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Market & Industry 26/03/2025, 12:53
Sebastian Rubin (from left to right, Head of the Renewable Energies Department at SWK Energie), Werner Engelhardt (founder of Fronteris), Carsten Liedtke (Spokesman of the SWK Management Board) and Andreas Böhm (Member of the Fronteris Management Board).
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Stadtwerke Krefeld participates in Fronteris

Krefeld - Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK) has acquired shares in a Regensburg-based renewable energy project developer. SWK and the company Fronteris are now planning PV, wind and storage projects together.
Politics 26/03/2025, 10:40
Techem CEO Matthias Hartmann expects the new German government to roll out smart meters quickly.
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What do you expect from the black-red coalition, Mr Hartmann?

Eschborn - In a series, energate asks various stakeholders about their expectations of the energy chapter of the future coalition agreement. Today, Matthias Hartmann, head of the energy service provider Techem, answers.
Market & Industry 26/03/2025, 09:48
Sudhir Ethiraj: "As the industry becomes more and more interconnected, the risk of falling victim to cyber criminals has increased."
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"Utilities need to build a cyber awareness culture"

Munich - In the course of digitalisation, the topic of cybersecurity has also become increasingly relevant in the energy industry. energate spoke to Sudhir Ethiraj, Global Head of Cybersecurity Office at the testing company Tüv Süd, about the challenges of protecting critical infrastructure and measures to increase IT security.
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Politics 25/03/2025, 17:34
The replacement of heating systems is also to be subsidised under the new federal government, at least according to the initial results of the coalition negotiations.
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Black-Red disagree on the future of the heating law

Berlin - It is one of the most controversial laws of the last legislative period and the Heating Act also appears to be causing disagreement in the coalition negotiations. The CDU/CSU and SPD are in agreement on a fundamental amendment, but there are clear differences on the details.
Politics 25/03/2025, 16:45

Energy transition needs private capital and a reality check

Berlin - The energy sector is hoping that the new German government will quickly set the political course for the pressing issues surrounding security of supply, grid expansion and the green transformation. The main focus here is on financing the whole thing. However, the energy transition could also benefit from a reality check.
Politics 25/03/2025, 11:54

WWF calls for commitment to renewables at climate meeting

Berlin - In preparation for the Cop 30, representatives from around forty countries are meeting in Berlin for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. They must make a clear commitment to the expansion of renewables, demanded the environmental organisation WWF. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock emphasised the economic side of climate protection.
Politics 25/03/2025, 09:53

What do you expect from the black-red coalition, Mr May?

Aurich - In a series, energate asks various stakeholders about their expectations of the energy chapter of the future coalition agreement. Today, Frank May, managing director of wind power project planner Alterric, answers.
Politics 24/03/2025, 15:41

Coalition negotiations prove tough

Berlin - The working group phase of the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD ends today. It is becoming clear that forming a government by Easter could be ambitious - there are too many sticking points. CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann urges diligence rather than speed. There are two major points of contention when it comes to energy.
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Market & Industry 25/03/2025, 16:48
In this project, Eon wants to capture CO2 from a waste-to-energy plant in Denmark and store it underground.
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Eon launches CO2 capture project in Copenhagen

Essen - Eon and ARC, a Danish waste disposal company, sign a CCS partnership in Copenhagen. The aim is to capture and store 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from a waste-to-energy plant.
Market & Industry 25/03/2025, 15:53

Rheinenergie enters the market for large-scale battery storage systems

Niestetal/Cologne - Rheinenergie is venturing into the large-scale storage market. In a strategic partnership with the system integration company SMA Altenso, a Germany-wide large-scale battery storage portfolio of several hundred MW is to be created.
Market & Industry 25/03/2025, 15:46

Iqony buys back district heating shares

Essen/Munich - Iqony is buying back its shares in the district heating company from Meag. New investments in the three areas of Bottrop, Essen and Gelsenkirchen are also already planned.
Market & Industry 25/03/2025, 14:27

Innoenergy announces investment offensive

Eindhoven - The European cleantech investor Innoenergy wants to massively expand its investment volume in innovative business ideas. The company aims to mobilise up to 160 billion euros in investments in climate protection technologies by 2030 - including debt capital and subsidies.
Market & Industry 25/03/2025, 12:21

Europe's pioneering approach to CO2 pricing

Gerolsbach - CO2 certificates for the import of energy-intensive goods into Europe will not become mandatory until February 2027. At the same time, an initiative is pushing for EU ETS trading to be extended to the buildings and transport sectors at a later date. Both indicate that the EU is making its climate policy more flexible.
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Power

Power 25/03/2025, 16:05
Vattenfall wants to start construction of the Northern Lights cluster in the North Sea.
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Vattenfall builds Germany's largest offshore wind farm

Berlin - Vattenfall has made the final investment decision for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. However, the chemical company BASF is withdrawing as a shareholder.
Power 25/03/2025, 15:26

Major pay reform with AgNes

Bonn - AgNes is the latest female name of the Federal Network Agency. After GaBi, GeLi, KARLA and AMELIE, there was a creative break in favour of Japanese cuisine: RAMEN and WasABi. However, AgNes could "mix things up" even more than some of the names before her.
Power 25/03/2025, 15:22

Fortum starts nuclear power plant project development

Helsinki - The Finnish state-owned company Fortum is intensively involved in project development for new nuclear power plants. Due to the current electricity prices, there is no business model for newly constructed nuclear power plants. However, the company argues that this could change by the end of the 2030s in view of industrial decarbonisation.
Power 25/03/2025, 15:02

Strong interest in wind and solar energy

Bonn - The Federal Network Agency is reporting strong demand for tenders for onshore wind energy and solar installations on buildings. However, the long wait until the results are announced has led to criticism from the industry.
Power 25/03/2025, 13:26

VIK warns of supply risks due to shutdowns

Berlin - The German Energy and Power Industry Association VIK warns: Planned power plant shutdowns threaten security of supply. This could also lead to higher electricity prices. In addition to increasing capacity, the solution could be reserve power plants. However, opinions in the industry are divided on this issue.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 25/03/2025, 16:03
Green hydrogen was more competitive than conventional hydrogen last week.
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Green hydrogen cheaper

Bonn - Price declines in electricity trading caused the marginal costs for green hydrogen production to fall. However, there was hardly any change for Hydex Grey and Hydex Blue, as the weekly market report from E-Bridge shows.
Gas & Heat 25/03/2025, 15:49

First payout for the hydrogen core grid

Berlin - The first funds are flowing in for the hydrogen motorways across Germany. Of the total planned 24 billion euro loan, the first instalment of 172 million euros is relatively small.
Gas & Heat 25/03/2025, 14:40

Sefe secures US LNG for fifteen years

Berlin/Houston - Delfin Midstream is to become Sefe's new LNG supplier. The two companies have agreed on a long-term contract for deliveries from the first offshore export terminal in the USA.
Gas & Heat 25/03/2025, 11:26

First hydrogen flows into the core grid

Kassel - The German hydrogen core grid is taking shape: The transport grid operator Gascade has started filling the first pipeline sections. "A huge challenge", as Dennis Wehmeyer, head of business development and sustainability at Gascade, reported in an interview with energate.
Gas & Heat 25/03/2025, 10:52

"Natural gas out, hydrogen in - a huge challenge"

Kassel - "Hydrogen march" is the message from pipeline grid operator Gascade. The pipeline from Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania towards Brandenburg and Saxony was actually built to transport Russian natural gas, but is now becoming a core H2 grid. Dennis Wehmeyer from Gascade sheds light on the major project.
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