Coal in retreat worldwide as renewable energy costs drop
From the Rocky Mountains to the Rhineland and Australia’s Great Dividing Range, the great tide of the coal industry is receding.
Germany
Shell Brent decom ‘compromise’ possible, says Germany
Germany’s environment ministry has said a “compromise” on Shell’s Brent decommissioning plans may be possible but leaving any oil remains is “not acceptable”.
Residual liability rule could be ‘key part’ of Shell’s Brent debate
A rule placing liability on operators for any post-decommissioning incidents could be a “key part” of the Shell Brent debate, according to a petroleum economist.
Shell’s Brent decom plans are ‘litmus test’ for Ospar – German government
Germany has said a special meeting on Shell’s Brent decommissioning plans will be the “litmus test” for a convention to protect Europe’s marine environment.
Environmental arguments around Shell’s Brent decom plans
Shell submitted plans in 2017 to leave the giant legs of three of its four Brent platforms and some other infrastructure in the North Sea.
Shell’s Brent decom plans opposed by Dutch government
The Dutch government has protested Shell’s decommissioning plans for the Brent field ahead of a key meeting next week.
Neptune swoops for stakes in German fields
Neptune Energy will acquire interests in a number of oil and gas fields in Emsland and the Grafschaft Bentheim region in Germany from Wintershall Dea.
Wood grows chemicals business with new contract in Germany
Aberdeen-headquartered Wood has been picked for a construction job at a chemicals plant in Germany.
Germany to take more Russian gas, ignoring Trump
Germany is preparing one of its biggest sustained increases in natural gas consumption in almost two decades, regardless of U.S. admonitions that it shouldn’t draw so much of its energy from Russia.
A model for decarbonisation
Germany is in the process of transitioning away from nuclear and fossil fuels towards a low carbon, environmentally sound, reliable and affordable energy policy.
Coal-hungry Germany not as green as it might seem
A recent return to Leipzig reminded me why “going green” in Germany has been a lot more difficult than the rhetoric would sometimes suggest.
RWE’s Brexit war games show gas will keep flowing under no deal
German utility RWE AG expects that one way or another natural gas and electricity will continue to flow across the English channel even if Britain crashes out of the club with no deal in March.
Two small German towns vie to make Trump’s LNG dream reality
Downstream from Hamburg, two small Elbe River ports are competing to build Germany’s first liquefied natural gas import terminal and help shake up Europe’s biggest gas market.
Norway poised to battle with global giants in German gas market
After supplying Europe’s biggest economy with natural gas for more than four decades, Norway is preparing to defend its share as the world’s biggest producers all vie for a larger slice of the $21 billion market.
Job losses mount in Germany as wind companies seek growth abroad
For Heiner Kleen, Germany’s renewable energy revolution looks like it will end in redundancy.
Saudi Arabia ‘blocks some German businesses’ over rift
Saudi Arabia is cutting back on its dealings with some German companies amid a diplomatic spat with its top European trading partner, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
After years of energy chaos, giant deal gives Germany a champion
EON SE’s 22 billion-euro ($27.1 billion) bid for Innogy SE establishes a German energy champion after Angela Merkel’s radical energy policy wrought years of upheaval on the country’s once-mighty utilities.
Merkel refuses to outline end date to Germany’s coal-fired power use
German Chancellor Angela Merkel - a veteran of global efforts to curb climate change - has refused to set a deadline for ending her country’s use of coal.
N-Sea opens German base to keep up with ‘exponential’ renewables growth
Dutch subsea services provider N-Sea has opened a new office in Germany to help it keep up with the "exponential" growth rate of the country's renewables market.
German firm gets green light for 1.8billion euro windfarm
German energy firm EnBW has been given the greenlight for a 1.8 billion euro windfarm development in the North Sea.
Power Jacks opens sales office in Germany
Aberdeenshire engineering firm Power Jacks yesterday revealed that it had set up a sales office on the European mainland.
At least two dead in BASF chemical plant blast
At least two people have died after an explosion at a chemical plant in Germany.
One dead after blast at BASF chemical plant
One person has been killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in Germany.
BASF shuts down German chemical plant after blast
Several people have been injured while some are missing after blasts at two German chemical plants owned by BASF.
Acquila Capital acquires pair of German wind parks
Acquila Capital has acquired two operational wind parks in Germany.