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With the EU Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852) which entered into force on 12 July 2020, and the Disclosure Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088), the EU is pursuing the aim of steering investments and financial flows ...

Offshore wind energy production has been an ever-growing business in Germany for the last few years

On 15 December 2021, the European Commission submitted proposals on building energy efficiency, following a whole series of energy-related initiatives (read also our Q&A Energy & Infrastructure: #13 Fit for 55).

Nine months after EU Regulation 2023/1804 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR) came into force, the national rules in Germany are now also being modified. On 20 December 2024

Winter is coming and so is the energy crisis. Electricity and gas are unlikely to be available in the required quantities. The German government has also called on employers to save energy.

On 18 October 2022, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) presented a draft bill for an Energy Efficiency Act...

After the previous coalition government's Power Plant Safety Act was no longer passed following the end of the governing coalition, the negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD for a new coalition gave fresh impetus to German energy policy.

On 24 June 2022, the Energy Charter Conference (ECC) confirmed that the Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) had reached an Agreement in Principle on the modernisation of the treaty.

In autumn 2021, individuals affiliated with Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Fridays for Future and Greenpeace filed claims at various German courts against automakers (BMW AG, Mercedes-Benz AG and Volkswagen AG) and...

Am 26. Februar 2025hat die EU-Kommission mit dem Clean Industrial Deal (CID) ihre Strategie zur Dekarbonisierung der europäischen Wirtschaft vorgestellt...

Everyone is talking about ESG, but what is it exactly and what can we expect in the real estate industry in 2022? Here are the most important points:

On 25 January 2024, the state parliament of Brandenburg decided to introduce a mandatory special charge for open space photovoltaic systems to be applicable from 2025.

In response to escalating climate change, the Netze BW Green Energy Project has taken centre stage as an innovative solution for reducing carbon emissions. This German initiative reduces...

Workers in Germany are entitled to a EUR 300 one-off lump sum payment to help offset rising energy costs, which is due to be paid out in September via employers. But how does it work?

Germany's Federal Network Agency has clarified how battery energy storage systems will be treated under the country's grid fee reform, preserving exemptions for existing and near-term projects while establishing a moderate fee structure for future developments.

In 2018, the German government appointed a Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment, known as the Kohlekommission or Coal Commission with the task of evaluating a roadmap for the phase-out of coal-fired power production in Germany.

Germany is preparing to introduce a new long-term ancillary services market for inertia – a structural step toward securing grid stability in an energy system increasingly dominated by inverter-based renewables.