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Gas & Heat 01/04/2025, 17:26
Power 01/04/2025, 17:00
Old electricity grid hinders Europe's efforts towards autonomy
Luxembourg - A successful energy transition requires modern electricity grids. After all, the electrification of transport, heating and industry requires huge amounts of electricity. However, the European grid is not prepared for these tasks, warns the European Court of Auditors - and has come up with solutions.
Politics 01/04/2025, 16:47
Much criticism of Regulation 2.0
Berlin - Regulation 2.0 is in the works. Municipal utilities fear a 30 per cent drop in the revenue cap, while the judge of the Third Cartel Senate at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has significantly more work to do. Not an easy event for Achim Zerres, who represented the position of the Federal Network Agency at the regulatory conference.
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Politics 01/04/2025, 09:00
What do you expect from the black-red coalition, Mr Reitz?
Berlin- The CDU, CSU and SPD are negotiating the formation of a government in Berlin. energate is asking various stakeholders about their expectations for the energy chapter of the future coalition agreement. Today, Peter Reitz, CEO of the EEX energy exchange, answered.
Politics 31/03/2025, 17:15
EEG author Fell: Investment promotion would be a mistake
Berlin/Hammelburg - The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) celebrates its 25th birthday on 1 April. One of its authors, Hans-Josef Fell, criticises past mistakes and warns of the next ones. He believes Germany could have had 100 per cent green electricity by 2018.
Politics 31/03/2025, 15:22
What do you expect from the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, Mr Bolay?
Berlin - In a series, energate asks various stakeholders about their expectations of the energy chapter of the future coalition agreement. Today, Sebastian Bolay, head of Energy at the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, answers. He has a clear opinion on the planned power plant strategy.
Politics 28/03/2025, 16:08
Ukraine receives 7 million euros for energy infrastructure
Berlin - Germany is providing Ukraine with a further 7.27 million euros to rebuild its energy infrastructure. The funds from the Federal Ministry of Economics are being channelled into the 'Ukraine Energy Support Fund'. Germany remains the largest donor to this fund.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 01/04/2025, 16:00
Agricultural trader RWZ is working on a smaller CO2 footprint
Cologne - Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG is one of a total of five main agricultural co-operatives, making it one of the largest agricultural trading companies in Germany. Green electricity and low-CO2 products remain important, even if farmers have not really "played along" so far.
Market & Industry 01/04/2025, 15:47
Quantron founder buys up insolvency assets
Augsburg - Hydrogen mobility for buses and other commercial vehicles - the cleantech start-up Quantron was supposed to establish itself on the market with this business model. Four months after insolvency proceedings were opened, the founder and CEO took over the insolvency assets into a new holding company in order to make a fresh start.
Market & Industry 01/04/2025, 12:50
Wind power upswing boosts Abo Energy
Wiesbaden - The renewable energy project developer Abo Energy is expecting a significant upturn in business due to a flood of approvals in the wind power sector. In view of a further strengthened pipeline with numerous projects at an advanced stage, the management expects a significant increase in profits in the coming years.
Market & Industry 01/04/2025, 11:34
Small suppliers are falling behind digitally
Saarbrücken - The digitalisation of the energy industry is progressing at different speeds. Many small energy suppliers are struggling due to scarce resources and are investing little. The pioneers are often larger corporations. This is the picture painted by a recent industry survey. According to the survey, the gap is growing.Power
Power 01/04/2025, 13:35
Northvolt: Insolvency administrator cuts thousands of jobs
Stockholm - Radical job cuts at Northvolt in Sweden are intended to keep the insolvent battery manufacturer attractive to potential buyers. A total of 1,700 of the more than 4,000 employees are to go. Foreign companies, such as the German division, are not affected by the measure.
Power 01/04/2025, 11:46
"25 years of the EEG is a storm-tested success story"
Berlin - The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) will be 25 years old on 1 April. This is more than just an anniversary, says Nina Scheer, energy policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. It is a success story with a global impact. And the more successful the EEG has been, the stronger the "headwind" has become.
Power 31/03/2025, 17:46
Saving through variable grid charges
Berlin - With the introduction of time-variable grid charges, consumers should benefit if they use electricity outside of peak times. Electric car drivers, for example, can save money by charging cleverly, especially in combination with dynamic electricity tariffs.
Power 31/03/2025, 17:35
Milestones for Suedost-Link
Bonn/Wolmirstedt - The Federal Network Agency has approved the penultimate section of the Southeast Link. This means that 488 of a total of 540 kilometres of the important power line have been approved. Meanwhile, the commissioning of the converter in Wolmirstedt is progressing. energate was on site.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 01/04/2025, 15:09
Norway promises higher gas supplies in summer
Kopervik - With less maintenance work due, Norway can keep natural gas supplies high in the summer. The record year of 2024 could therefore perhaps be surpassed this year.
Gas & Heat 01/04/2025, 14:17
Marginal costs for green hydrogen unchanged
Bonn - Stable electricity prices and falling gas prices have made green hydrogen less competitive than conventional hydrogen this week.
Gas & Heat 01/04/2025, 09:00
Dena presents concept for third-party access
Berlin - The German energy agency Dena wants to open up district heating grids more to third-party access. It has now presented a concept to this end. This also envisages the establishment of a regulatory authority to regulate the feed-in of waste heat in future. However, the district heating industry has reservations.
Gas & Heat 31/03/2025, 17:27