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Sandra Enkhardt
Sandra is News Director of pv magazine Deutschland. She has been reporting on solar since 2008.
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‘EU aim of 90% European batteries by 2030 is way off’
European battery cell demand could hit 1 TWh per year by 2030 so domestic manufacturing capacity is vital to avoid dependence on Asia. Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) says the European Union's 90% local battery target will be missed in half of its modeled scenarios.
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German housebuilder puts some LG home batteries into standby mode after explosion
Construction company Viebrockhaus made the move after an incident in Schönberg where a home fitted with a solar-plus-storage system suffered an explosion which destroyed a wall of the house. The builder, and battery maker LG, have put some units into standby mode and others have had their operating capacities reduced.
Solar and battery-equipped home destroyed by explosion in Germany
In the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, an explosion tore away the outer wall of a show home equipped with solar panels and a residential battery. The badly-damaged building, which was vacant at the time of the incident, will likely be demolished.
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Sonnen sales boss: Germany’s solar peak law is ‘revolutionary’
The requirements of Germany's new Solarspitzen "solar peak law" – which halts payments for solar electricity fed into the grid by small arrays during negative electricity price periods – and of section 14a of Germany's Energy Industry Act (EnWG), which incentivizes household and business participation in grid load management, could turbocharge the small-scale energy storage market.
German court rules Senec dealer must refund cost of reduced-capacity home battery
Judges at Bielefeld Regional Court ruled the maximum 70% operating capacity of the home battery – while replacement lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) cells are awaited – is a material defect. Senec is appealing against the ruling.
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