Fossil fuels

Factsheet

Vattenfall's German brown coal: what's being sold and who wants to buy

German draft power market law sticks to lignite reserve

German government shuns coal levy, mothballs some lignite plants

Factsheet

Government opts for alternative to coal levy

Reactions to government decision to adopt alternative to coal levy

Factsheet

EU

Germany, EU remain heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels

Factsheet

Germany

Germany’s energy consumption and power mix in charts

Expert

Heinrich Böll Foundation

Green policy think tank

Climate & CO2

Fossil fuels

Society

Climate levy – the debate and proposals for cutting CO2 emissions

Merkel voices optimism about cutting German emissions from coal