Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

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Germany has seen a sharp increase in solar grid-connection issues and many distribution network operators are reaching their limits. Regulators are yet to approve shared connections for solar and wind projects so planners must lay new lines and install transformers themselves.

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Sandra Enkhardt

10 Jun 2024

Allowing batteries to provide various services to the grid has made Germany an attractive market for energy storage developers. | Photo: Kyon Energy

PV Think Tank has reported that solar grid-connection requests rose 240% in 2023, a year that brought Germany around 15 GW of new solar. From 2026, the annual PV installation figure is expected to hit 22 GW.“Requests for grid connection are coming up against ever tighter operator capacities, partly because the current processes are inefficient, …

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