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French renewables power grid pilot shows limits of batteries in Europe
Source: Planetark, Date: , 2015
A major pilot project by
Europe's largest power network operator to integrate power from rooftop solar
panels into the grid has shown that battery storage of renewable energy is not
yet economically viable in Europe.The conclusion is a sobering one for
proponents of sun and wind energy because as more of it comes on tap, better
storage will be needed to keep the power produced when it is sunny and windy so
it can be used at other times.The 30 million euro "Nice Grid" pilot
is one of the biggest in a European Union-backed "Grid4EU" scheme in
which France's EDF, Italy's Enel, Spain's Iberdrola Czech Republic's CEZ, Sweden's
Vattenfall and Germany's RWE are testing the power grids of tomorrow. In the
Mediterranean village of Carros on the outskirts of Nice, EDF's power grid unit
ERDF has connected compact batteries to solar panels on rooftops and
utility-size batteries to its local power distribution network. The technology
works perfectly but the pilot has shown it is still too expensive for wider
rollout."The economic model of the batteries is not mature yet,"
Philippe Monloubou, chief executive of French grid operator ERDF utility told Reuters.
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