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Politics 21/03/2025, 16:16
The constitutional amendment received 53 votes in the Federal Council.
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Federal Council approves reform of the debt brake

Berlin - The way is clear for the special fund. The Bundesrat has approved the constitutional amendment. The bill even received far more votes than the required two-thirds majority.
Gas & Heat 21/03/2025, 16:10
So far, only the cavern head of the hydrogen storage tank is visible.
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EWE awards supply contract for H2 storage project

Oldenburg - EWE plans to store hydrogen in a converted natural gas cavern from 2027. The award of a central contract takes the project one step further.
Gas & Heat 21/03/2025, 15:33
Renaturalisation work is already underway on the first section of the SEL pipeline.
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The SEL is fully authorised

Stuttgart - Terranets BW plans to start work on the next sections of the South German Natural Gas Pipeline (SEL) this spring. With the go-ahead from the Karlsruhe Regional Council, all authorisations for construction and operation are now in place.
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Politics 21/03/2025, 13:48
The new German government must continue to focus consistently on the expansion of renewable energies, green electricity providers are demanding.
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Green energy campaigners warn of energy transition restart

Hamburg/Berlin - In an incendiary letter to the coalition negotiators of the Climate and Energy Working Group, four green energy suppliers are warning against demands for a "restart" of the energy transition. They refer to recent demands for new plans. There is an "error in thinking" behind this.
Politics 21/03/2025, 09:16

What do you expect from the black-red coalition, Mr Kremp?

Berlin - In a series, energate asks various stakeholders about their expectations of the energy chapter of the future coalition agreement. Today, Ralph Kremp, Partner Energy Policy & Systems Analysis at BET Consulting, answers.
Politics 20/03/2025, 16:34

Financing for grid operators becomes easier

Cologne - The Federal Network Agency is working on a major regulatory reform. In future, things could become simpler and fairer when it comes to the interest on capital costs. Nevertheless, there could also be losers, as a grid conference organised by the law firm Rödl & Partner showed.
Politics 20/03/2025, 13:45

Germany and Thailand agree on energy dialogue

Berlin - Germany and Thailand have agreed on an energy dialogue as part of the 'Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue' conference. The dialogue will initially focus on the development of energy efficiency grids in Thailand.
Politics 20/03/2025, 12:30

Black-Red party rejects climate money for the time being

Berlin - The former government has delayed the climate money and the new government will probably not introduce a direct payment either. Instead, electricity costs are to be reduced. The latest surveys show: The population has mixed feelings about the climate money - the result is clearer when it comes to the CO2 price.
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Market & Industry

Market & Industry 21/03/2025, 14:38
The new steam generator is expected to reduce CO2 emissions at the Covestro site in Dormagen by 22,000 tonnes per year.
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High energy costs: Covestro wants to become more efficient

Leverkusen - Plastics manufacturer Covestro is raising its ambitions for energy efficiency in the face of high energy costs. By 2030, the company aims to use 20 per cent less energy in its processes than in 2020.
Market & Industry 21/03/2025, 14:12

Gütersloh municipal utilities discontinue e-car sharing

Gütersloh - Stadtwerke Gütersloh is no longer renting out e-cars with immediate effect. The municipal utility from East Westphalia is pulling the ripcord and giving up its car-sharing service completely because renters have repeatedly damaged the vehicles - sometimes severely.
Market & Industry 21/03/2025, 13:36

"Digitalisation improves profitability in the long term"

Munich - Digitalisation and decarbonisation ensure long-term corporate success. Many companies are aware of this, but still find it difficult to implement. But that doesn't have to be the case.
Market & Industry 21/03/2025, 13:29

Apollo invests in BP Tanap

London - BP and Apollo Global Management are forming a strategic partnership in the energy sector with a billion-euro deal for the Tanap pipeline. Despite Apollo's entry into the BP subsidiary, BP remains the majority shareholder.
Market & Industry 20/03/2025, 19:00

Verbund: Decline in earnings despite higher production

Vienna - Verbund has significantly increased its electricity generation in 2024 - but the fall in wholesale sales prices has resulted in a noticeable loss in the annual balance sheet. Nevertheless, investments are continuing.
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Power

Power 21/03/2025, 15:17
Energy cooperatives are driving the energy transition at a local level.
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Citizens rely on energy cooperatives

Neu-Isenburg - At EU level, energy cooperatives are seen as important players in the energy transition. In Germany, many energy cooperatives were founded again last year.
Power 21/03/2025, 14:15

Repository search to be accelerated

Peine - Nobody wants a landfill site on their doorstep - especially not for nuclear waste. But where to put the radioactive waste? The Federal Company for Final Disposal is now calling for accelerated procedures so that the search for a site can be completed by the middle of the century.
Power 21/03/2025, 11:42

BDEW presents revised standard load profiles

Berlin - Grid operators in particular are dependent on well-balanced standard load profiles. The BDEW's previous standard load profiles date back to 1999 - when private PV systems were still a rarity, not to mention storage systems. The association has recognised this and has now presented new profiles.
Power 21/03/2025, 09:00

"Put an end to the charging station obsession!"

Berlin - "Germany needs a holistic policy for electromobility." This is what Kerstin Andreae, Managing Director of the energy association BDEW, is calling for in response to a position paper from the German Association of the Automotive Industry.
Power 20/03/2025, 18:00

Rabot offers smart meters "for free"

Hamburg/Saarlouis - The slow roll-out of smart meters has prompted the provider of dynamic electricity tariffs Rabot Energy to launch a sales offensive. The company is offering customers the chance to have a smart meter installed free of charge if they sign up to one of the company's tariffs. The installation will be carried out by partner Inexogy.
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Gas & Heat

Gas & Heat 21/03/2025, 14:27
Orlen supplies US LNG to Ukraine.
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Orlen sells US LNG to Ukraine

Plock - Ukraine receives LNG from the USA via the Polish Orlen Group. Orlen has already agreed two transactions of 100 million cubic metres each with the Ukrainian company Naftogaz.
Gas & Heat 21/03/2025, 12:04

Federal Network Agency examines grid fee discounts for renewable gases

Bonn - A European regulation allows discounts for the transport of biogas and low-CO2 gases. The ball is in the Federal Network Agency's court, as it is authorised to refrain from doing so or to choose lower discounts.
Gas & Heat 20/03/2025, 18:08

Minister Lies intervenes in the LNG chaos in Stade

Stade - No LNG can land in Stade, Lower Saxony, for the time being. The reason for this is the dispute between the terminal operator and its service provider. Lower Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Olaf Lies, is now speaking out.
Gas & Heat 20/03/2025, 16:39

Shattered dreams of peace cause gas trading prices to rise

Berlin - Tensions between the USA and Russia are causing the gas trading markets to tremble: The phone call between Trump and Putin is driving up prices. At the same time, Germany's gas storage facilities remain dangerously empty while market participants wait for political decisions.
Gas & Heat 20/03/2025, 14:00

Federal Cartel Office: Initial suspicion of district heating confirmed

Bonn - The Federal Cartel Office is currently investigating abusive price increases at municipal utilities and district heating suppliers, and suspicions are growing in four grids. Unauthorised price adjustment clauses and an outdated legal situation are calling for more transparency.
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