Tag: Batteries
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Whoa: Generac now offering whole-home solar backup power (with no separate loads panel)
When Generac Power Systems acquired Pika Energy last year, it was only a matter of time before the company promoted / built the solar + storage market as it did the home backup generator market. Looks like that time is now: Generac is rolling out new capabilities to its PWRcellRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sol-Ark solar inverters now have closed-loop communication with Discover AES batteries
Sol-Ark continues to form solid partnerships with energy storage companies, the latest being Discover Battery. The two have implemented a closed-loop communication between Discover’s Advanced Energy System (AES) LiFePO4 and the Sol-Ark 12K and 8K Hybrid All-In-One inverter systems over CANBus using a LYNK Solar Gateway. In addition toRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Optimizing solar + storage for backup operation
The interest in and adoption of residential storage in the US has grown at a healthy pace in the last few years. Guidance on how to size a system, particularly for AC coupled storage solutions, is a common request from installers with customers interested in adding storage. Few areas inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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What really makes a microgrid, a microgrid?
Though there are many specific definitions of a microgrid, at its core a microgrid means the ability of a distributed energy resource, typically solar PV and battery energy storage, to both interact with the utility grid and stand alone with no utility. From a technical perspective, what are the key elementsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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What really makes a microgrid, a microgrid?
Though there are many specific definitions of a microgrid, at its core a microgrid means the ability of a distributed energy resource, typically solar PV and battery energy storage, to both interact with the utility grid and stand alone with no utility. From a technical perspective, what are the key elementsRead More — Solar Builder magazine