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  • 10 Oct 2018 |

    Electricity storage is next feat for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition

    麻豆无码版 storage and the Energiewende 10 Oct 2018, 09:00 Germany's rapidly rising share of weather-dependent renewable energy makes the country a testbed for storage technologies, to enable its use when there is no sun or wind. Truly large-scale ...
  • Digitalisation ignites new phase in energy transition

    The digitalisation of the Energiewende 21 Jul 2017, 00:00 Information and communication technology is about to revolutionise 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy sector once again. The birthplace of the energy transition needs a more flexible and efficient electricity system ...
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  • Aspiring German government opts for energy transition continuity

    10 Apr 2025, 14:11 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 prospective government has agreed in its coalition treaty to continue the country鈥檚 landmark energy transition without major adjustments and stick to existing climate targets. Faced with economic stagnation and the ...
  • 14 Mar 2019 |

    Southern German states pass the buck to each other on grid expansion

    14 Mar 2019, 13:52 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Frankfurter Rundschau The southern German states of Hesse and Bavaria are passing the buck to each other on who should provide its territory for completing much-needed grid expansion plans, ...
  • 25 Feb 2019 |

    German farmers demand increased compensation for hosting grid infrastructure

    25 Feb 2019, 13:51 Rachel Waldholz Grid EurActiv The German government aims to rapidly expand the power grid to keep up with the planned transition to renewable energy, but farmers say new infrastructure could damage valuable crop land, Florence Schulz ...
  • 05 Feb 2019 |

    Grid operators propose thousands of kilometres of new lines to meet green energy needs

    05 Feb 2019, 14:23 Germany's four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including some 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. This comes with a price tag of 52 billion ...
  • 21 Nov 2022 |

    Large-scale electricity blackouts in Germany 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥 this winter- civil protection office

    21 Nov 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Gas 麻豆无码版 / Welt am Sonntag The likelihood of power blackouts in Germany this coming winter is low, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) has聽 said. 鈥淎 large ...
  • 07 Feb 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | February '25

    07 Feb 2025, 14:40 The fallout triggered by the dissolution of the French National Assembly last June continues to afflict political decisionmaking in France. The collapse of the Barnier government 聽in December, and the resulting ministerial reshuffle, ...
  • 01 Feb 2019 |

    Operators recommend building or upgrading 4,500 km of power grids- report

    01 Feb 2019, 12:31 S枚ren Amelang Grid Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid operators recommend building 1,600 kilometres of additional transmission lines and upgrading a further 2,900 kilometres in response to the country鈥檚 renewable roll-out and developments in ...
  • 23 Mar 2021 |

    Germany needs power grid fee reform to ease fast-charging infrastructure build-up

    23 Mar 2021, 13:06 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
  • 06 Jul 2022 |
    Gas

    Grid operators and NGOs at odds over gas infrastructure planning

    06 Jul 2022, 12:03 Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine pushes governments across Europe to overhaul their plans for gas infrastructure such as pipelines or import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Substituting only half of Russian gas imports forces ...
  • 23 Apr 2019 |

    Protests against north-south power line in four states

    23 Apr 2019, 13:50 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid dpa / Die Welt Around 2,200 people in the states of ...
  • 08 Jun 2021 |

    Partial solar eclipse in Germany will reduce solar PV output by 4.2 GW on Thursday

    08 Jun 2021, 13:18 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kerstine Appunn Grid Solar 麻豆无码版 German transmission grid operators (TSO) are preparing for the partial solar eclipse on Thursday, 10 June but are confident that ...
  • 05 Oct 2022 |

    Keeping Germany's nuclear plants in operation would save 1.3 mio tonnes of CO2 鈥 economy ministry

    05 Oct 2022, 14:00 Edgar Meza Nuclear phase-out Neue Osnabr眉cker Zeitung Keeping all three German nuclear power plants in operation through March 2023 would save approximately 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry said in a statement ...
  • 07 Nov 2023 |

    Power outage durations in Germany decreased during energy crisis year 2022

    07 Nov 2023, 12:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Electricity Security 麻豆无码版 Germany saw a slight drop in ...
  • 13 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's plans for hydrogen storage fall well short of future demand, utilities warn

    13 Sep 2024, 12:06 Jack McGovan Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Planned hydrogen storage projects remain significantly behind forecasted demand, an issue which could affect 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 attempts to move towards a renewable energy system, found a report ...
  • 07 Dec 2022 |

    Solar power auctions in Germany again fail to meet government's ambitious capacity targets

    07 Dec 2022, 12:41 Expert bne- Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft Electricity market Grid Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables ...
  • 22 Feb 2019 |

    New north-south electricity highway takes shape

    22 Feb 2019, 13:23 Kerstine Appunn Grid 麻豆无码版 Grid operators TenneT and TransnetBW have presented their detailed plans for the route of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 large north-south electricity line 鈥淪uedLink鈥, running from windy Schleswig-Holstein down to ...
  • 07 Jul 2021 |

    Flexibility solutions could allow German industry to relieve power grid

    07 Jul 2021, 12:16 Edgar Meza Grid Industry 麻豆无码版 German companies could make a significant contribution to stabilising the electricity grid by flexibly adapting their demand to available supply, according to a new study conducted by the ...
  • 07 Dec 2023 |

    Delayed gas plant planning threatens agreed 2030 coal phase-out in western Germany 鈥 state premier

    07 Dec 2023, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Gas dpa / Zeit Online The German government must quickly present a strategy for the building of new gas-fired power plants to avoid missing the 2030 end date for coal-fired power production in western state North ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new government with bumpy start after Merz needs unprecedented second vote for chancellor

    06 May 2025, 17:15 In a bumpy start to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 new coalition government, conservative leader Friedrich Merz managed to secure a majority in parliament to become the next chancellor only in the second round of voting. The unprecedented failure to ...
  • 11 Apr 2024 |

    Renewables will not reduce German electricity prices throughout next decade 鈥 govt advisor

    11 Apr 2024, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Cost & Prices Der Spiegel / 麻豆无码版 Electricity prices in Germany are unlikely to go down in the near future, despite repeated claims that a complete switch to renewable power is going to make ...
  • 20 May 2020 |

    Germany to buy stake in Dutch grid operator TenneT as part of broader energy cooperation

    20 May 2020, 13:38 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid International 麻豆无码版 The German government is preparing to buy a stake in Dutch transmission grid operator (TSO) TenneT as part of a ...
  • 13 May 2020 |

    German grid agency increases incentive for market players to balance power grid

    13 May 2020, 13:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid 麻豆无码版 Following severe ...
  • 05 Mar 2021 |

    German power grid operators want three phased-out coal plants as backup

    05 Mar 2021, 13:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid 麻豆无码版 Three German hard coal power plants ...
  • 22 Jan 2019 |

    German regulator sets partial route of north-south powerline

    22 Jan 2019, 13:39 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ...
  • 02 Jun 2021 |

    Supply security: Uniper coal plant needs to stay in reserve a while longer

    02 Jun 2021, 12:10 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Clean 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 25 Feb 2021 |

    Texas-like winter storm gas outage 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥 in Germany 鈥 grid operators

    25 Feb 2021, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 Freezing gas infrastructure and subsequent supply outages happening in Texas during a recent winter storm are 鈥渆xtremely unlikely鈥 in Germany, gas grid operators said. 鈥淭he transmission ...
  • 20 Dec 2024 |

    Climate change unlikely to increase Dunkelflaute events in central Europe- weather service

    20 Dec 2024, 13:07 Expert DWD- Germany's National Meteorological Service Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate & CO2 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind power output in Germany is not at risk of increasingly being decimated by so ...
  • 20 Sep 2018 |

    Germany sets deadline for grid expansion plans

    20 Sep 2018, 18:33 麻豆无码版 minister Peter Altmaier has announced new plans to accelerate the expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid, which is behind schedule but vital to the growth of renewable power production. The majority of new connections could be ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 industry voices doubts about timely launch of German Power Plant Strategy

    10 May 2024, 14:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt / Der Spiegel Representatives of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry have voiced doubts whether the government鈥檚 planned Power Plant Strategy, which is supposed to pave the way for the use of new ...
  • 03 Sep 2024 |

    Germany's coal exit on track, no forced closures needed

    03 Sep 2024, 17:20 Jennifer Collins Coal 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media So many of Germany's coal-fired power plants are already slated to go offline that the country's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) did not have to announce a ban on power ...
  • 14 Aug 2018 |

    New 鈥淧ower Grid Action Plan鈥 to accelerate network development

    14 Aug 2018, 14:31 Technical fixes, better communication and smoother planning procedures are to accelerate 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid expansion, the energy minister has proposed in a new plan. Heading off on a visit to contested power line building sites in western ...
  • 13 Dec 2018 |

    German land owners to receive higher compensation for power line construction

    13 Dec 2018, 14:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid WirtschaftsWoche / Economy & 麻豆无码版 Ministry German economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier has said the government will raise the compensation payments for land owners who provide their property for the ...
  • 31 Oct 2024 |

    Germany should consider hydrogen derived from iron 鈥 report

    31 Oct 2024, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany should consider the import of direct reduced iron as a way to produce the hydrogen that is needed to generate electricity in its planned backup power plants, says a report by Norwegian ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    German economy minister questions feasibility of earlier coal exit by 2030

    16 Dec 2024, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Government Tagesspiegel / 麻豆无码版 An earlier phase-out of coal-fired power production in Germany by 2030 is unlikely if the country does not manage to install sufficient alternative backup capacity to ...
  • 26 Aug 2024 |

    Public optimism towards 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition grows after energy crisis 鈥 survey

    26 Aug 2024, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Society dpa / ZfK Optimism that Germany can achieve its national energy transition targets is moderately growing in Germany, a survey by consultancy EY has found. The share of respondents saying that the ...
  • 27 Feb 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 aim for 80 percent renewables in electricity by 2030 well within reach 鈥 minister

    27 Feb 2024, 13:42 The German government鈥檚 target of sourcing 80 percent of the country鈥檚 electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is very much achievable for Germany if current positive trends persist, economy minister Robert Habeck has said at a ...
  • 26 Jul 2021 |

    New cable between Germany and UK advances Europe鈥檚 integrated power system

    26 Jul 2021, 11:54 One of the first project financed interconnectors in Europe is due to be built between Germany and the UK by 2023-24. The opening up of the interconnector market to private investment has been promoted by both the UK and German ...
  • 26 Nov 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 company RWE remains dominant in German electricity market 鈥 competition authority

    26 Nov 2024, 13:21 Jack McGovan Electricity market 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 company RWE has been found for the fifth time in a row to be in a dominant position in the German electricity market, according to a report by the Federal Cartel Office. Although ...
  • 24 Oct 2024 |

    Green hydrogen, free trade, skilled workers on the agenda as German lawmakers visit India

    24 Oct 2024, 13:39 Jennifer Collins Policy International 麻豆无码版 / FAZ / ARD Germany's economy and climate minister Robet Habeck and Indian renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi聽are set to unveil a green hydrogen roadmap during a聽meeting ...
  • Electric cars, heat pumps can make 10% of German electricity demand flexible by 2035 鈥 report

    11 Dec 2023, 13:27 S枚ren Amelang Electricity market Grid Storage 麻豆无码版 Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems can make electricity systems much more flexible in the future, saving generation costs and thus lowering overall ...
  • 03 Jan 2024 |

    Germany's coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023

    03 Jan 2024, 12:09 Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems Renewables Solar Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Renewables Germany's lignite power production fell to the lowest level since 1963 last year, while hard coal power ...
  • 11 Feb 2021 |

    Germany to keep hydrogen and gas network regulation separate, updates storage rules

    11 Feb 2021, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and ...
  • 24 Oct 2024

    Proposed investment aid to spur German industry decarbonisation

    24 Oct 2024, 13:15 Germany's economy minister has proposed a ten percent state aid premium for industry investments to boost the struggling economy and ease the path to climate neutrality. Robert Habeck said the country is falling behind ...
  • 09 Sep 2024 |

    Germany must invest 鈧120 bln to make public buildings climate neutral by 2045 鈥 report

    09 Sep 2024, 13:29 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Heating 麻豆无码版 Germany needs to invest 120 billion euros in energy-related ...
  • German econ min 鈥渁stonished鈥 by nuclear plant operator鈥檚 objection to emergency reserve

    08 Sep 2022, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 麻豆无码版 / BR Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has reacted with irritation to a German nuclear plant operator鈥檚 objection to his plans for putting two of the remaining ...
  • 16 Oct 2024 |

    Industry urges 鈥渃hange of course鈥 towards fewer rules in German energy and climate policy

    16 Oct 2024, 13:25 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Business & Jobs 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest industry lobby group, the ...
  • 18 Jul 2024 |

    Renewables cover 57% of Germany's electricity consumption in first half 2024

    18 Jul 2024, 13:29 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Carolina Kyllmann Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 Renewable power sources covered around 57 percent of Germany's gross ...
  • 26 Sep 2024 |

    Transition to fossil-free world partially dampening German economy鈥檚 growth prospects 鈥 institutes

    26 Sep 2024, 13:03 S枚ren Amelang Industry 麻豆无码版 The global emission-cutting drive is among several factors dampening the long-term growth outlook of Europe鈥檚 largest economy, the country鈥檚 leading economic research institutes said in their ...
  • 12 Dec 2022 |
    Gas

    First direct LNG flows into German gas grid expected before end of 2022

    12 Dec 2022, 13:12 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Tagesspiegel Background / Bloomberg The first gas flows into the German grid from the new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven are expected on 22 December, newspaper ...
  • 23 Dec 2020 |

    New rules proposed for lithium mining, power users, to make Germany fit for net-zero

    23 Dec 2020, 13:43 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Kerstine Appunn Grid Storage Cars ...
  • 29 Oct 2024 |

    Europe to require relatively low volumes of hydrogen imports 鈥 researchers

    29 Oct 2024, 13:12 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The projected demand for green hydrogen in Europe can largely be covered by domestic production, said researchers from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Integrated 麻豆无码版 Systems ...
  • German coal power production drops to record low in Q2 as renewables soar

    11 Jul 2024, 13:42 S枚ren Amelang Electricity Coal Renewables 麻豆无码版 Electricity generation from coal dropped to a record low in Germany in the spring, while renewables produced more electricity than ever during the same period. Lignite feed-in ...
  • Gas, power, hydrogen infrastructure planning must be combined 鈥 German agency

    26 Jan 2022, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Grid Renewables Hydrogen Policy 麻豆无码版 The separate planning procedures for electricity, gas, and hydrogen infrastructure must be combined to pave the way towards a low-carbon economy, ...
  • 19 Jan 2021 |

    E-car charging law glitch could delay Germany's transport transition

    19 Jan 2021, 12:18 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (until 2021) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Expert bne- Association of 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 25 Jan 2023 |

    NGOs propose to align renewables rollout with 鈥榞reen infrastructure鈥 protection

    25 Jan 2023, 13:10 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Several environmental NGOs call on the German government to align the more rapid buildout of renewable energy with protecting and expanding 鈥 green infrastructure 鈥 such as natural wetlands ...
  • 21 Dec 2021 |

    German grid operators and utilities prepare for spread of Omicron variant

    21 Dec 2021, 13:27 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Utilities ...
  • 14 Dec 2020 |

    Preview 2021: 鈥榃e need a new electricity market design鈥

    14 Dec 2020, 11:13 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid expansion is making headway 鈥 despite the Covid19 pandemic 鈥 but the power market is in need of a thorough overhaul if the country is to pursue its ambitious electrification targets while keeping up high levels of supply ...
  • German opposition MPs propose checking feasibility of restarting nuclear plants

    05 Nov 2024, 13:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 / dpa / Zeit Online Lawmakers of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear ...
  • 14 May 2019 |

    Germany's power grid stabilising costs fall slightly amid increasing renewables growth

    14 May 2019, 13:33 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 The cost of stabilising the ...
  • 19 Oct 2022 |

    Nuclear extension likely to reduce German gas demand but could curtail renewables

    19 Oct 2022, 13:12 Expert BEE- German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien Bioenergy Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Wind Business & Jobs Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Nuclear phase-out pv magazine / Clean ...
  • 09 Aug 2019 |

    Germany's grid management costs soar as high winds overstrain capacity

    09 Aug 2019, 13:54 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Freja Eriksen Grid Renewables Wind Costs for maintaining a ...
  • 21 Jan 2020 |

    German network operators plan with long-term bottlenecks in power grid

    21 Jan 2020, 13:21 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background Germany's four ...
  • Germany boosts renewables with 鈥渂iggest energy policy reform in decades鈥

    07 Apr 2022, 11:20 Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation. In the 鈥渂iggest energy policy reform in decades,鈥 the ...
  • 02 Sep 2022 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear power 鈥渟tress test鈥 suggests limited runtime extension could make sense- media

    02 Sep 2022, 12:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Handelsblatt The grid 鈥渟tress test鈥 conducted by Germany's power transmission grid operators suggests that letting two of the remaining three nuclear plants in the country run longer than planned ...
  • 10 Jul 2019 |

    German court paves way for billions in savings on grid fees for consumers

    10 Jul 2019, 12:56 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche ...
  • 10 Aug 2023 |

    Bavarian mayors call for accelerated windpower rollout in cross-party appeal

    10 Aug 2023, 13:11 S枚ren Amelang Wind Elections & Politics dpa A fifth of all mayors in Bavaria have called on the regional government to speed up the construction of wind turbines in the state,聽newswire dpa reported. In a cross-party appeal, 432 ...
  • 16 May 2019 |

    German grid expansion law takes effect as grid agency urges rapid action

    16 May 2019, 14:02 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 A new law that is aimed at ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥済reen energy account鈥 deeper in the red

    11 Aug 2020, 11:40 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert TransnetBW Grid operator ...
  • 26 Jun 2023 |

    Germany, Benelux must cooperate better to play key role in hydrogen economy 鈥 report

    26 Jun 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are well positioned to play a key role in a future global hydrogen economy- but must strengthen cooperation on infrastructure projects, said ...
  • Govt coalition party calls for keeping German nuclear plants in reserve after shutdown

    12 Apr 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government ARD / ntv / Funke Mediengruppe Only days before nuclear power production is set to end in Germany on 15 April, the government coalition party Free Democrats (FDP) has suggested to mothball ...
  • 10 Mar 2020 |

    German grid operator 50Hertz reports renewables record, plans billions in new investments

    10 Mar 2020, 13:17 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Rachel Waldholz Grid Renewables reNews / Handelsblatt The German grid operator 50Hertz reported delivering a record 60 terawatt hours of renewable electricity ...
  • 14 Jul 2021 |

    German coal exit on track despite weak third phaseout tender 鈥 grid agency

    14 Jul 2021, 13:05 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal 麻豆无码版 Germany's ...
  • 01 Apr 2021 |

    Three more German coal power plants to go offline in December 2021

    01 Apr 2021, 13:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Coal 麻豆无码版 Two German hard coal power stations and ...
  • 19 Jul 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid agency investigates suspected power price speculation

    19 Jul 2019, 13:52 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Security BNetzA / Handelsblatt The German Federal Network ...
  • 25 May 2020 |

    Consumer association calls for more transparency on grid fees

    25 May 2020, 12:40 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert VZBV- Federation of German Consumer Organisations Verbraucherzentrale ...
  • 10 Nov 2020 |

    First power link between Germany and Belgium begins operation

    10 Nov 2020, 14:09 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Edgar Meza Electricity market Grid 麻豆无码版 German and Belgian transmission system operators Amprion and Elia Group have completed the first direct current ...
  • 17 Sep 2024 |

    German steel industry calls for cheaper electricity, hydrogen, lead markets for green transition

    17 Sep 2024, 13:59 Jack McGovan Industry 麻豆无码版 / Handelsblatt Germany's steel-producing states and industry associations have called on the federal government to introduce measures for competitive energy prices, to ramp-up the hydrogen ...
  • 30 Aug 2023 |

    Record number of German firms worry about competitiveness due to energy transition 鈥 survey

    30 Aug 2023, 12:05 Edgar Meza Industry Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 More than half of German companies say that the energy transition has negative effects on their competitiveness, shows the energy transition barometer survey by the German Chamber ...
  • 12 Jun 2024 |

    Germany has 鈧41 bln public budget gap in 2030 decarbonisation plans 鈥 industry

    12 Jun 2024, 13:25 S枚ren Amelang Cost & Prices Policy 麻豆无码版 There is a gap of 41 billion euro in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 public sector budgets over the next five years for investments and funding programmes dedicated to greening the economy, the country ...
  • 28 Mar 2023 |

    Germany and the Netherlands aim to connect hydrogen grids

    28 Mar 2023, 11:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 The governments of Germany and the Netherlands have agreed on closer cooperation to connect their respective hydrogen pipeline networks in the future, they said in a joint statement. 鈥淲e ...
  • 07 Jun 2019 |

    German states say renewables roll-out need not wait on grid expansion

    07 Jun 2019, 13:00 S枚ren Amelang Grid Renewables Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states have decided on a joint approach in climate policy, reports the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. State premiers agreed to push ahead with the ...
  • German chancellor decides runtime extension for all remaining nuclear plants, ending coalition row

    19 Oct 2022, 13:20 Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his government would pave the way for prolonging the runtime of all three of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining reactors until April 2023. The German leader thus intervened to settle a dispute about the delayed end of ...
  • 01 Jul 2020 |

    Hydrogen alliance between E.ON and Thyssenkrupp announced

    01 Jul 2020, 13:18 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine ...
  • 18 Sep 2023 |

    Technical hurdles to hydrogen imports into Germany spur calls for increased domestic production

    18 Sep 2023, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Domestic production of green hydrogen should play a much bigger role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans to scale-up the hydrogen economy, which is currently based on a more often inefficient and costly ...
  • 03 Jul 2024 |

    Germany's tenant electricity scheme leaves vast solar PV potential untapped- report

    03 Jul 2024, 13:25 Jack McGovan Solar 麻豆无码版 / PV Magazine There are too few installations of solar panels on the roofs of apartment buildings across Germany, making rental homes an underutilised source for renewable energy generation, ...
  • 17 Oct 2023 |

    Heating sector representatives call for cutting bureaucracy in Germany's municipal heating act

    17 Oct 2023, 13:41 Carolina Kyllmann Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 Relevant stakeholders at a parliamentary hearing on 16 October called for more financial resources and less bureaucracy for the decarbonisation of聽Germany's heating grids. The ...
  • Boom of electric heaters causing concerns about German grid stability next winter

    02 Aug 2022, 13:05 German consumers are swarming to shops to buy electric heaters as fears of a true gas shortage caused by Russia's war on Ukraine rise, but experts warn this could pose problems for power supply security. The majority of heating and ...
  • 26 Nov 2019 |

    Renewable companies say grid operators' electrolysers monopolise hydrogen market

    26 Nov 2019, 13:04 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert Greenpeace 麻豆无码版 (now Green Planet 麻豆无码版) Green energy provider Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Renewables Utilities Expert TenneT Grid operator ...
  • 25 Feb 2019 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 finance minister says rapid grid expansion key to coal exit

    25 Feb 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Grid Rheinische Post German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has called for faster progress on updating the country鈥檚 energy grids as this was essential to a coal-free energy system. In an interview with the ...
  • 06 May 2020 |

    Renewables can contribute more to future German power supply security 鈥 study

    06 May 2020, 13:29 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany's electricity supply can remain secure until 2050 as renewable energy installations and decentralised units such as storages will be able to contribute ...
  • 18 Dec 2024 |

    Q&A 鈥 Italy considers controversial return to nuclear power

    18 Dec 2024, 10:13 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
  • 17 Dec 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Green Party adopts draft election programme with focus on climate neutral economy

    17 Dec 2024, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics 麻豆无码版 The Green Party is calling for major investments in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 infrastructure, energy system, industry and administration to use decarbonisation and the energy transition as an ...
  • 08 Oct 2019 |

    German grid only requires fraction of conventional plants continuously running- agency

    08 Oct 2019, 14:01 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Fossil fuels Grid 麻豆无码版 The German power grid ...
  • 03 Apr 2020 |

    First data centre to contribute to grid stability in Germany

    03 Apr 2020, 13:50 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Freja Eriksen Grid Storage 麻豆无码版 A German data centre will for the first time be able to help ensure grid stability, says energy company RWE. Data centres ...
  • 23 Jul 2019 |

    Court annuls price system suspected to be behind recent German grid troubles

    23 Jul 2019, 13:52 Freja Eriksen Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 A German court has ruled to revoke the so-called mixed-price system used to set prices on the energy balancing market. The Higher Regional Court of D眉sseldorf鈥檚 decision follows a ...
  • 07 Sep 2022 |

    German Greens reject calls for greater use of nuclear as plant operators voice concerns

    07 Sep 2022, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out n-tv The German Green Party has rejected criticism from the conservative CDU/CSU opposition alliance over economy and climate minister Robert Habeck鈥檚 decision to put two of the country鈥檚 remaining ...
  • 24 Jun 2022 |

    Modelling of Germany's 2035 climate neutral power system plans finds multitude of open tasks

    24 Jun 2022, 13:25 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Kerstine Appunn Grid Renewables Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 The German ...
  • 11 Sep 2024 |

    Green technology Germany's best bet to remain industrial leader 鈥 industry association

    11 Sep 2024, 13:00 German industry association BDI has said that the country鈥檚 industrial success in the future depends on businesses doing well on green technologies such as modern power grids, wind energy, green hydrogen production, electric mobility, ...
  • 12 Feb 2019 |

    German power grid operators plan gigantic batteries to ease grid congestion 鈥 report

    12 Feb 2019, 13:01 S枚ren Amelang Grid Storage Spiegel Online German grid operators plan to build three gigantic batteries with combined discharge capacity of 900 megawatts (MW) to relieve grid congestion from 2025, Manuel Berkel reports for Spiegel Online ...
  • 26 Apr 2024 |

    Effects of climate change will drive up hydropower generation in Bavaria, operators say

    26 Apr 2024, 13:22 S枚ren Amelang Adaptation Renewables Changing weather patterns will boost the role of hydropower in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition, Bavarian industry associations聽 have said. 鈥淒ue to increasingly rainy winter months, [we] expect an increase ...
  • 11 May 2020 |

    Grid expansion delay due to pandemic threatens to split German power price zone

    11 May 2020, 13:46 Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid Tagesspiegel Background Germany's single power price zone could come under threat as the coronavirus has practically slowed power grid expansion to a standstill, reports Steven Hanke in the ...
  • Nuclear plant operators and German government agree to extend operations until April 2023

    28 Sep 2022, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry and the operators of two of the country鈥檚 three remaining nuclear plants have agreed on a concept for keeping them in an emergency reserve beyond ...
  • 21 Feb 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | February 鈥25

    21 Feb 2025, 15:00 Croatia is exploring the possibility of constructing small modular nuclear reactors, a technology not yet commercially available. The economy ministry has set up a taskforce to investigate possibilities and locations, as well as ...
  • 07 Aug 2024 |

    First Chinese turbines in German offshore farm cause concerns among Europe鈥檚 wind industry

    07 Aug 2024, 13:37 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind International n-tv / Bloomberg / 麻豆无码版 A new offshore wind power project in the German North Sea is causing a stir in the European wind power industry, as the project will be the first of its kind to ...
  • 02 May 2023 |

    Germany overtakes Spain to become leading solar PV market in Europe- analysis

    02 May 2023, 13:34 Expert Aurora 麻豆无码版 Research Bioenergy Electricity market Renewables Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2016 Energiewende Cost & Prices Finance Jessica Bateman Solar Business & Jobs Tagesspiegel Background An analysis of solar power ...
  • 27 Jan 2020 |

    Research project seeks to stabilise German power grid with wind turbines

    27 Jan 2020, 14:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Technology 麻豆无码版 A new research project aimed at solving one of the major technological difficulties of the energy transition is seeking to use the energy from wind turbines' moving rotors and ...
  • 28 Jan 2021 |

    More renewables curbed to stabilise German power grid 鈥 report

    28 Jan 2021, 13:59 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, ...
  • 02 Apr 2019 |

    German wind power curtailment areas do not match actual needs- grid operators

    02 Apr 2019, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind Handelsblatt The regions singled out by the government to slow wind power expansion because of lacking grid capacities do not match the areas where a curtailment is needed most, according to grid operators, ...
  • 06 May 2025 |

    Designated German climate minister could push transition with experience bridging political divide

    06 May 2025, 14:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 designated next environment minister Carsten Schneider may not have much background in climate policy, but his experience in navigating political divide in the country鈥檚 east and its population鈥檚 fatigue of constant changes ...
  • 05 Jun 2023 |

    About half of German households could use district heating to decarbonise 鈥 industry

    05 Jun 2023, 14:26 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities Der Spiegel District heating could help to decarbonise up to 20 million of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 roughly 43 million households, if the government introduced the right subsidies and framework conditions, the industry ...
  • EU should deepen climate cooperation with China amid waning US engagement 鈥 German official

    18 Jun 2025, 14:00 The European Union should bet on a closer climate alliance with China despite differences in other fields, says Jochen Flasbarth, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 top climate policy official. The United States鈥 reduced engagement in global climate action and ...
  • 06 Jun 2019 |

    German states and federal government reach agreement on key grid expansion measures

    06 Jun 2019, 14:21 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables dpa / Welt Online Several German states and the federal government have reached an agreement on key aspects of the country鈥檚 much-needed transmission grid expansion, news agency dpa reports in an ...
  • 11 Feb 2019 |

    E-car roll-out to take billions in grid investment as researchers explore alternatives

    11 Feb 2019, 14:22 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Cars Spiegel Online The roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany could lead to grid overload in ...
  • 14 May 2020 |

    Germany's gas grid operators present concept for 2030 green hydrogen grid

    14 May 2020, 14:03 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany can establish an initial grid for transporting green hydrogen made with renewables by 2030 at limited costs, according to the country's gas transmission grid operator umbrella ...
  • 05 Aug 2019 |

    Grid agency to further limit new wind turbines in northern Germany due to lagging grid expansion 鈥 media

    05 Aug 2019, 13:09 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Grid Wind Frankfurter Rundschau Sluggish power grid expansion ...
  • 07 Jan 2019 |

    Green Party urges 鈥渢ailor-made鈥 grid expansion that accounts for coal exit

    07 Jan 2019, 13:02 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Coal Grid The German Green Party has called for an adjusted grid expansion plan in Germany that accounts for a drastically reduced coal power capacity as well as the foreseeable progress in ...
  • 04 Jun 2024 |

    Survey finds most people in Germany want greater EU energy cooperation

    04 Jun 2024, 14:49 Edgar Meza Society EU 麻豆无码版 People in Germany would like to see more European cooperation in energy and climate policy, according to a survey conducted by market research institute Prolytics on behalf of the German ...
  • 25 Oct 2022 |

    Digitalisation of entire energy system key to successful decarbonisation 鈥 report

    25 Oct 2022, 14:03 Kiprotich Koros Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 A successful transition to renewables will only be achieved if there is a comprehensive digitalisation of the whole energy sector, a report by research institute Fraunhofer IEE has ...
  • 13 Dec 2018 |

    Court ruling forces federal grid agency to reduce grid fee transparency

    13 Dec 2018, 14:28 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Court of Justice has forced the country鈥檚 grid agency (BNetzA) to further reduce transparency on grid fees. Following a ruling by the court, ...
  • 07 Feb 2019 |

    Joint Daimler-TenneT project finds e-cars can stabilise power grid

    07 Feb 2019, 13:44 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Storage 麻豆无码版 The batteries of electric cars can make a significant contribution to keeping the power grid stable as power generation shifts towards intermittent renewable energy sources, carmaker ...
  • 02 Mar 2021 |

    Moorburg coal plant not deemed crucial for grid stability, can go offline for good

    02 Mar 2021, 13:01 Expert Vattenfall 麻豆无码版 company Electricity market Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Grid 麻豆无码版 The Moorburg coal plant in Hamburg will be taken offline completely in July 2021, after Germany's four grid operators ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    Almost third of German residents want plug-in solar system 鈥 survey

    02 May 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Citizens' energy Solar 麻豆无码版 Almost a third of Germany's residents are planning to install 鈥 or have already installed聽鈥 a small plug-in solar photovoltaic (PV) unit, often known as a balcony ...
  • 01 Sep 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 industry association lays out proposals to speed up permit processes

    01 Sep 2021, 13:34 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Edgar Meza Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 Citing the ...
  • 28 Aug 2023 |

    German shipbuilders call for support for billion-euro investments needed for offshore wind expansion

    28 Aug 2023, 13:43 Milou Dirkx Wind Cost & Prices FAZ New offshore wind farms could give an economic boost to German shipyards, but shipbuilding companies say they might not be able to finance the necessary investments without support, Frankfurter ...
  • 19 Jul 2024 |

    Number of wind turbines in Germany down in H1 2024, total capacity up

    19 Jul 2024, 13:51 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 The number of operational onshore wind turbines installed in Germany has shrunk in the first six months of 2024, when 250 new installations were added while 280 older ones were taken ...
  • 20 Aug 2021 |

    Chancellor candidate Scholz plans to write electricity expansion target into law

    20 Aug 2021, 13:37 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Industry dpa / Reuters / Tagesspiegel SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz is aiming for a new law to ensure industry has enough renewable electricity to decarbonise over the coming decades, ...
  • 02 Jul 2019 |

    German power grid strained at several moments in June, cause unclear

    02 Jul 2019, 17:48 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid was strained at several moments in June because too little electricity was fed into the system, according to the four power transmission grid operators (TSO). Power market experts said the reason for the 鈥渧ery tense ...
  • Vote25- Next German government must reconcile industrial decarbonisation and competitiveness

    29 Jan 2025, 11:18 As Germans prepare to head to the polls for the 23 February snap election, the weakness of the country鈥檚 large industrial base has become a campaign focus. Some opposition policymakers blame exaggerated climate policies for the troubles ...
  • 06 Mar 2024 |

    Eastern German states establish green hydrogen initiative

    06 Mar 2024, 11:53 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 All six eastern German states have set up a joint initiative on renewables-based hydrogen. It is intended to closely connect politics, business and science on the fuel "in order to fully ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Implementation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 hydrogen plans lagging behind 鈥 report

    25 Apr 2024, 13:53 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert EWI- Institute of 麻豆无码版 Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit盲t zu K枚ln Electricity market Business & ...
  • 26 Apr 2024 |

    Renewables cover 56% of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power consumption in first quarter of the year, utilities say

    26 Apr 2024, 13:23 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Electricity Renewables 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 01 Feb 2022 |

    Solar PV overtakes wind power capacity in Germany in 2021- media

    01 Feb 2022, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Jessica Bateman Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Wind pv magazine / Die Welt The total ...
  • 20 Jun 2022 |

    Security official concerned over Chinese involvement in German wind sector

    20 Jun 2022, 12:23 Edgar Meza Wind Security Der Spiegel Growing tensions between the West and China are leading to increasing concern over the role of Chinese companies in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy sector, particularly in the wind power segment, Spiegel reports. A ...
  • 25 Apr 2023 |

    Operators face 鈥榤assive financing problem鈥 converting district heating to renewables 鈥 report

    25 Apr 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Heating 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 district heating networks should be planned more efficiently in the long term and operators need better financial incentives to convert the infrastructure, so that the technology can ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    Two thirds of eastern Germans dissatisfied with government's climate policy- survey

    17 Aug 2023, 13:45 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Society 麻豆无码版 Residents in eastern German states are generally critical of the federal government鈥檚 energy and climate policies, while at the same time endorsing measures to reduce ...
  • 21 May 2024 |

    Govt coalition agrees reform to speed up planning and permission process for Germany's infrastructure

    21 May 2024, 14:05 Jack McGovan Renewables Government 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background A law reform agreed by lawmakers from Germany's government coalition would speed up approval processes around the planning and construction of new ...
  • 18 Jun 2021 |

    City of Berlin lawmakers pass rooftop solar law, approve buyback of city grid

    18 Jun 2021, 13:07 Edgar Meza Grid Solar Spiegel, rbb As expected, the Berlin House of Representatives has passed a law making solar photovoltaic (PV) systems mandatory on residential and non-residential buildings in the city, Spiegel writes. The Berlin ...
  • First oversubscribed bioenergy auction in Germany follows increase in support rates

    31 May 2023, 13:24 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 05 Apr 2019 |

    German parliament passes law on faster grid expansion to ensure renewables growth

    05 Apr 2019, 12:40 New legislation passed yesterday by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal parliament is to ensure the timely completion of crucial power grid connections that transport renewable electricity throughout the country. This law will bring the energy transition ...
  • 01 Aug 2022 |

    First hard coal 鈥渕arket returnee鈥 power plant ready to replace gas in supply crisis

    01 Aug 2022, 13:23 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Coal Security dpa / Zeit Online The first retired hard coal ...
  • 21 Jul 2021 |

    Germany can fulfil entire energy demand with renewables in 10-15 years 鈥 report

    21 Jul 2021, 13:25 Expert DIW- German Institute for Economic Research Deutsches Institut f眉r Wirtschaftsforschung Climate & CO2 Electricity market Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Charlotte Nijhuis Grid Renewables ...
  • 27 Feb 2025 |

    German industry hails EU competitiveness plan as NGOs warn red tape cuts threaten climate action

    27 Feb 2025, 13:51 The European Commission unveiled a series of plans to make the bloc's industry more competitive, reduce energy costs and cut red tape. Germany's industry associations called the proposals an important first step in the right ...
  • 10 Feb 2022 |

    German wind power state pushes for progress on artificial energy islands in North Sea

    10 Feb 2022, 14:06 Jessica Bateman Wind Die Zeit The northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein has announced it wants to help push forward the energy transition by building artificial power islands in the North Sea, newspaper Die Zeit reported. ...
  • 21 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from France | March '25

    21 Mar 2025, 15:30 French prime minister Francois Bayrou may have fended off a vote of no-confidence in parliament for the adoption of the 2025 finance bill, but the nation still has a long way to go to recover from the political turmoil brought by last ...
  • 05 Feb 2024 |

    EU's 90% emissions reduction target by 2040 must be flanked by supporting measures 鈥 energy industry

    05 Feb 2024, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU 麻豆无码版 The European Union could achieve an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 percent by 2040, compared to 1990, but the bloc must "consistently" implement the ...
  • 07 Dec 2022 |

    Germany and Europe in danger of falling behind on renewables due to regulation, bureaucracy 鈥 dena head

    07 Dec 2022, 12:44 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 The International 麻豆无码版 Agency鈥檚 (IEA) latest report on renewable ...
  • 27 Feb 2015 |

    German grid agency stresses need for new power lines

    27 Feb 2015, 00:00 Amidst political tussle over new power lines crossing Germany from north to south, which many see as one of the next big steps in the country's energy transition, the grid agency in charge has called the power highways in question ...
  • 09 Oct 2019 |

    Germany introduces competitive system for balancing fluctuations in the electricity grid

    09 Oct 2019, 10:42 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Next Kraftwerke Operator of virtual power plant & Power trader ...
  • 20 Jul 2022 |
    Gas

    Fifth floating LNG terminal to help Germany become independent of Russian gas

    20 Jul 2022, 12:58 S枚ren Amelang Gas 麻豆无码版 Germany will use a fifth floating liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in its drive to wean itself off Russian gas imports at a pace 鈥渘ever seen before鈥 in the country. A private consortium will ...
  • 01 Apr 2021 |

    German gas grid conversion on track with about 1 million appliances so far 鈥 operators

    01 Apr 2021, 13:50 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid 麻豆无码版 The conversion of large parts of the German gas infrastructure to reflect changing supply is well underway, the country鈥檚 gas grid operators write in their implementation report for the ...
  • E-mobility could help lower household electricity prices 鈥 researchers

    04 May 2021, 12:10 Julian Wettengel Electricity market Cars Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The expansion of electric mobility in Germany could lead to lower household electricity prices, said Fraunhofer Research Institution for 麻豆无码版 Infrastructures ...
  • 27 May 2019 |

    German states commit to streamlining energy transition

    27 May 2019, 13:46 Rose-Anne Clermont Grid Renewables n-tv Federal economy minister Peter Altmaier of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) met with the heads of departments of all 16 German federal states in Hanover on 24 May to discuss how to better ...
  • 08 Apr 2024 |

    Germany mulls compensation fee for environmental impact of renewable energy projects

    08 Apr 2024, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Renewables 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ministries for the economy, the environment and construction have released a draft for translating the EU鈥檚 renewable energy directive (RED) into German law to speed up the roll-out of ...
  • 麻豆无码版 prices fall, but still 61% higher than pre-pandemic 鈥 Bavarian Industry Association

    14 Feb 2024, 14:03 Ruby Russel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The Bavarian Industry Association vbw's energy price index fell by nearly 30 percent in 2023, but the group says companies are still suffering from high energy ...
  • 25 Sep 2023 |
    Gas

    German gas demand set to rapidly decline by 2030, new investments questionable 鈥 consultancy

    25 Sep 2023, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas 麻豆无码版 Propelled by a rapid transformation in the heating sector, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 demand for natural gas looks set to plummet by one third by 2030 and by another third in the following decade, consultancy ...
  • 22 Dec 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 Preview: Cash-strapped German government faces uphill climate action battle in 2024

    22 Dec 2023, 15:00 The German government has to fund a wide range of its ambitious climate and energy transition projects for 2024 with considerably less money than initially planned. A ruling by the country's highest court on the constitutionally ...
  • German coalition party FDP says nuclear runtime extension must be longer than proposed

    29 Sep 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Government 麻豆无码版 The Free Democrats (FDP) in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government coalition have criticised the decision by Green Party economy and climate minister Robert Habeck to transfer two of the ...
  • 27 Jun 2019 |

    Record renewables output shows Germany needs systemic revamp- energy industry

    27 Jun 2019, 12:30 Expert Amprion Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices ...
  • 23 Aug 2023 |

    Slow expansion of wind power in southern Germany is 'depressing' 鈥 Scholz

    23 Aug 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind 麻豆无码版 / Rheinische Post Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the sluggish rollout of wind power in the south of the country "depressing" and warned that the three southern states 鈥 Hesse, Baden ...
  • 07 Jan 2025 |

    Cleaner electricity mix helps to cut German emissions by 3% in 2024 鈥 think tank

    07 Jan 2025, 13:30 Burning less coal and an increase in renewable electricity has helped cause a drop in greenhouse gas emissions of three percent in Germany last year, said think tank Agora Energiewende. Preliminary calculations show that real ...
  • 30 May 2024 |

    Germany to give hydrogen infrastructure priority to drive market ramp-up

    30 May 2024, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany's cabinet has agreed to give hydrogen infrastructure planning and approval priority to drive the rapid development and expansion of its production, storage and supply. The draft ...
  • 18 Jun 2018 |

    Power grid stabilising measures cost record 1.4 billion euros in 2017

    The costs for power grid stabilising measures rose to a record 1.4 billion euros in 2017 (880 million euros in 2016), says the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in its report on grid and system security measures. This was due to lagging grid expansion, a ...
  • 12 Dec 2018 |

    Renewable operators receive more compensation for insufficient grid capacities

    12 Dec 2018, 13:28 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Renewables Augsburger Allgemeine 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity consumers paid 228 million euros in the first three months of 2018 in compensation to renewable energy operators because their power ...
  • Parliament amends energy transition laws, weakens 2035 renewables target

    07 Jul 2022, 14:21 Germany's ruling parties have dropped the target of 鈥渘ear 100 percent renewables鈥 in the power grid by 2035 but agreed on more favourable conditions for solar PV and strict wind power expansion targets for laggard states in their ...
  • 02 Nov 2016 |

    Industry grid fee rebates top 1 billion euros, fuel reform debate

    02 Nov 2016, 00:00 German power consumers will have to shoulder grid fee rebates for energy-intensive industry in excess of 1 billion euros next year, sparking renewed calls for reform of the system to pay for keeping the grid stable as renewable power ...
  • 25 Jan 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 industry criticises planned German e-car charging infrastructure support

    25 Jan 2021, 12:35 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background German energy company EnBW has said that planned legislation to support the expansion of e ...
  • 05 Aug 2022 |

    Q&A: Is Germany reverting to coal to fight the gas supply crunch?

    05 Aug 2022, 11:34 With natural gas deliveries from Russia dwindling, the German government is preparing for a winter without sufficient supplies of the fossil fuel it relies on heavily for heating homes. As well as increasing the import of liquified gas ...
  • 04 Feb 2015 |

    Bavaria struggles with crucial decision on power lines

    04 Feb 2015, 00:00 The debate over grid extensions to balance over-supply of wind power in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 north with high demand in the south continues as the consulting process in Bavaria fails to yield a concrete decision on their necessity. Grid The ...
  • 23 Mar 2018 |

    German court ruling on grid returns releases funds for investments but means higher costs for customers 鈥 reactions

    The German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries (BDEW) says the ruling by a German court blocking a significant decrease in grid operators' guaranteed returns will boost necessary infrastructure investments. 鈥淭he聽 rate determined by the Federal ...
  • 19 Jul 2021 |

    Use existing infrastructure for hydrogen to reduce system costs, accelerate transition 鈥 govt advisors

    19 Jul 2021, 13:35 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Germany should refurbish its ...
  • 20 Jan 2023 |

    Germany takes key step towards offshore wind targets with development plan- ministry

    20 Jan 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Wind 麻豆无码版 A new area development plan for the expansion of offshore wind energy is a key step in helping Germany come closer to its target of installing at least 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, the economy and ...
  • 25 Mar 2024 |

    Germany to shut down seven more coal power plant units as country exits winter

    25 Mar 2024, 13:48 Julian Wettengel Coal dpa / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung Seven lignite-fired power plant units with a combined capacity of 3.1 gigawatt will finally be shut down in Germany at the end of March, after their decommissioning had been postponed due ...
  • 11 Oct 2019 |

    Average power outage time in Germany in decline as renewables' share grows

    11 Oct 2019, 14:13 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 The average duration of ...
  • 10 Jul 2019 |

    Grid operators propose at least ten offshore wind power hubs in North Sea

    10 Jul 2019, 12:53 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Kennedy Nyavaya Grid Wind 麻豆无码版 Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial 鈥渆nergy islands鈥 as wind power hubs in the North ...
  • 25 Apr 2024 |

    Boost to German solar expansion could increase times of negative power prices 鈥 business specialists

    25 Apr 2024, 13:47 Jack McGovan Solar Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Rundschau 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 most recent push to boost the rollout of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the country, which is set to be agreed upon in parliament on Friday (26 April), could result in ...
  • 07 Mar 2023 |

    Scholz urges local utilities to invest in green future, guarantees govt support

    07 Mar 2023, 12:26 Carolina Kyllmann Utilities 麻豆无码版 Municipal utilities are at the forefront of implementing the energy transition and should 鈥渋nvest in the green future of their business,鈥 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the annual ...
  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Dispatch from Italy | March 鈥25

    07 Mar 2025, 15:00 Winter may finally be on the way out but Italy is still grappling with high electricity prices, with average wholesale prices in February among the highest in Europe. Under increasing pressure to halt further rises, the government ...
  • 18 Jun 2018 |

    German grid agency unveils grid expansion scenario for a 65 percent-renewable power supply in 2030

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has released its 2030 grid development scenarios, including a 鈥渟ubstantially altered鈥 scenario based on a 65 percent share of renewables in the power mix, and on the additional auctions for wind and solar power promised ...
  • 08 Jan 2018 |

    Operators fear court decision could hamstring investment in German power grids

    A decision by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to cap grid operators鈥 profits has led to a 鈥渞evolt鈥 in the industry, Michael Gassmann writes for Die Welt. Over 1,000 companies, including many municipal utilities, have filed a complaint against ...
  • 24 Mar 2025 |

    Renewables spurred by geopolitical upheaval, can help prevent conflict 鈥 IRENA

    24 Mar 2025, 11:00 Geopolitical disruption through events like Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine or a new transatlantic rift can speed up the rapid build-up of renewable energies, says Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 16 Nov 2022 |

    Chancellery aims to speed up approval times for renewable projects

    16 Nov 2022, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Policy Handelsblatt German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) plans to streamline planning and approval procedures for faster construction of wind turbines, rail projects and even houses, newspaper Handelsblatt聽 reports. The ...
  • 13 Jun 2024 |

    Legal experts say cities should not waste resources on uncertain hydrogen heating plans

    13 Jun 2024, 13:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating 麻豆无码版 / Klimareporter Supplying households with green hydrogen for heating should not play a major role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 heating sector decarbonisation because of huge planning and implementation ...
  • 05 Oct 2017 |

    Power grid fees increase in the West, decrease in the East

    Power transmission grid operators Amprion, TenneT and Transnet-BW are planning to increase grid fees by between 9 and 45 percent, Andreas Mihm聽writes聽for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Grid expansion and measures to stabilise the grid 鈥 such as re ...
  • 17 Apr 2024 |

    German domestic oil and gas production continues to sink 鈥 report

    17 Apr 2024, 12:48 Jennifer Collins Fossil fuels Gas 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Germany covered just 6 percent of its natural gas and 2 percent of oil demand with domestic supplies in 2023 as production continues to sink, according to an ...
  • 02 Jan 2018 |

    TenneT spends record sum to stabilise power grid in 2017

    The need for, and costs of, power grid stabilising measures grew to a record high in 2017 for transmission grid operator TenneT, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. According to preliminary data, TenneT said it ...
  • Electricity and gas grids need to be better aligned in new energy system

    15 Feb 2019, 11:34 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Electricity market Gas Grid Tennet / Gasunie Gas and electricity grid infrastructures need to be much better aligned to guarantee the ...
  • 03 Jun 2024 |

    Scholz confident about 80% renewables share in 2030, energy industry calls for investment fund

    03 Jun 2024, 14:20 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices n-tv / 麻豆无码版 Germany will achieve its target of achieving a share of 80 percent renewable energy in its electricity use by 2030, according to chancellor Olaf Scholz. Speaking at ...
  • 04 May 2023 |

    Europe can halve fossil gas use by 2030 without risk to supply security 鈥 think tank

    04 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas EU 麻豆无码版 The European Union can cut its fossil gas use in half by 2030 and fully exit the fuel by 2050聽while maintaining supply security and industrial production at today鈥檚 levels without disruptive ...
  • 05 Jul 2024 |

    Germany's coalition agrees 2025 budget with 鈥渞ecord鈥 climate and energy investments

    05 Jul 2024, 15:07 Months of negotiations among the parties in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 governing coalition about the country鈥檚 2025 budget have ushered in 鈥渞ecord investments鈥 into renewable power, industrial decarbonisation, electric mobility and a faster transition ...
  • 12 Mar 2019 |

    Germany should make its energy policy fully European to improve it 鈥 DIHK head

    12 Mar 2019, 14:01 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Grid International Tagesspiegel In order to achieve the best possible climate action in ...
  • 19 Mar 2024 |

    Germany urges tighter global energy cooperation to bring climate targets within reach

    19 Mar 2024, 13:58 The global growth of renewable power sources is an encouraging trend for climate action but needs to be better coordinated to ensure international targets are met, according to 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy and foreign affairs ministers. ...
  • 15 Dec 2021 |

    Germany chooses three more coal plants to go offline by 2023 in fourth exit tender

    15 Dec 2021, 12:09 S枚ren Amelang Coal 麻豆无码版 A large hard coal power station and two small-scale combined heat and power plants in Germany are set to stop selling electricity by May 2023 as part of the country's coal exit. In the fourth ...
  • 11 Sep 2023 |

    New German heating law met with mixed reactions from industry and environmental groups

    11 Sep 2023, 13:33 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Government 麻豆无码版 The German government鈥檚聽 new building energy legislation 聽to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems has generated mixed reactions from industry associations and ...
  • 11 Feb 2020 |

    Storm 'Ciara' blows German wind power production to new record

    11 Feb 2020, 13:36 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin ...
  • 12 Oct 2022 |

    Key renewable energy tenders significantly undersubscribed as projects face rising costs

    12 Oct 2022, 12:55 Edgar Meza Julian Wettengel Bioenergy Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Recent tenders for onshore wind, biomass and biomethane plants in Germany attracted fewer bidders than expected, leaving all three rounds clearly undersubscribed, ...
  • Nuclear plant shutdown will boost wind energy in northern German state 鈥 env min

    09 Dec 2021, 13:43 Charlotte Nijhuis Nuclear phase-out Renewables Focus Online The shutdown of the last nuclear power plant in Schleswig-Holstein will boost wind power in the northern German state, its environment minister Jan Philipp Albrecht (Greens) ...
  • 02 May 2024 |

    Renewables on rise in Germany, but faster growth needed for 2030 target 鈥 report

    02 May 2024, 13:31 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy capacity has increased rapidly in Germany in the past year, but the expansion must be accelerated further for the country to meet its target of sourcing ...
  • Longer nuclear plant runtimes push out renewables- analysts

    07 Apr 2022, 13:51 Expert 麻豆无码版 Brainpool 麻豆无码版 consultancy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Kerstine Appunn Nuclear phase-out Renewables 麻豆无码版 Letting existing nuclear plants run longer will lead to large amounts of renewable energy ...
  • 02 Apr 2024 |

    Germany simplifies registration of balcony photovoltaic units

    02 Apr 2024, 13:26 Edgar Meza Electricity Solar 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has simplified the registration of plug-in balcony solar photovoltaic (PV) units or 'balcony power plants' as of 1 April. "People ...
  • 15 Apr 2021 |

    European transmission grid operators plan to connect offshore wind platforms

    15 Apr 2021, 14:27 Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Wind Seven European transmission grid operators (TSO) have launched an initiative for interconnecting offshore wind platforms across Europe. The aim of 鈥淓urobar鈥 is to securely and efficiently ...
  • 05 Oct 2022 |

    State premier says east German coal region won鈥檛 follow early phase-out agreed in west

    05 Oct 2022, 13:48 Carolina Kyllmann Coal dpa The premier of eastern German lignite mining state Saxony-Anhalt has said his state will not follow an聽 agreement 聽on an early coal phase-out made in the heavy industry state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in ...
  • 28 Feb 2024 |

    Discontent at Siemens 麻豆无码版 over wind division losses 鈥 media report

    28 Feb 2024, 12:30 Jennifer Collins Wind Business & Jobs Die Welt The management board of Siemens 麻豆无码版 faced down displeased shareholders looking for answers to spiralling losses from wind turbine subsidiary Siemens Gamesa at the group's annual ...
  • 24 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淭ennet CEO says no blackout-danger due to e-mobility鈥

    German transmission grid operators say fears about an overstraining of the grid due to an increased use of e-cars and heat pumps are unfounded, Dow Jones Newswires Germany reports. Utility associations in southern Germany recently warned that the nuclear ...
  • 15 Dec 2023 |

    German wind energy tender once again undersubscribed, but grid agency sees 鈥渉ope鈥

    15 Dec 2023, 13:16 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 In its latest auction for onshore wind turbines, Germany failed to secure enough investment deals to ensure the rollout of the technology proceeds with sufficient speed to reach renewable ...
  • 15 Feb 2021 |

    Union, grid operator want to turn Eastern Germany into climate-friendly industry pioneer

    15 Feb 2021, 13:44 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Expert IG BCE- Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie Fossil fuels Business & Jobs ...
  • 07 Nov 2018 |

    Grid operator Tennet warns of hasty grid extensions

    Germany is running the risk of investing too much money in grid extensions, according to grid operator Tennet. Company CEO Lex Hartman warned of stranded assets because artificial intelligence would play an increasingly important role for the power grid, ...
  • 30 Apr 2018 |

    Germany reduces grid stability reserve due to German-Austrian power market split

    The winter power capacity reserve, designed to keep the grid stable in critical situations, will be reduced by one third for 2018/2019 compared to previous winters, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) announced. The capacity of power plants in ...
  • 22 Sep 2017 |

    Transmission grid operator to raise grid fees

    Transmission grid operator (TSO) TenneT will raise grid fees by 9 percent at the turn of the year, executive board member Urban Keussen told Klaus Stratmann for the Handelsblatt. The rise is due to costs from measures to stabilise the power grid, such as ...
  • 19 Jun 2018 |

    Green party says renewables not to blame for high grid costs

    Green Party energy expert Ingrid Nestle says renewable power plants are not responsible for record grid management costs, which according to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) amounted to 1.4 billion euros in 2017. 鈥淚 warn against making renewables a ...
  • 21 Feb 2024 |

    Germany to provide 3.5 billion euros for green hydrogen import auction scheme

    21 Feb 2024, 13:17 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 Germany will provide up to 3.53 billion euros in the period 2027 to 2036 to procure hydrogen and hydrogen-based derivatives from different regions, said the economy ministry ...
  • 11 Dec 2018 |

    EU requires TenneT to boost power trading capacity between Denmark and Germany

    11 Dec 2018, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid International Enerdata The European Commission has asked transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to increase the electricity trading capacity between western Denmark and Germany and to ensure ...
  • 15 Aug 2018 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥淧ower Grid Action Plan鈥 vital for Energiewende 鈥 opinion

    German energy minister Peter Altmaier is 鈥済oing all out鈥 with his new 鈥淧ower Grid Action Plan鈥 to make the country鈥檚 grid fit for the growing volume of renewable energy sources 鈥 and rightfully so, because grid expansion has become the decisive bottleneck ...
  • 24 Feb 2023 |

    Engineer association calls for removing regulatory hurdles to Germany's 鈥榖alcony power plants鈥

    24 Feb 2023, 13:03 Expert VDE- Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies Verband der Elektrotechnik Informationstechnik e.V. Technology Carolina Kyllmann Solar Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 The installation of plug-in ...
  • 02 Jul 2024 |

    麻豆无码版 industry rejects Monopolies Commission call for greater competition in district heating

    02 Jul 2024, 13:42 Ruby Russel Heating 麻豆无码版 Industry groups have criticised recommendations by Germany's Monopolies Commission to keep the consumer cost of district heating in check 鈥 claiming the proposed measures would actually ...
  • 16 May 2024 |
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    French and German MPs call for trilateral energy transition partnership with Poland

    16 May 2024, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Table.Media Members of parliament from France and Germany have called for intensifying efforts to create a more coherent energy policy together with Poland, Table.Media reported. The three major EU member states ...
  • 11 Mar 2021 |

    Germans believe lack of renewable storage biggest energy transition hurdle- survey

    11 Mar 2021, 14:31 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities S枚ren Amelang Renewables Storage 麻豆无码版 Germans ...
  • German politicians closely watch Chinese company鈥檚 plans to buy share in German grid operator

    Chinese grid company SGCC鈥檚 plan to acquire 20 percent share in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission grid operator 50Hertz worries German politicians and could refuel the debate on establishing a state-run transmission grid company, reports the Handelsblatt. It was a ...
  • 19 Jun 2018 |

    Grid operator plans cable under Baltic Sea to store German wind power in Sweden

    A 300-kilometre power cable under the Baltic Sea will transport excess German wind power to Swedish hydropower plants, according to plans by German grid operator 50Hertz and Swedish company Svenska kraftn盲t, Andre Wornowski reports for regional newspaper ...
  • 04 Nov 2022 |

    Germany agrees key steps to speed up offshore wind expansion

    04 Nov 2022, 14:02 S枚ren Amelang Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government, several of its states and grid operators have agreed on how to implement the country鈥檚 more ambitious targets for the expansion of offshore wind turbines. With the ...
  • 29 Nov 2018 |

    State ministers criticise Germany's energy transition policy

    29 Nov 2018, 15:44 Julian Wettengel 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Energiewende Government WirtschaftsWoche / BMWi The Green Party鈥檚 energy minister in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Franz Untersteller, has lamented a 鈥渟tandstill of federal energy policy鈥 ahead of a meeting ...
  • 31 Oct 2018 |

    Work underway on first power grid connection between Germany and Belgium

    German power grid operator Amprion and its Belgian counterpart Elia have started building the first power grid connection between the two countries, according to an article by German newswire dpa carried by business weekly Wirtschaftswoche. Amprion said ...
  • 16 Aug 2023 |

    Industry expects 鈥渓asting solar boom鈥 as farmers turn against German govt's expansion rules

    16 Aug 2023, 13:47 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband ...
  • 15 Oct 2018 |

    German conservatives say coalition partner SPD must accept difficulties of renewables expansion

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 ruling conservative CDU party says its coalition partner Social Democrats (SPD) have to acknowledge that the expansion of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable energy capacity will be more difficult than initially thought, Focus Online reports. So far, the SPD ...
  • 25 Jun 2024 |

    Slow German hydrogen infrastructure buildout risk to climate goals- advisors

    25 Jun 2024, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 Four years after the launch of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 national hydrogen strategy, the buildout of hydrogen infrastructure is behind schedule and could run into serious trouble that scares away ...
  • 10 May 2024 |

    Protest camp at Tesla鈥檚 Berlin factory draws in hundreds of activists critical of expansion plans

    10 May 2024, 15:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Society rbb / Die Welt Activists protesting against the expansion of the Tesla factory in Gr眉nheide have tried to enter the factory's premises, leading to clashes with police and arrests made on the US ...
  • 10 Mar 2020 |

    Windy February drives record negative power prices in Germany

    10 Mar 2020, 13:46 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Wind Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A ...
  • 26 Oct 2017 |

    Dispute between distribution and transmission grid operators

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 distribution grid operators are calling for a legal reform to limit the transmission grid operators鈥 (TSO) powers to intervene in distribution聽grids, Klaus Stratmann writes for Handelsblatt. An increasingly decentralised power supply due to the ...
  • 23 Mar 2018 |

    Court ruling in favour of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid operators dashes hopes for lower power prices

    Under a ruling by a regional court in Germany in favour of the country鈥檚 grid operators, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) cannot聽 cut the guaranteed rate of return 聽on power and natural gas grids, meaning that customers鈥 hopes for lower power prices ...
  • Power grid needs more backup plants to avoid blackouts in winter

    The German power grid will need more backup power plants to safeguard the system against blackouts during the next winter, the Federal Grid Agency (BNetzA) said in a press release. 鈥淲e still need backup capacities to stabilise the grid in critical ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    Hydrogen exports to EU could bolster Ukraine鈥檚 economy 鈥 German govt advisors

    11 Mar 2024, 13:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU 麻豆无码版 Hydrogen trade with the EU could play an important role in rebuilding the economy and energy infrastructure of Ukraine, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government-appointed National Hydrogen Council has said. ...
  • 22 Aug 2022 |

    German econ min says limited extension of one single nuclear plant conceivable

    22 Aug 2022, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out dpa / Zeit Online Extending the runtime of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 three remaining nuclear power plants will do very little to help the country weather the looming gas supply crisis, economy and climate minister ...
  • 21 Nov 2018 |

    Germany begins trial to curb grid congestion

    Around 70 partners, including grid operators, power producers, consumers, and traders in eastern Germany, have launched a trial to find cheap and efficient ways of resolving costly grid congestion on windy days, for example by using demand flexibility, ...
  • 05 Jan 2018 |

    Lagging grid expansion 鈥渞isky in the long run鈥 鈥 grid agency president

    Germany does not have a power supply security issue, but its grid stability may be at risk in the long run, Jochen Homann, president of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) told Deutschlandfunk in an interview. The country currently has sufficient power ...
  • 02 May 2017 |

    Pilot project taps batteries & blockchain to iron out renewable power

    02 May 2017, 00:00 A German pilot project will hook up thousands of household batteries to balance out intermittent renewable power production. Grid operator Tennet and solar battery maker Sonnen said they will use blockchain technology to build a network ...
  • Grids are our most important business, this is where Energiewende happens - E.ON CEO

    The energy transition will mainly play out in power grids in the years to come, according to E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen. In an interview with the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, he said grids were his company鈥檚 most important business, which also ...
  • 27 Aug 2019 |

    German government says power storage capacity could grow more than 50-fold by 2030

    27 Aug 2019, 13:25 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Storage 麻豆无码版 The total power storage capacity ...
  • 13 Jun 2018 |

    Digital technologies can replace future grid extensions 鈥 grid operator Tennet

    The planners of future grid extensions in Germany must pay more attention to new technologies, according to grid operator Tennet. The company鈥檚 CEO, Lex Hartmann, said that the increasing digitalisation of power grids could replace the construction of ...
  • 28 Feb 2019 |

    Grid operator 50Hertz set new renewables record in 2018

    28 Feb 2019, 14:12 Expert 50Hertz Transmission Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Renewables 麻豆无码版 More than 55 percent of power consumed last year in the area of north-eastern Germany covered by grid ...
  • Post feed-in tariff futures for pioneer renewable plants: Small solar PV

    02 Jun 2021, 10:44 After 20 years, many pioneer clean energy projects are losing their guaranteed feed-in tariff, with possible repercussions for citizen involvement in the energy transition. In the solar sector, this change is mainly affecting households ...
  • 23 May 2018 |

    China tries to buy stake in German grid operator 50Hertz 鈥 again

    Chinese grid operator SGCC is again trying to obtain a 20 percent share in German transmission network operator 50Hertz, Klaus Stratmann reports for the business daily Handelsblatt. In March 2018, SGCC failed to buy a 20 percent stake in 50Hertz, when ...
  • 16 Dec 2024 |

    Vote25: Geopolitical instability could undermine climate commitments in 2025, warns German env agency

    16 Dec 2024, 13:15 Next year will be a difficult one for climate policy, says Susanne Dr枚ge, head of climate protection and energy at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Governments will have to show whether they are still committed to strong climate ...
  • 30 Oct 2017 |

    Grid fees: 鈥淭he black secret of the energy transition鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission network operators have raised their prices, which leads to higher grid fees payable by consumers with their power price, reports Andreas Macho for the WirtschaftsWoche. Eastern German grid operators rose fees by up to 80 percent, ...
  • 25 Mar 2021 |

    麻豆无码版 and grid companies team up for hydrogen project at German coast

    25 Mar 2021, 14:02 Kerstine Appunn Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 With the aim to scale hydrogen technology and ensure its integration in the energy market, a new project partnership in northern Germany will invest 1.3 million euros to create a 鈥淐lean ...
  • 26 Jul 2018 |

    Study looks at different scenarios for grid expansion in Germany

    Fast decisions on climate targets, renewable growth and fossil fuel phase-out are required to plan the future German grid system, a study by the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰ko-Institut) within a project funded by the Ministry for Education and ...
  • French nuclear plants make German power more expensive

    Western German grid operator Amprion鈥檚 decision to raise power grid fees by about 45 percent in 2018 is in large part due to French supply issues this past winter, reports Andreas Macho in WirtschaftsWoche. Amprion was forced to frequently employ grid ...
  • 20 Dec 2023 |

    Preview 2024: Next EU Commission must start Fit-for-90 package talks to pave way to climate neutrality- BEE

    20 Dec 2023, 09:05 Europe has no time to lose in formulating its renewed emissions reduction ambitions after the results of next June鈥檚 European Parliament elections become known, says Simone Peter from the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation. A 鈥淔it-for ...
  • Germany should rethink strategy on domestic fossil resources and nuclear energy 鈥 fin min

    27 Jul 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 / RTL Germany should rethink its approach towards domestic fossil fuels and nuclear energy as prices rise and the country is facing potential shortages, fuelled by the ...
  • 10 Jan 2025 |

    Dispatch from Croatia | January 鈥25

    10 Jan 2025, 09:59 Croatian citizens ended 2024 with a first round of presidential elections, marking the finale of a super election year. In terms of the climate, it was yet another year of above-average warmth, accompanied by numerous extreme weather ...
  • 17 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淪torm in the power grid

    Managing 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grids is becoming increasingly expensive, Klaus Stratmann writes in Handelsblatt. There has been a 鈥渕assive increase鈥 in so-called 鈥渞e-dispatch鈥 measures, where power plants are started or shut down to keep the grid stable, ...
  • Shipping green hydrogen to Germany is unviable strategy for basic industry decarbonisation- report

    11 Dec 2024, 13:10 Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 steel and chemical industries, the country鈥檚 government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance聽 has warned. These sectors ...
  • Nuclear fusion cannot balance fluctuating renewables- German parliament report

    09 Jan 2025, 13:29 Future nuclear fusion power plants will not be able to complement wind and solar electricity production because they will likely need to run around the clock for economic and technical reasons, a German parliamentary report concludes. ...
  • 25 Jul 2018 |

    Grid operator suggests connecting German offshore wind parks to Dutch grid

    It could be cheaper to connect future German North Sea wind parks to the Dutch power grid rather than running the cables to, and through, Germany, Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT suggests in its half-year report published on Wednesday. ...
  • 10 Oct 2019 |

    Grid operators consider splitting Germany's single power market zone

    10 Oct 2019, 13:57 Freja Eriksen Grid Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 / Montel News Transmission system operators (TSO) in Germany are considering splitting the country's single power market bidding zone into different zones as the first step of ...
  • 04 Sep 2020 |

    Vattenfall wants to shut down its largest coal power station in Germany

    04 Sep 2020, 16:24 Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable. After participating in the first hard coal phase-out tender, CEO Magnus Hall said that if his ...
  • 18 Jun 2018 |

    Electric vehicles could stabilise power grid

    As renewable energy facilities supply a growing share of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity, the power grid is struggling to cope with their fluctuating output, Peter Ilg writes for Zeit Online. On very sunny or windy days, too much electricity surges into the network ...
  • 05 Feb 2021 |

    Digital & decentralised energy system both opportunity and risk for supply security- Researchers

    05 Feb 2021, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Digitalisation Security Digitalisation offers an opportunity to make power grids more resilient during transition to renewable power sources but may also make the energy system more vulnerable, 聽researchers of the tech ...
  • 26 Jun 2024 |

    Lower electricity prices leave German government short of 鈧8.7 bln in renewables funding

    26 Jun 2024, 13:12 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Cost & Prices dpa / n-tv / 麻豆无码版 Falling wholesale power prices have torn a hole in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 financing of renewable energy sources, whose operators receive state support if revenues from ...
  • 02 Feb 2021 |

    Local utilities file fresh market distortion lawsuit against E.ON-RWE deal

    02 Feb 2021, 13:40 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities A group of local utilities in Germany will double ...
  • 06 Dec 2023 |

    Bioenergy auction in Germany attracts record number of bids, exceeding tender threefold

    06 Dec 2023, 13:24 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Bioenergy Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 The latest ...
  • E.ON enlists software company SAP for digitalisation of energy grid

    04 Dec 2020, 13:29 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Cost & Prices Utilities Digitalisation WirtschaftsWoche 麻豆无码版 company E.ON is teaming up with software company SAP to digitalise its power grid ...
  • CSU鈥檚 new coalition partner Free Voters of Bavaria rejects key grid expansion plans

    The Free Voters, new coalition partners in Bavaria, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 southern economic powerhouse state, reject important grid expansion plans that are meant to improve the distribution of electricity from renewable power sources across the country, Claudia ...
  • 15 Aug 2018 |

    麻豆无码版 minister wants to prioritise crucial grid projects 鈥 and meet critics in Berlin

    On a visit to communities affected by new grid development, German energy minister Peter Altmaier said the transition to an energy system based largely on renewables was a project for the whole community that couldn't be implemented by going over ...
  • 18 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淧ower price alignment is coming - government sources鈥

    Grid fees will be aligned across Germany despite economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 recent backtracking on such plans, Reuters reports citing government sources. Responding to pressure from eastern German federal states the government is working on a bill ...
  • 04 Aug 2016 |

    More re-dispatch costs in 2015

    The costs for so called re-dispatch measures, necessary to keep the power grid stable in times of high power input and lacking grid capacities, have increased to 402.5 million euros in 2015 compared to 185.4 million euros in 2014, the Federal Network ...
  • 09 May 2018 |

    Grid agency sees progress in grid expansion

    The planning procedures for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission power grid expansion, including the two large direct-current power lines between the North and South of the country (SuedLink and SuedOstLink), have seen 鈥渄istinct progress鈥 in 2017, the Federal Network ...
  • 30 May 2024 |

    Fast charging points to become mandatory for large petrol station operators in Germany

    30 May 2024, 13:28 Carolina Kyllmann Mobility Cars 麻豆无码版 / n-tv Large petrol station companies will need to offer at least one fast charging point for electric vehicles from 2028, according to a draft law agreed by Germany's government ...
  • 29 Jul 2020 |

    Germany generates enough power to meet e-car growth, government says

    29 Jul 2020, 13:43 Grid Cars 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal government believes the country has sufficient power generation capacity to accommodate a major expansion in the number of electric cars, according to a parliamentary report. The government ...
  • 05 Dec 2018 |

    Solar home storage company Sonnen certified to provide control energy

    05 Dec 2018, 13:58 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Solar Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Transmission grid operator Tennet has certified the solar power home battery producer Sonnen to become a control energy provider for the German power grid, ...
  • 12 Nov 2020 |

    Small fraction of Germany's biogas plants contribute to grid stability 鈥 study

    12 Nov 2020, 14:21 Expert Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Expert agency for renewable raw materials Bioenergy Expert German Biogas Association Fachverband Biogas e.V. Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Business & Jobs Kerstine ...
  • 05 Jan 2024 |

    German renewables expansion picks up speed in 2023, onshore wind still lagging

    05 Jan 2024, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 installed renewable power production capacity has increased by about 17 gigawatt in 2023 (to some 170 GW total), figures released by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 鈥渃unning trick鈥 to keep China out of its power grid 鈥 opinion

    The German government has used a 鈥渃unning trick鈥 by making the state-owned business development bank KfW acquire a stake in grid operator 50Hertz that had been eyed by Chinese power company SGCC, Andreas Mihm writes in an opinion piece in the Frankfurter ...
  • 23 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淓lectricity prices rise; TenneT increases grid fees by 80 percent鈥

    German households will have to pay 30 euros more per year for electricity as grid operator TenneT plans to raise its grid fees by 80 percent in the new year, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. 鈥淭he main reason for this increase is that the grid ...
  • 19 Oct 2022 |

    Pyrenees pipeline wanted by Spain and Germany could be finished within a year 鈥 Enagas CEO

    19 Oct 2022, 13:07 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas EU dpa / Focus Online A new pipeline connecting Spain with France and the northern European grid could be finished within a year, the head of Spanish gas grid operator Enagas, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, told news ...
  • 28 Jul 2020 |

    TenneT records offshore wind power growth of more than 20 percent in North Sea

    28 Jul 2020, 12:23 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Edgar Meza Wind 麻豆无码版 Dutch transmission grid operator聽TenneT recorded a more than 21 percent increase in offshore wind energy transmission from the North Sea to ...
  • 16 Jul 2020 |

    German govt to decide on energy emergency communication after MP's vote

    16 Jul 2020, 13:58 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security 麻豆无码版 German energy industry lobby ...
  • Eastern German states put energy supply in focus in push to counter populists鈥 rise

    19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
  • Second grid 鈥渟tress test鈥 to determine whether 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining nuclear plants still needed

    19 Jul 2022, 13:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Security S眉ddeutsche Zeitung The German government has said it will carry out a second assessment of the benefits of extending the runtime of the country鈥檚 remaining nuclear plants beyond their ...
  • 09 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淲aiting, worrying, hoping鈥

    Grid operator Amprion鈥檚 statement that 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid was at its limits last winter shows that the energy transition is not on track, because supply security was endangered, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece for the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
  • 04 Jan 2021 |

    German coal exit on its way with first plants off the grid

    04 Jan 2021, 12:49 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian ...
  • 09 Mar 2020 |

    Utility chief warns that Germany faces potential blackouts as it exits coal

    09 Mar 2020, 13:29 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Expert Uniper SE Uniper SE Utilities Rachel Waldholz Coal Electricity market ...
  • Cross-border dispute on the Balkans puts focus on European power network鈥檚 vulnerability

    A dispute between the two south-eastern European states Serbia and Kosovo is said to be responsible for a voltage drop in the European power grid, which has caused many electronic clocks on the continent to run slow, Norbert Lossau writes in Die Welt. ...
  • Germany launches joint onshore wind and solar tender, including 鈥grid 肠辞尘辫辞苍别苍迟鈥

    The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched the first joint tender for onshore wind and solar power. The auctioned capacity is 200 megawatts (MW), the agency says in a press release. 鈥淭he technologies directly compete for the lowest cost in ...
  • 14 Jul 2022 |

    Gas bills to triple from 2023, says grid agency boss

    14 Jul 2022, 12:52 Jessica Bateman Gas Security RND Germany's public is yet to experience the full impact of rising gas prices as bills could 鈥渢riple鈥 from 2023, Klaus M眉ller, the president of the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), has warned in ...
  • 13 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淓ast criticises grid fee plans鈥

    Influential partisans of Social Democrat Sigmar Gabriel continue to rebuke the economy minister for budging from plans to align grid fees across Germany, Ulrich Milde writes in Leipziger Volkszeitung. 鈥淚鈥檓 very angry that the promised fairer allocation of ...
  • E.ON has 鈥渘o plans鈥 to extend Bavarian nuclear power plant runtime, but is 鈥渙pen to discussion鈥

    11 Aug 2022, 14:08 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Nuclear phase-out Utilities Tagesspiegel Background 麻豆无码版 company E.ON has said it is 鈥渙pen to discussions鈥 about a possible runtime extension of its ...
  • 26 Jan 2017 |

    Government cabinet agrees to new grid fee law proposal

    There will be no nationwide grid fee alignment in Germany according to a proposal by the economy ministry approved by the government cabinet, contrary to聽 earlier press reports. However, the proposal for a grid fee reform will gradually abolish payments ...
  • 07 Jul 2020 |

    E.ON calls for green gas quota and tackles hydrogen network

    07 Jul 2020, 13:24 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 German energy company E.ON has called for a green gas quota to help to reduce the share of fossil gas in the ...
  • 13 Dec 2016 |

    鈥淧ower more expensive in the West鈥

    Grid fees in western Germany are set to rise sharply in 2017, while fees in the east fall, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. According to the research institute ewi ER&S, industrial enterprises connected to the high voltage grid will see ...
  • 08 Aug 2022 |

    Bavaria retains leading position among German states in solar power expansion

    08 Aug 2022, 12:06 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar 麻豆无码版 The southern German state of Bavaria continues to lead the field in solar power expansion in the country, increasing its capacity by more than 1 gigawatt (GW) in the first half of 2022 alone. ...
  • 29 May 2019 |

    German energy industry says ready for millions of e-cars

    29 May 2019, 12:13 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Tagesspiegel Background / BDEW ...
  • 19 May 2017 |

    鈥淪PD pushes conservative Union for nationwide alignment of grid 蹿别别蝉鈥

    The Social Democratic Union (SPD) wants a nationwide alignment of grid fees, SPD鈥檚 energy politician and member of the Bundestag Hubertus Heil told news agency Dow Jones. The grand coalition鈥檚 (CDU/CSU, SPD) federal cabinet had introduced a draft for a ...
  • 12 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淔ederal states quarrel about power grid 肠辞蝉迟蝉鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 federal states continue to disagree on the planned reform of the country鈥檚 electricity grid fee structure, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. It follows economy minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 backtracking on plans to standardise fees across the ...
  • 20 Sep 2018 |

    麻豆无码版 minister rallies states to accelerate power line construction

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) wants to 鈥渕ake a pact with the states鈥 and present a law to accelerate the building of new power lines, he told Funke Mediengruppe ahead of today鈥檚 Grid Summit with the states鈥 energy ministers in Berlin. ...
  • 30 May 2018 |

    Renewables鈥 burden on power grid greater than previously thought - researchers

    Renewable energies place a greater burden on power grids than previously thought, according to an article by scientists from the Jacobs University Bremen published in the 鈥淪cientific Reports鈥 journal. Even the slightest fluctuations can be measured over ...
  • 21 Feb 2018 |

    Coalition plans to boost renewables expansion render grid plans obsolete 鈥 report

    The aim of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 emerging coalition government to speed up the expansion of renewable energy sources could render the current scenarios for expanding the country鈥檚 power grid obsolete, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes in the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The ...
  • State must support domestic production to fulfill Germany's renewables expansion aims 鈥 agency

    15 Feb 2023, 13:02 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Resources & Recycling Handelsblatt The expansion targets for renewable power in ...
  • 14 Aug 2017 |

    鈥淭he revenue cushion鈥

    Distribution grids used to have a reputation as a boring low-profit business but have become a key source of revenue for German utility innogy, Helmut B眉nder writes in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Just like its competitor E.ON, the subsidiary of RWE ...
  • 19 Aug 2022 |

    Bavarian CSU accuses grid agency of actively 鈥渄isadvantaging鈥 certain regions in gas crisis

    19 Aug 2022, 12:49 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Government dpa / Der Spiegel Bavaria鈥檚 ruling conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party has accused the German grid agency (BNetzA) of actively discriminating certain regions of the country in the gas supply ...
  • Power consumers pay higher grid fees than required by law 鈥 think tank

    A combination of lack of transparency and denial of legal protection means that German power grid fees cannot be sufficiently checked by consumers, consumer organisations, or even politicians, according to a legal analysis published by the Regulatory ...
  • 11 Nov 2022 |

    Geothermal energy to get relaunch in Germany as government seeks new heating sources

    11 Nov 2022, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Heating 麻豆无码版 The vast potential of geothermal energy generation for heating has so far been under-utilised in Germany, but a new exploration process launched by the economy and climate ministry ...
  • 25 Mar 2024 |

    German treasury rejects additional large-scale state support for solar PV industry

    25 Mar 2024, 13:37 Julian Wettengel Solar ARD / Tagesspiegel Background The head of Germany's treasury, finance minister Christian Lindner, has reiterated his opposition to more state support for Germany's domestic solar industry. In an ...
  • 14 May 2024 |

    Germany needs 鈧213 bln more for public investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation 鈥 economists

    14 May 2024, 13:25 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices Finance 麻豆无码版 Germany should invest an additional 213 billion euros compared to current budget plans over the next ten years in public services and infrastructure to decarbonise its economy ...
  • 14 Sep 2022 |

    Government advisors call on Germany to use nuclear until end of energy crisis

    14 Sep 2022, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The German Council of Economic Experts is calling for the country鈥檚 last nuclear power plants to remain in use until the current energy crisis is definitely over. The ...
  • Belgium鈥檚 Elia increases ownership in German grid operator 50Hertz

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia will exercise its pre-emptive right to buy a 20 percent stake in German power transmission grid operator 50Hertz for 976.5 million euros, beating the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), reports Reuters. The ...
  • 30 Jul 2018 |

    Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Germany criticises transmission grid deal

    After the German federal government decided on 27 July to buy a 20 percent stake in north-east German transmission grid operator 50Hertz in order to protect this critical infrastructure from being partially owned by Chinese grid operator SGCC, the head of ...
  • 16 Mar 2018 |

    E.ON鈥檚 innogy takeover bid to compete with telecom heavyweights 鈥 analysis

    The unexpected deal between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 two largest utilities E.ON and RWE to divide RWE鈥檚 spin-off innogy between them and focus on two different fields of the energy industry in the future is more than a mere reshuffling of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power market, Angela ...
  • 09 Jun 2017 |

    鈥淭谤补苍蝉尘颈蝉蝉颈辞苍 grid at its limits鈥

    The German power grid urgently needs to be expanded, as it was at times stretched to its limits during the past winter, said transmission grid operator Amprion in a press release. The reasons were unscheduled plant overhauls in France and historic lows in ...
  • 08 Dec 2016 |

    Grid operators use winter reserve鈥

    German transmission grid operators (TSO) have already had to use large amounts of this year鈥檚 "winter reserve", a pool of conventional backup power plants to prevent shortfalls in power supply, according to a joint press release from grid ...
  • 01 Feb 2023 |

    Earlier 2030 coal exit poses no threat to security of German electricity supply 鈥 ministry

    01 Feb 2023, 13:35 Expert BMWK- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (until 2025) Bundesministerium f眉r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Climate & CO2 Grid Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG Business Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity ...
  • 06 Sep 2022 |

    Boosting renewables will cut Germany's energy costs 鈥 renewables industry

    06 Sep 2022, 14:05 Julian Wettengel Renewables 麻豆无码版 Germany must use the price advantage of renewable energy sources to weather the energy crisis over the coming winter and beyond, said the renewables association BEE. The lobby group said ...
  • 15 Dec 2022 |

    Ministry paper says Germany could be headed for LNG import overcapacity

    15 Dec 2022, 14:03 Julian Wettengel Gas Government Table.Media 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy ministry expects a significant import overcapacity if all planned floating and fixed onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are implemented as planned, reports Table ...
  • 19 Aug 2016 |

    鈥淎llocation battle over the power grid

    Transmission grid operators are protesting the lowering of their equity capital return, suggested by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Hans-J眉rgen Brick, CCO at grid operator Amprion, told the paper that ...
  • 03 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淕abriel redistributes grid 肠辞蝉迟蝉鈥

    The federal economy ministry plans to introduce a common transmission grid fee across Germany, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Grid fees currently differ depending on the region and are higher where the development of renewables ...
  • 16 Mar 2020 |

    Germany's utilities say power supply secure amid coronavirus response

    16 Mar 2020, 14:09 Expert VKU- German Association of Local Utilities Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Climate & CO2 Electricity market Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Security 麻豆无码版 The far-reaching measures taken in Germany and across ...
  • 24 Apr 2017 |

    VW drivers automatically collect weather data for grid operator

    Car manufacturer VW has made an agreement with transmission grid operator Tennet to provide weather data automatically collected by VW vehicles in Germany, Daniel Wetzel writes on Welt Online. 鈥淯sing built-in rain, light, and sun sensors, the cars will ...
  • 25 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淭oo high and unfairly distributed鈥

    The fees that consumers pay for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity grid are too high and unfairly distributed across the country's regions, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in an opinion piece in tageszeitung (taz). He calls for a nationwide harmonisation of the ...
  • 13 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淓lectrifying battle鈥

    Municipal utilities say 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 four transmission grid operators (TSO) are establishing a new 鈥渆nergy oligopoly鈥, because of their request to construct and also operate 鈥渘etwork stability鈥 gas power plants in southern Germany, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel ...
  • 28 Jan 2020 |

    Gas grid operators say few new pipelines needed to build hydrogen network

    28 Jan 2020, 13:50 S枚ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Handelsblatt Germany's gas industry plans to establish a pipeline network measuring 5,900 kilometres to enable the large-scale use of hydrogen in the country. According to a plan seen by business daily ...
  • 10 Mar 2020 |

    麻豆无码版 industry says smart meters require dedicated radio frequency

    10 Mar 2020, 13:50 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, ...
  • 08 Sep 2023 |

    CORRECTION- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore wind tender is yet again undersubscribed

    08 Sep 2023, 13:28 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Corrects tender volumes to GW from MW. Investors again showed insufficient interest to build all of the onshore wind farms on offer in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest tender. The auction remained ...
  • 19 Apr 2017 |

    鈥淧ower suppliers demand regional grid 诲别惫别濒辞辫尘别苍迟鈥

    Regional power suppliers call on the federal government to put more emphasis on the development of the distribution grid, instead of focussing solely on the higher-voltage transmission grid, reports Johannes Schiller for German broadcaster MDR. 鈥淭hese ...
  • 25 Oct 2023 |

    Germany promises about 100 million euros to protect and rebuild energy infrastructure in Ukraine

    25 Oct 2023, 12:55 Julian Wettengel Security 麻豆无码版 The German government has promised an additional 195 million euros in support to Ukraine, about half of which is designated for the protection and rebuilding the country鈥檚 energy ...
  • 01 Jul 2019 |

    Grid operators step up defense against cyberattacks

    01 Jul 2019, 13:51 Sven Egenter Grid Digitalisation Tagesspiegel 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid operators are working on their defenses against hacker attacks on their critical infrastructure, Christian Schaudwet writes for energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
  • 09 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淓astern Germany stuck with high electricity 肠辞蝉迟蝉鈥

    Federal economy minister Sigmar Gabriel is backtracking on plans to standardise electricity grid fees across the country, angering several state governments, writes Andreas Mihm in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). 鈥淚f the economy ministry鈥檚 ...
  • 13 Mar 2024 |

    Berlin starts building large heat pump to warm 45,000 households with wastewater

    13 Mar 2024, 13:27 Benjamin Wehrmann Heating Cities 麻豆无码版 / rbb Construction of one of the largest heat pumps in Europe has started in Berlin in a bid to bring the German capital closer to its goal of decarbonising its heating system. The heat ...
  • 12 Apr 2022 |

    German solar tender oversubscribed despite increased volume

    12 Apr 2022, 11:51 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Julian Wettengel Solar 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest auction for large ...
  • German energy ministry mulls trimming feed-in priority for renewables

    The German energy ministry considers limiting the feed-in priority for renewable power to reduce the costs of managing grid bottlenecks, Stefan Schulze writes on Spiegel Online. 鈥淕reen power plants could generally become part of bottleneck management,鈥 an ...
  • 19 Aug 2022 |

    Low storage levy could indicate German gas traders prepare for 鈥渨orst-case scenario鈥 鈥 media

    19 Aug 2022, 12:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Tagesspiegel Background A second wholesale levy on natural gas on top of the existing gas consumption levy in Germany signals that the country鈥檚 gas trading platform Trading Hub Europe (THE) is preparing ...
  • 11 Mar 2024 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 onshore wind power expansion firmly back on growth track, industry says

    11 Mar 2024, 13:06 Expert BWE- German Wind 麻豆无码版 Association Bundesverband Windenergie Citizens' energy Electricity market Business & Jobs Technology Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway ...
  • 25 Feb 2020 |

    Storm Yulia sets new record in German wind power

    25 Feb 2020, 14:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar 麻豆无码版 Systems ...
  • 30 Apr 2018 |

    German utility EnBW starts field test on how e-cars effect grid

    Utility EnBW starts a field test to find out how a large number of electric cars in a concentrated area affect grid stability, Susanne Preu脽 and Thiemo Heeg write in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淲hat happens if everyone plugs in their car when ...
  • 15 Jul 2016 |

    New pilot project to balance power in Germany and Austria

    The four German transmission grid operators and Austrian grid operator APG have agreed to cooperate on secondary balancing power. The aim is for grid operators to work more closely to shape a harmonised European market for secondary balancing power. By ...
  • 14 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淟ower costs for grid congestion management show positive effects of grid 别虫辫补苍蝉颈辞苍鈥

    The costs for grid congestions management in German grid operator 50Hertz鈥檚 control area in north-eastern Germany were almost halved to 180 million euros in 2016, compared to 354 million euros in 2015, according to 50Hertz. 鈥淭his very clearly shows: grid ...
  • 24 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淲ind turbine protestors demand immediate halt to 诲别惫别濒辞辫尘别苍迟鈥

    Protestors have called on the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state premier to call an immediate halt to the construction of wind turbines in the state, Welt reports. They argue that the construction of wind farms unfairly burdens state citizens and ...
  • 14 Mar 2018 |

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition requires grid expansion, even with decentralised solutions 鈥 study

    A study by the 脰ko-Institut for the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) and Germanwatch聽says Germany has little chance of generating electricity close enough to consumers to make planned grid expansion unnecessary. In a meta-study comparing the conclusions ...
  • 23 Jan 2018 |

    German grid operators warn of future power imports

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid operators fear that from 2020 the country may have to import electricity in extreme cases of adverse weather, as more and more conventional power plants are taken offline, Daniel Wetzel writes for Die Welt. The four transmission grid ...
  • 28 Jun 2017 |

    Government agrees on regional alignment of power grid fees

    The German government has reached a compromise on aligning contested regional differences in power grid fees paid by consumers, according to the Social Democratic Party (SPD). 鈥淎ccording to the draft law, grid fees will be aligned in four yearly steps ...
  • 27 Jun 2017 |

    Companies in western German industrial heartland want grid fee reform postponed

    Companies in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 industrial powerhouse North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have called for the postponement of the grid fee reform, which the government plans to pass this week, the regional newspaper Rheinische Post reports. Some local branches of the ...
  • 25 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淐ompanies complain to Merkel about grid 肠辞蝉迟蝉鈥

    Eighty-six companies and business associations from 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 North, East, and South have complained to Chancellor Angela Merkel about 鈥渦nfair鈥 grid fees, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. They argue in a letter that grid fees must be the same all ...
  • 17 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淔ederal state parliament votes for nationwide grid fee parity鈥

    Saxony鈥檚 federal state parliament has voted for aligning grid fees across Germany, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Welt Online. The parliament called on Saxony鈥檚 state government to work towards repealing 鈥渆xisting regional imbalances on ...
  • Vote25: Next German gov鈥檛 must tap into renewables鈥 potential for 鈥楧unkelflaute鈥 backup capacities- BEE

    29 Nov 2024, 13:45 The collapsed coalition of chancellor Olaf Scholz achieved a few important breakthroughs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition that should not be sacrificed for point-scoring in election campaigns, says Wolfram Axthelm from the Renewable ...
  • 27 Mar 2017 |

    鈥淪tatkraft and TenneT cooperate for renewable energy market integration鈥

    Norwegian hydropower company Statkraft and Dutch grid operator TenneT plan to intensify cooperation in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in order to optimise the market integration of wind power, TenneT has said in a press release. Statkraft, ...
  • Switching off coal plants could benefit grid stability 鈥 internal ministry paper

    Germany can take coal plants with a combined capacity of seven gigawatts off grid- and might even improve the security of the power supply by doing so, according to an unofficial document by 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 economy & energy ministry (BMWi) and the Federal ...
  • 29 Dec 2015 |

    Loops and cracks: Excess German power strains Europe鈥檚 grids

    29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Europe鈥檚 power grids are supposed to become increasingly integrated 鈥 but right now the opposite seems to be happening. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 eastern neighbours complain that the country鈥檚 renewable power production is putting a strain on their ...
  • 02 Jul 2020 |

    German gas network to grow by 1746 kilometres, hydrogen grid is the future

    02 Jul 2020, 13:03 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Kerstine Appunn 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Hydrogen Clean ...
  • 30 May 2017 |

    Need for power grid stabilising measures significantly down in 2016

    The need for, and costs of, power grid stabilising measures decreased significantly in 2016, mainly due to lower production of wind and solar power and improved grid management, says the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in its report on grid and system ...
  • 28 Oct 2020 |

    German 2020 solar power generation tops 2019 record already by October

    28 Oct 2020, 10:44 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Edgar Meza Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 Germany has already surpassed last year鈥檚 ...
  • 27 Oct 2017 |

    Compensation payments for wind turbine operators double in 2016

    Consumer grid fees rose by nine percent last year, and are unlikely to decrease much next year, according to a market report drafted by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), which is due to be published soon and was leaked to the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
  • 19 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淐ongested electricity鈥

    Robert Habeck, state Energiewende minister of Schleswig-Holstein, claims the federal government plans to limit wind power development in northern Germany due to lagging grid expansion by establishing 鈥grid congestion zones鈥, while nuclear and coal-fired ...
  • 22 May 2019 |

    Investment needs to upgrade power grid for e-mobility 鈥渟urprisingly low鈥 鈥 E.ON board member

    22 May 2019, 13:24 Expert E.ON Utility Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Julian Wettengel Grid Cars Utilities E.ON / Tagesspiegel Background E.ON's distribution grids in Germany will be able to support a complete switch to electric ...
  • 28 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淧recaution for the blackout鈥

    Germany hosts about 120 generating units capable of a 鈥渂lack start鈥, meaning they will be available for repowering the grid from scratch in the event of a, so far unprecedented, major blackout, Anna Ringle writes in Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. ...
  • 12 Feb 2019 |

    Advocates for an American Green New Deal could take a look at Germany- report

    12 Feb 2019, 12:48 S枚ren Amelang Coal Grid National Geographic Advocates of an American Green New Deal should look to other countries, including Germany, for successful examples, Alejandra Borunda writes for National Geographic. Germany, she says, shows ...
  • 04 Jan 2017 |

    鈥淓lectricity costs: Growing disparities between federal states鈥

    Regional differences in grid fees increased the power price disparities between German federal states in 2016, according to comparison website Verivox. 鈥淸The Energiewende] not only has a direct impact on the power bill through the rising Renewable 麻豆无码版 ...
  • 30 Aug 2019 |

    German grid agency urges federal states to back wind power expansion

    30 Aug 2019, 14:12 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Wind Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's ...
  • 26 Jul 2022 |
    Gas

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 LNG import plans put climate targets at risk 鈥 Greenpeace

    26 Jul 2022, 11:23 S枚ren Amelang Gas 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 plans for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to replace Russian supplies exceed requirements and put the country鈥檚 and European climate targets at risk, argues a report commissioned by ...
  • Germany to auction 鈥渉uge number鈥 of hydrogen power plants 鈥 minister

    10 Feb 2023, 12:52 Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity market Gas Politics 麻豆无码版 The transformation of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy system away from fossil fuels must quickly be reinforced by sufficient 鈥渕olecule-based鈥 power plant capacity that can back up the ...
  • 04 Jul 2016 |

    鈥淣etwork Agency against extra costs for grid 别虫辫补苍蝉颈辞苍鈥

    Plans by the economy committee in the German Bundesrat to amend the current draft of incentive regulations concerning power grid expansion in Germany would cost the taxpayers an additional 3.5 billion euros until 2028, Achim Zerres, the head of energy ...
  • 03 May 2021 |

    Few bids for onshore wind but big interest in solar in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewables tenders

    03 May 2021, 12:55 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Edgar Meza Renewables Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 latest onshore ...
  • 27 Feb 2024 |

    Faster digitalisation can get Germany closer to 2030 climate targets 鈥 IT industry

    27 Feb 2024, 13:20 Franca Quecke Digitalisation 麻豆无码版 Digitalisation can induce almost one quarter (24 percent) of the emission reduction that Germany needs to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas target, according to the country鈥檚 digital industry ...
  • 02 Nov 2016 |

    Industry grid fee rebates top one billion euros

    According to grid operators, German power consumers will have to shoulder grid fee rebates for energy-intensive industry in excess of 1 billion euros next year, sparking renewed calls for reform of the system to pay for keeping the grid stable as ...
  • 14 Nov 2019 |

    Germany gets low marks on electricity sector flexibility 鈥 industry report

    14 Nov 2019, 13:46 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Freja Eriksen Electricity market Grid 麻豆无码版 Germany is ranked ...
  • 19 Dec 2022 |

    Speedy LNG terminal opening should set pace for infrastructure modernisation- Scholz

    19 Dec 2022, 13:36 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) opened on Saturday, 17 December, and is slated to supply gas to the German grid within days. 鈥淭his is a very special moment ...
  • 26 Apr 2018 |

    Government agrees to standardise grid fees across Germany

    The German government has agreed to abolish large regional differences in transmission grid fees by standardising them across the country in five equal steps. The implementation will begin at the start of next year, and completion is planned by early 2023 ...
  • 17 Oct 2018 |

    Household natural gas prices expected to increase in 2019

    Rising grid fees, increased wholesale prices, and the high oil price level will likely lead to rising natural gas prices for household consumers in 2019, writes the price comparison website CHECK24 in a press release. Grid fees, which make up about one ...
  • 15 Jul 2019 |

    16 percent more wind power generated in the North Sea in first half of 2019 鈥 TenneT

    15 Jul 2019, 13:17 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Freja Eriksen Renewables Wind 麻豆无码版 Wind energy carried from the North Sea by transmission grid operator (TSO) TenneT rose by 16 percent in the first half of ...
  • 鈥淐oalition embroiled in row over power grid 肠辞蝉迟蝉鈥

    The national alignment of expansion costs for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power transmission grid- a core energy policy demand of eastern German states- could fall prey to dispute between the ruling social democratic (SPD) and conservative (CDU/CSU) parliamentary groups, ...
  • 29 Jan 2021 |

    Ten percent green hydrogen in German gas supply would save 6.5 mio t of CO2- utilities

    29 Jan 2021, 13:14 Expert BDEW-German Association of 麻豆无码版 and Water Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Utilities Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Gas Hydrogen Clean ...
  • 13 Sep 2018 |

    麻豆无码版 minister Altmaier angers grid expansion opponents by abstaining from meeting

    German economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier has rebuffed opponents of the planned SuedLink power transmission line by reportedly not joining a planned meeting in the economy ministry (BMWi), Heinz Wraneschitz writes in the pv magazine. Critics also ...
  • 26 Feb 2021 |

    European interconnection key for affordable CO2-free power supply by 2050 鈥 report

    26 Feb 2021, 12:20 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Grid Renewables EU 麻豆无码版 A largely CO2-free German and European power supply by 2050 with renewable energy as ...
  • 28 Sep 2016 |

    Grid expansion slowly gains speed鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid expansion is only slowly progressing, according to a report by the federal economy ministry. About half of the 22 most crucial high voltage grid projects 鈥 determined by the German Power Grid Expansion Act 鈥 are approved, but only 650 of ...
  • 10 Aug 2018 |

    German government moves to restrict foreign investment in companies tied to national security

    Germany is seeking to limit China鈥檚 investment in sensitive firms, following revelations that state-owned China Southern Power Grid purchased a substantial share of a 1,650-kilometre natural gas distribution network and a 420-kilometre high- and medium ...
  • 24 Sep 2015 |

    Europe's largest electricity market set to split

    24 Sep 2015, 00:00 UPDATE 24 Sept | The European grid regulator has recommended that the Austrian-German electricity trading zone should be partially disconnected. Countries including Poland and the Czech Republic have called for the split, to prevent ...
  • German power and gas grid industry wants level playing field for energies

    Representatives of the electricity and gas grid industry in Germany are looking for solutions to run their businesses in an 鈥渁ll-electric world鈥 where the sectors of power generation, transport and heating are linked, a gathering at the Treffpunkt Netze ...
  • 02 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淩WE, E.ON et al. Alarmed; Attack on returns of grid 辞辫别谤补迟辞谤蝉鈥

    Grid operators such as utilities are protesting plans by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to lower grid fees by decreasing the return on equity operators invest in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid infrastructure, write J眉rgen Flauger and Klaus Stratmann in the ...
  • 02 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淔airness regarding grid 蹿别别蝉鈥

    The government of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein wants a fairer distribution of grid fees in Germany and will introduce a draft law in the council of federal state governments (Bundesrat). 鈥淭he draft is to enable the federal government to bring ...
  • 25 Apr 2017 |

    Merkel on grid expansion: 鈥淲e鈥檙e behind at all levels鈥

    Germany will have to make a collective effort to expand the country鈥檚 power grid in the coming years, said Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 8th 麻豆无码版 Policy Dialogue by CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag. 鈥淚 predict that we will need to ...
  • 29 Jul 2016 |

    Grid operator invests less in first half of 2016

    Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT has posted a consolidated EBIT of 417 million euros (324 million in Germany) in the first six months of 2016 and invested 875 million euros in聽the grid infrastructure (642 million in Germany). The EBIT ...
  • 17 Jan 2024 |

    Number of solar batteries doubles to over one million in Germany in 2023

    17 Jan 2024, 13:30 S枚ren Amelang Solar Storage 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 boom in stationary batteries linked to solar PV systems accelerated last year, doubling the total number of units to more than one million, reports solar industry association BSW. ...
  • 12 Jul 2018 |

    Grid operator says Germany must optimise offshore wind use in North Sea

    Germany should optimise the use of existing grid connections in the North Sea to connect as much offshore wind power capacity to the grid as possible, operator Tennet says in a press release. 鈥淲e can see a clear potential to optimise the use of existing ...
  • 12 Aug 2020 |

    Large renewable power battery to start operating in Brandenburg

    12 Aug 2020, 13:52 Storage Tagesspiegel Online A large electric battery unit in the German town of Schwarze Pumpe, in the state of Brandenburg, will soon help stabilise the grid as renewable energy sources make up a larger portion of power supply, Ralf ...
  • 24 Aug 2023 |
    Gas

    German energy industry allays supply fears for coming winter 鈥 media

    24 Aug 2023, 13:21 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Die Zeit 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy industry representatives don鈥檛 expect threatening bottlenecks in energy supply during the coming winter, newspaper Die Zeit reports. 鈥淭he next winter is similarly challenging as the last ...
  • 30 Nov 2016 |

    Study shows possibilities for reduced grid expansion after 2030

    A power grid stress test by network operator TenneT shows that the need for grid expansion could be significantly lower after 2030. According to the study, increased use of combined PV and storage in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 south, together with less wind power ...
  • 06 Jan 2017 |

    Record wind power feed-in

    Grid operator 50Hertz registered a record wind power feed-in of more than 14,000 megawatt in its control area during a storm on 4 January, the company announced in a press release. 鈥淲e have been successful in securely managing our transmission grid even ...
  • 鈥淒enmark and Germany agree on increasing electricity trade between their countries鈥

    Germany and Denmark have agreed to increase the minimum cross-border electricity trade, according to a press release by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and 麻豆无码版 (BMWi). 鈥淭he agreement acknowledges that Germany is undergoing a fundamental ...
  • 09 Jan 2019 |

    Uniper to build 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 first gas-fired power plant in a decade

    09 Jan 2019, 11:59 S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Gas Grid Utilities Reuters 麻豆无码版 group Uniper is building a gas-fired power plant in Germany, the country鈥檚 first in a decade, to serve as a 鈥渟afety cushion鈥 for grids coping with intermittent ...
  • 06 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淪ensational profits, government-guaranteed鈥

    The Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (BNE) and the renewable power provider LichtBlick welcome plans by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to lower grid fees by decreasing the return on equity operators invest in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 grid infrastructure, ...
  • Germany could have 7.5 GW power-to-gas capacity by 2030, say gas grid operators

    18 Jun 2019, 13:32 Julian Wettengel Gas Grid Hydrogen Technology 麻豆无码版 Renewables-based gases such as hydrogen and synthetic methane will be increasingly important for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 to reach climate targets, say gas transmission grid operators ...
  • 05 Dec 2023 |

    Offshore wind industry says auctions should help fund expansion of Germany's port capacity

    05 Dec 2023, 13:25 Edgar Meza Wind Freight Handelsblatt / 麻豆无码版 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 Federal Association of Offshore Wind 麻豆无码版 (BWO) is calling for greater capacity for the country鈥檚 ports in order to expand turbine installations at sea. Offshore wind ...
  • 08 Dec 2020 |

    German utility EWE announces plan to become climate-neutral by 2035

    08 Dec 2020, 13:32 Edgar Meza Utilities 麻豆无码版 German energy and telecommunications group EWE has said it plans to become climate-neutral by 2035. In order to achieve its target, the company is exiting coal-fired power generation and investing ...
  • Bavaria tries to maximise nuclear power use lifespan 鈥 report

    Bavaria's government wants to keep the nuclear plant Isar 2 running as long as possible, arguing that lagging grid development could leave the state short of power without it, Michael Bauchm眉ller writes for S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. The maximum amount of ...
  • 26 Oct 2023 |

    麻豆无码版 costs for German households drop 30% since height of energy crisis 鈥 analysis

    26 Oct 2023, 13:34 Carolina Kyllmann Cost & Prices 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 costs in Germany have dropped 30 percent since the height of the energy crisis 12 months ago, according to analysis by price comparison website Verivox. Costs for heating, ...
  • 03 Aug 2016 |

    Cabinet approves regulation for extension of distribution grids

    The government cabinet has approved a new regulation on how grid operators are paid for investments into the extension of the distribution network. This is important to make sure the energy transition in the distribution grid is making progress, state ...
  • 27 Jul 2018 |

    Germany buys temporary stake in grid operator 50Hertz to fend off Chinese

    The German government will acquire a temporary 20 percent stake in power transmission grid operator (TSO) 50Hertz from Belgian Elia 鈥渙n national security grounds鈥, the economy ministry (BMWi) said in a press release. The ministry said the decision was ...
  • 09 Feb 2018 |

    Chinese grid company SGCC to acquire strategic share in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 50Hertz

    The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) is reaching out for a 20 percent share in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 transmission grid operator 50Hertz in a bid to gain valuable insights into a business area in which China strives for a leading global role, Thomas Sigmund and ...
  • 28 Jul 2022 |

    German right-wing extremists mobilise for autumn protests against high energy prices

    28 Jul 2022, 12:25 S枚ren Amelang Society Tagesspiegel Background Far-right extremists in Germany have started to mobilise for a 鈥渉ot autumn鈥 of protests against soaring energy prices on social media, reports energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel ...
  • 03 Mar 2023 |

    German government plans extensive LNG infrastructure build-up to ensure security of European supply

    03 Mar 2023, 13:34 With a significant 鈥渟afety buffer鈥 of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity, the German government aims to ensure that the country and neighbouring states will receive sufficient supply of natural gas in the coming years, says ...
  • 29 Nov 2018 |

    Bavaria鈥檚 energy minister calls for 鈥淓nergiewende 2.0鈥 as investment in renewables falters in Germany

    29 Nov 2018, 15:55 Benjamin Wehrmann 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Grid Renewables Finance Bavarian Economy and 麻豆无码版 Ministry Since according to a new report Germany has been overtaken by France as the G20鈥檚 most attractive target country for investment in ...
  • 18 Oct 2017 |

    E-cars can help to sustain the power grid of the future

    Electric cars will be needed both as a greener form of transport and as storage devices for a power grid that relies on intermittent renewable energy sources if Germany is to hit its Paris Climate Agreement targets, Michael Nei脽endorfer writes in the ...
  • 09 Jul 2018 |

    The European Commission pushes for German-Danish interconnectors

    Transmission grid operator TenneT and the European Commission are聽 proposing 聽1,300 megawatts of power trading capacity between Germany and Denmark, but consumer groups warn this will increase electricity costs for German households, Jacob Schlandt writes ...
  • 14 Jul 2023 |

    Rising costs put 4 GW of wind energy projects planned in Germany at risk 鈥 media report

    14 Jul 2023, 13:41 S枚ren Amelang Renewables Wind Klimareporter Rapidly rising costs could jeopardise the construction of already planned wind turbines with a total capacity of several gigawatts, news outlet klimareporter聽 reports. Up to 4 gigawatts (GW) ...
  • 17 Apr 2018 |

    Power grid in German state Hesse partly ready for full energy transition 鈥 study

    The power distribution grid of German federal state Hesse is in part ready for the transition to over 90 percent renewables in power production and heating that Germany strives to attain by 2050, according to a study by the Fraunhofer research institute ...
  • 22 Jul 2022 |

    Northern Germany has largest green hydrogen production potential 鈥 research ministry

    22 Jul 2022, 13:43 S枚ren Amelang Hydrogen 麻豆无码版 / Tagesspiegel Background Rural districts in Northern Germany have the country鈥檚 largest potential for green hydrogen production due to their windpower capacities, according to a 鈥 Hydrogen Atlas ...
  • 23 Nov 2016 |

    鈥淓U Commission reaches for national grids鈥

    Leaked documents on energy regulation reform show that the European Commission plans to take away important competences regarding power grid management from member states, writes Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt. 鈥淩egional Operation Centres (ROC) would then ...
  • EU grants financial aid for power line from Norway to Germany

    The EU will invest another 100 million euros in the planned power line Nordlink that is meant to exchange electricity between wind and hydro power plants in Germany and Norway, the European Commission says in a press release. The European Investment Bank ...
  • 30 Jan 2023 |
    Gas

    German govt must present plan on future gas needs- think tank

    30 Jan 2023, 15:52 Carolina Kyllmann Gas 麻豆无码版 / Table.Media / taz [CLARIFICATION: It is not just Agora Energiewende which says LNG expansion plans are oversized. The grid operators in their draft plan state that if all planned LNG capacity is ...
  • 09 Aug 2019 |

    New York looks to Germany for key offshore wind lessons

    09 Aug 2019, 13:49 S枚ren Amelang Grid Wind 麻豆无码版 Germany and other European countries offer important lessons for the development of offshore wind in New York, according to the US state's Power Authority (NYPA). 鈥淲e see great value in ...
  • Conservative German election winner Merz seeks coalition with SPD, Greens sidelined

    24 Feb 2025, 13:57 Conservative CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz wants to enter coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the German elections鈥 result has paved the way for the two parties to form a government ...
  • 06 Aug 2018 |

    Germany should put wind power expansion on halt - conservative energy politician

    Due to the slow progress made in modernising 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid to cope with the large number of renewable energy installations, energy politician Jens Koeppen of Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU party says the country should stop wind power ...
  • 27 Mar 2018 |

    Innovation dynamic remains strong in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grids

    Despite the significant changes in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy system, the reliability of the power grid shows that there is a strong innovation dynamic in system services, writes the German 麻豆无码版 Agency (dena) in a report, citing redispatch measures as an example. ...
  • 22 Sep 2016 |

    鈥淒ispute over billions lets tensions rise among grid 辞辫别谤补迟辞谤蝉鈥

    German transmission grid operators (TSO) are in a dispute about the distribution of costs for re-dispatch measures to stabilise the German power grid, writes J眉rgen Flauger in Handelsblatt. TenneT and 50Hertz, who manage 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 windy north, carry out ...
  • 24 Feb 2025 |

    Vote25: Reactions to Germany's snap election results

    24 Feb 2025, 11:00 German businesses, researchers and civil society have called for speedy coalition negotiations following the country's snap elections on 23 February. Planning security and clarity are essential in view of the stagnating economy and ...
  • Further runtime extension for German nuclear plants no longer possible 鈥 EnBW

    15 Dec 2022, 13:40 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Electricity Nuclear phase-out S眉ddeutsche Zeitung A second runtime extension for 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 remaining nuclear power plants ...
  • 16 Aug 2018 |

    SPD criticises energy minister Altmaier鈥檚 grid-expansion field trip

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD), the junior partner in Germany's coalition government, has criticised Economy and 麻豆无码版 Minister Peter Altmaier, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), for failing to take action on ...
  • 09 Oct 2023 |

    Private households in Germany barely saved any heating energy last year- analysis

    09 Oct 2023, 14:22 S枚ren Amelang Gas Heating 麻豆无码版 Few households in Germany turned down their heating last year to save energy, despite warnings of a supply crisis and sharply rising prices, according to an聽 analysis 聽by non-profit ...
  • 11 Jul 2019 |

    Industrial powerhouse states plan to step it up on renewables, climate

    11 Jul 2019, 14:02 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Julian Wettengel Coal Grid Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / S眉ddeutsche Zeitung / 麻豆无码版 The government of the western German coal state and industrial ...
  • 05 May 2022 |

    Renewables cover 50% of German electricity consumption in first quarter 2022

    05 May 2022, 13:48 Edgar Meza Solar Wind 麻豆无码版 Renewable energy sources accounted for 50 percent of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter of 2022 鈥 around nine percentage points more than in the same period last year, ...
  • 07 Jun 2021 |

    Germany plans to grant more space to offshore wind in North and Baltic Sea

    07 Jun 2021, 13:50 Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology S枚ren Amelang 麻豆无码版 麻豆无码版 Renewables Wind Tagesspiegel Background A new draft plan for offshore wind power expansion by the German government has allocated ...
  • 23 May 2018 |

    Alterations to power grid for e-cars cost billions

    Modifying the power grid so that it can cater to an increasing number of electric cars will require investment to the tune of 11 billion euros by 2030, a study authored by the Munich-based consultancy TCW for ABB, a supplier of聽products and solutions for ...
  • 14 Nov 2023 |

    EnBW, RWE rake in high profits in 2023 so far, highlight energy transition investments

    14 Nov 2023, 13:53 Expert EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-W眉rttemberg AG Electricity market Business & Jobs Utilities Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf盲lisches Elektrizit盲tswerk AG Utilities Jack McGovan Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Utilities Clean ...
  • 24 Jan 2018

    Power trading causes more grid fluctuation than renewables

    European power trading causes more fluctuation in the electricity grid than the feed-in of renewable power, according to a study by the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation. The grid displays particular large fluctuations every 15 ...
  • 12 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淔ederal Network Agency lowers return鈥

    The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) will lower the equity interest rates for operators of power grids and gas networks from 9.05 to 6.91 percent for new, and from 7.14 to 5.12 percent for old facilities. The lower rates- to be applied in 2018 for gas and ...
  • 17 Aug 2023 |

    Record number of bids by far exceeds capacity in latest solar power auction

    17 Aug 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Renewables Solar 麻豆无码版 The number of bids in the ...
  • 10 Jul 2024 |

    German government says no new law planned to ensure coal exit earlier than 2038

    10 Jul 2024, 13:15 S枚ren Amelang Coal Policy Tageszeitung / 麻豆无码版 The German government does not intend to introduce a law to pull forward the country鈥檚 coal power phase-out聽from the officially agreed 2038 exit date to 2030. "A legal ...
  • 20 Mar 2015

    Energiewende passes solar eclipse stress test

    20 Mar 2015, 00:00 Clear and sunny weather, a solar eclipse and no blackout- Germany's power system has passed an important test. The eclipse was a taste of the future, as the rise in renewables will make fluctuations of this magnitude regular events ...
  • South German power supply secure despite coal exit, imports set to rise- study

    15 Feb 2019, 12:12 Expert Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the 麻豆无码版 Sector, State of Baden-W眉rttemberg Ministerium f眉r Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft, Baden-W眉rttemberg Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel ...
  • Germany needs new power plants in south to secure supply after nuclear exit

    Germany will have to build new power plants in the south of the country to preserve supply security after its nuclear exit in 2022, according to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). Rapid response plants with a total capacity of 1.2 gigawatts will be ...
  • 24 Nov 2021 |

    German nuclear power shutdown will not lead to power shortages 鈥 report

    24 Nov 2021, 12:15 Jessica Bateman Nuclear phase-out 麻豆无码版 The shutdown of 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 last remaining nuclear power plants will not cause supply shortages, according to calculations by the department of energy, transport and environment at the ...
  • 07 Oct 2022 |

    Germany's households alter heating behaviours but gas use still too high

    07 Oct 2022, 14:40 Expert dena- German 麻豆无码版 Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) ...
  • 12 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淕ermany takes steps to roll back renewable energy revolution鈥

    The German government plans to put the brakes on wind power development in the country鈥檚 windy north because the electricity grid could not be extended quickly enough, writes Philip Oltermann in The Guardian. 鈥淪ome analysts argue that while Germany is ...
  • 08 Aug 2016 |

    Power lines needed in North Rhine-Westphalia

    The regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia plays a key role in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 energy transition and needs to heavily expand its power grid infrastructure despite local opposition, writes Guido M. Hartmann for Welt am Sonntag. The industry-heavy state ...
  • 11 Jan 2019 |

    Grid operator TenneT will exceed 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2020 offshore goal this year

    11 Jan 2019, 14:01 S枚ren Amelang Wind 麻豆无码版 Grid operator TenneT has increased offshore wind capacity to 6,232 megawatts (MW) in 2018, thus closing in on the 2020 government target of 6,500 MW. 鈥淎lready this year, TenneT will exceed this goal ...
  • 02 May 2017 |

    鈥沦补蹿别迟测 grid for power鈥

    Power grid operator Tennet and household power storage provider Sonnen plan to use a network of small-scale batteries to help reduce costs caused by grid bottlenecks between 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 windy North and the power-hungry South, reports Michael Bauchm眉ller in ...
  • German grid regulator cuts lignite in its planning scenarios

    11 Feb 2015, 00:00 Analysts have welcomed a new planning framework for the German grid that works on the basis of less lignite being burned in Germany, saying grid development must serve the country鈥檚 climate targets. Expert DIW- German Institute for ...
  • 22 Jan 2018 |

    German power grid not ready for e-car boom - study

    A large-scale roll-out of electric vehicles in Germany could overstrain the power grid, and the country should invest billions of euros to prevent a breakdown in the future, J眉rgen Flauger and Franz Hubik write in the Handelsblatt. According to ...
  • 17 Feb 2017 |

    鈥淚n central Europe, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 renewable revolution causes friction鈥

    骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 excess power spilling over into Poland and Czech Republic on days with high renewables generation creates political and economic tension, writes Zeke Turner for Wall Street Journal. 鈥淭he fallout has become acute for Polish and Czech coal power ...
  • Vote25: Next government must use transport transition to shore up competitiveness 鈥 think tank

    05 Dec 2024, 11:49 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 next government must focus on the shift to climate-friendly mobility to secure industry competitiveness and ensure a socially just energy transition, says Christian Hochfeld, director of green mobility think tank Agora ...
  • 03 Nov 2017 |

    New blockchain project seeks to stabilise grid with home energy storage units

    A pilot project by Dutch grid operator TenneT and German company Sonnen is meant to test power grid stabilisation with blockchain technology based on Sonnen鈥檚 decentralised home energy storage systems, TenneT says in a press release. TenneT will integrate ...
  • 11 Oct 2016 |

    鈥淕overnment wants to put the brakes on wind power development in the North鈥

    Wind power development in 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 windy northern states will be limited to cope with lagging grid expansion, according to a regulation draft by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), seen by S眉ddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania, ...
  • 18 Oct 2016 |

    Regional grid fees increase 10 percent on average

    The average German household (consumption of 3,500 kilowatt hours/year) will have to pay 23 euros more (10 percent) in 2017 for grid fees with their electricity bill, according to an analysis by renewable energy provider LichtBlick. 鈥淭he grid fees for ...
  • 29 Jun 2018 |

    BMW places billion euro order with Chinese battery producer CATL

    German car company BMW has placed an order worth over one billion euros with Chinese battery producer CATL, BMW CEO Harald Kr眉ger told Handelsblatt in an interview. 鈥淐ATL will open a factory in Europe,鈥 Kr眉ger added. In a separate press release, BMW said ...
  • Q&A 鈥 Italy considers controversial return to nuclear power

    18 Dec 2024, 15:01 Italy is considering a return to nuclear power as part of its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality and increase energy independence. The debate has reignited political tensions over the issue, with proponents arguing that nuclear ...
  • Q&A: The 鈥渟tress test鈥- what kind of nuclear runtime extension is Germany debating?

    06 Sep 2022, 12:19 Germany's long-planned nuclear power phase-out has been plunged into unprecedented turmoil in its final year due to Russia's attack of Ukraine. The ensuing European energy crisis has led to calls from both within the country ...
  • 16 Feb 2016 |

    Re-dispatch costs in the German power grid

    16 Feb 2016, 00:00 Rising re-dispatch costs for grid stabilisation have become a new point of concern in Germany's Energiewende, the transition from fossil and nuclear to renewable energy sources. This factsheet explains why they occur, who pays, and ...
  • Q&A- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 nuclear exit: One year after

    16 Apr 2024, 10:05 Decades of debates came to an end in April 2023, when Germany finally shuttered its last nuclear power plants after the energy crisis. One year on, predictions of supply risks, price hikes and dirty coal replacing carbon-free nuclear ...
  • 11 May 2021 |

    Germany's electricity grid stable amid energy transition

    11 May 2021, 15:30 Production of intermittent green electricity has risen sharply over the last few years in Germany, and industry occasionally voices concern about the security of the power supply. But Germany still has one of the most reliable ...
  • 10 Jun 2021 |

    Set-up and challenges of Germany's power grid

    10 Jun 2021, 10:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 power grid ranks among the most reliable in the world, despite an increasing share of fluctuating renewable energy sources. The government has made the extension of the grid a priority to maintain this high level of resilience ...
  • 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 2022 renewables and efficiency reforms

    07 Dec 2022, 12:08 The new German government was determined to dedicate considerable effort towards climate and energy reforms even before Russia started its war against Ukraine, when energy concerns took centre stage. The war has prompted the economy and ...
  • 26 Jan 2017 |

    Power grid fees- Unfair and opaque?

    26 Jan 2017, 00:00 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 shift to a renewable energy future requires massive investments into the country鈥檚 power network. The costs are borne by consumers, who pay a grid fee included in their power bills. A rapid rise of these network usage charges ...
  • Q&A: Direct air capture- Hype or hope for a cooler planet?

    29 Jul 2025, 12:00 It sounds like a great promise, the solution to all climate problems: Plants that filter the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide back out of the air so that it can be stored somewhere- "artificial trees", so to speak. But how ...
  • Germany's government 鈥 Who shapes climate and energy policy under chancellor Merz?

    07 May 2025, 10:00 The new coalition government of chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) has signalled continuity on energy transition policy. The cabinet includes both expert ministers 鈥 like ...
  • Interconnectors & blockages 鈥 German grid at odds with EU power market

    12 Apr 2018, 00:00 The European Commission is pushing for a single European energy market. That demands a better-connected system, which could result in cheaper power and a more stable grid. At the centre of Europe, neighbouring eight other EU states, ...
  • 29 Dec 2015 |

    Loop flows: Why is wind power from northern Germany putting east European grids under pressure?

    29 Dec 2015, 00:00 Germany is producing ever-more green power. But grid development hasn鈥檛 kept up with the expansion of renewables, meaning excess electricity is spilling over into neighbouring countries and causing headaches for east European grid ...
  • Q&A: What does the German coalition government break-up mean for climate and energy?

    15 Nov 2024, 13:00 Germany's coalition government under Olaf Scholz has come to an early end 鈥 on the day Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. The chancellor sacked his finance minister after long internal disputes over the right way ...
  • 30 Apr 2025 |

    Q&A: What Canada鈥檚 election means for climate action and ties with Europe amid Trump-era tensions

    30 Apr 2025, 11:30 Mark Carney's Liberal Party has emerged as the winner in a high-stakes federal election that will shape the country鈥檚 climate and energy policy as聽Mark Carney's Liberal Party has one a high-stakes federal election that will ...
  • 03 Jul 2023 |

    How energy systems and policies of Germany and France compare

    03 Jul 2023, 14:45 Germany and France are the most populous countries in the EU and also the bloc's largest energy consumers. The neighbours therefore wield enormous influence over EU energy policy and are pivotal to implementing a sustainable ...
  • Volatile but predictable: Forecasting renewable power generation

    16 Aug 2016, 00:00 The share of electricity from weather-dependent wind and solar energy in the German power mix keeps growing. That puts pressure on the electricity sector to be much more flexible in managing power demand and supply. The need for precise ...
  • Tenant electricity- feeble start for Germany's 'Energiewende at home'

    05 Dec 2018, 10:09 As the expansion of Germany's renewable energy sources goes ahead, rooftops and facades in cities and urban areas become a more and more valuable resource for producing solar power next to where it is consumed. While complicated ...
  • 06 Feb 2019 |

    The main stories of Germany's Energiewende

    06 Feb 2019, 11:00 The energy transition is turning many parts of German society upside down. In this factsheet we highlight the main storylines of the generational project Energiewende as a starting point for further research. Energiewende Julian ...
  • 19 Jul 2017 |

    Facts on the German state elections in Schleswig-Holstein

    19 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nicknamed the 鈥渃radle of the Energiewende鈥 by its own government, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 northernmost state Schleswig-Holstein embodies some of the most pressing challenges and solutions to the country鈥檚 energy turnaround. This factsheet provides a ...
  • 25 May 2022 |

    Key challenges of a halt to Russian fossil gas imports

    25 May 2022, 15:50 After an embargo on Russian hard coal and a looming ban on oil imports, fossil gas could be next on the list of Russian fossil fuels Europe will seek to phase out as quickly as possible. Gas looks set to be the hardest nut to crack from ...
  • 21 Feb 2025 |

    Q&A: What is on the menu of the EU鈥檚 new Vision for Agriculture and Food?

    21 Feb 2025, 13:40 As Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, begins her second stint at the top job, she has one group firmly in her sights: farmers. The freshly re-elected president is keen to live up to her promise to be a friend of ...
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  • 07 Mar 2025 |

    Global coverage on the gender-climate nexus: from leadership to early warning systems

    07 Mar 2025, 11:14 Milou Dirkx Society International Women face disproportionate impacts from the effects of climate change, yet they remain largely underrepresented in decision-making bodies. Their voices, stories and perspectives have the potential to ...
  • 04 Jan 2021 |

    Shift in Chinese energy investments set to help Greece reach climate targets

    04 Jan 2021, 14:06 Industry International China's engagement in the Greek energy sector was mainly directed at Piraeus port and fossil fuel power, but this is shifting following Greece's setting of a coal phase out date. After years of lagging ...
  • 04 Oct 2024 |

    Journalists must cover 鈥渮any鈥 climate solutions 鈥 with extra care

    04 Oct 2024, 10:00 S枚ren Amelang Technology Society Should energy and climate journalists cover "futuristic" subjects such as geoengineering, nuclear fusion, or novel carbon dioxide removal methods?聽And if so, how? I was sceptical at first ...
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    FNB Gas

    FNB Gas is the association of gas transmission grid operators. It coordinates the technical exchange between its members, represents the positions of transmission system operators and is the contact for politicians and the public. FNB Gas publishes drafts ...
  • E-REDES (Portugal)

    Portuguese manager and distributor of electricity (low-voltage power grid). Provides information about the distribution of electricity in Portugal, the state of power grids, smart grids and system malfunctions.聽 www.e-redes.pt Rute Ferreirinha ...
  • Renewables Grid Initiative

    The Renewables Grid Initiative brings together NGOs (e.g. Climate Action Network, WWF, Germanwatch) and transmission grid operators (TSOs) from across Europe. RGI promotes an environmentally sensitive grid development to enable the growth of renewable ...
  • Prof. Dr. Armin Schnettler

    Armin Schnettler is senior vice-president of energy and electronics research at Siemens AG and head of the institute for high voltage technology at RWTH Aachen. www.ifht.rwth-aachen.de +49 241 80-94930 armin.schnettler@rwth-aachen.de Business Germany ...
  • Prof. Dr. Oliver Br眉ckl

    Oliver Br眉ckl is professor of electrical engineering and IT at East Bavarian Technical University Regensburg. www.oth-regensburg.de Maria Ettm眉ller +49 941 943-9881 sekretariat-ei@oth-regensburg.de Researcher Germany ...
  • Rede Energ茅tica Nacional (REN, Portugal)

    Operates, maintains and develops the high voltage power grid and infrastructure and the high pressure natural gas grid and infrastructure. Manages the subterranean storage of imported natural gas. Has data on all types of power production and consumption. ...
  • GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. (Poland)

    Poland鈥檚 main gas grid operator. www.gaz-system.pl Iwona Dominiak, spokesperson rzecznik@gaz-system.pl +48 502200081 Business Poland @GAZ_SYSTEM ...
  • Energiforsk

    Non-profit research organisation owned by the power industry organisation Swedenenergy; the Swedish national grid operator SVK; gas grid operator Swedegas and gas industry organisation Energigas. www.energiforsk.se Andrea Bille Pettersson andrea.bille ...
  • Dr. Ing. John Licari (Malta)

    Scientist specialising in power grids and wind energy. www.um.edu.mt Researcher Malta ...
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    Responsible for gas transmission and grid infrastructure. www.nationalgrid.com Surinder Sian surinder.sian@nationalgrid.com +44 7812485153 Business United Kingdom @nationalgriduk ...
  • EDORA (Belgium)

    Brings together economic players active in the renewable energy sector (such as wind power, photovoltaics, hydroelectric power, biomass, biogas, etc.) and in the sustainable management of energy and smart grids. www.edora.org G茅raldine Nethercott, ...
  • Franziska Mohaupt

    Franziska聽Mohaupt is a research assitant at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research and project manager on InnoSmart, which aims to create a social impetus for the successful dissemination smart grids through user-friendly design. www.innosmart ...
  • NET4GAS (Czech Republic)

    Exclusive gas transmission system operator. Member of ENTSOG, GIE and EASEE-gas. www.net4gas.cz Vojt臎ch Merav媒, senior communication specialist media@net4gas.cz +420 735191108 Business Czech Republic ...
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    Independent public body created in 2000 to regulate France鈥檚 electricity and gas markets. Supervises grid development and electricity market transactions. Makes sure that access to grids is non-discriminatory for all plants, suppliers and producers. ...
  • 麻豆无码版 distribution system operator Lithuania

    ESO is a Lithuanian electricity and gas grid operator. It was established in 2016 by merging electricity distribution network operator LESTO AB and joint-stock company Lietuvos dujos and it is controlled by the state-owned Ignitis Group of energy ...
  • European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)

    Represents 42 electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) from 35 countries across Europe. Its main activities include presenting policy positions; drafting network codes and contributing of their implementation; regional cooperation through the ...
  • Lithuanian 麻豆无码版 Institute

    State-funded technical research centre specialised in mathematical modelling of power systems and networks, ICT-based control systems of power systems, renewable energy, security of energy supply, the development of energy planning methods, etc. www.lei ...
  • Renewables Grid Initiative

    The renewable grid initiative is a non-profit organisation which promotes the integration of聽100% renewable energy into the European grid. TSOs and NGOs join forces in RGI to support the build-up of a sufficient grid infrastructure in Europe for both ...
  • PSE S.A. (Poland)

    Poland鈥檚 main grid operator. www.pse.pl Beata Jarosz-Dziekanowska, spokesperson beata.jarosz@pse.pl +48 222421927 Business Poland @pse_pl ...
  • Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC)

    Public electricity company and until January 2021 the only electricity provider to consumers. Also manages and maintains the country鈥檚 grid. www.eac.com.cy Christina Papadopoulou, press officer cpapadopoulou@eac.com.cy +357 22201350聽 Business Cyprus ...
  • Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (ADMIE, Greece)

    Independent authority overseeing the electricity network, from grids to substations. Responsible for system capacity. www.admie.gr Press office grafeiotypou@admie.gr +30 2109466955 +30 2105192582 Business Greece ...
  • Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO, Greece)

    Tasked with the operation and maintenance of the electricity grid in Greece. www.deddie.gr Melina Kalampoka, communications consultant and spokesperson m.kalampoka@deddie.gr +30 210 9281742 Business Greece ...
  • Open Grid Europe

    Essen-based Open Grid Europe (OGE) is the largest of 16 gas transmission grid operators in Germany by length of the network. It manages 12,000 kilometres of pipelines all over Germany, equal to the length of the country鈥檚 infamous Autobahn system. Core ...
  • bne- Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators

    The Association of 麻豆无码版 Market Innovators (BNE) represents the interests of grid-independent energy suppliers and energy service companies in Germany. Its members who supply around 7 million customers in Germany, work towards turning the energy ...
  • Transelectrica (Romania)

    Transmission system operator (TSO), member of ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity). Responsible for electricity transmission, system and market operation, and grid and market infrastructure development. www ...
  • Pan-Hellenic Rooftop Photovoltaic Association (PASYFOS, Greece)

    Association of solar producers not connected to the grid. www.oikopv.gr Office oikopv@gmail.com +30 690 8676771 Business Greece ...
  • Elektroin拧titut Milan Vidmar (EIMV, Slovenia)

    Leading Slovenian engineering and scientific research organisation in the fields of electricity and general energy, founded in 1948. In the past, it played a key role in the development of the Slovenian electricity system. In recent years, it has actively ...
  • National Grid Electricity System Operator (UK)

    Electricity transmission operator for England, Wales and Scotland. www.nationalgrideso.com Ben Davis ben.davis@nationalgrideso.com +44 7971539999 Business United Kingdom @ng_eso ...
  • Red El茅ctrica de Espa帽a

    Red El茅ctrica de Espa帽a is the country's power transmission grid operator. It can provide data on electricity consumption and infrastructure. www.ree.es Eva Santiago Moriana & Cristina Horcajada Magar铆n gabinetedeprensa@ree.es +34 914533333 ...
  • Energias de Portugal (EDP)

    Produces energy, owns a renewables company, the low-voltage power grid and sells electricity to homes, business and industries. www.edp.com Helena Coelho helena.coelho@edp.com Business Portugal @innovationatEDP ...
  • Fingrid (Finland)

    National transmission system operator, provides open data on the electricity market. www.fingrid.fi Tiina Miettinen, senior vice president tiina.miettinen@fingrid.fi +358 295335056 Business Finland @fingrid_oyj ...
  • 24 Nov 2019 |

    Research tour: Get the grid working- how Europe's climate goals depend on a modern power network

    24- 26 Nov 2019 NovemberAachen The research tour, organised in collaboration with the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) focuses on electricity grids and the integration of renewables. The tour aims to provide meaningful up-to-date background knowledge ...
  • Eriksen

    Denmark Grid Heating Danish Freja Eriksen is a freelance journalist who has worked for 麻豆无码版 on energy transition topics such as grids and heating. Find out more via her website. ...
  • Gaton

    Australia Electricity Solar Transport Policy Australian Bryce Gaton covers electric vehicles- modalities (air, sea, land etc), vehicle models, characteristics, EV transition, EV charging, EV education and grid emissions. His work has been published by ...
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