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Politics 17/12/2024, 10:41
Gas & Heat 17/12/2024, 10:00
"Cooperation agreement makes district heating expansion plannable"
Göttingen - After a year of negotiations, Stadtwerke Göttingen has signed a cooperation agreement with four local social housing companies to expand district heating. energate asked Frank Wiegelmann, Commercial Director, about the cooperation and the importance of district heating for Göttingen.
Power 17/12/2024, 09:00
"Smart meter rollout: disruption through the back door?"
Berlin - Largely unnoticed, the EU Commission published a proposal to amend the Measuring Instruments Directive 2014/32/EU (MID) at the end of November. In a guest commentary for energate, Maaria Filppula and Sebastian Schnurre from the energy law firm Assmann Peiffer explain why the proposal is so explosive.
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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.
Politics 16/12/2024, 17:16
EU wants action plan for deep geothermal energy
Brussels - EU energy ministers want to promote geothermal energy in the EU. This was agreed at their meeting in Brussels. Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, hopes the EU will not sleep on the issue.
Politics 16/12/2024, 16:40
CDU/CSU and SPD parties want lower energy costs
Berlin - Both the CDU/CSU (Christian Democrats) and the SPD (Social Democrats) promise relief on electricity prices in their provisional election programmes. But only the SPD is more specific when it comes to capping grid fees. Energy policy and energy prices were hotly debated during the vote of confidence in the Bundestag.
Politics 13/12/2024, 16:46
Amendment to the District Heating Ordinance on the brink of cancellation
Berlin - The planned amendment to the District Heating Ordinance joins the list of failed government projects. The resistance of numerous interest groups was apparently too great.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 16/12/2024, 17:47
Badenova's managing director moves to Erlangen
Freiburg/Erlangen - The public utility Stadtwerke Erlangen will have a new addition to its management board from the summer. The municipal utility has been able to recruit Eva Weikl from Badenova for the commercial department. It remains to be seen who will succeed her in Freiburg.
Market & Industry 16/12/2024, 17:09
GHG quota trading restrained - price increases in sight
Gerolsbach - GHG quota trading remained subdued in November. The average price for quotas for the current year fell slightly once again. However, there are signs of a price increase.
Market & Industry 16/12/2024, 16:16
Study: Green steel transformation at a crossroads
Frankfurt - A new Oliver Wyman study commissioned by the German Steel Industry Association warns against deviating from the green steel path in Germany. At the same time, it highlights the industry's growing doubts about the success of the transformation by 2035.
Market & Industry 16/12/2024, 12:32
Public utility Stadtwerke Aalen replaces managing director
Aalen - Michael Schäfer has surprisingly replaced Christoph Trautmann as managing director of Stadtwerke Aalen. Schäfer has already taken up his new position. His predecessor had been dismissed immediately beforehand with immediate effect.Power
Power 16/12/2024, 15:54
Acer: Capacity mechanisms delay the energy transition
Ljubljana - The European regulatory authority Acer has published two monitoring reports. In them, it calls for more Europe in Europe and better cooperation. It also warned once again against capacity mechanisms, arguing that these are expensive and could delay the energy transition.
Power 16/12/2024, 14:32
Renewables covered 55 per cent of electricity consumption
Berlin/Stuttgart - In 2024, renewable energies covered around 55 per cent of gross electricity consumption in Germany, according to a calculation by BDEW together with ZSW. However, overall electricity generation has fallen.
Power 16/12/2024, 10:31
"We see great potential in the Agri-PV sector"
Munich - The investor 'I Squared Capital' acquired the solar project developer Sunfarming in November. energate spoke to Yves Meyer-Bülow, fund partner at I Squared, about the investment, the appeal of Agri-PV and the attractiveness of the energy market from an investor's perspective.
Power 13/12/2024, 16:04
More renewables in the balancing power market
Bayreuth/Berlin/Dortmund/Stuttgart - According to the Federal Cartel Office's market power report, the balancing power market has been dominated by pumped storage power plants for years. The four German transmission system operators now want to facilitate access to the market for volatile generators.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 16/12/2024, 16:10
Hydrogen regions want a different funding architecture
Berlin - District councillors and mayors from around 30 hydrogen regions have joined forces in the German hydrogen regions' association BDWR. They are calling for a different funding architecture to give SMEs access to hydrogen.
Gas & Heat 16/12/2024, 14:50
Rheinenergie awards contracts for river water heat pump
Cologne - With an output of 150 MW, it is set to supply around 50,000 Cologne households with district heating: Rheinenergie's planned river water heat pump. The utility has now awarded the contracts for the construction of the plant.
Gas & Heat 16/12/2024, 13:39
EnBW buys LNG volumes in Abu Dhabi
Karlsruhe - The EnBW Group from Baden-Württemberg is receiving gas supplies from Abu Dhabi. The company signed the supply contracts with the state-owned Adnoc on the fringes of the LNG World Summit.
Gas & Heat 16/12/2024, 12:10