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The German village that made itself immune to the Hormuz shock

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 319 words · By Denis Loctier
Renewable Energy Energy Independence Local Governance
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When the Hormuz crisis sent energy prices up across Europe, most households had little choice but to absorb the shock.

Claims checked 6
Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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What happened

When the Hormuz crisis sent energy prices up across Europe, most households had little choice but to absorb the shock.

Why it matters

The residents of Feldheim, a small village in eastern Germany, barely noticed.

Common ground

They pay just 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Michael Raschemann, the head of Energiequelle — the energy company behind the project”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Michael Raschemann is the founder/managing director/CEO of Energiequelle and is the driving force behind the Feldheim project.
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web search NEUTRAL — Why should you invest in Energiequelle projects? We have over 20 locations. We are active in Europe and South Africa. Our CEO Michael Raschemann started 1997 ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 28, 2025 ... ... energy transition is not just a vision but a lived reality. Michael Raschemann, founder and managing director of Energiequelle GmbH, is ...
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web search NEUTRAL — For Managing Director Michael Raschemann, hydrogen is an important building block for the success of the energy transition. Through the cooperation project, he ...
https://www.energiequelle.gr/news/press-releases
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Claim 2: “A ten-megawatt battery storage facility, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, keeps the local grid stable when conditions change.”
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The provided evidence for this claim discusses hospitals in Nigeria and general energy transition/retail topics, but contains no mention of a ten-megawatt battery storage facility in Feldheim or ERDF funding.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advanci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An energy transition (or energy system transformation) is a major structural change to energy supply and consumption in an energy system. Currently, a transition to sustainable energy is underway to l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trax is a technology company headquartered in Singapore, with offices throughout the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America. Founded in 2010 by Joel Bar-El and Dror Fe…
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Claim 3: “Feldheim’s 130 residents draw their electricity and heating from a cluster of wind turbines on the village outskirts, a biogas plant fed by local corn silage and manure, a solar park on a former Soviet military site and a wood chip boiler as backup.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the population (130 residents) and the specific energy mix: wind turbines, biogas plant, solar park, and wood chip boiler.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buil…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized: HaLuakh ha'Ivri, IPA: [ha‿ˈluaχ ha‿ʔivˈʁi]), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observ…
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Claim 4: “The residents of Feldheim, a small village in eastern Germany... pay just 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity.”
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Two recent web sources (dated 2026) state the price is 12 cents per kWh, but an older source from 2014 states the price was 16.6 cents per kWh. Because different sources provide different specific figures for the electricity cost, the claim is disputed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Knesset Yisrael (Hebrew: כנסת ישראל, Ashkenazi pronunciation: Knesses Yisroel, lit. 'Community of Israel'), also known as Knesset, is the name of a group of three former courtyard neighborhoods in cen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Treuenbrietzen (German pronunciation: [ˈtʁɔʏənˌbʁiːtsn̩] ) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district of Brandenburg, Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treuenbrietzen
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Claim 5: “Together, the installations produce way more energy than the village actually needs; the surplus current is sold to the national grid.”
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Claim 6: “Making it all work took some creative thinking — including building an entirely new electricity grid when the big utility companies refused to play ball.”
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The provided evidence consists of Microsoft Support articles on how to free up drive space and uninstall apps, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about Feldheim's electricity grid.
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web search NEUTRAL — If your PC is running out of storage space, you may notice slower performance or trouble installing Windows updates. Freeing up space can help your device run better and stay secure. Below are several…
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