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At Intersolar Europe, the protagonists of the solar industry are shining brightly. After several years of downward trends, things are clearly on the up again.

From the end of the 1990s, Germany was at the forefront of the EU in "privatizing" its electricity transmission grids. In other words, the federal and state governments sold the extra-high-voltage lines, which had previously been financed by citizens through electricity prices, to "private investors", including the Dutch royal family, Belgian municipalities and Ärzteversorgung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

In its study "The energy transition needs a digital market design", the Berlin-based Stiftung Neue Verantwortung e.V. (SNV) calls for, among other things, a radical rethink of exchange pricing for electricity. If the medium-term goal of "100 percent renewable energy supply for Germany" is to become a reality rather than a platitude, there can be no "business as usual".

So far, the much-vaunted "energy transition has only been an electricity transition. But we also want a heat transition."

Draft bill excludes storable plant-based energy.

"Absolutely necessary for the energy transition." These are the words of all those who are in favor of the massive expansion of the German extra-high-voltage electricity grids: politicians, business representatives, transmission grid managers.

After careful archaeological documentation of the ground monuments on the area between the Kumpfmühler and Dechbetten bridges in Regensburg, the construction work for "Das Dörnberg" can begin.

After six months of renovation, the HVT Wittmannsaal has been back in operation since 25.11.2016.

After completion of the warm commissioning, the Lausser company invited guests to a heating festival in Piding on Tuesday, 29.11.2016.

Today, the gas turbine (approx. 1,700 kW electrical output), waste heat boiler and the large plant components are being lifted into the new energy center.

The traditional lifting ceremony was celebrated at the Wittmannsaal construction site. However, there is still a lot of work to do before the end of the year.

A jury from the German Combined Heat and Power Association unanimously selected the combined heat, power and cooling plant developed and planned by Gammel Engineering for the plant of lighting manufacturer OSRAM in Eichstätt as the CHP plant of the year 2015.