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The road to decentralization

Energy transition: Germany continues to be a leading market for installed PV capacity, and the market for domestic storage systems is booming. This raises the question of just how distributed the energy world of tomorrow will be. The debate over this question is a conflict that holds lessons for other countries as well.

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Michael Fuhs

25 Feb 2016

The market for the most decentralized element of the energy supply is on the verge of a boom in Germany. “Nearly all of the PV systems we build now include battery storage,” reports Dietmar Meyer, whose small business, Solmey, installed around 30 of these residential systems last year, 50% more than the previous year. Official …

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