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Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 16:25
Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 16:10
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.
Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 16:08
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.
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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.
Politics 21/02/2025, 11:51
Energy prices: Industry presses for rapid relief
Berlin - The glass and paper industry has urged a short-term reduction in electricity and gas prices for companies. A new government would have to take care of such a reduction within the first 100 days.Market & Industry
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.
Market & Industry 21/02/2025, 13:03
"Heat storage systems make electrification economical"
Saarbrücken - The heat storage manufacturer Kraftblock has analysed the potential for thermal storage in industry in a study. energate spoke to Kraftblock founder and managing director Martin Schichtel about the results and the market potential of such solutions.Power
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.Gas & Heat
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.
Gas & Heat 21/02/2025, 15:28