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Angela Merkel said she’s willing to discuss energy ties with Moscow with the incoming U.S. administration, but the German chancellor reiterated her support for a controversial gas pipeline to Russia. “We need to also discuss which economic relations in the gas sector are possible with Russia, and which aren’t,” Merkel …

Russian state gas company Gazprom acknowledged there is a risk that its undersea pipeline to Germany could be suspended or cancelled after the United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russian ship involved in its construction. Germany’s Economy Ministry said it had been informed in advance of the new …

Hydrogen is turning into the next media star after solar and wind. In its latest claim to fame, two spinoffs of German tech conglomerate Siemens are joining forces to advance green hydrogen technology by building wind-to-hydrogen systems to help decarbonize the global economy. Green hydrogen is touted as a solution …

On its planned path to climate-neutrality by the middle of the century, Germany could achieve complete decarbonisation of its power sector already by 2040 – and EU climate targets might even compel the country to greatly speed up the expansion of wind and solar power, government ministers have said at …

More than half of German citizens believe that greater use of renewables could strengthen the regional economy, according to a new survey.

The parliament of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has voted to establish a fund to circumvent American sanctions preventing the construction of the Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline that will connect Russia and Germany. When completed, it will run from Russia’s Leningrad Region, bypassing the Baltic States and Poland, …

The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern plans to set up a foundation to help the completion of the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline to bring Russian gas to Germany and to fend off the threat of increased U.S. sanctions that halted work last year. The Gazprom-led $11 billion pipeline would double …

The Norwegian company Det Norske Veritas (DNV) GL, an international accredited registrar and classification society, will not be able to provide a certificate of compliance for the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which is built by Gazprom’s subsidiary Nord Stream 2 AG, reports the Russian news agency RBC citing DNV’s press …

Germany saw a 25% increase in solar rooftop installations this year compared to 2019 and the trend looks set to continue next year, the German Solar Association (BSW) said Wednesday. The growth in the rooftop sector was not limited to PV installations, according to BSW managing director Carsten Körnig. “Whether …

In Germany’s exclusive maritime economic zone, the section of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been completed. That’s according to dpa agency’s report of December 28. The pipes were laid on a 2.6 km section at a 30-meter depth. Russian pipelayer Fortuna was involved in relevant works. Noteworthy, the …