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Power 30/10/2024, 18:08
The IEA warns that too few wind turbines are currently being produced for the energy transition.
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Chinese production scores with price advantages

Paris - Solar modules are now predominantly sourced from China, where production costs are significantly cheaper. However, this does not only apply to the solar sector. The IEA has done the maths.
Power 30/10/2024, 17:38
Statkraft is currently building a new solar plant with storage (symbolic image)
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Battery storage systems are gaining financial interest

Munich/Düsseldorf - Flexibility is becoming increasingly important. The market is responding to this. Right now is an interesting time to invest.
Market & Industry 30/10/2024, 17:34
The Landis+Gyr management is examining options for focussing on the US business in the future.
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Landis+Gyr considers leaving Europe

Cham/Nuremberg - Landis+Gyr is in the red in its European business. The Swiss measurement technology manufacturer is considering turning its back on Europe and focussing more on its US business instead.
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Politics 30/10/2024, 15:35
The debate about the electricity purchase criteria for green hydrogen continues to intensify.
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E-fuel producers rally against H2 green power criteria for hydrogen

Berlin/Brussels - The electricity procurement criteria for the production of green hydrogen are tightly regulated by RED II and threaten the hydrogen ramp-up from an industry perspective. The industry is now receiving support from the scientific community.
Politics 30/10/2024, 13:41

Economic frustration: Scholz promises industrial pact

Berlin – German Chancellor Scholz and Finance Minister Lindner had organised separate top-level talks with business and industry – both meetings failed to produce any results. Instead, there are vague announcements and a lot of frustration in the industry and within the traffic light coaltion.
Politics 30/10/2024, 11:16

State-secretary Sven Giegold of German Economics Ministry resigns

Berlin - Sven Giegold, state secretary at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), has announced his resignation. He is relinquishing his post on 15 November at his own request. The reason is most likely related to his plans within the Green Party.
Politics 29/10/2024, 14:50

Study: Capacity reserve as an alternative to the capacity market

Berlin - The German Institute for Economic Research considers all the options under discussion for a capacity mechanism to be critical for the development of flexibility in the electricity market. A further development of the capacity reserve would be an alternative.
Politics 29/10/2024, 11:12

Law on Real Labs to come soon

Berlin - Scientists test innovative technologies under real-life conditions in so-called Real Labs. The German government is planning to pass a law on such test rooms before the next elections.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 30/10/2024, 16:10
The modular heat storage system from Brenmiller Energy is a containerised design.
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Entelios forges alliance for industrial decarbonisation

Munich - A new partnership is set to bring flexibility marketer Entelios new major customers from the energy-intensive industries. The Munich-based company wants to offer services related to a new type of high-temperature heat storage system that can be used to decarbonise the heat supply in the manufacturing industry.
Market & Industry 30/10/2024, 15:48

Quantron files for insolvency

Augsburg - Augsburg-based mobility service provider Quantron has filed for insolvency. The appointed insolvency administrator will now assess the company's chances of survival.
Market & Industry 30/10/2024, 15:00

"Municipal utilities and grid operators are under pressure"

Bochum – The EU directive NIS-2 tightens the cyber security requirements for companies. Germany is behind schedule with its implementation. IT expert Tim Berghoff from G Data Cyberdefense explains what this mixed situation means for the energy industry and how utilities that need to catch up should act.
Market & Industry 29/10/2024, 17:26

After the takeover: EnBW and Enersis have big plans

Karlsruhe - The acquisition of Swiss IT service provider Enersis is of great strategic importance to EnBW. The Karlsruhe-based company wants to develop the new subsidiary into a "very strong player" in the smart grid segment. At the same time, Enersis will play an important role in ensuring that EnBW as a whole remains competitive in the future.
Market & Industry 29/10/2024, 17:05

"Enersis is set to become a very strong smart grid player"

Karlsruhe/Bern - With the takeover of big data specialist Enersis by EnBW, both companies have high hopes for synergy, growth and market potential. In an interview, Nils Blume and Thomas Koller reveal how EnBW and its new subsidiary are looking at the constellation and what plans are already in place.
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Power

Power 30/10/2024, 15:15
Global coal-fired power plant capacity has increased since the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Coal-fired power increased by 30 GW worldwide

Berlin - Global coal-fired power plant capacity has increased by 30 GW in 2023. This is the result of an analysis by the environmental organisation and other NGOs. They published the new version of the coal industry database Global Coal Exit List.
Power 30/10/2024, 13:42

Only one in two open to smart charging tariffs

Essen - Providers of dynamic tariffs are primarily focussing on e-mobilists. However, these tariffs are not that popular with people who own both a house and an electric car. They tend to favour a different solution.
Power 30/10/2024, 12:00

Study: EU must improve offshore expansion coordination

Brussels/Berlin - Europe has the potential to reduce the costs of the energy transition by 1,000 billion euros. But to achieve this, countries would have to work much more closely together on offshore wind power. This is the conclusion of a study by the Elia Group.
Power 29/10/2024, 16:27

Rhineland-Palatinate federal state launches land portal for wind expansion

Mainz - From 1 November, local authorities, planners and interested parties in Rhineland-Palatinate will have access to an online tool designed to simplify the planning of wind turbines.
Power 29/10/2024, 13:28

Octopus and Myenergi bring charging tariff to Germany

Munich - The companies Octopus Energy and Myenergi are now offering what they claim is a cost-saving charging solution for electric cars in Germany. The 'Intelligent Octopus Go' tariff is designed to reduce charging costs by up to 20 cents per kWh.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 30/10/2024, 17:00
A shortfall in the supply of hydrogen could jeopardise a large number of jobs, warns the industry association DVGW.
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Hydrogen grids secure employment

Berlin - The majority of German industrial sites are too far away from the hydrogen core grid. This makes a supply of hydrogen difficult. A resulting supply gap could jeopardise over 700,000 jobs, the DVGW has now warned on the basis of a study.
Gas & Heat 30/10/2024, 16:47

New organisation for hydrogen association DWV

Berlin - Friederike Lassen is the new Chairwoman of the German Hydrogen Association. She is succeeding Werner Diwald, who has been head of the DWV since 2014.
Gas & Heat 30/10/2024, 15:57

Landwärme Service files for insolvency

Dortmund - The balancing group service provider Landwärme Service has filed for insolvency on its own responsibility. The company did not give a specific reason for the move. THE closed the balancing groups of Landwärme Service in mid-October.
Gas & Heat 30/10/2024, 15:37

"Introduction of the EU ETS 2 initially leads to additional costs"

Berlin - The introduction of the new EU ETS 2 emissions trading system is imminent. The year 2024 will already be affected by new reporting obligations. Philipp Heilmann, head of business development at Emissionshändler.com, writes in a guest comment about what companies can expect.
Gas & Heat 30/10/2024, 14:34

TENP and Transitgas become hydrogen route

Brussels - Crossing the Alps with hydrogen. This is the intention of the shareholders and operators of the TENP and Transitgas pipeline systems. OGE, Fluxys TENP, Transitgas AG, Fluxswiss and Snam have signed a letter of intent to this effect.
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