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3 days ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Wetzlar (energate) - The Hessian energy and water company (Enwag) is dissatisfied with the European unbundling requirements. These are slowing down the expansion of the charging infrastructure. In a press release, Enwag therefore calls for legislative improvements at EU level and proposes the introduction of a threshold value. "Large corporations often have little interest in promoting the expansion of charging infrastructure in rural regions. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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4 days ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Bonn (energate) - The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has begun the process of redesigning a general grid fee reform. Its aim is to adapt the principles of grid cost allocation to the challenges and new realities of the energy transition.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Essen (energate) - Public net electricity generation from onshore wind power was below average in the first quarter of 2025. Wind turbines generated just 26,638 GWh of electricity by the end of March, the worst figure since 2017, when 22,676 GWh of electricity was produced with around 13,000 MW less total installed capacity in the same period. This was the result of an energate analysis of net public electricity generation based on data from the Fraunhofer Institute Ise on Energy Charts.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Lichtenau/Nuremberg (energate) - The Franconian energy supplier N-Ergie has acquired the electricity grid in Lichtenau from the local Lichtenau municipal utility. The operation of the approximately 45-kilometre-long low- and medium-voltage grid will be transferred to N-Ergie Netz on 1 January 2026, the company announced. N-Ergie did not want to provide any information about the purchase price when asked by energate. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Hamm (energate) - Last week, electricity prices rose in both short-term and long-term trading. Relatively cold May temperatures in combination with little wind caused bullish prices on the day-ahead, while futures rose due to gas and CO2 prices. The period under review began at a low price level. On Friday, 2 May, the day-ahead was quoted at 67.79 €/MWh. Prices continued to fall over the weekend. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Berlin (energate) - The German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) has contributed to the ongoing debate on the further development of the grid fee system. In a discussion paper, the energy association presents its vision of a future-oriented grid fee system. The background to the publication is an announcement by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) that it will publish a discussion paper on the new framework definition of the general grid fee system - AgNes for short - in May 2025.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Bonn (energate) - The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has begun consultation on a key points paper for the creation of an IT security catalogue. This affects operators and managers of energy supply grids and energy systems. The regulatory authority is thus revising the 'IT security catalogue for operators of electricity and gas grids' from 2015.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Berlin (energate) - The expansion of battery storage continued in Germany in 2024. Around 600,000 new solar batteries went into operation last year, according to the German Solar Industry Association. The installed storage capacity thus now exceeds 20,000 MWh. According to BSW-Solar, the total number of installed solar power storage systems has now grown to over two million. The number of installed solar storage systems did not grow to over one million until the beginning of 2024.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen
Hamm (energate) - In April 2025, average electricity prices on the Epex Spot day-ahead market fell to their lowest level in eight months. The average value was EUR 77.94/MWh, which corresponds to a reduction of 17.7 per cent compared to March 2025. This was the result of an energate analysis of exchange electricity prices on the Epex Spot. The number of extreme exchange electricity prices also increased in April. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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3 weeks ago | 
edison.media | Ron-David Heinen
Im November 2024 hat der französische Ladeinfrastrukturdienstleister Electra den deutschen Markt betreten. Das im Jahr 2021 gegründete Unternehmen ist europaweit tätig und nach eigenen Angaben marktführender HPC-CPO (High Power Charging – Charge Point Operator) in Frankreich und Belgien. Wir sprachen mit Kerstin Schmidt, Geschäftsführerin von Electra Deutschland, über den deutschen Markteintritt, erste Erfahrungen und die speziellen Herausforderungen für den Ladedienstleister in Deutschland.
