Lee Shaver

2 weeks ago | blog.ucs.org | Lee Shaver |Vivian Yang |David Watkins |Julie McNamara

Picture a home with solar panels on the roof and a battery mounted on an exterior wall, storing energy from the solar panels during the day for use at night. This ‘solar+storage’ system is an increasingly common sight across the country, with up to 25% of new solar installations including attached storage. It might be easy to think of this set-up as operating in isolation: only impacting the household and its occupants.