Transmission losses and fluctuations in electric power grids can be reduced when renewable energy is stored locally. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Kraftwerke Haag GmbH, VARTA Storage GmbH and the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE-Bayern) have thus developed a stationary intermediate storage system: the Energy Neighbor. It was taken online today by the Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner, in the Moosham district of Kirchdorf in Upper Bavaria.
In many southern Germany communities roof-mounted solar panels generate more power during peak times than can be locally consumed. ...
