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Power 18/12/2024, 14:00
The power purchase agreement runs for 10 years.
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Maxsolar concludes PPA for 160 MW of solar power

Traunstein - Maxsolar is building two solar parks in Bavaria with a total capacity of 160 MW. Instead of the EEG remuneration, the project developer is relying on a long-term power purchase agreement with a German industrial company to market the electricity.
Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 13:50
The platform for gas extraction is located in the North Sea, with the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the background.
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Natural gas production off Borkum delayed

Borkum - The complaints of several environmental protection organisations are having an effect. Gas extraction off Borkum will not be able to start this year at least. The exploration company One-Dyas has to reschedule.
Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 13:32
22 employees are responsible for grid operation at Energiewerke Zeulendrola.
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Teag becomes sole owner of Energiewerke Zeulenroda

Zeulenroda-Triebes/Erfurt - Teag is now the sole shareholder of Energiewerke Zeulenroda. Previously, the energy supplier held 74 per cent of the shares.
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Politics 18/12/2024, 11:42
In its election manifesto, the AfD denies man-made climate change and therefore wants a return to fossil fuels.
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AfD: "Humans cannot protect the climate"

Berlin - The AFD's election programme has a unique selling point in terms of energy policy: none of its political rivals are as strictly anti-climate protection as the alternatives. The party denies man-made climate change and therefore rejects "every policy and every tax that invokes climate protection".
Politics 17/12/2024, 14:23

FDP wants to postpone climate targets

Berlin - The election programme of the Free Democrats is primarily about technological openness and deregulation in climate protection. Emissions neutrality is to be postponed until 2050. The Liberals are focussing on emissions trading as an instrument.
Politics 17/12/2024, 10:41

Head of Germany Simon Müller leaves Agora Energiewende

Berlin - In mid-January, director Germany Simon Müller will leave the Agora Energiewende think tank. Markus Steigenberger will take over his position on an interim basis.
Politics 16/12/2024, 17:40

Greens stick to CCS and CCU in manifesto

Berlin - In their election manifesto, the Greens remain committed to CCS and CCU. The draft, which is available to energate, also shows that the party is sticking to the coal phase-out in 2030.
Politics 16/12/2024, 17:21

German liberal democratic FDP party wants to stop Renewable Energy Act subsidisation with draft legislation

Berlin - In a draft bill "to reduce the costs of the energy transition", the FDP has called for a rapid end to EEG subsidies. The law favours a stronger market effect.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 13:07
BP's planned electrolyser in Lingen is scheduled to start producing hydrogen in 2027.
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Green light for BP large-scale electrolyser in Lingen

Bochum/Lingen - BP has made the final investment decision for the planned large-scale electrolyser in Lingen, Lower Saxony. The energy company plans to start construction work on the 100 MW project at the BP refinery site in 2025.
Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 11:00

"We also have to change"

Hamburg - The green energy provider Green Planet Energy celebrated its 25th anniversary in autumn. To mark the occasion, energate asked CEO Nils Müller about the mood in light of the traffic light failure and the strong momentum in the sales business. Müller also summarised the interim results after 25 years of the energy transition.
Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 09:45

Fuhrmann becomes member of the board of Engie Germany

Cologne/Berlin - Engie is making a change in the management of its German division. Katrin Fuhrmann succeeds Bernd Dinauer as Chief Energy Officer and member of the Management Board of Engie Energy Management Solutions GmbH.
Market & Industry 17/12/2024, 18:00

Federal Court of Justice deals with equity interest rates

Karlsruhe - The hearing of the Federal Court of Justice on the return on equity in the current regulatory period was eagerly awaited. It is not yet clear whether the grid operators will be successful or not.
Market & Industry 17/12/2024, 17:39

Thyssenkrupp Nucera hopes to return to profitability

Dortmund - Thyssenkrupp Nucera is still in the red. In line with the rather sluggish ramp-up of the hydrogen economy to date, growth investments are still eating into earnings from the operating business. Nevertheless, full order books, which can now be processed more quickly, continue to provide optimism.
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Power

Power 18/12/2024, 10:48
Schliesche: "We produce exclusively from German plants and do not have to buy any guarantees of origin."
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"We guarantee our customers the energy price for ten years"

Rugendorf - A new electricity provider has been on the German market since mid-November. Grüüün claims that it does not maximise profits and guarantees its customers the electricity price for ten years. energate spoke to Managing Director Thorsten Schliesche.
Power 18/12/2024, 09:43

EnBW involves local authorities in hydropower plant

Rheinhausen/Karlsruhe - In South Baden, EnBW Kommunale Beteiligungen has founded a company together with eleven local authorities to promote climate-friendly electricity generation in the region.
Power 17/12/2024, 13:52

Waste heat from parquet production is converted into electricity

Munich - The manufacturer of cleantech applications Orcan Energy has developed a system for utilising waste heat from parquet production. This converts the surplus heat into electricity.
Power 17/12/2024, 11:44

Energiekontor and Olmatic cooperate on storage project

Vogelsang/Bremen - The project developer Energiekontor is relying on the 'Vision' AI platform from the greentech company Olmatic for a storage project.
Power 17/12/2024, 09:00

Hybrid redispatch compatible with other instruments

Berlin - In order to ensure stable grids, grid operators want the widest possible range of instruments. In the summer, four of them therefore brought up the complementary, hybrid redispatch as an alternative. Dena has now confirmed that this proposal is highly compatible with other measures.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 11:21
The price of biomethane from farm manure fell slightly on the spot market to around 12 cents/kWh.
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Biomass package disappoints dealers

Münster - The biomass package is causing disillusionment among biomethane traders. They had hoped for more. The market is currently reacting cautiously, which is reflected in consistently low trading volumes.
Gas & Heat 17/12/2024, 17:30

Federal Network Agency remains ambitious with hydrogen roadmaps

Bonn - Whether hydrogen has a future in the heating market is controversial. The Federal Network Agency wants to scrutinise the plans of gas grid operators and protect consumers from exaggerated expectations.
Gas & Heat 17/12/2024, 16:39

EnBW Group launches biomethane liquefaction plant

Ettlingen - In mid-December, the EnBW Group's biomethane liquefaction plant produced its first tonnes of bio-LNG. The plant is located in Burghaun near Fulda in Hesse. It has a capacity of 65,700 tonnes of bio-LNG per year.
Gas & Heat 17/12/2024, 13:58

Wuppertal gets thirty-two more hydrogen buses

Wuppertal - Wuppertaler Stadtwerke is expanding its vehicle fleet by a further thirty-two hydrogen buses. So far, twenty vehicles are already on the road in the North Rhine-Westphalian city.
Gas & Heat 17/12/2024, 12:58

Dark doldrums make green hydrogen more expensive

Bonn - The dark doldrums are not only making electricity prices more expensive these days, but also the prices for green hydrogen. This is shown by the Hydex hydrogen index, which the consultancy firm E-Bridge Consulting describes in its latest weekly report.
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