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Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

Germanys position ahead of the climate and energy summit in Brussels

Germany’s own economic interests are an important driver for its wish to push the EU’s policy towards such ambitious goals.
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

Poor financial results for Germanys energy companies

The poor financial results of the energy companies have been caused by a decline in energy demand in the EU.
Analyses | | Marta Zawilska-Florczuk, Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark, Rafał Bajczuk

Coalition agreement in Germany – a continuation with clear adjustments

Since the differences in the political manifestos of the CDU/CSU and SPD are constantly reducing, the grand coalition is very likely to operate smoothly until the end of its term.
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

Germany slips down the climate protection ranking

Berlin was delaying its support for the reform of the European emission trade system (‘backloading’) for a long time and blocked the EU car emissions law.
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

Energiewende is changing the eastern federal states

On 28 August, the Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States presented a report entitled ‘The impact of the energy transformation on eastern Germany’. This report suggests that the new federal states are of special…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

EONs historic contract for gas supplies from Canada

The largest German energy company E.ON, through its subsidiary E.ON Global Commodities has signed a contract with the Canadian company Pieridae Energy for the purchase of 6.5 billion m3 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 20 years…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

German companies are demanding stricter reductions of CO2 emissions

On 7 February, Germany’s E.ON, EnBW, Otto and Puma and the German branches of Alstom and Shell, along with the non-governmental organisation Germanwatch, published an open letter calling upon the German government and the European…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk

BGR sees no environmental threat from shale gas extraction in Germany

On 3 January 2013, the economic daily Handelsblatt informed that the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe; BGR) developed an analysis for the Ministry of Economics. The…
Analyses | | Rafał Bajczuk, Konrad Popławski

Will coal be used as a transitional technology in the German Energiewende

Following Germany’s decision to cease using nuclear energy, coal’s share in electricity production has increased again. Whereas in 2010 coal was used to produce 41.8% of electric energy in Germany, in 2011 its share grew to 43.1%. Given…