(IN BRIEF) PNE Group has sold two German wind farm projects, Wulfsdorf A in Schleswig-Holstein and Kuhstedt III in Lower Saxony, to a small group of private investors. The two repowering projects have a combined nominal capacity of 45 MW … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Poland
Tagged 000 three-person households, 20.6 MW Kuhstedt III, 24.4 MW Wulfsdorf A, 31, 40 MW solar project, 45 MW combined capacity, 72 MW wind project, Bokel wind farm, clean electricity, commissioning 2026 2027, commissioning December 2026, construction underway, Cuxhaven, energy consult GmbH, France, Germany, green energy investment, Kuhstedt III, Lower Saxony, modern wind turbines, Nordex, Nordex N163, Nordex N175, operational management, Ostholstein, photovoltaic project, PNE, PNE Advances 2026 Project Disposal Activity With Sale of Two Wind Farms, PNE AG, PNE Completes Sale of Wulfsdorf A and Kuhstedt III Wind Farm Projects, PNE group, PNE Sells Two German Repowering Wind Farms With Combined Capacity of 45 MW, Poland, private investors, project disposal, renewable electricity generation, renewable energy, repowering, Roland Stanze, Romescamps Wind Farm, Rotenburg Wümme, Schleswig-Holstein, turbine replacement, Vestas, Vestas V150, Vestas V162, wind energy, wind farm sale, wind farms, Wulfsdorf A
(IN BRIEF) The GET H2 Nukleus project has reached a major milestone, with the first renewable hydrogen produced by electrolysis in Lingen arriving at Evonik’s Marl Chemical Park through a pipeline network of around 120 kilometres. The hydrogen is produced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged 100 MW electrolysis plants, 120-kilometre pipeline network, 200 MW electrolysis capacity, 300 MW electrolysis capacity, 50 GET H2 partners, balancing, capacity booking, cavern storage, commercial hydrogen storage, decarbonisation accounting, Dorsten, electrolysis, Epe, Essen, Evonik, Evonik Marl Chemical Park, First Hydrogen Flow From Lingen to Marl Demonstrates Integrated GET H2 Value Chain, Frank Heunemann, Gelsenkirchen-Scholven, German federal government funding, Germany’s GET H2 Nukleus Project Advances Industrial Hydrogen Infrastructure, GET H2, GET H2 Nukleus, GET H2 Partners Link Electrolysis, GET H2 TransHyDE, Heek, Hy2Infra, Hydrogen Core Network, hydrogen economy, hydrogen infrastructure, hydrogen pipelines, hydrogen ramp-up, Hydrogen Storage, hydrogen transport, Important Projects of Common European Interest, industrial decarbonisation, industrial hydrogen use, industrial production processes, IPCEI, Legden, Lingen, Lower Saxony, Marl, Münster, network access, Nikolaus Valerius, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nowega, OGE, pipeline construction, pipeline conversion, Pipeline Transport and Industrial Hydrogen Use, Proof of Sustainability, renewable fuels of non-biological origin, Renewable hydrogen, RFNBO, Ruhr area, RWE, RWE Gas Storage West, RWE Generation SE, state funding, SYNEQT, Thomas Basten, Thomas Hüwener, transmission system operators
(IN BRIEF) PNE Group received permits for five wind energy projects in Germany during the first half of 2026, with a combined nominal capacity of around 188 MW. The approved projects are located across Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Balver Wald wind farm, Beerfelde wind farm, BImSchG, Brandenburg, clean energy, Clean Energy Solutions Provider, climate-friendly electricity, EDF power solutions, Ehren wind farm, electricity generation, energy transition, Gardelegen wind farm, Gebstedt wind farm, Gebstedt/Willerstedt wind farm, German Federal Immission Control Act, Germany, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, PNE Advances Five German Wind Projects After Securing First-Half 2026 Permits, PNE AG, PNE group, PNE Group Moves 188 MW Wind Portfolio Forward With New Permits Across Germany, PNE Group Receives Permits for Around 188 MW of Wind Energy Projects in Germany, regional energy supply, renewable energy, repowering project, Roland Stanze, Saxony-Anhalt, sustainable energy, Thuringia, wind energy, wind farm permits, wind power, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) RWE has secured a contract in the latest tender held by Germany’s Federal Network Agency for the repowering of its Rethen-Vordorf onshore wind farm in Lower Saxony. The company will replace three existing turbines with three modern turbines, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged 000 households, 17, 21 megawatts, 5.4 megawatts, battery projects, commissioning 2027, electricity supply, energy transition, Essen, Federal Network Agency, Germany, Gifhorn, Green Growth, local authorities, Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony Participation Act, onshore wind, renewable energy, Renewable Energy Expansion, Rethen-Vordorf wind farm, RWE, RWE Highlights Potential of Wind Farm Modernisation With Rethen-Vordorf Upgrade, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, RWE Secures Tender Success for 21 MW Wind Farm Modernisation Project in Germany, RWE to Replace Three Turbines in Lower Saxony With Higher-Capacity Wind Technology, solar projects, Sopna Sury, Wind Farm Repowering, wind power, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) Bilfinger has secured a three-year framework contract with BS Energy to provide Owner’s Engineering and inspection services for combined heat and power plants in Braunschweig. The agreement covers modifications, modernisation, expansion work and inspections across all plant disciplines, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged automation solutions, Bilfinger, Bilfinger Signs Three-Year Engineering Framework Agreement for BS Energy CHP Plants, Bilfinger to Support Efficiency and Decarbonisation Upgrades at Braunschweig CHP Facilities, Braunschweig, Braunschweiger Versorgungs-AG & Co. KG, BS Energy, BS Energy Framework Agreement Combines CHP Plant Modernisation With Heat Transition Goals, BS Energy Selects Bilfinger for Owner’s Engineering and Inspection Services at CHP Plants, carbon dioxide emissions, CHP plants, combined heat and power, decarbonisation, district heating, energy efficiency, energy supply security, exhaust-gas treatment, geothermal energy, greenhouse gas neutrality, heat generation, heat transition, hydrogen, industrial services, inspection services, Lower Saxony, Owner's Engineering, Plant expansion, plant modernisation, power generation, renewable energy, Thierry Burki
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has commissioned the Holtumer Moor wind park in the district of Verden in Lower Saxony, Germany, and transferred it to the company’s own renewable energy portfolio. The project consists of one Vestas V162-7.2 wind turbine with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged 455 megawatts, 560 megawatts, 680 megawatts, 7.2 megawatts, Brandenburg, Bremen, EEG contract, electricity generation revenues, Energiekontor, Energiekontor Adds 7.2 MW Holtumer Moor Wind Project to Growing Wind and Solar Asset Portfolio, Energiekontor AG, Energiekontor Commissions Holtumer Moor Wind Park and Expands Own Renewable Energy Portfolio in Germany, Energiekontor Plans Further Wind and Solar Portfolio Growth After Adding Holtumer Moor Project, energy transition, financial close, generation capacity, German Federal Network Agency, Germany, Holtumer Moor wind park, long-term electricity generation, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, own portfolio, permitted projects, Peter Szabo, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, project pipeline, renewable energy portfolio, renewable project development, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, solar energy, solar parks, Verden, Vestas V162-7.2, wind and solar parks, wind energy, Wind Park
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor has secured new power purchase agreements for 17 German post-EEG wind parks with a combined capacity exceeding 100 megawatts, strengthening the long-term profitability of its renewable energy portfolio. The company continues expanding and modernizing its wind and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged Bremen, clean energy, EEG remuneration, electricity generation, Energiekontor Advances Renewable Energy Growth with Post-EEG Wind Park Power Agreements, Energiekontor AG, Energy Independence, energy security, German energy market, German Renewable Energy Developer Energiekontor Expands Portfolio and Secures New PPA Revenues, Germany, Green Energy, installed capacity, Lower Saxony, New PPA Contracts Support Energiekontor’s Long-Term Renewable Energy Expansion Strategy, North Rhine-Westphalia, Oederquart wind park, Peter Szabo, post-EEG wind parks, power marketing, Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs, proprietary portfolio, renewable electricity, renewable energy, Renewable Infrastructure, renewable project development, repowering, solar energy, solar parks, sustainable energy, Wegberg wind park, wind energy, wind farms
(IN BRIEF) Uniper has launched an Open Season process for capacity at its planned hydrogen import terminal in Wilhelmshaven. The facility will import hydrogen via ammonia shipments, convert the ammonia back into hydrogen using a large-scale cracker and connect the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged ammonia cracking, ammonia imports, ammonia transport, clean energy, core hydrogen network, decarbonisation, energy infrastructure, energy security, energy transition, European energy market, Germany, Hydrogen Carrier, hydrogen economy, hydrogen import terminal, hydrogen imports, hydrogen infrastructure, hydrogen network, hydrogen supply chain, hydrogen transportation, industrial decarbonisation, industrial hydrogen, Lower Saxony, Open Season process, rail loading facilities, renewable energy, sustainable energy, Terminal Use Agreement, Uniper, Uniper Hydrogen GmbH, Uniper Opens Capacity Booking Process for Major Hydrogen Import Terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven Hydrogen Import Project Advances as Uniper Launches Open Season for Market Participants
(IN BRIEF) Bilfinger has secured a major contract from EWE covering steelwork, piping systems and component installation for the 320 MW green hydrogen production facility being developed in Emden, Germany. The project forms part of the “Clean Hydrogen Coastline” initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged balance-of-plant systems, Bilfinger, Bilfinger to Deliver Key Infrastructure Systems for One of Europe’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plants, Clean Hydrogen Coastline, clean technology, climate-neutral energy, electrolysis plant, Emden, energy transition, European Union, EWE, EWE Awards Final Major Construction Package for Clean Hydrogen Coastline Project to Bilfinger, Germany, Green Energy, GREEN HYDROGEN, hydrogen economy, hydrogen infrastructure, hydrogen market, hydrogen production, Hydrogen Project, hydrogen supply agreements, hydrogen value chain, industrial decarbonisation, industrial energy, IPCEI, Lower Saxony, piping systems, renewable energy, steel construction, sustainable energy, Thomas Schulz, Tobias Moldenhauer
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall and Destinus have announced plans to establish a joint venture named Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems in the second half of 2026, focused on producing advanced cruise missiles and ballistic rocket artillery. Based in Unterlüß, Germany, the venture … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged Armin Papperger, ballistic rocket artillery, cruise missiles, defence industry, defence systems, Destinus, European defence, European Defence Capabilities Set to Strengthen as Rheinmetall and Destinus Plan Industrial-Scale Missile Production Venture, Germany defence manufacturing, industrial capacity, Lower Saxony, Mikhail Kokorich, military technology, missile production, NATO, Netherlands defence technology, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall and Destinus Partner to Establish Germany-Based Missile Production Hub Focused on High-Volume Defence Systems, Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems, Ukraine conflict, Unterlüß
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has reached financial close for its Donstorf wind repowering project in Lower Saxony, Germany, paving the way for construction and eventual integration into its own renewable energy portfolio. The project, expected to be operational by 2028, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged CO2 reduction, Donstorf wind project, EEG tender, Energiekontor AG, Energiekontor Expands Long Term Power Generation Portfolio with New Wind and Solar Projects Pipeline, Energiekontor Secures Financing for Donstorf Wind Park as Part of Ongoing Capacity Expansion in Germany, energy transition, Germany, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Peter Szabo, Power Purchase Agreement, renewable energy, repowering, solar parks, Vestas turbines, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) RWE has approved investment in a 400-megawatt battery storage system in Lingen, Lower Saxony, to strengthen grid stability and support the integration of renewable energy. Built on a former industrial site, the facility will be able to deliver … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Amprion, balancing energy, battery storage, Emsland power plant, energy storage system, energy transition, grid stability, Hilgenberg substation, inertia, instantaneous reserve, Lingen, lithium-ion batteries, Lower Saxony, renewable energy integration, RWE, RWE Advances Grid Stability with 400 Megawatt Battery Storage Project in Lingen, utility scale battery storage
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has sold the Haberloh and Heidkrug onshore wind parks in Lower Saxony to Austria’s illwerke vkw AG in a turnkey transaction totaling around 93 megawatts of capacity. The projects, located near the existing Völkersen wind park, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged CO2 reduction, EEG feed in tariff, Energiekontor AG, Energiekontor and illwerke vkw Expand Völkersen Wind Site With New Projects, Energiekontor Sells 93 MW German Wind Portfolio to illwerke vkw, European Energy Transition, Haberloh wind park, Heidkrug wind park, illwerke vkw AG, Lower Saxony, onshore wind parks, renewable electricity generation, renewable energy, SDAX listed company, turnkey sale, Verden district, Vestas V162 turbines, Völkersen wind park, wind power Germany
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has secured financial close for its Haberloh and Heidkrug wind parks in Lower Saxony, clearing the way for construction to begin. Together, the projects will deliver around 94 megawatts of capacity through 13 Vestas turbines and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged citizen participation, clean energy projects, CO2 reduction, construction phase, ecological measures, EEG tender, Energiekontor AG, Federal Network Agency, Germany, Haberloh wind park, Heidkrug wind park, Lower Saxony, partnership, Peter Szabo, renewable energy, sustainability, Verden district, Vestas V162-7.2, wind power, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) ZÜBLIN Stahlbau GmbH is acquiring major assets from Hilgefort GmbH in Dinklage, Lower Saxony, through an asset deal effective August 1, 2025. The acquisition secures all 70 employees and includes 40,000 square meters of land and three production … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged apparatus construction, asset deal, bridge construction, Dinklage, Germany, Hilgefort GmbH, infrastructure, Lower Saxony, Marco Eckert, metalwork, partnership, plant component construction, production halls, site acquisition, steel construction, steel plant construction, strategic expansion, Ulrich Hilgefort, vertical integration, welding technology, workforce integration, ZÜBLIN Stahlbau
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has been awarded a turnkey contract by KNRN to build a sewage sludge mono-incineration plant at Hildesheim’s port, with the undisclosed order value booked in Q3 2025. The facility will process 33,500 t of dry sludge annually … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AbfKlärV regulation, Andritz, Benjamin Klammer, BFB boiler, circular economy, district heating, Dr. Jens Manthey, EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed, flue gas cleaning, KNRN, Kommunale Nährstoffrückgewinnung Niedersachsen GmbH, Lower Saxony, partnership, phosphorus recovery, Port of Hildesheim, sewage sludge mono-incineration, sludge drying, steam turbine, sustainability, vapor condensation
(IN BRIEF) RWE and KRONOS TITAN have entered a PPA-based collaboration to erect a 24.7 MWp ground-mounted solar farm on a 20 hectare site at KRONOS’s Nordenham facility. With roughly 38,200 photovoltaic modules expected to generate about 22,000 MWh per … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged 000 MWh per year, 200 solar modules, 22, 24.7 MWp, 38, Carsten Büsing, commissioning spring 2026, Community Engagement, ground-mounted photovoltaic plant, Industrial Transformation, Katja Wünschel, KRONOS TITAN, Lower Saxony, Nordenham, partnership, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable energy development, RWE, sustainability, sustainable energy
(IN BRIEF) The Nordex Group has received a significant order from Umwelt Management AG (UMaAG) for the Drochtersen repowering project in Lower Saxony, Germany. The agreement includes the supply and installation of eight N163/6.X wind turbines and a 20-year service … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Drochtersen, energy efficiency, energy transition, Germany, Karsten Brüggemann, Lower Saxony, Nordex Group, partnership, power generation, repowering, sustainability, UMaAG, Umwelt Management AG, Uwe Leonhardt, wind energy, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) ENERCON has successfully commissioned the E-175 EP5 E2 prototype at the Wachendorf site in Lower Saxony, marking a key milestone in the turbine’s development. The E-175 EP5 E2, with a rated power of 7.0 MW and a rotor … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged E-175 EP5 E2, E2 programme, Enercon, European market, external rotor, generator, Jann-Hendrik Wehmeyer, Lower Saxony, onshore turbines, power output, R&D, rated power, renewable energy, technology validation, turbine technology, Wachendorf, wind turbine, “prototype”
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG, a leading German developer of wind and solar parks, has secured building permits for four significant wind park projects in Scotland and Germany in January 2025. The approved projects in Scotland include three wind parks with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged battery storage, Bremen, building permits, Energiekontor AG, energy sector, financial year, General Standard, Germany, Lower Saxony, megawatts, partnership, Peter Szabo, project planning, renewable business expansion, renewable energy, Scotland, solar energy, sustainability, UK project pipeline, wind park projects, wind turbines
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