sonnen incrementa ulteriormente la produzione di sistemi di accumulo intelligenti in Baviera
Per soddisfare la sempre più crescente domanda di sistemi di accumulo intelligenti "Made in Germany" per il settore residenziale, sonnen ha deciso di estendere la capacità produttiva del proprio headquarter di Wildpoldsried. Considerando, inoltre, che le sonnenBatterie non sono solo sistemi di accumulo intelligenti, ma possono anche essere interconnesse in centrali elettriche virtuali, lo sviluppo di questa tecnologia di fondamentale rilevanza assicura importanti competenze tecnologiche al polo industriale tedesco.
Grazie al potenziamento della produzione, sonnen sarà in grado di raddoppiare l’attuale capacità produttiva raggiungendo così molto prima del previsto il target di 120.000 sistemi di accumulo all'anno prodotti nel proprio quartier generale di Wildpoldsried.
Secondo l'associazione tedesca di settore BSW Solar, nel 2022 in Germania sono stati installati 214.000 nuovi sistemi di accumulo domestici e, in linea con questa tendenza e per far fronte all’aumento esponenziale e costante della domanda di sonnenBatterie intelligenti e interconnesse, in totale, dall'inizio del 2022 sonnen ha incrementato il suo organico da circa 800 a 1.500 dipendenti, dei quali 450 a Wildpoldsried. Oltre ad ampliare la produzione, l'azienda ha inaugurato anche un nuovo centro di formazione e ha potenziato le proprie capacità di sviluppo in loco. In questo modo il quartier generale sonnen nel comune di Wildpoldsried è diventato uno dei maggiori centri per la produzione di sistemi di accumulo in Europa.
"Lo scorso anno abbiamo registrato un aumento della domanda senza precedenti, che non siamo riusciti a coprire completamente nonostante il nostro Operations Center inaugurato nel 2021. E anche se oggi la domanda di sistemi di accumulo in ambito residenziale si sta riposizionando su livelli normali, rimane comunque elevata. Anticipando il potenziamento delle nostre capacità produttive, riusciremo a soddisfare in modo affidabile tale domanda che proviene da molti mercati. Grazie alla nostra tecnologia, che consente di interconnettere le sonnenBatterie in una centrale elettrica virtuale, stiamo creando un valore aggiunto ulteriore, assicurando così al polo industriale e tecnologico tedesco un know-how fondamentale per la transizione energetica digitale", afferma Oliver Koch, CEO di sonnen.
La sempre maggiore diffusione delle energie rinnovabili e dei sistemi di accumulo sta fornendo una spinta importante alla transizione energetica, ma sta anche creando nuove sfide, come l’instabilità della rete elettrica. Ad oggi sonnen è il primo e unico fornitore in Germania in grado di interconnettere i sistemi di accumulo dei propri clienti in ambito residenziale all’interno di centrali elettriche virtuali, capaci di fornire servizi di stabilizzazione alla rete elettrica nazionale. In questo modo, oggi le famiglie che possiedono una sonnenBatterie collegata in rete, possono svolgere un importante compito fino ad oggi affidato solamente alle centrali elettriche tradizionali o ai grandi impianti di accumulo.
Si tratta di una tecnologia chiave per il sistema energetico decentralizzato del futuro, nel quale alle reti elettriche si collegheranno sempre più impianti fotovoltaici, accumuli, auto elettriche e pompe di calore. In questo senso, in Germania da alcuni mesi sonnen ha iniziato a integrare anche le auto elettriche nella propria centrale elettrica virtuale facendole diventare elementi attivi e intelligenti dell'intero sistema energetico e offrendo alle famiglie coinvolte nuove opportunità di reddito, che vanno oltre la classica remunerazione e l'autoconsumo.
L’interconnessione delle sonnenBatterie nelle centrali elettriche virtuali, dunque, contribuisce a risolvere molti dei problemi legati all'attuale transizione energetica basata su tecnologie analogiche, permettendo, ad esempio, di controllare in modo digitale la domanda e l'offerta senza sovraccaricare le reti elettriche, anche al crescere della diffusione di impianti fotovoltaici, auto elettriche o pompe di calore.
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Il Gruppo sonnen è uno dei produttori leader, a livello mondiale, di sistemi di accumulo domestici intelligenti e pioniere di tecnologie che promuovono un sistema energetico pulito e decentralizzato. Per la sua tecnologia sonnen ha ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti internazionali, come una delle aziende più in espansione in Germania e in Europa. Con la sua batteria virtuale, costituita da un gran numero di sistemi di accumulo domestici connessi in rete, sonnen offre servizi altamente innovativi per i gestori di rete e i clienti. sonnen è presente, con i suoi sistemi, in numerosi paesi e con proprie sedi in Germania, Italia, UK, Australia e negli USA. Nel mese di marzo 2019 è stata acquisita al 100% da Shell e fa parte della divisione Shell New Energies. Altri mercati di sbocco importanti per sonnen sono l'Austria, la Svizzera, l'Irlanda, la Repubblica Ceca, la Svezia, la Norvegia, la Finlandia, la Spagna, la Francia e il Portogallo. Dal 2020 sonnen in Italia opera come player verticalmente integrato, offrendo anche soluzioni chiavi in mano sul mercato retail.
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