4 reasons why Cleantech startups failed in the past Starting a new company in the energy sector, especially in the clean tech branch, is risky and every so often not successful. Still, in the period…

First published here A decommissioned power plant in Berlin finally was brim-full of energy again when experts of the energy and blockchain sector entered the stage at the Event Horizon 2018. “Flip…

Recently, I wrote about the latest negotiation results for a new German government . On Sunday, the Social Democrats adopted the proposal for a new grand coalition – a repeat with the Christian…

Integrating renewables into the electricity system is a challenging task. Currently, different concepts of how to do this are being discussed. In our last two posts we focussed on different concepts…

Here’s How European Energy Companies See The (Near) Future Two days at Europe’s premier energy conference, eurelectric 2017, reveal how utilities are rapidly adjusting — and looking forward- to a new…

Since 2014, utilities have been increasing their investment in digital infrastructure. This is the key finding of the IEA report “energy and digitalization ” which was published in November 2017. This…

Blockchain technology has passed its peak in the hype process – at least according to Gartner Consulting’s well-known hype cycles for emerging technologies. In the second quarter of 2017, blockchain…

Does the classical business model of utilities have a future in Europe given the transition towards a decentralized energy system? This was the key question discussed by different economists at the…