News Digest Item
21 Oct 2016

“Electricity contract from the petrol station”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

As more and more electricity suppliers are established and comparison websites recommend changing contracts to save money, traditional utilities need to find new ways to compete in the market, writes Michael Ashelm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. More and more, electricity would often be just one part of a “comprehensive offer catalogue,” including topics like Smart City, sustainable mobility and Industry 4.0, Ashelm argues. Shell PrivatEnergie already offered power and gas contracts at Shell’s petrol stations, notes Ashelm, and utility EnBW has a cooperation with car manufacturer Hyundai for e-car charging stations.

Read the article in German here.

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