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November 13, 2024

Transitional solution urgently needed for bioenergy plants threatened with decommissioning

Berlin. In today's government statement, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlines a possi-ble roadmap for the coming months until the new Bundestag elections. The bioen-ergy associations in the…
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November 8, 2024

Conference of Energy Ministers sends a clear signal to federal policy-makers

Berlin. Today the Conference of Energy Ministers (EnMK) in Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, will finally deal with a draft resolution in which the federal states call for improvements to the financial…
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September 6, 2024

Electricity market design of the future must also integrate controllable renewable energies

The deadline for comments on the options paper “Electricity Market Design of the Future” by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), on which the bioenergy associations have…
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April 16, 2024

Solar package brings improvements for biomass, but does not stop decommissioning of the German biogas s…

Yesterday, the agreement of the government factions on the so-called solar package and thus on the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) was announced. Bioenergy-related topics were also…
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March 22, 2024

Bioenergy Debate in the Federal Council: Bavarian motion rightly calls for urgently needed adjustments …

A motion by the Bavarian state government to make greater use of bioenergy to achieve climate protection targets is being discussed in the Federal Council of Germany recently. Primarily the motion…
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February 22, 2024

Decentralised biogas plants instead of new gas-fired power plants Biogas sector offers 12 GW of capacit…

Existing biogas plants can make the construction of new gas-fired power plants superfluous. This saves time and money, brings added value to the regions, heat to the municipalities and is also…
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December 21, 2023

German Biogas Association and the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine launch partnership project to promot…

The German Biogas Association (GBA) is pleased to announce a new Chamber and Association Partnership project (KVP) with the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABIO). The project, which commenced on…
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September 27, 2023

Return to Germany's pace is needed - Stagnation instead of expansion in the German biogas sector

Despite its great importance for the success of the energy transition, the expansion of biogas has stagnated. The installed electrical capacity increased by just 49 megawatts in 2022 compared to 2021.…
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September 19, 2023

Implementation of RED III must not jeopardise the important energy policy role of the German biogas sec…

On 12 September 2023, the EU Parliament adopted a revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). The revision will further expand the bureaucratic sustainability requirements for existing…
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September 14, 2023

Reform of the German Buildings Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz, GEG)

Energy policy is the big topic in the media and in the general public
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March 1, 2023

EU study: Monetary value of biogas goes far beyond pure energy value

The added value of biogas or biomethane is far more than that of the kilowatt hour of gas, electricity or heat produced. This is the conclusion of a study of the European Biogas Association (EBA).…
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