IHS tips 30,000 Australian households to deploy battery storage by 2018
The Australian electricity storage market “is on the rise,” tips IHS, in a release today. The analyst group says that the number of units installed annually will increase ten-fold in 2016, seeing the market in the top five for energy storage.
SolarCitys Kauai solar plus storage project to use Tesla batteries
The battery system will meet evening peak demand on the island, which has already hit very high levels of solar penetration.
Sonnen ships its 10,000 solar battery
Germanys Sonnen has shipped its 10,000 solar battery. To celebrate the milestone Sonnen (formerly Sonnenbatterie) increased the capacity of the battery system for the 10,000th customer by 2 kWh and provided the household with free membership to its sonnenCommunity platform.
Germany: SMA teams with grid operator Tenne T to provide real-time solar data
Collaboration marks greater effort of solar industry to work with grids on gaining greater understanding and control of solar’s intermittency; partnership can digitalize electricity supply, SMA says.
Tesla Energy delivers positive growth margin in Q4, company-wide losses predicted to end in 2016
Tesla has reported that its Energy business unit achieved a positive gross margin in Q4 2015, while the company has delivered its 11th quarterly net loss. Tesla pointed to its Energy segment as a key lead generator for the firm, with its Powerwall and Powerpack products delivering more than double the amount of potential Tesla customer inquiries than its automotive business.
US Clean Power Plan blocked by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has put President Barack Obamas Clean Power Plan on hold until it determines the plans legal merits, expected this summer. Despite the surprise, many are confident the decision wont affect coals continued decline in the States amid a burgeoning renewable industry.
Sunverge picks up $36.5m investment, ARENA participates as backer
The California-based distributed energy storage developer has secured Series C funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and four other public and private investors.
SMA: When storage systems pay off for commercial business
While private PV system operators work toward optimizing self-consumption, storage systems in industry are mainly used to provide control reserve and thus ensure grid stability. In commercial storage system applications, the main focus is on efficiency and a secure electricity supply. SMA experts, Volker Wachenfeld and Nick Morbach elaborate.
London: Europe’s next wave of solar needs to be smart
Solar power is at the forefront of a smarter energy sector, but to enable a new wave of PV installations in Europe, solar needs new regulatory frameworks that value flexibility, says the Smart Energy UK and Europe conference in London.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
The solar big guns were out in force this week as changes to the U.S. net metering landscape rolled into Nevada. Elsewhere, China proved its PV prowess, Japan saw a shakeup and Germany confirmed its relative demise.
