1.4 GW power, 6 GWh capacity: Emmerthal energy cluster to exceed Grohnde NPP output, located on major power lines.

In 2021, the Grohnde nuclear power plant in Lower Saxony on the Weser River was shut down. Now, immediately next to it, the Emmerthal energy cluster is growing with three very large battery storage systems, ground-mounted photovoltaic systems, and a new substation for several 380-kilovolt high-voltage lines.

  • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Personally, for long term storage, I’m more a fan of simple solutions because they scale better, such as using the excess electricity to pump water up a hill, then using generators in the winter to convert it back to electricity (pumped storage).

      • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        Not sure if that’s a problem though, the German power grid is connected to many European countries including France, Switzerland and Austria.

    • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      Heat storage is much simpler and cheaper than electricity storage.

      Both are needed, but storing electricity when all you need is heat is overkill, and unnecessary expensive.

    • Kjell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      I think the pumped storage is more used when there is an excess of electricty, for example when wind power plants produces large amount of electricity and the prices goes toward zero, or sometime negative.