Network operators call for slowing Germany's grid battery boom
A boom in large-scale battery storage systems is pushing Germany's power grid operators to their limits, with some calling on lawmakers to intervene to "stem the flood" of grid connection applications, reports newspaperHandelsblatt. The "number of connection requests for large-scale battery storage far exceeds realistic demand and available grid capacity," Tim Meyerjürgens, head of transmission system operator TenneT Germany, told the business daily.
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