-- BMWi: Until 2021. After the new government took office in December 2021, the ministry was given additional responsibilities and was renamed in Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) ---

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2022 marks a crucial year for Germany's energy transition. The new government plans a massive acceleration of the country's renewables roll-out, wants to pull forward the coal exit, and create an international climate club – to name just a few of the many objectives laid out in their coalition deal. New ministries and ministers have been put in place to breathe new life into climate action ...

Most of the laws are drafted by policy officers in one of the ministries. The respective federal minister is responsible for the project. For energy, this is the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi); on climate, the BMWi shares responsibility with the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUB).

Dec 23, 2020 · The BMWi has also proposed changes to the power grid legislation that allow distribution grid operators to reduce consumption by new large electricity users at times of peak demand.

May 17, 2019 · The German economy and energy ministry (BMWi) has presented its main fields of action for the economic restructuring of coal mining regions amid Germany’s coal exit, which a government-appointed commission in January decided should occur no later than 2038. The ministry says its key points follow the commission’s recommendation “to first start with supporting structural economic change ...

Nov 11, 2024 · Guaranteed feed-in support payments for renewable energy projects have been at the heart of Germany's energy transition since they were introduced in 1990, and have been emulated across the globe. Renewables are now the cheapest form of generating electricity, and the fastest growing power source in the country. As their share in the electricity mix grows, the country has to figure out how to ...

Apr 20, 2021 · The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy announced Monday that it would provide BMW AG with 68 million euros in funding for the Bavarian automaker’s planned battery projects, which have been designated an Important Project of Common European Intertest (IPCEI) at the EU level. Energy and economic affairs minister Peter Altmaier said during a virtual meeting with BMW CEO Oliver ...

Feb 2, 2021 · The German government’s funding programme to improve energy efficiency in buildings appears to be a resounding success, Klaus Stratmann reports in Handelsblatt. The number of applications for the various building efficiency initiatives nearly doubled last year compared to 2019, rising from 326,000 to 600,000, according to the economy ministry (BMWi). Making buildings more energy efficient is ...

Germany, like all EU member states, participates in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which sets an overall limit on greenhouse gas emissions from power stations, energy-intensive industries (e.g. oil refineries, steelworks and producers of iron, aluminium, cement, paper and glass) and intra-European commercial aviation. The ETS is one of a growing number of carbon pricing ...