Utility EnBW cancels large pumped hydro storage project to refocus on batteries
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
Stuttgart-based utility EnBW has cancelled a large pumped hydropower project in the Black Forest opposed by environmentalists, according to a dpa report carried by Stuttgarter Nachrichten. The project in Atdorf with a capacity of 1,400 megawatts and a projected total cost of 1.6 billion euros would require too much preparatory work with uncertain success, the company said. EnBW now wants to set new priorities in storage technologies, for example by cooperating with Bosch on a battery project.
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