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More revenue for storage system owners

Battery business models: until now, domestic power storage systems have been a way to increase self-sufficiency and provide backup in case of power outage. Storage providers in Germany are now using small batteries to market reserve power. Their models can even finance flat rates for electricity.

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Michael Fuhs

06 Feb 2017

Until now, the rationales for using storage systems have been to increase consumption at the point of generation or to heighten self-sufficiency, depending on how you look at it. The idea that the storage system could be used to provide services to the grid, or even as a way of marketing operating reserve power has …

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