Engie is now offering French households a new package called "My Power", that consists of a PV and storage system for producing and using their own solar power. This is Engie`s new offer to its French customers, and will use the Sonnen Batterie storage system. The new offer enables a household to cover up to 96 percent of its daily energy needs with self-produced solar power. The potential is about 4.4 million homeowners in France.
French storage market with enormous potential
"We are very happy that one of Europe's largest utilities shares our vision of clean and affordable energy. Engie is a company that not only talks about renewable energy but really pushes it forward. The French storage market is at the very beginning and therefore offers enormous potential. This shows that more and more people around the world want to take their energy future into their own hands and thus want to use our technology, "says Christoph Ostermann, CEO of Sonnen. In France, around two-thirds of the population favour the installation of a photovoltaic system on their roof tops, the majority of them would like to use this electricity for themselves. For Engie this is a very promising market, the company announced.
My Power as a new product
"We are expanding our product range with" My Power ", giving our customers the ability to store and use their own power, even when the sun is not shining. We are launching this service today, so I am very proud to announce our partnership with Sonnen, using what we believe is the best storage solution on the market, "says Hervé Matthieu Ricour, Head of BtC France at Engie.
Investment subsidy and rising electricity prices
Since 2017, self-consumption in France has been supported by an investment subsidy for the purchase of photovoltaic systems. The electricity price has risen by about 20 percent in the last five years, so that storing your own electricity , also becomes more and more economically economical.
More than 11.6 million customers
Engie, known as GDF SUEZ till 2015, is one of the largest European utilities, active in energy and services. It employs more than 150,000 people and has activities in around 70 countries. In 2017, the Group achieved an annual revenue of €65 billion. In France, Engie is the leading provider of green electricity (1.6 million customers) and supplies more than 11.6 million customers with energy (4 million with electricity and 7.6 million with gas)
Sonnen Batterie already certified for the French market
Sonnen has already certified the Sonnen Batterie for the French market and trained numerous installers on site.In addition to Sonnen’s most important market in Germany, the company is already represented in numerous European markets such as Italy, the UK, the Scandinavian countries and Spain. In addition, Sonnen is also active in the USA and Australia. Worldwide Sonnen has sold more than 30,000 of its storage systems. (HCN)
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