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Solar energy storage using lead-acid batteries is as old as the solar energy industry itself. Off-grid photovoltaics (PV) has invariably used such batteries, in some cases just car batteries to store energy produced during sunny periods.
Till now the market for grid-connected PV storage has been negligible but there is a drastic change. The solar storage business is thus doubly blessed. Not only has its opportunity space increased because of the growing number of PV installations as a whole, but non-utility, grid-connected PV has become a target has become a target market for storage for the first time. mce-anchorDesperately Seeking Lithium
According to NanoMarkets, for years to come, lead-acid batteries are going to eat up much of the available market for PV storage. Lead-acid batteries are mature, reliable, easy to find and not really that expensive. However, with growing demand for PV storage, it is understandable that battery firms have been seeking technologies that can do the job better than lead-acid.
Lead-carbon batteries are a natural alternative, but remain very expensive. Many of the other alternatives such as Sodium Sulfur batteries are aimed at utility-scale generation and are not what an average PV user would consider as an alternative to lead acid. That leaves just one alternative, lithium-ion batteries. Unlike most of the other technologies that compete with lead-acid these batteries are already in widespread use in consumer markets; cell phones, power tools and perhaps soon cars. mce-anchorBringing Lithium To The Solar Market
Lithium batteries have begun to creep into the PV market. Current trends are as follows:
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