Laws and Policies

Thinking in cycles today: the dismantling of wind turbines

The dismantling of wind turbines is now a sustainable process - the circular economy plays an important role here. Find out more here!

Impulse #19: Climate knows no borders

More balance for politics, companies and society: Manfred Schmitz of ENGIE Germany blogs on municipal heating planning.

New regulation of the energy industry law - will everything be different now?

A booster for the energy transition? Find out here what the new regulation of the energy industry law means for the economy. → Read now

Renewable energy

Laws and Policies

09 August 2022

Power grid management – Redispatch 2.0 makes smaller system operators mandatory

Redispatch 2.0 starts on October 1st: Participation in grid balancing will thus also be mandatory for smaller power generating modules from 100 kW.

Laws and Policies

02 September 2021

Carbon leakage aid: Using mandatory investment as a way of paving the way to "zero carbon"

Under the SESTO Carbon Leakage Ordinance, reductions in CO2 prices are to be linked to climate-friendly investments.

Heat supply in the neighborhood: New possibilities through the GEG

A district heat system can be more efficient than supplying heat to each individual building. CO2 can be saved in a network – and the Building Energy Act now offers the option of a joint energy balance.

Energy efficiency

Laws and Policies

17 December 2020

The 44. BImSchV Ordinance: More stringent requirements and obligations for plant operators to reduce emissions

With the 44 Federal Immission Control Ordinance, a new legal framework for medium-sized combustion gas turbine and internal combustion engine plants has been in force since June 2019.

Laws and Policies

10 November 2020