• Süwag grid company Syna buys civil engineering company

    Frankfurt a.M./Kördorf - The Süwag grid company Syna is expanding its competences in the field of civil engineering. The company is taking over the civil engineering company Manfred Müller from Kördorf in the Rhein-Lahn district.
  • Financing of the 'Repower EU Programme' supports CO2 market

    Willich - After the CO2 bulls had gradually worked their way up to the weekly high of 94.14 €/t CO2 in the course of the past trading week, a strong sell-off followed last Friday, which levelled out the interim gains...
  • End of the bearish phase: Futures contracts pick up

    Dortmund - Spot trading this week was entirely under the influence of volatile wind power feed-in, was the reason given for the price jumps from the market. The amount of wind power fed into the grid has fluctuated between 36,000 MW and 6,000 MW since last Friday....
  • Coalition disagrees on hydrogen regulation

    Berlin - A conflict is emerging in the governing coalition on the issue of regulating hydrogen grids. SPD (Social Democratic Party) and FDP (Free Democratic Party) oppose the strict interpretation of the EU Commission. The Greens are reserved...
  • Ministerial heads of the federal states call for industrial electricity prices

    Merseburg - Following the first conference of energy ministers, the energy ministers of the federal states campaigned for a reduction in the electricity tax and the introduction of an industrial electricity price. The topics of hydrogen and grid fees were also on the agenda...
  • N-Ergie sees itself facing "historic challenges"

    Nuremberg - The market upheavals of the energy crisis have not thrown N-Ergie off course. Despite all the market distortions, the Nuremberg municipal utility increased its result. The management sees itself facing historic challenges and announced that it would reduce electricity prices as soon as possible.
  • Lemke: Nuclear phase-out makes Germany safer

    Berlin - On 15 April, the last three nuclear power plants in Germany will go off the grid as planned. Federal environment minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) sees this step as a contribution to safety. Now the focus is on how to deal with nuclear waste....
  • Medium-sized companies do not want to take a back seat to hydrogen

    Gelsenkirchen - The topic of hydrogen has long since arrived in the SME sector. The manufacturing industry in particular does not feel sufficiently taken into account in the federal government's hydrogen plans. Many small and medium-sized enterprises are concerned that they will have to stand in line behind during the ramp-up phase of the hydrogen...
  • EU agrees on reform of the Renewable Energy Directive

    Brussels - The EU wants to increase the share of renewable energies in total gross energy consumption to 42.5 per cent by 2030. The EU Council of Ministers and the EU Parliament agreed on the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). A compromise was also reached on the issue of nuclear power...
  • Gas trading goes sideways

    Berlin - Prices in gas trading have been moving sideways with a slight upward trend since mid-March. This has not changed this week. On the Dutch TTF, the day-ahead price closed on Friday last week at 41.60 €/MWh....