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Solar energy storage now commercially viable

Storage is here’: Solar-plus-storage market will surpass $1B by 2018, Utility Dive By  | December 17, 2014 10% of new commercial solar customers will pair their installations with storage by 2018, according to research published Thursday morning by GTM Research. Spurred by falling battery prices, the solar-plus-storage market will surpass $1 billion that year,………

the falling cost of batteries is expected to help make these systems economic for smaller customers eventually. Battery cost has declined about 23% annually since 2010 and remains a key factor in selling the systems. “More than anything else it’s a necessary, but not sufficient, factor,” Kann said…….
or commercial customers, solar-plus-storage penetration is set to grow from 1% in 2014 to 11% by 2018. http://www.utilitydive.com/news/storage-is-here-solar-plus-storage-market-will-surpass-1b-by-2018/345117/

December 31, 2014 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, energy storage

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