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Power 10/03/2025, 17:25
Politics 10/03/2025, 17:20
Greens refuse to approve special assets
Berlin - The Bündnis90/Die Grünen party are putting a spanner in the works of the plans of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties. They do not want to agree to the planned special fund for infrastructure investments.
Market & Industry 10/03/2025, 17:02
Brinkmann becomes managing director of Mindener Stadtwerke
Minden - After Christoph Meyer announced in autumn 2024 that he would be leaving Mindener Stadtwerke, the utility has now found a new managing director. However, it is still unclear when he will start.
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Politics 10/03/2025, 12:14
Post-election negotiations fail to include climate protection
Berlin - Germany's CDU/CSU and SPD parties have concluded their exploratory negotiations. In terms of energy policy, the parties are planning to reduce electricity prices by at least five cents per kWh. Climate protection hardly plays a role in the exploratory paper. However, gas-fired power plant capacity is to be significantly expanded.
Politics 07/03/2025, 16:19
Initiative calls for more speed in Berlin's energy transition
Berlin - A Berlin alliance of companies, associations and institutions has presented a ten-point programme to increase energy efficiency in the capital and reduce bureaucratic hurdles to climate protection.
Politics 07/03/2025, 15:00
Special fund does not guarantee energy investments
Berlin - The law on the special fund does not guarantee investment in energy infrastructure. The draft law, which is intended to amend the constitution, does not specify which infrastructure may be invested in. The energy sector is sounding warnings about dependence on fossil fuels and ideas for potential savings.
Politics 06/03/2025, 12:21
Ariadne: Energy transition costs up to 131 billion euros per year
Berlin - When it comes to the costs of the energy transition, different figures are circulating. Researchers from the Ariadne project have now come up with a maximum figure of 131 billion euros per year by 2045, although a large proportion of this can be offset by savings in fossil fuels.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 10/03/2025, 16:22
Millions in funding for decarbonisation project
Essen - The 'Carbon2Chem' project is receiving 50 million euros in funding to make CO2-intensive processes such as steel production more climate-friendly. With new partners, the consortium is now focussing on verifying the solutions developed.
Market & Industry 10/03/2025, 10:52
Great expectations for lithium production in Germany
Bochum - The Fraunhofer IEG has discovered large quantities of the raw material for batteries in deep water. The first lithium extraction projects are already underway in Germany and others are at the planning stage.
Market & Industry 10/03/2025, 10:00
Binder takes over CFO position at Tennet
Bayreuth - Transmission system operator Tennet is making new appointments to the finance department on the executive board. Markus Binder will take over the CFO position on the Tennet Germany's board on 1 May. His predecessor Arina Freitag will remain on board in her new role.
Market & Industry 07/03/2025, 18:00
Elia brings Blackrock on board as an investor
Brussels - The Elia Group wants to spend significantly more money on grid expansion in Belgium and Germany by 2028 than previously calculated. An equity injection worth billions is to pave the way. In this context, the US asset manager Blackrock, among others, is getting on board and investing more than 100 million euros.Power
Power 10/03/2025, 15:09
No negative prices February
Dortmund - For the first time in a long time, there were no negative hourly prices for electricity in February. Negative hours could generally become a thing of the past in winter.
Power 10/03/2025, 11:30
Estonia distances itself from offshore wind energy
Tallinn - As recently as autumn 2024, the Estonian government announced that it wanted to focus fully on offshore wind energy in the future. Now the governing coalition has backed down.
Power 07/03/2025, 17:33
Aleo Solar shuts down module production
Prenzlau - The module manufacturer Aleo Solar is shutting down its production in Brandenburg. This continues the crisis in the German solar industry. The company is also struggling with a lack of support from politicians. Manufacturers are struggling with overcapacity from China and price dumping on the global market.
Power 07/03/2025, 13:37
Berlin municipal utilities build fast chargers
Berlin - There is to be around 3,000 charging points in Berlin by 2030. The municipal utilities therefore also added new charging stations in the completed year 2024.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 10/03/2025, 15:54
Charge stamp remains in the transmission grid
Bonn - The Federal Network Agency is maintaining the postage stamp tariff in the German transmission grid. It has launched the REGENT 2026 determination procedure to re-evaluate the pricing.
Gas & Heat 10/03/2025, 12:39
Record year for Hamburg district heating
Hamburg - Two new major customers have set a record for Hamburger Energiewerke's district heating sales in 2024, with more customers to follow. The district heating grid is set to grow strongly in the coming years.
Gas & Heat 07/03/2025, 16:00
Land heating can only partially transfer Renewable Energy Sources Act certificates
Munich - The insolvency of biomethane trader Landwärme continues to preoccupy the industry. The problem is that the company can only partially transfer the necessary quality certificates for Renewable Energy Sources Act biomethane to its customers. In addition, the inconsistent approach leaves question marks. However, there are also problems in secondary trading.
Gas & Heat 07/03/2025, 15:47