1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (316+ words) The European Commission has approved a German support mechanism for new backup power plants and electricity storage facilities designed to ensure sufficient electricity during periods when wind and solar generation does not cover demand. The first two auctions for long-term…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (740+ words) Dirk Vansintjan is an advocate of community energy. In 1991, he founded a citizen energy cooperative in his native Belgium. “We now have more than 70,000 members,” says the chair of the European federation of energy cooperatives in an exclusive interview with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (378+ words) In Germany, around noon on Sunday, output supplied by renewable sources reached 51.78 GW, according to preliminary data. This was due to favourable conditions for both wind and solar power plants occurring simultaneously. Intraday market prices also responded to this situation,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (336+ words) Most German wind farms whose support expires after 2020 will no longer be economically viable to operate. This follows from an analysis by the Energy Brainpool think tank, which examined the possibility of operating wind farms after the end of their…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) However, more investments are being made in energy infrastructure, where a stake in 50Hertz could join existing acquisitions. Investment company IFM Investors decided to sell a 20% stake in 50Hertz, offering half of its current holding for sale. The remaining 60% is owned by…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (297+ words) Thanks to cheap batteries, however, businesses and householdswill save not only on electricity, but also on “circuit breakers”. It is precisely because of circuit breakers that customers pay high charges for so-called reserved capacity, often unnecessarily. Another incentive to acquire…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) German start-up Sonnen (formerly Sonnenbatterie) has secured another investment from GE Ventures, a subsidiary of General Electric, following an investment by the ČEZ Group through its subsidiary Inven Capital. To date, Sonnen has sold more than 11,000 battery systems. According to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) The lower and upper houses of the German parliament have approved future cross-border support for combined heat and power projects. Applicants from neighbouring countries, such as the Czech Republic, will also be able to participate. Following this year's introduction of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) The German state of Bavaria, which introduced a rule at the end of 2014 to restrict the construction of wind turbines, recorded no applications to build a wind turbine in the first quarter of this year. According to unofficial information, this…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) Swedish energy company Vattenfall last week announced that it had acquired plans to build the Global Tech II offshore wind farm, which is set to have an installed capacity of 553 MW. Czech energy company ČEZ has similar plans in the…...