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Gas & Heat 27/09/2024, 14:26
At the laying of the foundation stone for the new heating plant (from left): Alfons Weber, Kraftanlagen Group, district manager Thomas Ritzenhoff, Kirsten Fust, HEnW, Christian Weber, HC Hagemann.
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Foundation stone laid for new heating plant in Hamburg

Hamburg - Hamburger Energiewerke has begun construction of a new peak heating plant. It is intended to cover existing demand and enable further expansion of district heating.
Market & Industry 27/09/2024, 14:08
MCC head Ottmar Edenhofer sees CO2 removal as a potential game changer in climate policy.
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How Europe could become a CO2 hoover

Berlin - A European Central Carbon Bank could set the course for a net-negative emissions balance in the second half of the century. This was explained by Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of the Berlin-based climate research institute MCC. He proposes so-called clean-up certificates as a central instrument.
Power 27/09/2024, 14:00
The amended State Planning Act thwarts the wind power targets in NRW.
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Stopping authorisation procedures in NRW unlawful

Münster - Urgent decisions are usually one thing above all: provisional. However, a current summary judgement by the OVG Münster seems to point the way forward. The plans for numerous wind turbines are affected.
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Politics 26/09/2024, 16:00
The industry is suffering from higher energy costs and increasing competition from China.
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Economic researchers: Energy prices burden industry

Berlin - Germany's economy will shrink by 0.1 per cent in 2024. This is the forecast of the leading economic research institutes in their autumn report. Energy costs will also play a part in the weak phase. However, the researchers see no solution in economic measures such as the scrappage scheme.
Politics 26/09/2024, 14:51

Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy wants to enable overbuilding

Berlin - The Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy is working on proposals to authorise so-called overbuilding in the Renewable Energy Sources Act. This is intended to make it possible to connect more generation plants and electricity storage systems to a grid connection point than can mathematically feed into the grid at the same time.
Politics 25/09/2024, 15:20

H2 acceleration: Experts concerned about water

Berlin - The planned acceleration of the hydrogen ramp-up is welcomed by many experts. However, there are concerns about the public water supply. This became clear at a public hearing in the German parliament.
Politics 25/09/2024, 14:57

IEA sees COP28 energy transition targets within reach

New York - In the run-up to this year's climate conference, the International Energy Agency has once again analysed the UN climate targets in more detail. It says that achieving them would be possible, but it would require a lot of investment and speed.
Politics 24/09/2024, 16:03

Federal politics displaced state issues in the election campaign

Erfurt - The coalition parties have lost heavily in all three state elections in eastern Germany. Now it's time to analyse the reasons for this. The Green Minister of Energy and Environment from Thuringia, Bernhard Stengele, criticised the rise of populism and the blending of federal issues and calls for more citizen participation.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 27/09/2024, 11:40
The energy supplier EWE considers itself to be fully on track despite the decline in its operating result.
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EWE suffers "expected" slump in earnings

Oldenburg - "Not surprising": The northern German energy supplier EWE has recorded a sharp decline in its operating result in the first half of the current financial year. However, the management emphasised that it had expected this development and referred to a "normalisation in the market".
Market & Industry 26/09/2024, 18:21

Speculators continue to bet on falling CO2 prices

Willich - On Thursday, 19 September, the price of pollution rights fluctuated between 65.42 €/t CO2 and 62.39 €/t CO2. The settlement price reached 62.82 €/t CO2, which corresponds to a decline…
Market & Industry 26/09/2024, 18:00

Spine company: Million-euro investment from Vienna and Munich

Munich/Vienna - The Free State of Bavaria and the Austrian energy supplier Verbund are investing millions in the Munich-based start-up Spine. The company has developed a platform that enables grid operators to integrate the management of end customer devices.
Market & Industry 26/09/2024, 15:21

Octopus Energy reports 500,000 customers

Munich - Octopus Energy primarily sells electricity and gas to private customers in Germany. The company has now cracked a new customer mark - and is about to announce its next target.
Market & Industry 26/09/2024, 11:43

Stadtwerke Bielefeld remains shareholder in Gütersloh

Bielefeld - This is probably not going to happen: Stadtwerke Bielefeld has rejected the ideas in Gütersloh about a possible buyback of the municipal utility's shares. On the contrary: Managing director Martin Uekmann even sees the need for both municipal energy suppliers to expand their co-operation in the future.
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Power

Power 26/09/2024, 17:48
Despite wind priority areas, projects cannot always be realised due to military concerns.
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Wind projects stalled due to military concerns

Berlin - The expansion of wind power is stalling due to military concerns. This is the result of an investigation by the BWE. Projects totalling 4,730 MW are affected.
Power 26/09/2024, 16:49

Bayernwerk invites tenders for grid-serving storage

Regensburg - Bayernwerk Netz GmbH is inviting tenders for a grid-serving storage system. The storage technology is intended not only to replace grid expansion measures, but also to improve the efficiency and stability of the local grid.
Power 26/09/2024, 16:16

Futures market stabilises

Hattingen - Day-ahead electricity prices experienced a turbulent week: From a weekly high of 121.36 €/MWh on Monday, they plummeted to 14.76 €/MWh on Friday. The reason for this is the strong fluctuation in wind power generation.
Power 26/09/2024, 16:00

Bavarian State Forests with its own wind power subsidiary

Regensburg - A total of 500 wind turbines could be built in Bavarian state forests, half of the Bavarian target. Now the state wants to take action itself.
Power 26/09/2024, 12:21

Solar parks increase biodiversity

Berlin - Solar parks consume huge areas of land. This also raises the question of possible conflicts with species conservation. A study has investigated this.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 27/09/2024, 09:29
Even a fairly trivial property crossing for the sewer connection can be a challenge, says Sarah Debor.
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"Utilising wastewater heat is not rocket science"

Cologne - A neighbourhood heating network using wastewater heat is being built in Cologne. The property company WVM Group has selected the energy supplier Naturstrom and the wastewater specialist Uhrig as partners. energate asked Sarah Debor, Head of the Urban Residential & Commercial division at Naturstrom AG, about this.
Gas & Heat 26/09/2024, 18:00

First H2 via pipeline from Austria to Germany

Pilsbach/Wasserburg am Inn - A consortium centred around RAG Austria and Bayernets is supplying green hydrogen via pipeline from Austria to southern Germany for the first time. However, the focus of the pilot project is not on transport - but on certification.
Gas & Heat 26/09/2024, 17:35

Berlin project combines PVT system and ice storage

Berlin - Innovative concepts are needed for the heating transition. A new office complex is being built in Berlin that combines several innovative technologies.
Gas & Heat 26/09/2024, 16:00

Norway puts CCS project Northern Lights into operation

Stavanger - Northern Lights is the first storage facility in Norway to receive CO2. However, the first phase with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year is already fully booked.
Gas & Heat 26/09/2024, 15:00

Gas trading in autumn mode

Essen - Prices in short-term trading rose noticeably this week, driven by temperature forecasts and outages in the Norwegian system. In addition, a false report about gas transports through Ukraine caused a stir in trading.
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