The Go Back battery retrofit initiative run by Rocky Mountain Power's Wattsmart virtual power plant program offers financial incentives to customers, making the use of solar power and battery storage ...

Having a battery that actually works is one thing. Making sure your installer is able to hook everything up correctly the first time is another. The easier the installation, the less likely you are to ...

Colorado homeowners are getting a preview of what the future could hold: longer, more frequent electrical outages that leave neighborhoods in the dark, sometimes with little warning. From extreme ...

From 2000 to 2023, extreme weather resulted in about 80% of all major U.S. power outages. These disruptions do more than inconvenience—they endanger access to critical services, spoil billions of ...

"You ... don't even notice that the power's gone out until you read about it on your suburb Facebook group." Solar panel owners get honest about battery backups after husband considers off-grid ...

Power outages are no longer rare, freak events. As extreme weather, grid strain and aging infrastructure collide, the risk of ...

Multiple factors affect lifespan of a residential battery energy storage system. We examine the life of batteries in Part 3 of our series. Residential energy storage has become an increasingly popular ...

The Chinese company said its modular system supports up to 64 kWh of storage, multiple PV inputs, and 0 ms backup switching for uninterrupted operation.

Many homeowners are surprised to learn that most solar systems stop working during an outage — even on sunny days. That’s why many people add a backup generator (or solar batteries) to make sure their ...

The new Anker Solix E10 power system is the company's first whole-home power backup rig. It's hugely customizable and ...

Scientists at U.C. Santa Barbara have developed a new kind of “liquid battery” that can capture sunlight and release it later as heat, a breakthrough researchers say could help solve one of renewable ...