Good evening,


today something completely different first. There were times when Hessen was more or less self-sufficient in terms of electricity. That was always the case when the Biblis nuclear power plant ran without any malfunctions and the coal-fired power plant in Großkrotzenburg was also not being serviced. That was long ago. Biblis is history, only a few of the facilities in Großkrotzenburg are still in operation. Since then, Hessen has had to import half of its electricity. You have to know all this before you take note of the news from Thursday that, for the first time ever, more than half of the electricity generated in this state in 2019 came from renewable energies - it was only about every fourth kilowatt hour that was consumed in this state. With the energy transition, things are not going so well in Hesse, especially,because almost every new wind turbine is complained about.

Manfred Koehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and editor-in-chief of the business magazine Metropol.

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But now quickly to the familiar topics. The hope that the incidences in Hesse would now fall permanently instead of increasing, which we read about 24 hours ago at this point, has been dashed. After days of decline, the seven-day incidence shot up again on Thursday, from 16.7 to 18.7. As the front runner, Frankfurt is now even at 37.1. How unpleasant. Her colleague Theresa Weiß took a look around the old people's homes in the region and found that the month-long state of emergency has given way to a new normal with meals in the dining room as in the past and beautiful concerts, but she also asks the concerned question: How long does this freedom last? Still at home?

Unfortunately, it is also a familiar topic: things are not going well on the apprenticeship market. No wonder, for example, that only a few young people are still interested in an apprenticeship in gastronomy after the bars have been closed for months - out of sight, out of mind. The situation is similar in the event industry, there is a lack of young talent. After all: The labor market is gaining traction again, the unemployment rate in Hesse was 5.1 percent in July, a year ago it was 5.9 percent.

And our culture department also reports on the location of the Alte Brücke theater in Frankfurt +++ a resolution by the Wiesbaden city council for 40 km / h on various main roads is illegal +++ the Uber transport service in Frankfurt will in future also bring food from restaurants, so the delivery services will be the competition is even greater.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours Manfred Köhler

The tip for the weekend

The “Lodge” at the entrance to the Opel Zoo in Kronberg is a steak house with a special view.

Above all, however, the large restaurant with the mighty panorama windows and the hinted safari atmosphere impresses with its excellent meat quality.

The restaurant, which opened in 2006, is extremely popular in the Taunus and is often very well attended during the week as well, stands for classic, American-style steakhouse cuisine: beef in generous cuts, lobster and shrimp, salads, potato and vegetable side dishes as well a wide selection of homemade sauces and good wines.


"Lodge", Am Opel-Zoo 3, Kronberg, Telephone 0 61 73/32 53 50, Internet www.lodge-kronberg.de.

The

weather

for Friday

The weather is friendly and temperatures rise to values ​​of up to 27 degrees.

If there are a few clouds, there will still be a few showers.

traffic

On Sunday, August 1st, athletes will start again for the city triathlon in and around Frankfurt for the first time.

Therefore, they have right of way from 6 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., which affects street, tram and bus traffic.

Have a

birthday

on Friday

Jens Deutschendorf

(The Greens), State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Economics (44);

on Saturday

Martin Mosebach

, writer, holder of the Goethe badge of the city of Frankfurt (70);

Belén Garijo

, CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (61);

Christian Bloth

, lawyer, Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Sweden, Frankfurt (60);

Uwe Becker

(CDU), outgoing mayor and treasurer of the city of Frankfurt, anti-Semitism commissioner of the state government (52);

Gesine Otto

, head of the Bad Vilbel cultural center Alte Mühle (51);

Torben Nielsen

, Managing Director of PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH, Neu-Isenburg (41);

On Sunday

Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff

, patron, Olympic champion and world champion in dressage, founder of the Ann-Kathrin-Linsenhoff-Unicef-Foundation, Kronberg (61);

Peter Haid

, Head of the Central and South-West Region and General Manager at Bank Oddo BHF, Frankfurt (57);

Sabine Schmittroth

, board member of Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt (56);

Torsten Lieberknecht

, head coach of SV Darmstadt 98 (48).