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Gas & Heat 24/02/2025, 15:00
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 doldrums, 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.
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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.
Politics 20/02/2025, 17:34
EU Parliament wants tax exemption for renewables
Brussels - The Permanent Ambassadors to the EU have discussed the EU Commission's energy tax reform proposal nine times without any results. Now the EU Parliament's Energy Committee (ITRE) has joined the debate. A tax exemption for the use of renewable energies is to be made mandatory.Market & Industry
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.
Market & Industry 20/02/2025, 17:36
Bosch says goodbye to fuel cells
Stuttgart - Bosch is changing its strategy. The Stuttgart-based technology group is ending its development activities and production of fuel cell systems. Instead, Bosch now wants to develop hydrogen technologies.Power
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.
Power 21/02/2025, 13:05
Eon expands e-truck charging grid with EU funding
Essen - Together with Eldrive and ZSE, Eon plans to install over 1,400 new charging points in Europe by 2027. The EU is funding the project with 45 million euros. One focus is on high-performance charging points for heavy commercial vehicles.
Power 21/02/2025, 11:48
"We want to further develop the standard reserve market"
Dortmund - The four German transmission system operators want the control reserve to better reflect the new reality of volatile renewable feed-ins. To this end, the TSOs are consulting the 'Green Book Control Reserve 2030'. energate spoke to Ulf Kasper, chairman of the Control Energy Steering Group, about ideas and challenges.Gas & Heat
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
Baden-Württemberg promotes hydrogen production
Stuttgart - The state of Baden-Württemberg has launched 'ELY', a new funding programme for the regional production of hydrogen. The funding programme is aimed at electrolysis projects and has a volume of around 100 million euros.
Gas & Heat 21/02/2025, 14:42
Bayernets hopes for pragmatic solutions for hydrogen expansion
Essen - The construction of the hydrogen core grid has begun. In Bavaria, transmission system operator Bayernets has begun implementing the first measures. Managing director Matthias Jenn talked about progress and hurdles in an interview with energate.
Gas & Heat 21/02/2025, 14:25