Peter Martens

3 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Peter Martens

Brussels (energate) - The European electricity industry association Eurelectric is drawing conclusions from the corruption investigations against Huawei. The Chinese technology giant is now excluded from Eurelectric's circle of "associated business partners". This was reported by the association's leadership under new President Markus Rauramo at a meeting in Brussels.

1 month ago | energate-messenger.com | Peter Martens

Vienna (energate) - Austria needs new gas-fired power stations. Peter Weinelt, CEO of Stadtwerke Wien, makes this demand in an interview with energate. The existing infrastructure is insufficient to cope with the increasing volatility of renewable energies. "Many gas-fired power plants are at the end of their technical service life. New controllable capacities fuelled by renewable gases or hydrogen will be necessary," said the CEO of Austria's largest municipal service provider.

1 month ago | energate-messenger.com | Peter Martens

Vienna (energate) - Austria has achieved an international pioneering feat: The gas storage operator RAG Austria has successfully stored and extracted hydrogen for the first time on a large scale and under real conditions at the Rubensdorf underground storage facility. A broad-based consortium from the gas industry, heavy industry and research was involved in the project. RAG successfully carried out two storage cycles - one with 75,000 and the second with around 500,000 cubic metres of hydrogen.

Mar 20, 2025 | energate-messenger.com | Peter Martens

Vienna (energate) - Verbund presents a significant decline in earnings in its annual results for 2024. One reason for this is the extraordinarily high result in the previous year. However, the main driver was lower wholesale prices and therefore lower income from electricity sales. In contrast, generation increased by almost a tenth thanks to above-average water supply. "After historic distortions in previous years, a certain degree of normalisation has returned in 2024.

Dec 3, 2024 | energate-messenger.com | Peter Martens

Jenbach - The Tyrolean gas engine manufacturer Innio is taking over the Thai sales company Souer. The company is active in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia and has been selling Innio engines in the region for ten years. The company has 70 employees and specialises in the sale of motors and generators, after-sales support, service and the overhaul of systems. Innio has delivered around 3,000 motors in the Asia-Pacific region to date. … Would you like to read this and other news?