This is indicated by the latest figures from the national memory support program. During an average of nearly 340 grant applications per month were approved in the first five months of the year , the competent KfW - Bank from June almost 600 funding commitments spoke to August from a month .
"More and more people want to make more independent now and opt for a solar self-sufficiency around the clock . Solar power storage are the perfect complement to a photovoltaic system and an important component of the energy revolution , "says Carsten Grainy, chief executive of the association.
Solar power from the own photovoltaic system is much cheaper than electricity from a utility company . Often households have but just then a high power consumption when their solar panels produce little or no solar power - as in the evenings. With a current store of cheap solar power can always be used when it is needed, Grainy said.
Since the beginning of state funding in May 2013, more than 6,500 plants have already been promoted. The average repayment bonus has risen to €3,300 per application ; the size of memory supported is increased.
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