6 Incredible Benefits of Solar Battery Storage for Your Home
If you’re considering investing in a battery for solar storage, you’re on to something.
In 2016, the average monthly electric bill in California was $95.20, which makes it one of the larger household bills for many families. Average monthly rates can even go up when the temperatures dip or you have company in town.
While solar panels can decrease your energy bills, they don’t typically store the excess energy you create for later use. Unless, that is, you add a battery system.
Today, installing a home solar system battery backup can go a long way to save you money and ensure your home’s energy security.
Here’s what you need to know.
How Batteries for Solar Panels Work
Wondering about uses of the solar battery today? What about how they work?
As solar panels become more popular, people who install energy storage systems are finding that these unique batteries allow them to make the most of their solar panels and save the energy produced for foggy, grey, or cloudy days, when panel output is reduced, or during power or grid outages. Some people simply turn to solar batteries to disconnect from the grid entirely.
Today’s solar batteries work like any rechargeable battery: they’re recharged by the sun’s power. When the weather is bad or the solar panels aren’t actively producing power, your home’s system draws on the power stored in the batteries.
6 Big Benefits of Batteries for Solar Storage
Wondering how solar batteries can benefit your home? Here are some of their biggest perks:
1. Make the Most of Your Power
With standard solar power setups, you install panels on your home and your system is plugged into the grid. If your panels, for whatever reason, don’t produce ample energy, your home draws on the grid to make up for the deficit.
You pay for this energy just like you would if you didn’t have any panels. If you produce more power than you need, you can sell it back to the grid, securing a discounted electric bill.
With batteries, though, your excess power is stored in the battery system. On cloudy days or days when your system doesn’t produce as much power as usual, you can pull from the batteries instead of the grid.
Likewise, you get to store your excess energy in batteries rather than selling it back to the grid. This gives you more control over how you use your energy and where your excess goes.
2. Greater Energy Security
Solar battery systems allow your home to be more resilient when it comes to energy.
Particularly useful if you live in an area where the grid is occasionally unstable, or you simply want to provide a greater level of certainty for your home’s power, battery systems can power key aspects of your home for hours, even if the grid goes down.
3. Reduce Your Home’s Carbon Footprint
Installing solar batteries allows you to reduce your home’s carbon footprint and bring it closer to self-sufficiency. This is essential for anyone who wants to “go green” and reduce pollution. Today, solar energy systems create much less pollution than traditional fossil fuels, and can help a home consume fewer resources in the years to come.
4. No Noise Pollution
Unlike generators, solar panels and battery storage systems don’t create noise pollution that will bother your neighbors. This is a unique benefit, and is a great way for anyone who currently has a generator to update their system.
5. Reduced Electric Bills
One of the biggest benefits of energy storage systems is that they will help you save on your electricity costs. Back up your home with a battery system and you’ll avoid the fees associated with electricity retailers, create self-sufficiency, and save the electricity you generate. All these are huge bonuses!
What is the SGIP?
SGIP stands for Self-Generation Incentive Program, and is a California-based program designed to incentivize people for supporting new, existing, and distributed energy resources. If you qualify (qualifying systems include advanced energy storage systems, microturbines, wind turbines, and more) for the program, you could receive a rebate for your energy system. Learn more about the program through the California Public Utilities Commission.
Solar Battery Storage: A Smart Idea
If you’ve been wondering about the key benefits of solar battery backups, these five tips are a great place to start. For homeowners who have solar panels installed, solar batteries can be a fantastic way to stabilize the energy system and enjoy a more reliable system for years to come.
Ready to learn more about the benefits of solar battery storage? Contact Sandbar Solar for more info.
Solar panels are a great asset to any homeowner. Not only do you generate electricity naturally through the sun, but you ultimately save money on your power bill too!
While solar panels can decrease your energy bills, they don’t typically store the excess energy you create for later use. Unless, that is, you add a battery backup system.
Today’s solar batteries work like any rechargeable battery: they’re recharged by the sun’s power. When the weather is bad or the solar panels aren’t actively producing power, your home’s system draws on the power stored in the batteries.
What are the benefits of a solar battery storage backup?
Solar energy combined with battery operated storage offers several advantages for your solar panel system:
– Maximizes your solar panels: When there are days that you do not consume as much power in your home, battery backup stores this energy to be used later.
– Backup for outages: If the power goes out, the battery provides the solar power where you need it the most.
– Reduce your carbon footprint: By installing solar batteries, you reduce your home’s carbon footprint. This is great for anyone that wants to “go green” and reduce pollution.
– Reduce your power bill: Using batteries to store unused power allows you to run your electricity to power everything from A/C units, to heating your swimming pool costing you less in electric bill charges.
– Reliability that lasts years: The average solar battery that Sunvena installs lasts 10+ years.
How do I choose the best solar battery?
Three things to consider:
– Battery type: The most common batteries are Lithium Ion and Lead Acid.
– Capacity and power: Depending on how much solar energy you want your battery to store will determine how many batteries you need.
– Battery application: Deciding on how much of solar energy will be used to power your home can determine which battery may be best suited for your home.
SunVena offers Enphase Encharge™ Storage Systems
SunVena is proud to offer one of the industry’s top battery backups for your solar panel system. Depending on your system and the amount of energy storage your home needs, we offer both the Encharge 3™ and the Encharge 10™ Storage System. The Encharge 3™ provides great flexibility in starting small and adding incremental capacity. The Encharge 10™ is a robust battery system comprised of 3 base Encharge 3™ units designed for whole home backup.
Let the professionals at SunVena help you decide on the right battery for your solar panel system. Call or contact us today.