Tag
Stromspeicher
2026
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The supply chains for batteries/BESS 🔋
The article warns of a possible accumulation of several crisis developments in winter 2026/27. The decisive date, it argues, is 10 November 2026.
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Storage requirements and Dunkelflaute in the power grid
Fluctuating renewables present the power grid with new challenges.
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5-point plan for radical EEG reform
The 5-point plan for reforming Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) by Hans-Josef Fell (Energy Watch Group) confirms demands for decentralised energy supply … which have been known for decades.
2025
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Europe is falling behind – and why it hurts
Europe clings to expensive fossil structures while China races ahead with free solar energy, AI and dark factories. A personal wake-up call.
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Lithium-ion batteries (Li-ion): the true cost
Li-ion batteries cost more and deliver less. WEST shows why safe, sustainable energy storage is the better solution.
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Feldheim: how a small village leads the energy transition
Feldheim is energy self-sufficient: a village shows how citizens shape the energy transition themselves – sustainably, affordably and together.
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Plus-energy house – blackout-proof thanks to sunflowers
Blackout-proof plus-energy house in Maria Ponsee: PV, power storage & vegetable-oil emergency power secure a sustainable energy supply.
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Stockerau Solar Meetup – Review April
The Stockerau Solar Meetup, initiated some time ago by Wolfgang Löser, held at the Kaiserrast Stockerau on 2 April 2025, was once again a top-class event with well over 65 excellent visitors and an enormous exchange of knowledge.
2024
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WEST Supercap Power Storage
European premiere: WEST power storage made of graphene-coated supercapacitors offers clear advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries.
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Metal-free battery cells from Sakuu
Sakuu has developed a new type of cell for metal-free batteries with numerous advantages. Licensed production is planned.
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Electricity is not enough for heating in cold winters
Covering the additional electricity demand is hardly possible, the necessary storage is extremely expensive, and distribution grids and transformers would have to be renewed.
2023
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Electric cars: how often do they really catch fire?!
For every billion kilometres driven, statistically 90 combustion-engine cars and 3 electric cars catch fire. Here is an official report from practice on how "dangerous" the batteries in electric cars really are.
2022
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Gigantic development in battery technology
1,000 km WLTP range, 700 km recharged in 10 minutes – with completely different, sustainable, unproblematic raw materials.