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News Digest Item
13 Jul 2016

ā€œEEG blocks mixed operator models for storage devicesā€

Photovoltaik

The new Renewable Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę Act (EEG) is disadvantaging operators of flexible power storage devices that can switch between supplying power to the grid and self-consumption, Photovoltaik magazine reports. Operators of such batteries must pay the renewables surcharge even on power they use for their own purposes. The German association for power storage (BVES) says this will keep such flexible operator models from being economically viable in the long-term.

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