Solar battery systems are becoming increasingly popular with homeowners with solar PV systems fitted, and it is easy to understand why. Our team of renewable technologies experts are here to help you to harness the power of the sun.
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Solar battery storage systems help homeowners to get the most out of their solar energy generated, which in turn helps them to reduce their reliance on electricity from the National Grid during times when the sun isn’t out. The solar batteries allow you to store the electricity generated from the sun through your solar panels. This stored energy can then be used during the evening or a later date. Using solar battery storage is an excellent way to maximise the green benefits of going solar.
As a renewable energy source, solar helps reduce these harmful emissions by reducing the demand for fossil fuel resources. Although it may not seem like one home can make a difference, just one 5 kilowatt system is the equivalent to planting 150 acres of forest, removing over 100 tons of carbon emissions, or taking two cars off the road.
Not every solar system requires a battery, but they can be beneficial in certain cases. Batteries can help mitigate demand-based utility charges, which raise rates at peak times. They can also be useful as backup power in areas with frequent power outages.
If your property already has PV installed and you want to add a battery at a later stage, you will need to have a separate battery and PV inverter installed. This is because the battery is essentially joined to the PV system after the AC conversion has already been completed.
In terms of physical dimensions, the battery and inverter in total will be just over a metre in width and up to to metres in height. These systems can be housed in a convenient location out of the way such as a utility room or garage.
There is no one best location for a battery within a house; our detailed survey will identify the best location for the battery. It will need to be relatively close to the main unit, however we will always endeavour to place it somewhere out of the way such as a cupboard.
Yes, many modern solar batteries can go in the loft as long as they are lightweight enough. When it comes to the installation, sufficient access to the loft will be required as the batteries can be rather large.
The amount of time that the solar battery can run your home will depend on the capacity of the battery system and the level of charge. Some home batteries, like the Tesla Powerwall 2, could potentially power your home for more than 24 hours from a full charge, because the capacity of the battery is more than the average daily household usage of electricity. However, if it is only partially charged, or if you have a battery system with less capacity, the energy won’t last as long when powering your home.
From our own experience of these products and the very slow degradation of the types of batteries used in the home battery systems, the likelihood is that a home battery system will usually significantly outlast the warranty. It is the same as any other electronic product in this respect – if you bought a TV with a 5 year warranty, you would reasonably expect it to last for 10+ years.
We can advise on the best home battery system for your needs and make sure that all warranty information is clearly understood, on all aspects of the installation. Get in touch today for more information.
If you currently receive feed-in-tariff (FiT) payments for the electricity you generate with your solar PV, they will not be affected if you install a home battery system. The FiT scheme was discontinued for new home solar PV systems installed on or after 1st April 2019, but existing qualifying households won’t lose any of these payments for the contract term (usually 20 years from installation) if they do install a home battery system.
Different home battery storage systems may come either ‘AC coupled’ of ‘DC coupled’. A DC coupled battery system, locates the battery between your panels and the inverter (which converts DC electricity to AC electricity for use in the home. DC coupled systems are more thermodynamically efficient, as you only convert DC to AC electricity once.
An AC coupled battery system has a separate inverter in the battery itself. Solar DC electricity is converted to AC electricity for use in the home, and if it goes into the battery is converted to DC again. This is thermodynamically less efficient, but much more flexible. It allows batteries to be charged from any source, not just solar. They can be charged from the grid, for example when electricity is cheap, typically when there is a lot of wind power on the national grid. So it allows you to take advantage of cheap low carbon electricity no matter where it is generated.
It also means that the battery doesn’t need to be installed physically close to your solar PV inverter, which makes installation more flexible. For these reasons, the market is moving towards AC coupled systems as standard.
Regardless of whether you choose a DC or AC coupled battery storage system, it should be possible to install it with an existing solar PV system, when using an experienced MCS approved installer like Solar Dynamics.
If your household has very high energy requirements in the evenings, especially during longer winter nights, smaller battery storage systems may not be able to hold enough power for all of your needs all night. Home battery systems are also limited to the amount of electricity output they can give at any one time. It’s important to choose a battery storage system for your home which is best matched to your household’s needs.
The size of the home battery system that you need will depend on the size and energy requirements of your home. The average household uses between 8-10 kWh of electricity per day. Home storage batteries start at around 2.5-5 kWh in capacity for small systems, up to the larger systems which offer around 13-15 kWh of energy storage.
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