Solar and storage can work together to form an effective renewable, distributed generation solution, and Japan and Panasonic in particular are driving hard to make it happen.   However, there are still plenty of opportunities in this.

From Panasonic’s  manager:

“That’s supported the deployment of battery systems in about 15,000 homes across the country, he said — but “what’s missing is how we connect this storage together, and how we control [the connected devices].”

Panasonic Looks to California for Lessons on Solar-Storage Integration : Greentech Media.