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BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

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The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. Source: neon.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. In our wisdom we decides to rely on the open market to solve supply issues and reduced our gas reserves from around 40% of annual consumption to less than 2%. Nuclear 15%. Biomass 5%. See [link]. Who is in charge?

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ?

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