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Power 31/01/2025, 12:50
Gas & Heat 31/01/2025, 12:11
"Why price supervision harms the heating transition"
Berlin - The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) recently presented a concept for district heating regulation. The district heating supplier sector has taken a very critical view of this and of possible price supervision. It fears that a huge bureaucratic monster will be created.
Gas & Heat 31/01/2025, 11:40
VNG can only sell a small part of the storage capacity
Leipzig - VNG Gasspeicher has offered capacities for the coming storage year on Easystore - with little success. Only "a small part" of the 500 GWh of working capacity found a buyer.
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Politics 30/01/2025, 16:00
Environmental organisations: Stay on course for climate neutrality
Berlin - Stay the course towards climate neutrality, demand seven environmental organisations in a joint paper. Even after the general election, politicians must not let up on this. The organisations have five specific recommendations.
Politics 29/01/2025, 17:12
EU Commission presents new competition strategy
Brussels - The EU Commission wants the European economy and industry to become stronger in international comparison. To this end, it has presented a strategy paper. The climate targets are still in place, but the aim is now to take a pragmatic and less bureaucratic approach.
Politics 29/01/2025, 14:55
Economy continues to slide
Berlin - The German government expects gross domestic product to grow by just 0.3 per cent in 2025, according to the Annual Economic Report 2025, which was approved by the Federal Cabinet. However, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck says progress has been made in energy policy.
Politics 29/01/2025, 12:43
Critical infrastructure protection remains on hold until new elections
Berlin - With the KRITIS umbrella law, the outgoing German government wanted to better protect systemically important systems from threats and make them crisis-proof. Negotiations on this have now broken down between the coalition parties.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 30/01/2025, 17:49
Study: CBAM bureaucracy puts industry under pressure
Düsseldorf - Many companies in heavy industry feel overwhelmed by the reporting obligations surrounding the European carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). At the same time, there is great concern about competitive disadvantages. At least that is the conclusion of a recent Deloitte study.
Market & Industry 30/01/2025, 17:13
Green hydrogen for Dutch Evonik plant
Delfzijl - The chemicals group Evonik is equipping its production site in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, with a large electrolyser. The company has concluded an agreement with the project developer Volt H2, which provides for the construction of a 50 MW electrolyser.
Market & Industry 30/01/2025, 16:19
Only a few women start hydrogen companies
Essen - There are hardly any female founders in the hydrogen sector. The reasons for this are manifold and above all have structural causes. energate spoke to Uwe Kerkmann, managing director of H2UB, about this and how the problem can be tackled.
Market & Industry 30/01/2025, 16:00
New financial services provider for energy infrastructure
Leipzig - Energieforen is launching a new joint venture with a sister company and a financial services provider. Finance Connect aims to bring together utilities and investors in regional infrastructure projects. A fund with a volume in the three-digit million range is planned.Power
Power 30/01/2025, 17:40
Lack of LNG drives up electricity prices
Essen - The short-term market is recovering after an expensive high of over 200 /MWh. However, the shortage of LNG continues to cause tensions in the long-term market.
Power 30/01/2025, 12:00
Wind permits: LEE NRW criticises the state's plans
Düsseldorf - The NRW Renewable Energy Association (LEE NRW) has criticised the state government for its plans to stop approvals for wind turbines outside of planned priority areas. Together with the federal government's plans, up to 1,500 wind turbine sites are to be affected.
Power 29/01/2025, 17:18
Plastics manufacturer uses wind power from Vattenfall
Wesseling - The Dutch company Lyondell Basell is betting heavily on offshore wind power from Vattenfall to decarbonise a chemical plant in Germany. Electricity is to be supplied via a PPA from the North Sea wind farm Nordlicht off Borkum.
Power 29/01/2025, 16:05
Klaus Müller wants building cost subsidies for renewables
Berlin - In November 2024, the Federal Network Agency presented a position paper on the levying of construction cost subsidies. Since then, discussions have been ongoing about the sense and nonsense of this approach. At a conference in Berlin, Klaus Müller, president of the Federal Network Agency, reaffirmed the agency's position.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 30/01/2025, 17:17
Gas trading prices continue their upward trend
Berlin - The upward trend on the gas trading markets remained intact this week. Traders do not see any fundamental reasons for this. The refilling of gas storage facilities is driving the trend.
Gas & Heat 30/01/2025, 14:35
THE distributes surpluses
Düsseldorf - There is a large surplus in the account for the RLM balancing levy for the 2023/24 gas year. According to THE, this will be paid out in February.
Gas & Heat 29/01/2025, 18:00
LNG terminals: Regas complains about distortion of competition
Mukran - The LNG terminal in Mukran on the island of Rügen has barely been utilised to date. The operator, Deutsche Regas, sees one reason for this in the competition-distorting support from the government for the terminals of the state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET).
Gas & Heat 29/01/2025, 15:12