Nissan kicks-off UK home solar and storage sales
Automotive giant Nissan has confirmed the UK launch of its home solar-plus-storage product, first revealed in February this year.
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JLM taps US$25m project finance fund to scale up ‘risk-free’ C&I offering
JLM Energy, a US maker of residential ’microstorage’ systems that pair with individual solar panels, is leaning on its US$25 million project finance fund to develop larger storage projects for commercial businesses.
Global Energy Storage Opportunity 2018 edition – free report available now
Solar Media, the publisher of sites including Energy-Storage.News and PV Tech, has just launched the latest edition of the annual Global Energy Storage Opportunity report for this year - available now as a free download.
Voltstorage latest to try out residential flow battery format
Voltstorage, a German company founded in Munich in 2016, is launching a vanadium-redox-flow (VRF) energy storage system aimed at the residential market.
sonnen-Engie partner up in France to sell solar-plus-storage through ‘shared vision’
French utility Engie and German energy storage firm sonnen have formed a partnership to offer a package of solar and energy storage to households in France, according to Reuters.
EDF’s ‘ESP’ foresees US$10b investment for 10GW of energy storage
EDF has set its sights on becoming a European leader in energy storage after announcing plans to invest €8 billion (~£7 billion) in deploying 10GW of new projects by 2035.
Australian real estate group Mirvac to put 10kWh batteries in more than 900 homes
Australian real estate developer Mirvac looks set to put a sizeable amount of solar-plus-storage into brand new homes in Sydney and Brisbane, with help from the national Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Energy-Storage.News joins prestigious Solar Power Portal Awards 2018
Entries have opened for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2018, with Energy-Storage.News proud to partner the event for its rebranded sixth edition.
Irish virtual power plant trial will link up household batteries, renewables
Battery storage and smart technologies are to be rolled out to homes in the Irish town of Dingle as part of a new trial to test their potential to support the use of variable renewable energy supply resources and smart connection to the Irish electricity grid.
Q&A: Wattstor on the SPP Award-winning residential, C&I energy storage project for a care home
An ambitious project to convert the “grey fleet” of a care home for old folk in Scotland to a sustainable “green fleet”, using solar PV and battery energy storage, was winner of the Residential, Commercial and Industrial-scale Storage Project category at this month’s Solar Power Portal Awards.
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How Tesla and Vivint are taking different paths to the ‘one stop shop’ destination
What does it mean to be all things to all people? Does it overstretch resources to breaking point, or does it give you a chance to cast a wider net and capture market share? Vivint Solar recently joined Tesla in a race to offer whole packages including solar, storage, EV charging and other components to US customers. We talked to GTM Research's Brett Simon on some of the dynamics of those parallel strategies.
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Household energy storage batteries: Myths and realities
Managing director of UK energy storage manufacturer Powerflow, Ian Murray, addresses some FAQs on what consumers should be asking about batteries before buying them for their houses.
Domestic and commercial batteries to provide local grid services in Australian trial
Australian homes and businesses will soon be able to use renewable energy stored in their batteries to bid into a local energy market and provide a range of grid services using a new software platform backed by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Standards Australia and government to ‘fast track’ installation process rules
Shifting responsibility for product safety onto manufacturers, rather than installers, of residential energy storage systems would be a positive step forward for Australia’s industry, the country’s Clean Energy Council has said.
BYD readies residential storage launch in the US
China-based technology giant BYD has installed the first of its residential high-voltage B-Box energy storage systems in Germany and is aiming to launch the system into the US later this year.
Video: Long-awaited Code of Practice for UK residential storage ‘protects consumers at every stage’
The IET has released a promotional video for its Code of Practice on installing and selling electrical energy storage systems for the UK consumer market, featuring representatives from storage pioneers Tesla and sonnen.
UK trade group STA points out ‘obvious flaws’ in battery degradation study
The UK's Solar Trade Association (STA) has refuted claims made in a recent report that a residential solar array in combination with an energy storage system was not “economically viable”, calling it flawed and lacking in detail.
IKEA adds battery storage to clean energy line-up with LG Chem
Scandinavian furniture giant IKEA has added home battery storage solutions to its line-up of clean energy products, it can be revealed.
BYD’s modular B-Box HV gets inverter compatibility with Kostal’s PIKO range
BYD has announced a tie-up with the inverter manufacturing division of Kostal, where the former’s latest high voltage energy storage systems will be paired with the latter’s PIKO brand inverters.
NSW launches residential solar-plus-storage guide
The provincial government of New South Wales has published a guide for consumers on residential solar-plus-storage.
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Sonnen UK: IET Code of Practice could solve problem of ‘real lack of guidance’ for installers
A code of practice for installing and selling electrical energy storage systems for the UK consumer market could help fill a “vacuum” of clear guidance for installers and their customers, Sonnen’s UK chief has said.
BBOXX to provide Togo with 300,000 solar home solutions
UK-based renewable energy company BBOXX announced Monday that it met with Faure Gnassingbé, the President of the Republic of Togo, to discuss the “CIZO” presidential initiative.
Four in ten UK homeowners want solar and storage by 2020, says E.On
New research from the UK has found that almost half of those asked would like to see solar and storage installed in the their homes by 2020, signalling that Britain's domestic market may yet recover from the hard knocks of recent subsidy cuts.
2020 FiT expirations could be inflection point for Germany’s residential energy storage sales
Residential energy storage in Germany for PV self-consumption could be handed a boost in 2020, as some of the earliest premium feed-in tariffs (FiTs) begin to expire.
Samsung SDI exhibits new residential energy storage products at Intersolar
At this year’s Intersolar Europe trade show in Munich, South Korean battery manufacturer Samsung SDI is exhibiting a range of high-capacity, high-voltage residential storage modules.
Nevada advances bills for energy storage incentives
Nevadan legislators have passed a number of bills to incentivise energy storage in the state for approval from governor Brian Sandoval.
GTM: Policy study focuses on energy storage incentives in Hawaii and Maryland
Whilst most of the federal incentive buzz for energy storage surrounds California’s Self-Generation Incentive Programme (SGIP), new bills from Hawaii and Maryland provide insights on how state storage incentives are moving beyond the Golden State.
English premiership football team Man City launches branded home storage with 2nd life EV batteries
Power management firm Eaton has landed a multi-year partnership with Manchester City, becoming the football club’s official home energy storage partner in the UK.
Blockchain and batteries will assist German grid operator in integrating renewables
A “first of its kind” collaboration between energy storage provider Sonnen and transmission system operator TenneT will integrate solar and batteries into energy networks in Germany using blockchain technology.
E.on enters UK solar and storage market
Major utility firm E.on has announced its entrance to the UK’s solar and storage market with a new consumer-focused offering.