Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

What Is A Home Battery Storage System?

An innovative and advanced whole home energy management and storage system. Equipping your home with a battery storage helps you be more prepared as storms come. The battery gets charged in good weather and you can rely on it to power your essential appliances when the power goes out. Besides emergency backup power, you can use it as a way to only buy electricity on off-peak hours to save money, and/or to store additional energy being produced by your solar panels.

What is home backup power?

Home backup power has to do with systems or devices designed to provide electricity to a house when the power goes out, or when there are issues and disruptions in the main power supply. These systems ensure that essential appliances and devices, like your lights, refrigerators, and heating/cooling systems, can work when the grid goes down.

How do you charge it?

You can charge your battery using the grid or a solar photovoltaic (PV) system, and there are a number of different battery sizes, options and manufacturers, so you can find the one that's right for your home.

How many batteries do you need?

Determining the size of the battery backup you need depends on several factors, including the number of devices you want to power, the duration of backup you need, and your overall energy consumption. Every house and needs are different. We will help you make the best decision for your home.

Benefits compared to generators

Everything has its pros and cons. The stable current output and the fact that it can switch instantly between grid and battery makes a battery storage better than a generator, but a high-quality standby generator may be better than a lower-quality battery. The disadvantages of a generator are how noisy they are, risks of carbon monoxide poisoning, high fuel costs, needs maintenance every year, and can have poor output current quality, which will cause damage to some household loads. In most scenarios, you don't need to buy a generator for your home backup, but it may be an emergency energy resource for your home if you want to plan for longer outages.

The brand of both matters, so research is required. Give us a call to schedule a consultation, and we can guide you to make the best decision 203-200-7199