October 10, 2024 09:25 GMT
POWER: Germany’s Large Battery Storage Set for 5x Growth by 2026
POWER
The German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) forecasts large battery storage (minimum of 1MW) capacity to reach around 7GWh by 2026 – about a fivefold growth in capacity from current levels, it said, cited by PV Magazine.
- Current capacity includes 1.8GWh of large-scale storage, 13GWh of residential PV storage and 1.1GWh of Commercial battery storage.
- Additionally, BSW calls for the removal of barriers to storage installation and operation, reduction of disproportionate construction costs, uniform legal regulations as well as others.
- The forecast is based on plants that have been registered and announcements made in the media.
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