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Viessmann heat pump network delivers grid balancing – with three years of real-world data

Tuesday, 26 May 2026 Robin Whitlock Intelligent climate and energy solutions specialist Viessmann Climate Solutions – part of Carrier Global Corporation - has completed a landmark pilot project in Germany that demonstrates heat pumps can ...

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Quest One expanding its Modular Hydrogen Platform with new functionalities

Wednesday, 20 May 2026 Robin Whitlock Quest One is expanding its Modular Hydrogen Platform (MHP) with new functionalities, addressing additional requirements of industrial scale hydrogen production and making it available in an outdoor configuration, ...

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Demand for capacity in Germany’s Hydrogen Core Network exceeds expectations

Thursday, 14 May 2026 Robin Whitlock

The demand for transport capacity in Germany’s future hydrogen core network has already exceeded network operators’ expectations at the very start of the reservation phase.

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Sunfire to build electrolysis test facility at BASF site in Schwarzheide

Monday, 11 May 2026 Robin Whitlock Industriepark Lausitz in Schwarzheide has welcomed Sunfire joining the site as a new innovation-driven partner to build a test facility at the industrial park aiming to further validate its highly efficient ...

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Germany’s hydrogen bet risks wasting tens of billions of taxpayer euros

Thursday, 07 May 2026 Robin Whitlock Germany risks overbuilding its hydrogen network and wasting tens of billions of euros by relying on overoptimistic hydrogen demand projections, according to new research from the Institute for Energy Economics ...

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TÜV SÜD opens new hydrogen testing laboratory in Garching

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 Robin Whitlock TÜV SÜD has opened a new hydrogen testing laboratory at its Garching site near Munich, in response to the increasing momentum of the hydrogen economy and its perceived status as a key component of climate ...

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BayernLB finances RP Global’s 50 MWp PV project on former lignite mining site

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 Robin Whitlock RP Global has received bridge financing from BayernLB for its 50 MWp PV plant Harbke, RP Global’s first project in Germany, located on the spoil tip of a former lignite mining site on the East-West border ...

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SCA wins its framework contract for delivery of cable storage and handling systems

Thursday, 09 April 2026 Robin Whitlock Netherlands headquartered Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has won its first framework contract with German grid operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, secured through a competitive European tender process, to deliver ...

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suena energy takes over commercial optimisation of three large battery storage assets in Germany

Tuesday, 31 March 2026 Robin Whitlock Hamburg-based suena energy is taking over the commercial optimisation of three large-scale battery storage assets operated by project developer and operator Münch Energie in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ...

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New residential heat pumps save Germany 1.3 billion euros on LNG imports over three years, according to new IEEFA research

Tuesday, 31 March 2026 Robin Whitlock New research by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has found that new household heat pump installations have slashed Germany’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import bill by ...