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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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Projects & Applications
Lichtblick starts construction of 470 MWh storage system in German Near Chemnitz, the Hamburg-based green energy provider wants to install its first large battery energy storage system (BESS), a 100 MW facility with up to 470 MWh of storage capacity. Commissioning is planned for 2027.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 20, 2025
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Tenders
Germany wraps up solar-plus-storage tender with average price of €0.0531/kWh Germany has concluded a new renewables tender for innovative projects, securing 485 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0479 ($0.0557)/kWh to €0.0559/kWh.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 08, 2025
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Policy
Germany solar industry association pushes for binding 2030 target of 100 GWh of battery storage Today's installed capacity would have to quadruple over the next five years to attain that goal. The association has also made recommendations on how storage expansion can be accelerated and can support the energy system.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 07, 2025
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Grid-scale
Green Flexibility starts construction of 80 MWh battery at “feed-in socket” In Balzhausen, southern Germany, grid operator LEW Verteilnetz is testing an innovative approach that enables a significant increase in grid connection capacity.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 12, 2025
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Grid-scale
Return, Bessmart to connect 670 MWh of German BESS by 2027 Another four utility-scale battery projects in Germany are set to go live by 2027.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 10, 2025
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Distributed
Germany adds almost 4.59 GWh of battery storage already this year Analysis by pv magazine shows almost 2.1 million battery storage systems are now in operation in Germany. The latest figures for this year are 362,537 systems with a power output of around 2.6 GW and a cumulative storage capacity of 4.59 GWh.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 08, 2025
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Revenue streams
Batteries could bring much more grid savings via a redispatch price signal, study finds Large-scale storage systems are already saving grid operators €3 ($3.49) to €6 per kilowatt of battery capacity annually, in redispatch costs – according to a Neon study commissioned by Eco Stor.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 05, 2025
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Supply chain
Swiss 65 MWh battery takes shape Intilion has delivered the grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) from Asia; via Rotterdam, inland waterways, and a warehouse near the project site.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 04, 2025
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Sodium-ion batteries
Freen launches scalable sodium-ion battery storage The Estonian home and commercial storage systems come in low- and high-voltage models. The high-voltage option can scale to ten modules, for 100.8 kWh, and a six-module, low-voltage version to 45 kWh.
Sandra Enkhardt
Sep 03, 2025

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