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Ralph Diermann

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Articles written by Ralph Diermann

Finance

German town of Beckum launches utility-scale battery storage with community investment option Up to 500 residents in the German city of Beckum can invest between €500 ($568) and €25,000 into a planned 20 MW/55 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Apr 14, 2025

Manufacturing

Sax Power doubles home battery production capacity in Germany The storage specialist has built a second assembly hall at its site near Ulm. Its new battery energy storage system (BESS), the 7.7 kWh Home Plus, will be built there.

Mar 24, 2025

Recycling

Heating not shredding: German battery recycling research Academics at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences want to thermally break down lithium batteries to recover raw materials. The energy required for the process is still high, however.

Jan 24, 2025

Policy

Germany’s DIN and DKE offer guidance for companies preparing for EU battery passport The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (DKE) have developed a standard that defines the data attributes of battery passports, which will become mandatory.

Jan 16, 2025

Technologies

TU Munich, Max Planck Society establish German solar battery research center The facility, in Garching, near Munich, will research technology that combines solar cells and batteries in a single component and can chemically store solar energy directly. Researchers expect high efficiency and fast charging and discharging processes to result. The solar batteries examined can also be used off grid.

Nov 29, 2024

Markets

Germany wraps up renewables-plus-storage tender with average price of $0.0771/kWh The nation's latest renewables-plus-storage procurement exercise awarded 50 projects with an average electricity price of €0.0709 ($0.0771)/kWh.

Oct 17, 2024

Products

Tesvolt spin-off develops battery storage for electric ships The battery modules of newly founded joint venture Tesvolt Ocean can be installed individually throughout ships. Tesvolt is working with the Norwegian company Ocean Batteries.

Sep 11, 2024

Software

Fraunhofer IEE develops simulation tools for hybrid storage systems design The researchers have created a degradation model that experts can use to determine battery aging in hybrid systems made up of lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors. This makes it possible to determine whether it makes sense to combine the two technologies in individual cases. The tools should also help with the design of a hybrid system.

Aug 20, 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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