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Politics 06/09/2024, 16:59
In the 'Berlin week'gloss, our capital city editorial team looks back on the latest developments in energy policy.
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The coalition is dead, long live the coalition - a gloss

Berlin - The elections in Saxony and Thuringia have finally broken the dam to the right. The AFD's participation in government was only prevented by the other parties' collective refusal to form a coalition. This leads to curious consequences in the further exploratory talks.
Gas & Heat 06/09/2024, 16:57
Natural gas continues to play a central role in the contracting sector.
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Natural gas dominates contracting contracts

Berlin - The contracting industry recorded an increase in turnover in 2023, although natural gas remains dominant with a share of 66 per cent. Despite a slight increase in renewable energies to 27 per cent, the industry association Vedec sees the unclear legal situation as a brake.
Market & Industry 06/09/2024, 16:52
Tobias Grau (left) and Saša Vasković form the new dual leadership team at Stadtwerke Velbert.
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Stadtwerke Velbert completes dual leadership team

Velbert - Stadtwerke Velbert has filled the vacant position on the management board. Sasa Vaskovic is to take up his position as technical managing director at the North Rhine-Westphalian utility on 1 January 2025.
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Politics 06/09/2024, 15:41
In the case of UER, oil companies can have CO2 reductions that they achieve through projects in the upstream sector counted towards the GHG quota.
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UBA does not release certificates for UER projects from China

Berlin - The Federal Environment Agency is continuing to work on clearing up the fraud scandals surrounding the Upstream Emission Reductions (UER). The authority will now not release certificates from eight Chinese projects due to irregularities. There will now also be stricter on-site inspections. The UBA has sought external help for this.
Politics 05/09/2024, 15:30

Amendment to repowering raises questions

Berlin - The Federal Cabinet adopted an amendment to the Building Code on 4 September. It provides for simplifications for geothermal energy. However, there is also a second planned amendment to the law. It is intended to implement the European RED III directive - and is causing project developer Juwi to frown.
Politics 05/09/2024, 11:41

EU Commission authorises aid for Cuxhaven port

Brussels - The harbour in Cuxhaven is to be expanded. The federal government and the state of Lower Saxony want to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the project. The EU has now given the green light for this, as the expansion could also boost wind power.
Politics 05/09/2024, 11:05

CO2 emissions in non-ETS sectors: EU being sued

Brussels - Two NGOs are suing the EU Commission. The reason for this is the emission reduction targets in the sectors outside of emissions trading. It is alleged that limit values were not set on the basis of science.
Politics 04/09/2024, 16:46

New alliance wants changes to GHG quota trading

Berlin - The fraud scandal and the resulting drop in the price of GHG quotas continues to haunt the industry. A new initiative has now been launched calling for faster measures to stop the fraudulent activities. The companies affected are up to their necks in water.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 06/09/2024, 15:59
The Reonic founders (from left) Udo Sill, Lars-Manuel Schneider and Tristan Menzinger came together during their studies.
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IT start-up Reonic raises 13 million euros from investors

Augsburg - Cleantech start-up Reonic wants to conquer Europe with software for solar installers, heating engineers and municipal utilities. This is to be made possible by a financial injection in the double-digit million range.
Market & Industry 06/09/2024, 15:33

Federal Network Agency wants to "expect more" from smaller grid operators

Bonn - In view of the serious changes in the energy market, grid operators also need to move: Speed is of the essence when it comes to grid connections and digitalisation. The Federal Network Agency wants to take a closer look here - even at grid operators that are undergoing the simplified procedure.
Market & Industry 06/09/2024, 13:59

VZBV fights for more clarity in price adjustment letters

Berlin/Gera - Insufficiently clearly worded letters in customer communications can violate the German Energy Industry Act. This is shown by a recent judgement obtained by the VZBV against Stadtwerke Jena-Pößneck. The municipal supplier has since rectified the criticised shortcomings.
Market & Industry 06/09/2024, 12:56

"We want to create new mechanisms in incentive regulation"

Bonn - Five instead of just three years for a regulatory period, more precise calculations for trade tax and more pressure on small grid operators to be efficient? The energate editorial team spoke to the head of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, about the controversial points in the further development of incentive regulation.
Market & Industry 05/09/2024, 17:21

Project developer Fellensiek goes bankrupt

Wilhelmshaven/Jever - The renewable energy project developer Fellensiek Projektmanagement is insolvent. The company is facing a multi-million euro claim from an investor. This is in connection with the financing of a large PV roof system in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Power

Power 06/09/2024, 15:54
The Oberhausen grid company is equipping its local grid stations with the 'Smight Grid2'.
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Oberhausen relies on real-time data for grid planning

Oberhausen/Karlsruhe - The Oberhausen grid company is focussing on real-time data for a smarter electricity grid. By the end of 2024, fifty grid stations are to be equipped with sensors in order to increase grid transparency and speed up the approval process for connection requests.
Power 06/09/2024, 14:38

Enercity and EnBW expand fast-charging grid

Hanover/Karlsruhe - The energy suppliers Enercity and EnBW are continuing to expand the charging infrastructure in Germany. Enercity has put a fast-charging park into operation at Hannover Airport and EnBW has announced another milestone in the hyper-grid.
Power 06/09/2024, 14:00

High welfare effects through electricity exchange

Berlin - Germany will become an electricity exporter in 2023. But nobody needs to worry about this, according to the tenor of an expert discussion. On the contrary.
Power 06/09/2024, 10:20

"Extreme shortages are imminent"

Berlin - BP, Total, EnBW, RWE, Luxcara - recently only very large, financially strong companies have been able to bid in the offshore auctions. The offshore association BWO is in favour of a different tender design so that smaller players do not miss out. At the same time, it is concerned about a foreseeable expansion peak in 2030.
Power 05/09/2024, 17:12

Day-ahead reaches second-highest annual value

Essen - High prices in short-term trading coupled with massively lower prices in futures trading - this is how the trading week can be summarised. This is based on the current fundamental data.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 06/09/2024, 10:21
Grid access and balancing: The regulation of the future hydrogen market is currently occupying the industry.
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Industry discusses hydrogen balancing and grid access

Bonn - A future hydrogen market also needs a suitable regulatory framework. The Federal Network Agency is currently consulting on its proposals for grid access and a balancing system. The feedback from the industry is mixed.
Gas & Heat 05/09/2024, 16:38

Gas trading prices on the decline

Berlin - The gas market is in a state of boredom. Prices are pointing downwards. There are no signs of a solution to the biggest fundamental problem, the possible end of the Ukraine transit.
Gas & Heat 05/09/2024, 14:45

Gas storage unusually full

Berlin - Since 3 September, gas storage facilities have been as full as they should be in November. A look at the current forecast from the Energy Storage Initiative is rather optimistic for the winter.
Gas & Heat 05/09/2024, 13:11

Veolia closes biomass power plant in Zapfendorf

Zapfendorf - The biomass power plant in the Upper Franconian market town of Zapfendorf will be shut down at the end of the year. While Veolia accuses local politicians of blocking the process in times of the Heat Planning and Building Energy Act, the municipality says it wanted to prevent waste incineration.
Gas & Heat 04/09/2024, 16:16

Hardly any prospects for H2 imports to Germany

Wuppertal - Both the German government and the federal-state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are relying on large-scale imports of green hydrogen. But where will the supply come from? A study by the Wuppertal Institute concludes that hardly any country in Europe has export plans in this area.
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