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Sandra Enkhardt pv magazine news director germany
Sandra Enkhardt pv magazine news director germany

Sandra Enkhardt

Sandra is News Director of pv magazine Deutschland. She has been reporting on solar since 2008.

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R&D
Using decentralized AI for grid-friendly charging of battery storage systems Researchers from Bielefeld, in Germany, tested the use of individually-calibrated edge controllers in a substation and test households before using the resulting data to train decentralized AI systems.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 22, 2024
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Projects & Applications
German energy storage association says grid connection levy should recognize battery benefits Regulator the Federal Network Agency has issued a position paper refusing to consider a court ruling which stated energy storage sites should not be treated like electricity consumers, for grid purposes.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 22, 2024
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Policy
Energy storage can mitigate Germany’s negative electricity prices It is difficult to predict how much of Germany's energy storage projects will take shape but Enerparc Chief Operating Officer (COO) Stefan Müller says 20 GW, or more, of such facilities could make a difference to prices.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 15, 2024
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Grid-scale
Germany’s Deutsche Bahn closes 140 MWh battery storage deal with Iqony From 2026, the rail operator plans to use the energy storage capacity to make its green electricity portfolio more flexible. Fluence is building the storage facility at Steag Iqony's Duisburg-Walsum power plant.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 15, 2024
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Grid-scale
Germany: Bavaria inaugurates 200 MWh battery as Baden-Württemberg prepares for big energy storage site Swiss battery developer MW Storage has built a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Arzberg, Bavaria, and German utility EnBW is planning a 100 MW/100 MWh project at the Marbach gas-fired power plant.
Sandra Enkhardt, Jochen Siemer
Nov 12, 2024
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Policy
German energy storage association joins calls to avoid policy deadlock after governing coalition’s collapse The Bundesverband Energiespeicher (BVES) says Germany's "traffic light" coalition had been creaking for a while and its break-up could represent an opportunity to give businesses more freedom to embrace the energy transition.
Sandra Enkhardt, Max Hall
Nov 07, 2024
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Policy
Clean energy groups warn of policy stalemate as Germany’s governing coalition collapses With the collaboration between the socialist Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), the Greens, and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) collapsing, Germany is left without a majority government.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 07, 2024
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Policy
Germany’s annual tax bill 2024 provides better conditions for municipalities hosting electricity storage facilities Norwegian-German developer Eco Stor has been advocating for months for new regulations that would allow for 90% of trade tax revenue from energy storage systems in Germany to go into the pockets of local municipalities. The German federal parliament Bundestag has now approved this, but the green light from the constitutional body Bundesrat is still missing.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 21, 2024
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Flow batteries
Amazon tests membrane-free redox flow battery from Swiss startup UP Unbound Potential (UP), part of the Amazon Sustainability Accelerator, wants to test its technology.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 21, 2024

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