Tag: Power supply
Are electricity, steel or hydrogen really green? Blockchain should show it
Green hydrogen gas station In the future, companies will have to prove more clearly how their raw materials and products were produced. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich, Salzgitter Whether CO2 balance, green…
Eon more optimistic after leap in earnings at the start of the year
Eon boss Leonhard Birnbaum and CFO Marc Spieker CFO Spieker continues to expect strongly fluctuating influences on the electricity supplier’s business. (Photo: dpa) A leap in earnings in the first…
How start-ups harvest electricity from the sea
Visualization of a wave power plant The movement drives generators, which in turn produce green electricity. (Photo: Corepower) Munich Patrik Möller, CEO and co-founder of the Swedish start-up Corpower Ocean,…
Robert Habeck announces industrial electricity price of 6 cents
Robert Habeck (Greens) Initial reactions from the affected sectors to the Ministry’s proposal for a bridge electricity price were positive. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens)…
Scholz calls for “a clear goal for the global expansion of renewable energies”
Berlin At the Petersberg climate dialogue, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) are pulling together. In his speech at the end of the two-day meeting…
Bayer closes mega energy deal in the US
Wind Turbines in Idaho Cat Creek Energy will invest around $1.5 billion in the US state. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Bayer AG gains access to a mega-project for renewable energies…
RWE is investing more and more abroad
RWE in the balance sheet check The strategy of the Dax Group is largely geared towards renewable energies. (Photo: RWE) Dusseldorf At this year’s RWE Annual General Meeting, the mood…
Why flexible tariffs could now be worthwhile
smart meters Flexible tariffs have long been a reality in other countries. In Germany things are just getting started. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Intelligent electricity meters are becoming mandatory. The Bundestag…
With wind power, the North Sea is to become the “largest power plant in the world”.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, Alexander De Croo, Olaf Scholz, Mark Rutte, Mette Frederiksen (from left) The EU Commission President and the heads of state 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,…
Söder demands a “Bavarian solution” for the continued operation of the nuclear power plants
Markus Soder The Prime Minister of Bavaria visits the Isar 2 nuclear power plant shortly before it is shut down. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Markus Söder is fighting to enable the…
What the end of nuclear power plants means for Germany
nuclear power plant On April 15, Germany finally says goodbye to nuclear power. While many other EU countries continue to rely on nuclear power, Germany will shut down its last…
Despite the nuclear phase-out, Amprion sees no blackout risk
high voltage pylon The energy transition requires massive investments in the German power grid. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Ohde) Dusseldorf The transmission system operator Amprion is once again giving the all-clear for…
How secure is Germany’s power supply without nuclear power plants?
Dusseldorf On April 15, the last three German nuclear power plants go offline. Then, after around sixty years, nuclear power generation in Germany will finally end. The topic will move…
Yellow SiC develops the hydrogen factory for the roof
Munich Hydrogen is considered the energy carrier of the future – if it is produced in a climate-neutral manner. Experts speak of green hydrogen, in contrast to gray hydrogen, which…
Federal government underestimates the need for gas-fired power plants
Berlin An additional 25 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in gas-fired power plants: Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) expects this to be the case by 2030. According to this, 50…
Habeck in Ukraine – rebuilding a country under fire
Berlin, Riga Robert Habeck had only just arrived in Ukraine when he made one thing clear: the Federal Minister of Economics did not just come to express his sympathy. The…
Why it is wrong to phase out nuclear power now
nuclear power plant On April 15, Germany finally says goodbye to nuclear power. While many other EU countries continue to rely on nuclear power, Germany will shut down its last…
Germany and the Netherlands want to work together on offshore energy
Olaf Scholz (front) and Mark Rutte The Federal Chancellor and the Dutch Prime Minister made statements after the joint talks in Rotterdam. (Photo: Reuters) Rotterdam The Netherlands and Germany want…