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Power 20/01/2025, 17:00
Power 20/01/2025, 17:00
NRW wrestles with court judgements on wind energy
Düsseldorf - Where there's a law, there's a loophole. The same applies to court judgements. The NRW Ministry of Energy probably thought so and shared this realisation with the district presidents in a letter.
Gas & Heat 20/01/2025, 16:54
Calls for reform of the Building Energy Act are getting louder
Schweinfurt - Will the hated Heating Act be overturned? Many are pushing for reforms, one of them is Hagen Fuhl from the CHP system manufacturer Senertec, based in Schweinfurt. In this interview, he explained his reasons and what the dark doldrums have to do with it.
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Politics 17/01/2025, 15:50
Nuclear dispute: Few new insights, lots of party politics
Berlin - Was the nuclear phase-out during the energy crisis examined with an open mind? A Bundestag committee of enquiry has been looking into this question since the end of 2023. The Federal Chancellor and economics minister have now been heard as witnesses. The fronts were hardened and external observers speak of "party political calculations".
Politics 17/01/2025, 13:07
Association demands to the next federal government
Berlin - The municipal utilities association VKU and the German Association of the New Energy Economy BNE have presented their energy policy wish lists to the next German government. While the VKU is hoping for funding for power plants and heating grids, the BNE is pushing for rapid digitalisation.
Politics 16/01/2025, 17:40
IEA sees nuclear power on the brink of a global renaissance
Paris - The International Energy Agency believes that nuclear power is on the verge of a global resurgence. In a report, the agency argues that demand for electricity is increasing. It sees great opportunities for mini-reactors.
Politics 16/01/2025, 11:11
Biomass package comes too late for market stabilisation
Berlin - The industry is critical of the planned legislative changes to make biogas plants more flexible. They would come far too late to protect existing plants from being shut down and the amount of the flex bonus would be too low.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 20/01/2025, 11:59
"We had no alternative to stopping production"
Riesa - The Saxon steel manufacturer Feralpi reduced production at its plant in Riesa in December in order to avoid price peaks in wholesale electricity trading. energate spoke to Uwe Reinecke, plant director of ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH, about the events, the background and the pitfalls of spot price-indexed procurement.
Market & Industry 20/01/2025, 11:12
Energy sales: Unauthorised advertising calls on the decline
Bonn - Last year, the number of unauthorised advertising calls in connection with energy supply contracts fell. The Federal Network Agency received exactly 5,095 complaints - around 9 per cent fewer than in the previous year.
Market & Industry 17/01/2025, 16:12
Energy industry concerned about Germany as an industrial location
Cologne - Germany's energy transition path is putting the country under increasing pressure as an industrial location. At the high-profile Ewi conference in Cologne, there were passionate debates about the sense and nonsense of the relevant control mechanisms and funding instruments for industrial decarbonisation.
Market & Industry 17/01/2025, 13:06
Consumer service enquiries remain at a high level
Bonn - Consumer enquiries to the Federal Network Agency on the subject of energy are not slowing down. The agency has once again announced that the level of enquiries is very high. There are particularly many questions about electricity supply.Power
Power 17/01/2025, 17:25
Large marketers often shy away from small systems
Aachen - The planned reduction in the direct marketing obligation for new systems from 25 kW is off the table for the time being. However, a new government could pull the proposals out of the drawer again. Such an obligation already applies today for new plants from 100 kW. energate asked the direct marketers from what size they operate.
Power 17/01/2025, 17:00
Quadra Energy largest direct marketer
Aachen - Just two years ago, EnBW replaced Statkraft, the long-standing leader in direct marketing, at the top. This year, there is a new industry leader. And that is not the only change in this year's direct marketing survey conducted by energate.
Power 17/01/2025, 16:55
Dark lulls determine flex index
Aachen - The Trianel Flexindex closed the fourth quarter of 2024 down 11.4 per cent at 411 points. Peaks during dark lulls in November and December showed how much flexibility is in demand.
Power 17/01/2025, 13:04
Energy suppliers kick Tesla out of their fleets
Freiburg - Several energy suppliers are independently sending out a political signal and taking a stand against the recent activities of the controversial US billionaire Elon Musk: the Freiburg-based regional supplier Badenova, Lichtblick and Emovy will no longer have Tesla vehicles in their fleets in future. Badenova is going one step further.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 20/01/2025, 14:12
EWS takes over heating grid in Titisee-Neustadt
Schönau - Energieversorgung Titisee-Neustadt ceased its business operations at the turn of the year. It was still unclear who would take over the heating grid of the town in the Upper Black Forest. Now the buyer has been finalised.
Gas & Heat 17/01/2025, 17:05
Concerns about "monopoly problems" in the heating market
Cologne - The politically targeted expansion of district heating continues to raise many questions for both cartel watchdogs and the heating industry. Both sides exchanged arguments during a panel discussion at the Ewi Energy Conference in Cologne.
Gas & Heat 17/01/2025, 15:56
Hungary increases transport capacity to Slovakia
Siofok - The transmission system operators FGSZ and Eustream are increasing the transport capacity on the Hungarian-Slovakian border as of 1 April. Since the Ukraine transit was cancelled, this is currently the only import route for Slovakia.
Gas & Heat 17/01/2025, 14:35