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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Leipzig (energate) - This year, the entire value chain for green hydrogen is to be launched on an industrial scale at the Bad Lauchstädt energy park: from production from wind power to storage, transport, marketing and utilisation. In April, transmission system operator Ontras Gastransport began commissioning the pipeline that connects the electrolysis site with the Total Energies refinery in Leuna. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Freiburg (energate) - Western Australia could cover a significant part of Europe's hydrogen demand in 2050. This is the conclusion reached by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and the Port of Rotterdam in a joint study. In this 'TrHyHub' study, the critical components for a possible supply chain from the Australian hub Oakajee via Rotterdam to Germany were analysed, according to Fraunhofer ISE. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Düsseldorf (energate) - The transmission system operator Fluxys Tenp GmbH is inviting tenders for its fuel gas requirements for the compressors of the Tenp pipeline system. Bids can be submitted until 4 June, the company announced. The tender covers the delivery period from 1 July 2025 to 1 January 2026. Bids can be submitted for natural gas (H-gas) and also for biomethane; the estimated demand is 210,000 MWh of natural gas and 22,085 MWh of biomethane.
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1 week ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Weimar (energate) - Stadtwerke Weimar has presented a transformation plan for its district heating supply. The municipal supplier wants to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. To achieve this, the proportion of renewable energies is to increase from zero to 45 per cent in the next five years, the municipal utility announced. The first solar thermal system will be installed this year.
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4 weeks ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Berlin (energate) - The Federal Ministry of Finance has provided a financial injection to ensure the continuation of federal funding for efficient heating grids BEW (Bundesförderung für effiziente Wärmenetze). At the request of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, it approved an over-scheduled reduction in commitments of up to 305 million euros. This is according to a briefing from the Ministry of Finance to the German Bundestag.
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4 weeks ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Berlin (energate) - The Federal Ministry of Finance has provided a financial injection to ensure the continuation of federal funding for efficient heating networks (BEW). At the request of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), it approved an over-scheduled reduction in commitments of up to 305 million euros. This is according to a briefing from the Ministry of Finance to the German Bundestag. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 month ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Paris (energate) - Total Energies has signed a long-term contract for LNG from a fourth liquefaction train (Train 4) at the Rio Grande terminal in Texas. The Sales and Purchase Agreement runs for twenty years and covers annual volumes of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). Delivery will be free-on-board with price indexation to the US Henry Hub. The contract is still subject to a final investment decision by the terminal operator Next Decade. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 month ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Essen (energate) - The transmission system operator Open Grid Europe (OGE) has reached an important milestone in the renovation of the Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline (Tenp). The installation team has completed the last weld seam, also known as the golden seam, in the Hügelheim to Hüsingen section of Tenp 3. The majority of the pipeline construction work has now been completed, OGE announced. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 month ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Milan (energate) - The Italian transmission system operator Snam is taking over 24.99 per cent of Open Grid Europe (OGE). As the company headquartered in San Donato Milanese announced at the beginning of the week, it is taking over the share package of Infinity Investment from Abu Dhabi in OGE owner Vier Gas Holding (VGH). The purchase price amounts to 920 million euros. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2025. … Would you like to read this and other news?
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1 month ago | 
energate-messenger.com | Thorsten Czechanowsky
Berlin/Lubmin (energate) - The municipality of Binz is once again taking legal action against the German Baltic Sea LNG terminal on the island of Rügen. The action before the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig relates to deficiencies in planning and authorisation law, according to the Berlin law firm Geulen & Klinger, which is representing the Baltic seaside resort. The Federal Administrative Court rejected the first urgent applications against the operating licence in June 2024.
