Home Energy Storage Winter Performance and Derating
I install home energy storage in cold-climate homes and every November my service inbox fills with the same three questions: “Why does my battery die at th…
Home Energy Storage Tax Credits and Incentive Programs
I have spent eleven years specifying residential and light commercial lithium battery systems, and the single most expensive mistake I see has nothing to d…
Home Energy Storage Monitoring Apps and Data Tracking
I have commissioned several hundred residential systems, and I can tell you exactly which phone call I get most often. It is not about capacity, and it is…
Home Energy Storage in Hot Attics and Garages
Every residential installer has the same conversation weekly: “can we put the home energy storage battery in the garage, or up in the attic?” The answer is…
Home Energy Storage Noise and Placement: A Siting Guide
After eleven years of commissioning residential lithium systems, I can tell you that the callbacks that cost the most money are rarely about capacity. They…
Home Energy Storage Lithium vs Sodium Chemistry
I have spent the last decade sizing residential storage systems for homes in climates that range from the humid subtropics of Shenzhen to unheated garages…
Sodium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials: Layered Oxides vs (2)
Why Cathode Choice Defines a Sodium-Ion Battery
When I spec a sodium-ion battery for a stationary storage or low-speed mobility customer, the conversation…
Home Energy Storage and EV Charger Load Balancing
I have lost count of how many times a customer has called me after the electrician left. The panel was full, the utility had quoted a four-figure service u…
Home Energy Storage Sizing for Whole Home Backup
I have lost count of how many times a homeowner has called me after buying a home energy storage
system that turned out to be the wrong size. The pattern i…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Residential Solar Self-Consumption
I have spent the last decade specifying cells for UAV packs, telecom backup strings and, more recently, for the garage wall. In the last three years the q…