ESSEN, Germany, Feb 7 Munich Re aims to cover 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power capacity this year with a new insurance product that allows turbine operators to hedge against revenue losses from volatile wind speeds, a project manager said on Thursday.
ESSEN, Germany German gas demand could rise by up to 8 percent in the period to 2022 to replace orchestrated closures of coal-fired power plants recently recommended by a government-appointed commission, gas lobby group Zukunft Erdgas said on Wednesday.
ESSEN, Germany/SINGAPORE European energy bourse EEX Group is delaying to the second quarter a major expansion into Asia involving the launch of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract that it had initially planned for this month, its Asia head said on Tuesday.
ESSEN, Germany Boosting renewables to 65 percent of Germany's power mix by 2030 could cost 20 billion euros more than previously planned, which will mean higher consumer energy bills, the four main grid operators said on Monday.
Berlin Der Präsident der Bundesnetzagentur, Jochen Homann, hat für den Fall eines Kohleausstiegs vor einem Drehen an der Preisschraube bei den Stromnetzen gewarnt.
BERLIN Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall [VATN.UL] is looking for acquisitions in its efforts to become one of Europe's biggest operators of electric vehicle charging stations, its chief executive said.
BERLIN German consumers must not be burdened with higher electricity network fees when the country abandons stable coal-fired power for environmental reasons, the chief regulator of power transport grids said.
Berlin Der Energiekonzern EnBW könnte nach den Worten von Vorstandschef Frank Mastiaux bei seinen Plänen für den Aufbau eines Windenergiegeschäfts in den USA auf Partner zurückgreifen.
BERLIN Norway, Germany's third biggest gas supplier after Russia and the Netherlands, could make further inroads into the German market as the country phases out coal, a top executive at Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor said on Wednesday.
BERLIN German utility EnBW could seek more partners in its planned push into the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind sector, its chief executive said.
Kurdish-led forces in Syria said they would complete the evacuation of thousands of civilians from Islamic State's last redoubt in the area on Friday, and welcomed a White House reversal of President Donald Trump's decision to pull out all U.S. troops.