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For two years, a German grid connection was a queueing problem. You applied, you took your place, you waited, and the only skill that mattered was filing early. That ended…
Picture a farmer in Brandenburg with 40 hectares near a substation. In one quarter, three developers approach him. All three want roughly the same thing. All three are offering many…
Raising the money used to be the hard part. It isn’t any more. Capital is available for German battery storage. What’s scarce is a project you can actually build. The…
...The clean energy conversation is almost always about technology – better panels, cheaper heat pumps, smarter storage. But the hardware has been ready for years. What’s actually stalling the rollout…
Industrial heat accounts for two-thirds of industrial energy demand, but gets a fraction of the attention paid to grid batteries or EVs. Martin Schichtel is CEO and co-founder of KRAFTBLOCK…
In 2025, 82% of battery industry employers in Germany reported a lack of skilled applicants. The instinct when hiring feels hard is to cast wider. More job boards. More volume….
There’s a version of purpose-driven recruitment that is, frankly, just marketing. A mission statement on a website. A values section in a pitch deck. The word “partnership” used seventeen times…
...50 organisations. 12 months of verified headcount data. Expert insight from SR2 Clean Energy. The definitive map of where Germany’s energy transition is actually happening… and who’s making it happen.
Germany isn’t short on ambition – renewables already account for over 55% of electricity consumption, with a target of 80% by 2030. On paper, that trajectory looks strong. In practice,…
Germany’s clean energy market hasn’t slowed down, but hiring within it has changed. Across EV charging and battery energy storage (BESS), businesses are more cautious, more selective, and far less…
...If you work in clean energy, you’ve probably noticed the same thing we have: new projects are landing across Europe at a rate that would have been hard to imagine…
...Busworld Brussels – a biennial gathering of the industry’s most forward-looking manufacturers, operators, and innovators – is much more than a showcase of vehicles. It is a clear signal: Europe’s…
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