Berlin - The federal government has passed the electricity and gas price brake with some changes. For example, the retroactive absorption of profits on the electricity market is off the table. Instead of 1 September on, this is now to take effect for the first time on 1 December 2022...

Berlin - The steel industry in Germany is suffering from high energy prices and at the same time faces a major transformation for more climate protection. Martin Theuringer, managing director of the German Steel Federation, talked about competitive pressure, the brakes on electricity and gas prices and access to hydrogen in an energate interview...

Berlin - The energy-intensive industry continues to see many open questions regarding the planned energy price brakes. The managing director of the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl), Martin Theuringer, criticised in an interview with energate that there is uncertainty, especially among large companies, about the granting of the subsidies...

Berlin - After the Bundestag, the Bundesrat also approved the extension of the operating times of the three remaining nuclear power plants until April 2023 on 25 November. This means that nothing more stands in the way of continued operation for a limited period...

Werdohl - Large parts of the former Werdohl-Elverlingsen coal-fired power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia are to make way for an industrial estate. The Enervie subsidiary Mark E has sold a 20-hectare area of the site to an investor who is supposed to take care of the subsequent use...

Cologne - A legislative proposal in the European Parliament could put the brakes on new fossil fuel investments by banks. The background is that the European Union has to transpose international rules for banks into European law...

Zurich/Frankfurt - The Frankfurt-based start-up Enviria and the Zurich-based project developer Galileo want to jointly promote solar projects in Germany. For this purpose, both companies have founded a joint venture...

Lahr - E-Werk Mittelbaden is getting a new boss. Bernhard Palm will take up the position on 16 June 2023, according to a company statement....

Berlin - The automotive industry is disappointed by the proposals of the Federal Network Agency for the integration of controllable consumers into the electricity grid. There is "still a clear need for improvement" in the agency's plans to revise section 14a of the German Energy Act (EnWG)....

Broderstorf - In addition to ground-mounted systems, the northern German solar project developer Jes also addresses the commercial sector. In view of rising energy prices, more and more companies are opting for their own photovoltaic supply. energate spoke to CEO Jonas Holtz about achievable savings and bureaucratic hurdles...

Essen - RWE is pushing ahead with the structural change of its opencast mining areas in the Rhineland. In Garzweiler and Jackerath, the Essen-based company wants to build two large PV ground-mounted plants including battery storage. Meanwhile, a third solar park on the site of the Inden opencast mine is about to be commissioned....

Essen/Berlin - Three power plant units of RWE are allowed to make more profit than other lignite-fired power plants after the planned revenue skimming. For power plants in the Rhenish mining area, for which the coal phase-out will come in 2030 instead of 2038, the draft law for the electricity price brake provides for a special regulation...

Kassel - The transmission grid operator Gascade has completed the connection pipeline for the LNG terminal 'Deutsche Ostsee' in Lubmin. The 450-metre pipeline connects the Greifswald landing station with the Opal, NEL and Eugal long-distance gas pipelines....

Berlin - From 1 January 2023 on, the uniform postage stamp charge for all transmission grids will be 6.03 €/(kWh/h)/a. This was announced today by the transmission grid operator OGE. Compared to the current fee, the increase amounts to 69 per cent...

Bonn - The Federal Network Agency is now publishing new indicators for more transparency on gas supply security in the coming winter. Currently, all five are stable, including temperature-adjusted gas consumption and the situation in neighbouring...

Berlin - African countries should build up more natural gas export capacities. Fatih Birol, general director of the International Energy Agency, said this at the presentation of the World Energy Outlook in Berlin...

Berlin/Oldenburg - The Oldenburg-based energy group EWE wants to build a 500 MW electrolyser in Wilhelmshaven together with the hydrogen company Tree Energy Solutions (TES)...

Bochum - Stadtwerke Bochum is testing five smart streetlights over a length of 150 metres. These only shine brightly when needed otherwise they are dimmed. In the early evening and late morning hours to 18.5 watts, in the period from 10pm in the evening to 5am in the morning even to 12.5 watts...

Ulm - The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg is building a pilot plant for the production of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The new plant will be able to produce material batches of up to 100 kilograms...

Wittenberg - The storage manufacturer Tesvolt is taking a stake in the software company Wendeware. Tesvolt wants to make greater use of the company's expertise for its own products...