International Renewable Energy Storage Web Summit – IRES 2020

Special times require special measures. As organizers of the annual IRES conference, we were obliged to think of a new concept to keep all our participants safe and sound while creating a space for scientific exchange and discussion. Therefore, for the first time in its history, the traditional International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) took place online as a web summit. Nearly 50 scientists from all over the world presented their latest research results on the storage of renewable energies. This event also marked EUROSOLARs preparations for its next twin conference: the IRES 2021 in partnership with Energy Storage Europe at Messe Düsseldorf, 16-18 March 2021.

EUROSOLAR: Digitalisierung der Energiewende unabhängig und dezentral gestalten

Bonn, 15. September 2020 – Um die vielfältigen Herausforderungen der Energiewende zu lösen, spielt die Digitalisierung eine Schlüsselrolle. Je nachdem, welchen Pfad wir jetzt einschlagen, können wir Autonomie und Selbststeuerung der Menschen erhöhen oder aber reduzieren. Denn Technologie an und für sich ist neutral und leidenschaftslos. Dezentral eingesetzt, kann sie kostengünstig sein und uns unabhängig von Energieversorgern machen.

Germany as world market leader in hydrogen?

Article by Claus P. Baumeister
The almost childlike joy of the German Minister of Economics, Peter Altmaier, was not difficult to see for himself at the press conference on June 10. At last he has his beloved hydrogen project home and dry, designed to catapult Germany to the world market leader in the hydrogen economy - Germany great again? Unfortunately, nobody really has explained to him that hydrogen (H2) is not a primary energy carrier, but has to be produced in an energy-intensive way and, if necessary, converted back into electricity or processed further (Power2X).

Tenant flows: Towards a citizen-driven energy transition

Article by Timon Gremmels, MP and Loïc Geipel, published in Solarzeitalter 1-2020
The German government's climate package is intended to finally revive the energy turnaround in Germany. But to achieve the climate targets, far-reaching measures are needed to give new impetus to the sluggish expansion of renewable energies. Tenant power has the potential to become the future driver of the energy turnaround.