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xStorage Home supports the energy transition

Eaton xStorage Home systems are being connected to solar panels and EV chargers in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 INVADE science project to discover what the future energy market will look like. 

Enabling the necessary EV charging infrastructure with xStorage Home

INVADE is one of Europe’s biggest ever science projects in the field of smart grids and storage, with a total budget allocation of €16 million. 

The xStorage Home system is used in three sub-projects: Energy usage relative to effect, energy consumption with regards to economic profitability, and how to optimise energy storage in combination with local sources of energy, such as solar energy. Lyse also considers how domestic power and heating can be managed more efficiently and how this can be connected to the Internet of Things.

Watch the video below and discover how Eaton xStorage Home enables the housing association Solvang to smoothly integrate EV chargers in its underground car park while optimising the solar energy it produces locally.

The Norwegian industrial group Lyse and the INVADE project

Lyse is a Norwegian power company and fibre broadband provider. The company was the first in Norway to invest in Eaton xStorage Home systems, as part of the European INVADE research project. The INVADE project is led by Smart Innovation Norway, and Lyse heads the Norwegian pilot. Pilot projects are also running in Germany, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Spain where different businesses are investigating new smart systems and business models within the power and energy market. Lyse focuses on solutions that cater to the consumer market.

The Solvang housing association is leading the way

As part of the INVADE project, Solvang is the first housing association in Norway to use residential energy storage systems connected to PV panels and EV chargers to optimise its energy consumption, lower its energy bills and maximise consumption of the solar energy it produces locally. Its installation includes three Eaton xStorage Home systems, eight EV chargers and solar panels on the roof. (Image credits: Bate)

Twenty Eaton xStorage Home systems installed in homes

Eaton xStorage Home systems are also being installed in twenty different homes in Rogaland, Norway. These systems consist of second-life and new Nissan LEAF batteries that are connected to Eaton smart technology for power management. Eaton xStorage is available for households, commercial buildings and as a part of bigger energy networks and data centres. The xStorage Home units used by Lyse are made up of new and second-life Nissan LEAF batteries with storage capacities of 6 kWh and 4.2 kWh, which can provide a busy and active Norwegian household with three to five hours of power.

We will develop new digital products that ensure better use of the energy grid, an easier transition to renewable energy and the stabilisation of peaks using energy storage.

Trond Torbjørnsen, Senior Business Developer at Lyse

Eaton xStorage systems: a necessity for future energy markets

One of the purposes of the project is to shave the load peaks that occur when grid energy is in high demand. A direct way to address this is the xStorage Home system, which can store power when the price of electricity is low and release it for use when the price is high. Watch the video below and discover how.

We are seeing many exciting products that combine artificial intelligence and machine learning in one system. Energy storage will complement the future energy market, and consumers will benefit in the form of smarter energy usage. Power companies will benefit from better distribution, whilst customers will be able to control and manage their homes in a smarter way.

Trond Torbjørnsen, Senior Business Developer at Lyse

Meeting the higher demand for grid energy

Energy storage will also help to even out the demand for grid energy. This is a necessity as more and more loads with high energy demand, such as electric vehicles and induction hobs, are being used.