Lithium Battery for Aviation Ground Power Units
The first battery ground power unit I commissioned sat on a Gulf stand where the tarmac measured 68°C at
two in the afternoon, replacing a diesel unit…
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…
Sodium-Ion vs LFP for Grid Storage: Duration and Cost
I have spent the last decade specifying battery energy storage systems for utility and commercial projects, and almost every procurement conversation now s…
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…
Battery Solution for Portable Military Communications
A manpack radio that goes silent in the third hour of a 24-hour mission is a logistics failure before it is an electronics failure. In my work at Horizon P…
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 for Multi-Family Buildings
In fifteen years of designing stationary lithium battery systems, the projects I get called back to audit are almost never the single-family garage install…
Home Energy Storage Payback Period Calculation Guide
After twenty years of sizing lithium battery systems, I have reviewed hundreds of payback spreadsheets submitted by distributors and homeowners, and I woul…
Battery Solution for Emergency Response Command Vehicles
Most of the “battery solution” articles I have written for our customers begin with a kWh budget, a duty-cycle table, and a chemistry choice. The ones I g…