A "Non-Constitutional Regulation" Could Power in Austria...
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The criticism of the recent decisions of the E-Control is increasing. The authority prevents a battery boom that could make energy cheaper, warns the industry and calls for adjustments.
The wind power and photovoltaic lobby sharply criticizes the grid cost regulation. It sees it as a massive brake for the expansion of battery storage systems.
VIENNA. Under the current conditions, "not even a gigawatt" could be built on necessary battery storage systems, it says.
The representatives of the wind power and photovoltaic industries continue to storm against the new grid cost regulation of the E-Control. From the point of view of the representatives, the authority thus prevents the necessary battery storage expansion in Austria, although the legislator in the new Electricity Business Act (ElWG) wanted to equate battery storage with pumped storage power plants by also exempting them from grid costs for 20 year…
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