Battery storage will be economic for households with rooftop solar by 2017

Madeleine Cuff
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New research finds that rapid cost reductions will make battery storage attractive for energy-generating households within two years

Costs have fallen so rapidly for battery storage capacity that within two years the technology will be cheap enough for households with existing rooftop solar systems. That is according to a new report...

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