Home Battery Storage for Renewable Energy; Save More, Spend Less
If you have solar panels for your home but no battery storage solutions, you are missing out on saving more energy and spending less on your bills.
Without battery storage, surplus solar generation that your household cannot use immediately is exported to the grid at Smart Export Guarantee rates. With battery storage, that surplus is stored and available in the evening, overnight or whenever your household needs it — reducing the amount you draw from the grid at full tariff rates.
For most households, the addition of battery storage meaningfully improves the financial return on solar panel installation. Particularly for households with EV charging, electric heating or significant evening and overnight energy demand, the improvement to self-consumption can be substantial. Battery costs have fallen considerably in recent years, making the combined solar PV and storage investment more accessible than at any point previously.
If you’re considering a solar power system for your home, then now is the time to take that leap. Contact SPI Renewables today and we can talk you through the finances and make a plan that suits you.
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What Home Battery Storage Does for Your Household
Maximise Self-Consumption
The battery storage system allows you to store surplus daytime solar generated power and use it in the evening. The more of your own power you consume directly, the better the return on your solar panel investment and the less you pay your energy supplier.
Reduce Peak Tariff Costs
If you are on a time-of-use tariff, battery storage lets you avoid drawing from the grid during peak pricing periods. Charge from solar or from the grid during cheap rate periods and discharge when tariffs are highest.
Backup Power
A battery system configured for backup operation can continue to power essential loads during a grid outage. For households in rural areas or where grid reliability is a concern, this provides meaningful resilience.
Choosing the Right Home Battery Storage System, and the Right Installer
The home battery market has seen significant change recently. The collapse of some popular corporations has left thousands of homeowners with voided warranties and no manufacturer support, and highlighted the importance of choosing both the right hardware and an installer who is not dependent on a single manufacturer.
SPI Renewables works with a range of established battery manufacturers and specifies hardware based on what is most appropriate for each installation. We are not tied to one brand. We also provide genuine long-term aftercare — monitoring performance, carrying out planned maintenance and responding when things go wrong — because a battery system requires ongoing management to perform as expected over its lifetime.
If you have an existing solar power battery system with no active aftercare, or if your installer or manufacturer has ceased trading, SPI can carry out a health check and take over the monitoring and maintenance relationship.
