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This month in ‘What the press say’:

How those commuting by car can save money; how an innovative CHP is making an entire region energy-independent; why PV installations have a much longer lifespan than previously thought.

pv magazine, 19 March 2023: “Study: PV installations in Germany have a longer operational life than expected”

PV installations have longer operational lives than was previously thought. This is a finding by researchers who analysed data from more than one million PV installations in Germany over 16 years. pv magazine reports.

tagesspiegel.de, 17 March 2026: “Extreme rise in fuel prices: electric cars and PV installations now make even more sense”

In the Tagesspiegel national newspaper, a representative of the consumer advice bureau (Verbraucherzentrale) Berlin offers tips on how to save money to commuters reliant on their cars. He is convinced that this is a good time for people who generate their own electricity.

BR, 12 March 2026: “CHP plant in Memmingen-Benningen makes region more independent"

The Bayerische Rundfunk public broadcaster commenting on the entry into operations of a special CHP plant, which is to supply up to 3,700 private households, industrial companies and municipal sites with climate-friendly heat from renewable sources