Featured in Store for more – 05-2012

The next challenge for solar?

Storage conference: Just how important is energy storage today in light of a future that includes a large proportion of solar and wind power in the energy mix? The answer was discussed in some depth at the first International Summit for Storage of Renewable Energies in March. pv magazine was on hand to report on the technologies, the research required, the business cases today and in the future, along with the challenges ahead.

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pv magazine

07 May 2012

Plans to increase solar and wind installations by 2030 and beyond will result in long-term massive expansion of renewable energy. In Germany alone, penetration will grow from today’s 20 percent to 35 percent by 2020 and 50 percent by 2050. (See Graph ‘Germany: renewables more important’, p.104). The increase in renewables will create a need …

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