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Gas & Heat 17/09/2024, 09:33
Germany should not rest on its laurels with its import strategy, says Tobias Moldenhauer, Head of Hydrogen at EWE.
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"The North has the basic ingredient for a green H2 economy"

Oldenburg - EWE wants to make hydrogen an important business area. The utility wants to get involved in many areas, such as production, transport and storage, especially during the ramp-up. Tobias Moldenhauer, Head of Hydrogen at EWE, explains why this makes sense in an interview with energate.
Gas & Heat 17/09/2024, 09:00
The VEA reports regularly on current gas contract agreements.
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Current gas contracts

Hanover - The German Association of Energy Consumers (VEA) 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.
Power 16/09/2024, 17:30
Heavy goods transport is also to be converted to alternative drive systems.
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Tender for truck charging network launched

Berlin - A nationwide network of fast-charging stations is to be established in Germany - including for trukcs. The tendering process for the unmanaged motorway service areas is now underway.
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Politics 16/09/2024, 17:12
The DVGW urges acceleration of the hydrogen distribution grid planning.
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DVGW criticises hurdles in H2 distribution grid planning

Berlin - Following calls for a nationwide hydrogen core grid, the German Association of Gas and Water Industries, DVGW, is now urging for swift regional planning of distribution grids. The focus here is primarily on the heat transition. In light of this, hydrogen roadmaps should be critically assessed.
Politics 16/09/2024, 14:14

Greenpeace and Germanwatch sue over new climate protection law

Karlsruhe/Berlin - The environmental organisations Germanwatch and Greenpeace have filed a constitutional complaint against the German government. In their opinion, the amendments to the Climate Protection Act violate the civil liberties enshrined in the Basic Law. In addition, a ruling on land use has become legally binding.
Politics 16/09/2024, 09:13

Brandenburg's energy transition at risk of stalling

Berlin - After Saxony and Thuringia, a new state parliament will soon be elected in Brandenburg. Regardless of the future coalition government, one thing is certain: the energy transition is likely to be slowed down.
Politics 13/09/2024, 14:43

Federal government wants 4,500 kilometres of CO2 pipeline in Germany

Berlin - The plans for a CO2 pipeline in Germany are becoming more concrete. A pipeline with a total length of 4,500 kilometres for the transport of CO2 could be built by 2045. This is part of the German government's draft carbon management strategy. The paper is available to energate and contains a total of 41 measures.
Politics 13/09/2024, 13:23

Storage industry doubts capacity market

Berlin - There is a controversial debate within the German Energy Storage Systems Association as to whether a capacity market, as roughly envisaged by the Federal Ministry of Economics, makes sense for storage systems. In an interview with energate, the head of the association, Urban Windelen, favours flexibility markets.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 16/09/2024, 17:19
The majority of Germans have a positive view of the energy transition – but there are also concerns.
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Cost concerns tarnish the image of the energy transition.

Hürth - The price shocks caused by the energy crisis appear to have changed Germans' views on the energy transition. According to a new study, the expansion of renewable energies is still 'very important' to a majority of 65 per cent. However, in many cases it is also associated with concerns about costs and security of supply.
Market & Industry 16/09/2024, 14:59

EnBW considers capital increase

Karlsruhe - EnBW is considering a capital increase to meet its growing investment needs. The company's board of directors is looking into "how to secure competitive financing for the relevant investment projects in the future".
Market & Industry 16/09/2024, 12:55

Westfalen Weser Energie sets sights on green power sector

Paderborn - Together with regional wind power pioneers from the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Westfalen Weser Energie (WWE) wants to enter the green energy business. If municipal shareholders and competition authorities give the go-ahead, WWE will take over half of project developer LFS Energy.
Market & Industry 16/09/2024, 12:16

Infener plans H2 hub in South Baden

Stansstad/Gengesbach - Swiss project developer Infener is planning to build a hydrogen production plant in South Baden, Germany. A large electrolyser with a capacity of 20 MW is to be built in the town of Gengenbach in the Ortenau district.
Market & Industry 13/09/2024, 16:15

"There will be economically painful situations"

Berlin - In the wake of the various crises, insolvencies are piling up across Germany. For utilities, this may mean painful customer losses. Andreas Schwenzer from the strategy consultancy Advyce categorises the current situation in an interview, identifies risks and also ways of countering them.
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Power

Power 16/09/2024, 17:11
Milence plans to install 570 charging points in Europe by the end of 2025.
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Milence plans 1,700 charging points by 2027

Hanover - From 16 to 22 September, IAA Transportation in Hanover will showcase innovations in mobility, passenger transport and heavy goods transport. E-charging projects will also be on show.
Power 16/09/2024, 16:38

Federal Administrative Court rules in favour of project planners

Leipzig - Project planners of renewable energy plants not only have to take compensatory measures for nature conservation. Landscape protection and scenery also come at a price. A ruling by the Federal Administrative Court has now taken a new approach.
Power 16/09/2024, 14:19

Eon and Siemens cooperate on charging stations

Zug, Switzerland - Siemens and Eon plan to further expand the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Europe over the next two years. The contract includes the installation of expandable fast-charging stations and a system for easy monitoring of charging points.
Power 16/09/2024, 07:06

"A new setback in the expansion of renewables"

Berlin - In a guest comment, Simone Peter, president of the German Renewable Energy Federation BEE, discusses the conversion of renewable energy subsidies to investment subsidies. This was the proposal in the options paper 'Electricity market design of the future' from the Ministry of Economics.
Power 13/09/2024, 15:41

Unity at the Tennet grid summit

Bamberg - There is a consensus at the Tennet grid summit: a centralised capacity market promises quick and uncomplicated solutions. Tennet COO Tim Meyerjürgens and BDEW boss Kerstin Andreae emphasised the advantages over the model favoured by the government.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 16/09/2024, 16:51
There is no accurate way to predict how people will heat their homes.
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Grid operators' gas forecasts are improving again

Ratingen - During the gas crisis, it was particularly difficult to estimate household gas consumption. Fewer grid operators will be affected in 2024 and will have to take targeted measures to counteract this.
Gas & Heat 16/09/2024, 11:43

Rheinenergie focusses on hydrogen from waste

Göppingen - Green hydrogen from waste for just 1.50 euros per tonne? It sounds too good to be true. The start-up GHT has found investors for its approach. The Cologne-based utility Rheinenergie will become the owner of the first pilot plant in Baden-Württemberg.
Gas & Heat 16/09/2024, 10:24

Aquathermia: New solution for stagnant water

Leipzig - The climate targets in the heat sector can only be achieved through technological openness. However, many of the approaches, including aquathermics, are very demanding. A new combination of technologies could now make it possible to generate heat in lakes much more frequently.
Gas & Heat 13/09/2024, 16:27

Uniper warns of new storage filling by THE

Berlin - During the gas crisis, the gas market area manager THE had to fill storage facilities for the first time - at extremely high prices at the time. Now a first storage operator is warning that the market may not be able to fill the storage facilities on its own again.
Gas & Heat 13/09/2024, 16:06

Several operators offer storage capacity

Berlin - Several operators have announced storage marketing programmes for the coming days and weeks. The first is EWE Gasspeicher. The Katharina and Haidach storage facilities are also on offer.
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