The carbon dioxide storage act lays the foundation for CCS and carbon management as climate protection technologies.
The hydrogen acceleration act sets the pace, but projects and targets remain unclear.
Kehler: “Both laws are crucial building blocks for a future-proof energy supply. Without the right framework conditions, however, the progress will fizzle out.”
The Bundestag yesterday passed
With a comprehensive transport package adopted in early November, the European Commission has set a new course for climate-neutral mobility in Europe. At its core is the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP), which aims to boost investment in renewable and low-carbon fuels, particularly for the aviation and maritime sectors. The initiative is designed to bring the EU closer to its goal of a
At the start of the 2025/2026 heating season, the “Deutsche Ostsee” Energie-Terminal achieved a new record for monthly gas deliveries. In October, a total of 4.1 terawatt hours of natural gas were fed into the German transmission network via the terminal. According to the terminal operator Deutsche ReGas, this amount corresponds to the average monthly consumption of around six million two-person h
Rheinmetall AG, together with several partner companies, today presented a concept for the production of synthetic fuels. The aim of the project is to enable European armed forces to produce synthetic fuels independently. The project, called “Giga PtX,” envisions the establishment of a Europe-wide network of several hundred modular e-fuel production plants in cooperation with additional project pa
With a ceremonial groundbreaking, Südzucker AG has started construction of its new Bio Energy Hub at the Chemical and Industrial Park Zeitz-Tröglitz in Saxony-Anhalt. From autumn 2027, a state-of-the-art biomethane plant will go into operation there, converting by-products from sugar production into energy. The goal of the project is to gradually shift the site’s energy supply from fossil to renew
Ensuring that Power-to-X and hydrogen projects comply with existing regulations is essential on the path to net zero. Against this backdrop, Siemens and the Munich-based technology startup atmen have entered into a global strategic partnership. The aim of the collaboration is to combine Siemens’ digital tools for plant and supply chain planning with atmen’s certification software. In this way, bot
Agricultural machinery manufacturer New Holland is expanding its range of alternative drive systems with a new tractor that runs on compressed natural gas (CNG) or biomethane, specifically designed for larger farms and operators of biogas plants.
The T7.270 Methane Power is based on New Holland’s established T7 series and, according to the manufacturer, will be available to order in Europe from
With the commissioning of a new Bio-LNG filling station in Großmehring near Ingolstadt, Dutch company Rolande – a member of DIE GAS- UND WASSERSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT – continues to expand its network of stations in Germany. Located directly on the A9 motorway, one of Europe’s key north–south transport corridors, the site aims to strengthen the supply of sustainable fuel for freight carriers and logistics
Since the end of October, the Pfenning Group has been using climate-neutral trucks for regional transport around Nerdlen (Vulkaneifel district). This is made possible by the construction of a new CNG filling station suitable for heavy goods vehicles by OG Clean Fuels. Currently, 20 Iveco CNG trucks are on order, and the fleet is expected to grow to 60 vehicles in the future. This aligns with the g
In a marketing round at the end of October 2025, Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) successfully marketed all available regasification capacities at the Brunsbüttel terminal for the period from early January to the end of May 2026.
A total of 58 million MMBtu (million British Thermal Units), equivalent to around 16 slots, was successfully allocated. The auction, conducted via the digital platf
The gas transmission system operators Gascade and Gasgrid Finland, together with the fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), are jointly developing the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) project. As the consortium announced, the European Commission is supporting the project’s preliminary planning phase (Pre-FEED) with a grant of €15.3 million from the Connecting Europe Facility (CE
Petra Peterhänsel has been Plant Manager of the BMW Group Plant Leipzig since 2022 – a site that has long been committed to innovative and sustainable production. As early as 2013, the first hydrogen filling station for logistics vehicles in Germany was commissioned here. Now comes the next step: together with ONTRAS and MITNETZ GAS, the plant is preparing to connect to a hydrogen pipeline. This w
