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Politics 11/02/2025, 11:01
After a long period of uncertainty, the Danish government has now decided to build a hydrogen pipeline to Germany.
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Danish-German hydrogen pipeline coming after all

Berlin - The future of the hydrogen pipeline from Jutland in Denmark to Germany was uncertain for a long time. The responsible transmission system operator Energinet announced massive delays and a reassessment last autumn. Now the project is to be realised after all, and quite quickly.
Market & Industry 11/02/2025, 11:00
The energy industry meets at E-world in Essen.
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E-world-Ticker 2025

Essen - Every year at the E-word trade fair, several energy suppliers, energy service providers and IT companies announce new co-operations or products. Our ticker provides an overview of the trade fair news.
Power 11/02/2025, 10:00
Amprion CEO Christof Müller proposes transferring "non-grid-related costs" from the grid fees to the federal budget.
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Amprion CEO: Redistribute grid investment costs "fairly"

Dortmund - Christoph Müller is the new CEO of Amprion. To mark his start at the helm of Germany's second-largest transmission system operator, he is joining the debate on the grid fee reform. His plea: there needs to be more fairness in the distribution of grid investment costs for the energy transition.
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Politics 10/02/2025, 15:33
On 23 February 2025, the early general election will also be a vote on future energy policy.
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Election check: Need for grid fee reform undisputed

Berlin - Just under two weeks before the general election, almost 4,300 participants have completed the energate election check. Among them, the demand for a reform of grid fees is undisputed. There is less unanimity on the issue of an electricity price zone split.
Politics 10/02/2025, 14:10

Little support for climate money among voters and associations

Berlin - If you believe Friedrich Merz in the TV debate for the upcoming general election in Germany, he is not averse to 'climate money'. This has little to do with the election programme of the Christian Democratic CDU/CSU party group. The energy industry and voters are also sceptical about the lump-sum repayment.
Politics 10/02/2025, 13:15

Baltic region integrated into the European electricity system

Berlin - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have separated their electricity grids from the Russian and Belarusian grids. The Baltic states are now integrated into the European electricity system. The step had been planned for years, but the break with Russia came sooner than expected.
Politics 07/02/2025, 15:40

Only three election programmes address the energy transition sufficiently

Berlin - The energy transition is only sufficiently addressed in three election programmes. This is the result of an analysis by the Reiner Lemoine Kolleg. The programme of the CDU/CSU (Christian Democrats), which is leading in the polls, received a "satisfactory" rating.
Politics 07/02/2025, 15:04

EU: Poor prospects for green tax reforms

Brussels - The EU Commission is planning new tax measures to promote green technologies. However, an announcement by the newly re-elected US President is making the Commission sit up and take notice. At least when it comes to the energy tax reform, an internal EU agreement seems increasingly likely.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 11/02/2025, 09:36
Ralf Klöpfer, Chief Sales Officer of MVV Energie AG since 2013, will leave the company at the end of the year.
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Klöpfer leaves MVV at the end of the year

Mannheim - Ralf Klöpfer, the long-standing Chief Sales Officer of MVV Energie AG, will be leaving the Mannheim-based utility at the end of the year. The 56-year-old will step down from his position at his own request and leave the company.
Market & Industry 10/02/2025, 15:55

WPD supplies Currenta with solar power

Bremen - The North German project developer WPD has concluded a solar PPA with the industrial park operator Currenta. From the spring, a solar park with a capacity of 9.8 MW near Albstadt (Baden-Württemberg) will supply Currenta.
Market & Industry 10/02/2025, 15:18

Energie Schwaben launches its own PV installer

Augsburg - The Thüga subsidiary Energie Schwaben is positioning itself on the prosumer market with a newly founded subsidiary. To this end, the Augsburg-based utility has completely taken over the PV trade company ESS Kempfle out of insolvency.
Market & Industry 10/02/2025, 11:00

"SMEs are no better off with spot products"

Ruderting - The high volatility in energy trading is making the business of procurement service providers for SMEs more challenging. In an interview with energate, Philip Gutschke from Wattline explains the role of planning security in times of volatile markets and the pitfalls of spot products for the industry.
Market & Industry 07/02/2025, 17:39

Ørsted cuts investment budget

Fredericia - Ørsted remains in crisis mode. The Danish state-owned company has managed to return to profit after billions in losses. However, the management is massively reducing its investment targets for the coming years and making a change to the CEO position.
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Power

Power 10/02/2025, 18:20
According to BNetzA President Klaus Müller, public sentiment towards grid expansion has changed.
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Federal Network Agency sees high potential for and through overhead lines

Essen - The Federal Network Agency is insisting on the cheapest possible expansion of the electricity grid. In view of the forthcoming German government, the head of the agency, Klaus Müller, pleaded in favour of more overhead lines at the Energy Leadership Meeting in the run-up to E-world. The power plant operators also unpacked their catalogue of wishes.
Power 10/02/2025, 16:46

Octopus becomes a metering service provider

Munich - The energy provider Octopus Energy has founded a subsidiary for metering point operation. The company Octopus Energy Metering is intended to position itself as a full-service provider for the smart meter rollout for energy suppliers and installation companies.
Power 10/02/2025, 15:04

Solar tender significantly oversubscribed again

Bonn - The tender results for ground-mounted PV systems for the bidding deadline of 1 December 2024 are in. The Federal Network Agency received a total of 524 bids, less than half of which were successful.
Power 10/02/2025, 12:42

"The last 12 months have been extremely interesting"

Düsseldorf - The energy world is changing. The energy company Statkraft is noticing this both in trading and in the use of its power plants. energate spoke to Managing Director Stefan-Jörg Goebel about this.
Power 07/02/2025, 17:00

Overcapacity puts battery market under pressure

Munich/Aachen - In order to electrify road transport, batteries are needed, preferably from domestic production. However, a recent market analysis shows that European manufacturers are struggling.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 11/02/2025, 09:00
The robot welds just as accurately on 1 January as it does on 30 June.
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District heating technology manufacturer relies on welding robots

Sondershausen - Skilled labour shortage in Germany: district heating technology manufacturer Isoplus has found five new colleagues - all of them robots. energate spoke to Managing Director Axel Kirstein about why this makes sense for welding technology and how the district heating boom in Germany is affecting the manufacturer.
Gas & Heat 10/02/2025, 16:00

VNG Gasspeicher cancels marketing

Leipzig - In view of the unfavourable price spreads between winter and summer 2025, there is no incentive to store natural gas. Against this backdrop, VNG Gasspeicher has cancelled marketing and warns that the statutory filling level requirement is at risk.
Gas & Heat 10/02/2025, 15:05

Regas cancels charter contract for federal FSRU

Berlin - Deutsche Regas is taking the next step in the dispute over capacity marketing for LNG imports. The operator of the Baltic Sea terminal on Rügen is cancelling the charter contract with the federal government for the FSRU Energos Power. One reason is the market distortion caused by the behaviour of the state-owned terminal company DET.
Gas & Heat 10/02/2025, 13:55

Heat transition in North Rhine-Westphalia: Municipal utilities under pressure to act

Essen - Heat planning poses challenges for municipal utilities in North Rhine-Westphalia. While the new state heat planning law provides guidance, many questions remain unanswered regarding financing and implementation. Frank Pieper of Stadtwerke Essen, and Andreas Hollstein of VKU NRW, spoke about the opportunities, hurdles and necessary framework conditions during a visit to the editorial offi…
Gas & Heat 10/02/2025, 12:06

EnBW secures option for hydrogen storage

Friedeburg - EnBW secures new caverns for hydrogen storage in Lower Saxony in order to flexibly supply south-west Germany. Despite ambitious plans, the final investment decision has yet to be made due to a lack of market security.
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