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Politics 21/10/2024, 16:59
Gas & Heat 21/10/2024, 16:08
Germany's Federal Network Agency wants to review implausible fee increases
Bonn/Essen - At the end of September, the Federal Network Agency published KANU 2.0 with new depreciation rules. Could the new rules lead to higher grid fees in the coming year? The significant price increase suggests so.
Power 21/10/2024, 16:00
Acceptance of wind power depends on world view
Stuttgart - In times of social media, recognising fake news is often like an art. But one population group is particularly susceptible to false reports about wind turbines. This is what scientists discovered as part of an international study.
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Politics 21/10/2024, 11:45
Social Democrats party against repeal of the heating law
Berlin - The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) is accusing the Christian Democratic CDU/CSU of lacking a concept for climate protection policy. The reason for this is the announcement by CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann that he intends to reverse the Building Energy Act in the event of an election victory.
Politics 18/10/2024, 16:25
Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy plans mandatory direct marketing for small systems
Berlin - The Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy appears to be planning comprehensive changes for renewable energy systems - smaller systems in particular are to be financed more strongly by the market and be better controlled. There could be significant simplifications for storage facilities.
Politics 18/10/2024, 15:14
Criticism of biomass plans for electricity tax reform
Berlin - Biomass may no longer be categorised as renewable energy from this evening. The electricity tax reform provides for biomass to be removed from the definition. Essentially, the reform makes tax law adjustments in the area of electromobility and electricity storage.
Politics 18/10/2024, 12:44
District heating ordinance to go to cabinet in early November
Berlin - The AVB District Heating Ordinance was actually supposed to be passed by the Federal Cabinet at the end of August. Since then, new deadlines for the decision have been repeatedly set and cancelled. Now associations are putting the pressure on.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 21/10/2024, 13:57
Green Planet Energy takes over solar company Hello Sun
Hamburg - The eco-energy cooperative Green Planet Energy is taking over Hello Sun. The Hamburg-based solar company specialises in photovoltaic solutions for apartment buildings and commercial roofs.
Market & Industry 21/10/2024, 12:03
Public utility Stadtwerke Altena gets new managing director
Altena - From January, a new managing director will be in charge of the public utility company Stadtwerke Altena. Oliver Heimann is moving from the Gelsenwasser Group to the Stadtwerke based in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Market & Industry 21/10/2024, 09:25
"We are risk managers of industrial transformation"
Hanover - The industrial insurer HDI Global has reorganised its energy division. One focus of the reorganisation is on insurance and risk management for climate and energy transition risks. This includes, for example, a fuel switch towards hydrogen. HDI Global CEO Dirk Höring explains the objectives and background in an interview.
Market & Industry 18/10/2024, 16:47
Installation company Wegatech insolvent
Cologne - Another company from the solar industry, the installer Wegatech, has now filed for insolvency. It joins a large number of companies that have fallen into difficulties. One reason for this is the drop in demand.Power
Power 21/10/2024, 14:57
Mercedes opens its first battery recycling factory
Kuppenheim - In the far south-west of Germany, raw materials for approximately 50,000 new batteries per year are to be recycled in future. Mercedes Benz is using an innovative and complex process in its first recycling factory.
Power 21/10/2024, 11:33
Floating solar plant on an area of 8 hectares
Bad Schönborn - Gravel extraction creates huge quarry ponds. Project developers like to use these for floating PV systems. A new plant has now been added in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - with record dimensions.
Power 21/10/2024, 09:00
Study provides an overview of controllability
Kassel - In a study, the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology has compiled an overview of decentralised generators, storage facilities and loads. The study was commissioned by the German Ministry of Economics.
Power 18/10/2024, 13:58
Grid fees fall significantly in some cases, households save
Bonn - In the coming year, households in regions with a strong expansion of renewable energies will benefit from falling grid fees. According to the Federal Network Agency, consumers in some federal states will be able to save around 200 euros. A total of 2.4 billion euros will be redistributed.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 21/10/2024, 11:58
Serbia and Hungary increase gas supplies from Russia
St. Petersburg - During the Gas Forum in St. Petersburg, Hungary and Serbia held talks with Russian representatives about natural gas supplies. They want to increase supply volumes. The Black Sea pipeline Turk Stream is at the centre of these talks.
Gas & Heat 21/10/2024, 11:06
German parliament in favour of biogas reform
Berlin - The upper house of German parliament (Bundesrat) has criticised the last, heavily oversubscribed biogas tenders as unsuccessful. The government must now adapt the tender design and increase the tendered quantities.
Gas & Heat 18/10/2024, 17:08
Westfalen opens second bio-CNG fuelling station
Herford - Bio-CNG is a fuel that is obtained from biogas after purification. In Herford, a food wholesaler will use it to reach its catering customers without diesel.
Gas & Heat 18/10/2024, 16:21