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Gas & Heat 07/01/2025, 09:27
Matthias Eimer and Johanna Heidrich have developed the "AD Net Heat" software together with a team of researchers.
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Fraunhofer ITWM: Digital twin for district heating networks

Kaiserslautern - The management of district heating networks is becoming more complex with the feed-in of renewable energies and increasing decentralisation. A digital twin is designed to help with this. The software solution was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics.
Market & Industry 06/01/2025, 18:12
Consistently low prices were the order of the day almost throughout 2024. This could change in the current year.
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The GHG quota year 2024 - a review

Gerolsbach – The year 2024 was an eventful one for greenhouse gas quota trading, marked by excessive imports of biodiesel and dubious UER certificates from China. A look back.
Politics 06/01/2025, 17:10
The SPD party committee wants grid fees to be stabilised.
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SPD board accuses CDU of tactics in grid fees

Berlin - In a resolution paper, the SPD party committee has once again spoken out in favour of stabilising grid fees. The party executive reproaches the CDU/CSU for this. The SPD also proposes a Made-in-Germany bonus.
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Politics 06/01/2025, 16:08
The CSU wants to promote the energy-efficient refurbishment of buildings with tax incentives.
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CSU wants to favour energy-efficient refurbishment with tax breaks

Berlin - The Christian Democratic CSU party wants to repeal several laws passed by the coalition government. This includes the Building Energy Act. Instead, energy-efficient renovations will be deductible from inheritance tax. This was announced by Alexander Dobrindt, head of the CSU federal-state parliamentary group, at the start of the retreat at Seeon Abbey.
Politics 03/01/2025, 14:33

Scholz promotes e-car purchase premium with the EU

Berlin - In a letter to the President of the European Commission, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for European industry to be strengthened quickly. Among other things, he proposes a purchase incentive for electric cars and measures to strengthen the steel industry.
Politics 03/01/2025, 12:30

Of good intentions and fitness contracts - a gloss

Berlin - Last year's good intentions are still there in the new year. This also applies to energy policy. However, the gloomy outlook for 2025 suggests that many good New Year's resolutions are likely to quickly become a waste of time.
Politics 02/01/2025, 13:10

Owners want more reliability for refurbishments

Munich/Berlin - Almost all homeowners want the German government to provide more planning security when it comes to home ownership. This is the result of a survey on energy-efficient refurbishment commissioned by the Initiative Klimaneutrales Deutschland and the Repräsentanz Transparente Gebäudehülle. The study also asked about the Heating Act.
Politics 02/01/2025, 12:00

KFW promotes hydrogen economy in Chile

Frankfurt am Main - The state development bank KFW is granting a loan totalling 100 million euros to establish a green hydrogen economy in Chile. In the long term, this will also involve the sale of green hydrogen to European customers.
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Market & Industry 06/01/2025, 16:55
Jens Kanacher (left) is a new member of the Donetz management team. His predecessor Bernd Ramthun will remain on board for a transitional period.
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Generational change at Donetz

Dortmund - The management team of Dortmund-based distribution grid operator Donetz has been reorganised. Jens Kanacher has been appointed to the management board. This rejuvenates the top management team.
Market & Industry 06/01/2025, 11:00

EMH: Peter Heuell becomes sole managing director

Gallin - The measurement technology manufacturer EMH Metering is reorganising its management team. Following the retirement of Managing Director Norbert Malek at the end of last year, the company has decided not to appoint a successor. Instead, an expanded management team will support Peter Heuell as sole Managing Director in future.
Market & Industry 03/01/2025, 16:26

Eon: Billion-euro sale of shareholding in Hungary

Budapest - The exit from the Budapest municipal company Budapesti Közművek, or BKM for short, will bring Eon 1 billion euros. The Essen-based company has sold its stake in the operator of Budapest's street lighting to the city's municipal utility. The latter has officially been the sole owner of BKM since January.
Market & Industry 03/01/2025, 16:22

Study: Hurdles remain in CO2 utilisation

Berlin - The Esys initiative is investigating the possibilities of carbon utilisation. This technology could help the chemical industry to replace fossil raw materials and keep carbon in a closed cycle in order to reduce emissions.
Market & Industry 03/01/2025, 15:00

Federal government extends employment guarantee for PCK Schwedt

Schwedt - The 1,200 employees of the PCK Schwedt refinery have their jobs safe until the end of June. The federal government has extended the recently expired employment guarantee for the company, which is currently administered by a trustee. However, further question marks hang over the future prospects of one of the country's largest crude oil processors.
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Power 06/01/2025, 17:00
In 2024, 27 per cent fewer purely electric cars were sold than in 2023.
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Electric car sales fell sharply in 2024

Berlin - The ramp-up of electromobility is not yet really getting off the ground in Germany. Fewer electric cars were sold in 2024 than in 2023, but manufacturing numbers went up.
Power 06/01/2025, 16:41

Half of electricity imports are renewables

Bonn - The energy transition and the phasing out of nuclear energy do not only have friends. Critics claim that the volumes lost from the shutdown of German nuclear power plants will be replaced by imports of foreign nuclear power. The Federal Network Agency has now presented figures for 2024.
Power 06/01/2025, 15:45

End of autonomous buses in Bad Birnbach

Bad Birnbach - In rural areas, public transport is often inaccessible and poorly connected. Autonomous buses could help. Since 2017, a pilot project in Bad Birnbach has shown that this idea could become reality. But the project is now threatened with cancellation.
Power 06/01/2025, 14:20

European solar market on the brink of consolidation

Berlin - The production of photovoltaic modules has long been predominantly in China. Nevertheless, there are large solar companies in Europe - Germany is the leader.
Power 03/01/2025, 16:29

Electricity saving warning in 'Stromgedacht' still without much effect

Stuttgart - On Friday morning, the transmission system operator Transnet BW called on consumers to save electricity. Washing machines and laptops should ideally not be left running between 8 and 11 am. The whole thing was communicated via the 'Stromgedacht' app. However, it had little effect on grid utilisation.
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Gas & Heat 06/01/2025, 16:37
Ninety-eight per cent of all larger municipalities have started planning their heating systems. Some are already complete, according to the BDEW.
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Large municipalities have heat planning in mind

Berlin - Municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants must submit a municipal heating plan by mid-2026. BDEW has analysed how far municipalities with more than 45,000 inhabitants have come with this task.
Gas & Heat 06/01/2025, 16:11

Stadtwerke Hanau benefits from Staudinger replacement

Hanau - Due to the discontinuation of heat supplies from the coal-fired power plant, district heating prices at the public utility Stadtwerke Hanau are initially going down instead of up. The neighbouring municipality of Großkrotzenburg is less fortunate. After a clear "no" four years ago, they now want to sit down together again.
Gas & Heat 06/01/2025, 16:07

LNG exports from Senegal and Mauritania are getting closer

London - The first gas volumes from the GTA offshore project on the maritime border between Senegal and Mauritania have flowed into the floating storage and offloading unit. This is an important milestone in the commissioning phase, according to project leader BP.
Gas & Heat 06/01/2025, 16:00

Current gas contracts

Hanover - The German Association of Energy Purchasers regularly reports on current gas contracts. In view of the continuing lack of transparency regarding the price level for industrial customers, the information can provide an initial indicator of achievable prices.
Gas & Heat 06/01/2025, 13:31

"We want to finalise waste heat utilisation this year"

Hanau - In the past, the Staudinger coal-fired power plant provided cheap heat supplies. The public utility company Stadtwerke Hanau has been working on a replacement solution for years. Managing Director Martina Butz reported in an interview on the progress of the project and possible neighbourhood assistance for Großkrotzenburg.
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