10/09/2022
Letโs dive deep into battery storage โ what is it and how does it workโ
โ๏ธ Simply put, battery storage, or battery energy storage systems (BESS), are devices that ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐.
Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in mobile phones and electric cars, are currently the dominant storage technology for large scale plants to help electricity grids ensure a reliable supply of renewable energy.
Battery storage technology has a key part to play in ensuring homes and businesses can be powered by green energy, even when the sun isnโt shinning. ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
A typical home with solar sends any electricity that is not used by the home out to the grid. In return, the household gets paid a feed-in tariff from the electricity retailer, which is far less then what you buy it back for when you actually need it.
๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
You can then use this power when your solar panels are not generating electricity, allowing you to buy much less electricity overall from the grid. The below diagram provides an overview of the process.
So now you might be thinking, โOkay, this is what battery storage does. Why should I add one in my current system then?โ ๐ค
So stay tuned for next weeks discussion to dive deeper into battery storage and why this may be a good option for you!