Archive News In Brief
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VIK concerned about the expected decommissioning of further power generation capacities
The Association of the Industrial Power Industry (VIK), Berlin/Germany, is very concerned about the announced further closures of coal-fired power plant units on a considerable scale. Various power plant units in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lusatia were expected to be shut down at the end of March 2024 when the Replacement…
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Engineering and consulting service provider DMT opens up new markets in Latin America
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, part of the TÜV NORD GROUP’s Energy & Resources business unit, has acquired a majority stake in the Brazilian company Saga Consultoria and is bringing the company under the DMT brand umbrella. The engineering and consulting service provider is thus expanding its presence with a…
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Wolfsberg lithium project gains access to the US capital market with Nasdaq listing of Critical Metals
The merger between European Lithium Ltd. and Sizzle Acquisition Corp. to form the newly founded Critical Metals Corp. has been finalised. Critical Metals began trading on the US technology exchange Nasdaq on 28th February 2024 under the symbol CRML (Figure 1). Critical Metals will advance the construction and commissioning of…
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STEAG reorganizes management team
Continuity and change go hand in hand at STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany (Figure 1): Andreas Reichel, Chairman of the Board of Management and Labor Relations Director since 2022, will continue to lead the energy company. Nicole Hildebrand and Dieter Dehlke are new members of the Board of Management. This was decided…
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Iqony’s hydrogen project in Völklingen-Fenne in Saarland, classified as Important Project of Common European Interest
HydroHub Fenne (Figure 1), an electrolysis project for the production of green, i. e. climate-neutral, hydrogen in Völklingen-Fenne in Saarland/Germany has been classified by the EU as an “Important Project of Common European Interest” (IPCEI). This decision means that the EU approval required under German state aid law has now been…
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WaterSense: New THGA project aims to improve the blue-green infrastructure in the Ruhr region
Water and green spaces not only improve the urban climate, they also offer people in the Ruhr metropolis recreation on their doorstep. Against this backdrop, an intact blue-green infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. In a new project entitled “WaterSense”, the Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola…
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Ulrich Paschedag bids farewell to retirement
Ulrich Paschedag (Figure 1) retired from the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, at the end of February 2024. He studied mining engineering at the RWTH Aachen University where he achieved his diploma. He then decided to join the central institution for research and development in the hard coal industry,…
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Hard Coal: Guardian angel of energy supply
The year 2023 demanded a lot from the German economy and the energy sector. It was not a good year! Economic output and industrial production fell. Germany hit the headlines as the “sick man of Europe”. With the shutdown of the last nuclear power plants, Germany went from being a…
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Kick-off for ground-breaking research project to develop a climate-neutral drive concept for specialist foundation equipment based on a fuel cell system
On 16th October 2023, the headquarter of BAUER Maschinen GmbH in Schrobenhausen/Germany, hosted the kick-off event for a research project with the potential to catapult the carbon footprint of specialist foundation equipment to a whole new level. The goal: climate-neutral operation based on a fuel cell system. The consortium partners…
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GFZ and DMT GROUP agree on cooperation for geoenergy research
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, part of the Energy & Resources business unit of TÜV NORD GROUP, and the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany’s national centre for research into the solid earth, have joined forces to research geo-energy. The GFZ is solving key problems…
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