German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon applied to register a shape consisting of an American football-shaped wind turbine as a Community Trade Mark. The class of goods covered included wind turbines.

Die Europäische Kommission plant einen Krisenbeihilferahmen für besonders exponierte Wirtschaftssektoren als Reaktion auf die Nahost-Krise.

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 response to the new duties contained within the new statutory framework for the treatment of residual waste, the city of Halle, like many other German municipalities, decided last year partly to privatize some of its responsibilities connected with the treatment of residual waste and to form a new company in this context, which it intends to manage with a strategic partner.