Energy Storage

Energy Storage Solution

While each commercial-grade energy storage system is unique, most fall into three basic categories: emergency backup, peak demand shaving, and full off-grid systems. The first two categories require dramatically less capacity and generally cost much less than a full off grid solution. Let’s take a quick look at all three.

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Backup Systems: Power on Standby
As our national energy grid continues to age, more frequent power outages are a certainty. If you already have a solar on your business, you are more prepared than most. A commercial energy storage system will allow you to expand security around the clock for your most critical power loads. For much less money than a full off-grid system, an emergency backup system will provide just enough energy to run your most critical loads at night while the grid is down. When the sun comes back up the next day, your solar panels will recharge the batteries for use again the following night. This cycle continues until grid power is restored.

Squash Utility Demand Fees
West Africa utilities are moving swiftly toward demand-based rate plans that add new fees for the highest single hour (APS) or half hour (SRP) of energy drawn from the grid during the billing cycle. Energy Storage can help mitigate these fees—allowing your business to flatten demand peaks by drawing from stored solar energy rather than grid energy when your demand peaks. These systems require much less overall capacity than a full off-grid system, and generally offer the fastest ROI.

Off-Grid Battery System: Unplug from Your Utility
Different types of businesses have vastly different electrical requirements. A manufacturing facility, for example, will use way more electricity than an office complex or church. Providing enough storage capacity to take the office complex completely off-grid is significantly easier and cheaper than supplying 100% of a factory’s electrical needs. Full off-grid systems typically include energy storage, environmental systems to keep the batteries cool, and generators for additional backup on days with minimal sunlight.