Upcoming electric rate changes mean that almost every home and business will eventually benefit from a battery connected to their solar...

In the early days of solar and storage, virtually every system used lead acid batteries to store daytime energy and use this energy at...

It’s depressing that lithium batteries get almost all of the focus in the energy storage industry. Lithium batteries have a number of...

One of my favorite Hemingway books is “The Sun Also Rises.” It’s about Spain, bull fighting and a group of lost generation friends in...

Solar combined with battery storage seems like magic to many residential and commercial customers. With a million and a half systems...

Electric utilities got their start in the U.S. in the 1880s. Thomas Edison began transmitting DC power as he literally illuminated the...

California continues to lead the country when it comes to clean and inexpensive energy. Here is an example – In May the California Energy...

This week we’re talking about battery storage system safety. But first, a brief digression. As a contractor, the biggest safety concern...

The battery storage industry is roughly where the solar industry was in the early 2000’s. It’s a tiny market now, with fewer than 1,000...

Solar is clean and renewable and cheap. So more solar is better for everyone…except your local utility. Keep in mind that utilities...

Solar and battery storage systems are constructed on-site with components from a number of different manufactures. It’s not as if one...

There’s no doubt in my mind that battery storage will be an integral part of every solar installation. It’s like the early days of solar...

For the past 15+ years companies have been installing PV solar systems to reduce their energy costs, measured in kilowatt hours (kwh)....

There is no doubt in my mind that Energy Storage Systems (ESS) will be as ubiquitous as solar – in all market segments. Utility companies...

Look around your home. Your land line phone, fireplace and pilot lights (on stoves and hot water heaters) are likely gone. Our reliance...

For the past 15 years I’ve been skeptical about the market for grid-tied home solar systems equipped with battery backup capabilities....

20 years ago the problem with rooftop solar was that customers needed a large collection of lead acid batteries to store their daytime...

Future energy sources in our homes and businesses will be a combination of rooftop solar, battery storage and power delivered by the...

At 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon in June, I experienced the second power outage at my Silicon Valley home this year. Then, last weekend a...

Since the sun does not shine at night we need a way to store daytime-generated solar energy. Net metering is an elegant and 100%...