EnergiespeicherPLUS - Berlin funding programme for electricity storage goes online
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The aim of the EnergiespeicherPLUS programme is to drive forward the expansion of photovoltaics in Berlin and to increase the share of renewable energies in electricity consumption, even in times of low sun and low wind. This benefits climate protection, as CO 2 -emissions can be avoided. The Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme provides subsidies for the investment costs of electricity storage systems if a photovoltaic system is installed at the same time. The
IBB Business Team GmbH implements the program. Since 1 January 2020, an electronic application for funding can now be submitted quickly and easily to the IBB Business Team GmbH under www.energiespeicherplus.de be put.
Energy Senator Ramona PopEvery Berliner can make a contribution to the energy transition in our capital city. We support this with our Energy Storage PLUS funding programme. I am pleased about the great interest. Since October, over 200 preliminary applications have already been submitted. Every new photovoltaic system helps us get one step closer to our goal of becoming climate neutral."
We subsidise the purchase and commissioning of solar energy storage systems of up to 15,000 euros. If the storage system has a forecast-based operating strategy, a bonus of 300 euros is added. The prerequisite for a subsidy is that a photovoltaic system is purchased and commissioned at the same time as the storage system. The subsidy can be combined with other funding, e.g. from the Funding programme for business-oriented electromobility or from the green roof funding programme, can be combined. All owners of buildings in Berlin can apply for the funding.
3.1.2020 | Source: Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Operations
At the "Good Climate in Neighbourhoods" conference week, 250 experts from all over Germany discussed issues relating to sustainable and climate-friendly neighbourhood development. The seven conferences in September 2016 provided important insights, many new ideas and innovative concepts for transformation processes in neighbourhoods. This book presents the contributions and results on the topics of energy supply in times of energy transition, new construction, energy-efficient refurbishment, mobility and identity, supplemented by expert interviews, checklists and a glossary to create a compact reference work. Both planning and conservation aspects of sustainable and climate-friendly neighbourhood development are highlighted. There is a consensus that climate protection must begin in the neighbourhood.
With the successful implementation of the state program "Area-wide Safety Charging Network for Electric Vehicles" (SAFE), Baden-Württemberg is the first state to have an area-wide charging network for electric cars in a 10-kilometer grid. The SAFE charging network consists of more than 450 charging stations.
While the construction of public charging infrastructure for electric cars is still being discussed elsewhere, Baden-Württemberg has built up a comprehensive charging network in recent months. A reliable charging infrastructure with more than 450 charging points now covers the entire state in a 10-kilometre grid. A consortium of 77 municipal utilities and suppliers as well as three municipalities had joined forces under the leadership of EnBW and successfully implemented the state programme "Area-wide Safety Charging Network for Electric Vehicles" (SAFE). The final event was held today (04.11.2019) in Stuttgart to take stock.
Electromobility is not only suitable for the big city!
"I am extremely pleased that we have taken electric mobility in Baden-Württemberg an important step forward with the SAFE project. Because with the nationwide expansion of the charging infrastructure, we are showing: Electromobility is not only suitable for the big city! I was able to see this for myself during my charging stop in Bad Urach today. SAFE, which was realised within the framework of Baden-Württemberg's strategy dialogue on the automotive industry, thus illustrates that electric mobility in the state is not only a clean and efficient, but also a reliable form of mobility," said Minister President Kretschmann. A consortium led by EnBW had been awarded the contract for the project in May 2018. "The parties involved have managed to set up a nationwide network of charging stations in one and a half years. I would like to thank EnBW as the project leader and its many project partners for this remarkable achievement. Together we are showing that we are pushing ahead: We are stepping on the gas and advancing electromobility in Baden-Württemberg step by step," Kretschmann continued.
Transport Minister Winfried Hermann explained: "E-charging must be as safe as it is simple. Above all, the charging points must work. With the nationwide SAFE charging network, we are creating the basis for the electrification of passenger car traffic in cities and rural areas. In this way, we are facilitating the switch to climate-friendly e-mobility."
81 Partner on behalf of the State of Baden-Württemberg
The SAFE charging network consists of more than 450 charging stations and will be operated by the project partners for at least six years. More than 250 already existing normal charging stations and more than 60 fast charging stations could be included in the network. But the consortium also built around 40 new fast charging stations and 88 normal charging stations. In addition, twelve existing charging stations were upgraded.
"This is how the mobility revolution must be managed," says EnBW CEO Dr. Frank Mastiaux, summing up the cooperation in the project. "With clout and teamwork, 81 partners have built up a powerful and reliable charging network within just 18 months. Complex infrastructure projects not only need a reliable framework, but also a planned and coordinated interaction between different players. SAFE is an example of how this can be achieved: through a high level of prioritisation by each project partner on site, as well as with the state of Baden-Württemberg as the key driver and funding provider."
The central requirement of the SAFE programme was: In a grid of ten by ten kilometres, there is at least one charging station with 22 kilowatts of power. In a second grid of 20 by 20 kilometres, there is also at least one fast charging station with 50 kilowatts of power. SAFE thus provides an area-wide charging network for drivers of electric cars: On average, there is a charging station every ten kilometres throughout the province - even in rural areas. All e-car drivers have easy access to the SAFE charging stations via the connected electromobility providers.
Starting signal for the further expansion of the charging infrastructure
SAFE has laid another foundation stone for the expansion of the charging infrastructure in Baden-Württemberg. In order to drive this forward, the Charging Infrastructure Network BW will bundle the exchange in the state even more strongly. Current challenges will be discussed and solutions developed via this open platform. The state agency for new mobility solutions and automotive Baden-Württemberg e-mobil BW GmbH is coordinating the new network, in which the experiences and findings of SAFE will be taken up and continued. In addition to its own commitment to the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure, EnBW will also remain closely associated with the new network as a partner. The state of Baden-Württemberg is thus directly taking the next step to prepare the charging infrastructure in the southwest of the republic for the ramp-up of e-cars. To this end, it had also launched the Charge@BW funding programme for non-public charging points launched.
On the SAFE website you will also find a Map overview of all SAFE charging stations between Wertheim in the north and Constance in the south, and Kehl in the west and Giengen an der Brenz in the east of Baden-Württemberg.
High costs due to failure to protect the environment - Federal Environment Agency presents updated cost rates
Too many greenhouse gases, air pollutants and other environmental burdens damage our health, destroy ecosystems and cause animals and plants to die out. They also lead to economic losses through, for example, production stoppages, crop losses or damage to buildings and infrastructure. For many of these damages, there are established scientific methods for expressing them in monetary terms. In its recently published Methodological Convention 3.0, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has updated its recommendations for determining such damages and recalculated the costs of environmental pollution. According to this, for example, the emission of one ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) causes damages of around 180 euros. Converted to Germany's greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, this corresponds to total costs of around 164 billion euros. Maria Krautzberger, President of the Federal Environment Agency: "Measures for environmental and climate protection save us and future generations many billions of euros through reduced environmental and health damage. We should not forget this when discussing air pollution control or the coal phase-out."
In the "Methodological Convention 3.0 for Determining Environmental Costs", numerous parameters were used to calculate the costs of environmental pollution. These include the cost of restoring damaged buildings and infrastructure, the market value of crop losses and lost production, and the amount people would be willing to pay to avoid damage to their health. The "Methodological Convention 3.0" helps to make the damage caused by environmental pollution clear and to compare it with the costs of environmental protection.
The cost rates of the "Methodological Convention 3.0" can be used, among other things, to determine the costs incurred by environmental pollution in the generation of electricity and heat or in passenger and freight transport. For example, one kilowatt hour (kWh) of lignite-based electricity causes environmental damage costs of 20.81 cents on average. Accordingly, the lignite-based electricity generated in Germany in 2016 resulted in environmental damage costs of €31.2 billion. By comparison, one kilowatt-hour of electricity from wind power only leads to environmental damage of 0.28 cents.
The emission of one tonne of particulate matter (PM2.5) in traffic causes average environmental damage of 59,700 euros, the emission of one tonne of nitrogen oxides (NOx) 15,000 euros. Extrapolated to the total emissions of traffic in Germany in 2016, this results in environmental damage of 1.49 billion euros for particulate matter and 7.29 billion euros for nitrogen oxides per year.
Maria Krautzberger: "These examples show the huge scale of the damage caused by environmental pollution in Germany every year. Even if they are not immediately reflected as a financial burden, for example in the public budget: this damage is real and causes enormous economic costs."
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