Battery Storage

Effectively using battery storage for the solar you generate can help you really make the most of it. 

This means you can end reliance on the National Grid if you want, or sell excess on to make extra profit for your business. 

You can even use the grid to your advantage – by charging your system at different times.

For example, taking energy from the National Grid at night when it’s cheaper, and using it at peak times. 

This all means that after your Solar PV is repowered to make sure it’s fully firing, all the energy you produce can be put into the bank. 

This gives you the flexibility to decide what to do with it. 

How does a hybrid solution work? 

Battery storage can be used alongside your Solar PV to suit your needs, in whatever way works best for you. 

There is not a one-size-fits-all model, and it depends massively on the size of your system, what it is you are powering, and how the demands change over time. 

Working out the best solution for you is where our engineers come in. 

Wherever you are based, they have decades of experience in finding a bespoke solution that best suits your surroundings and business needs. 

Powering a large caravan park 

As an example, we recently repowered the Solar PV system servicing a large holiday park in Skegness. 

In total, it powers 300 caravans. 

Using the site’s 555 watt panels, our engineers created a purpose-built inverter house. 

The original 20 kilowatt inverter was fitted here, and using the same framework, we managed to install an additional 20 kilowatt inverter. 

One issue we had to overcome was the fact that the mains to the site is 300 metres away from the inverter house. 

So we connected our hybrid inverter to this, to act alongside the battery we installed. 

In total, each inverter holds 20kw of power, with 10kw in the battery – meaning that combined they are able to meet 50kw of demand from the site. 

It is a reactive system – meaning the two 20kw inverters, connected to the purpose-built substation, service the demand of the caravan park first and foremost. 

It’s clever enough that it will ensure the battery is always able to act as a back-up supply.  

For example, if there is 50kw of demand on a bright day, and both inverters are producing, it will pull in enough to meet this demand while the battery is charged alongside supplying the site. 

Utilising the battery like this means no power needs to be taken from the National Grid, while you often see enough power left over in the system to sell on. 

Making solar work for you is a no-brainer

Whether you run a farm, business, social housing, agricultural firm, university, or any other operation, there will be a bespoke solution from you. 

Our engineers can determine how you can make the most of your Solar PV.

“From selling on excess and savings from not using the National Grid, the Skegness operation will pay back the cost of the upgrades in 15 or 16 months,” said Simon Hopkins from HIT Energy Services.

“It’s a no-brainer, as all costs are covered through the increased efficiency, but this is only the start of the benefits. 

“The system will continue to be productive, generating incoming and energy long into the future – with our team keeping a close eye on it to ensure it keeps working to its maximum potential.”