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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.

sandra.enkhardt@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Sandra Enkhardt

Tesla Powerwall 3

Products

Tesla launches Powerwall 3 in UK & Germany Almost ten years after the "Powerwall 1," US EV giant Tesla has launched its home battery system, Powerwall 3, in the United Kingdom and Germany. The Powerwall 3 is being officially presented at The smarter E Europe this week.

Lior Kahana, Sandra Enkhardt, Carrie Hampel

Jun 19, 2024

Containers with batteries on fire

Fire risk and safety

Fire in a battery container causes EUR 700,000 in damage in Germany The cause of the battery container fire in Thuringia, Germany, is still unclear. The damage caused is enormous.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 18, 2024

Screenshot from Eco Stor online tool

Software

Eco Stor: Online calculator determines storage requirements for energy transition The "dunkelflaute" is a kind of a bogeyman in the energy transtion narrative. Now, a new tool from German-Norwegian storage provider Eco Stor can be used to determine exactly which storage capacities and how many reserve power plants are needed for stable power system operation, even in periods with little photovoltaic and wind production.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 17, 2024

Photo of Vienna

Tenders

Austria offers €17.9 million to fund storage The Austrian authorities have offered €17.9 million ($19 million) to fund medium-sized electricity storage systems, with €10 million from the climate action protection ministry and €7.9 million from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 14, 2024

Large storage facilities in Germany

Policy

New tax regulation to ease storage deployment in Germany The 2024 draft annual tax law proposes that 90% of trade tax revenue from energy storage systems goes into the pockets of local municipalities, potentially opening the doors to greater community acceptance.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 07, 2024

Headquarter of Solarwatt in Dresden

Finance

Solarwatt ends battery storage production in Germany Solarwatt will discontinue production of energy storage systems in Germany by the years' end. In the future, the Dresden-based company will have all of its PV modules and storage systems manufactured exclusively in Asia.

Ralph Diermann, Sandra Enkhardt

May 28, 2024

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