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  • New company strengthens local power supply in Buttisholz and the surrounding area

    New company strengthens local power supply in Buttisholz and the surrounding area

    (CONNECT) Dorfstrom AG, based in Buttisholz, commenced operations on 1 January 2025. According to a press release, the company was entered in the commercial register on 3 December 2024. The new company aims to provide impetus for the local energy supply in Buttisholz and other municipalities, according to the press release.

    A dedicated website, which was launched at the start of business operations, provides information about the project and the planned cooperation between local energy producers and a platform for collaboration. “The website is a central point of contact for informing people in Buttisholz and beyond about our goals and offers,” said Oscar Küng, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dorfstrom AG.

    With the entry in the commercial register, Dorfstrom AG has reached an important milestone in rethinking the local electricity supply and actively driving forward the energy transition in Buttisholz, according to Dorfstrom AG. The company is focussing on the promotion of virtual mergers for self-consumption (vZEV) and the development of local electricity communities (LEGs). The aim is to utilise locally produced electricity directly in the respective municipality. This strengthens local value creation and reduces dependence on large energy suppliers.

    Dorfstrom AG organises local electricity trading to ensure efficient distribution and brings producers and consumers together. It wants to plan, build and operate renewable energy plants, from solar plants and biogas plants to local wind power projects. The electricity is also to be stored in order to compensate for fluctuations and ensure security of supply. Dorfstrom AG aims to support local energy projects through investments and partnerships.

  • Energiedienst Group remains on course for growth

    Energiedienst Group remains on course for growth

    According to a communication from Energiedienst Holding AG , the Swiss-German Energiedienst group achieved operating income of 532 million euros in the first half of 2020. In the same period of the previous year, 49 million euros less had been generated. The company attributes the growth primarily to higher prices in the sales business and increased electricity trading volumes.

    Negative effects on the capital market, however, would have reduced the operating result (EBIT) year-on-year by 1 million euros to 12 million, said Energiedienst in the press release. Adjusted for non-operating effects, however, EBIT rose by 8 million to 24 million euros. "Operationally, the Energiedienst Group is doing better in the first half of 2020 than in the same period of the previous year", Jörg Reichert, CEO of Energiedienst Holding AG, is quoted in the announcement. "But the pandemic is not leaving the Energiedienst Group unaffected." The group expects that it will not be able to achieve its originally targeted operating result of 41 million euros for the year as a whole.

    In terms of profit for the period, a year-on-year decline of 6 million to 8 million euros had to be accepted. According to the announcement, the background to this is a negative performance of the company's securities. It reduced the financial result year-on-year by 5 million euros to a loss of 3 million euros.

    "The Energiedienst Group has been one of the first integrated energy companies in Germany and Switzerland to be climate-neutral since January 2020," explains Reichert. This climate neutrality is "the foundation of their business activities", it says in the announcement. According to her, the group was able to win several large business customers in the six months under review “thanks to its climate neutrality”.