News Category: Solar batteries
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How will Trump's solar tariffs affect residential solar panel costs
January 24, 2018
The short answer is that they won’t. Here’s why the newly implemented solar tariffs will have minimal effect on the cost of residential solar panel installation in the United States in 2018 and 2019.
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California's latest self-generation incentive program gets off to a flying start, but does it make battery storage economic?
December 18, 2017
"Behind the utility meter,” battery-based energy storage systems, California's latest Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) got off to a flying start in May.
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Solar battery storage
October 20, 2017
When most people think of solar battery storage, they envision off-grid solar users. Until 2017, that's been an accurate picture—but that picture is changing.
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Should I add a solar battery bank when I install solar panels for my home?
September 28, 2017
The most common batteries used for solar electrical storage were deep-cycle lead-acid batteries. However, in recent years lithium-ion batteries like those used in everything from cell phones to power tools have caught up and Lazard reported that they...
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What does the Tesla Powerwall battery and home energy storage solution do and is it a good investment in 2020?
May 31, 2017
The Tesla Powerwall home battery and energy storage system is now the most popular home energy storage solution in America. What can it do and is it worth it?