#Germany

Germany, Dortmund: German transmission system operator Amprion has announced its commitment to reducing emissions by almost 60 % by 2032.

Germany, Künselau: German industrial company Ziehl-Abegg has published its 2022 figures, announcing its record sales of $958.7 M (€873 M).

Germany, Dortmund: German transmission system operator Amprion plans to invest around $24 B (€22 B) in the transmission grid over the next five years.

Germany: TenneT secures eight Dutch and three German 2 GW connection systems to be commissioned until 2031.

Germany, Berlin: Electricity transmission operators in Germany estimate the electricity consumption in the country will be doubled by 2045.

Germany, Bochum: Thyssenkrupp Steel has announced that it has commenced the construction of an electric strip annealing and insulating line.

Germany: Iberdrola has announced the completion of the offshore substation topside (OSS) installation at its 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.

Deugro and NORDFROST are pooling their strengths in a strategic cooperation to develop sophisticated concepts for sustainable logistics.

Dutch-German TSO TenneT and Petrofac have announced early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW Program.

The European Investment Bank has signed a €40 M loan with Ormazabal to help develop the company’s investment plan for R&D activities in Spain.

Siemens Energy and Spain’s Dragados Offshore have been awarded a contract worth more than $4.3 B (€4 B).

A Dutch-Belgian consortium has won the tender for the development of platforms for the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind project.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business and TransnetBW have signed a contract to redesign the Pulverdingen 380 kV substation.

Quickfairs has announced the change of the venue for Coiltech Deutschland 2023, which will now take place in Augsburg instead of Ulm.

SPIE and 50Hertz continue their power supply partnership, this time on restructuring and upgrading the the Bad Lauchstädt transformer station in Saxony-Anhalt.

German rebar mill Feralpi Stahl is to invest in its own power substation at the premises in Riesa, Saxony.

Germany, Lonsee: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business energized a new 123 kV, 16.7 Hz switchgear for DB Energie GmbH’s train station. The 60-year-old Amstetten train station…

Swedish financial investor Cevian cut its stake in Thyssenkrupp to less than 1%, said the investor in a press release.

The companies IsoTek and Schweizer welcomed transformer manufacturers from all over Germany and Europe to the IsoTek premises in Möckmühl on 18-19 October 2022.

Germany: Hitachi Energy has announced it will provide the world’s first SF6 free 420-kV GIS technology at a key node at TenneT’s power grid in Germany.

ZVEI, German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, founded the Open Direct Current Alliance (ODCA) on 3 November 2022.

50Hertz has selected the Dutch-Belgian joint venture to deliver the Ostwind 3 offshore HV substation in the Baltic Sea.

Germany: Semco Maritime and SeaRenergy have secured a five-year service contract with TenneT for offshore grid maintenance in Germany and the Netherlands.

Germany: The Ziehl-Abegg SE Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Marc Wucherer as the new CEO. The 52 years old will take up his new position in December 2022.

Germany, Schwandorf: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen has commissioned an MSCDN system at TenneT’s Schwandorf substation.

Germany: Siemens Energy is supplying its control system to an offshore wind farm for the first time.

Germany: Grocery discounter Netto and energy company Vattenfall are collaborating to set up EV fast charging stations across Netto’s store network in Germany.

Germany, Bad Lauchstädt: The transmission grid operator 50Hertz will expand its substation near Bad Lauchstädt in southern Saxony-Anhalt.