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Power 08/01/2025, 17:31
Market & Industry 08/01/2025, 17:15
Digital helpers for industrial decarbonisation
Erfurt - Newly developed IT programmes are helping energy-intensive industries in Thuringia to decarbonise. A number of pilot projects are currently underway. The focus is on the glass industry and on small and medium-sized enterprises to show them how to decarbonise.
Power 08/01/2025, 16:44
Bavaria at the forefront of renewables expansion
Bonn - Solar, in particular, continues to make progress in 2024. However, as with wind, much more capacity needs to be installed to meet the renewables targets by 2030.
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Politics 08/01/2025, 13:08
BSW party wants to nationalise grids
Berlin - According to its short election manifesto, BSW, the party of former Left Party leader Sahra Wagenknecht, wants to nationalise the grids. The party also wants to abolish the Heating Act. However, it does not take a position on many energy policy issues.
Politics 07/01/2025, 16:55
Energy industry drives CO2 reduction forward
Berlin - According to a study by the Agora Energiewende think tank, Germany will emit three per cent less greenhouse gases in 2024 than in the previous year. The study identifies effects in the energy industry as the main cause. However, the carbon footprints of the transport, buildings and industry sectors still have room for improvement.
Politics 07/01/2025, 14:54
Poland wants to reduce the EU's dependence on Russia
Brussels - Poland took over the EU Council Presidency at the start of the year. In terms of EU energy policy, the country wants to further reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy sources and lower energy prices. Poland does not have much time to set the course here.
Politics 06/01/2025, 17:10
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.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 07/01/2025, 16:21
Sunfire receives financial backing
Dresden - The electrolyser manufacturer Sunfire is increasing its financial room for manoeuvre. The company has agreed a new loan of 200 million euros with a banking consortium. This is to be a so-called guarantee financing to secure supply contracts.
Market & Industry 07/01/2025, 13:25
Uniper sells gas-fired power plant in Hungary
Düsseldorf - The energy group Uniper still has around two years until the Datteln 4 coal-fired power plant has to be sold. However, the hammer has now finally fallen for the Gönyü gas-fired power plant in Hungary.
Market & Industry 07/01/2025, 12:21
Emovy expands management team
Ettlingen - The GHG quota trading specialist Emovy is reorganising its management team. Matthias Kerner, previously CEO, will become the new Chief Financial Officer. Co-founder Manuela Hotop joins the company management as CEO.
Market & Industry 07/01/2025, 09:29
Transformation pressure drives investment plans
Frankfurt - The majority of German companies are planning to invest in decarbonisation measures this year. According to a representative Yougov survey, energy efficiency measures, energy refurbishment and, last but not least, in-house green electricity generation are high on the agenda.Power
Power 08/01/2025, 11:05
"Each site manager's pile of paper weighed 15 kilograms"
Helmstedt/Hannover - The digitalisation of the energy sector affects all areas. There are opportunities for optimisation everywhere. At the energy supplier Avacon, construction project managers have recently started using digital folders. energate spoke to Matthias Lausch, Project Manager Network Services at Avacon, and Sven Zuschlag, CEO and founder of Smap One.
Power 07/01/2025, 16:30
Eighth cooperation: 50 Hertz focusses on sector coupling
Leipzig - When the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, there is a risk that the grids will be overloaded. Green electricity plants are therefore often curtailed. The transmission system operator 50 Hertz prefers to utilise such surplus electricity in power-to-heat plants to generate "green" district heating. One such plant has now gone into operation in Leipzig.
Power 07/01/2025, 13:12
Smart meters: Two per cent of households equipped
Berlin - The mandatory smart meter rollout has begun, but so far only two per cent of households are covered. The Smart Meter Initiative is calling for speed to drive forward the digitalisation of the electricity grids and enable consumers to benefit from dynamic tariffs.
Power 07/01/2025, 12:32
"We are expanding electricity marketing with large-scale storage systems"
Cologne - The utility Rheinenergie has equipped a solar park in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with a battery storage system. With the help of AI-based price forecasts, the company is also testing the automated optimisation of storage use. energate spoke to Stephan Segbers, chief sales officer, about the project and the role of AI.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 08/01/2025, 16:24
Swiss researchers combine geothermal energy with CCS
Zurich - Industry is desperately looking for solutions to its CO2 emissions. An innovative technology from Switzerland could now provide hope. Researchers are combining CCS with a deep geothermal process. This has several advantages.
Gas & Heat 08/01/2025, 15:57
Uniper buys Romanian natural gas
Düsseldorf - The energy group Uniper will in future purchase Romanian natural gas via the Austrian company OMV. The natural gas will come from the Neptun Deep project, which is scheduled to start commercial operation in 2027.
Gas & Heat 08/01/2025, 15:20
Norway remains Germany's most important gas supplier
Bonn - Norway is once again Germany's most important gas supplier. Germany imported a total of 865 billion kWh of gas, reducing the import total by around 100 billion kWh. This is according to figures from the Federal Network Agency.
Gas & Heat 08/01/2025, 15:15