Oil & gas company Shell buys German battery storage firm Sonnen
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Oil and gas giant Shell is buying German home battery storage company Sonnen, turning the pioneer into a wholly owned subsidiary once regulatory authorities have approved the deal, . 鈥淭ogether, we can accelerate the building of a customer-focussed energy system in support of Shell鈥檚 strategy to offer more and cleaner energy solutions to customers,鈥 Mark Gainsborough, Executive Vice President New Energies at Shell, said in the release. Sonnen founder Christoph Ostermann said Shell would help the company grow in a market that is expanding rapidly.
The start-up Sonnen, founded only in 2010, has been one of the driving forces behind the budding home storage boom in Germany. Shell in turn has started like other fossil fuel companies to broaden its business model in the energy transition e.g to fluctuating renewables but also areas. Media have reported that the British-Dutch oil company has also expressed interest in buying聽, owner of Germany鈥檚 largest green power provider Lichtblick.