Authorities in Germany had previously stated publicaly that the country was working towards the goal of putting at least 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. It looks like this goal won’t be achieved, though, going by recent comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany’s parliament has approved a plan that will end renewable energy feed-in tariffs in favor of competitive auctions and clear volumes for wind energy development. It was revealed in early June that Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel had hammered out a new agreement with state leaders to restrict onshore wind expansion … [continued]
New reports have confirmed that Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has hammered out a new agreement with state leaders to restrict onshore wind expansion to 2.8 GW per year. According to reports from Reuters and other news outlets, Angela Merkel met with the leaders of Germany’s 16 states in a meeting that … [continued]
Saturday saw the long-awaited COP21 UN climate summit succeed in adopting a new climate change agreement, causing a frenzy of responses from officials, businesses, and climate organisations around the world. Below are several notable responses. — “In my first inaugural address, I committed this country to the tireless task of … [continued]
It was time for the world’s heads of state to have their say on the climate change problems and opportunities. They have now done so at COP21. Presidents and prime ministers of nearly 150 nations — an unprecedented 75% — converged in Paris on Monday at the climate summit to … [continued]
An unprecedented alliance of heads of state, city, and state leaders, has called for countries and companies around the world to put a price on carbon. The call comes by way of the Carbon Pricing Panel, a group of leaders from around the world convened by World Bank Group President Jim … [continued]
The top seven industrialized countries (Group of Seven, or G7)—whose carbon dioxide emissions total 25% of the world’s output—decided at a meeting in Germany today to phase out their use of fossil fuels by the end of this century. It’s a breakthrough move on climate change and a strong signal … [continued]
A ten-day meeting to hone the draft text of the Paris 2015 universal climate agreement has begun in Bonn, Germany. Presidents of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Lima COP20 (Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, the deft and diplomatic Environment Minister of Peru) and the upcoming Paris COP21 meetings (Laurent Fabius, who is … [continued]
The German renewable energy program Energiewende will succeed because it is embraced by both the German people, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, who’s staked her political future on it.
Two major charging infrastructure expansions could soon make electric vehicle range anxiety a thing of the past in several European countries.
