Australian PV Installers Primarily Install Commercial Energy Storage Systems

Bonn, Germany - Australian installers are focussing more and more on energy storage systems. 41% of the participants of the "Australian PV InstallerMonitor 2015/2016" already offer storage solutions to their customers.

A further 26% want to include energy storage in their portfolio this year. The installers, who will not offer battery storage, claim financial reasons (high prices and low margins) as the main obstacles. These are the key findings of a study by German market researcher EuPD Research.

According to the study, the Australian PV storage market currently focusses on commercial systems. More than half (56%) of the survey participants primarily install storage solutions in the system size segment of 12kWh and more. Only a small amount of the installers install residential systems. Furthermore, nearly all installations (96%) from the sample group has installed came in combination with a new PV system - the retro-fit segment is virtually no factor at the moment

Source: IWR Online, 24 May 2016