Compact Battery Storage Solutions

Battery storage solutions can fit neatly on the side of a wall such as the wall of a garage. This example is of a recent installation in Hampshire showing a GivEnergy inverter and battery storage solution.

Neat and Compact

As you can see, the battery sits neatly against the wall with the inverter above. The latest batteries are compact but can also be added to at a later date with additional batteries, so they become modular rather than redundant if storage capacity requirements increase.

Smart Technology

Utilising online connectivity via an GivEnergy app or cloud, the inverter controls how the battery is used, where it receives its charging power from (solar energy or mains) and when it discharges.

Reducing Reliance on the Grid

As this configuration of solar PV, battery storage, and car charging unit is installed on a new housing development, the installation can often start off as a ‘box-ticking’ exercise to meet with development requirements for green energy, but quickly becomes more valuable as it becomes clear that it can offer real value i.e. storing solar energy for use in the house, reducing the reliance on the grid.

Start Saving with Greener Energy Today

With fuel prices and energy prices on the rise, there has never been a better time to look at green energy solutions such as solar PV panels. UK Green Energy Installations can work with you to ensure you invest in the best panels for your business or household. Consider battery storage and electric car charger installation at the same time, so you can absorb it, store it, and use it!

Future-Proofing your Electric Car Charger

If you’re thinking of installing a car charger soon or in the future, it is worth considering future-proofing it. This means ensuring that the charger can be integrated with both solar panels and battery storage.

Why?

1. Charge your car directly from the energy generated from your solar panels i.e. with the Zappi car charger.

2. If you don’t have solar panels, you could charge your battery storage solution during off-peak and charge your car anytime of day or night i.e. during peak rate and only pay off-peak rate.

3. With energy prices on the rise, it is worth taking extra steps to save money and decrease your carbon footprint even further.

You're in Control with the GivEnergy app

Making those fine adjustments to maximise both your cost savings and flexibility around your daily routines has never been easier, with the user friendly app from GivEnergy, a British battery storage manufacturer.

The mobile app

The mobile app from GivEnergy (shown above) is mainly for monitoring usage anytime of day including:

• Checking how much energy is being produced from your solar panels (if you have them installed)

• How much charge the battery has

• What it’s status is i.e. whether its charging or discharging

• What proportion of energy is being generated from green energy

• What energy is currently being consumed

The desktop app

The desktop app is designed to provide additional functionality including:

• Setting the battery for charging and discharging

• Grid reliance

• and any alarms and information from the inverters

Three Different Ways to Utilise Battery Storage

The technology for battery storage is continually evolving and most associate battery storage with storing energy produced from solar panels. However, that is not the only way to benefit from battery storage and this short blog post outlines three ways in which battery storage can be leveraged.

1) Storing low peak energy

With energy prices rising, taking advantage of any reduction in the tariff price is very tempting. With battery storage, you don’t need solar or a car charger, you can just use the battery for extracting the energy during off-peak times. You can then utilise the stored energy whenever you like, including during peak times. With some peak rates three times that of off-peak rates, the savings could be significant.

2) Using battery storage with a car charger

With the increase in electric car usage, more and more of us are exploring electric car charger installation for the home or for business premises. Using battery storage means you can store off-peak energy and use it to charge the car during peak rate times.

3) Using battery storage with solar panels

If you have ever thought about getting solar panels installed, battery storage can be utilised to store the energy from the solar panels, which can then be used for charging your electric car or contributing towards your household energy usage.

UK Green Energy Installations can install the complete pack including solar PV panel, battery storage and electric car chargers.

Battery Storage 101

In this blog we aim to provide some of the fundamentals of battery storage.

What is a Battery Storage System?

A battery storage system is a system that can safely store usable electric on your premises, which is ready to be utilised upon request. This can be electric generated from green energy such as PV Solar or wind turbines, or even your regular electric supply from the national grid.

How Can I Use a Battery Storage System?

A good example might be where PV Solar is installed and producing energy, but unless its utilised instantaneously it’ll go to waste. Using a storage system will enable the energy to be safely stored until its needed. A couple of different examples of how battery storage can be used are outlined below.

Scenario A)

You are out of the house working and your children are at school and there is no use for instant energy. The solar is producing energy as it is a bright sunny day, but as there is no instant requirement, the battery storage system will store this energy until you are home and ready to use it.

Scenario B)

If you don’t have solar panels installed, you can still use this very versatile storage system to make the best use of cheap rate electrical tariffs. By charging your battery system at low rate tariffs and using the stored electric during the more expensive times, you can still make significant savings.

The Battery Storage System

With the British company GivEnergy, the battery storage system comprises of an inverter (that will convert D.C to A.C power), and the battery itself.

The batteries from GivEnergy come in a variety of sizes (2.6, 5.2, and 8.2) that can be tailored to requirements, with the option to link batteries together and add more in the future.

The control of the charging and discharging can be done via the GivEnergy App, available on Android and Apple devices, allowing for total control of usage and storage.