“The Adorf field is already an important contributor to domestic energy supplies in Germany, providing enough gas to heat more than 100,000 households.”Continue readingNeptune Energy commences drilling at Adorf gas development
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QatarEnergy and ConocoPhillips have signed two sales and purchase agreements to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany for at least 15 years starting 2026 – the first such…Continue readingQatarEnergy, ConocoPhillips sign LNG deal for Germany
The fossil fuel industry is experiencing a remarkable rebound, with sudden momentum behind more than 80 projects that range from coal-fired power plants to hulking gas export terminals, many…Continue readingFossil fuel projects were stalled a year ago. Now they’re making a comeback.
France’s TotalEnergies has signed a new investment deal in Qatar’s natural gas production expansion. Speaking alongside TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne on Saturday, Qatar Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi…Continue readingEuropean countries invest in Qatar gas
Germany is relying on highly polluting coal for almost a third of its electricity, as the impact of government policies and the war in Ukraine leads producers in Europe’s…Continue readingGermany turns to coal for a third of its electricity
Europe’s most severe drought in decades is hitting homes, factories, farmers and freight across the continent, as experts warn drier winters and searing summers fuelled by global heating mean…Continue reading‘The new normal’: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis
To understand why it is proving so hard to break up with coal, we worked with an international team of around 35 researchers to investigate the political economy drivers…Continue readingMany countries continue to invest in coal
Coal – France, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands have all announced plans to reactivate old coal power plants. But nowhere are the plans as extensive as in Germany, which…Continue readingGermany increases reliance on coal and oil
The Netherlands said it would lift all restrictions on power stations fired by the fossil fuel, which were previously limited to just over a third of output. Berlin and…Continue readingDutch join Germany, Austria, in reverting to coal
Germany will significantly increase its use of coal to preserve energy supplies ahead of the winter, as Russian cuts to gas exports threaten shortfalls in Europe’s largest economy. Russia…Continue readingGermany fires up coal plants to avert gas shortage as Russia cuts supply
Firefighters in Spain and Germany are struggling to contain wildfires amid a heatwave in Western Europe, unusual for this time of year. The worst damage in Spain has been…Continue readingSpain, Germany battle wildfires amid unusual heatwave in Europe
Qatar and Germany have signed a declaration to deepen their energy partnership, with a focus on trade in hydrogen and liquefied natural gas (LNG), as Europe’s biggest economy looks…Continue readingGermany, Qatar sign energy partnership agreement
Germany’s Garzweiler coal mine has already swallowed more than a dozen villages. Centuries-old churches and family homes have been razed and the land they were built on torn away.…Continue readingGermany portrays itself as a climate leader. But it’s still razing villages for coal mines.
The intensity and scale of the floods in Germany this week have shocked climate scientists, who did not expect records to be broken this much, over such a wide…Continue readingClimate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany
A 2017 study in Germany was one of the first to raise global alarm about the loss of insects. It found that the biomass of flying insects across German…Continue readingGerman climate, insect protection laws cross finish line