{"id":1274,"date":"2016-04-14T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2024-10-31T09:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T09:52:17","slug":"battery-storage-for-pv-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"Battery Storage for PV Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1276\" src=\"http:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/files\/2016\/04\/Segen-Crop-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Segen Crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/files\/2016\/04\/Segen-Crop-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/files\/2016\/04\/Segen-Crop-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/files\/2016\/04\/Segen-Crop-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/files\/2016\/04\/Segen-Crop.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In most cases the majority of electricity produced by domestic solar systems is exported from the house to the local grid rather than being consumed by the house demand \u2013 electricity is produced in the day when there is low demand and not available in the evening when demand is high. A south facing PV system will produce in excess of 20kWhrs from April onwards on a bright day, purchasing this amount of energy at a standard tariff will be approximately \u00a32.80 \/ per day.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to store generated electricity for use when demand is high is the \u201cmissing link\u201d with domestic PV. Battery systems are however now available to store generated electricity thus maximising what is termed \u201cself-consumption\u201d and thus maximising the PV system.<\/p>\n<p>The battery technology in general will be either lead acid battery\u2019s or Lithium Ion type with some systems being connected to the DC side of the PV system and some to the AC side. It is also possible to provide an emergency back-up of AC power in the event of a power cut. Systems can be retro-fitted or specified when installing a new PV system.<\/p>\n<p>Specifying the correct system to suit individual needs is essential when considering battery storage, the \u201cOne fits all\u201d philosophy certainly isn\u2019t applicable to battery storage!<\/p>\n<p>Please contact us should you wish to discuss the technology further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most cases the majority of electricity produced by domestic solar systems is exported from the house to the local grid rather than being consumed by the house demand \u2013 electricity is produced in the day when there is low demand and not available in the evening when demand is high. A south facing PV&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/?p=1274\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battery Storage for PV Systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":555,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lothianrenewables.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}