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News Digest Item
09 Feb 2017

ā€œStorages need fair competitionā€

German Association of Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę and Water Industries (BDEW)

Regulatory hurdles hamper flexible energy storage systems from contributing to their full potential to the success of Germany’s energy transition, Stefan Kapferer, head of utilities lobby BDEW, said in a press release. ā€œIt’s time energy storages received a legal and regulatory classification that reflects their importance and allows for a fair competition,ā€ Kapferer said. Classifying storages as ā€œend usersā€ and demanding grid fees both for charging and discharging the systems was a ā€œdouble burden that is put on no other technologyā€, Kapferer explained. Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę storages in other European countries did not have to put up with this kind of liability, leading to distorted competition on the continent, he added.

Read the press release in German .

For background on storage solutions, read the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę dossier New technologies for the Energiewende.

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