battery STORAGE
Battery Storage
Battery storage is about eliminating your dependency on the utility company, using your solar power when you want, and never being affected by blackouts or grid failures. Its about emergency preparedness; preserving food and medicine, and providing uninterrupted operation of communication and security devices, medical equipment, and generally “keeping the lights on”. And when not actively providing emergency backup power, it can save money by “load shifting”; deploying stored electric power to your home in the evenings when Peak utility rate are highest. Solar and battery storage puts you in control.
FINANCING OPTIONS
While most property owners in Southern California can save tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by having a solar and battery storage system installed on their property, few have the resources to write a check for the full cost of a solar and battery storage system. Therefore, 180 Solar Power has established solar financing relationships with a wide array of finance companies that have specialized solar & battery storage financing programs that can help our customers make their project a reality regardless of their credit history, and with little or no money down
At 180 Solar Power we know that every property and each client is unique, and that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work when designing and installing a solar & storage system. Therefore, we deliver custom designs, tailored to you and your one-of-a-kind needs. Whether you need roof or ground mounted solar panels, micro or string inverters, whole home or partial home battery backup, 180 Solar Power has the experience to do it all.
Most importantly, we provide regular communication and updates to our customers throughout the process of installing their solar and battery storage systems, from the initial analysis and design phase, through the final delivery of their project. We ensure that our crews conduct themselves in a professional manner, and that they clean the job site at the end of each day. And we deliver every job on time. That’s part of what makes 180 Solar Power in Escondido one of the leading solar companies throughout San Diego County, Riverside County, and all of Southern California. Fill out the form below or click here to contact a 180 Solar Power representative.
How It Works
Batteries are charged during the day by your solar panels, or in some cases they may be charged by the electric grid. The stored power can then be discharged at a time of your choosing; generally, in the evening when electricity rates are at their highest (Peak rates) to increase the savings from your solar and battery storage system, or in the event of a blackout or electric grid failure. The discharging of the batteries is completely programable and automated, so the property owner doesn’t have to do anything once it is set, and we take care of all of the programming for you.
Load shifting, or TOU (Time of Use) Savings Mode is when the electric power from your solar system is stored on your batteries during the day when utility rates are lower, instead of being back fed onto the grid. The power is then discharged in the evening when utility rates are higher. Load shifting allows you to use your solar power at night. This strategy is often referred to as energy arbitrage and can help property owners maximize the return on investment of their solar and battery storage system.
Emergency backup power is automatically discharged from your batteries in the event of a blackout or electric grid failure, so you don’t have to lift a finger or worry about a thing. Battery storage can be engineered to backup an entire property (whole home) by wiring the system directly to your main electrical panel. However, most systems are designed exclusively to backup critical loads (refrigerators; freezers; security, communication and computer systems; and any other electrical loads deemed to be “critical” by the property owner) to help reduce the overall size and cost of the system (partial home). Critical loads are isolated by moving circuits for those loads from your main electric panel onto an auxiliary sub panel (also known as a “critical loads panel”). For systems designed with a critical loads panel, when there is a blackout or grid failure, the main electric panel is isolated, and your batteries automatically begin discharging power exclusively to your critical loads panel to keep your critical loads powered. Your solar panels transform your emergency backup system into a renewable energy source that can recharge itself every day, indefinitely, for as long as a grid failure exists, keeping your lights on even when the grid is down.
Off grid systems are designed to provide solar and battery storage power to properties that are located beyond the reach of the utility company’s electric grid. Since an off grid solar and battery storage system is usually a property’s only power source, it is designed to meet the power needs of the entire property.
The experts at 180 Solar Power are well versed in all the latest battery storage technology. Click here to get a free quote before current government incentives for storage expire.Fill out the form above or click here to get a free storage quote.
About us
180 Solar Power is a local family owned company that services residential, commercial, non-profit and government customers throughout southern California. 180 Solar Power is a licensed C-10 electrical and C-46 solar contractor.......Learn More