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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.

Articles written by Sandra Enkhardt

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Products
1Komma5° launches battery system for households without solar The new product aims to arbitrage electricity prices, but based on current projections, households may need a high level of consumption to see a rapid pay-back period
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 22, 2025
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Policy
German battery industry awaits May 27 decision on grid connection payments The nation's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) will decide whether battery energy storage systems (BESS) should pay the same construction cost subsidies for a network connection as sites which only draw down power from the grid.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 16, 2025
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Distributed
German study flags benefits of energy storage for balcony solar Analysis by EUPD Research and Anker Solix shows a 2 kW plug-in solar array and 2 kWh of energy storage capacity can reduce grid electricity costs 64%, leading to a four-year payback time.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 10, 2025
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Grid-scale
Green Flexibility invests €35 million in 90 MWh German battery The 40 MW/90 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is scheduled to be connected to the grid next year.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 10, 2025
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Flow batteries
Smoke and vanadium leak from Swiss home energy storage unit Vanadium redox flow energy storage manufacturer Prolux Solutions said 50 l of vanadium electrolyte leaked from a residential unit in Arbon but no fire occurred.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 09, 2025
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Distributed
German home battery owners can save state millions with ‘a maximum of six clicks’ Berlin-based researchers behind the 'Your Power Storage Can Do More!' initiative want home battery owners to use intelligent charging to help the grid and state budget, and slow battery aging.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 08, 2025
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Revenue streams
Germany’s 50Hertz opens up reactive power market to renewables, battery storage With regulator the Federal Network Agency requiring grid companies to tender for the provision of the reactive power needed to maintain network voltage, electricity transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has stolen a lead on its rivals.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 03, 2025
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Finance
Varta emerges from restructuring procedure with fresh capital The German battery manufacturer now has two new indirect shareholders: Porsche and Austrian entrepreneur Michael Tojner. They are providing financing totaling €120 million. Furthermore, Varta has significantly reduced its debt to €230 million, according to the company’s statement. With this, the company's restructuring procedure has now been completed.
Sandra Enkhardt
Apr 02, 2025
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Grid-scale
Batteries key to German solution to grid capacity constraints The grid connection "feed-in socket" planned by two German power companies involves "grid-neutral" batteries not using network capacity during periods when solar and wind parks connected to the same socket are feeding in large amounts of electricity.
Sandra Enkhardt
Mar 20, 2025

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