Nissan, Nissan and Eaton team up to produce home energy storage systems

The batteries inside the Tesla Power Supply were previously made in Japan by Panasonic, but since January it has also started manufacturing in California. Sonnen, a German storage company, has also started making household batteries in Wildpolzried, Germany. Home storage power is seen as a growing potential in the UK, especially for early adopters and the 850,000 households with solar panels, which are huge markets.


Homes with solar power can use it by storing it in the battery rather than exporting it to the grid, with Eaton and Nissan estimating such a customer would earn £43 a month.


Batteries also make it easier to use 'time' and energy transactions, if it can avoid consumers charging less during periods of peak energy demand, such as 4-7pm on weekdays. Taxes like this are expected to increase when every UK household is equipped with a smart meter by the end of 2020.


Nissan Nissan acquired Eaton, a US power management company, for about $20 billion.


Cyrille Brisson, Eaton's vice president of EMEA, said: "We are clearly entering this market, aiming to be the market leader, Nissan and its plant in Sunderland, Eaton has a strong base and installers. We believe we have the knowledge and ability to tap into this market.


New batteries manufactured will come with a 10-year warranty; users who use the batteries in their cars will have a five-year warranty. While the batteries will be manufactured in Sunderland, they will be assembled in Morocco.


But the Nissan and Eaton partners will face stiff competition from Tesla, which makes electric cars, solar panels and batteries. The California-based company has installed Powerwall systems across the UK, with a high-profile launch by billionaire Musk. As soon as the news that Nissan Nissan started to manufacture batteries came out, Tesla also felt that the crisis was coming.


While Tesla has been in the lead, Eaton and Nissan are looking to woo customers with the environmental qualifications of using old batteries and manufacturing in the UK, which is certainly a major blow to Tesla.


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