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Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 19 December 2023, Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), a German state-controlled gas company, signed a long-term contract with the Norwegian Equinor energy company to supply 111 TWh of gas annually in the period from 2024 to 2034 (which…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 10 November the Bundestag adopted an amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, EnWG), a crucial part of which were regulations regarding the planning and approval of the so-called core hydrogen network (Wasserstoff…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski, Sebastian Płóciennik
Germany the Constitutional Court deprives the government of €60 billion earmarked for transformation
On 15 November the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Karlsruhe ruled that the reallocation of the unused debt from the pandemic support measures to the Energy and Climate Fund (currently known as the Climate and Transformation Fund;…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 8 September the Bundestag passed an amendment to the Buildings Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz, GEG) which was backed by the SPD-Greens-FDP coalition. It includes new regulations on the installation of heating devices in Germany, and…
OSW Report |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark, Michał Kędzierski, Lidia Gibadło, Sebastian Płóciennik, Justyna Gotkowska
Main points
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 26 July, the German government amended the National Hydrogen Strategy (German: Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie) which defines the main trends, assumptions and instruments supporting the policy for the development of a hydrogen economy in…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 7 July 2023, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat amended the special law on the construction of LNG import infrastructure in Germany (LNG-Beschleunigungsgesetz), which will enable it to speed up the implementation of the specific projects…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
Germany and Kazakhstan struck an oil supply deal during German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Kazakhstan on 20 June.
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting collapse of the concept of an energy alliance between Berlin and Moscow, have become the catalysts for Germany to change its approach to building LNG import infrastructure. In order to become…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
15 April 2023 saw the shutdown of Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants. This marks the end of Germany’s move away from using this type of energy, which was triggered in 2002 and confirmed in a decision taken in 2011. The policy…