“EEG blocks mixed operator models for storage devices”
Photovoltaik
The new Renewable Energy 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.
Read the article in German here.
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