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Federal Network Agency grants network operators higher returns
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Federal Network Agency grants electricity and gas network operators higher returns – consumers pay more
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Federal Network Agency grants electricity and gas network operators higher returns – consumers pay more
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Germany and Denmark share lines for offshore wind power
Wind farm in Denmark Close cooperation between the North Sea and Baltic Sea countries is one of the basic requirements for achieving the EU’s ambitious goals for the expansion of…
Higher returns for power grid operators? Netzagentur President Müller gives hope
power poles Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: IMAGO/Countrypixel) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Network Agency President Klaus Müller is open to demands that operators of electricity grids…
Heat pumps push power grids to their limits
Transformer station in Rhineland-Palatinate The demand for electricity will increase significantly with the heat transition – a stress test for the grids. (Photo: imago images/UJ Alexander) Berlin, Dusseldorf The federal…
Heat pumps push power grids to their limits
Transformer station in Rhineland-Palatinate The demand for electricity will increase significantly with the heat transition – a stress test for the grids. (Photo: imago images/UJ Alexander) The federal government’s heat…
Interview with the Minister of Energy of Ukraine: “In the future 50 percent nuclear energy”
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (before the start of the war) The nuclear power plant is occupied by Russian troops, which is why the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning of…
Tennet awards contracts worth 30 billion euros for grid expansion
Wind energy in Lower Saxony Germany and the neighboring countries of the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium have ambitious goals for the expansion of wind power at sea. (Photo: dpa) Munich,…
Tennet awards contracts worth 30 billion euros for grid expansion
Wind energy in Lower Saxony Germany and the neighboring countries of the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium have ambitious goals for the expansion of wind power at sea. (Photo: dpa) Munich,…
Network operators calculate with 128 billion for network expansion
wind turbines and power lines The grid operators calculate that the expansion of the transmission grids is likely to cost many billions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The operators of the electricity…
Tennet sees an investment requirement of 111 billion euros due to the energy transition
Berlin The electricity network operator Tennet wants to massively increase its investments in the expansion of the networks. “We invested 4.5 billion euros last year. We want to increase this…
Dutch want to get rid of German daughter
Berlin The Dutch government expects the network operator Tennet to need significantly more capital and urgently advises a complete sale of the German subsidiary to the Federal Republic. This emerges…
Up to 600 billion in investments are necessary
wind energy The energy transition requires billions in investments. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Dusseldorf Offshore wind power is to transcend national borders in the future. The electricity network operators 50Hertz, Amprion…
Up to 600 billion in investments are necessary
wind energy The energy transition requires billions in investments. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Dusseldorf Offshore wind power is to transcend national borders in the future. The electricity network operators 50Hertz, Amprion…
Tennet wants to sell the German subsidiary completely to the federal government
Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) is making progress with the entry into the electricity transmission system operator Tennet. According to Friday, the Dutch state-owned company is ready…
Why reservoirs are becoming increasingly important
energy Storing electricity is one of the most important challenges for the energy transition. Dusseldorf The Nant de Drance pumped storage power plant is located high in the Swiss Alps…
Germany is aiming for direct participation in electricity grid operators
Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf According to negotiating circles, after years of standstill, talks between Germany and the Netherlands about the financing of power lines are starting to move. These are indispensable…
Desperate search for guaranteed power plant output
Working on a gas turbine at Siemens Energy New gas-fired power plants are urgently needed, but there is no incentive to invest. (Photo: Weisflog) Berlin A broad alliance of different…
How to prepare for a power outage
Dusseldorf The situation in the German power grid is tense this winter due to energy shortages and other factors. Energy suppliers and network operators vacillate between reassurance and warning. The…