Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news Alice joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously wrote for The Observer You can get in touch with Alice by emailing alice.gibbs@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A mom was stunned when her 4-year-old daughter proved herself to be a thrifting genius by picking out a valuable design piece at their local store In a video on TikTok with over 2 million views @toniaja23 shared the stylish teacup that her daughter spotted at the thrift store for just $2.99 or at least an extra," the mom explained in the viral video But when she went online to try and find another to add to the set More From Newsweek Vault: Online Banks vs. Traditional Banks: Learn the Differences the teacup and matching saucer turned out to be a rare piece of mid-century design history: an Arzberg Porzellanfabrik Germany 70s Coffee Espresso Cup designed by industrial designer Gerald Gulotta looks like we shall be thrift hunting for more of this set! #thriftfinds #randomthings which was part of Arzberg's Chromatics line was manufactured between 1971 and 1973 and is highly coveted by collectors today Pieces from the collection are known for their bold colorful designs and Gulotta's innovative approach to porcelain one set is even listed for over $300 on eBay More From Newsweek Vault: Rates Are Still High for These High-Yield Savings Accounts was an American industrial designer famous for creating functional yet stylish objects His collaboration with Arzberg Porzellanfabrik resulted in the Chromatics line which has since gained iconic status and is even on display at the Smithsonian On TikTok people were amazed by the mini thrifter's discovery said: "You're a good mom to keep it instead of sell." More From Newsweek Vault: Best Savings Accounts for Kids and Teens User @TidalTay shared their own thrift store story: "My daughter liked a little mini vase that was an inch tall for $1 turned out to be a Chinese dollhouse vase from the 1800s worth $400." Others couldn't help but applaud the young girl's eye for style "Resale value or not that's such a cute set that toddler has exquisite taste my dear," @fungusamungus commented while @Maggy added: "Young lady has expensive taste." the mom revealed that they would have to keep looking for another cup for her daughter's set She wrote: "Looks like we shall be thrift hunting for more of this set." Another thrift store find went viral this week when a man found a My Little Pony toy priced at $12.99 only to discover it was missing from an owner 2,000 miles away While a thrift store volunteer turned to the internet when he came across an item that baffled him prompting some seriously creative suggestions Newsweek has reached out to @toniaja23 via TikTok for comment Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all MW Storage has enlisted optimiser Entrix to commercialise 50MW/100MWh of the capacity of a project twice that size in the town of Arzberg Entrix will trade half of the 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Bavaria region once it is commissioned in April 2025 one of Europe’s largest batteries according to MW Storage Entrix will play the BESS into ancillary services and day-ahead and intraday wholesale markets and it claims to be able to minimise downtime and optimise the operational life of the batteries using an emphasis on close technical integration The MW Storage Fund is primarily backed by investment firms Reichmuth Infrastructure and MW Storage while German distribution network operator (DNO) Bayernwerk and utility consortium Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH (ZENOB) are minority investors Although not mentioned in Entrix’s announcement, it appears to be the project deployed for MW Storage by system integrator Fluence The announcement comes after a period of intense discussion around the evolving revenue opportunities, business case and risk management strategies in the German grid-scale storage market, which many see as one of the most attractive in Europe While the ancillary services markets are beginning to saturate, most commentators say the volatility and depth of its wholesale market mean revenues will not drop like in the UK in 2023/24. Revenues and performance are also becoming more transparent with the emergence of more publicly-available indexes and benchmarks recently. Entrix did not say whether its deal with MW Storage is a toll or a merchant but a company of its size would not typically have the balance sheet to offer a toll MW Storage has not said how the other half of the BESS will be commercialised The owner-operator’s first project was in Switzerland and it also recently expanded to the Finnish market the famed home goods store Crate and Barrel is turning 50 the company have unveiled a limited-edition 12-piece collection of the classic Arzberg Teapot Each of the twelve teapots features a design by a world-famous artist Janine Rewell and Julia Rothman participating One teapot design will be unveiled at the beginning of each month The history of the Arzberg Teapot traces back to the very origins of the famed home goods store and the day it opened its doors back on December 7 was drawn to the simple shape of a teapot produced by the Arzberg porcelain factory in Germany Segal originally purchased the teapot as a birthday present for his mother but when he opened his first Crate and Barrel store in Chicago he decided his customers would like its pure The teapot was a hit with the new store’s clientele and  has been a staple ever since that day some fifty years ago The teapots will be available for purchase online Source and photo courtesy Crate and Barrel You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Weil advised MW Storage Fund with respect to a joint venture regarding the development construction and operation of Germany's largest battery energy storage facility in Arzberg Construction of the facility will begin shortly with operations scheduled to start at the beginning of 2025 It will have a total output of 100 MW and a total storage capacity of 200 MWh making it one of the largest battery energy storage systems in Europe Further joint venture partners include Reichmuth Infrastructure a leading Swiss asset management company for infrastructure investments in the mid-cap segment; ZENOB a regional consortium of several municipalities for the construction of wind power and photovoltaic systems; and Bavarian local distribution system operator Bayernwerk AG MW Storage Fund is an investment vehicle of Swiss KMU Partners AG that was launched specifically for the battery storage power plant project The Weil team advising MW Storage Fund on this transaction was led by Munich Corporate partner Gerhard Schmidt and included counsel Andreas Fogel as well as associates Amelie Zabel, Severin Scholz, Laurin Schmidt and Christopher Schletter (all Corporate The latest views and developments from Weil A group of investors and utilities from Switzerland and Germany have inaugurated a 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Bavaria deployed by Fluence – concurrent with separate announcements from S4 Energy and EnBW The 2-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the town of Arzberg was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Bavarian Prime Minister Dr Markus Söder and State Secretary Martin Schöffel Söder commented: “During periods of lull in solar and wind energy battery storage is needed to ensure base load capacity and to balance tensions in the grid The new storage facility in Arzberg will store regionally generated energy and feed it into the grid.” The project’s main investors are Switzerland-based investment firms Reichmuth Infrastructure and MW Storage while German utilities Bayernwerk and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH (ZENOB) are minority investors The BESS units were deployed by system integrator Fluence using its Cube product, with 312 units arranged in 26 arrays of 12. The project was first announced by Fluence and one of its parent companies Siemens in July 2021 when Siemens said it would handle project management and civil engineering works The Wunsiedel project connects directly to a nearby 110 kV high-voltage transmission line Bayernwerk is the largest distribution network operator (DNO) in Bavaria while ZENOB is a consortium of utilities and other stakeholders deploying clean energy and energy system modernisation projects The companies said the project represents an ‘interweaving’ of local and regional networks estimates the country will need 23.7GW of energy storage by 2045 The announcement coincides with two other big news items in Germany’s large-scale BESS sector Utility and independent power producer (IPP) EnBW will build a 100MW/100MWh BESS project in Marbach “The timing for this project is ideal,” Wauschkuhn said. “Battery modules have become significantly cheaper there is increasing demand on the energy markets for short-term dispatchable capacity these two factors also improve the economics of large projects like this one.” EnBW has previously said it will add storage to all its solar projects in Germany, which you can read more about on our sister site PV Tech Just weeks after it acquired a 6GW portfolio of BESS projects in its home country of the Netherlands from developer Low Carbon developer-operator S4 Energy has entered Germany with the acquisition of a 310MW portfolio The seller is developer Terra One Climate Solutions own and operate the projects which have expected commercial operation dates between 2026 and 2028 S4 is owned by commodities trader Castleton Commodities International A traditional Labor Day cookout greeted a dozen or more local people and 17 visitors from Arzberg The steamy weather did not dampen the good feelings and excitement at the South Bend home of Gabrielle Robinson and her husband Gabrielle is the retired director of international programs at IUSB Gabrielle is the author of "German Settlers of South Bend" and researched the long history and strong connections between the two cities More than 200 people left Arzberg between 1851 and 1854 Letters were sent back to Germany praising the new land The Muessel family were brewers back in Bavaria and they brought the trade with them Many of them settled between Marion and North Michigan streets Gabrielle visited the German town in 2001 and was welcomed by people who knew South Bend and celebrated the relationship Arzberg has been South Bend’s sister city since 2005 The delegation marked the 10th year of the sister city relation and 150th anniversary of South Bend Arzberg Mayor Winifried Geppert said this is his fourth visit to South Bend “I’m very proud of how South Bend has turned out The visitors were in the States for nearly two weeks and in South Bend for four days There was a visit with Mayor Pete Buttigieg lots of food and a visit with an Amish bishop in Nappanee Nine area men were recently honored with the Centurion Award A major celebration to recognize everyone was at Michigan State University in August which serves northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan Daniel Asleson was honored by the Konepaka Ketiwa Lodge Daniel now lives in South Bend and is president and CEO of YMCA of Michiana The service dates range from the late 1960s through 2015 The award is given for their high ideals and contributions to Scouting You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Storage specialist Fluence says its new battery-based energy storage project in Germany will be one of the largest in continental Europe Swiss investment fund MW Storage has selected storage specialist Fluence to develop a large-scale battery-based storage project near the Czech border in the town of Arzberg Fluence said the 100 MW/200 MWh project will be one of the largest in continental Europe It said it will increase flexibility in the power system while supporting lower electricity prices for end users It will have enough capacity to power approximately 60,000 German households for two hours The partnership between MW Storage and Fluence builds on previously delivered projects in Finland and Switzerland Fluence recently secured a 450 MW portfolio of storage systems for German transmission system operators “We have actively invested in the German market and local technology development since its earliest day and will continue doing so to meet the accelerating demand,” said Markus Meyer managing director Germany and general counsel EMEA for Fluence Demand for energy storage in Germany is predicted to reach 23.7 GW by 2037 according to estimates from the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) More articles from Patrick Jowett Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Home » HOST Milano—Top Three Picks for Dining Tableware The HOST Milano event took place last month and we’ve contacted the notable brands who participated in the event to make our selection of must-see products.  October 22-26, 2021—HOST Milano brought professionals in the catering and hospitality sector together through design talks innovation awards and product displays in the exhibition halls Here are a few noteworthy products found on display during the event in the category of tableware Watch or listen to the pre-event HOST4FUTURE webinars The German brand Arthur Krupp by the (Italian) Arcturus Group exhibited fine pieces of tableware from this year’s collections a complete table and kitchen range able to meet the needs of the hotel and professional catering customers The six new porcelain plate collections by Arthur Krupp illustrate color and material research to a fine degree with inspiration from botany ancient ethnic textiles or even industrial style The subtle white surfaces with a combination of sophisticated glossy or matt surfaces portray the latest expertise and production technology to obtain 3D decorations The overlapping of graphic and material decals provides a pleasant tactile and luminous effect The six collections include Shade – Sea & Earth Balancing porcelain and the durability of an underglaze decoration the Shade – Sea & Earth collection is a study of the nuances of sea and earth with consideration of handmade “shards” and imperfect handmade products typical of the past the Ancient Wall collection resembles the unusual charm of worn plaster typical of the reclaimed walls of industrial buildings Nature Essence amplifies and redesigns the typical vegetable ribbing of leaves Wood Essence recalls the spirit and intensity of mature woods on porcelain surfaces while the Mandala collection is an articulated table collection with unique chromatic richness and in four sophisticated motifs all devoted to the art of weaving and to the symbology Eclipse – Night & Day includes both the lightness of white and the depth of absolute black The German brand Arzberg by the Arcturus Group set up an exquisite display with its Joyn collection the brand’s most recent collection with a stoneware range add-on exhibited at the event While the stoneware range has been added to the collection The pieces express white porcelain with grey and mint green colors and natural texture materials A special coloring technique applied to the ceramic compound gives rise to fascinating earthy nuances of varying degrees of warmth making dishes and accessories resemble made-of-stone items.  The full collection is a display of different colors Made in Germany porcelain meets stoneware elements A fascinating mix of materials that combine artisanal-look design handmade mood marked by glaze drippings on the Grey and Mint Green porcelain and the Joyn Stoneware extension Villeroy & Boch presented a number of new collections at the HOST event including Stella Cosmo as innovative professional crockery of the finest white premium bone porcelain with fascinating new shapes MetroChic for imaginative and individual table and buffet displays Anmut Gold and Anmut Platinum with its two exquisite decors applied by experienced porcelain painters and more While we find the Rock Granit and like. collections breathtaking, and are very much interested in the Villeroy & Boch To Go Collection by like., a smart eco-friendly solution fighting against the throw-away tendencies of our society, we’ll focus on MetroChic As a contemporary design and Art Eco combo the MetroChic tableware collection combines state-of-the-art design on fine Premium Bone Porcelain The geometric black-and-gold decoration on pure white porcelain gives each item a very distinctive modern-urban look that lends itself ideally to a wide variety of compositions – round shapes harmonize with clear deep black lines meet delicate gold highlights The premium 20-carat gold finish is hand-polished and ideally protected by the innovative “Inglaze Gold” technology that enables the high-quality decor to sink deep into the glaze during the firing process The MetroChic product range includes all the items a fine dining establishment or top hotel needs to create perfect table settings and elegant buffet displays Your source of innovation in architecture & design Energy storage company Fluence Energy said a Swiss investment fund, MW Storage selected it to deliver one of the largest battery energy storage projects in continental Europe The 100MW/200MWh BESS will be located in Arzberg The order comes on the back of Fluence’s fourth quarter earnings report It said it had a record quarterly order intake in the last quarter of 2023 The Q4 revenue was up 17% to $364 million year-on-year and although gross profit margin improved the quarter resulted in a net loss of $25.6 million compared to a loss of $37.2 million in the same quarter a year before said the company is off to a strong start for 2024 with a record quarterly order intake of $1.1 billion “We continue to see a very robust market for energy storage which is enabling the global energy transition to a clean energy grid,” he said we expect to start our battery module production at our Utah manufacturing facility in the summer of this year and we expect a gradual ramp-up of production over the subsequent quarters.” The company reaffirmed its 2024 full-year revenue forecast of $2.7–3.3 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $50–80 million CFO Ahmed Pasha called it “another solid set of financial results” and said: “In addition we believe we are in an excellent position from a balance sheet perspective with the necessary liquidity to capitalise on the growing energy storage market.” the company had a pipeline of 13.2GW/37.8GWh Fluence said the German Federal Network Agency estimates the demand for large-scale battery storage will reach 23.7GW in 2037 That corresponds to 237 projects of the same size as the one to be delivered by MW Storage and Fluence It pointed to a recent study by Frontier Economics which stated that by 2050 generate €12 billion in macro-economic value reduce CO2 emissions by up to 6.2 million tonnes in 2030 and lower electricity costs for end customers All the latest on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology a major investor in the Turkish renewable energy sector has signed an agreement for British engineering company Rolls-Royce to supply a 132MWh LFP battery energy storage system (BESS).. Find a wealth of information on the energy storage and battery industries with BEST Magazine From all the latest news to in-depth technical articles we have everything you need in print and online All the latest news and articles on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology Copyright 2025 © Energy Storage Publishing Ltd This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com The German porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal announces the appointment of Ms Lotte Franch as its new Chief Executive Officer She will succeed the current CEO Mads Ryder who will continue in an advisory role until the end of September to ensure a seamless transition In her most recent position as Chief Operating Officer at Rosenthal GmbH Lotte Franch played a pivotal role in leading operational functions and orchestrating effective improvements for the company "We are very pleased to welcome Lotte Franch in her new role at Rosenthal," says Mads Ryder and accomplishments make her the perfect candidate to lead the company forward I have complete confidence in her ability to continue Rosenthal's legacy." With a track record spanning over 35 years Lotte Franch brings extensive international experience and expertise to her new role Her diverse background and deep understanding of different markets make her an ideal fit for Rosenthal's continued expansion and innovation Thomas and Arzberg is one of the most modern porcelain manufacturers in the world Founded in 1879 and based in Selb in Upper Franconia the company produces high-quality porcelain exclusive design objects and stylish accessories in two factories in Selb and Speichersdorf Rosenthal GmbH has been part of the Arcturus Group which is one of the world's leading suppliers of high-quality design products for the table kitchen and home in private households as well as in the catering and hotel industry From Porcelain Pioneer to an International Design Company Rosenthal products stand out for their design Established figures from the worlds of architecture but also the smart newcomers and talents design avant-garde dining collections sophisticated interiors and exclusive gifts Rosenthal has been producing porcelain "Made in Germany" for more than 140 years the two porcelain factories in Selb and Speichersdorf are among the most modern production facilities in the porcelain industry worldwide and deliver sustainable manufacturing with careful use of resources thanks to the forward- looking investments that have been made Rosenthal stands for innovation and design exquisite craftsmanship and finest porcelain When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account Construction is set to begin soon on a 100MW/200MWh battery storage project in Arzberg through developer MW Storage and asset manager Reichmuth & Co Infrastructure In the southeastern part of Germany near the border with Czechia the project in Arzberg will be on the higher end of grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project sizes in the German market which is seeing something of a return to activity in 2022 and this year The imminent start of construction was announced by Weil and MLL Legal two companies which advised MW Storage on the developer’s formation of a joint venture (JV) to work on the project with infrastructure investment manager Reichmuth With MW Storage and Reichmuth as majority shareholders the E.On-owned distribution network provider Bayernwerk and municipal power production consortium ZukunftsEnergie Nordostbayern (ZENOB) are also involved in the JV The two majority owners are both headquartered in Switzerland while the energy companies are both local to the Bavarian region MW Storage is itself backed by an asset manager, Swiss KMU. The developer put its first BESS project into operation in October 2020 in the Swiss municipality of Ingenbohl. The company noted at the time that the 20MW/18MWh project, performing frequency regulation for transmission system operator (TSO) Swissgrid, was funded without subsidies or public assistance The company has done a similarly-sized project in Finland which went into operation a year after Ingenbohl but to date those are the only two listed as part of its portfolio on MW Storage’s website Global system integrator Fluence – which recently showed quarterly profit in financial results for the first time since its IPO – is MW Storage’s BESS supplier having worked on the companies’ previous two projects The Arzberg project was claimed to be the biggest BESS facility in Germany according to the announcement from legal firm Weil but only retain that title for a short time Germany’s utility-scale BESS market is finally back on the rise and it is perhaps primed to accelerate given growing commitments at national and European Union (EU) level to renewable energy The main economic opportunities in Germany are for frequency regulation ancillary services and energy trading on the wholesale market While the market enjoyed a short boom in the mid-2010s as an early adopter of battery storage for frequency regulation primary control reserve (PCR) quickly became saturated Growing shares of renewable energy and growing volatility in electricity markets across Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine pushing up gas prices have amplified the fundamental drivers for battery storage while a waiver on fees storage operators in Germany were being charged for their use of the grid has been extended for three years there is now also a market for secondary reserve (aFFR) which is pan-European being rolled out across the continent’s grids A feature article for our quarterly journal PV Tech Power (Vol.32) last year examined whether Germany’s utility-scale market was due for revival despite having seen just 32MW of large-scale BESS deployed in 2021 The German market also saw some uplift from the launch of Innovation Tenders – government-backed reserve auctions for projects that combined two low-carbon technologies which has resulted almost exclusively in contracts for solar-plus-storage plants – and so-called ‘NetzBooster’ (‘GridBooster’) projects which are individual large-scale battery assets deployed to directly support the transmission network One of those GridBoosters, to be delivered by Fluence, is 250MW/250MWh and could come online subject to regulatory approvals by 2025 while Fluence was awarded two more, each of 100MW/100MWh In November, developer Kyon Energy got approval for a 137.5MW/275MWh BESS project in Germany’s Lower Saxony region, and while it might not be the biggest BESS in Europe as Kyon claimed The MW Storage-Reichmuth JV project in Arzberg is scheduled to come online in early 2025 Germany’s biggest BESS project was Lausitz Battery Energy Storage System (60MW/52MWh) at a coal plant operated by generator LEAG Energy-Storage.news’ publisher Solar Media will host the 9th annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 20-21 February 2024. This year it is moving to a larger venue, bringing together Europe’s leading investors, policymakers, developers, utilities, energy buyers and service providers all in one place. Visit the official site for more info. Developer Tion Renewables AG has acquired a 10MW/13MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Thuringia The lithium-ion BESS is connected directly to the German electricity grid and is currently under construction scheduled to come online in the second half of 2024 it will acquire 90% of the Thuringia project in two phases with the project developer and seller to remain invested with 10% The grid-scale BESS market in Germany has picked up in the past year, as explored in a special report in an edition of our quarterly journal PV Tech Power last year Most recently, developed Kyon Energy revealed it had sold nearly 200MW of projects to investor Obton as part of a 600MW framework agreement while a 100MW/200MWh project started construction in Arzberg Wind and solar project are prominent within Tion’s portfolio however in November 2022 it acquired its first BESS project – a 8MW/9.3MWh in Bacup in the northwest of England Although the project was expected to go live in the first half of 2023 the company confirmed in the same release announcing its Germany acquisition that it has exercised its right to withdraw from the purchase agreement in December 2023 due to “to subsequent delays in the construction phase in particular relating to the grid connection.” Grid connection delays represents one of the major challenges to deploying BESS with interconnection queues flooded by far more projects than can be built or accomnodated for with network upgrades UK transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid recently took steps to accelerate the connection of some 10GW of large-scale BESS projects by up to four years Energy-Storage.news’ publisher Solar Media will host the 9th annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 20-21 February 2024. This year it is moving to a larger venue, bringing together Europe’s leading investors, policymakers, developers, utilities, energy buyers and service providers all in one place. Visit the official site for more info.