In 2021, the Grohnde nuclear power plant in Lower Saxony on the Weser River was shut down. Now, immediately next to it, the Emmerthal energy cluster is growing with three very large battery storage systems, ground-mounted photovoltaic systems, and a new substation for several 380-kilovolt high-voltage lines.
Markt regelt! The market regulates itself. Please touch more of that you oh so mighty invisible Hand of the market!
You wish… I recently heard in Germany there was more than a full day worth of electricity usage applied for in battery storage but doesn’t get permitted. All the while the federal government pushes subsidised gas plants.
Regulation is killing the country. Not so much the regulation itself (as there’s a lot of good and necessary regulation), but the aquiration and approval processes can take forever - slowing down projects to a crawl.
Its a toxic mix of complexity and slowness, which costs a lot of money and repels investment.