An annual highlight of the already-packed renewable energy industry calendar, Intersolar Europe brings tens of thousands of people to Munich each year to do business in the glorious Bavarian sunshine. Yet even there the sun occasionally fails to do its own business, which is a vaguely humorous way of saying that, by logical extension, the ees Europe show, representing the electrical energy storage industries, has become a bigger and bigger companion piece to the “main” event in Germany.
Of course, there will be plenty of battery and energy storage that doesn’t necessarily sit directly alongside solar, including batteries for frequency response and various e-mobility and electric vehicle and fleet solutions. Nonetheless, here are some of the products and companies we can look forward to seeing showcased this week at ees Europe. Note that this is just a small sample of what we can expect to see. It may perhaps seem a little biased towards the ‘solar’ end of the equation, but in reality, we think the overall keyword here will be ‘smart’.
Residential & Small Commercial Scale
While in economic terms it’s still considered a challenge in many parts of the world, Germany’s home energy storage market continues to deploy thousands of units each month, driven forward by falling feed-in tariffs and falling system prices. Many of the market participants in Germany will be looking now to not only consolidate their position and increase the value of their offerings in that market, they’ll also be seeking to do it internationally as well.
Hanwha Q CELLS integrates Eguana battery ahead of ‘smart supply’ launch
PV module manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS has partnered with Canada’s Eguana Technologies, which makes its own AC-coupled home energy storage unit, Enduro. The system will be made available through the sales networks of Hanwha Q CELLS, mainly focused on the rooftop solar market.
The two have entered an exclusive agreement for Hanwha Q CELLS to market, sell and distribute Enduro into the European Union countries, Switzerland and in Norway under the Q CELLS brand. Hanwha claims it sold more than 15,000 residential units in Europe in 2018. The company has teased that it will be launching an integrated energy supply solution at Intersolar this week, so we will be watching closely.
VARTA concentrates on smart homes
There’s a focus on smart home connectivity in the launch for the second generation of VARTA’s Pulse home storage unit, Pulse neo.
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