Solar Battery Storage

Solar batteries store excess electricity generated by the solar panels and make them available for later use. Self-generated power saves $$$ as you are using your own supply rather than from the grid that charges you. In Melbourne, solar batteries generate self-power on cloudy days or nighttime. Solar battery installation is rising in popularity because of recent price drops in lithium-ion batteries and design improvements for home installation. A solar system needs to be at least 5kW to generate enough power to charge the battery. 

Solar batteries mean you will not use as much electricity from a retailer and therefore save more on your electricity bills. They can power your home at night not just during the day, making the most of your solar system. A battery stores the surplus energy instead of feeding it back into the grid. So you may not have a feed-in tariff applied to your bills but you save by not using the grid but your battery’s surplus energy first. And the trade-off by forfeiting feed-in tariffs is actually saving more money by allowing you to use your solar-generated energy 24 hours a day.