Comments on: Citizens Group Looking to Buy Berlin Grid (to Integrate More Renewable Energy)

By: Netrunner Berlin

Netrunner Berlin — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:05:00 +0000

get more information http://www.buerger-energie-berlin.de

everybody allover is invited to invest in Berlin Energy Grid Project. does’t matter if 1000 USD or 100.000 USD

contact: info@buerger-energie-berlin.de

By: PICS CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 26 June 2012 |

PICS CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 26 June 2012 | — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:48:47 +0000

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By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:45:00 +0000

i haven’t seen any more technical advantages, unfort.

agree with you on the benefits of community energy.

By: JohnInMA

JohnInMA — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:48:00 +0000

I am a big advocate of community energy as the better (best?) way to address renewable energy generation. It obviously works in fully industrialized regions as noted by the small German communities. Equally, it has great value to lesser developed regions where a lower portion of the population has access to reliable electricity. Utility scale projects and purely distributed, single dwelling projects have other challenges/risks that can be overcome given the nature of a small shared program like these.

I had read about the Feldheim case sometime after the Fukushima accident when groups became more interested in such a program. However, finding a concise source of information and especially analysis for both programs is a challenge (Feldheim and Schönau). For example, I wonder if there were any incentives beyond FITs involved and how much a factor or contributor biomass is in either case. It would seem a biomass plant(s) would be key to meeting variable demand, but it would also seem demand is less variable, or at least more predictable over short and medium time frames. Are you aware of any more technical analysis? Most of what I have encountered has been journalistic and somewhat anecdotal.