The
two
companies
say
their
joint
efforts
in
the
US
and
Europe
will
cover
the
full
range
of
PV
installations,
from
residential
to
utility-scale,
grid-connected
arrays.
In
Japan
the
partners
will
target
storage
for
the
non-residential
sector,
and
will
work
together
in
the
large-scale
inverter
segment.
Power-One
will
bring
its
inverter
technology
to
the
partnership,
with
Panasonic
contributing
its
lithium-ion
battery
expertise.
Launching
the
co-operation
agreement,
the
pair
cited
estimates
of
an
$11bn
global
market
for
energy-storage
systems
by
2020.
Alex
Levran,
president
of
Renewable
Energy
Solutions
at
Power-One,
says:
“Energy
storage
resources
will
greatly
increase…
