Storage & Smart Grids

The company is offering a broad size range of the modular sonnenBatterie pro, from 18kW/ 24kWh up to 90kW 240 kWh, with a general price range between $35,000 and $125,000.

The U.S. residential PV installer will work with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Jose, California, to test the efficacy of coordinated solar smart inverters and storage for enhanced grid stability.

Financially viable in just a handful of states today, commercial storage will make economic sense across 19 states by 2021 as battery costs fall, finds a GTM Research report.

Introduced in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, the new Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act could do for residential and commercial storage what the previous tax credit did for solar.

Located in Lünen, the first of six large-scale storage projects has now been installed and has begun its test run. The project aims to install 90 MW of lithium-ion storage capacity across Germany by next year.

Another seven days of solar brings a call from SolarPower Europe for the EU to end trade duties on Chinese components, the unveiling of Hanergy’s zero charge EVs, and the first shoots of Nigeria’s solar market.

The new 4kWh sonnenBatterie eco compact retails at US$5,950 plus inverter but before installation.

The incentive program has been restructured to supply 75% of the budget to energy storage and to move to a block grant incentive system, among other changes.

In an interview with pv magazine, Mercom Capital CEO Raj Prabhu lays out his concerns about Tesla’s proposed acquisition of SolarCity, pointing out that at the end of the day shareholders have to be convinced.

This morning EUPVSEC kicked off at the International Conference Center in Munich. Some 6,500 authors and co-authors from 88 countries had submitted their abstracts for presentation at the week-long event. This year for the first time EUPVSEC is colocated with Intersolar.