Save up to 85% on your energy bills. With a home battery storage system, you can keep your home running at a minimal price. Even better, you’ll be running on green, sustainable energy that cuts carbon as well as costs.
What is Battery storage
Solar battery storage refers to the pairing of a home battery system with a solar array. So, as well as generating solar energy through your solar panels, you can also store that energy for later use via your battery.
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You can retrofit a battery to an existing solar installation, install a solar battery before having your solar panels fitted, or install both together for new solar projects. With so many options, you likely have lots of questions. So, with that in mind, here’s a useful guide to solar battery storage.
How does solar battery storage work?
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Solar battery storage systems give you the ability to run your home on solar power morning, noon, and night. (And not just when the sun is shining.) With a solar battery installed, you can store the energy generated by your solar array for later use.
Your solar battery storage system will take its charge from your solar panels, storing excess generation in the battery. This energy will then be discharged to power your home when required. So, you’re less reliant on the grid and its peak charges.
Only if your demand is higher than the power available from the battery and solar generation will the system draw power from the grid. Here, however, smart algorithms mean that the system will capitalise on off-peak rates. So, your solar battery will charge when grid energy is at its cheapest and greenest.
In short, solar battery storage makes your intermittent solar energy easier to harness and use consistently.
Use as a standalone battery
Save money using only the grid. Charge your battery overnight when costs are low, then switch to battery power when costs are high.
Install at the same time as a solar array
Get your battery fitted alongside solar panels. You’ll save the most money, in the quickest possible time.
Connect to an alternate energy source
Home battery storage doesn’t stop at solar. You can charge your battery with any renewable energy source – such as wind or hydro.
Install at the same time as a solar array
Get your battery fitted alongside solar panels. You’ll save the most possible money, in the quickest possible time.