5+ day, 39+ min ago   (116+ words) German grid operators according to Clean Energy Wire last year concluded nearly 2,000 grid connection agreements for battery storage facilities with 54.2 GW of power and 142.4 GWh of capacity. The volume of approved capacity thus shows how quickly battery storage is moving…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (316+ words) The European Commission has approved a German support mechanism for new backup power plants and electricity storage facilities designed to ensure sufficient electricity during periods when wind and solar generation does not cover demand. The first two auctions for long-term…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (378+ words) In Germany, around noon on Sunday, output supplied by renewable sources reached 51.78 GW, according to preliminary data. This was due to favourable conditions for both wind and solar power plants occurring simultaneously. Intraday market prices also responded to this situation,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (309+ words) An amendment to Act No. 165/2012 Coll. on supported energy sources corrects an error under which agricultural entities without exclusively book-entry shares were not eligible for support. Only businesses generating electricity from biogas were exempt. Under the amendment, all agricultural businesses…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) The lower and upper houses of the German parliament have approved future cross-border support for combined heat and power projects. Applicants from neighbouring countries, such as the Czech Republic, will also be able to participate. Following this year's introduction of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1043+ words) Innovator and visionary of modern energy Petr Rokůsek will be the keynote speaker at the November Share Your Energy conference. The founder of Nano Energies spoke to us about how he and his team aim to overcome Czech regulations, start…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) As a result of Storm Herwart last week, the number of hours in which the price of electricity on the Czech day-ahead market was negative this year reached 60. There were only 58 such hours in the whole of last year. Germany…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (556+ words) Last year, solar power plants were newly installed on the roofs of 80 thousand family homes, compared with 33 thousand a year earlier. One of them was the home of Otakar Schön, whose system has now been operating for 14 months. How satisfied…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (316+ words) Natural gas has an irreplaceable role on the path towards making Czech industry greener, especially in sectors where decarbonisation through electrification is difficult, participants heard at an October panel discussion held by the Alliance for an Emission-Free Future. According to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (716+ words) Researchers at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague have been studying for two years how to combine electricity generation with crop cultivation. The results so far show that raspberries grown under agrivoltaics are identical to those grown without panels....