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UTILITIES NEED TO develop large-scale plans for storing renewable energy , but the increasing number of homeowners utilising rooftop solar must also be equipped to store energy for a , quite literally , rainy day . Big name engineering and electronics firms have noted the need for home energy storage , and launched into a race to create the most flexible and efficient systems . Here are six household names who have moved into the residential energy storage market , and the stats on each of their solutions .

Last year , Samsung ’ s renewable arm , Samsung SDI , took a step into the home energy storage market with its residential ESS solution . Customers with an existing rooftop solar PV system can choose from one of the company ’ s four ‘ all-in-one ’ storage units , equipped with capacities of 3.6kWh , 5.5kWH , 8.0kWh and a scalable option of up to 10.8kWh , respectively . The lithium-ion batteries have also been used in a grid-scale energy storage operation in Schwerin , Germany .

The batteries include a DC system which reduces energy loss by using only one conversion process between solar panels and the home ’ s appliances .

24 September 2016