Saft announces cooperation with Nedap to deliver effective energy storage for residential solar power systems

Effective energy storage ‘time-shifts’ the peak power produced by PV systems during the middle of the
day for use during peak demand periods, mainly mornings and evenings. This both maximizes local self-consumption and enhances the value of the PV system as only surplus energy is exported to the grid. With this vision in mind, Nedap developed the PowerRouter, a solar inverter with integrated battery manager to make optimum use of self-generated energy.

‘As the market for renewable energy is moving rapidly toward grid parity, it becomes more interesting
to optimize the consumption of self generated Solar Energy. Storing energy during the day for use at
night becomes important for users who want to become independent from their energy supplier. Now is
the moment that this technology becomes economically attractive for the customer due to the
developments in the lithium-ion battery technology. The performance, long-service life and zero-maintenance features of Saft’s Li-ion technology is a perfect fit with Nedap’s compact, easy to install, all-in-one system approach for our PowerRouter’, says Joep Thomassen, Managing Director of Nedap Energy Systems. ‘The cooperation with Saft will bring our customers a high quality system solution with great performance’.

‘We are seeing a significant shift in the PV market with feed-in-tariffs being reduced significantly and
sometimes withdrawn completely. This is driving the growing interest in self-consumption and other
electricity storage applications that can only be achieved with effective energy storage,’ says Francois
Bouchon, Director of Saft’s Energy Storage Systems business. ‘We have developed a range of Li-ion
energy storage solutions, and working with high quality partners such as Nedap, who have a well
established track record in the renewable energy industry, is the ideal way to bring them to market.’