One vs Two Inverters There are two main approaches to Inverters when installing a solar and battery system in the home, and there are pros and cons to each. This blog highlights the main advantages and disadvantages of each.
PowerBanx batteries can be mounted in computer enclosures providing a neat, adaptable and upgradable system at low cost.
The importance of a solar and battery survey.
The Global Energy Transition often seems to be about big infrastructure projects, like offshore windfarms and grid battery storage. However, what’s happening at the home level is arguably more important, in terms of the impact on the individual and on the future requirements for national grids.
Attaching solar panels to a pitched roof.
Today I’ve been charging my electric car (a BMW i3) for free using the solar panels on the roof of my house.
We are frequently asked about the impact of orientation on a solar installation. What is remarkable is how much you can generate, even when you are facing in the ‘wrong’ direction. Here we have some data to show you how much…
The biggest news in the EV space over the last few months has been the launch of the Jaguar I-PACE, the first electric car from Jaguar Land-Rover. We saw it for the first time ‘in the flesh’ at the Fully Charged Live show and rather liked the look of it.
As promised, we showed our faces at Fully Charged Live at Silverstone on Saturday. This was the first exhibition and conference launched by Robert Llewellyn off the back of his Fully Charged YouTube show, but I’m sure not the last.
This is about Days 6 and 7 of owning a PowerBanx home battery, and a summary of the result of a week running our house with one. On Day 1 I explained how it charges up from our solar panels during the day and then empties during the evening to