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 Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric,and Marco Mensink, Director General  of Cefic,sign the Antwerp Declaration (right to left).
Antwerp Declaration

Joint initiative for a competitive decarbonized European industry

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The electricity industry and energy intensives join forces to boost Europe’s industrial competitiveness in a net-zero economy.

Dirk Kaisers, Segment Leader Distributed Energy EMEA at Eaton.
Eaton:

Electricity and energy: "We need to talk about fundamentals“

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The energy transition is more than a political project; it can only succeed as a joint social effort. This is emphasized by Dirk Kaisers, Segment Leader Distributed Energy EMEA at Eaton, in a guest article.

By visualising the feed-in forecast and the actual amounts of electricity fed into the grid, error rates can be minimised.
Virtual power plants:

Balancing out fluctuations in the Japanese electricity grid

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In Japan, decentralised green power plants were combined to form virtual power plants. Using new technologies, the project partners have shown that a stable electricity grid can be realised even with volatile generators.

EU Energy Ministers arrive at the extraordinary Energy Council meeting in Brussels, 2 May 2022.
SolarPower Europe:

Call on the EU to safeguard the benefits of the internal energy market

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Five European Energy Associations have co-signed a letter to the European Commission asking decision makers to avoid harmful short-term interventionist measures in the market.  

Module manufacturer Meyer Burger is already producing its own solar power in Switzerland.
Study:

Green electricity to be most cost-effective energy source by 2050

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Technological progress in renewables could revolutionise global energy use. While electricity has so far covered only one fifth of the world's energy needs, green power could actually account for three quarters in the long term if climate policy is consistent.

Axpo is also strongly positioned in the French energy market thanks to its subsidiaries Volkswind and Urbasolar
Balancing power:

Axpo signs wind and solar balancing services contract with SNCF Energie in France

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The contract with a subsidiary of the state-owned passenger and freight transport operator SNCF Voyageurs has further expanded Axpo’s marketing of renewable energies in France.

Building noise barriers with solar panels is a good solution, but it has limitations.
Switzerland:

101 gigawatt hours of solar power from noise barriers possible

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Solar installations on noise barriers along federal roads and railway lines can supply 101 gigawatt hours of electricity every year - according to current technical standards.

Eureka Grove residents will be able to power their home with solar, have backup with battery storage, and charge their vehicle without adding pressure on the grid.
Sustainable housing:

SunPower partners up to create a sustainable housing community in California

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Features in new 72-home community enable residents to weather power outages, save on electricity bills and make electric lifestyle more convenient.

The small solar power plant supplies between 300 and 360 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.
Self-generation:

Solar power from your own balcony

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With the new second-generation Easy Solar Kit from Bosswerk's Self PV brand, all citizens can support the energy transition, even if they only have a small balcony.

Solar and wind are estimated to fall by 80% of today’s costs until 2050.
New report:

Decarbonization: „Look back in anger“

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Rethink Energy released a new report „Look back in anger“, that looks back at the hurdels of decarbonization.

Paul Grunow is Managing Director of the Photovoltaic Institute in Berlin.
My vision:

Paul Grunow of the Photovoltaic Institute: 100 per cent full electricity - in just ten years.

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For the still outstanding heat turnaround, electric heat pumps (currently still five per cent) could be supplemented by a small share of power-to-hydrogen plants. These function like fuel cell CHP units, but additionally use hydrogen electrolysis.

Artificial intelligence (AI) enables more accurate yield and weather forecasts.
Artificial intelligence:

Reap benefits and tackle risks from AI for the power sector

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Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are transforming business operations and processes in the power sector, leading to greater cost savings, increased efficiency and new services. But also risks like data access and data protection have to be tackled.

Jan Andersson is responsible for the market development of Wärtsilä Energy Business in UK and Germany.
Sector coupling:

“COVID-19 gives glimpse into the energy supply system’s future”

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Sector coupling and energy storage are key for the energy transition, Jan Andersson, Market Development Manager at Wärtsilä Energy Business, elaborates in a guest article.

With the Sonniq+ flat rate, customers can buy exactly the annual amount of green electricity they need to achieve complete independence from fossil fuels.

Top products of the week

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An EMS with a green electricity flat rate, a drone for monitoring solar installations from the air, a universal EV charger and a new design software. Here are our top products of the week:

With the Sonniq+ flat rate, customers can buy exactly the annual amount of green electricity they need to achieve complete independence from fossil fuels.
Energy management:

Baywa r.e. launches the EMS Sonniq with a green electricity flat rate

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The wholesaler Baywa r.e. launches the first manufacturer-independent home energy management system (HEMS) Sonniq with its own green electricity flat rate Sonniq+.

Customers with a Sonnenbatterie 10 and a capacity starting from 11 kilowatt hours receive a share of the VPP's profit – guaranteed for ten years.

New SonnenFlat shares proceeds of the power exchange with customers

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With the new Sonnenbatterie 10 and the power contract SonnenFlat, the company for the first time directly shares the earnings of its virtual power plant with its customers.

Being able to run on pure hydrogen, natural gas and a mixture of the two creates greater flexibility.

A cogeneration plant that runs on pure hydrogen

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The company 2G Energy from Heek supplies the innovative hydrogen cogeneration plant to Apex Energy Teterow in Rostock-Laage.

The small CHP systems are used in single-family homes and apartment buildings.

A fuel cell cogeneration unit for the home

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The company Sunfire from Dresden has just presented the first fuel cell with a liquid gas connection.

A single technician can easily set up and maintain the BG 15.

Fuel cell with scalable output

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With their BG-15, Solidpower are presenting the next generation of their fuel cell unit Bluegen. The optimised stack allows the scaling up of the electricity output between .5 and 1.5 kilowatts.

New LCD sensor keys give fast and convenient access to a vast amount of system data.

Phocos’ CXup Series: solar charge controller with LC Display and USB port

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Phocos’ PWM charge controller series is the CXup series with three models from 10 to 40 ampere maximum charge and load current.

The nearly endless scalability of the Power-Blox system allows scalable growth based on increasing energy requirements.

Power Blox 200 series: backup-power to bridge power-cuts

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The Power-Blox 200 series from the Swiss start-up Power Blox is a revolutionary modular energy system producing AC power from 200 watts up to kilowatt range.

Heat created in the generation process will also provide up to 200 liters of hot water each day.

Solid Power presents a combined heat and power generator with fuel cells

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Using the ceramic fuel cells technology, electricity is generated at up to 60 per cent electrical efficiency at the point of use.

Smart Chap is suitable for any home that has existing photovoltaic panels as well as for new installations.

Efficient energy generation and consumption with Smart Chap from Sharp

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Smart Chap gives independence from increasing energy prices – thanks to solar power and innovative battery solutions for maximum self-sufficiency.

The e.manager is also equipped with Smart Home components like Homematic.

PV storage from Q3 Energie with integrated Smart Home component

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The so-called e-manager by German-based Q3 Energie allows power and heat generators to connect with consumers as well as with the electrical storage system Q-Batt.

Smappee gives users the tools to take the next step in the energy transition.

Smappee smart energy monitor now includes electricity, gas and water

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The energy monitor Smappee for electricity consumption observes both private consumers and small and medium-sized businesses. That will now change with its expansion into gas and water.