Over the past months, Germany saw widespread negative electricity prices due to high solar PV output and low demand during midday hours. The bne industry association calls the situation avoidable and urges accelerated storage deployment, smarter EV charging, faster smart-meter rollout, and more flexible grid and market integration to better absorb renewable surpluses.

Je schöner das Wetter, desto absurder der Strommarkt: In Deutschland fallen die Preise für Solarstrom inzwischen regelmäßig ins Minus – und das kostet Millionen.

Over the past months, Germany saw widespread negative electricity prices due to high solar PV output and low demand during midday hours. The bne industry association calls the…