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• Stop wasting your money on constantly increasing utility bills.
• Maximum energy performance efficiency in your home.
• Maximum comfort for you and your family at home.
• Highest level of product quality, efficiency and reliability.
• Well-known brands supported by local product distributors.
• Best product and service warranties supported by manufacturers.
• Low product acquisition and maintenance costs.
• Product rebates and Federal Tax Credits whenever applicable.
• Best product and service value for your money.
• Best return on your long-term investment.
• Peace of mind knowing that you do the right thing.

PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

Installing a Home Battery, or Solar Battery, is an important investment to ensure your Home Energy Efficiency.

Since energy efficiency and saving money by lowering utility costs became a priority, many homeowners chose to install a home battery with a solar PV system which offers substantial energy-saving benefits by minimizing electricity costs from local utility companies.

Before installing a home battery, be sure to speak with an Energy Efficiency Consultant about the current level of your home energy efficiency.

The energy efficiency consultant will help you to identify all areas of energy inefficiency in your house and potentially save you tens of thousands of dollars in the future.

A HOME BATTERY SYSTEM

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the solar panel systems have become one of the fastest-growing sources of energy in the United States. Learn more at CanaryMedia.com

Because of a growing popularity of solar power, another renewable technology became popular: Home Batteries, that can store unused solar power for later use.

There are several companies that offer home batteries for residential use, including Tesla, LG and Sonnen.

These companies are developing batteries that can be installed with solar panels to create “Solar-Plus-Storage” Systems for your home.

WHAT IS A SOLAR-PLUS-STORAGE SYSTEM?

To appreciate why you might choose to install a Solar-Plus-Storage System for your home, you first need to understand how a standard home Solar PV System functions.

A typical solar energy system includes Solar PV Panels, an Inverter, equipment to mount the panels on your roof, and a Performance Monitoring System that tracks electricity production. The solar PV panels collect energy from the sun and turn it into electricity, which is passed through the inverter and converted into a form that you can use to power your home.

Most of residential solar energy systems are connected to the Electricity Grid, or “Grid-Tied”. When your solar PV panels are producing more electricity than your home needs, the excess is fed back into the power grid. Conversely, when your home needs more electricity than your solar PV panels are producing, you can draw power from the electric grid.

In most cases, you receive a credit on your utility bill for the electricity you send back to the grid. Later, when you are using more electricity than your solar PV panels have generated, you can use those credits instead of having to pay more to your utility company. This process is known as Net Metering.

Solar-Plus-Storage System is essentially a Solar PV System with a Home Battery. In this system the electricity produced by the solar PV panels flows through a special device, called a Charge Controller, to home batteries. From there it flows to the Inverter which converts DC electricity to AC electricity that can then be used by homeowners at their home.

The main function of the charge controller is to regulate the charging of the battery from the solar PV panels and to prevent battery over-charging.

HOW DOES THE SOLAR-PLUS-STORAGE SYSTEM WORK?

The functioning of a Solar-Plus-Storage System is as follows:

• Solar PV panels receive the sunlight and convert it into direct current electricity or DC electricity.
• The inverter converts the DC electricity into alternate current electricity, or AC electricity, which can be used at home.
• The AC electricity is fed into the house electrical service panel, or electrical panel, from where it is distributed in the house.
• The unused portion of the AC electricity is fed through the charge controller into the home battery. The main function of the charge controller is to prevent the home battery from overcharging.
• The home battery is used to provide AC electricity back into the house at a later time.
• The excess of unused AC electricity, which can’t be received by the home battery, is fed into the utility company through the house service panel and the grid.

WHAT IS NET METERING?

Net Metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. For example, if a residential customer has a solar PV system on the home's rooftop, it may generate more electricity than the home uses during daylight hours. The Net Metering Process work as follows:

• Your solar PV panels on the roof convert the energy from the sun into DC (direct current) electricity.
• Inverter which is an integral part of your solar PV system converts the DC electricity into AC electricity (alternate current)
• You use the AC electricity in your house for all appliances.
• The unused portion of the AC electricity is transferred via your electrical meter into the electrical grid and you receive a credit on your account.
• Later, when you use electricity from the grid, the credit on your account will apply first, and you will only pay for the difference, i.e. the net amount. For this reason this process is called Net Metering.

SHOULD YOU INSTALL A HOME BATTERY AT YOUR HOME?

Whether you can save money by installing a Home Battery depends on the way that your utility company compensates you for your solar power.

Since most utility companies offer net metering, you will receive full credit for the unused portion of the AC electricity, originated from your solar PV system, which went directly to the grid.

This means that if your solar PV System offsets 100% of your electricity consumption, you won’t see additional savings on your monthly electricity bill if you install a home battery.

However, there are many situations where a home battery can improve the economics of solar PV panels for your home or business. If your utility company has Time-Of-Use Rates or Demand Charges, or does not offer net metering, home batteries can help you save more when you go solar.

POPULAR PRODUCT BRANDS

Some of the most popular brands of Home Batteries are presented below in A to Z order.