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28 Spring 2018 European Energy Innovation
PV STORAGE
European PV Storage Insights –
how do European PV installers
rate storage subsidy schemes?
By Saif Islam, EuPD Research For the tenth year in a row EuPD to the very high system prices at the
Research surveyed European PV time, the majority of storage customers
Over the last few years installers in regards to procurement, made use of the support scheme.
various subsidy schemes brand awareness, market penetration, Towards the end of the second subsidy
have ignited the interest satisfaction and energy storage period, the support sum decreased to
for residential PV energy solutions. EuPD Research values the merely 10% of the investment costs.
storage in Europe. In Germany the installers as the most important market
„Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau“ intermediaries, as they are key in German installer may have the
(KfW) ("Reconstruction Credit regards to the choice of technologies longest experience with storage
Institute") initiated one of the first and brands. The tenth edition of the subsidies, and one would think the
support programs for home-owners “Global PV InstallerMonitor” was KfW support program 275 for energy
in 2013. Last year nearly 7.000 system recently published and features the storage systems would offer a good
installations were financed, which was results of the surveys in Germany, opportunity to sell more storage
about a fifth of all residential storage France, the Netherlands, Austria, systems; however, merely a little bit
installations in Germany. In a recent Switzerland, Italy and the UK. more than a quarter of the surveyed
survey, market and economic research installers said that they actually
institute EuPD Research surveyed In the first subsidy period from 2013 recommended said storage subsidy
European PV installers and, amongst onwards, 30% of the investment costs to their customers. On the other
others, asked about their opinion on for a storage system were funded. Due hand, more than half of the survey
storage subsidy schemes.
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