IHS Research: Energy Storage is the fastest growing demand

IHS Research report shows that the global PV inverter buyers, is the fastest growing storage needs. Although the technology is still relatively immature, but IMS Research for the global PV inverter four hundred customer survey showed that nearly a third of respondents expect that by 2015, over 40% of the solar energy system installed to enable them energy storage technology.

Germany, Italy and the UK respondents emphasized that the future of photovoltaic solar grid tie inverter  the energy storage is more important than any other needs. When asked about the use of the main factors driving forces storage of customers' most common answer is to reduce the price of the battery, which helps reduce system price, so that the storage economically viable.

More than 60 percent of respondents said the system price includes energy storage technology to improve 10-29% is "acceptable", although nearly a third of respondents said they are ready to pay a higher premium. IHS Power and Energy Research Manager Sam Wilkinson (Sam Wilkinson), said: "For photovoltaic systems, energy storage is becoming more and more important, if the supplier can deliver the product in line with industry expectations, photovoltaic energy storage market can remarkable development over the next two years. "

The survey also asked customers about their using micro photovoltaic inverter  display relatively high price of this technology to become a widespread disorder. But the survey also revealed that in 2012 compared to 2011, compared to enable micro-inverter proportion of customers has increased by ten percentage points. Respondents stressed that they have the ability to fight the effects of occlusion, additional design flexibility using micro inverters become the most common cause.

Wilkinson said: "Due to the advantages and features they provide, micro inverters are becoming more widely accepted, but the price to make a major disadvantage, the majority of respondents micro-inverter is not currently represented purchases For them, the need to reduce the price by more than 50% before considering they enable. "