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Market & Industry 05/11/2024, 16:02
The first test flights are scheduled to take place in 2025.
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Lilium launches insolvency in self-administration

Munich - The manufacturer of all-electric small aircraft Lilium had to file for insolvency for its German subsidiaries. Preliminary insolvency proceedings under self-administration have now begun.
Power 05/11/2024, 15:50
The charging stations each have an output of 400 kW.
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Charging infrastructure: Germany's network is slowly picking up speed

Stolpe/Wollin - The development of a fast-charging infrastructure on Germany's motorways is making progress. An important milestone: the opening of the first fast-charging park as part of the German motorway network. And EnBW is also continuing to invest in its charging infrastructure.
Market & Industry 05/11/2024, 15:43
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Price ticker: EWE lowers electricity and gas prices

Essen - The energate news ticker on the development of energy prices for end customers provides a quick and comprehensive overview of current price changes from electricity, gas and heat suppliers. Today: The Oldenburg-based energy supplier EWE is holding out the prospect of lower electricity and gas prices for basic supply customers in the coming year.
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Politics 05/11/2024, 13:36
The CDU/CSU is striving for a "cost turnaround" in energy policy. It does not want to change everything.
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Christian Democrats are not planning an energy policy revolution

Berlin - The Christian Democratic CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German parliament has drawn up an 'energy agenda', presumably in preparation for a possible change of government. The distinction from the energy policy of the traffic light coalition is manageable - some things are closer to the Greens than to the FDP (Liberal Democrats).
Politics 04/11/2024, 17:25

Habeck redirects billions initially earmarked for Intel to federal budget

Berlin - The German chancellor, economics ministers and finance ministers have met for a crisis meeting. Afterwards, Robert Habeck said that the billions initially earmarked for Intel could be used for the budget.
Politics 04/11/2024, 16:47

German economics ministry concretises energy sharing

Berlin - The planned amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) includes regulations for energy sharing. A current draft, which is available to energate, contains specific details on this. Changes to the Metering Point Operation Act are also planned.
Politics 04/11/2024, 15:03

Possible sites for nuclear waste repository further narrowed down

Berlin - In the search for final storage sites for radioactive waste, the German company for final storage, Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, has further narrowed down the potential area. On an interactive map, it presents the areas it has narrowed down so far.
Politics 04/11/2024, 13:23

District heat ordinance postponed again

Berlin - After several months of delay, the amendment to the District Heating Ordinance was finally due to go before the Federal Cabinet this week - but the deadline has been pushed back again. The next opportunity will be in early December.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 05/11/2024, 13:58
The researchers' experimental setup for converting carbon dioxide into ethanol.
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More effective CO2 conversion into ethanol developed

Mainz - A research team from Mainz has developed a method that effectively converts CO2 into ethanol. A high yield is not the only advantage of the process. It also uses comparatively inexpensive materials.
Market & Industry 04/11/2024, 15:21

Bad Sachsa municipal utilities hand over electricity grid

Osterode am Harz - Harz Energie, a utility based in Lower Saxony, Germany, is taking over the electricity grid of Stadtwerke Bad Sachsa at the end of the year. Stadtwerke Bad Sachsa said it could no longer meet the regulatory and legal requirements and the high level of investment in infrastructure and grid expansion.
Market & Industry 04/11/2024, 13:49

Stadtwerke Burg back online after cyberattack

Burg - Stadtwerke Burg's online communication is back to normal. The municipal utility has largely overcome the serious consequences of a hacker attack in late summer.
Market & Industry 04/11/2024, 10:56

"Companies should examine their potential for flexibilisation"

Neumünster - The Federal Network Agency's plans to reform industrial grid fees have caused a great deal of uncertainty in the manufacturing industry. energate spoke to Torge Lahrsen, CEO of Encentive, a start-up specialising in flexibilisation, about the reform plans and the options for making industrial processes more flexible.
Market & Industry 01/11/2024, 13:11

Meyer Burger records high losses

Thun - Meyer Burger is reporting a slump in sales and high losses for the first half of the year. A comprehensive restructuring programme should bring the company back into the profit zone.
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Power

Power 05/11/2024, 12:19
With the help of artificial intelligence, the virtual power plant controls energy consumption and feed-in to the grid.
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Enpal launches AI-based virtual power plant

Berlin - Enpal is launching an AI-supported energy grid with its new joint venture Flexa. The company claims that intelligent real-time trading will save connected households up to twice as much on electricity costs as other virtual power plants.
Power 05/11/2024, 10:50

Power Plant Safety Act: No guarantee for the expansion of controllable capacities

Aachen - Germany's new power plant safety law is supposed to speed up the construction of controllable capacity, but is falling short of expectations, says Sven Becker of Trianel GmbH. In his guest article, he points out where there is still urgent need for action.
Power 04/11/2024, 17:53

Utilisation instead of curtailment 2.0: Focus on cost regulation

Bonn - The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) is currently reviewing the cost regulations for the 'utilisation instead of curtailment 2.0' instrument, which aims to promote the consumption of surplus green electricity in bottleneck regions. The four transmission system operators have submitted an implementation concept.
Power 04/11/2024, 17:46

Day-Ahead rises to second-highest value of the year

Essen - Next Tuesday, 5 November, the day-ahead electricity price will reach its second-highest level of 2024 at 164.79 €/MWh.
Power 04/11/2024, 16:42

More legroom with a secure supply chain

Bonn - The so-called 'Silke' secure supply hain has long been regarded as the epitome of how complicated the smart meter rollout is in Germany. The corresponding regulations stipulated numerous security measures, including for the storage, transport and installation of smart metering systems. Now it should at least be a little easier.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 05/11/2024, 11:51
No plant in Denmark, Spain or Norway can do for our energy system what a domestic electrolyser can, says Florian Widdel.
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"The core grid places too much emphasis on H2 imports"

Berlin - Hydrogen imports are unlikely before the 1930s, but the first pipelines in the core grid need to be filled as early as next year. It is time to boost domestic production, writes Florian Widdel of the German renewable energy federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie in a guest comment.
Gas & Heat 04/11/2024, 17:36

Plenty to talk about at the heat pump summit

Berlin -The fourth heat pump summit on 5 November will take place under difficult circumstances. The latest proposals from the ranks of the FDP and CDU regarding the Heating Act are irritating the heat pump industry, as they actually want to talk about something completely different.
Gas & Heat 04/11/2024, 16:59

Controversy over geothermal facilitation

Berlin - The Committee on Climate Protection and Energy has heard various experts on the Geothermal Energy Acceleration Act. The conclusion: The planned simplifications are welcome, but geothermal energy should not be treated in a too laissez-faire manner. After all, there are also risks and conflicts of use.
Gas & Heat 04/11/2024, 16:16

Stadtwerke Speyer municipal utility plans hydrogen production

Speyer - Stadtwerke Speyer wants to participate in the production of green hydrogen. A connection to the hydrogen core network has already been applied for. The supplier is now looking for buyers of the hydrogen.
Gas & Heat 04/11/2024, 12:51

Brandenburg explores the potential of deep geothermal energy

Potsdam - Geothermal energy is already being used to supply heat in Potsdam and Neuruppin. The economics ministry of the state of Brandenburg wants to make greater use of the potential of deep geothermal energy and has launched a seismic campaign to this end.
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