Panasonic for lithium production
Tesla's ion batteries will start selling batteries that power European homes, starting in Germany where people have more power to turn to solar power
Power generation.
As household batteries enter the international market, Japanese companies will compete directly with flagship customer Tesla, which may launch a battery to store power for homes and businesses.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Germany is a key market for its products because of its advanced consumer solar market.
Panasonic's European chief executive, Laurent Abadie, said in an interview at the IFA Electronics show in Berlin on Wednesday that Panasonic will continue to enter France, the UK and other markets.
The company said it had not decided when to start selling in Europe.
In Japan, where batteries already exist, they can help households replace up to 70% of their energy use by storing the energy generated by solar panels, Abadie said.
The company aims to eventually replace 100% of its energy in the grid.
"We are not far from achieving 100% in the future," he said . ".
The time to achieve this goal "depends on the region.
If you are in Northern Europe and you need a lot of energy in winter, you won't get any light.
"Batteries can be used to store electricity during peak production periods and are distributed when the sun does not shine or the wind does not blow.
At IFA, Panasonic said it will start booking for the security camera Nubo connected via the mobile network this month, allowing users to do so without Wi-Fi.
The company also announced a new high. end 65-
It says the inch TV can present a deeper black color compared to the plasma TV that stops selling.
Slowing solar market in Europe
With homes buying batteries to store electricity, the panel market is likely to recover in 2017, which makes it cheaper for rooftop photovoltaic equipment to buy electricity from the grid, luc glall, senior vice president of REC Solar Holdings, said in an interview last month.
Panasonic said, home-
The energy storage industry will create 10 billion yen ($83 million)
As of the fiscal year 2018, income outside Japan's domestic market. The Osaka-
Australian-based companies will begin selling these systems in October.