Comments on: German Solar Battery System Available Fourth Quarter

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:27:00 +0000

That’s awesome! Great to hear.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:09:00 +0000

It’s an information lite article.

Price, depth of discharge limit, number of cycles – all missing.

By: Neil Blanchard

Neil Blanchard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:06:00 +0000

Are these going to be sold in the USA? Any idea of the price?

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:56:00 +0000

It will be difficult to stop. It’s not as if they have good grounds to ban home energy storage. And if they start making too much trouble for people with solar power people will start buying 5+ kilowatt hours of storage and a small generator and start dropping off the grid. The Coalition can do a lot of damage if they get in, but they can’t actually stop home solar and energy storage.

By: Marcel Den Ouden

Marcel Den Ouden — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:49:00 +0000

I’ve got no hard numbers but just driving/biking the usual way to work/family/shop I see a new installations which weren’t there before. Preliminary numbers from the CBS show that it tripled comparing 2012 to 2011. The panels have become so cheap that some people with flat roofs are even placing them east-west instead of south so they can double the amount on their roof. It is also a nice investment if you have a few thousand euro’s to spare and don’t plan to move soon. The inflation is higher than the interesst you get on a savings account… We still enjoy a 15% return from the government but once the jar is empty there will not be a new subsidy because it is already profitable without. Hopefully the import taxes on Chinese panels will not slow the process down too much.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:39:00 +0000

You’re seeing a lot of rooftop solar popping up in NL? Good to hear. Look fwd to seeing 2013 installation numbers. Have a good source for that?

By: Robin Pomfret

Robin Pomfret — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:51:00 +0000

I can not see it happening in Australia especially with a Non Climate Change party in charge.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:05:00 +0000

This is the what the Germany storage FIT was hoping to make happen. Way to go, Germany leading the way again!

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +0000

Price?

By: Marcel Den Ouden

Marcel Den Ouden — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:23:00 +0000

Nice development! In Holland we can still deliver to the grid at the same rate as we buy as long as you’re nog a net producer. But that will probably change once penetration becomes higher. I see rooftop solar popping up everywhere, I’ve got a 2.4KWp system myself which should pay for itself in approx 5 yrs.