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Japan Moves to Set Worldwide Standard for Residential Energy Storage

October 4, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Joe Piccirilli of Rosewater Energy Group
Joe Piccirilli, Rosewater Energy Group

At last month’s CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis, we learned about – and reported on – a new venture by industry stalwart Joe Piccirilli to sell a residential energy storage hub under the Rosewater Energy Group brand. Their hub uses rechargeable batteries to store energy from the power grid, or from renewable sources (i.e. solar panels, wind turbines), or even from a back-up generator to condition the energy and power your home.

Now news comes out of Asia that Japanese industry, in conjunction with the Japanese government, is preparing a proposal for the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to set international standards for the fledgling residential storage industry.

Why is Japan focusing on residential energy storage? Read below to see why… [Read more…] about Japan Moves to Set Worldwide Standard for Residential Energy Storage

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Consumer Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Research, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: electric cars, green technology, Hitachi, IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission, Japan, Joe Piccirilli, lithium-ion, Nikkei, Oslo, Pike Research, residential energy storage, Rosewater Energy Group, solar photovoltaic panels, Toshiba

NEC & Partners Launch Program to Drive Adoption of Residential Energy Storage

October 4, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of NEC's residential storage unit.
NEC’s residential storage unit

It seems that a great green wave is sweeping over Japan as the government and several businesses partner to drive adoption of, and set standards for, the residential energy storage (RES) system business. In a separate post, we reported on a story out of Japan of an effort by Toshiba, Hitachi, and the Japanese government to persuade the IEC, an international standards setting commission, to set an international standard for RES systems based on their proposal.

And on the same day that this was reported, separately the NEC Corp. announced that they have partnered with Orix Corp. to roll-out a national program (in the domestic Japan market) to lease NEC residential energy storage systems to consumers. Although these systems are not new, they have struggled to grow their share of the market – largely because the systems tend to be expensive.

But that’s all about to change… [Read more…] about NEC & Partners Launch Program to Drive Adoption of Residential Energy Storage

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Consumer Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: IEC, NEC, residential energy storage

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