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Gas & Heat 25/02/2025, 16:20
Enercity is building 14 sustainable heat sources in Hanover.
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Enercity builds large heat pump at sewage treatment plant

Hanover - The expansion of district heating in Hanover is progressing. Enercity is building a large heat pump with a thermal output of 30 MW in the capital of Lower Saxony.
Power 25/02/2025, 15:53
Around 500 metering point operators have not yet installed a single smart meter.
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Federal Network Agency pushes for smart meter expansion

Bonn - The smart meter rollout has not got off the ground for years. Now the Federal Network Agency is stepping up the pace. 700 metering point operators received mail from the authority last week.
Gas & Heat 25/02/2025, 15:33
The importance of LNG exports from the USA will increase.
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Shell raises forecast for global LNG demand

London - Shell forecasts global LNG demand of 700 million tonnes by 2040, driven by Asia's economic growth and technological innovation. The US can significantly expand its export capacity, the report warns of risks.
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Politics 25/02/2025, 14:25
Stephan Lowis (l), Enviam, Stefan Kapferer, 50 Hertz, Adolf Roesch, Leag, Bernd Petermann, Federal Network Agency and Michael Kellner, Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, joined the discussion in Cottbus.
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Leag calls for power plant auctions by the end of the year

Cottbus - The energy industry in the east expects the next federal government to quickly implement the Power Plant Safety Act. This became clear at the fourth BDEW Infrastructure Conference for Lusatia and Central Germany. There should be auctions by the end of the year, demands Leag.
Politics 24/02/2025, 16:05

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.
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Market & Industry

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

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, the shortage of skilled labour is not decreasing. This could stall the energy transition.
Market & Industry 24/02/2025, 16:25

MET Group takes over Belgian energy supplier

Baar - The Swiss utility MET Group has acquired a Belgian utility. Following completion, the Swiss company now holds over 68 per cent of the shares in the Mega Group.
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.
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.
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Power

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, explained in an interview how the process went and whether the synchronisation was similar to that in Ukraine.
Power 24/02/2025, 15:13

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.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 25/02/2025, 14:11
The development of the hydrogen grid is not as risk-free as politicians might think, stated Katrin Flinspach.
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"We need a financing framework suitable for the capital market"

Essen - The development of the hydrogen core grid has begun. In Baden-Württemberg, SEL is of particular importance, explained Katrin Flinspach, managing director of Terranets BW, in an interview. A financing framework with better interest rates is needed for further expansion.
Gas & Heat 25/02/2025, 14:09

Green hydrogen significantly cheaper

Bonn - Spring is on its way and with it, green hydrogen is also becoming cheaper. E-Bridge wrote about the development of prices in its weekly market report on the Hydex index.
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.
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.
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