Getting To Grips with Solar Battery Storage

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Getting To Grips with Solar Battery Storage
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• By now, youve doubtless heard about the many
  benefits of having a solar system installed at
  your home, such as reduced energy bills,
  increased home value and a good number of
  environmental benefits, too. However, you might
  not be quite so familiar with battery backup, and
  may not know whether you need it.
• Having solar battery backup can be beneficial in
  some circumstances, but it isnt essential for
  every homeowner to explain solar battery storage
  in a little more detail, heres a quick guide

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• Using solar panels without battery backup
• Solar panels can easily be used without battery
  storage, but it means that at times of lower
  solar production, such as early morning and
  evening, youll need to draw power from the grid,
  which essentially acts as a giant energy backup
  system.
• During the day, though (and even when its
  cloudy), your solar panels should provide more
  than enough energy to power your entire home, and
  what energy you dont use, is sent to the grid to
  power your local community.

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• For homeowners without battery backup, they are
  referred to as being -grid-tied. If you have
  your own battery storage, you probably wont
  transfer much energy to or from the grid,
  instead, using your own energy to power your
  home.
• Do you need solar battery storage?
• Most homeowners can happily use a solar system
  without added battery storage, but there are some
  circumstances in which it could come in extremely
  useful
• If you live in an area with an unreliable power
  grid
• If you experience a lot of natural disasters
• If there are Frequent Public Safety Power
  Shutoffs (PSPS)

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• If you live somewhere remote and isolated and
  there is no central utility grid, youll need
  battery storage to capture your solar generation
  for later use. If you want to have the lights on
  in your home during the evening when your system
  isnt generating power, battery storage is
  essential.
• However, even if none of the above apply to you
  as a homeowner, you may still want to be
  independent of the grid and use your own, clean
  energy, as when you do pull energy from the grid,
  you cant guarantee that it hasnt been derived
  from fossil fuels.

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• What are hybrid solar systems?
• Hybrid solar systems have battery banks and grid
  connection combined, with the batteries set to
  maximize the use of your own solar power, and for
  use when the grid goes down.
• Ultimately, if you have no pressing need for
  battery backup and are comfortable drawing power
  from the grid when you need to, you can go
  without it. For anyone living in an area with
  frequent power outages, however, the cost of
  solar battery storage, may well be worth it.

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