38% of the participants of the "PV InstallerSurvey USA 2015/2016" decide not to offer energy storage solutions to their customers. The main reasons they claim are that the current pricing impedes the demand, the margins are too low and the technological maturity of the systems is not convincing. However, next to the 34% of installers, who already offer energy storage solutions, another 26% of the survey participants want to include energy storage in their portfolio in 2016.
Whereas Trojan is the most used energy storage brand in the USA, Tesla achieved the highest score in regard to the unaided brand awareness. The most important features US installers look for when choosing an energy storage brand are guarantee conditions and ease of installations.
These are some of the results from the current "PV InstallerSurvey USA 2015/2016". EuPD Research reached a total number of 302 interviews with installers from 42 US states and Washington D.C. Apart from storage solutions, the surveyed topics are procurement management, market penetration and brand management as well as company concerns.
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