The new Berching-Altmannsdorf solar park will feed solar power into the grid of the Berching community wind farm. As with the wind farm, the citizens are once again involved.
The climate change and the recent global energy crises underscore the urgent need to restructure the energy industry. The demand for green electricity is growing in line with the energy transition, as industrial processes, heat generation and transportation are increasingly being electrified. To achieve both key objectives of attaining climate protection goals and becoming independent of fossil fuel imports, the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption needs to increase drastically across the globe.
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) have presented current calculations on electricity consumption in Germany. Here are the parts:
The energy supplier intends to further promote the expansion of renewable energies in Switzerland and abroad. After ten years of development work, Axpo is now transferring its wind and solar business into two separate divisions.
A failure of satellite communication with wind turbines in Germany due to a cyber attack has demonstrated the stability of a decentrally organised electricity system. The plants then simply switch to autonomous control.
The innovative project Green H2-Hub Haren in the Emsland region in northern Germany uses H-Tec Systems electrolysers for sector integration.
Secure total supply with solar and wind power plants is realistic and possible. When expanding, however, the plants should be installed close to the consumers. This increases acceptance and lowers costs.
Planning permission has been granted to build a test facility in County Mayo, Ireland. RWE’s demonstration site will test a new airborne wind energy system, developed by partner Ampyx Power.
To enable the long-term 100% green power supply on an industrial scale, Statkraft will supply further wind power and solar power to Daimler in the form of PPAs.
Scottish Power Renewables, Iberdrola's subsidiary in the UK, has awarded Ingeteam the contract for the supply of the company's biggest ever lithium-ion battery storage system. The project will provide back-up for the UK's biggest on-shore wind farm at Whitelee near Glasgow. Its storage capacity will be 50 million Watt-hours, equivalent to the average hourly power consumption of 150,000 homes.
