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SOLAR PV MARKET
Share of newly installed residential PV systems | Europe
9.3% 18.8% 20.4%
13.4%
7.2% 2016 14.2% 2017 54.4% 13.5% 2018e 55.1%
6.8% 59.6% 6.4% 6.0%
3.6% 2.5%
3.3% 2.5%
2.9%
l Netherlands l Germany l Italy l UK l France l Rest of Europe
Source: EuPD Research 2018
of storage customers made use of the obstacles. In France, merely a energy storage becomes evident
support scheme. Towards the end of third of the installers already offer when one looks at the strong growth
the second subsidy period, the support energy storage to their customers. of the residential PV market. In 2017
sum decreased to merely 10% of the Compared to Germany this is a very the Netherlands had around 83,000
investment costs. Maybe it comes small share. However, as compared PV installations below 10 kWp,
as no surprise that merely a quarter to 2017, where about 60% refused whereas only about 2,000 of these
of the survey participants for the to include storage solutions in PV systems were equipped with a
“Global PV InstallerMonitor 2017/2018” their portfolio, this year one third storage solution; however, due to the
from EuPD Research recommend the mentioned they were considering low electricity prices (16 €ct per kWh)
program to their customers. energy storage. One does need to and the net metering scheme, the
take into consideration, though, that market currently shows no demand
On the other hand, more than half of the electricity prices in France are for energy storage. This is supported
the survey participants said that they comparably low as for instance in by the fact that only 20% of the
would not recommend the subsidy Germany. Whereas German home- Dutch installers offer energy storage
program. When asked for the reason, owners pay around 30 €ct per kWh, in their portfolio. This could change
most of the installers said that the the electricity price in France (due to dramatically, as the Dutch Minister
fact that storage users have to feed nuclear power) is only around 18 €ct of Economic Affairs and Climate
in 50% of the generated energy into per kWh. However, the French electric Change Eric Wiebes announced plans
the grid was not beneficial for the use utility Électricité de France S.A. (EDF) to replace the net metering scheme
of a storage system. Furthermore, announced they will invest around with a new support mechanism
they describe the application form eight billion euros between 2018 and for solar and other small-sized
as too complicated (all in all nine 2035 to become a European market renewable energy systems by 2020.
steps are necessary to receive leader in electricity storage. This is a As around 600-700MW of residential
the funding). Amongst the other clear sign that there is huge potential PV are estimated for 2018, this shows
mentioned reasons, German installers for energy storage in France. what kind of potential energy storage
today largely believe that the storage in the Netherlands has should the net
subsidy program is not profitable for The Dutch market’s potential for metering scheme be cancelled. l
their customers. And the fact that
customers need to take out a loan About EuPD Research Sustainable Management GmbH:
from the KfW in order to benefit from
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Our continuous research has enabled us to develop particular skills in the
Other countries that could benefit field of renewable energy sources, particularly in the field of solar energy.
from energy storage face various
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