Tag: Batteries
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Know your battery specs: Nameplate capacity (10 kWh) vs. Usable capacity (7 kWh)
A common misconception is that lead acid batteries cost less than lithium-iron phosphate batteries. However, what most fail to consider is that you have to buy many more lead acid batteries — sometimes double, triple or quadruple as many — just to reach the same usable capacity as you wouldRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How storage provides resiliency, security against threats to grid power
With extreme weather events, wildfires and other threats to energy security increasing in number and duration, homeowners from coast to coast and businesses from Main Street to Wall Street are contending with an ever-present danger of losing access to reliable power supplies. Beyond emergency scenarios, utilities in California have alsoRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Storage can deliver big savings for both commercial, residential customers if you know where to look
Throughout the United States, utilities are now applying rate structures to residential customers’ electricity bills that have historically been reserved for commercial and industrial customers only. These new rate structures, such as time-of-use (TOU) and peak demand, are significantly increasing electricity bills for residential, commercial and industrial customers alike, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sonnen partners with homebuilder to develop Net-Zero-Plus community in Florida
Sonnen has partnered with Pearl Homes, the U.S. leader in LEED residential development, to bring the vision of solar + storage, home automation and homebuilding to life, resulting in a ‘Net-Zero-Plus and Climate-Positive’ community. The network of homes, dubbed ‘Hunters Point — Pearl Homes Community and Marina,’ is the firstRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance significantly increases its behind-the-meter energy storage forecase
Bloomberg NEF says the tumbling cost of batteries is set to drive a boom in the installation of energy storage systems around the world in the years from now to 2040. This has led BNEF to significantly increase its forecast for global deployment of behind-the-meter and grid-scale batteries over comingRead More — Solar Builder magazine