Mühlhausen – September 07, 2026 -- LichtBlick has commissioned its largest solar park to date in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, a facility spanning approximately 37 hectares with roughly 71,000 solar modules that will generate around 45 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to supply more than 13,000 households.

Gröningen – September 07, 2026 -- The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is funding a roughly €300,000 renovation of the 17th-century Rittergut Edelhof manor in Gröningen, Saxony-Anhalt, installing one of Germany's first water-ice thermal storage systems in a historic building. The project, underway since late last year, is scheduled for completion by April 2028 and aims to return residential use to a building vacant since the 1990s.

Hamburg – September 07, 2026 -- Artificial intelligence infrastructure is poised to become the most significant growth driver for Europe's energy sector, according to a new industry report from credit insurer Allianz Trade titled "Energie & Solar."

Frankfurt – September 07, 2026 -- BYD has climbed to fifth place among the most attractive electric vehicle brands for German consumers actively planning a purchase within the next three years, up from 11th place in the general population, according to a new BearingPoint study.

Changsha – September 07, 2026 -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. is broadening its European footprint in sales, manufacturing, service, workforce development and digitalization following a partner meeting at its German plant on August 19 and a subsequent visit to subsidiary m-tec.

Changsha, China – September 07, 2026 -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. is expanding local sales, manufacturing, service and digital capabilities across Europe following an August 19 partner meeting at its German factory and a visit to subsidiary m-tec.

Hamburg, Germany – September 04, 2026 -- Körber AG has achieved Platinum status in the 2026 EcoVadis sustainability rating, moving up from Gold a year earlier and placing the global technology company in the top 1 percent of all firms assessed worldwide.

The result marks Körber's fourth consecutive EcoVadis assessment and the first time it has reached the top tier across all four rated categories: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

Cologne – September 04, 2026 -- Two-thirds of German manufacturers of durable consumer goods plan further price increases despite a sharply deteriorating market outlook, according to the Simon-Kucher Business Health Study released in Cologne.

Vienna, Austria – September 04, 2026 -- Rankscale GmbH has launched a new analytics module that tracks paid ad placements inside ChatGPT, as OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Ads across 31 European markets including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Austria.

Dublin -- CURRENT_DATE -- Half of 152 European merchants surveyed by Temu said they expanded production capacity or hired new staff since joining the e-commerce platform, according to the Temu Small Business Insights Report 2026. The online survey ran in June and July 2026 among sellers in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. One in three respondents said they expanded into new international markets after starting to sell on Temu, which has opened its Local Seller Program to businesses in more than 35 markets since 2024.