From KlimaNachrichten

By KlimaNachrichten Editor

Several reports from the energy sector are currently making people sit up and take notice.

The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce has commissioned a study.
Here is a brief summary of this study:

1. Enormous energy costs

The study forecasts energy system costs of 4.8 to 5.4 trillion euros for the period 2025 to 2049 – including:

€2.0–2.3 trillion for energy imports

€1.2 trillion for network infrastructure (investments and operations)

€1.1-1.5 trillion for investments in energy production

Approximately €500 billion for the operation of these plants

2. Increasing investment needs

Annual private investment needs in sectors such as energy, industry, buildings and transport would have to increase from an average of €82 billion (2020-2024) to €113-316 billion by 2035.

3. Threats to competitiveness

DIHK warns that the current course endangers international competitiveness and could push energy-intensive companies abroad.

4. Proposals of the “Plan B” for savings

The study proposes a change of course – for example via a cap-and-trade system, more technology competition, less bureaucracy and international cooperation.
This will result in savings of €530–910 billion by 2050.
Even more than €1 trillion is possible if climate targets are made more flexible or international cooperation is used more.

As expected, the subsidy recipients (renewable energies) see their vested rights in danger and warn, which was to be expected.

PV Magazine:

BEE President Dr. Simone Peter: “The Plan B scenario from the DIHK study relies on the import of fossil fuels and hydrogen and at the same time slows down the expansion of renewables. This would plunge Germany into new dependencies and throw the goal of climate neutrality overboard. Wanting to create new dependencies in energy supply in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical situation significantly weakens the country’s resilience and resilience. In addition, only an energy system based on all renewable energies, storage systems and sector coupling guarantees affordability and security of supply in the long term.”

This is remarkable, because Germany is almost completely dependent on supplies from China when it comes to photovoltaics and accessories. So, there are good dependencies and bad ones.
All the way to Chinese inverters, which have a reputation for being able to be switched off remotely.
And there has been talk of affordability for 20 years, but the opposite has happened.

Surprisingly, the Federal Network Agencystabs lobbyists like Simone Peter in the back and points out the need for more controllable electricity generators.

In order to secure the supply even in the event of a delayed energy transition, 22 to 35.5 gigawatts of additional controllable capacity are needed – by 2035.According
to SPIEGEL, the recommendation is 12.5 to 25.6 GW, net. An even higher gross demand (22.4–35.5 GW) results from the shutdown of old plants. Now you can argue about what can be controlled. Proponents of the energy transition believe that it is batteries.
Quite apart from the fact that these do not generate electricity but only store, an enormous amount of storage would be necessary, which would then have to be filled again after the withdrawal. Dark doldrums are consistently ignored.
The Federal Network Agency therefore somehow avoids the word storage.

Almost 36 gigawatts would far exceed the plans once had by Robert Habeck and currently also the Minister of Economic Affairs Reiche.
The report should definitely be slapped around the ears of some Greens, who are currently only too happy to talk about “Gaskathy” when they mean rich.

The network agency may have introduced a code word that reads “flexibilization”.
Does it mean shutdowns?
The supply-oriented electricity supply is known from the Greens. She said that if there is electricity, there is some. If not, then not.

In Die Welt (paid article), Daniel Wetzel describes a kind of comeback of Patrick Graichen.
As is well known, he had forgotten that the new head of the energy agency was his best man.
Somehow, however, the face in the application process looked familiar to him, he just didn’t know where it came from.

Graichen had his appearance at an event of the Greens.

Graichen’s offer was gratefully received at the conference by the co-chair of the Green parliamentary group, Katharina Dröge. “Welcome back, Patrick, I’m incredibly happy that I can do this together with you at your first public appearance,” because, Dröge said, she wanted to thank him and the entire ministry “for the success story of expanding renewable energies.”

For all those who still heat with gas and oil, Graichen had a good tip:

Better no heating than a gas heater

But how do you heat without heating?

The Greens, in any case, seem to be in turmoil.
There must be enormous pressure on them from some lobby associations so that cherished subsidies do not dry up.
As Wetzel states in his article, there are no signs of a fundamental change in energy policy.
Just like her predecessor Habeck, Economics Minister Reiche wants to build gas-fired power plants, and the assessment of the Federal Network Agency flanks this.However
, there seem to be good gas-fired power plants (planned by Habeck) and bad ones (planned by Reiche). Someone may understand that.

Transmission system operators are also hoping for new gas-fired power plants, as the example of Amprion shows.
It is also about high electricity prices, which could come in the fall.
Despite the increasing share of wind and solar power, the promised low prices are failing to materialize. The reason is simple, the expansion of the grids necessary for renewable energies is expensive and is reflected in the price.

If you have an operation in the hospital in times of power cuts, we wish you good luck.

ZfK:

The head of the transmission system operator Amprion, Christoph Müller, can imagine that there will be high electricity prices next autumn. He also considers controlled load shutdowns, i.e. interruptions in the power supply of companies, to be possible, although not necessarily this and next autumn. “Our actions will be appropriate to the situation, but not nice,” said the energy manager on Thursday in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.

To this end, “predefined groups” are warned in advance that their electricity will be switched off for a certain time the next day, Müller continued. For about an hour and a half. “Hospitals would have to switch to emergency power and perhaps also postpone operations, supermarkets would close their shops, industrial companies might pause a production line.”