German utility RWE with LNG interests at Brunsbüttel reports improved annual earnings as focus changes
RWE AG, the German utility with LNG import interests at Brunsbüttel on the Elbe while also being involved in coal-fired generation and energy trading, reported improved earnings.
German natural gas transmission system operators seek more LNG, pipelines and storage reservations
The German Association of Transmission System Operators (FNB Gas) said that members were seeking more capacity reservations and capacity expansion for pipelines as well as more sector benefits from imported and regasified LNG and from power plants in accordance with the new gas industry framework for Germany.
German Greens take key ministries and will keep gas prices high in their opposition to Nord Stream II
The next Chancellor of Germany, the Social Democrat (SPD) leader Olaf Scholz, has presented his cabinet ministers for the new government to be sworn in on December 8 and officials confirmed the continued suspension of the Russian Nord Steam II pipeline to Germany, keeping European Union natural gas prices high this winter and beyond.
