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Market & Industry 17/10/2024, 17:38
Market & Industry 17/10/2024, 17:08
Kraken and Maingau Energie enter into strategic partnership
Obertshausen - The IT service provider Kraken will provide the customer service software for the utility Maingau Energie in future. The two companies have entered into a strategic partnership. Maingau expects the software from the Octopus subsidiary to make its customer service more efficient.
Gas & Heat 17/10/2024, 17:04
Help for domestic electrolysis projects from H2-Global?
Berlin - Electrolysis projects in Germany are struggling, the decline in GHG quotas sends its regards. The German Hydrogen Association makes a proposal and meets a "maybe" from two hydrogen commissioners from the SPD and CDU.
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Politics 17/10/2024, 14:56
Cybersecurity moves into the focus of the wind industry
Berlin - The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has discussed with representatives of the wind industry how the security of the energy system and fair competition can be ensured. It is also about reducing dependence on China. Five measures have been proposed.
Politics 17/10/2024, 14:34
BEE criticises the government's Renewable Energy Sources Act reform plans
Berlin - The German Renewable Energy Federation is increasing the pressure on the German government on the issue of Renewable Energy Sources Act reform. In a letter to economics minister Robert Habeck, the association once again warned against a systemic break in the subsidisation mechanism.
Politics 16/10/2024, 16:21
Acceleration zone pitfalls lie in details
Berlin - Experts see a need for improvement in the draft legislation to implement an EU directive in the areas of onshore wind energy and solar energy as well as for energy storage facilities at the same location. This became clear at a hearing of the Energy Committee in the German parliament.
Politics 16/10/2024, 14:32
'Stark' funding for transformation technologies starts
Berlin - The German government is now supporting investments in transformation technologies in coal regions. The Ministry of Economics is calling for the submission of project outlines. The funding projects will be selected in close consultation with the federal states.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 16/10/2024, 17:25
Green electricity PPA from Engie decarbonises steelworks
Georgsmarienhütte - GMH Group is preparing to make its steel production more climate-friendly. An important new component of the decarbonisation strategy is a PPA for wind and solar power. The supplier is Engie.
Market & Industry 16/10/2024, 17:11
Industrial flexibility is a growing lever in the long term
Munich - According to a new study, energy flexibility from production can become a significantly growing lever for cost optimisation for Germany's industry. At the same time, the importance of these switchable loads for grid operators is increasing with the energy transition. The industrial flexibility potential is expected to reach 7.5 GW by 2045.
Market & Industry 15/10/2024, 17:41
Stadtwerke joint venture builds data centre in Greven
Greven - Construction work on a new data centre at Münster-Osnabrück Airport in North Rhine-Westphalia is set to begin this year. The project is backed by the public utility Stadtwerke Emsdetten, which recently founded a joint venture with IT service provider Items.
Market & Industry 15/10/2024, 17:01
Hamburger Energiewerke: Management board spokesman Christian Heine leaves
Hamburg - Surprise at the top of Hamburger Energiewerke: CEO Christian Heine is leaving his post at the end of the year at his own request. The search for a successor is underway.Power
Power 17/10/2024, 09:00
High need for explanation with smart meters
Koblenz/Berlin - The mandatory smart meter rollout will start on 1 January 2025. While the topic has been rumoured within the energy industry for years, it is often still uncharted territory for customers. With far-reaching consequences.
Power 16/10/2024, 15:58
Germany pushes ahead with V2G, France hesitates
Berlin/Paris - At a DFBEW conference on e-mobility, it became clear that Germany is focussing more on bidirectional charging of electric cars (V2G) than France, where the grid operator Enedis currently sees no need for the technology.
Power 16/10/2024, 13:45
Grid Agency wants to reward energy transition expertise
Bonn/Berlin - In future, the Federal Network Agency wants to financially reward grid operators who are particularly committed to the energy transition. As part of a reform, the agency is planning to regulate the quality of supply more strictly and create new incentives for the integration of renewable energies.
Power 16/10/2024, 12:25
ADAC criticises limited charging at motorway service areas
Munich - Charging facilities at German motorway service areas are still too limited. This is the conclusion of an ADAC test that found deficiencies in the number of charging points, charging capacity and charging conditions at 40 motorway service areas.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 17/10/2024, 15:31
Engie enters biomethane market in Belgium
Paris - After the Netherlands and the UK, Engie is now also gaining a foothold in the Belgian market for biomethane. The company wants to bundle an annual production capacity of 10 TWh in Europe.
Gas & Heat 17/10/2024, 14:13
Uniper with new storage marketing
Düsseldorf - The gas storage operator Uniper Energy Storage has announced capacity marketings for its Etzel and Epe L-Gas storage facilities. They are to take place in the coming weeks.
Gas & Heat 16/10/2024, 17:06
Joint forces for Bremen's district heat
Bremen - SWB is making progress with Bremen's heat transition. A new pipeline now connects the two heat grids, which were previously operated separately. More areas can now be supplied with heat from waste incineration.
Gas & Heat 16/10/2024, 16:09