Auch

a surname, common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night

hatte

first/third-person singular preterite of haben

bereits

1. already
2. 2010 July 12, Gerald Traufetter, “Grüner fliegen”, in Der Spiegel, number 28, archived from the original on 2010-09-30, page 109
3. 2010 July 12, Gerald Traufetter, “Grüner fliegen”, in Der Spiegel, number 28, archived from the original on 2010-09-30, page 109: Optimistischen Schätzungen zufolge könnte im Jahr 2040 bereits die Hälfte des Flugzeugsprits aus biologischen Quellen stammen. According to optimistic estimates, already half of the airplane fuel could originate from biological sources in the year 2040.
4. 2010 July 12, Gerald Traufetter, “Grüner fliegen”, in Der Spiegel, number 28, archived from the original on 2010-09-30, page 109: Optimistischen Schätzungen zufolge könnte im Jahr 2040 bereits die Hälfte des Flugzeugsprits aus biologischen Quellen stammen. According to optimistic estimates, already half of the airplane fuel could originate from biological sources in the year 2040.

mehrmals

several times, repeatedly

im Auftrag

1. per procurationem, per pro, p.p.; indicates that a signatory is not out of themself qualified to sign, but has been instructed or authorized to do so by someone responsible. Unlike English usage, the latter’s name is usually not indicated.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see im, Auftrag: by instruction, order (in other contexts)

der

• Article

  the

• Pron
• Pron
• Pron
• Pron

Regierung

1. government/administration
2. the act of governing

gearbeitet

past participle of arbeiten