By adding batteries to your new, or existing Solar System, you can store excess power produced during the day to use at night.
Why send your excess solar power to your energy provider and only get 12 cents per kilowatt hour, when you can store it in your batteries and save yourself $0.34/kwh. When the sun goes down this stored power automatically gets used to supply household loads. This represents nearly 300% more savings!
You can also have the added benefit of Backup Power. If the Grid loses power or there is a blackout, you will be able to keep the lights on and fridge cold. Great for North Queensland during cyclone season.
If your looking for On grid battery storage in Townsville or Hybrid solar in Townsville have a look at these options Solar Hybrid Packages
Whether you have an existing Fronius Gen24 or just a standard solar system, you can easily add battery storage to your Townsville home and become self sufficient and energy independent.
What size battery do I need?
Sizing a battery for your home often involves a number of considerations.
- how much power are you using during the day
- how much power you are using at night
- do you need backup power
- how much excess solar are you currently producing
If you have an existing solar system the quickest and easiest way to size a battery is to compare how much power you are sending to the grid, you can either see this on your monitoring platform or you can check your power bill. If you have an Ergon power bill it will say ' Export or Qld Bonus Scheme'. Look at the total exported and divide by the number of days for example, if you have exported 900kwh's over 90 days then you export 10kwh's per day.
This means that with the current size solar system you have 10kwh of excess solar being produced during the day that you can divert to a battery. The ideal battery size would be around 8kwh. The other consideration is to look at how much power you are still buying each day. Get the total number of kwh's divide by the number of days, this is also on the first page of your power bill under the heading 'Average daily consumption'. If this is 15kwh's then potentially to get your power bill to zero you may need a couple more solar panels and a larger battery.
If your looking to become energy independent and zero out your power bill, give our battery experts a call and we can analyse your solar system and propose a solution.
