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BVES: Solar­pa­ket I will have a posi­tive impact on energy sto­rage

The Ger­many’s Energy Sto­rage Sys­tems Asso­cia­tion (BVES) wel­co­mes the Solar­pa­ket I, a policy package aimed to sup­port the PV sec­tor, which was recently pas­sed by the Bun­des­tag and Bun­des­rat.

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29.04.2024

Major adjus­t­ments for energy sto­rage sys­tems were also incor­po­ra­ted at the last minute:

• Obli­ga­tion to tole­rate the pla­ce­ment of cables on public land for elec­tri­city sto­rage sys­tems (§ 11a EEG)

• Eli­mi­na­tion of the exclu­si­vity prin­ci­ple for sto­rage faci­li­ties (§ 19 EEG, § 85d EEG)

• Pri­vi­le­ged grid con­nec­tion for energy sto­rage sys­tems (§ 17 EnWG)

• Sim­pli­fied sys­tem cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in accordance with the BMWK cer­ti­fi­ca­tion package (NELEV/ EAAV) — The VDE/FNN note on imple­men­ta­tion is also of rele­vance here

We expect these mea­su­res to have a posi­tive impact on the use of energy sto­rage sys­tems in Ger­many.

While dis­cus­sions on Solar­pa­ket I were still in pro­gress, the first key points for Solar­pa­ket II were alre­ady announ­ced. Accor­ding to this, sto­rage sys­tems play an indis­pensable role as a fle­xi­bi­lity option in a cli­mate-neu­tral energy sys­tem. We actively encou­rage the intro­duc­tion of a com­pre­hen­sive sto­rage stra­tegy by the BMWK and the swift imple­men­ta­tion of this stra­tegy, as well as the pur­suit of exis­ting efforts from the elec­tri­city sto­rage stra­tegy. It also empha­si­zes the topics of energy sha­ring and energy com­mu­ni­ties, as well as exis­ting chal­lenges with grid con­nec­tion. At this stage, the BVES is actively invol­ved in the dia­lo­gue with the Bun­des­tag and the BMWK.

Read the state­ment on the draft bill of the Solar­pa­kets I here (in Ger­man)

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