Angela Merkel

Germany, Norway Open NordLink Undersea Power Cable
Germany and also Norway on Thursday formally introduced an undersea power cable in between the two countries in a project that assists Europe's effort to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Jun 1, 2021 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Angela Merkel, Norway, Erna Solberg, NordLink
German government wants 98 GW of solar by 2030
The new. more ambitious target is part of a climate protection program Berlin is now defining. The solar sector believes, however, 98 GW will not be enough to ensure the country’s energy transition.
Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Angela Merkel, Carsten Körnig
Merkel Flip-Flops on Solar, Wind Targets in Climate-Action Plan
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition is wavering on whether to focus on wind or solar power over the next decade to help Germany cut carbon emissions.
Oct 9, 2019 // Solar, Germany, UK, Europe, Angela Merkel, Christoph Zipf, Bruno Burger
Germany ditches solar subsidy cap to hasten clean energy shift
The German government has acted to remove a key hurdle to solar growth, in a deal hammered out as pressure for bold climate policies builds in the country’s streets and legislative chambers.
Sep 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Germany, Europe, subsidy, Angela Merkel, Carsten Körnig, Malu Dreyer, Simone Peter
Greek-German governments agree on 10-year green investment plan
Greece’s prime minister visited the German chancellor yesterday in Berlin and reached an agreement to set up an investment strategy that encompasses renewable energy.
Sep 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Germany, Europe, Angela Merkel, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, George Stassis, Akuo Energy, juwi