Do Solar Panels Work During A Power Outage?
Solar panels are insufficient to provide power during an outage; however, when paired with solar battery storage, they can.
Solar battery storage maintains your solar systems working during an outage by providing renewable, reliable solar power, and why we require clean energy now more than ever.
Is there a reason I should have a solar battery during a power outage?
If extreme weather conditions or consumer demand overloads the electric grid, it will go down. This will cause your solar panel system to stop operating. If utilities think the grid will become overloaded, they may shut down. Utility workers who repair damaged power lines are protected by shutting down the grid. Inverters link your solar panel system to the grid ("grid-tied solar"). The grid will shut down if your solar panels do, so the inverter will stop working. A smart meter records your energy usage, and the excess solar energy sent back to the utility.
Be sure to investigate net metering if it's open to you in your state. If you have net metering, you may save even more by selling your extra solar energy back to your local utility company. Your solar firm should be able to help you with this if it's accessible. During a blackout, your solar panels can only keep generating electricity if they have solar battery storage. As a result of solar storage becoming more popular, more and more utility firms are working on installing more environmentally friendly energy into their infrastructure.
A Solar Battery Can Provide Power During Blackouts.
With Brightbox's clean and reliable solar battery, you can divert the excess solar energy generated by your panels to your battery and backup panel to power essential appliances and rooms in your home. You can also decide what to backup in the event of a blackout. You can use a generator as a temporary solution in the event of a blackout, but it runs on dirty fossil fuels, is noisy, and, at worst, dangerous. You can achieve energy independence with Brightbox safely, quickly, and hassle-free.
More than just solar battery storage, Brightbox is a comprehensive solution that puts the power in your hands. Our Solar Guarantee comes with around-the-clock monitoring and maintenance so you won't be left in the dark.
Alarming increases in power outages are occurring.
In the United States, where power outages and blackouts are rampant among developed nations, millions of people are affected by severe storms, wildfires, and heat waves. On the East Coast, winds at 60 mph toppled 4,000 power lines and cut power to over 1 million customers. On the West Coast, California firefighters were forced to shut off electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes as a raging blaze raged.
Due to fears of a blackout, power companies are preemptively shutting down the utility grid. If wildfires, heat waves, or customer demand overload the grid, utilities want the authority to turn off the power that feeds our homes. In California, news outlets are reporting that utilities are planning to shut down power, for example, voluntarily.
The grid can be saved with battery storage.
Our electric grid is more than 100 years old in many areas. A failure of our electric grid could be devastating if we do not start using renewable energy sources like solar energy or wind immediately. However, there is a solution. We will be closer to eliminating blackouts if utilities install infrastructure that supports clean energy and solar-powered battery storage.
Your solar panels generate additional power than you need, and the extra energy is stored in batteries.
Using Brightbox, you can store, generate, and manage solar energy on your terms. With Brightbox, you can save the solar energy your solar panels produce during the day and use it when you need it most.