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Consumer Advice Centers Urge Electricity and Gas Customers to Consider Changing Providers for 2024 Cost Increases

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Consumer Advice Centers Urge Electricity and Gas Customers to Consider Changing Providers for 2024 Cost Increases

Düsseldorf (dpa) – The consumer advice centers advise electricity and gas customers to consider changing providers because of the additional costs announced for 2024. “Consumers should definitely check a tariff portal to see how much savings they could save,” said energy expert at the North Rhine-Westphalia Consumer Center, Christina Wallraf, to the German Press Agency. … Read more

VDA Electromobility Ranking: Negative Impact on Krefeld Electric Cars

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VDA Electromobility Ranking: Negative Impact on Krefeld Electric Cars

November 13, 2023 at 4:45 p.m Electromobility : VDA: Krefeld not attractive enough for electric cars Krefeld lands at the bottom of the VDA ranking for e-charging stations. Photo: dpa-tmn/Robert Michael Krefeld Association of the Automotive Industry examines the density of charging points throughout Germany. Im alkteenlu aikRngn zu den t-kt-noeepEaAuudLn ni tlndshDacue esd reVdsbaen … Read more

Siempelkamp Foundry Prepared for Potential Gas Shortage with Innovative Furnace Preheating Methods

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Siempelkamp Foundry Prepared for Potential Gas Shortage with Innovative Furnace Preheating Methods

The winter can come. The Krefeld foundry Siempelkamp has just completed its test runs in the event of an emergency where there could be no more gas. Although managing director Georg Geier does not expect another shortage, he is still prepared for the worst case scenario. His employees have practiced how they can preheat their … Read more

Companies and Municipalities Offer to Participate in ‘StromGedacht’ App to Stabilize Electricity Market

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Companies and Municipalities Offer to Participate in ‘StromGedacht’ App to Stabilize Electricity Market

Wendlingen/Neckar (dpa/lsw) – The debate about almost everyday electricity shortages, which require the use of reserve power plants or the purchase of electricity from abroad (redispatch), is bearing fruit. According to company boss Werner Götz, the first companies and municipalities at the transmission system operator TransnetBW have offered to participate in the “StromGedacht” app. This … Read more

Saving Energy for the Wallet: The Real Motivator for Climate Protection

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Saving Energy for the Wallet: The Real Motivator for Climate Protection

Many save energy not out of love for the climate, but because it is expensive. That’s not bad news, our editor thinks. In the end, climate protection is also about money. The current PwC survey on energy saving in the household reminds us of this essentially unsurprising fact. The vast majority of those surveyed do … Read more

Heating Costs Set to Increase: New Plan for CO2 Prices Revealed

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Heating Costs Set to Increase: New Plan for CO2 Prices Revealed

Heating with gas A reduced VAT of seven percent applies to gas until the end of March 2024. (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Düsseldorf Anyone who heats with oil or gas will have to reckon with greater price increases in the future than in the past. The federal government has drawn up a new plan for … Read more

Premiere in the Southwest: 98-Meter-High Wind Turbine Tower Blown Up for Construction of More Powerful Wind Turbine in Freiburg

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Premiere in the Southwest: 98-Meter-High Wind Turbine Tower Blown Up for Construction of More Powerful Wind Turbine in Freiburg

Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – Premiere in the southwest: The 98-meter-high concrete tower of a wind turbine is to be blown up on Friday (2 p.m.) on the so-called Holzschlägermatte in Freiburg. This creates space for the construction of a higher and more powerful wind turbine, said the managing partner of the green electricity group Freiburg, Andreas … Read more

Premiere in Southwest Germany: Concrete Wind Turbine Tower Blown Up to Make Room for New and Powerful Installation

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Premiere in Southwest Germany: Concrete Wind Turbine Tower Blown Up to Make Room for New and Powerful Installation

Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – The 98 meter high concrete tower of a wind turbine is to be blown up on Friday (2 p.m.) on the so-called Holzschlägermatte in Freiburg. This creates space for the construction of a higher and more powerful wind turbine, said the managing partner of the green electricity group Freiburg, Andreas Markowsky, the … Read more

Maximizing Funding for Heat Pump Installations: A Guide for Germans

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Maximizing Funding for Heat Pump Installations: A Guide for Germans

Our heaters should be cleaner in the future! By 2028 at the latest, newly installed heating systems must be able to be operated in a manner that is at least 65 percent climate-neutral. This is what the traffic light government’s heating law, which has been revised several times, provides for. Many Germans are now thinking … Read more

Ludwig appeared as a witness for Wien Energie and testified in the town hall.

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March 31, 2023 The U-Commission examines the loans for Wien Energie © APA/THEMENBILD/HELMUT FOHRINGER The Mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) was heard on Friday as a witness in the municipal council’s commission of inquiry into Wien Energie. He assured that there was “no alternative” to the lending. This also applies to the procedure using … Read more