Store your excess energy
Battery storage for solar panels help make the most of the energy you generate
Solar panels don’t always generate the most electricity at the times of day that you want to use it. You can send excess electricity back to the National Grid, and use mains electricity in the evenings and at night, Or, you can install a home storage battery.
Battery storage helps you
- Use more of the electricity you generate.
- Run off-the-grid (depending on system size)
- Get payed for your battery to be used to store excess grid electricity (not all tariffs)
- Enables you to take advantage of cheap-rate electricity.
- 'Fit and forget', whilst reaping the reward.
What size solar storage battery do I need?
The average home uses between 8kWh and 10kWh of electricity per day. The capacity of new lithium-ion batteries ranges from around 1kWh to over 16kwh...
If you’re using it alongside solar panels, ideally you want a battery that will cover your evening and night-time electricity usage, ready to be charged up again when the sun comes up. Consider how much your solar panels can generate because there's no point buying a battery that's bigger than they can fill.