COUNTRY FOCUS: GERMANY
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WITH THE E.ON
SOLARCLOUD, WE ENABLE
OUR CUSTOMERS TO
CREATE THEIR OWN PERSONAL
ENERGY WORLD, FREELY AND
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY.
“Smart cities are the wave of the future,”
said Siemens’ CTO, Roland Busch. “By
providing innovative technology, we support
Wunsiedel on the way to digitalisation.”
Speaking about the energy storage system,
Busch noted, “With its wide range of power
generation components, Wunsiedel’s power
supply is a prime example of a decentralised
approach that is linked to the energy
market. Our solutions incorporate renewable
energy sources into the grid, ensure grid
stability and combined with MindSphere,
demonstrate optimisation and savings
potential.” As part of this research network,
the University of Bayreuth will provide
support for a future “field trial lab for energy
of the future.”
At the same time, the ‘House of Future
Energy’ is intended to provide citizens
with information by offering many models
for energy transition technologies and
interactive presentations. “We want to
set things in motion,” Krasser said. “The
future of energy starts here!” For example,
a central monitor displays the live data of
the Wunsiedel distribution grid, including
all relevant energy sources and loads. For
teaching purposes, this data can also be
modified in a simulation in order to explain
the relationships between the renewable
energy sources and the physical needs of
the grid.
“Wunsiedel is therefore more than just a
festival city. It is also an energy city, making
it a municipality on the way to becoming a
smart city,” said Mayor Karl-Willi Beck. The
event also marks the beginning of the biennial
Wunsiedel Energy Days, as Mayor Beck points
out. This event will take place every two years
in Wunsiedel, providing an opportunity to
discuss the latest issues relating to the energy
transition and the results of the WUNsiedler
Weg Energie 2.0 concept.
However, unlike the Siestorage battery
storage system, E.ON has diminished the
need for batteries and has enabled energy
innovation by storing solar power.
E.ON stirs up the solar and photovoltaic
market and is the first company to offer its
customers the option of storing their own
solar power without the usual battery.
From now on, owners of photovoltaic
systems can feed their energy directly into
the E.ON SolarCloud without any limit.
This virtual electricity account can
be accessed not only for the energy
demand at home, but also in other
places. E.ON will be the first to offer
this product innovation on the energy
markets in Germany and in the next
months in Italy.
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