://t.co/H1C2rfHhXW

Sonja van Renssen
Sonja van Renssen @SonjavanRenssen
25 Feb 25

If you didn't get round to it all yesterday, here's what you need to know about the German elections and what they mean for climate and energy policy: https://t.co/avu6NOth5j @CarbonPulse https://t.co/nvtYBUlWiV