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Gas & Heat 13/03/2025, 17:46
A possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine continues to preoccupy the gas trading markets, but the filling of storage facilities is also an issue.
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Russia and Ukraine determine gas trading prices

Berlin - The price trend on the gas markets this week was mainly due to "water level reports" on a possible ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Prices rose slightly. At the long end, however, the filling of storage facilities in the summer continues to be the dominant topic.
Market & Industry 13/03/2025, 17:31
Uniper repaid 2.6 billion euros to the federal government in mid-March 2025.
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Announced Uniper billions received by the tax authorities

Düsseldorf - The federal government has returned part of its billion-euro grant for the rescue of Uniper. The Düsseldorf-based company has refunded 2.6 billion euros. In view of a judgement for damages and the obligation that the state must sell a large part of its shares by 2028, further billions could flow into the state coffers.
Gas & Heat 13/03/2025, 17:02
Gasunie expects offshore electrolysis to bring benefits in terms of the system costs of energy supply.
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Gasunie tests North Sea pipeline for H2 suitability

Groningen - The Netherlands wants to launch a demonstration project for offshore electrolysis by 2030. Together with Petrogas Transportation, the state-owned Gasuine is investigating whether the hydrogen can be brought ashore via an existing pipeline.
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Politics 13/03/2025, 16:45
With the so-called omnibus package, the EU Commission wants to streamline the rules on sustainability reporting, among other things.
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EU industry ministers call for deregulation

Brussels - The EU industry ministers have discussed the EU Commission's proposals for cutting red tape, the so-called omnibus package. While the EU Commission speaks of simplification, many EU member states consider deregulation to be more sensible.
Politics 13/03/2025, 16:07

Merz offers 50bn for climate protection - Greens refuse

Berlin - Friedrich Merz is campaigning for the votes of the Greens in the special session of the Bundestag on the amendments to the Basic Law. He is offering them 50 billion euros for climate protection. The Greens don't want to hear about it.
Politics 13/03/2025, 11:57

BDEW boss Andreae calls for radical debureaucratisation

Berlin - Too much regulation, too many reporting obligations, too much complexity. In an interview with energate, BDEW boss Kerstin Andreae calls for a radical reduction in bureaucracy in the energy sector. However, the energy sector does not want to do without state aid entirely.
Politics 13/03/2025, 11:39

"The state must intervene with subsidies"

Berlin - In an interview with energate, BDEW managing director Kerstin Andreae looks at the ongoing coalition negotiations in Berlin. State subsidies for electricity costs are necessary, she said. But new framework conditions for private capital are also needed.
Politics 12/03/2025, 15:02

Discussion about new financing concepts

Berlin - The planned special fund for infrastructure investments and the reform of the debt brake have been the subject of discussion for days. However, at the VKU association conference, representatives of the CDU, SPD and Green parties also agreed on issues relating to the future financing of the energy transition.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 13/03/2025, 16:12
The start-up was founded in Switzerland in 2022.
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Swiss renewable start-up comes to Germany

Baar/Düsseldorf/Vienna - The Swiss renewable energy start-up Enshift is expanding its business beyond the country's borders. The company has opened locations in Germany, Austria and France with ambitious plans.
Market & Industry 13/03/2025, 15:18

Speculative players show restraint

Willich - CO2 certificates traded weaker in week 10, reaching their low for the week at 66.84 €/t CO2 and closing down 4.2 per cent at 68.20 €/t CO2. In trading week 11, prices stabilised in a fluctuating environment.
Market & Industry 13/03/2025, 09:00

Financing and supply chains: Two construction sites of the energy transition

Berlin - Capital, reliable framework conditions and secure supply chains are needed to realise the huge investments in the energy sector. That was the tenor of the first European Energy Supply Chain Summit in Berlin. Meanwhile, a current trend runs counter to this.
Market & Industry 12/03/2025, 17:47

Varta completes controversial haircut

Ellwangen - The haircut to restructure Varta has been completed. The ailing battery manufacturer is continuing on its path of restructuring with a new management team.
Market & Industry 12/03/2025, 17:12

Northvolt transfers insolvency proceedings to Sweden

Stockholm - The battery manufacturer Northvolt has now run out of steam on the road to reorganisation on its own. As the "only means available", the management has now decided to file for insolvency in its home country of Sweden. However, the battery cell plant in Germany will still be built.
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Power

Power 13/03/2025, 15:48
Traders expect prices to become more volatile again in the coming weeks.
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Unity and price collapse in electricity trading

Hamm - Anyone looking at the electricity prices on the day-ahead market over the past few days might think that prices have frozen. For the past four days, prices have been hovering between 121 and 125 €/MWh. On the other hand, there have been some changes in futures prices over the long term.
Power 13/03/2025, 14:49

Germany is number 1 in electricity grid expansion

Berlin - On the road to climate neutrality, no electricity grids in the world are better prepared than the German grids. This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by Iberdrola. Despite the "world champion title", there is also homework for Germany.
Power 13/03/2025, 14:30

Strong growth in the charging market

Essen - The German market for public charging of electric cars is booming: 25 million charging sessions were recorded in the second half of 2024 - an increase of 20 per cent. But the competition is changing. In addition to infrastructure, pricing strategies and brand loyalty are becoming increasingly important.
Power 13/03/2025, 11:09

Strengthening European clout

Cologne - The European internal energy market must be further strengthened. The participants in a panel discussion at the ZVEI congress 'The climate-neutral electricity grid' agreed on this.
Power 12/03/2025, 16:43

New scenarios for grid planning

Cologne - There are calls in the energy sector for a slower grid expansion and an adjustment of the scenario framework. At least on the latter point, Federal Network Agency Vice-President Barbie Haller signalled concessions at a ZVEI conference.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 13/03/2025, 12:50
Filling German gas storage facilities cost-effectively could become difficult.
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No gas shortage despite heavy storage emptying

Berlin - Germany's gas storage facilities have been heavily used since the beginning of the year and have fallen below 32 per cent full. However, the storage association Ines is reassuring: A gas shortage is not to be expected, even if a cost-efficient filling strategy is urgently needed for the summer of 2025.
Gas & Heat 12/03/2025, 16:08

Flow: Gascade fills first pipeline with hydrogen

Kassel - "Hydrogen - full steam ahead!" That is the message from pipeline grid operator Gascade Gastransport. The company has started to fill a section of the Opal natural gas pipeline with hydrogen as part of the 'Flow' programme.
Gas & Heat 12/03/2025, 16:00

Aachen district heating coal-free from 2029

Aachen - The Aachen-based energy supplier Stawag is planning to switch to green district heating: Following the shutdown of the last lignite-fired unit at RWE's Weisweiler site, the region will receive completely coal-free heat from a waste incineration plant from 2029.
Gas & Heat 12/03/2025, 15:41

Flexibility as a challenge for grid access

Bonn - The industry is continuing to discuss the future regulation of hydrogen grids. The nomination modalities are at the centre of this debate. Market participants such as FNB Gas are critical of purely balance sheet-based processing as the necessary flexibility would initially be lacking and also jeopardise grid stability.
Gas & Heat 12/03/2025, 14:00

RWE concludes H2 offtake agreement with Total

Essen - Total Energies and RWE strengthen the green hydrogen economy with a contract for 30,000 tonnes per year. This partnership saves 300,000 tonnes of CO2 and demonstrates the importance of the German H2 core grid.
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