How Do Solar Battery Storage Systems Work?

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How Do Solar Battery Storage Systems Work?
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• Solar panel systems bring numerous benefits to
  home and business owners alike, and are
  increasing in popularity, exponentially. As
  advancements in technology are made with every
  passing year, solar systems are becoming more and
  more sophisticated, in turn, making them more
  effective. With a solar battery backup system,
  solar power can be harnessed and stored for use
  as emergency backup power when needed.
• Read on to discover more about battery energy
  storage systems, and how they work

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• What is a solar battery storage system?
• A battery backup or storage system, is a
  rechargeable battery system that stores energy
  from the solar system, and provides it to a home
  or business. Storing surplus energy that has been
  produced by the solar panels, these systems
  enable you to power your home or business without
  the help of the grid, and when necessary, provide
  emergency backup power.

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• How exactly do solar batteries work?
• Working by converting the direct current (DC)
  energy that the solar panels are producing and
  storing it as alternating current (AC) for later
  use, battery backup systems with a higher
  capacity can charge a larger solar system. In
  essence, this is what solar batteries do
• They charge during the hours of daylight,
  battery storage systems are charged by clean
  electricity that has been generated by solar.

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• They optimize using algorithms to coordinate
  solar production, usage history, utility rate
  structures and weather patterns, intelligent
  battery software is able to optimize when the
  energy that has been stored, is used.
• They discharge during times of high power
  usage, energy is discharged from the battery
  storage system to help reduce or even eliminate,
  expensive demand charges.

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• Having a solar battery professionally installed
  as part of your solar panel system, enables you
  to store excess solar electricity, rather than
  simply sending it back to the grid. When a solar
  panel produces more electricity that is needed,
  that excess energy is used to charge the battery.
  The only time that electricity will go to the
  grid, is when your battery if fully charged, and
  only when the battery has been depleted, will
  electricity be drawn from the grid.
• How long do solar batteries last?
• Typically, a solar battery will last for anything
  from 5 years, right up to 15 years, and how long
  they last for is often dependant on how well they
  are maintained, and whether they have been
  protected from extreme temperatures.

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• What batteries are most commonly used?
• For residential energy storage, batteries are
  usually made with lead acid or lithium ion, with
  the latter generally considered to be the best
  option for solar panel systems. Lighter and more
  compact than lead acid batteries, and with a
  longer lifespan, they are however, more costly
  than their lead acid counterparts.
• Whether your home or business would benefit from
  a battery backup system is something you should
  discuss with a local solar energy company, but
  being able to limit your dependency on the grid
  and having access to power whenever you need it
  including in an emergency can be extremely
  beneficial.

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