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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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The direct current generated from sunlight can be used directly in production or temporarily stored in industrial energy storage systems to compensate for the volatile availability of renewable energies. This ensures a reliable power supply even in fluctuating grids.

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

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This is necessary because power generation from renewable energies depends on availability of sun and wind and can therefore only be controlled to a limited extent. For this reason, network operators utilize so-called electricity balancing to ensure that the power grid remains stable, despite increasing integration of renewable energies.

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

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French construction company Bouygues Immobilier is working on an office in Meudon, western Paris, which uses 4,000 square metres of solar panels to meet not only its own energy needs but also to export surplus energy back to the power grid. Renewable is the energy equations equalizer for the non Muslim world. — Bada Bing 9.

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