{"id":314231,"date":"2025-11-23T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=314231"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:34:52","slug":"solar-power-plants-enter-the-balancing-energy-market-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/solar-power-plants-enter-the-balancing-energy-market-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar power plants enter the balancing energy market in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a strategic partnership between the grid operator 50Hertz, the energy flexibility company Entelios AG and the retailer Sunnic Lighthouse, a solar power plant with a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/first-solar-expands-domestic-capacity-with-new-plant-in-south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/first-solar-nueva-planta-en-carolina-del-sur\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar power plant<\/a><\/strong> plant has successfully prequalified for the secondary control power market (aFRR).<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/china-boosts-clean-energy-with-250-mw-solar-aquaculture-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/parque-solar-acuicola-dajin-genera-energia\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photovoltaic park<\/a><\/strong> Schk\u00f6len PV park in Thuringia with <strong>an output of 37 megawatt peak<\/strong> has passed the stringent technical and regulatory requirements to participate in automatic frequency regulation in both positive and negative directions. This allows it to actively contribute to stabilizing the grid, reducing or increasing its power generation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/turbo-generator-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/aplicaciones-de-los-turbogeneradores\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">power generation<\/a><\/strong> according to the needs of the system.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Solar plant responds in five minutes to market regulation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>The initiative has been made possible through a comprehensive approach that includes predictive models based on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/stock-farm-road-boosts-energy-optimization-at-ai-mega-data-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/sfr-y-el-megacentro-de-datos-de-ia\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a><\/strong>advanced measurement technologies and an accurate data management system. This set <strong>allows to meet the requirements of the secondary regulation market<\/strong>, where the response must be activated within five minutes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sunnic Lighthouse, a subsidiary of the international operator ENERPARC AG, has been operating since 2012 and currently <strong>manages more than 4.8 GW of installed capacity<\/strong>. Its role has been key in the direct commercialization of the energy generated. For its part, Entelios AG has brought its expertise in energy flexibility to adjust plant generation to the signals of the power system.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new stage for renewable energies<\/h2>\n\n<p>The chief operating officer of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/50hertz-transmission-gmbh\/posts\/?feedView=all\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/50hertz-transmission-gmbh\/posts\/?feedView=all\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50Hertz<\/a><\/strong>Dr. Dirk Biermann emphasized that the participation of solar installations in the adjustment energy market marks a milestone towards a system dominated by renewables. According to Biermann, with the phasing out of conventional power plants, renewables <strong>must also assume responsibility for ensuring system stability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Other <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/worlds-largest-solar-plant-based-on-circular-economy-opens-in-genk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/instalan-planta-solar-paneles-reciclables\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar power plants in regions such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt<\/a><\/strong> in regions such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt are in the process of pre-qualifying for integration into the aFRR market. This represents a structural change in the way grid balancing is ensured in Germany, and is evidence that renewable <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/operational-efficiency-renewable-energies\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/eficiencia-operativa-de-energias-renovables\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewable energies<\/a><\/strong> can play an active role beyond pure generation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.50hertz.com\/en\/News\/FullarticleNewsof50Hertz\/16461\/renewables-stabilise-the-electricity-grid-solar-farm-successfully-prequalified-for-the-balancing-power-market\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.50hertz.com\/en\/News\/FullarticleNewsof50Hertz\/16461\/renewables-stabilise-the-electricity-grid-solar-farm-successfully-prequalified-for-the-balancing-power-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50Hertz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photo: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solar plant in Germany can adjust its generation in just five minutes to stabilize the power grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":313921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-314231","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=314231"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=314231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}