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Draft standard threatens balcony power plant boom

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Düsseldorf/Geneva (energate) - Balcony power plants are booming. Only recently, the million mark of installed plug-in solar devices was exceeded in Germany. However, a draft technical standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) could now make installation significantly more difficult.
"Merz cannot avoid economic rationality"

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Cologne/Hamm (energate) - Onshore wind energy plays a central role in the European energy transition. However, the legal framework varies considerably from country to country. The law firm Luther has analysed the regulatory landscapes in 29 European countries in a study. energate spoke to Luther partner Holger Stappert and lawyers Bernhard Burkert and Benedikt Rechner. energate: Mr Stappert, in your study you shed light on the role of onshore electricity throughout Europe.
Battery storage delivers instantaneous reserve for the first time

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Geertruidenberg/Essen (energate) - The energy group RWE has commissioned what it claims is the first battery storage facility with an instantaneous reserve function in the Central European electricity grid in the Netherlands. The facility has an installed capacity of 7.5 MW and a storage capacity of 11 MWh. It is located on the site of RWE's Moerdijk power plant.
Latest offshore auction disappoints

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Bonn/Berlin (energate) - The latest tender for offshore wind power sites in the North Sea was a flop. The gas and oil multinational Total Energies was once again awarded the contract. However, the successful company was not the centre of attention during a press conference organised by the industry association BWO. Instead, BWO managing director Stefan Thimm focussed on the reasons for the extraordinarily low payment bid, which was ultimately successful.
EnBW markets further capacities from He Dreiht

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Stuttgart (energate) - The energy company EnBW has concluded another long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for its offshore wind farm He Dreiht. The DHL Group will purchase around 80,000 MWh annually from the North Sea wind farm for ten years from 2026, the companies announced. The wind farm will have a total capacity of 960 MW. The DHL Group has secured 20 MW of this. This corresponds to 16 per cent of the logistics company's annual electricity requirements, according to the press release.
Project aims to better dovetail grid and renewable energy expansion

2 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Stuttgart (energate) - Baden-Württemberg wants to better synchronise the expansion of grids, photovoltaics and wind power. To this end, the state has launched the 'SyNEA' project, as announced by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Energy. The acronym stands for "Synchronisation of grid and renewable expansions".
Wind power fluctuates between successes and worries

2 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Berlin/Hamburg (energate) - Wind energy in Germany is in a tricky situation. On the one hand, the first quarter of 2025 shows a sustained high expansion dynamic, with approval figures at an all-time high. In a recent analysis, the think tank Goal 100 also sees Germany on course to achieve its expansion targets by 2030. On the other hand, industry sentiment is at a four-year low, according to the Wind Energy Trend Index (Wetix) from Wind Energy Hamburg and Wind Research.
Wind energy authorisation chaos looms

2 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Berlin (energate) - Germany has missed the national implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive RED III. As the EU emergency regulation for accelerated approval procedures for wind energy projects expires on 30 June 2025, there is now a risk of approval chaos. There will be an indefinable phase between the EU emergency regulation and the transposition of RED III into national law.
New alliance focusses on craft businesses

2 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Dresden/Berlin (energate) - The German market for integrated energy solutions has a new player. Solarwatt, Tibber and Kiwigrid have jointly founded the "Energy Systems Alliance" (ESA). The alliance is focussing on traditional tradespeople and aims to provide them with integrated, intelligently networked and coordinated energy systems. The offer is aimed specifically at installation companies that plan, install and support energy systems for their end customers, according to a press release.
Wind and PV electricity worth less and less in future

2 weeks ago | energate-messenger.com | Ron-David Heinen

Berlin/Frankfurt am Main (energate) - The cannibalisation of market values for wind power and photovoltaics will intensify in the coming years. For example, the market value of solar could be 37 euros/MWh in 2028 , according to a study conducted by management consultants Enervis on behalf of software provider Node Energy. This corresponds to a decline of more than 25 per cent. Depending on the weather year, market values could fall even more drastically, according to the study.

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