The German government is investing more than EUR 1.5 billion in battery cell research and production.

”The REN21 comprehensive review of nations around the world found that in 2018 Germany had the third-highest total renewable-power capacity (113 gigawatts) after China (404 GW) and the US (180 GW), both of which are far larger countries. 59 gigawatts came from wind, 45 gigawatts from solar, 8.4 gigawatts from biomass and 0.6 from other renewable power sources

It’s an ascent worthy of the Tour de France. According to the Federal Office of Statistics, retail turnover in bicycles and bicycle parts in Germany shot up by 11.9 percent in 2018. E-bikes are a major part of this trend. Germany imported 880,000 e-bikes with a total value of 789.6 million euros.

Germany has reached a major milestone in its transition to clean energy. A whopping 54.4 percent of public electricity produced in the country in March 2019 came from renewable sources.

The economics ministers of France and Germany signed off on a declaration at the end of 2018, that could pave the way for EU compliant support for large-scale battery cell production in Germany.

In an age of a construction boom, raw materials and supplies thereof are being placed under more and more pressure, while the environmental damage wrought by the leftovers of construction work is growing and growing. Germany’s Fraunhofer institute has worked on a compromise solution to both these problems, in the form of a €3.3m research project over the past three years. The project has yielded promising results.

Renewable energies covered 38 per cent of Germany’s gross power requirement in the first three quarters of 2018, according to the Federal Association for Energy and Water (BDEW).

Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL) founder Dr. Robin Zeng and Thuringia’s Minister for Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee signed an investment agreement on Monday, for the set-up of a lithium cell factory in the former eastern German state, under the eyes of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping. CATL’s €240m investment will result in one of the largest lithium cell factories in Europe, creating some 600 jobs in the region over the next four years.

Germany's ministry for transport and digital infrastructure has set out a national strategic framework upgrade designed to improve the infrastructure for cars running from alternative fuels.

The TechCrunch Disrupt event kicks off in San Francisco on Monday September 12, three days of conference discussion mornings followed by the Startup Battlefield afternoon sessions.
At a German cocktail reception on the Tuesday evening, 11 German Startups will face a crunch time of their own, as they prepare three-minute pitches to be delivered in front of enthusiastic investors.