News Digest Item
13 Feb 2017

German states ask government to push development of power storage technologies

pv magazine

Germany’s regional governments believe the country should give higher priority to the development of power storage technology, according to a resolution by the council of federal state governments (the Bundesrat), reports pv magazine. The states are calling on the government to develop a strategy both for large and smaller decentralised storage facilities. A Bundesrat resolution does not have any binding character, and the government can decide whether to act on it or not.

Read the article in German here.

Find background in the CLEW dossier New technologies for the Energiewende and the factsheet How can Germany keep the lights on in a renewable energy future?

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