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1Komma5° Files EU Complaint Over Germany’s Gas-Plant Subsidies as Brussels Signals Cut to Capacity Plan

The start-up seeks technology-neutral rules that let virtual power plants compete for reliability payments.

Overview

  • The complaint makes 1Komma5° an official party in the EU state-aid review, preserving the option to pursue litigation.
  • Berlin’s scheme would support projects in two stages through construction auctions and a central market paying for standby availability.
  • EU approval is reportedly leaning toward roughly 12–12.5 gigawatts instead of the 20 gigawatts sought by Minister Katherina Reiche.
  • Initial tenders once targeted for late 2025 are now expected no earlier than spring 2026, according to press reports.
  • 1Komma5° argues decentralized flexibility, virtual power plants, and an absicherungspflicht obligation could ensure supply without subsidies or extra consumer levies.