Politics

Katherina Reiche

Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs wants to abolish feed-in tariffs for private photovoltaic systems

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche (CDU) wants to abolish feed-in tariffs for private photovoltaic systems in Germany. She said this in an interview with the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper...
Kronos

Germany: Aldenhoven clears the way for Kronos’ 1 GW storage project

The municipality of Aldenhoven has announced the continuation of two major energy projects in its municipal area. One is a large open-space facility on the outskirts of the village of Freialdenhoven, and the other is a battery storage facility with a capacity of...
Studie zum BMWE-Energiewendemonitoring

Germany: Rapid PV expansion makes sense in any case for cost reasons

Federal Economics Minister Katharina Reiche is once again receiving external input from energy experts for her energy transition monitoring: this time, the contributions come from the Berlin think tank Epico Klimainnovation and the consulting firm Aurora...
Anja Haider-Wallner

Austria: Burgenland announces opposition to planned grid fees for solar system operators

As part of the amendment to the Electricity Industry Act, the Austrian federal government is planning to charge fees for feeding solar power into the grid. This would also affect the approximately 30,000 operators...
Giegold

Response to Reiche: Giegold expects »major dispute« between the government and companies involved in energy transition

Sven Giegold, deputy party leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, criticizes the proposal by Economics Minister Katharina Reiche that operators of renewable energy...
BDI Reiche

Germany: Economics Minister Reiche wants operators of renewable energy plants to contribute to grid expansion costs

From the perspective of Katherina Reiche (CDU), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, operators of green energy plants should contribute to the financing...

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Dr. Erich Merkle: The distinction between green electricity from renewable sources and grey electricity from fossil or nuclear generation is central to the energy transition.

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The winning formula for tomorrow’s agriculture is here: co-locating agri-photovoltaics with advanced battery storage.

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