Gas makes a comeback / Better solar forecasts
Energytransition.de
鈥淕as makes a (small) comeback in Germany鈥�
There are signs that gas turbines have become profitable again in Germany, even though they continue to produce very little power, Craig Morris reports听on energytransition.de. Gas power plants are considered a better compliment to wind and solar power than coal or nuclear, but were pushed out of the market by cheaper coal and low carbon emissions prices. 鈥淭he low gas price is making natural gas profitable even at a very low number of operating hours,鈥� writes Morris. 鈥淚n all likelihood, the situation will not change for gas turbines fundamentally until the last six of the remaining eight nuclear plants are shut down in 2021/2022.鈥� According to Morris, the question is whether Germany鈥檚 gas turbine fleet can remain in business until then.
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Bloomberg
鈥淏illionaire neighbours embrace dirty fuel shunned by Germany鈥�
Three competing Czech investors want to tap Germany鈥檚 shift to clean energy by buying some of the country鈥檚 dirtiest lignite plants from Swedish utility Vattenfall, report Ladka Mortkowitz Bauerova, Marek Strzelecki and Tino Andresen for Bloomberg. 鈥淭he Czech trio, adept at squeezing profits from the cheapest and dirtiest coal, may sense a bargain as the Swedish government, Vattenfall鈥檚 only shareholder, pressures the utility to exit the business,鈥� write the authors. 鈥淭hey are also betting that Germany鈥檚 need for lignite to guarantee energy security for years to come will eclipse concerns over emissions.鈥�
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Find a 威力彩玩法 factsheet on what Vattenfall wants to sell and who wants to buy here.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / dpa
鈥淥pel announces new electric car鈥�
German carmaker Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors, will offer a new pure electric vehicle in Europe next year. GM CEO Mary Barra said during a visit to Germany the 鈥淎mpera-e鈥� will have a larger range than most other e-cars and will be comparatively cheap, according to a report in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. GM has also announced the model in the US for next year, under the name Chevrolet Bolt. It said the Bolt will have a range of around 320 kilometres and will cost around 30,000 dollars, including subsidies.
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SWR
鈥淭hat was only the beginning鈥�
Germany has made good headway with its Energiewende, but that's just the beginning, writes Werner Eckert in a commentary for public broadcaster SWR. 鈥淭he real transition still lies ahead,鈥� according to Eckert. 鈥淭he task ahead is often underestimated. An Energiewende is more than a power transition. We haven鈥檛 even started in earnest with heat and mobility.鈥� He says both sectors will have to be electrified, increasing the need for clean electricity, and also efficiency. He says the government had pushed the brakes on renewable development too early. 鈥淵es, the Energiewende came off with a good start. But we can only say 鈥榃e did it鈥� once we鈥檙e independent of coal, oil, and gas.鈥�
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鈥淭enneT collaborates with SMA for better solar power feed-in predictions鈥�
Grid operator TenneT and solar inverter producer SMA have agreed to cooperate in order to improve forecasts for the output of pv arrays. TenneT will use data provided by SMA inverters to improve the integration of a rising share of solar power into the grid, according to a press release. 鈥淭he cooperation is an important milestone in the digitalisatoin of the energy market,鈥� according to TenneT.
A solar inverter converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a PV system into an AC current that can be fed into the grid.
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