Town in Germany Uses 100% Renewable Energy for an Hour as It Disconnects from Grid

Last weekend, Bordesholm became the first ever town in Germany to be disconnected from the utility grid and supplied exclusively with #renewableenergy for an hour https://t.co/WByPSyHfRq ^sh#battery #storage pic.twitter.com/1VygxUEw7I

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The battery system assists to stabilize power supply and integrate renewable energy, but of course, it also provides a reduction in carbon emissions.  Moreover, it was designed to be a part of an "independent local grid" with complete islanding capabilities. This design comes in handy when power outages occur, as well as helping to fire up the local grid into operation. 

"This successful trial is an important milestone in the energy transition," said Boris Wolff Executive Vice President Business Unit Large-Scale and Storage Solutions at SMA.

"It demonstrated that renewable energies can supply power without impacting system stability. In fact, our Sunny Central Storage battery inverters and SMA Hybrid Controller supply the island grid with even greater stability and power quality than the utility grid," continued Wolff.

The first ?? city went in a test off grid to prove their ability by using a large ?to supply 100% renewable energy.

150 of those 15 MWh (48k Li-Io ?) capacity ? would allow all of Germany & 5 other countries to go off grid.

Starting a Micro-Grid ?https://t.co/ttnv8PKyS5

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The fact that no one noticed the switch from the power grid to renewable energy and back was a feat in itself.

Local energy supplier, Versorgungsbetriebe Bordesholm (VBB) utility managing director Frank Gunther said that the trial was an "impressive demonstration of how it is already possible and economically profitable to systematically expand renewables along with the required storage capacities without endangering supply reliability whatsoever."

It's a fantastic display as it shows renewable energies could be used to provide energy to entire towns at a time.

"The disconnection, the island grid operation, and the re-synchronization with the utility grid went without a hitch. The storage system supplied the town’s entire electricity demand which could thus be supplied exclusively from renewable energies," said SMA system development engineer Paul Robert Stankat.