Rural property using SoNick batteries for grid independence – Domestic Case Study

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  • Rural property using SoNick batteries for grid independence – Domestic Case Study

    This domestic installation was designed to run as a grid minimisation installation. Although the grid remains available it is actually switched off. The house is a rural property and is completely electric so electricity usage is higher than it could be for a normal suburban house. Water pumps, electric fences and all electric cooking can…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • What extended power outage teaches us about backup battery power

    Recently, after the severe weather event that hit Victoria on 9th June the ABC wrote an article comparing how a few different battery installations performed. This article pointed out the importance of when purchasing an energy storage battery that it is fit for the purpose that you want it to provide.

  • Recyclable batteries that do not require maintenance – FZSonick

    A chat with Giovanni Zola, General Manager of FZSonick SA of Stabio: the only company in the world that manufactures and markets accumulators (batteries) with the innovative sodium-chloride technology. The same have various fields of application. Let’s find out which ones.

  • Battery safety and fire risk

    When installing energy storage batteries more people are becoming aware or the risks associated with batteries that have a possibility of going into thermal runaway.

  • Emergency energy storage to Protect Yourself from bushfire power outages

    During bushfires power is often lost to many areas and sometimes is not returned for days or weeks at a time. At these times communities often have to rely on generators, especially if, as in the devastating 2019-2020 Australian bushfires roads are cut off to complete communities for extended periods of time.      Emergency…

  • Questions to ask about installing an 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. With solar PV…

  • Medical Centre – Commercial Case Study using SoNick batteries

    The medical centre was to be refurbished and part of the upgrade was to install a PV system with battery storage. The difficulty was allocating the space for battery storage that was safe for patients as well as staff. As is usual in a medical centre space is a premium and is used for medical…

  • Problems and Solutions solved with energy storage

    One of the biggest problems with the efforts to use renewable energy to produce large amounts of the energy consumed on a daily basis has been its inability to reliably supply power at the times it is most needed. This can and will be addressed with the installation of battery systems that allow households, businesses…