https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German students brought their weekly climate protests to energy giant RWE's home turf Friday, grabbing the microphone from bosses to urge a speedier exit from coal at the group's annual shareholder meeting. https://www.thelocal.de/20190503/germanys-climate-protesting-youth-take-fight-to-rwe Fri, 03 May 2019 19:06:59 +0200 germanys-climate-protesting-youth-take-fight-to-rwe Thousands of anti-coal demonstrators descended on Germany's Hambach forest on Saturday, celebrating an unexpected court victory that suspended an energy company's planned razing of the woodland for a growing open-cast mine. https://www.thelocal.de/20181006/thousands-join-german-forest-demo-after-court-reprieve Sat, 06 Oct 2018 17:00:44 +0200 thousands-join-german-forest-demo-after-court-reprieve A German court on Friday temporarily blocked RWE from razing part of an ancient forest to make way for a giant open-pit mine, in a rare victory for anti-coal campaigners. https://www.thelocal.de/20181005/german-court-blocks-energy-company-from-razing-forest-near-cologne Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:20:55 +0200 german-court-blocks-energy-company-from-razing-forest-near-cologne German utility EON on Monday said it plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs as part of its takeover of the renewables unit Innogy from rival RWE, in a deal that will redraw the country's energy landscape. https://www.thelocal.de/20180313/energy-giant-eon-to-cut-5000-jobs-as-part-of-huge-takeover-deal Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:57:25 +0100 energy-giant-eon-to-cut-5000-jobs-as-part-of-huge-takeover-deal Germany’s biggest energy companies have taken increased security precautions in the wake of a near-fatal attack on the CTO of renewable energy company Innogy on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180306/energy-companies-heighten-security-measures-after-acid-attack-on-executive Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:27:45 +0100 energy-companies-heighten-security-measures-after-acid-attack-on-executive UPDATE: A German court ruled Thursday that it would hear a Peruvian farmer's case against energy giant RWE over climate change damage in the Andes, a decision labelled by campaigners as a "historic breakthrough". https://www.thelocal.de/20171130/german-court-to-rule-thiursday-on Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:47:44 +0100 german-court-to-rule-thiursday-on A Peruvian farmer has filed a landmark lawsuit against German energy giant RWE, saying that the company's fossil fuel emissions endanger his family, livelihood and hometown, a German NGO said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151125/peruvian-farmer-sues-energy-giant-in-german-court Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:12:38 +0100 peruvian-farmer-sues-energy-giant-in-german-court Germany's two largest energy generators, E.ON and RWE, are battling to stay in the black as the Energiewende (transition to green energy) has left them out in the cold. https://www.thelocal.de/20150311/energy-giants-feeling-pain-of-turn-to-renewable-energy Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:22:15 +0100 energy-giants-feeling-pain-of-turn-to-renewable-energy Germany's second-biggest power supplier, RWE, unveiled on Tuesday losses of almost €2.8 billion - its first full-year loss in more than 60 years as it grapples with the crisis in conventional electricity generation. https://www.thelocal.de/20140304/rwe-lists-first-losses-in-60-years Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:29:00 +0100 rwe-lists-first-losses-in-60-years Germany's second biggest power supplier said on Thursday it plans to axe a further 6,700 jobs by 2016. RWE said it anticipated a steep drop in profitability. https://www.thelocal.de/20131114/rwe-to-slash-jobs-by Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:52:00 +0100 rwe-to-slash-jobs-by German electricity giant RWE has warned the country's pioneering switch to renewable energy could lead to job losses as well as blackouts across Europe. It comes as a report estimated blackouts would cost the country €600m an hour. https://www.thelocal.de/20131029/energy-boss-warns-of-blackouts-in-europe Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:21:00 +0100 energy-boss-warns-of-blackouts-in-europe Police have pulled an environmental protester out of a six-metre deep tunnel after four days trying to dig him out without prompting a collapse which would have buried him alive. https://www.thelocal.de/20121117/46221 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:12:00 +0100 46221 Berlin‘s state government has bought a chunk of the city’s privatised water company to bring the lion’s share of the firm into public hands, two years after a referendum showed the capital’s citizens wanted their water back. https://www.thelocal.de/20121031/45871 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:05:00 +0100 45871 Germany's plans for vast offshore wind parks as part of wider drive to develop renewable sources of energy could turn out to be little more than hot air if viable financing cannot be found, a new study warned Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120626/43379 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:24:00 +0200 43379 German power giant RWE will build no more nuclear power stations - not only in Germany, where nuclear power is to be phased out by 2022 - but anywhere in the world, the company announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120618/43219 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:17:00 +0200 43219 RWE, Germany's second biggest-power supplier, said Tuesday earnings last year were hit by a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) charge related to the shutdown of some of its nuclear power plants. https://www.thelocal.de/20120306/41165 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:40:00 +0100 41165 Tech giant Siemens has warned that Germany’s nuclear phase-out could cost the country nearly €2 trillion by 2030, much higher than previously estimated. https://www.thelocal.de/20120118/40175 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:05:00 +0100 40175 German energy giant RWE said on Thursday it had failed to agree with Russia's Gazprom on a project to jointly build and operate power plants in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.de/20111222/39687 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:52:00 +0100 39687 Energy giant RWE plans to cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20111203/39287 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0100 39287 The leaders of Germany and Russia will inaugurate the controversial Nord Stream pipeline pumping Russian gas to Western Europe on Tuesday, highlighting its strategic importance to both sides. https://www.thelocal.de/20111106/38697 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:32:00 +0100 38697