Battery Energy Storage System + Solar … a natural fit, right? But explaining the benefits of it to a business owner can sometimes be challenging. This video describes the concepts of peak shaving, lowering operational costs and exporting stored energy to the grid in a way that operators understand.

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Whether they’re wary of outdated infrastructure and unreliable grid power, want their business to be energy independent, or need to significantly lower their monthly operating power expenses, every business has its own reasons for installing solar with a battery storage system.

Let’s take a look at this business.

They were frustrated with intermittent outages and rising power costs and made the decision to install solar and energy storage. Here’s how it works. Solar panels and battery storage are installed on site. The business uses power just as they always do – with no changes to their daily operations.

During the day, the sun shines and the solar panels meet part of their power load. When the solar system is producing more energy than they consume, the excess energy charges the batteries.

Energy storage can make intermittent outages a thing of the past, but Here’s where it gets interesting … the optimization software is smart.

It knows when to deploy power from the batteries to your operations, known as peak shaving and often takes place during the day when energy demand is at its highest.

When the utility grid is struggling to keep up with high demand, Stored energy can be sold back to the grid as income in what’s called Demand Response.

During specific times in the year the software can seamlessly switch and pull energy from the batteries to power your business. This can dramatically decrease your overall demand charges in the coming year. And in the event of a power outage, your stored energy can even be used to power your business.

As an illustration of their costs, remember, they were frustrated by their power expense, which is made up of 2 components: energy charges and demand charges.

By installing and using solar energy combined with battery storage, their energy bill dropped and demand response income helped too.

The next year, they were able to seriously reduce their demand charges, cutting their operating expenses dramatically.

There are simple options for financing. You can buy and own the system. We can install and own the system, and we share the income. Or we can do a simplified version where you get a reduced power cost. This flexibility is another reason solar energy and battery storage are a great option for claiming energy independence while reducing operating expenses.