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Market & Industry 17/03/2025, 17:13

Change of ownership at Baywa Re cancelled

Munich - A surprising twist in the struggle to restructure Baywa Re: The major Swiss investor Energy Infrastructure Partners will not become the majority shareholder of the stricken renewables project developer after all. Nevertheless, the Swiss want to remain on board as shareholders.
Market & Industry 17/03/2025, 16:06

Carbon management initiative launched

Berlin - When it comes to CO2 utilisation and storage, other European countries are much further ahead than Germany. A new initiative from the gas industry now wants to change this and push ahead with CCS and CCU. First and foremost, this requires the appropriate legal basis, which is still lacking in Germany.
Market & Industry 17/03/2025, 14:20

Lichtblick wants to remain uncomfortable with new CEO

Essen/Hamburg - Lichtblick intends to remain strategically true to itself under its new management. The industry can continue to expect some unpopular demands and controversial positions from the Hamburg-based green energy provider. This was announced by the new CEO Marc Wallraff in his first interview in his new position at energate.
Market & Industry 17/03/2025, 13:34

Panasonic acquires shares in Tado

Frankfurt/Munich - The Japanese company Panasonic has acquired shares in the Munich-based technology company Tado for 30 million euros. The aim is to combine energy management systems with heat pumps in order to optimise energy consumption and reduce costs.

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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 17/03/2025, 17:06

Bosch hopes for more sales in the heat pump business

Frankfurt - Bosch is losing ground in terms of sales, but will nevertheless soon achieve a major leap in sales - inorganically through the acquisition of a US heat pump and air conditioning manufacturer. CEO Jan Brockmann sees opportunities in the USA and Asia and at the same time calls for new impetus for the German market.
Gas & Heat 17/03/2025, 16:11

MVV builds one of the largest heat pumps in Europe

Mannheim - Mannheim-based energy supplier MVV is planning to build a second river heat pump with a capacity of 150 MW. The company wants to use it to decarbonise its district heating and phase out gas supplies. This is not going down well everywhere.
Gas & Heat 17/03/2025, 15:15

THE launches VHP market consultation

Berlin/Düsseldorf - Trading Hub Europe, the market area manager, has launched its consultation on the virtual trading point. Among other things, the company wants to use it to survey customer satisfaction. The Federal Network Agency prescribes such a consultation once a year.
Gas & Heat 17/03/2025, 12:50

"Heat transition is not just climate protection, but also economic policy"

Karlsruhe - The special fund of the CDU/CSU and SPD envisages 100 billion euros for the federal states. Part of this is to finance the heating transition. Beyond that, the coalition partners' plans for heating are vague. In an interview with energate, Herbert Pohl, managing director of Deutsche Erdwärme, looks ahead to the new legislative period.