Tag: SimpliPhi Power

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • SimpliPhi launches Installer Qualification Program

    To better serve its network of installers operating in more than 35 countries and growing worldwide, SimpliPhi Power is introducing a new Installer Qualification Program, SimpliPhi I.Q., to provide ongoing continuing education, technical training, sales and co-marketing support to the company’s partners in the field. Two tiers of certification areRead More — Solar Builder magazine