Strom: Merit Order abschaffen, chinesischen Strommarkt kopieren - Dirk Specht | Geladen Podcast

Many aspects of the energy transition need to be radically rethought if we want to make progress. Large-scale batteries, gas-fired power plants, and the electricity market – Dirk Specht (supervisory board member and entrepreneur in the digital and energy sectors) analyzes how the energy transition could gain momentum. The Large-Scale Battery Boom – The Underestimated Revolution Large-scale battery storage systems are experiencing an unprecedented boom worldwide: California, Texas, South Australia, China, and India are expanding storage capacity faster than photovoltaics. 👉 Why Germany is lagging far behind 👉 How battery storage is becoming systemically important for grid stability 👉 Why storage is the real game-changer of the energy transition Competition: Large-Scale Batteries vs. Gas-Fired Power Plants A global competition for the best reserve technology. 🔹 Gas-fired power plants are rapidly losing profitability 🔹 Banks are hardly financing new power plants anymore 🔹 Storage facilities are becoming increasingly affordable and efficient The German electricity market – a system at its limit The merit order principle currently determines electricity prices – but is this model still up-to-date? ✔ Why this system creates massive perverse incentives today ✔ Why subsidies and guarantees distort the market ✔ Why genuine market transparency has long been lost Is grid expansion too expensive? • Why underinvestment is more dangerous than overinvestment • What role depreciation rules play • Why grid infrastructure has an impact for over 100 years • Why billions of euros are actually very relative In the Geladen podcast, Daniel Messling and Patrick von Rosen and their guests engage in scientific discussions on the topics of energy transition, electromobility, electric cars, and battery research. This podcast is produced for the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). • Why underinvestment is more dangerous than overinvestment • What role depreciation rules play • Why grid infrastructure has an impact for over 100 years • Why billions of euros are actually very relative In the Geladen podcast, Daniel Messling and Patrick von Rosen and their guests explore the topics of energy transition, electromobility, electric cars, and battery research from a scientific perspective. This podcast is produced for the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). 🤩 Become an advertising partner of Geladen now! 🚀 Start a collaboration: [email protected] LinkedIn:   / geladen-der-batteriepodcast   Instagram:   / geladenpodcast   Links: https://linktr.ee/geladen