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E.ON Board Member for Customer Solutions, Patrick Lammers and Volkswagen Group Board Member for Technology, Thomas Schmall put in operation the first E.ON Drive Booster in Essen. The innovative product makes fast charging easier and more affordable for operators and customers. As a flexible fast charger, it requires no civil engineering work or adjustments to the grid connection and can charge two electric vehicles simultaneously with 150 kW. This means the expansion of a dense public network o...
Kwasi Kwarteng, UK Business and Energy Secretary, and Jonathan Brearley, Ofgem’s Chief Executive have issued a joint statement - “The recent increase in wholesale global gas prices continues to be a cause of concern for consumers, businesses and energy suppliers across the UK. We want to be clear that this is not an issue of supply – the United Kingdom benefits from having a diverse range of gas supply sources with capacity that can more than meet demand.” The joint stat...
What does the future of energy look like? From decentralized energy solutions to big data and blockchain, the E.ON Energy Innovation Days (5 to 7 October 2021) will see more than 70 leading international experts to take the virtual stage to discuss how innovation drives the energy transition. E.ON Energy Innovation Days The event has developed into an important forum for dialogue on energy innovation Energy Innovation Days are the largest European virtual event for energy innovators and thou...
In August, Germany broke the one million mark for passenger cars with electric drives. This is shown by the latest registration figures from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority ('Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt'). Nonetheless, e-cars are still clearly in the minority on the roads: as of January 1, there were more than 48 million passenger cars registered in the country, of which about two-thirds were petrol and about 30 percent diesel vehicles. electromobility 70 percent of people in Europe are...
Leveraging synergies between human experts and AI-based analytics, E.ON, one of Europe’s largest energy companies, and eSmart Systems, a provider of grid inspection AI-powered software, are joining forces to improve European distribution grid asset management by making inspection processes safer for people, more efficient for utilities, and more sustainable for the environment. The partnership initially set to run for 12 months, commenced in January with the deployment of eSmart Systems&r...
IBM and E.ON aim to drive the transformation of the energy industry with Quantum Computing. E.ON is the first utility company in Europe to work with IBM Quantum to implement quantum solutions for their critical workflow. The goal is to explore the potential of quantum computing to optimize the world’s rapidly decentralized energy infrastructure. new computational approach Quantum computers have the potential to shape the energy world of tomorrow. As quantum computers take a new computat...
E.ON is deepening its collaboration with Microsoft and Wipro Limited as part of a multi-year agreement. By the end of 2023, E.ON will move all IT applications from its own data centers to Microsoft Azure. Wipro will be responsible for migrating the applications. The aim is to make IT processes more flexible, to increase operational efficiency, and to accelerate the development of new solutions and services for customers and employees. Transferring to Microsoft Azure Currently, E.ON operates f...
E.ON introduces the new virtual community space - 'Republic of Innovators' - a first platform of this kind ever launched by an energy company. It aims to unite global energy pioneers with a common cause: making a sustainable, digital energy world a reality through partnerships, innovation, and knowledge exchange. The 'Republic of Innovators' is a free virtual gathering point for entrepreneurs, top executives, business leaders from various industries, institutions, and universities from around t...
The energy system of the future is being developed in the town of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Westenergie has teamed up with partners from business, science, and politics to launch the Sauerland model region for climate protection. The common goal is to use modern hydrogen technology to make Arnsberg climate-neutral. Over the coming years, industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, and the mobility sector will start using hydrogen. 11 km hydrogen pipeline The centerpiece of the mod...
As the EU Commission prepares to present its ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package, the European CEO Alliance has issued policy recommendations supporting a progressive and ambitious push to achieve climate neutrality. Tackling climate change requires strong collaboration between the public sector and industry, the Alliance announced after its meeting in Paris. The Alliance would welcome a review of the EU’s major regulatory instruments, in particular subsidies for technologies wit...
E.ON is the first energy company in the world to support the United Nations Environment Program in restoring ecosystems for climate protection and biodiversity. As Europe’s largest operator of electricity distribution networks, E.ON will create valuable biotopes under 13,000 kilometers of high-voltage lines in forest areas. This is equivalent to an area of 100,000 soccer fields. Ecological route management makes an important contribution to healthier ecosystems and greater biodiversity th...
A trend-setting project on climate protection has now been launched by three traditional companies along the Rhine and Ruhr, in Germany. It is planned to supply industrial waste heat from thyssenkrupp Steel to the König brewery through a new steam transfer line managed by E.ON, in order to provide the thermal energy required for the brewery processes. E.ON signs long-term cooperation agreement For this purpose, waste heat steam from steel production at thyssenkrupp Steel’s Ruhrort...
Supporting E.ON’s digital ambitions, Sebastian Weber and Christopher d’Arcy will become Managing Directors of E.ON Digital Technology GmbH as of July 1, 2021 and will report directly to Victoria Ossadnik, E.ON SE Board Member for Digital. Sebastian Weber will act as group-wide CTO for E.ON, overseeing the expansion of digital platforms and IT operations. Christopher d’Arcy will be responsible as Senior Vice President for Digital & Technology Expert Services with accountabi...
E.ON will continue its successful cooperation with RWTH Aachen University and has extended the existing cooperation agreement for another five years. A corresponding agreement was signed on 23 June by E.ON Board Member, Dr. Karsten Wildberger and the Rector of RWTH Aachen University, Professor Ulrich Rüdiger. Energy and sustainability research "With the new cooperation agreement, we will particularly promote research projects in the areas of energy and sustainability research, energy sys...
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of the Essen-based energy company - E.ON has supported the Management’s path to greater sustainability with a large majority. Among other things, it approved the new compensation system for the Board of Management. It sets an incentive for successful and sustainable corporate management and ties the compensation of Board of Management members to the short-term and long-term development of the company. E.ON Sustainability Index Sustainability target...
At its meeting, the Supervisory Board of E.ON SE appointed Patrick Lammers as successor to Karsten Wildberger, who will leave the company at his own request to take over the position of CEO at Ceconomy AG. Patrick Lammers Lammers is currently CEO of E.ON subsidiary Essent, the electricity utility in the Netherlands. At the same time, he is responsible for the steering of E.ON’s customer solutions sales regions in Western and Eastern Europe. Lammers joined Essent in 2010 and held v...
In cooperation with E.ON and the University of Duisburg Essen, the smart grid company gridX has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that optimizes charging processes in conjunction with dynamic load management based on historical charging data, energy quantities, and vehicle idle times. gridX already equipped an office location of the Essen-based E.ON Group with dynamic load management last year, which is now being taken to the next level with the help of artificial intelligence....
E.ON broke the world record for the most motifs flown by drones with a spectacular drone show in the Berlin night sky, thus entering the Guinness Book of World Records. The spectacle marked the start of the nationwide 'Networks of Tomorrow' campaign, which E.ON launched together with its nine German regional companies, in order to highlight the importance of energy networks for the success of the energy transition. Importance of distribution grids Thomas König, E.ON Board Member an...
Dutch energy supplier - Essent NV and Belgian energy company - Luminus entered into an agreement regarding the sale of Essent’s Belgian commodity supply business. The two parties involved in the transaction - Essent NV and Luminus have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Sale of Essent’s Belgian commodity supply business The transaction is subject to the approval of the European Commission (EC) and is expected to close during the Summer of 2021. Essent is currently sup...
Orcan Energy, the manufacturer of solutions for the utilization of waste heat, has implemented the first geothermal project in record time together with its cooperation partner E.ON. ORC container modules In Kirchweidach, Upper Bavaria, six second-generation ORC container modules from Orcan Energy were delivered, unloaded, and positioned at a geothermal plant in just one day. This means that the operator FG Geothermie GmbH can fully utilize the energy potential of deep heat: six Orcan modules...
After more than four years of research and development work, the DESIGNETZ project (part of the SINTEG funding program), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and led by E.ON, presented its results. 46 project partners have been working together since the beginning of 2017 in the model regions of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland to develop scalable solutions that can be used to realize a sustainable, secure and at the same time cost-effi...
German Energy group - E.ON SE has submitted a commitment to set science-based emissions reduction targets that are consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. E.ON chose to commit via the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C, as the company wants to demonstrate leadership on the path to a sustainable and climate-friendly future. Race to Zero Race to Zero is a global campaign that seeks to build momentum around the shift to a decarbonized economy At the sa...
The trend toward sustainable investments continues to grow steadily: for international investors, the topic of sustainability in their investment decisions is becoming increasingly important. Sustainable investment projects For bondholders, 'green bonds' fixed-income securities whose issue proceeds are used to finance sustainable investment projects are at the center of this development. Thus, the interest of analysts and investors was outstandingly high when E. ON’s CFO Marc Spieker, a...
The E.ON Board has decided to sign the Terra Carta, which was unveiled during the One Planet Summit in Paris, France. The Terra Carta was initiated by HRH The Prince of Wales. He is calling on CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) from around the world to engage and play their part in leading the global transition towards a sustainable future. Terra Carta or Earth Charter The Terra Carta, or Earth Charter, derives its name from the 800-year-old Magna Carta in England The Terra Carta, or Earth Char...
Using existing gas networks to transport green gas such as hydrogen in the future is the most cost-effective and socially balanced solution for the energy transition in the heating sector. That’s the conclusion of a modeling study conducted by E.ON and the municipal utility Stadtwerke Essen. The companies used the DigiKoo data platform to create a digital twin of the city of Essen to model different future heat supply scenarios. Reducing carbon footprint Using the existing gas netwo...
As part of the EU-funded ‘IElectrix’ project, E.ON is working with partners to develop mobile and flexible battery storage systems (BESS). The goal behind this is to integrate new green power plants into the existing grid at short notice and at low cost, thus achieving rapid progress in the energy transition throughout Europe. The third mobile storage system of this type was connected to the local distribution grid in Dúzs, Hungary. Sustainable energy future “The expa...
In DESIGNETZ, 46 partners in three German federal states are investigating how a decentralized, digital and green energy system of the future will work. Possible solutions are being tested in a complex interplay of reality and simulation. So far, the experts had set up sub-projects such as battery storage or power-to-heat systems individually and put them into operation, gathering knowledge about how the overall system could be set up. bidirectional...
At its meeting, the Supervisory Board of E.ON SE resolved to appoint Leonhard Birnbaum as Chairman of the company's Board of Management effective April 1, 2021. Birnbaum will thus succeed Johannes Teyssen. Teyssen joined the Group in 1989, has been a member of the Board of Management since 2004, and has led E.ON for more than ten years. European energy transition Supervisory Board Chairman, Karl-Ludwig Kley, said: “The integration of innogy marks the successful completion of E.ON's majo...
Mohn Media, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Printing Group, has successfully put a waste heat module from Orcan Energy into operation at its Gütersloh location. This module converts the previously unused waste heat on-site into almost 500,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year, increases the production facility's energy efficiency, and at the same time reduces its CO2-emissions. This makes Mohn Media yet another customer who, as part of the collaboration between Orcan Energy...
Mohn Media, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Printing Group, has successfully commissioned a waste heat module from Orcan Energy at its site in Gütersloh. It converts the previously unused waste heat on-site into almost 500,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year, increasing the production facility's energy efficiency while reducing its CO2 emissions. Mohn Media is thus another customer that produces CO2-free electricity from previously unused waste heat as part of the coopera...