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Fusion 2040 programme
In 2024, Germany launched the Fusion 2040 programme, committing around USD 400 million over 5 years to advance fusion research, including stellarator technology, to complement its participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.
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Electricity, gas and heating price brakes
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany has put in place, upon approval by Germany's lower and upper chambers in December 2022, a series of measures for electricity and gas price discounts for small and medium-sized companies and private households to face rising energy prices. The measures are part of the economic protective shield worth a total of €200 billion adopted in October 2022.The discounts are to take place starting in March of 2023, covering the months of January and February retroactively. For small and medium-sized enterprises, the allocated amount of 80…
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Package for the future - CO2 building renovation program
Package for the future is a programme designed to help Germany prepare for future challenges such as growing digitalisation and climate change. The programme aims to support research into the development of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric vehicles. The Package for the future will continue to support the CO2 building renovation program, launched in 2015, for the energy renovation of buildings. To make buildings more energy efficient, the program offers low-interest loans and transfer subsidies to private individuals and housing companies. This program will receive around 2 billion euros for 2020 and 2021.
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Package for the future - Research and development
Package for the future is a programme designed to help Germany prepare for future challenges such as growing digitalisation and climate change. The programme aims to support research into the development of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric vehicles. In this framework, several measures are implemented:
- Increase of the tax research allowance for innovative companies in Germany, doubling the tax support for research by innovative German companies. The funding of the tax research allowance will be granted retroactively on the period 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2025, with up to 4 million euros per company. Budget estimated… -
Package for the future - Expansion of renewable energies
Package for the future is a programme designed to help Germany prepare for future challenges such as growing digitalisation and climate change. The programme aims to support research into the development of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric vehicles. The package includes measures to support additional expansion of renewable energy: (1) abolishing the cap on solar PV build-out, (2) increasing the capacity targets for offshore wind energy from 15 GW by 2030 to 20 GW, (3) an option for minimal distance rules on sub-federal level, (4) options for municipal participation in profits from wind power projects…
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Tax deductions for building renovations
…January 2020, Germany provides homeowners with tax incentives for energy efficient renovations, allowing them to deduct 20% of the costs for renovations of up to EUR 40,000 from their taxes.
Insulation measures, new windows and exterior doors, the replacement or optimisation of old heating and ventilation systems and the installation of digital energy management systems are eligible for support.
Measures cover only owner-occupied homes. This rules out rented dwellings and means that less than half of Germany's approximately 42 million homes are eligible for support. A study by the German alliance for energy efficiency in buildings, GEEA… -
What Next for the Global Car Industry Present and future prospects of electric car manufacturing
Highlights New market-entrants focusing on electric car production are expanding rapidly. Pure-play electric car makers, especially those from China and US-based Tesla, are capturing a growing share of sales; some 45% of global electric car sales in 2024 are from pure-play electric car makers, compared to 35% in 2019. The growth in electric car sales affects both car makers and automotive suppliers, especially those producing powertrains and related components. The automotive supplier market is worth about USD 1.3 trillion, equivalent to over 40% of the global car market. For all components except batteries, companies from…
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Energy Efficiency Policy Toolkit Transport
Introduction Private cars and vans were responsible for more than 25% of global oil use and around 10% of energy-related CO2-emissions in 2023. Doubling global annual energy intensity improvement by 2030 would require the efficiency of cars to improve by 5% each year. An integrated policy approach combining regulation, information and incentives is the most effective way to achieve this goal.Regulations such as fuel economy standards and heavy-duty vehicle standards encourage manufacturers to introduce more efficient vehicles, thereby significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Countries with regulations and/or efficiency-based purchase incentives in place improve efficiency…
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World Energy Outlook 2022 Outlook for electricity
Electricity accounts for about 20% of the world’s total final consumption of energy, but its share of energy services is higher due to its efficiency. It is central to many aspects of daily life and becomes more so as electricity spreads to new end-uses, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps. The electricity sector accounted for 59% of all the coal used globally in 2021, together with 34% of natural gas, 4% of oil, 52% of all renewables and nearly 100% of nuclear power. It also accounted for over one-third of all energy-related CO2 emissions…
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Energy Management for Industry Executive summary
Energy management programmes help achieve efficiency targets and meet policy objectives Recent global upheavals and uncertainties are putting increasing pressure on businesses around the world. This is prompting governments to look more and more to energy efficiency to promote industrial competitiveness, increase resilience of businesses, protect jobs, reduce strain on grids, and enhance energy security. Providing government-led energy management programmes or policy packages for industry is one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways of ensuring fast and continual energy efficiency implementation. By encouraging and supporting companies to adopt energy management, governments can help ensure energy demand reductions…
