in germany, neighborhood solar starts to eat away at utility revenue - storage battery systems

Five years ago, an electric car
The utility think tank issued a terrible warning to its members: your century --
The old business model is coming to an end.
The study said that the ever-decreasing cost of renewable energy generation, especially solar panels, will begin to erode the utility business from the most profitable customers. Now in Germany.
I hardly know how it lasts, the hot sun-
Utilities are beginning to see the impact.
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There, a network of about 20,000 families with solar panels and energy
The battery allows its members to buy and sell excess energy from each other.
In addition, according to a recent report by the Financial Times, they do so at a lower price than the one charged by utilities.
The network is operated by Sonnen, the largest energy manufacturer
European storage package launched in 2010.
According to the Financial Times, at the press conference, the families
Storage battery pack for 25,000 euros ($29,700)—
The cost has since fallen to 5,000 euros ($5,900).
A system like Sonnen is called mini-
The grid is basically small.
Contains power generation and distribution networks within large power systems operated by local utilities.
It is this system that utilities worry about ending their usual practice of large-scale centralized and one-off power generation.
The way is distributed in a complete
Own power grid.
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Grid like Germany
Another was created in Brooklyn, New York.
Allow customers to generate most of their energy and sell any excess energy to their utilities.
The process is called "reverse metering", but it brings utilities with it the power source and two-to have to accommodate thousands of small, unpredictable-
The power flow within the grid has never been designed for this purpose.
In the opinion of utility companies, the final problem is that some of them
Especially in the most sunny or cold areas.
Such systems may lose their best customers.
They are concerned about the fate of landline phone companies for just over 20 years since they launched an affordable and extensive mobile phone.
These phone companies now operate cellular networks, and many are actively working to cut the most sparse and least profitable parts of the network to reduce maintenance costs.
Electricity, if any, is more important to life and health than the ability to call, and power companies know that they have to find a way to adapt to the rapid changes in renewable energy.
View: utilities face distributed renewable energy as solar power soar (Jan 2015)
Some utilities already face the reality that:
Cost of solar concentrator of current scale-
Compete with adding new power generation capabilities from the portfolio
Natural gas plant.
For an industry that has been amortizing capital investments for the past few decades, the rapid decline in renewable energy
Energy costs pose a terrible challenge.
Germany today may be considered a pioneer in renewable energy development.
The country now has some of the highest electricity prices in European countries, mainly to pay for its commitment to eliminate coal from the chemical stone.
From its power generation capacity, it provides fuel for power grids and nuclear power.
German consumers support these goals, but they are far from satisfied with the electricity bill starting at $0 a month. 26 to $0. 33 per kilowatthour—against a U. S.
The national average is about 12 cents per kilowatt hour.
Meanwhile, the Financial Times quoted Jens Heuson, who lives outside Munich, as installing solar panels in his cabin and Sonnen batteries in the basement.
The Financial Times wrote: "Mr Heuson is no longer afraid of his electricity company's monthly correspondence because it now contains a check, not a bill.
"Editor's note: Earlier versions of this article suggest that German residential electricity consumers pay rates close to $0 ". 50 per kilowatt
However, we were told by a German reader that the actual price was $0. 26 to $0. 33.
We have fixed the problem accordingly.
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