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Listen Up: The Next Big Energy Appliance
August 16, 2016
By The Energy Show on Renewable Energy World
Were witnessing the transformation of electricity generation, storage and usage of electricity in buildings. The home of the future will have an appliance that combines an inverter, rooftop solar, battery storage and an EV charger linked together with easy-to-use management software.
In August, Tesla implied they are developing such a product. But other companies have been working on similar complete systems as well as individual components for years. SolarEdge, Enphase and others for inverters; dozens of solar module manufacturers; multinationals such as GE, Siemens and Schneider for chargers and home electronics; and thousands of software entrepreneurs who hope to create an app for that.
These developments are being driven by new technology in solar, battery storage and power electronics. From a consumers demand perspective, it is becoming increasingly cost-effective to generate and store ones own electricity. And from a utilitys supply perspective, the realization is dawning that they cannot maintain their we generate it so you must buy it business model.
The challenge is to build a profitable business around this future building energy reality. Can one company dominate the commodity manufacturing of solar panels and batteries to create a complete home energy appliance product offering? Or will multiple companies collaborate as they provide pieces of this appliance, integrated by one or more suppliers of electronics and software? For more about the Next Big Energy Appliance, please Listen Up to the Energy Show on Renewable Energy World....
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/08/listen-up-the-next-big-energy-appliance.html
August 16, 2016
By The Energy Show on Renewable Energy World
Were witnessing the transformation of electricity generation, storage and usage of electricity in buildings. The home of the future will have an appliance that combines an inverter, rooftop solar, battery storage and an EV charger linked together with easy-to-use management software.
In August, Tesla implied they are developing such a product. But other companies have been working on similar complete systems as well as individual components for years. SolarEdge, Enphase and others for inverters; dozens of solar module manufacturers; multinationals such as GE, Siemens and Schneider for chargers and home electronics; and thousands of software entrepreneurs who hope to create an app for that.
These developments are being driven by new technology in solar, battery storage and power electronics. From a consumers demand perspective, it is becoming increasingly cost-effective to generate and store ones own electricity. And from a utilitys supply perspective, the realization is dawning that they cannot maintain their we generate it so you must buy it business model.
The challenge is to build a profitable business around this future building energy reality. Can one company dominate the commodity manufacturing of solar panels and batteries to create a complete home energy appliance product offering? Or will multiple companies collaborate as they provide pieces of this appliance, integrated by one or more suppliers of electronics and software? For more about the Next Big Energy Appliance, please Listen Up to the Energy Show on Renewable Energy World....
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/08/listen-up-the-next-big-energy-appliance.html
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The Next Big Energy Appliance (Original Post)
kristopher
Aug 2016
OP
Such a pessimist. Oil companies can be disrupted just like newspapers & video stores were. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2016
#2
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)1. Does anyone believe Big Oil etc would let this happen??
<<<< crickets >>>>>>
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,965 posts)2. Such a pessimist. Oil companies can be disrupted just like newspapers & video stores were. . . nt
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)3. uh, yeah..... those 'little companies' did not OWN Senators
Those companies OWN our political system..... Wake Up !!!!
kristopher
(29,798 posts)4. There are too many winners for the fossil fuel industries to stop it.
We've been fighting this battle for decades now, and I'm happy to share with you that the economics finally and decisively favor renewable energy and microgrids.
The entire way we conceptualize an energy system now starts with end users and builds up to a network.