SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. announced its first commercial battery installations in Germany, highlighting strong early adoption of its new CSS-OD commercial storage system in Europe's largest solar self-consumption market. In just the first weeks after launch, the company received over 150 orders equating to over 15MWh, reflecting a positive response from PV installers seeking to add energy storage to SolarEdge's large commercial & industrial (C&I) solar install base. The first dozen installations are now live across Germany.
Optimized for SolarEdge PV systems, the CSS-OD is ideal for both indoor and outdoor C&I solar installations - combining a 102.4 kWh-rated battery cabinet with a 50kW inverter, scalable up to 1 MWh per site. SolarEdge PV installers can now offer a tightly integrated PV + storage solution as more businesses move towards self-consumption with solar. One of the first CSS-OD systems installations in Germany is at the headquarters of WG Solar Concept GmbH, a leading German solar installer based in Nufringen, Baden-Wurttemberg.
In order to maximize self-consumption, the company invested in two CSS-OD systems to store the solar energy produced by its existing 280 kWp SolarEdge rooftop PV system. Controlled and optimized with SolarEdge's advanced ONE for C&I energy management system, the CSS-OD is now enabling the business to become almost entirely self-sufficient with solar energy.
