FRANKFURT, Feb 3 (Reuters) - German energy firm HH2E and brown coal miner and power generator Leag plan to cooperate on green hydrogen plants at sites in the eastern German states of Saxony, ...

(Bloomberg) -- The protest started cheerfully enough on Wednesday, with music blaring and flags flying even under the driving rain. Then the police arrived, decked out in riot gear and backed by ...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined an estimated 6,000 protesters in Germany who marched through rain and mud to voice their opposition against the expansion of a coal mine on Saturday. The ...

The German Economy Ministry on Wednesday contradicted claims by US President Donald Trump that portrayed Germany as a model for restoring coal power plants. Germany will phase out coal by 2038, a ...

The Schwarze Pumpe power station has long been part of the landscape in the German state of Brandenburg - Copyright AFP Findlay KEMBER The Schwarze Pumpe power ...

Germany’s government is bringing back online several coal-fired units for this winter in an attempt to save natural gas and avoid power supply shortfalls, the Economy and Climate Action Ministry said ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government will not force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years, a draft law expected to be approved by the cabinet next week showed on Tuesday. A ...

Germany’s coal demand rose last year for the second year in a row, coal importers association VDKI warned this week—and the country will hang onto its coal usage for longer than the German government ...

BERLIN — Police dressed in black riot gear writhe in the thick brown mud, struggling to dislodge their feet from the quagmire. As several officers crawl toward a patch of grass, a climate activist ...

Even green Europeans would rather tap coal than face the reality of overdependence on unreliable renewable energy. Late last month, Germany’s energy regulator said the country needs more coal power.

Government officials in Germany have approved a plan to bring some shuttered coal-fired power plants back online in an effort to avoid energy shortages this winter. Cabinet members on Oct. 4 said they ...