Featured in Green leap forward – 02-2012

Canned sunshine

Energy storage systems: Europes leading utilities are investing in new storage capacities to be able to utilize more solar and wind energy, and at the same time cope with the phasing out of feed-in tariffs. An overview of storage technologies that support photovoltaic energy.

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pv magazine

31 Jan 2012

Recently the German energy service provider, Eon announced major investments in its pumped storage hydropower stations at the Edersee in Hesse, Germany, in anticipation of increased deployment of wind and solar power in its network. “Pumped storage power stations can efficiently store surplus energy and are thus an excellent partner for integrating intermittent renewable energy …

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