Ikea to sell solar panels and batteries for the home

[OyaYansa]

Energy self-sufficiency seems to be an ever closer goal. Supplying energy with solar panels and batteries for the home is an increasingly common practice in developed countries, despite the hardships of some governments.

Soon, all those who want to get on the wave of energy self-sufficiency will not have to turn to inaccessible, high-priced sellers: they can buy solar panels and batteries directly from Ikea, the world's largest area of furniture and other household goods .

These panels are priced at £ 4,000, about £ 4,470 at current exchange rates. Placing a battery and a single plate at home would have a price of € 7,800, although bearing in mind that the savings would be around € 600 per year, it would end up being amortized over the long term.

In any case, the cost of both technologies is falling rapidly, prompting other companies to offer their product and compete in the market, causing prices to fall further. It is a matter of time that there are quite cheaper alternatives.

At the moment the advertisement is limited solely and exclusively to the British market. Of course, it is also likely to be done in the rest of the world in a gradual way.

In Spain, the main obstacle to energy self-sufficiency is the so-called sun tax, a rate to be paid by all those who want to disconnect from the electricity grid.

According to the company itself, the combination of panel and battery can save up to 70% on the light bill. For the moment in the tests realized with real families the saving has been smaller, of 50%, a figure quite impressive already of itself.

Tesla is the brand that has penetrated the most in the development of batteries for the home. Their are the ones that can already be bought in Spain, although they do not enjoy much success among the consumers.