Position paper: Creating planning security for battery storage systems
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Position paper: Creating planning security for battery storage systems

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Following the completion of the energy transition monitoring, the German government is planning reforms. We have summarized what is important here in a position paper.

The common goal of the storage industry and politicians must now be to establish large-scale batteries as part of the solution for an affordable and sustainable energy transition. This requires the creation of a reliable framework for investment. You can find out which new regulations are important here:

Position paper “Creating planning security for battery storage”:

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