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Politics 16/01/2025, 17:40
The Borssele nuclear power plant in the Netherlands - according to the IEA, 420 reactors are connected to the grid worldwide.
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IEA sees nuclear power on the brink of a global renaissance

Paris - The International Energy Agency believes that nuclear power is on the verge of a global resurgence. In a report, the agency argues that demand for electricity is increasing. It sees great opportunities for mini-reactors.
Market & Industry 16/01/2025, 17:32
The new platform records around 19,000 waste heat sources from industry and commerce.
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A total of 160 billion kWh of unutilised waste heat potential nationwide

Berlin - Germany has huge untapped industrial waste heat potential. According to the very first evaluation of the new waste heat platform from the Federal Centre for Energy Efficiency, around 160 TWh of heat is lost every year, which could be used for district heating, for example.
Power 16/01/2025, 17:27
In future, the Federal Network Agency will focus even more strongly on construction cost subsidies in order to avoid oversized grid connections.
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Federal Network Agency plans interest bonus for building cost subsidies

Bonn - The Federal Network Agency is preparing for Regulation 2.0. Construction cost subsidies are to play a greater role in future and grid operators will be incentivised to charge them. There are also changes to the catalogue of costs that cannot be influenced in the long term, which are quite a challenge for grid operators.
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Politics 16/01/2025, 11:11
The flexibilisation of biogas plants is a perennial issue - the planned new regulations come far too late from the industry's point of view.
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Biomass package comes too late for market stabilisation

Berlin - The industry is critical of the planned legislative changes to make biogas plants more flexible. They would come far too late to protect existing plants from being shut down and the amount of the flex bonus would be too low.
Politics 15/01/2025, 17:57

Combined Heat and Power Act amendment: Industry urges haste

Berlin - The German Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG) must be extended as soon as possible. This was the view of numerous experts and industry representatives at the hearing on the draft law in the parliamentary committee. According to the VKU, EU approval under state aid law could be a critical factor in the extension of the CHP Act.
Politics 15/01/2025, 17:06

Emissions trading: Experts want longer fixed price phase

Berlin - The German parliament's Committee on Climate Protection and Energy has discussed the planned amendment to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act (TEHG). The majority of the invited experts argued in favour of its adoption as soon as possible - albeit with one amendment.
Politics 15/01/2025, 14:02

German Energy Industry Act amendment: Grid operators disagree on federal requirements plan

Berlin - At the hearing on the heavily abridged amendment to the Energy Industry Act in the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy, the experts had hardly any requests for changes and argued in favour of its rapid adoption. There was only disagreement on the Federal Requirements Plan Act.
Politics 15/01/2025, 12:04

Deneff sees energy efficiency as a key policy area

Berlin - The German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency (Deneff) has called on the parties to focus more on energy efficiency in their energy policy ahead of the elections. Meanwhile, Klima-Allianz Deutschland has called for more investment in climate protection. To back up its demand, it relied on a survey of voters.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 16/01/2025, 17:07
Bullfinch sees itself as a B2B partner for solar installers and municipal utilities in the prosumer market and intends to invest heavily in this area over the next 20 months.
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Prosumer PV financier Bullfinch goes on a shopping spree

Frankfurt - The Frankfurt-based cleantech financier Bullfinch is going on a shopping spree. Following the acquisition of a customer portfolio from the EnBW subsidiary DZ-4, which has since left the market, it is launching an investment offensive worth hundreds of millions. The Frankfurt-based company is focussing in particular on the roof system portfolios of municipal utilities.
Market & Industry 16/01/2025, 16:06

EUAs approach the 80 euro mark

Willich - The price curve in EU-wide CO2 certificate trading showed an upward trend in the past trading week. EUAs came very close to the 80 euro mark - with a few wobbles. One factor for the foreseeable high volatility in the market in the coming weeks is politics.
Market & Industry 16/01/2025, 13:00

DEW21 takes over civil engineering company

Dortmund - For energy suppliers, access to expertise in civil engineering and pipeline construction is important against the backdrop of grid expansion. The Dortmund-based energy supplier DEW21 is now responding to the growing challenges by taking over a regional civil engineering company.
Market & Industry 16/01/2025, 11:48

Impact for new regulatory system

Bonn - The Federal Network Agency has published a new interim report on the reorganisation of the regulatory system. Some points are likely to be unpalatable to grid operators, while the agency has accommodated the industry on other points.
Market & Industry 15/01/2025, 17:45

Federal Network Agency reorganises the regulatory system

Berlin - The Federal Network Agency is working on Regulation 2.0. In an exclusive interview with energate, vice-president Barbie Haller describes what lies ahead for the grid industry. Important decisions on the regulatory system, methodology and energy transition expertise are to be made this year
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Power

Power 16/01/2025, 08:02
The project developer Green Flexibility wants to accelerate the market ramp-up thanks to financial support from the investor Partners Group.
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Capital booster for the storage market

Kempten - The growing appeal of the German market for large-scale stationary storage facilities to infrastructure investors could further accelerate the market ramp-up. Partners Group is the first financially strong investor to turn its attention to the business.
Power 15/01/2025, 17:06

Wind power expansion misses forecasts and targets

Berlin - With 3,251 MW of newly installed capacity, the expansion of wind power in 2024 fell short of forecasts. But optimism remains: Record approvals and rising expansion rates in some federal states show a positive trend.
Power 15/01/2025, 17:05

Companies enable Sector 14a-compliant control

Haigerloch/Blieskastel - In future, metering point operators should be able to down-regulate controllable consumption devices. But this requires the necessary technology. Three market participants have now jointly demonstrated the technical communication required for this.
Power 15/01/2025, 16:24

Dispute over floating mini power plants in Bavaria

Augsburg - A debate has erupted over five floating mini hydroelectric power stations on the River Lech near Augsburg, Germany. The Swabian fishing association Fischereiverband Schwaben has criticised the plants as a danger to the local water landscape, while the company carrying out the work, Energyminer, is defending itself against the accusations.
Power 15/01/2025, 09:13

Metergrid launches 4.7 MW tenant electricity project in Berlin

Stuttgart/Berlin - The expansion of photovoltaic systems on apartment blocks is still making slow progress. The Stuttgart-based start-up Metergrid is now launching Germany's largest tenant electricity project to date in Berlin.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 16/01/2025, 16:00
A drone attack on Turkstream caused gas prices to rise.
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Drone attack on Turkstream causes gas prices to rise

Essen - Ukraine's attack on the Turkstream natural gas pipeline had no consequences for supplies. Gas continues to flow from Russia to Europe. However, the drone attack has caused gas prices to rise. And this week's gas trade is also rather unsettled in other respects.
Gas & Heat 16/01/2025, 16:00

Municipal utilities order large heat pump for Flensburg

Flensburg - Stadtwerke Flensburg has signed a contract for a large heat pump. The pump is an important lever in the direction of climate-neutral heat supply, according to the municipal utilities. However, the contract includes a cancellation option.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 18:00

Park with 2,400 MW electrolysis capacity in planning

Sande - Energy-intensive industry needs hydrogen for decarbonisation. Two partners are now planning a total of 800 MW of electrolysis capacity for northern Germany in two stages.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 16:43

Planning approval for 'ETL 182' initiated

Hanover - Gasunie Deutschland has applied for planning permission for the ETL 182 pipeline. The LNG Acceleration Act project will connect the Stade and Brunsbüttel terminals.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 15:55

H2 grid fee regulation is becoming more complex

Bonn - The Grand Ruling Chamber of the Federal Network Agency will continue to work on the charging system for the hydrogen core grid. This involves multipliers for transport products during the year and discounts for interruptible capacities.
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