Press Releases

03.03.2022

Government Draft Calls Goal for Storage Levels into Question

Today a legal draft by the German government was leaked that contains substantial interventions in German gas storage markets. The German gas storage association INES believes that the government plans…

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20.01.2022

German Federal Network Agency aligns gas network development planning with the future

On January 20, 2022, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) confirmed with amendments the scenario framework for the Gas Network Development Plan 2022 – 2032 submitted by gas transmission system…

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18.01.2022

INES board reconstitutes itself

The board of the Initiative Energien Speichern e.V. (INES) has reconstituted itself. Carsten Haack (Trianel Gasspeicher Epe GmbH & Co. KG) takes over the chairmanship. His deputy is Peter Schmidt…

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15.12.2021

Commission Lays Foundation for Sustainable and Competitive Hydrogen Market

On December 15, 2021 the European Commission presented the revision of the Third EU Gas Market Package. The package contains legislative proposals for the Gas Market Directive and the Regulation…

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14.12.2021

INES Cooperates with Renewable Energy Federation on Electricity Market Design

INES collaborated on a study on the electricity market design for the energy transition that was presented by the German Renewable Energy Federation BEE today. The study intensified a cooperation…

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24.11.2021

Koalitionsvertrag: Sinnvolle Umsetzung kann Speicherwende einleiten

SPD, Grüne und FPD haben sich heute auf einen Koalitionsvortrag geeinigt. Darin werden für die Gas- bzw. Wasserstoffspeicherwirtschaft wichtige Themen aufgegriffen.

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