German battery maker Solarwatt expects 40 percent sales growth in 2017

By Vera Eckert BERLIN (Reuters) - Solarwatt, a German manufacturer of batteries that store power generated by domestic solar panels, expects revenue to grow 40 percent this year as sales more than double, Chief Executive Detlef Neuhaus told Reuters in an interview. Battery sales of Solarwatt's MyReserve brand in 2017 could reach 5,000 units after it sold 2,000 in 2016, Neuhaus said on Tuesday.