14. August 2015 / / Comments Off on E.on is also building a battery storage system 
On August 12th 2015 E.on has started officially with the construction of a modular battery storage system M5BAT on the campus of the university RWTH in Aachen, Germany. These types of storage systems are going to be an important element of the increase of renewable energies, because they are able to support the grid stability.
10. August 2015 / / Comments Off on Photovoltaic tender with mixed results 
In the first tender for open field photovoltaic which has ended on April 15th, 2015 the average supply feed-in tariff was 9.17 cent per kilowatt hour (kWh) and therefore higher than the actual fixed feed-in tariff of 9.02 cent/kWh.
7. August 2015 / / Comments Off on Swarm battery storage prequalified for primary energy regulation 
On 20th July 2015 a group of small home storage systems for solar energy have been prequalified by TenneT TSO GmbH in coordination with all 4 German TSO to support the primary energy regulation for the grid stability. 65 energy storage systems (ESS) of the pilot project SWARM are therefore allowed to be part of the grid stability network in Germany.
5. August 2015 / / Comments Off on Heat wave in Shanghai leads to record peak demand 
Since two weeks the high temperatures in finance center of Shanghai have increased the electricity demand due to air conditioning.
3. August 2015 / / Comments Off on Chinese coal imports declined this year by 38 %, worldwide pressure on prices 
Data from the national statistical bureau showed China imported 99.84 million tonnes of coal in the first half of the year, falling 37.67% on a year basis, mainly due to faltering demand.
31. July 2015 / / Comments Off on Electric storage has a common principle: conversion, storage and reconversion Finding business models in different segments or technologies is not that easy. Using storage capacities in the electricity market seems to be a very attractive business, because the electricity production will be much more volatile in the future due to unplannable renewable production such as wind and solar energy. This fluctuating electricity feed will make a natural symbiosis with storage systems.
30. July 2015 / / Comments Off on CHP price index hits 10 years low 
The CHP price index at the EEX describes the income situation of CHP power plants with a base load production and has seen it´s 10 year low in the last quarter.
24. July 2015 / / Comments Off on France decides for an energy transition 
The French national assembly has voted for an energy transition law. With this law, a road map for the reduction of nuclear energy production as well as the increase the share of renewable energy until 2030 has been specified.
