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Politics 18/12/2024, 17:12
The EU environment ministers are putting pressure on the new climate target for 2040.
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EU Environment Council presses Commission on climate target for 2040

Brussels - At their Council meeting, the 27 EU environment ministers urged the European Commission to present a draft law for a climate target for 2040 as soon as possible. There is disagreement on how the new climate target should be achieved.
Power 18/12/2024, 16:45
The town of Sundern wants to buy three of the twelve planned wind turbines.
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Trianel relies on regional cooperation for Sundern wind farm

Aachen/Sundern - Trianel Wind und Solar wants to build a 67 MW wind farm in Sundern. In order to win the town's favour, the Aachen-based company is relying on regional cooperation.
Power 18/12/2024, 16:29
The new price index is intended to provide industrial customers with an insight into price trends on the energy market.
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New index for industrial electricity prices

Bonn - The Federal Network Agency has published an index for industrial electricity prices. The monthly updated presentation is intended to create more transparency in the market and enable industrial customers to easily track the development of electricity prices.
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Politics 18/12/2024, 16:04
"The next federal government must provide a boost," demands Kerstin Andreae, the head of the BDEW association.
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BDEW energy association considers electricity price peaks to be in line with the market

Berlin - The energy association BDEW believes that the current electricity price spikes in the face of the dark lulls in Germany are not a problem. "This is the market," said Kerstin Andreae, head of BDEW at the association's annual press conference. She sees a more urgent need for action when it comes to PV peaks.
Politics 18/12/2024, 15:35

Remainder of 'traffic light coalition' plans to roll back the Energy Industry Act

Berlin - Once again, a new draft amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) is available. The conglomerate of laws has been significantly toned down compared to the last draft. In particular, direct marketing and taxability have been scaled back.
Politics 18/12/2024, 11:42

AfD: "Humans cannot protect the climate"

Berlin - The AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party'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.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 13:32
Twenty-two 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. The energy supplier previously held 74 per cent of the shares.
Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 13:07

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 collapse of th 'traffic light coalition' and the strong momentum in the sales business. Mr Müller also summarised the interim results after 25 years of the energy transition.
Market & Industry 18/12/2024, 09:45

Katrin Fuhrmann joins Engie Deutschland management board

Cologne/Berlin - Engie is making a change in the management of its German division. Katrin Fuhrmann is succeeding 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.
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Power

Power 18/12/2024, 14:00
The power purchase agreement has a duration of 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.
Power 18/12/2024, 13:20

Qualitas Energy repowers young wind farms

Zug/Zurich - Qualitas Energy specialises in the acquisition and subsequent repowering of old wind farms. The company has now announced two more acquisitions. Some of the wind turbines are not even old.
Power 18/12/2024, 10:48

"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.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 16:00
Three ports, including Rotterdam, are joining forces to organise hydrogen imports.
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Port of Duisburg wants green hydrogen from Brazil

Rotterdam - The port of Duisburg wants to receive tankers carrying green hydrogen from Brazil in the future. It has signed a letter of intent to this end, and Rotterdam is also involved.
Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 13:50

Natural gas production off Borkum delayed

Borkum - The complaints of several environmental organisations are having an effect. Gas production off the island of Borkum will not start this year. The exploration company ONE-Dyas will have to change its plans.
Gas & Heat 18/12/2024, 11:21

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.
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