Press - Energy Brainpool

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Coal phase-out after 2030 too late - new climate goals only achievable through early coal phase-out
Berlin, may 19, 2021: Updated Climate Protection Act: Energy Brainpool calculates power market scenarios until 2030
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New data room of the Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft (ZfK)
Berlin, july 8, 2020: VKU Verlag and Energy Brainpool launch a new cooperation: new data room of the Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft (ZfK)
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European electricity prices fall by around 10 to 14 €/MWh due to corona crisis & turbulence on the oil market
Berlin, april 8, 2020: In a current calculation, the energy market experts of Energy Brainpool analyse the possible medium-term consequences of the coronavirus and the turbulences on the oil market for the years 2021 to 2025 on the electricity markets of Europe.
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Publication White Paper - Climate Package Check
Berlin, february 6, 2020: In the new white paper "Climate Package Check – Impacts On The Energy Market & Utilities", the energy market experts of Energy Brainpool shed light on how the provisions of the climate protection package affect the energy industry. The authors will present the white paper at the E-world 2020 in Essen (exhibition stand 545/Halle3).
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The hPFC is dead - long live the fhPFC
Berlin, april 9, 2019: Both municipal utilities and major energy suppliers are faced with the challenge of taking the weather risk into account when determining the prices offered to electricity consumers on the one hand and when procuring electricity on the other. Energy Brainpool has developed an instrument for this problem - the fhPFC. This approach is discussed in the current white paper.
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Greenpeace Energy wants to close RWE lignite division by 2025 and replace it with renewables
Berlin, november 26, 2019: Energy Brainpool publishes a new study on behalf of Greenpeace Energy on the takeover of the RWE Group's lignite mines and power plants in the Rhineland from 2020.
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7th Electricity Market Symposium from 5 to 6 June in Berlin
Berlin, may 15, 2018: Energy Brainpool organizes the 7th Electricity Market Symposium in Berlin. Experts from business, politics and science will discuss business models of tomorrow, blockchain, sector coupling, digitization and power purchase agreements (PPAs).
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Renewable energies less expensive than planned nuclear power projects in Eastern Europe
Berlin, april 25, 2018: Energy Brainpool publishes a new study on behalf of Greenpeace Energy on the costs of planned nuclear power projects in Eastern Europe.
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White paper from Energy Brainpool on Power Purchase Agreements
Berlin, february 21, 2018: Energy Brainpool examines in a new white paper the possibilities of financing wind and solar plants with PPAs in Germany.
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2017 and previous press releases

How electricity trading from neighbour to neighbour becomes possible
Berlin, December 13, 2017: Energy Brainpool creates "Discussion paper peer-to-peer electricity prosumer trade" on behalf of Bündnis Bürgerenergie (BEEn e. V.).
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New white paper on the Impact of the six-hour rule
Berlin, november 23, 2017: In a new white paper, the Berlin energy market experts from Energy Brainpool update their 2014 brief study.
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Five Theses on the future energy market under a "Jamaica" coalition
Berlin, oktober 16, 2017: Energy Brainpool publishes a paper on the energy policy needs and options of a new government.
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Energy Brainpool publishes white waper on the effective level of a CO₂ minimum price
Berlin, september 27, 2017: The analysts are investigating the question of price levels in order to be able to plan the use of power plants in the electricity market efficiently and at short notice, thus changing the emissions of electricity production.
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New study: Security of supply can be climate neutral and cost-efficient during a cold dark doldrums
Berlin, june 29, 2017: Energy Brainpool has examined the issue of a long-lasting cold dark doldrums by comparing different modelled weather years in a new study. For this purpose, the study looks at the influence of the weather of 2006 to 2016 on the current electricity system.
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Energy Brainpool releases power price scenario EU Energy Outlook 2050
Berlin, june 15, 2017: The Energy Brainpool GmbH & Co. KG, the independent energy market expert from Berlin, releases the outlook on the development of the energy prices twice a year – the EU Energy Outlook 2050. The power price scenario covers all 28 countries of the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland.
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White Paper from Energy Brainpool on valuation of electricity market revenues of fluctuating generation
Berlin, april 19, 2017: a new white paper by Energy Brainpool GmbH & Co. KG, the independent market specialist for the energy sector, examines the valuation of electricity market revenue of fluctuating renewable energy sources.
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Energy Brainpool – 6. Symposium energy market of the future: well-known experts about current developments in the energy sector
Berlin, march 2, 2017: Energy Brainpool is hosting the 6th symposium energy market of the future on 21 to 22 march in Berlin. Experts and professionals from economics and politics are discussing the current developments of the energy sector.
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Energy trading symposium 2022: well-known experts about current developments in the energy sector
Berlin, february 11, 2016: Energy Brainpool is hosting the 5th symposium energy trading 2022 on 15 to 16 march in Berlin. Experts and professionals from politics and economics are discussing the enegry trade in times of the Energy Transition.
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Energy BrainReport 2017 – e-mobility reduces CO₂ emissions and increases addition amounts of renewable energy
Berlin, february 1, 2017: Energy Brainpool released with the Energy BrainReport 2017 the annual standard scenario of electricity price development until 2050.
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White Paper form Energy Brainpool: effect of CO₂floor price in Germany
Berlin, december 21, 2016: a new white paper from Energy Brainpool, the independent market specialist for the energy sector deals with the effect of a CO₂ floor price for CO₂ emissions in Germany.
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Analysis of bottleneck management: minimal decrease of electricity prices in Germany, significant increase in Austria
Berlin, november 2, 2016: the Bundesnetzagentur demands bottleneck management on the German-Austrian border from July 2018. Energy Brainpool calculated the influence of the bottleneck management on wholesale electricity prices for Germany and Austria.
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Negative electricity prices on Mother's Day day: direct marketers forego cost savings of more then 800.000 euro
Berlin, may 22, 2016: on sunday may 8, 2016 the Phelix Index sank to a record low of -130.09 €/MWh since three and a half years. Approximately three-quarter of the wind power plants produced electricity despite the low market prices and therefore forego cost savings of roughly 800.000 euro.
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Energy Brainpool presents white paper about the global energy market at the Global Energy Interconnection
Berlin, march 22, 2016: at the Global Energy Interconnection, march 30 - 31 2016 in Beijing, Energy Brainpool presents, together with Tellhow Sci-Tech and the Association for Renewable Energy in Germany e.V., a white paper about the idea of a global linked energy market.
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White Paper EEG 2016: wind upper limit holds every year untill 2020 – Extensions will be posponed
Berlin, march 3, 2016: Energy Brainpool predicts the tendering volume wind onshore using the "world formula" as well as the installed capacity of all renewable energies and their share of gross electricity consumption using the draft statute of the EEG 2016.
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Energy trading symposium 2022: well-known experts about current developments in the energy sector
Berlin, february 11, 2016: Energy Brainpool is hosting the 5th symposium energy trading 2022 on 15 to 16 march in Berlin. Experts and professionals from politics and economics are discussing the enegry trade in times of the Energy Transition.
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Energy BrainReport 2016 – "Standby" of power plants has almost no effect on electricity prices
Berlin, february 9, 2016: Energy Brainpool released with the EnergyBrainReport 2016 the annual standard scenario of electricity price development untill 2040.
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Calculation of EEG surchange: Market value factors 2016-2020
Berlin, october 15, 2015: Energy Brainpool has been involved in the calculation now for the fifth time, forecasting the key market value factors of EEG electricity feed-in from wind and photovoltaics for the period 2016 to 2020.
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Tobias Kurth is new Managing Director at Energy Brainpool
Berlin, april 27, 2015: since 1. April 2015 Tobias Kurth is second Managing Director at Energy Brainpool GmbH & Co. KG
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Solar eclipse costs economy 3m Euros
Berlin, march 17, 2015: Energy Brainpool analysed the possible effects of the solar eclipse at march 20, 2015 on the energy market
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Medium-term-forecasts of EEG surcharge 2016–2019
November 14, 2014: For the oulook on future developments of the EEG surchange Energy Brainpool is poviding the prognoses of market value factors of renewable energies for 2016-2019.
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Calculation of EEG surcharge 2015
October 15, 2014: Annually on october 15, the transmission network operators release the EEG surcharge for the following calendar year.
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Trading volume in intraday market increases further
September 08, 2014: Short-term power trading in the intraday market is gaining further in importance.
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Increasing gas prices by Russia would just remotely increase power prices for wholesalers and end users
July 31, 2014: After EU sanctions against Russia, the russian government is threatening to increase natural gas prices.
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EEG 2014 reduces flexibility incentives
July 15, 2014: Last week the EEG reform 2014 was approved by the Federal Council of Germany.
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New draft bill EEG 2014
June 26, 2014: Feed-in remuneration would have been droped four times within the last eight months because of negative prices.
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Energy BrainDays autumn 2014
June 20, 2014: Current developments in the energy market calling for adjustments in strategy and business models.
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Press Reviews

ZfK 10/2020
BEE and Energy Brainpool: Electricity market design needs reform

PV Magazine 09/2020
Study 140 gigawatt potential for small photovoltaic systems by 2030

Bizz Energy 08/2020
Headwind at Altmaiers 18 points

Energy Central 07/2020
The German coal phase-out is law: An overview

EID Daily News 06/2020
National CO₂pricing as a minimally invasive procedure

Handelsblatt 05/2020
How digital green power start-ups are shaking up the market

Bloomberg 04/2020
In global electricity slump, coal is the big looser

ZfK 03/2020
Records by the "four storm sisters"

EID 02/2020
EID provides insight into PPA power supply contracts

ZfK 02/2020
The unregulated side of the coal phase-out: CO₂ emission rights of shut-down units

Energate 01/2020
We will need new capacities

Zfk 12/2019
Challenging environment for pure procurers, good times for gas-fired power plant operators

EUWID 11/2019
In three steps to the fair value of a (photovoltaic) PPA

ZfK 10/2019
Europe's largest gas field closes prematurely and wholesale trade remains unaffected

PV Magazine 09/2019
What potential do PPAs have for photovoltaic market development in Germany?

ZfK 09/2019
PPA is a model for the future, but what does it cost?

Handelsblatt 08/2019
German lignite-fired power plants are becoming increasingly unprofitable

Handelsblatt 07/2019
Renewable energies produce more electricity than coal-fired and nuclear power plants for the first time

Energy Central 07/2019
What does the BP Stats Review 2019 say about the global hunger for energy?

Windenergie Report Deutschland 2018 07/2019
Wind power PPAs: potential, opportunities and risks

Montel Weekly 06/2019
Has Blockchain matured beyond the Hype?

Montel 05/2019
German supply bottleneck threatens in winter 2022

Handelsblatt 04/2019
Electricity is more expensive in Germany than ever bevor

PV Magazine 03/2019
The large-scale plants are back

Handelsblatt 02/2019
Rising electricity prices could save many old wind turbines

Bizz Energy 11/2018
Warm up for the big deals

Zeit Online 09/2018
Electricity prices at the highest level for seven years

Montel 08/2018
Retail prices at record level

Energate Messenger 06/2018
BDEW and Ministry dictate security of supply

Energy Post 05/2018
For Eastern Europe, controllable renewable power is a good alternative for new nuclear power

Energate Messenger 04/2018
Green hydrogen cheaper than natural gas from 2030

ARD Alpha 03/2018
Megatrends in dialogue – how will we move?

Montel 02/2018
German PPAs viable at EUR 32

PV Magazine 01/2018
What really caused the high redispatch costs in 2017

2017 and previous press reviews

The New York Times 12/2017
Power Prices Go Negative in Germany, a Positive for Energy Users

Montel 11/2017
Losses due to the 6-hour rule

PV Magazine 10/2017
5 theses on energy policy for a jamica coalition in Germany

Energy und Management 09/2017
New white paper on the effect of a CO2 minimum price

emw 08/2017
Revenues on renewables without funding

Energate Messenger 07/2017
National CO₂ price as necessary second best solution

PV Magazine 06/2017
Experts don't oracle

Brand eins 06/2017
Energy in abundance

Energy Post 05/2017
How to calculate revenues of solar and wind power when the
subsidies stop

IWR 05/2017
Experts analyze offshore revenue potential

EUWID - Neue Energie 04/2017
Wind gas electrolyzers could help consumers save millions of euros on electricity costs

ZfK - Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft 03/2017
How is the energy market of the future designed?

Energy Post 02/2017
Chinas renewable energy revolution continues on its long march

PV Magazine 02/2017
Electromobility as a driver for photovoltaic and wind expansion in Germany

Energie & Management 02/2017
Blockchain: a day in 2022

Wago Direct 02/2017
The energy transition goes digital

Wago Direct 02/2017
Still Stone Age in the energy market

Energy Post 01/2017
What a CO2 price floor can (and cannot) do for German climate goals

Technology Review 01/2017
Inconvenient chains

Energie & Management 12/2016
Study examined effect of a German CO2 floor price

PV Magazine 10/2016
Blockchain and the energy industry

PV-Tech Power 09/2016
Business models for PV in a digitised and decentralised energy market

pv magazine 08/2015
Blockchain in the energy sector

ZfK - Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft 08/2016
Regional sales makes sense

VEA Contact 07/2016
Have electricity prices bottomed out?

ZfK - Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft 05/2016
Global vision

Energie & Management 03/2016
Conference Global Energy Interconnection 2016 in Peking

Energie & Management 02/2016
Prices and signals

icis 02/2016The trading game

pv magazine 11/2015
How much will solar electricity be worth?

Windindustrie in Deutschland 09/2015
negative electricity prices: A chance for the energy transition?

pv magazine 09/2015
Home Storage can reduce power acquisition costs

WDR aktuell 05/2015
G7 energy ministers meeting in Hamburg
Interview with Thorsten Lenck

pv magazine 04/2015
Energy Brainpool: Slight decline of negative price extreams till 2040

Auswärtiges Amt 04/2015
Who is Who of the Energy Transition (Energiewende) in Germany
Publication of energy transition players

ees international issue 03/2015
Price signals for storage capacitities by 2030

pv magazine 03/2015
Study: Solar eclipse costs economy 3,4 million Euro - Shutdown of PV-Systems even more

Österreich Energie 10/2014
Basically nothing pays of any longer
interview with Tobias Federico about the Energy-Only-Markt

pv magazin 09/2014
Energy market: Who is trading where and what?
Glossary about trading plattforms, mechanisms and players of the enegy market

pv magazin 03/2014
Successful in the Energy market?
A closer look at the energy market and the possibilities of financing photovoltaic power plants

TAM Nachrichten für die Versorgungswirtschaft 01/2014
Marketdesign needs full development

ZfK 10/2013
Extrem prices every third hour
Article about the standard study "electricity prices 2040"

Energie & Management 07/2013
Shedule for the spot market

Energie & Management 01/2013
Flexible power generation as a business model

Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen "et" Heft 1/2 2012
Volatility – The price of the Energiewende puts the security of supply at risk

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