Solar Power can be stored in batteries

Solar Power can be stored in batteries

 This is done in systems that are grid-tied with battery backups and in off-grid solar systems.

With this approach, the panels convert the sun’s energy into DC power, which then travels into the batteries and is stored until the home uses the energy. This makes it possible to operate independently of the utility grid.

While this technology sounds really cool, it’s not practical for the vast majority of customers.

Of all of the solar systems installed worldwide every year, less than 1% of them utilize battery technology to store the solar energy. Batteries are currently too expensive and unreliable for most homes. The large electrical loads most homes have (like air conditioning, clothes dryers, water heating, etc) require too much immediate power to pull it all from batteries. Instead, they use a method in which the system is connected to the grid.

With this approach, energy is used by the house or business in real-time and any excess flows back onto the utility grid. The utility then keeps track of how much energy is going back onto the grid. When the solar customer isn’t producing power, they pull what they need back off of the grid. This is also referred to as net metering.

By doing this, you’re basically using the grid as your battery without the cost or maintenance of batteries. It’s much more affordable and it works like a charm. Grid-tied systems are currently the only ones that Simple Solar offers.


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