PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 1
Early experience with a home battery.
Big Auto and Motorcycle Companies Have Finally Accepted EVs are the Future
With almost all of the major car manufacturers (and Harley Davidson) announcing that they are investing in new EV development, the future of transportation has officially been claimed by electric vehicles.
Operating/Rebooting Your PowerBanx (Sofar) Home Battery
Instructions for rebooting a PowerBanx (Sofar inverter & Pylontech batteries) home battery system.
PowerBanx Home Battery Settings
How to see and change settings on your Solar inverter battery system.
Nissan Leaf: the electric vehicle to grid tech that can power your home
The new model Nissan Leaf will be the first electric vehicle in Australia that can send power back to a home battery using vehicle to grid technology.
Blockchain in action: stabilising the grid in Germany and the Netherlands
Case study: Blockchain technology is being put to the test in northern Europe, writes Jean-Baptiste Cornefert of Sonnen.
Introducing Night-time Solar Charging for Electric Vehicles
As we transition away from polluting fossil-fuelled vehicles to electric vehicles it is common for owners to think about the source of the electricity they use for charging.
The 4 Main Applications for Battery Storage
There are three primary benefits of energy storage: Access to lower priced electricity Retention of surplus self generated electricity Emergency power supply However, this can look many different ways. At a recent presentation*, we had an interesting view of the main applications of battery storage that may help explain some of the questions. In this
Consortium finds viable business case for community energy storage
[repost] Small-scale, grid-connected energy storage solutions – or “community batteries” – can have a viable business case, supporting the ongoing growth of decentralised energy generation resources. This is one of the key findings of a feasibility study published by DNV GL, based on work by an industry-wide consortium that includes energy storage firm Alfen and
PowerBanx Smartphone Monitoring: Setting Up The SolarMAN App
One part of the SolarMAN suite of software that can be used to monitor the PowerBanx home battery system is the SolarMAN smartphone app. It allows the PowerBanx owner to monitor their solar generation, power usage and battery charging status while away from home (and even while moving around in