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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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In Germany, the large industrial utility RWE started its own battery unit and is now operating small energy storage sites in Germany and in Arizona. Newer entrants, potential energy powerhouses, are on the rise in Italy, Spain and Denmark. The Tesla Energy plan does have German attention though, of media and energy companies alike.

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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Assess, in co-ordination with all relevant stakeholders, the extent to which the present market arrangements enable the financing of economically viable investments in new flexible gas-fired generation and cost-effective electricity storage. Climate Change Europe Policy Power Generation'

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. Only when we have an efficient method of electricity storage will the electric car/van/bus become a viable proposition.