Tag: energy storage
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Solar Distancing: Trying to avoid peak electricity rates at home
As more solar is added to the grid, more utilities are changing their rate structures for homeowners, implementing “time of use” rates and “peak demand charges.” How are these higher rates and extra fees structured, and is there any way to combat them? Keith Marett, president of home energy managementRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Humless adds super cool electricity management function to its energy storage system
When the grid shuts down, appliances fight for attention from the power grid. Integrating these different vendor appliances is critical for efficient use of an energy storage system. Interoperability is the ability of two or more systems to interact with each other, so the technical interfaces of each system areRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Virtual, no-touch sales and marketing plan for solar installation companies
Residential solar sales have been hurt by coronavirus concerns — but customer interest and demand for home energy independence is higher than ever. Russ Minick, chief marketing officer of Generac, explains how solar companies can combine digital and streaming marketing with a virtual, touchless sales approach to sell solar +Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Watch: Common home energy backup mistakes and misconceptions
When a homeowner is interested in “back-up,” what are they specifically in search of? Whole home backup for days at a time? Intermittent help on critical loads? Do they even know? Russ Minick, chief marketing officer for Generac, points to what he sees as the most common mistakes and misconceptionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Watch: Creating an all-in home solar, battery storage and generator system with Generac
We are just at the start of an all-in home energy solution revolution – a combo of solar, battery storage and generator power. OK, so this has been a cobbled together solution off-grid for decades now, but big brands are putting their ingenuity and marketing muscle behind full systems thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine