Who doesn’t love a perfect combo like Buttercup and Westley, coffee and pastry, hot and shower, solar and storage?
The hot new move in the solar world is solar battery storage. Solar storage allows you to capture that midday sun energy and stash it for use when you are most likely to need it — and when rates to draw from the grid are most expensive.
Storage also lets you take that hot shower and have hot coffee when the power has been cut to mitigate threat of fire. This is our new reality in Sonoma County and in short outages, solar storage can help you get on with life.
Solar batteries have improved in the last few years thanks to interest in alternative energy sources. Synergy is a fan of the Sonnen eco battery. This battery is a fully integrated energy storage system that includes an inverter and smart energy management software that allows you to manage your time-of-use. Not only does it have a clean look and is easily sizable to your array, but it will help you to further reduce your carbon foot print.
If you have questions, contact Synergy’s owner, Mike, directly at (707) 827-3469.
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Hello Ilene – did you want some information on storage?
please advise.
Jeff
707-827-3469
Thanks for this, Jeff. Can you provide any super rough costs for purchase and installation in a “typical” coastal California house?
So we sell the Eco10-20 – the number stands for how many KWH of storage they have. These units come with an 8 KW off-grid inverter, integrated 200-amp transfer switch, software, communications and even a smart generator control, all in on unit. The Eco 10 starts at about $25k, and when paired with solar does qualify for the 30% Federal tax credit, preferred rate schedules, export and peak shaving savings. And having said that while Sonnen can pay for itself over its life time, the primary reason folks are buying them is back-up from power failures and fire mitigation shut offs.
Hi Jeff,
Will there be more efficient or effective batteries in near future for homes with solar? Would it make sense to wait?
So the easy answer to this is yes. Like cars, computers, and almost all things electric, things are getting less expensive as time goes on.
And having said that – I bought my solar system 10 years ago. I have been living on sunshine for the past 4-5 years at almost no cost since the system paid itself off in the first 5.5 years. In addition I have 20 year grandfathering of the NEM (net energy metering) , before it became the less attractive NEM2 being offered today. And i got rebates and the full 30% Federal Tax Credit which will be declining next year.
So to answer your question another way, storage systems will be getting more economical, and there will also be a lost opportunity cost of purchasing them today.
I can not actually say which wins out, so we let the numbers speak for themselves.
Thanks Scott.