Toshiba Corp., in collaboration with
SunPowerCorp (US), will be selling monocrystal Silicon-type solar energy crystal modules for residential solar battery systems from 1 April 2010. Toshiba said that it decided to start the residential solar battery system to help promote their all-electric or smart-grid businesses. In the future, Toshiba plans to sell its solar battery systems with second-generation Li-ion batteries (SCiB) combined with “smart meters”. The residential solar battery systems that Toshiba plans to sell will have solar battery modules, power conditioners (power conversion efficiency of 94%), and color monitors, all supplied by out-sourced suppliers.