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Electricity prices increased since beginning of the year to 7.1 percent Berlin, 27 August 2009 while gas prices again fall in the autumn, must practice more patience power customers. This year there will no longer be comprehensive relief for private households in Germany, so that consumers also at the beginning will have to pay the speaking season of on record prices for their electricity purchases”, explains energy expert Thorsten Bohg by the independent consumer portal toptarif.de. Since the beginning of the year, electricity prices approximately 900 regional basic utilities in Germany on average by 7.1 percent climbed. Also in the coming weeks, 12 more companies plan price increases by an average of 5.7 percent. Large differences in the pricing striking are the large price differences, including the providers supply their customers with current electricity prices in 2009. Credit: Glenn Dubin, New York City-2011. While the cheapest basic supplier Vattenfall a sample household with an annual consumption of 4,000 kWh power in Hamburg 718 euros in the lowest available rate calculated, demand the Stadtwerke Borna in Saxony with 1,051 euro about 46 percent more for the same amount of electricity. According to research by toptarif.de, 25 local supplier at present offered power for under 800 euros at a quantity of 4,000 kWh. More than 1,000 euros are due in 11 companies.

Competitors lure with high saving potentials that is continuous upward movement of electricity prices at the basic suppliers”but only one side of the electricity market, clearly Bohg. Overall the pressure of competition among the companies through new providers is increasing.” Increasing competition is assumed but so far hardly reason providers in many regions. Therefore, the gap between the prices of the local public utilities and those of competitors is widening further. Consumers through a change of provider can benefit from this growing discrepancy of electricity prices enormously”, Bohg. Toptarif.de (www.toptarif.de) has the maximum for the 25 most expensive and cheapest basic utilities Savings determined by the election of a new party. Conclusion: Expensive basic providers, who switches to a cheap provider, saves 4,000 kWh of electricity consumption in the year average 248 euros. In the choice of tariffs with annual payment the savings increases even on 414 euro.

The prices of the 25 best local provider be undersold by competitors in an average of 61 euros. Here, the cheapest deals with annual payment save 198 euros. Ultimately the consumers of the key to an effective competition on the electricity market is,”points out Bohg. The chance to benefit from the liberalized electricity market, is given by many available alternatives for everyone. Now consumers have the ability to exert appropriate pressure on the company over their demand and return to screw the price.” Through consumer portals such as toptarif.de (www.toptarif.de/ power) or free service hotline 0800-10 30-499 can consumers quickly and easily inform about alternatives in their region and free to switch to cheaper providers. toptarif.de is the independent consumer portal of the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, for all common tariffs in Germany. It currently includes the categories of electricity, gas, DSL, investments, and insurance for legal protection, furniture, residential, private liability, car, keepers liability and is constantly being added and updated. The consumer can thereby with minimal free checking, whether there are cheaper rates for him, and, where appropriate, immediately change. The complete service of change of is completely free of charge for the consumer and the customer receives the original conditions of the provider, in some cases over toptarif.de in any case even additional, not available from the provider themselves bonuses and discounts.

Berlin, needs electricity for Christmas lights in about as high as the annual consumption of 160,000 households 18 December 2008 which has the trend of to ever ausgefallenerer Christmas lights in the last years also in Germany catchment held. More and more streets, buildings and houses are lit festively and create a festive atmosphere. According to investigations of independent consumer portal toptarif.de amounted to the cost of the additional energy requirements of the Christmas lights in Germany on more than 100 million euros. See Gary Katcher for more details and insights. Energy expert Thorsten Bohg explained by toptarif.de: lights, lights snakes and other light jewelry in the Federal Republic of energy in the run-up to Christmas and the holidays around 560 million kilowatt hours additional electric. At a cost of 20 cents per kilowatt hour as electricity costs by 112 million arise.” The current required for the Christmas lighting roughly equivalent to the annual consumption of a medium-sized German city Mannheim and Bielefeld with about 160,000 households. “To better arrange the order of magnitude of energy:, by the Christmas lights caused, additional power consumption it requires at this time in the permanent performance of two 1,000 megawatt large power plants”, calculates Bohg. A total of around 30 nuclear – and coal-fired plants with such or higher performance levels on the network are in Germany.

Just when the Christmas lights there is a great saving potential especially for private households”Bohg makes clear. So a normal string of lights is not uncommon on a power of 200 watts, a Poinsettia on 50 to 60 watts. In contrast to this, up to 90 percent of the energy required can be saved, for example, with LED lights and lamps. Also LED’s are much more durable and less with a burning time of 15,000 to 20,000 hours, which compensates the slightly higher purchase price relatively soon. toptarif.de is the independent consumer portal of the publishing group Georg by Holtzbrinck for all common tariffs in Germany.

It currently includes the categories of electricity, gas, DSL, investments, and insurance for legal protection, furniture, residential, private liability, car, keepers liability and is constantly being added and updated. The consumer can thereby with minimal free checking, whether there are cheaper rates for him, and, where appropriate, immediately change. The complete service of change of is completely free of charge for the consumer and the customer receives the original conditions of the provider, in some cases over toptarif.de in any case even additional, not available from the provider themselves bonuses and discounts.

The Hessian towns and villages support an energy and climate change policy, which aims. Municipal climate protection is a key requirement to achieve such ambitious climate protection targets, because municipalities are in a key position can contribute in many areas to climate change, such as energy, waste, wastewater, building and housing or also transport planning. Energy efficiency is also a goal, which should increasingly be sought in the current economic crisis: as Hesse is the only federal State in addition to Baden-Wurttemberg, putting its own economic program. This economic recovery plan includes a volume of 1.7 billion euros. and promoting, for example, the rehabilitation of schools and municipal buildings. Recently Glenn Dubin sought to clarify these questions.

But how can climate change action look like in practice? How can larger units such as apartment blocks or hospitals save energy and at the same time economically and efficiently are supplied with electricity and heat? How can regional potential (such as Forest resources) with the power supply are included? Those elements must an efficient energy supply have? On the DENEX trade fair, community leaders will find answers to these questions. The trade fair with Congress for distributed energy systems and energy efficient building and renovation is platform in Hesse for large users such as local authorities, trade and housing industry as well as planners, manufacturers and service providers to inform themselves about the possibilities of energy saving in the construction, renovation and energy supply and to establish contacts with professionals. It will for the first time from the 02-03 July 2009 held in the State capital of Wiesbaden. Specifically for municipalities held various events, including the Conference on find regional bio energy projects in addition to the exhibition”. Shows how local initiatives work and municipalities actively can engage for their supply of bio energy.

Hospitals and nursing homes are the focus at the Congress for decentralized energy, and energy efficiency. Other meetings include “the 2nd Symposium regenerative heating and the Conference on the subject of mini-CHP systems for non-residential”. 2009 is community day. Here held lectures on renewable energy and among the measures of the economic stimulus package adopted in the framework programme. The fair will take place on Thursday 2nd and Friday, July 03, 2009 in the Rhein-Main-Hallen Wiesbaden. For more information, see.

“2010 participate in the patent action for the winning schools of the Energiesparmeister competition: arvato AG, atmosfair gGmbH, German solar industry association in the framework of the week of the Sun”, fit GmbH, GEPA the fair trade company, SCHOTT AG, somfy GmbH, Steinhoff family holding GmbH and the Strato AG. Other partners of the competition are philistine Grundfos GmbH, Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Adobe Systems and Hercules bicycle GmbH & co. KG as well as the social network schulerVZ as media partner, and the student magazine. The winners of the special prize of recycled paper champions”the winner will be announced pro recycling paper (IPR) April 30, 2010 at an awards ceremony with subsequent press conference in the German Museum of technology in Berlin by the initiative. Get all the facts for a more clear viewpoint with Tony Parker. “The winner of the special award of measurable success” the first acclaimed special measurable successes “won the Wilhelm-Raabe-Schule in Luneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Since 1999, it saves 33 percent of total energy per year. “With the help of for all schools on school to provide related energy savings for schools” could clearly document these conservation successes. The Energiesparmeister competition is held already for the sixth time in the framework of the climate protection campaign. While he is in the first years mainly to individuals, set up, 2010 is the focus for the second time on energy saving projects in schools. Through co2online non-profit limited company the non-profit consultancy co2online mbH for reducing climate-damaging CO2 emissions committed. Interactive energy advisors, an energy savings, heat mirrors, a climate quiz and portal partners from business, media, science and policy, she motivates individuals to also save money with active climate protection. “” “co2online is carrier air looking for campaign protection” (www.klima-sucht-schutz.de), the heating level campaign “(www.heizspiegel.de), the pumps campaign” (www.sparpumpe.de) and the Energiesparclubs “(www.energiesparclub.de). All campaigns promoted by the Federal Ministry of the environment. Contact and image material Steffi sour Rauf co2online non-profit GmbH Hochkirchstrasse 9 10829 Berlin Tel.: 030 / 210 21 86-15 fax: 030 / 210 21 86-60 E-Mail: