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Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 18:00
Politics 15/01/2025, 17:57
Combined Heat and Power Act amendment: Industry urges haste
Berlin - The German Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG) must be extended as soon as possible. This was the view of numerous experts and industry representatives at the hearing on the draft law in the parliamentary committee. According to the VKU, EU approval under state aid law could be a critical factor in the extension of the CHP Act.
Market & Industry 15/01/2025, 17:45
Federal Network Agency reorganises the regulatory system
Berlin - The Federal Network Agency is working on Regulation 2.0. In an exclusive interview with energate, vice-president Barbie Haller describes what lies ahead for the grid industry. Important decisions on the regulatory system, methodology and energy transition expertise are to be made this year
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Politics 15/01/2025, 14:02
German Energy Industry Act amendment: Grid operators disagree on federal requirements plan
Berlin - At the hearing on the heavily abridged amendment to the Energy Industry Act in the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy, the experts had hardly any requests for changes and argued in favour of its rapid adoption. There was only disagreement on the Federal Requirements Plan Act.
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, Klima-Allianz Deutschland has called for more investment in climate protection. To back up its demand, 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.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 15/01/2025, 11:28
"There is a lack of expertise for sustainability reports in many places"
Berlin/Munich - The EU CSRD Directive will require energy suppliers to submit comprehensive sustainability reports for the first time from 2025. However, the German legislator has not yet implemented this. energate spoke to Tobias Sengenberger, CEO of BBH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, about the directive and its consequences.
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.Power
Power 15/01/2025, 16:24
Dispute over floating mini power plants in Bavaria
Augsburg - A debate has erupted over five floating mini hydroelectric power stations on the River Lech near Augsburg, Germany. The Swabian fishing association Fischereiverband Schwaben 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.
Power 15/01/2025, 09:13
Metergrid launches 4.7 MW tenant electricity project in Berlin
Stuttgart/Berlin - The expansion of photovoltaic systems on apartment blocks is still making slow progress. The Stuttgart-based start-up Metergrid is now launching Germany's largest tenant electricity project to date in Berlin.
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.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 15:55
H2 grid fee regulation is becoming more complex
Bonn - The Grand Ruling Chamber of the Federal Network Agency will continue to work on the charging system for the hydrogen core grid. This involves multipliers for transport products during the year and discounts for interruptible capacities.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 15:48
DET markets short-term capacities for LNG
Düsseldorf - At the beginning of February, interested parties can bid for short-term regasification slots at the Wilhelmshaven 1 and Brunsbüttel terminals. The minimum price for slots with a delivery obligation is 0/mmBTU.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 15:09
No gas shortage due to end of Ukraine transit
Berlin - The end of Ukrainian transit will not lead to a gas shortage in Germany, according to an analysis by the storage association Ines. However, the association is not entirely unconcerned about German gas supplies. Filling storage facilities in the summer could be particularly problematic. There is one main reason for this.
Gas & Heat 15/01/2025, 14:55