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Power 15/01/2025, 17:06
Power 15/01/2025, 17:05
Companies enable §14a-compliant control
Haigerloch/Blieskastel - In future, metering point operators should be able to down-regulate controllable consumption devices. But this requires the necessary technology. Three market participants have now jointly demonstrated the technical communication required for this.
Power 15/01/2025, 16:24
Dispute over floating mini power plants in Bavaria
Augsburg - A debate has broken out in the Lech near Augsburg about five floating mini hydropower plants. The Swabian Fishing Association has criticised the plants as a danger to the local water landscape, while the company carrying out the work, Energyminer, is defending itself against the accusations.
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Politics 15/01/2025, 12:04
Deneff sees energy efficiency as a key policy area
Berlin - The German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency (Deneff) has called on the parties to focus more on energy efficiency in their energy policy ahead of the elections. Meanwhile, the Climate Alliance Germany has called for more investment in climate protection. To back up its call, it relied on a survey of voters.
Politics 14/01/2025, 16:27
CHP Act extension shortly before the general election?
Berlin - Just under six weeks before the new elections, the question arises as to whether it will at least be possible to extend the CHP Act with the help of the CDU/CSU. The Bundestag's Energy Committee is also still working on a number of other laws.
Politics 14/01/2025, 12:00
BBE chairwoman calls for strategy for renewable fuels
Berlin - Marlene Mortler, the new chairwoman of the German Bioenergy Association, is calling for decisive support for renewable fuels from the next German government. She criticises the current government's hesitant approach to important environmental issues and calls for a reliable overall strategy.
Politics 13/01/2025, 10:25
Energy sector criticises AfD statements on wind power
Berlin - AfD leader Alice Weidel's announcement that wind turbines in Germany would be torn down has been met with fierce criticism. Although Weidel qualified the statement from the party conference, the energy industry still believes that the party's programme could cause major damage to the German economy.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 15/01/2025, 09:08
Qualitas Energy installs dual leadership
Berlin - Qualitas Energy is expanding the management of its German division. The Spanish wind energy developer is now working with a management duo in Germany. Johannes Overbeck has been appointed to the newly created position of Co-CEO.
Market & Industry 14/01/2025, 17:51
EnviaM subsidiary AVE faces management change
Halle an der Saale - Another personnel change is taking place in the Eon cosmos: The process and IT service provider AVE is getting a new managing director from an Eon company in Italy. His predecessor is moving to AVE's co-partner EnviaM.
Market & Industry 14/01/2025, 17:01
Reutlingen: EIB loan worth millions for the municipal utilities
Reutlingen - Stadtwerke Reutlingen is drawing on an extensive loan from the European Investment Bank for the ongoing modernisation of its grid infrastructure. The development bank is providing the municipal utility from Baden-Württemberg with 70 million euros.
Market & Industry 14/01/2025, 15:01
Sales offensive: Enni targets 12,000 new customers
Moers - In the intense competition for customers, many municipal utilities find themselves on the defensive in energy sales. Not so the Lower Rhine energy supplier Enni: The Moers-based company has set itself the target of acquiring 12,000 new electricity and gas customers nationwide this year.Power
Power 14/01/2025, 17:22
Is the grid slowing down the storage boom?
Berlin/Essen - In recent weeks and months, there has been much discussion about the storage ramp-up in Germany. A real gold-rush atmosphere seems to have spread. However, the ramp-up still faces a number of challenges.
Power 14/01/2025, 13:59
Borkum Riffgrund 3 fully installed
Hamburg - The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm with a capacity of 913 MW has been fully installed, Ørsted has announced. Germany's largest wind farm will operate without state subsidies. However, commissioning is not planned until the beginning of 2026.
Power 14/01/2025, 13:21
"Not all storage projects will go through"
Berlin - The start-up Terra One has set out to get involved in the booming market for large-scale storage systems. This year, the first projects are set to go into operation. energate spoke to founder and CFO Thomas Antonioli about the reasons for the boom, the hurdles in project development and the algorithm-based marketing of the batteries.
Power 13/01/2025, 16:00
Virtual hub as an alternative to the German futures market
Ljubljana - Germany is the largest and most liquid electricity market in Europe. A virtual price could help other countries with less liquidity. Today, many traders still use the German market.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 15:09
No gas shortage due to end of Ukraine transit
Berlin - The end of the Ukraine transit will not lead to a gas shortage in Germany. This has now been analysed by the storage association Ines. However, the association is not entirely unconcerned about the German gas supply. Filling storage facilities in the summer could be particularly problematic. There is one main reason for this.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 14:55
Implementation gap for green hydrogen
Potsdam - There are plenty of projects for the production of green hydrogen. According to a recent study by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, there can no longer be any talk of a gap in ambition in relation to the climate targets for 2030. But there is a huge gap when it comes to implementation.
Gas & Heat 14/01/2025, 15:49
Economic future depends on hydrogen
Berlin - The DVGW emphasises the necessity of CO2-free hydrogen for a sustainable energy system and calls for a fact-based dialogue on its role. For the time being, natural gas could remain essential as a bridging technology.
Gas & Heat 14/01/2025, 15:38