Nissan and OVO collaborate to increase adoption of home battery storage

Nissan and UK energy technology company OVO, has announced a new collaboration to accelerate the adoption of home battery storage in the UK.

The new offering will combine VNet - OVO’s intelligent energy technology - with the capabilities of the Nissan xStorage Home system.

Building from this collaboration, OVO plans to launch OVO SolarStore (beta), the company’s first battery storage offering for qualifying customers.

News of the collaboration to accelerate the adoption of home battery storage comes as the two companies also announced their intention to launch a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) offering for private customers buying the new Nissan LEAF from January 2018 – which will allow customers to sell energy to the grid at peak times.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, OVO CEO, said: “Electric vehicles are fast becoming a mainstream option for drivers and solve many of the challenges facing our cities. We believe that they have an integral part to play in the twenty-first-century power grid and accelerating decarbonisation and mobility.

“We’re delighted that we can now offer such a compelling incentive to customers who are generating their own clean power, providing a truly sustainable alternative to the traditional energy model.”