21. September 2026 · 06:34 Uhr
European gas prices have more than doubled from €30/MWh (Sept. 2025) to €81/MWh (Sept. 2026). Germany enters winter with only 50% gas storage capacity (15-year low). Massive inflation wave and electricity price increases threaten through merit-order effect.
Multiple coordinated sabotage acts against German transmission system operators (Amprion, 50Hertz) in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia; power plants had to be shut down. Hybrid warfare scenarios against critical energy infrastructure are escalating.
He Dreiht offshore wind farm (960 MW) goes into operation; EnBW uses staged commissioning for grid integration. RWE signs €3 billion MoU with Masdar for German offshore wind auctions 2027.
Renewable electricity share at ~57% (H1 2026), expansion of wind/solar lags behind 80% target for 2030. Despite €1 trillion in investments, 9 of 15 energy transition targets are at risk of failure; large-scale storage not grid-effective until 2027/2028.
RWE increases stake in transmission system operator Amprion following approval by the Federal Cartel Office; strategic consolidation of grid infrastructure under energy corporation control with regulatory implications.
Germany is in a critical energy crisis with exponentially rising gas prices (doubled since 2025), historically low gas storage, and intensifying hybrid warfare against grid infrastructure. Electricity expansion remains behind climate targets, while large-scale storage is not available until 2027/28—a supply gap exacerbated by rising energy prices and geopolitical risks (Middle East blockade, Russian sanctions). Energy corporations like RWE are strategically securing grid and production capacities, raising regulatory control questions and jeopardizing the decentralization objectives of the energy transition.
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