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Fifteen-minute trading fails tests

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Paris (energate) - The start of Europe-wide fifteen-minute day-ahead trading planned for 1. June is likely to be postponed. The spot market exchange Epex Spot, as the most important player, is in favour of a postponement until the autumn. The reason for this is the disastrous results of the corresponding trial runs.
15-minute trading fails tests

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Paris (energate) - The start of Europe-wide 15-minute day-ahead trading planned for 1. June is likely to be postponed. The spot market exchange Epex Spot, as the most important player, is in favour of a postponement until the autumn. The reason for this is the disastrous results of the corresponding trial runs. CEO Jean-François Conil-Lacoste therefore suggested: "We should consider a reasonable start date after the summer, namely 1 October 2025, as originally requested by the market participants.
Austrians file suit for damages against Germany

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Vienna (energate) - The Austrian construction group Strabag is seeking around 350 million euros in compensation from the Federal Republic of Germany for failed wind energy projects. Accordingly, the group has filed a lawsuit in a US district court. Previously, Strabag had been awarded around 240 million euros plus interest in damages as part of an arbitration judgement. Strabag originally planned several wind farms in the German North Sea.
Wrong meter cupboard not a reason for termination

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Bonn (energate) - The Federal Network Agency has sided with the competitive metering point operator in a dispute. In essence, the case concerned the fact that EHA Energie-Handels-Gesellschaft had installed a metering cabinet as part of the smart meter rollout, which Netze BW did not accept. The grid operator therefore cancelled the metering point operator framework agreement.
Power consumption of e-trucks varies greatly

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Winterthur (energate) - Designwerk Technologies, a provider of electromobility solutions for heavy goods transport, has published figures on the actual energy consumption of electric vehicles. According to these figures, an electric truck with a battery capacity of up to 1,000 kWh and a payload of around 40 tonnes requires an average of 130 kWh/100 km.
Avacon launches storage pilots

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Twistringen (energate) - The grid operator Avacon is trialling the interaction between home and large-scale battery storage in a pilot project. To this end, it has launched a field trial in Twistringen, a town with 10,000 inhabitants in Lower Saxony, together with the storage system manufacturer Rolls-Royce. Local households store self-generated energy from PV systems in home storage systems.
EU requirements for the promotion of renewables leave room for manoeuvre

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Würzburg (energate) - The subsidisation regime of the Renewable Energy Sources Act will change in the foreseeable future. This is not only due to the fact that the CDU/CSU and SPD have agreed in the coalition agreement on the increased integration of market-based instruments in the promotion of renewables. There are also corresponding requirements from the EU.
Guidelines for network-orientated control

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Frankfurt/Main (energate) - The Network Technology/Network Operation Forum of the VDE Electrical Association (VDE FNN) has presented guidelines for network-oriented control in accordance with Section 14a EnWG. The recommendations have already been consulted on and are supported by the Federal Network Agency.
Koalitionsvertrag: Schub für Windkraft und E-Mobilität

1 week ago | edison.media | Stefanie Dierks

Im Koalitionsvertrag finden sich auch viele Stromthemen wieder. Mit dabei: Strompreise, die Elektromobilität, Stromnetze sowie der Ausbau der Erneuerbaren. Ein Überblick. Bei der Kraftwerksstrategie findet sich zunächst Bekanntes: Die Koalition aus Union und SPD will bis zu 20 Gigawatt an Gaskraftwerken bis 2030 „anreizen“, und zwar mit einer „zügig zu überarbeitenden Kraftwerksstrategie“.
Coalition agreement: New developments in wind power, prices and e-mobility

1 week ago | energate-messenger.com | Stefanie Dierks

Berlin (energate) - The coalition agreement also includes many electricity topics. Among them: electricity prices, electromobility, electricity grids and the expansion of renewables. An overview. When it comes to the power plant strategy, there is something familiar to begin with: the coalition between the CDU/CSU (Christian Democrats) and SPD (Social Democrats) wants to "incentivise" up to 20 GW of gas-fired power plants by 2030 with a "power plant strategy to be revised quickly".