2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, HyperStrong's Königssee standalone energy storage project has achieved a significant milestone As an important energy storage project in central Germany it aims to optimize local power distribution and ensure the stable operation of the regional power grid Project Timeline: Rapid Progress Through Expert Execution The 10.35MW/22.36MWh Königssee project was officially launched in July 2024 systems were delivered in December 2024 and were swiftly deployed for installation and commissioning The project successfully completed all commissioning work by February 2025 and has now entered commercial trial operation Technology Innovation: HyperBlock System Sets New Standards The Königssee standalone energy storage project is equipped with HyperBlock II liquid-cooled energy storage system As a flagship product of HyperStrong designed for utility-scale applications HyperBlock II demonstrates exceptional performance The system adopts a combined fire protection solution of cabin-level aerosol, combustible gas detection and water fire sprinkler. Equipped with the automatic inspection and remote operation and maintenance (O&M) functions of HyperStrong's AI-based cloud platform it can achieve early hazard detection and prompt elimination thus providing a solid guarantee for the safe and stable operation of the energy storage station Client Selection: Trust in HyperStrong's Expertise The project client is one of the top players in the German electricity trading market with rich experience in renewable energy asset management After rigorous evaluation of multiple providers the client ultimately chose to cooperate with HyperStrong mainly based on HyperStrong 's prominent advantages: HyperStrong has rich industry experience years of technological accumulation and a leading market position as well as top-tier production capacity lab testing capabilities and quality control level the HyperStrong team responds rapidly and can accurately meet client's needs with customized solutions HyperStrong has a local O&M team in Germany that can provide 7/24 after-sales services HyperStrong has established its regional headquarters in Frankfurt as well as O&M and spare parts hubs in Finland and France HyperStrong's European portfolio now includes projects across Germany reinforcing its commitment to localized delivery excellence Strategic Impact: Pioneering Grid Stability and Sustainability the Königssee project will mainly provide auxiliary services such as primary and secondary frequency regulation and participate in the electricity market trading which is of great significance for stabilizing regional power supply and optimizing energy utilization it is expected to play a crucial role in the German energy market and promote the local energy transition and sustainable development HyperStrong will continuously deepen the presence in the European market through technological innovation and localized service integration accelerating the region's shift toward a resilient HyperStrong is a leading energy storage system integrator and service provider with over 13 years of R&D and experience garnered through more than 300 projects and over 20GWh of deployment HyperStrong offers a full portfolio of energy storage products as well as one-stop solutions for the utility-scale Having built four smart manufacturing bases two testing labs and a global marketing center HyperStrong empowers clients worldwide to achieve their energy transition and carbon neutrality goals According to S&P Global Commodity Insights HyperStrong has been ranked among the top three BESS integrators in terms of global capacity installed in 2023 and the top BESS integrator in China (mainland) market in terms of cumulative installed and contracted project capacity in both GW and GWh as of July 2024 BloombergNEF has ranked HyperStrong in the Tier 1 energy storage provider list For more information, please visit: www.hyperstrong.com Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2637680/HyperStrong_updated_Logo_Logo_Logo.jpg Vor kurzem hat das Projekt für einen eigenständigen Energiespeicher von HyperStrong in Königssee einen bedeutenden Meilenstein erreicht il progetto di accumulo di energia autonomo Königssee di HyperStrong ha raggiunto.. Green Technology Utilities Oil & Energy Environmental Products & Services Do not sell or share my personal information: Meanwhile the number of people who have lost thier lives in the flooding in Belgium and western Germany has increased to over 180 the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the state of Bavaria declared a disaster in response to flooding on 17 July flash flooding and several small rivers to break their banks Berchtesgaden recorded 89.8 mm of rain in 24 hours to 18 July Deutscher Wetterdienst said some areas saw more than 130 mm The district government said emergency services responded to 400 interventions including 135 people in Schönau am Königssee The hardest hit areas include Bischofswiesen Marktschellenberg and Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden Officials said 2 people have died but as of 18 July only one fatality could be confirmed as a result of flooding Several roads in the area have been closed The rail connection between Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden is currently suspended Further heavy rain is expected and officials said people living along the Königsseer Ache river should prepare to evacuate damaging floods swept through areas along the Salzach River and its tributaries in the state of Salzburg late on 17 July 2021 The town of Hallein was particularly badly affected Images and videos shared on Social Media showed muddy water racing through streets in the town jumped from around 2 metres to 3.77 metres in the space of a few hours late on 17 July As of 18 July there were no reports of casualties with flash flooding affecting the town Kufstein in the province of Tyrol where the highest alert level (Alarmstufe 2) is 5 metres Meanwhile the number of people who have lost their lives in the recent floods in western Germany and Belgium has increased to 183 Officials in Belgium confirmed 27 fatalities as of 18 July 2021 In North Rhine-Westphalia state in Germany In the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate 110 fatalities were confirmed #hallein pic.twitter.com/47IxmAiekt — Netrus (@DatNetrus) July 17, 2021 — DWD (@DWD_presse) July 18, 2021 @MartinHaven In case you don't know yet, the Königssee track got badly damaged by the weather last night pic.twitter.com/Q4e5m2j6t1 — Isadora (@Isa_Yolina) July 18, 2021 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList A HyperStrong standalone energy storage project in the central German city of ​Königssee has achieved a significant milestone The ​10.35MW/22.36MWh project was officially launched in July last year with systems delivered in December and commissioning work completed in February of this year.  ​The project is equipped with a HyperBlock II liquid-cooled energy storage system As a flagship product for HyperStrong designed for utility-scale applications HyperBlock II demonstrates exceptional performance low levelized cost of storage (LCOS), a long lifespan and strong environmental adaptability.  The system adopts a combined fire protection solution of cabin-level aerosol combustible gas detection and water fire sprinkler Equipped with the automatic inspection and remote operation and maintenance (O&M) functions of HyperStrong’s AI-based cloud platform it can achieve early hazard detection and prompt elimination thus providing a solid guarantee for the safe and stable operation of the storage station The Königssee project will mainly provide auxiliary services such as primary and secondary frequency regulation and participate in electricity market trading which is of great significance for stabilizing regional power supply and optimizing energy utilization. Upon full commercial operation it is expected to play a crucial role in the German energy market and promote local energy transition and sustainable development 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 Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025 American Pikus-Pace wins skeleton at KoenigseeUSATODAYKOENIGSSEE Germany (AP) — Noelle Pikus-Pace got her first World Cup win since 2004 beating two German sliders to the gold medal in a skeleton race on Friday The American and 2007 world champion was injured before the 2006 Olympics and finished fourth in 2010 She has been sliding well since returning in November beating World Cup overall leader Marion Thees by 0.41 seconds Pikus-Pace was the Olympic favorite heading into the 2006 Turin Games before an out-of-control bobsled sailed past the end of a track and into her finished fourth at the 2010 Vancouver Games and retired afterward primarily because she wanted to spend more time with her family Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Brian Blickenstaff went to a not-quite-top-tier bobsled competition and he found a bunch of people with a lot more in common than matching helmets It’s about 9:30 a.m. on January 20, a Sunday, and a sled packed with four large, helmeted British men is horizontal in turn 16 of the Königssee Kunsteisbahn I stand trackside just beyond the turn on a small viewing platform and as the sled levels out into the straightaway I take a step back—more a flinch than anything but I’m close enough that my spidey sense goes off and it’s already around another corner and out of sight but I’m already aware of several truths about the sport The first: you must be slightly insane to even try bobsledding I mean: “I’m going to slide down this here mountain on ice No sport on earth translates as poorly to television as bobsledding Consider the speed: I knew bobsleds went fast before I came here Cool Runnings had a special place in my adolescent heart at the 2013 Europa Cup of four-man bobsledding your sense of speed comes from the changing cameras and what the announcer tells you You hear the sled coming long before you see it You feel the track tremble as it slides by and television does an excellent job of capturing the roaring crowds at viewers can imagine what it must be like to be at the Super Bowl and feel confident that their imagined setting is close to the real thing The kunsteisbahn is tucked into the shadow of a mountain just across a small lake from the city of Königssee The surrounding area was once the hunting grounds of the Bavarian royal family it’s the gateway to the Berchtesgaden National Park The Alps here are as rugged and sharp as shards of broken glass The track’s bottom-most U-turn is only 40 meters from Lake Königssee When standing between the lake and the track you become aware of a strange juxtaposition between speed on the mountain and peace on the water the scene seems violently foreign—the peace shattered—until the sled is gone again and the lakeshore returns I’m so affected by it all that I must occasionally remind myself that the beauty of this place is real and that people are doing this dangerous thing in pursuit of the Olympics THE HOLY GRAIL OF bobsledding is the Olympics both these events are essentially weekend-long tournaments You can’t have a sport with only one meaningful event for two days per year so in addition to the Olympics and the World Championships bobsledders participate in different circuits every winter These circuits (in bobsledding they’re called “Cups,” as if this wasn’t confusing enough) take place at multiple locations and are decided The accumulated points also count toward a driver’s world ranking (the push athletes aren’t ranked) which determines qualification for the Olympics and the World Championships Some circuits are worth more points than others and are therefore more prestigious whereas a win in the top-tier World Cup earns a driver 225 While the Europa Cup is not the most important event in bobsledding and while the best bobsledders often skip it entirely from a live-spectator perspective it’s appealing because there are no crowds and I don’t have to elbow anybody out of the way to get trackside There’s something inherently interesting and relatable about watching people compete when they are not yet the best at what they do but they haven’t developed the steel-eyed ruthlessness of the top competitors There’s a kind of purity on display here that gets painted over at the highest level you get to go through the refining process with the athletes As I sit in the finish line grandstand and watch sleds finish and stop little white chunks fly up behind each passing crew Some of the brakemen don’t get on the brakes fast enough and blow right through the finish area and the race MC makes an announcement reminding athletes to stop quickly THE KUNSTEIBAHN IS 1.27 kilometers long for bobsleds (longer for luge artificially-cooled bobsled track in the world With a maximum downhill grade of nine percent and gravity has a part to play in the process: maybe the last one-fifth of the track is actually uphill who sit in back and pull on levers that drive a kind of rake into the ice and it’s easy to imagine them silently thanking God for delivering them safely down the mountain Their heads are the only visible body parts and the sled is so small you’d think they’re a bunch of kids Only when they stand up and help the track crew move the sled off the ice does it become apparent how big they all are are basically indistinguishable from push athletes because most of them spend a season or two as pushers before moving on to pilot AND I’m standing just outside the starting house at the top of the hill I can see four Polish men on the starting line Their sled’s runners are slotted into the ice’s starting grooves and the little push handles stick out on both sides but I can tell by the way they shift their weight and breathe that they’re keyed up the start is so important that the MC announces each sled’s start time in addition to its overall run time bobsledding is an exercise in managing momentum it’s the driver’s responsibility to use gravity to build momentum by taking good lines through turns and by not hitting walls The only time a team can actively add to a sled’s momentum is at the start—in those first 50 meters when they push except these are all big guys who have to run on ice and then load themselves into a tiny And they have to do it all in about five seconds Mistakes made higher up the track are worse than those made near the finish because the effect of squandered momentum is cumulative and a mistake in the beginning can render the rest of the race pointless The sled load is crucial to giving the pilot a chance The Polish team’s run starts off like all the others They lean into their task like four guys pushing a broken-down car but as the pusher on the right side tries to hop in he catches his inside foot on the sled’s lip For a moment it looks like the sled will slide down the mountain with him running alongside But just before the sled enters the first turn reaches out and grabs his teammate around the waist and pulls him The athletes standing in the nearby warm-up area stopped their high kicks and squats to watch the commotion and they burst into applause and shouts of “nice!” as the sled enters the first corner with all parties aboard The Polish sled avoided catastrophe—the pusher could have been seriously injured—but accidents do happen when people decide to slide down mountains on ice The last fatal accident in bobsledding occurred at Königssee in 2004 when a women’s two-person sled crashed in a training run who was just making the transition from pusher to pilot 21-year-old Georgian luge slider Nadar Kumaritashvili crashed during a training run As heart-stopping as the Polish sled’s close call was But something about the way the brakeman pulled in his teammate and the way the rest of the athletes cheered stays with me I became aware of a kind of camaraderie that exists among the gathered athletes a difficult-to-satiate need for adrenaline or a whole lot of willful ignorance—to jump in a bobsled and shoot down a mountain It’s not just about their shared Olympic dream Bobsledding—with all these repackaged athletes—is a sport for second chances without it being packaged as a lame character piece about overcoming adversity where so many of the athletes were good-but-not-good-enough at football or hurdling or whatever before they transitioned to bobsledding Their peers from their previous sporting lives gave up on their Olympic dreams long ago and resigned themselves to watching the games on TV It’s that second chance that binds these athletes together Brian Blickenstaff (@BKBlick) is a writer based in Heidelberg and tech with access to unlimited digital content from Outside Network's iconic brands Image search technology is evolving to a point where researchers can gather information on old photos that was previously impossible to attain and artificially intelligent (AI) colorization Postma could create context for old photographs taken in the 19th-century that previously had either no date made available by the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands that contained images taken across Europe and India in the mid-1800s While some of the prints are of well-known landmarks or taken by established photographers of the time Some of them contained no discerning clues for the viewer One of the photos was of a boating lake with peaks in the background When Postma ran the image through Yandex it returned an image that had been uploaded to Tripadvisor in 2018 of the same lake identified as the Königssee in Bavaria A second image of a picturesque town in the Alps returned a postcard of the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden from 1911 that someone was selling online Despite the two images taken from different angles and buildings present the software picks up on the distinct mountain peaks in the background Berchtesgaden is close to Königssee lake so it is easily inferred that they were taken around the same time by the same photographer when Postma ran it through Yandex no results came back the browser-based software confirmed the hypothesis and brought up the right spot on the Königssee Further into the article Postma runs into an image that cannot be traced through any of the search engines To help the algorithm, Postma colorized the photos using the free AI software program Hotpot The new color image returned a clear match showing the photo is of the Swiss capital Bern As more museums and galleries digitize their collections and make them available online researchers can more easily access the source material The Bellingcat article can be read here Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free Lochner: “Let’s go for identical times twice.” Lochner: “We will 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Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions Skeleton racer Yun Sung-bin competes at the men's World Cup in Königssee Our trip starts with a few days’ hiking in Bavaria’s mountainous Berchtesgaden district – trying to avoid its most infamous resident The late train to Berchtesgaden is not busy A group of beefy young men in leather shorts with embroidered braces get on with another group of young men who are stick-thin and chatting in Somali It seems somehow appropriate to start a series of summer travel reports from Germany, a country that most British travellers have never really taken to – not in comparison with Spain, France and Italy, the consistent top choices I’m hoping this means plenty of unexpected delights and discoveries It’s also a country looming larger on the European stage as Brexit progresses bucked the trend of anti-immigration with people turning out to actually welcome refugees There are also sound economic reasons for visiting Germany Its supermarkets are among the cheapest in the major EU economies with prices significantly lower than in the UK This is something I plan to do when my family catch up with me This year’s plan is for family to join me on individual stages of my German odyssey Cattle class … a cow near one of the Kaser dairy huts in BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden a lozenge of Alpine land in the extreme south-east almost surrounded by Austria Over the next few weeks I’ll make my way to the other We stand up to disembark at the hamlet of Bischofswiesen Those strapping lads in shorts have donned feathered felt trilbies and are talking loudly This new Germany is experiencing rapid and sometimes unexpected change it is also staunchly traditional: our hotel proves to be an imposing wooden chalet with acres of geraniums on the balcony and excellent local wheat beer Misty moutains … the view to the upper Wimbacher ValleyMorning brings thick cloud and sheets of fine rain but we set out anyway through a dripping forest where veils of mist are reluctantly dragging themselves aloft Red squirrels and kestrels squeal warnings but we don’t spot the golden eagles that are sometimes seen here giving us great views – until the rain starts to fall in relentless sheets overlooking the glacial blue waters of Königssee shredded pancakes served with fresh berries Conor hiking above KönigsseeMost people on the trails are German judging by their greetings: Servus and Grüss Gott being the most common rather than the typical High German Guten Tag But down by the lake we find multinational crowds coach parties of tourists gathering to head up to the Kehlsteinhaus In fact most visitors to the area only do a boat trip and the Nazi hill station It makes me uneasy. How did he hijack the soaring peaks and flower-decked meadows to become the central attraction? I’m happier when Herr Hitler is kept in a box, like at Munich’s painfully brilliant documentation centre but I take the boat trip on the idyllic lake and do some shorter walks I set off up the hill towards the Eagle’s Nest There is a maze of forest paths and signposts I go wrong twice and lose time but I don’t care – the walking is lovely and when I finally make it to the Obersalzberg where one has to catch a bus for the final leg I’m as fascinated as anyone by Hitler’s rise to power and Nazi history I take the cable car back down with a sigh of relief Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Officials said no owner had come forward to claim the ingot so it was being returned to the girl who found it I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice A 16-year-old girl who found a solid gold bar while swimming in an Alpine lake will be allowed to keep it after an owner failed to come forward The German teenager was on holiday in the picturesque town of Schönau am Königsee when she made the discovery in August She saw the 500g (17.6-ounce) ingot around six feet below the water’s surface in August and handed it in to police no genuine owner has come forward to claim the bar believed to be worth around €16,000 (12,500) The incredible find became a global news story, with speculation over whether it could be “Nazi gold” or buried loot from a robbery The only certainty is that it was manufactured by Degussa the company’s name that was stamped into it alongside a serial number and weight who has remained anonymous and given no interviews is expected to claim it from authorities in Bavaria’s Berchtesgaden over the coming days Police commissioner Günther Adolph told the Anzeiger that he wanted to thank her and her parents for “not simply taking the gold bar”. “It is a great example for others,” he added. “That they can now keep the valuable find is even better.” How the gold bar came to be in the lake is still a mystery. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies there’s no better place to spend those long sun-drenched days of summer than at a lake but lakes capture beauty in a way that pools just can’t Maybe it’s watching the wind dance across the water to whip up the waves There is just something about a lake that offers magic for the entire family or just relax on a white sand beach (no kidding – we found some!) – these German lakes will have you wishing summertime would never end Köningssee is often cited as one of Germany’s most beautiful lakes and it’s easy to see why With its crystal clear waters reflecting the peaks of the Bavarian Alps The biggest lake in Rheinland-Palatinate is Laacher See a water-filled volcanic crater near Koblenz A forested ring of hills surrounds the deep creating a stunning backdrop for both swimming Four countries surrounding one lake makes Lake Konstanz an unlimited summer adventure explore an island of flowers and butterflies in Mainau in addition to enjoying everything the lake has to offer Fühlinger See is actually one of seven interconnected lakes near Cologne and offers the most versatile water recreation area of this lake system where visitors will find a white sand beach the largest leisure and recreation center in the Rhine-Main area has something for everyone If you see signs for the Waldsee Sharks – don’t worry; that’s just the Langener swimming team for the 2017 Ironman competition Screech your way down a 50-meter-long water slide into the cool The lake is also used as a rowing and canoe course but thanks to the generous waterfront spacing both boaters and swimmers can simultaneously enjoy the lake in peace Situated in a picturesque alpine landscape is the largest lake in Bavaria – and third largest in Germany Chiemsee was also a favorite of King Ludwig II It is here that he built the Herrenchiemsee Castle Take a deep breath and leap off a four-level jump tower or try your luck at paddleboarding or windsurfing on the warm waters of Ammersee to make this a wonderful excursion for the entire family Clear waters with visibility up to 40 meters make Walchensee particularly interesting for scuba divers Along the lake bottom is a series of wrecks to explore – including three aircraft But you don’t have to be a diver to enjoy the wrecks a 900-year-old oak and Berlin’s oldest tree or fish at your leisure – and when your done head over to one of the lake’s seven restaurants featuring gourmet multi-course menus so you’ll need to pick one up at the Tourist Info center (Tourist Info Plau am See) The “holiday license” is valid for 28 days in a row dive or catch the wave water slide this summer at Bostalsee one of the most beautiful regions in the Saarland The Hotel Landhaus Mörsdorf also offers all-inclusive package deals Visit a sparkling lake next to a fairytale castle climb an observation tower (the Kaninchenwerder) or check out the magnificent Schwerin Castle – which is on its own pristine island in the lake Make time this summer to enjoy these amazing lakes sprinkled across Germany