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Market & Industry 25/02/2025, 12:11
OG Clean Fuels operates a total of 150 petrol stations.
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Edeka plans to use organic CNG lorries

Verden - Edeka is focussing on sustainability: by gradually switching to organic CNG lorries, the food giant aims to reduce emissions in its logistics. To this end, a further cooperation agreement has been signed with OG Clean Fuels.
Market & Industry 25/02/2025, 12:03
Small and medium-sized companies are advertising fewer jobs.
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Skills shortage hits energy industry particularly hard

Cologne - An analysis by the IW Cologne shows that the number of vacancies at companies is falling. At the same time, however, the shortage of skilled labour is not decreasing. This could stall the energy transition.
Power 25/02/2025, 11:00
Hendrik Neumann: "There can always be a disruption shortly before the planned date."
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"There was a contingency plan for every eventuality"

Essen - The Baltic states have been connected to the European electricity grid since the beginning of February. In its role as Coordination Centre North, Amprion has accompanied this process. Hendrik Neumann, CTO at Amprion, explains in an interview how the process went and whether the synchronisation was similar to that in Ukraine.
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Politics 24/02/2025, 16:05
It is now clear who will enter the German parliament. The next step is for the CDU/CSU and SPD to agree on a coalition.
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Energy industry calls for compromises instead of polarisation

Berlin - After the election, an alliance between the Christian Democratic CDU and Social Democratic SPD is emerging. According to representatives of the energy sector, cooperation and practical work are now required instead of polarisation. The SPD is also making initial demands aimed at the CDU/CSU and Friedrich Merz.
Politics 24/02/2025, 15:53

Only the remaining 'traffic light coalition' parties win energate election check

Berlin - While German Economics Minister Robert Habeck fears a setback in climate policy after the general election, the participants in the energate's 'Wahlcheck' (election check) do not question Germany's climate targets. Meanwhile, much separates the election winner CDU/CSU from the likely coalition partner SPD in terms of energy policy.
Politics 21/02/2025, 14:37

Combining PPAs and CfDs for less market distortion

Berlin - The amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act feed-in tariff will probably be one of the first official acts of the new German government. Agora Energiewende is proposing a combination of PPAs and CfDs. The aim is to avoid market distortions and reduce financing risks.
Politics 21/02/2025, 13:08

"Renewables should not align their operations with state payments"

Berlin - Agora Energiewende has developed a successor model for the Renewable Energy Sources Act remuneration: A combination of PPAs and contracts for difference. Fabian Huneke, project manager at Agora, explained how this can avoid market distortions and reduce financing risks and what all this has to do with the H2 ramp-up.
Politics 21/02/2025, 12:10

Nuclear Committee confirms party positions

Berlin - The Bundestag's committee of enquiry, which investigated the circumstances surrounding the German nuclear phase-out, has presented its final report. In it, the parties see their assessments fundamentally confirmed. The issue of nuclear energy also played a role in the Bundestag election campaign, which is now drawing to a close.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 16:10
The Naturstrom spin-off's investment offering is intended to appeal to small investors, among others.
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Naturenergy hopes to receive up to 18 million euros from shareholders

Eggolsheim - Naturstrom subsidiary Naturenergy wants to raise up to 18 million euros from investors outside the stock market. The money from an ongoing capital increase is primarily intended for the construction and operation of new wind and PV parks in Germany.
Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 13:29

Baywa Re: Swiss shareholder becomes majority shareholder

Munich - A breakthrough in the struggle to reorganise Baywa Re: the major Swiss shareholder Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) is prepared to put up additional money to become the majority shareholder. The agreement clears the way for additional loans. But the restructuring is expected to take a year longer than previously envisaged.
Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 12:20

"A lucrative model from an economic perspective"

Berlin - Nicolas Dohn, business manager for hydrogen at Westfalen AG, explains in an interview what the cooperation with Green Hydrogen Technology for the production of CO2-negative hydrogen looks like.
Market & Industry 21/02/2025, 16:08

Stadtwerke Ulm supplies Rolls-Royce with electricity

Ulm - Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm (SWU) and Rolls-Royce Power Systems have concluded a long-term power purchase agreement. The green electricity for the engine manufacturer comes from a hydroelectric power plant.
Market & Industry 21/02/2025, 15:43

Start-up wants to take off as a prosumer consultant

Berlin - Germany's demand for energy-efficient refurbishment is immense. Deutsche Sanierungsberatung is a Berlin-based start-up that wants to position itself nationwide as a consultant at the interface between homeowners and tradespeople. A multi-million seed financing round is expected to bring growth.
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Power

Power 24/02/2025, 15:13
The Bexbach hard coal-fired power plant in Saarland is considered systemically relevant, and operator Steag is not allowed to shut down the plant.
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Systemic relevance: Steag insists on "appropriate remuneration"

Essen - The power plant operator Steag Iqony is seeking legal clarification on the amount of cost reimbursement for its systemically important power plants. The company has filed a lawsuit with the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court against the Federal Network Agency's determination that its coal-fired power plants are systemically relevant.
Power 24/02/2025, 14:12

Study: Smart charging reduces costs by 68 per cent

Hamburg/Berlin/Munich - Thanks to dynamic electricity tariffs and automated charging processes, electric cars can be charged much more cheaply. A study by Rabot Energy shows: Those who take advantage of price fluctuations can save hundreds of euros per year.
Power 24/02/2025, 13:45

"The return of the grid reserve to the market - two birds with one stone"

Essen - In times of dark lulls, everyone looks spellbound at the price peaks in exchange trading, while several gigawatts of secured power plant capacity lie dormant in the grid reserve. A temporary return of system-relevant power plants to the market would make sense, says Steag Managing Director Andreas Reichel.
Power 21/02/2025, 15:38

Solingen opts for diesel instead of trolleybuses

Solingen - Due to a lack of subsidies, Solingen is foregoing new trolleybuses for the time being and is buying diesel buses instead. The decision is intended to save 5 million euros - but has been criticised.
Power 21/02/2025, 14:15

Control energy faces comprehensive reforms

Bayreuth/Berlin/Dortmund/Stuttgart - The progress of the energy transition poses new challenges for the balancing energy market. In order to meet these challenges, the four transmission system operators Tennet, Amprion, 50 Hertz and Transnet BW have initiated a further development of the market design, which is aimed at cost efficiency, among other things.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 16:08
Instead of two FSRUs, there is now only one in Mukran harbour on the island of Rügen.
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Legal tailwind for Deutsche Regas on Rügen

Rügen - Deutsche Regas has been given the green light to ship LNG volumes from Rügen to the north. The terminal may also continue to operate without a local CHP plant.
Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 15:11

Northern Germany advances geothermal projects

Hanover - Geothermal energy is set to play an important role in heat supply in northern Germany. The Federal-State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology has now taken this into account and granted initial exploration licences for 33 projects. Among others, Norddeutsche Erdwärme Gewinnungsgesellschaft has reason to be pleased. However, the company has cancelled another project.
Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 15:00

Rheinenergie relies on AI for heating plants

Cologne - The Cologne-based utility Rheinenergie and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) are expanding their pilot project on the use of digital twins for heating plants.
Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 12:02

"We are seeing pull-forward effects in the heat pump business"

Berlin - Heat pump start-up Aira had big plans for its market launch in Germany in autumn 2023. Christoph Barth, commercial director at Aira Germany, explains how the young company is doing now and why the rigorous heating plans of the Christian Democratic CDU/CSU parliamentary group, as the fresh election winner, are making little impression on the company for the time being.
Gas & Heat 21/02/2025, 15:54

RWE launches second enquiry for hydrogen storage requirements

Essen - RWE Gas Storage West plans to put the first commercial hydrogen storage facility into operation in 2027. Around 70 per cent of the storage facility's capacity has already been allocated. The operator is now launching a market enquiry for the remaining 30 per cent.
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