Power Cut Backup Options with Battery Storage
What are the different backup options with a home battery.
4 battery storage trends every homeowner should be tracking
Investing in a solar system can help power your home more efficiently, reduce your energy expenses, and even increase your home’s value. Today’s solar systems are highly efficient and enable a wide range of goals. One trend that’s quickly moving to the forefront is the popularity of battery storage solutions. According to the International
Storm Season is Here: Energy Storage Can Help You Prepare
In Southern and Eastern parts of the U.S., late summer and fall not only signals the start of college football; it also marks the beginning of storm season. Homeowners in these regions are no strangers to preparing for storms, from trimming tree branches that are too close to windows to storing water and food
Preparing for a Power Cut
Getting ready for losing the power grid.
Repeated Power Shutoffs Spur Homeowners To Install Backup Batteries
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — After multiple power shutoffs and the looming threat of more to come, some Bay Area property owners have had enough and are exploring ways of getting themselves off the power grid. One power option is using home battery storage that is recharged by solar panels. “Our calls are up five
My Experience of a Sustained Power Cut
Riding seamlessly through a power cut with a home battery.
Power shutoffs cause a battery boom in California
Contractors across California are seeing greater demand for battery storage than ever before in response to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs. With the threat of blackouts on the 10-year horizon, customers have decided to take their power into their own hands. As has been well documented, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has begun Public
Huge Battery Investments Drop Energy-Storage Costs Faster Than Expected, Threatening Natural Gas
The global energy transition is happening faster than the models predicted, according to a report released today by the Rocky Mountain Institute, thanks to massive investments in the advanced-battery technology ecosystem. Previous and planned investments total $150 billion through 2023, RMI calculates—the equivalent of every person in the world chipping in $20. In the first
California offers extra solar, storage incentives after wildfires and shut-offs
Communities most likely to be affected by both the effects of and the response to devastating wildfires which have wreaked havoc on California will be given extra incentive to install solar-plus-storage at their properties. In addition to the impact of the fires themselves, the latter part of this year saw utility PG&E, already facing bankruptcy
Setting Economy 7 Times on Your PowerBanx (Victron) Home Battery Storage System
I have previously described how to set overnight charging times (for Economy 7 or similar tariffs) on our most popular PowerBanx systems which use an inverter made by Sofar; here I'm going to cover the same process for PowerBanx systems which use an inverter made by Victron. These inverters are more expensive but have