Nissan has taken a page out of Tesla Energy’s playbook by introducing its own Home energy storage solution, called the “xStorage” in Europe.
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Where this differs from several other ESS systems that are now coming to market is that the Nissan solution takes advantage of second hand batteries from Nissan electric vehicles (the LEAF and e-NV200).
For this endeavor Nissan is not going alone, it has signed up power management player Eaton to help with the project.
The company says it is designed to be the “most affordable” complete system on the market today.
The unit is available to pre-order in Europe from September of this year, and Nissan says the “xStorage” solution will give consumers the power to control the how and when they use energy at home.
“Connected to residential power supply or renewable energy sources such as solar panels, the unit can save customers money on their utility bills by charging up when renewable energy is available or energy is cheaper (e.g. during the night) and releasing that stored energy when demand and costs are high.
If a home is equipped with solar technology, this means that consumers can power their homes using clean energy stored in their xStorage system, and be rewarded financially for doing so by avoiding expensive daytime energy tariffs.”
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