Tag: energystoragesolutions
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Advantages of SoNick battery for installations
Below is a summary of some of the differences between the SoNick battery and other battery technologies. SoNick will not catch fire The SoNick battery cannot catch fire or explode. It is the only chemistry UL9540A certified for safety from thermal runaway. This means no risk of fire or explosion, even in the presence of…
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Using your SoNick battery, energy storage system in winter
During summer, when you have an energy storage system on your house, as long as it is sized correctly and you have enough solar PV, you should always be able to fill your batteries to full capacity on a daily basis. You will probably generate excess electricity and export it to the grid, although you…
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Brackenridge – Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries
This domestic installation was designed to run as a grid minimisation installation. Although the grid remains connected it is rarely used. This is an area with frequent power outages, often for many days so the ability to have power in an off-grid installation when the grid wasn’t available was a major requirement. Sodium Nickel Chloride…
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Off grid office – Commercial Case Study using SoNick batteries
Portable commercial office running in off grid situation. Situated at a crushing plant used to crush concrete blocks for road fill. The portable office is placed near the weighbridge which didn’t have a grid connection to that particular part of site. Connecting to the grid was going to be very expensive and the portable off-grid…
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Retrofitting a battery energy storage system
Most people that are looking at installing an energy storage system (battery and battery inverter) don’t realise that every installation is different and there is no one size fits all. Installations are very dependent on whether there is already solar PV in place and the current electrical wiring situation at the premises. When you decide…
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Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries – SA
This domestic installation in rural South Australia was designed to run as a grid minimisation installation. Although the grid remains connected it is rarely used to power the house, although excess power is exported to take advantage of the feed in tariff available. Before the battery installation this household had a 5 kW solar PV…
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Trailer and fixed installation – Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries
This domestic installation was on a farm. Initially a portable trailer was purchased. This trailer was used to take out on the farm to provide lighting where needed. This trailer had 1 x 7.7 kWh SoNick battery, a 5 kVa Victron Multiplus inverter and 3 x 250W solar panels. 3 panels are not enough to…
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Tesla Victorian big battery fire
Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for being difficult to put out once they have caught fire. Lithium-ion batteries often reignite once they have caught fire and the fire has been put out. It is even more difficult for fire fighters in that they can’t use water or any other suppression methods to extinguish a lithium-ion battery…
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SoNick battery performance for cooking competition
GridEdge was recently asked to use our clean energy trailer with its Sodium nickel chloride (SoNick) battery to power a local cooking competition event to showcase local foods. Originally the expectations were that we would be powering the PA and sound system and maybe a portable fridge. As the day got closer the requirements changed…
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Creating Energy Independance
Battery storage uptake by households surges as grid costs soar Battery storage systems being installed in Australia look set to confirm earlier predictions that battery installations will treble in 2017.