Tag: electricity
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
heat pump The installation of a heat pump is associated with high costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to make progress with the expansion…
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
heat pump The installation of a heat pump is associated with high costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to make progress with the expansion…
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
Berlin The municipal utility is convinced that heating networks can play a key role in heating in the future – and save many owners expensive investments in a heat pump.…
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…
Efficient cooling – Plastics specialist Rehau saves huge amounts of electricity
Dusseldorf For many industrial companies, the energy-intensive part of their production involves heat. They have to generate so-called process heat, for example in order to be able to melt and…
Germany has been importing more French electricity since April
French nuclear power station in Flamanville The nuclear safety agency ASN is already calling for reactors to be armed against the impending water shortage in the summer. (Photo: dpa) Berlin,…
Why inflation is so low in Spain
Fish seller in Barcelona Core inflation remains high in Spain. (Photo: Bloomberg) Madrid Many EU countries are likely to look at Spain with envy. Because inflation there is now significantly…
Biogas: an alternative to natural gas?
Dusseldorf Every newly installed heating system should be operated with at least 65 percent renewable energy from 2024, according to the federal government. Oil and gas heating systems still account…
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…
Solar start-up raises 30 million euros to build factory
nexweapon The solar start-up is currently planning its first commercial production in Bitterfeld. (Photo: Nexwafe) Dusseldorf The Freiburg solar start-up Nexwafe has collected 30 million euros in its latest round…
Trade warns of industrial electricity price: “Special tariff leads to distortion of competition”
Berlin DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi encounters divided opinions with her proposal to cap the electricity price for industry at four cents per kilowatt hour for a limited period of time.…
Electricity Price Drops Below Zero in Finland
Not a day goes by that we do not wish that the problems experienced in other countries existed in our country. In Finland, one of these countries, so much electricity…
Which rules will apply to the promotion of new heating systems from 2024
Servicing a heat pump The federal government wants to promote the switch to climate-friendly heating systems. (Photo: In Pictures/Getty Images) Berlin The federal government has agreed on a draft law…
EnBW sells electricity grid share for around one billion euros
EnBW The energy supplier had originally hoped for a higher purchase price when selling part of its electricity grids. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The energy supplier EnBW is making progress with…
Economists speak out against it
Advisory Council Achim Truger (2nd from left) is in favor of an industrial electricity price, Ulrike Malmendier (from left), Monika Schnitzer, Veronika Grimm and Martin Werding are against it. (Photo:…
Energy industry calls for incentives for new power plants
Berlin By 2030, dozens of new gas-fired power plants will have to go into operation. They are to be used as back-up capacities when wind and sun are not delivering…
New Uniper management wants to privatize the group again “as quickly as possible”.
Dusseldorf According to the will of the new board of directors, the crisis group Uniper should be privatized again as quickly as possible. At the energy supplier’s annual general meeting…
Electricity for industry and households should become cheaper
Dusseldorf When it is particularly sunny or windy in Germany, there is sometimes more electricity from renewable energies in the grid than is necessary. This puts a strain on the…