Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 5:51 .
The afternoon session focuses on storage, a critical component of solar systems due to its high cost. The speaker begins by highlighting the efficiency of producing solar electricity, which can be as low as two cents per kilowatt hour in sunny regions like Namibia and below five cents even in less sunny places such as Germany. However, storing this energy significantly raises costs—up to five times more—emphasizing the need for affordable storage solutions. The topic at hand is multi-stage, stand-alone applications—a trend moving electronics from copper and iron towards silicon-based components resulting in fewer coils and transformers but more switches (like MOSFETs) and microprocessors. In research, Thilo's group employs multistage principles primarily for charge controllers managing overcharging, discharging, balancing various modern batteries like sodium-ion batteries that have wide voltage ranges challenging both power source adaptation and load management.
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Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Adelmann
Director
id-eee Institute
Germany
While solar modules are getting cheaper, storage is the key factor that determines the cost of the system. Besides new battery technologies, other forms of storage are available.
Further Talks of this session:
Speaker
Julius Bäurle
Electrical Engineer in System Development
Institute for Decentralized Electrification, Entrepreneurship & Education GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
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Dr. Sylvain Brimaud
Scientist and Team Leader
ZSW (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research)
Germany
Speaker
David Gögelein
PhD Student
Technical University of Ulm
Germany