The
ministry
hopes
to
issue
a
directive
giving
details
of
the
incentive
scheme
before
Easter.
It
will
operate
via
cheap
loans
from
German
development
bank
KfW,
an
environment
ministry
spokesman
told
Recharge.
“The
purpose
is
to
set
technological
development
in
motion,”
the
spokesman
said,
adding
that
the
ministry
wants
to
find
out
to
what
extent
such
storage
systems
could
help
stabilise
the
power
grid.
Environment
Minister
Peter
Altmaier
said
last
year
that
the
government
intends
that
only
systems
linked
to
the
grid
will
receive
the
incentive.
The
German
Solar
Industry
Association
(BSW)
welcomed
the…
