Tag: Lumin

  • Tesla Powerwall batteries integrate with Lumin Smart Panel

    The Lumin Smart Panel is now integrated with the Tesla Powerwall family of home batteries to read and respond to state of charge. This includes Powerwall+, Powerwall 2 and Powerwall 3 batteries. What’s this mean? Lumin’s products have always been compatible with all batteries, inverters, and load centers, including Powerwall. This latest integration enables intelligent……

  • Lumin focused on utility grid services in new Edge platform rollout

    Energy management tech provider Lumin is rolling out a new version of its Lumin Edge residential load control platform this year that will have more grid services capabilities, such as higher resolution, behind-the-meter analytics, and advanced demand-side management tools. Lumin already offers a variety of home energy control devices, up to a smart electric panel….…

  • Sunnova adds Lumin Smart Panel to Adaptive Home offering

    Sunnova is integrating the Lumin Smart Panel and its intelligent energy management platform into the Sunnova Adaptive Home offering. The Lumin Smart Panel will be available to Sunnova’s dealer network starting in Q1 2024. The Lumin Smart Panel will also be installed in Sunnova’s new Adaptive Technology Center (ATC), which is comprised of state-of-the-art energy……

  • Smarten up electric panels to avoid utility upgrades

    Increasingly, homeowners know that electrifying everything has advantages, from improving indoor air quality to cutting power bills to lowering a home’s carbon footprint. The wish list of electrical appliances includes induction stoves, EV chargers, hybrid water heaters, and electric heat pumps. Add to that the desire to improve resilience or gain energy independence by adding……

  • Whole home storage? Back up. Let’s discuss load controls first

    This article originally appeared in the Q1 2023 edition of Solar Builder magazine. Be sure to get your own free print and/or digital subscription right here. When I first started working in the PV industry in the mid-2000s, the new sector of grid-tied PV installer actively avoided expensive and complicated lead acid battery systems that……