Nearly everyone involved in the solar industry expected 2019 to be a great year. It was, and then some. Cutting the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) from 30 percent to 26 percent in 2020 got lots of fence-sitters to decide now was the time to go solar. As a result, nearly every segment of the solar…
Category: Battery Backup
Solar Storage 101
Storage is the hot topic throughout the solar industry. More and more manufacturers and distributors are coming online with all the components, including batteries, charge controllers and inverters. More and more states (Maryland is just one example) are offering subsidies or other incentives for adding storage capability to a home or business solar installation. That’s…
Adding battery backup storage to your solar system pays. (Literally.)
The segment of the solar industry that’s shown the most activity and interest over the past few years has been “storage.” We’ve received a lot of interest in this subject, and that makes sense. There are thousands of residential solar systems installed in the past 10 years, and the owners want to explore the option of adding battery backup for times…
Storage Options for Solar Owners - West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
This post addresses two storage system designs we continue to get inquiries on as we head into the home stretch for 2017: The SolarEdge StorEdge 7600 with the LG battery, and the relative merits of AC Coupling for adding batteries to a legacy ( existing) solar system. The SolarEdge/LG Battery System Each month, we…
SolarEdge’s StorEdge Inverter and the LG Battery System: Just the Facts
From residential to utility scale, storage is one of the biggest issues in the solar world. Technologies are evolving, and there will be many changes over the coming months and years In our area, the recent big news seems to be the SolarEdge System – StorEdge Inverter coupled with the LG lithium-Ion battery. At least…