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Solar batteries store your energy for when you really need it.

Batteries are now installed alongside most of our solar PV installations and have taken some huge steps forward in recent years. Enabling you to store your free, renewable, electricity to use at night when the panels are no longer generating and combining with new tariffs from innovative electricity providers.

Batteries are the component we see the largest variation in cost and quality so we look at a large range to select the best options for different customer requirements.

What our Customers have to say

  • I was so confident in this company that gave me no hard sell… I went on holiday, upon returning everything was finished and tidy and clean, paperwork complete and sorted out with my power supplier. Excellent service and value.

    Paul Lewis
    Bristol
  • From start to finish we found Sunlight Future to be a very professional, helpful and friendly team. The system was very competitively priced (the best out of five quotes) and is working EXTREMELY well. Overall, we are very satisfied customers.

    Elizabeth Chapman
    Chepstow
  • Service, price and professionalism come as standard from this company and they are a pleasure to do business with.

    Gill & Simon
    Bristol
  • I would like to say that I am very pleased with the installation, system and your system design. I would like to say that I would recommend Sunlight Future to anyone who is interested in solar.

    Tony
    Bristol
  • I would highly recommend Sunlight Future to anyone thinking of solar energy and will use this company when I install solar hot water system.

    Adrian Pittard
    Bridgend
  • The system has been working very well and after 6 months we are 15% ahead of the the figures we were predicting. It has been a pleasure doing business with Sunlight Future and I would recommend them to anyone wanting a solar pv system installed.

    David Gardner
    Bristol

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Contact us today to discuss the best Battery Storage: Get Your Free Quote Today solution for your Home or Business and for any further information regarding Residential & Commercial Solar, Electric Vehicles or taking control of your renewable energy future.

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Our Trusted Brands

Below is a selection of brands we are currently installing representing  products suiting different requirements. Our carefully selected product range aims to offer the best guarantee of sustainable performance available on the market and is continuously being reviewed. We love seeing new products come along and are always happy to discuss the pros and cons of any other batteries. Get in touch with Sunlight Future to explore the best options for your project.

Tesla Powerwall 2

Tesla Inc (Tesla) is an automotive and energy company. It designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and leases electric vehicles, energy generation, and storage systems with the home batteries benefiting from the vehicle technology R&D.

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Fox ESS

Engineered by some of the world’s leading inverter and battery experts, FoxESS products offer customers the most advanced product features currently available, coupled with exceptional performance and reliability at an affordable cost.

Harness the power of the sun day and night with the ground-breaking range of Hybrid & AC inverters from FOX. Full of advanced features and compatible with the broad range of modular FOX high-voltage batteries.

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Enphase

The Enphase Energy System brings solar, batteries, and software together in one complete package so now you can make, use, save, and sell your own power—all through a smart mobile app.

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GivEnergy

The comprehensive storage system from Givenergy comprises their own inverters, batteries, and a state-of-the-art control and a monitoring platform which together offer an exceptional storage package.

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Sunsynk

Sunsynk, a leader in solar storage solutions for over 20 years, offers advanced battery storage systems and inverters for both off-grid and on-grid needs, with products protected under trademark in over 40 countries. Their Sunsynk® solar range and Sunsynk Connect app, products of extensive R&D, are setting new standards in the industry and advancing sustainable energy solutions globally.

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myenergi

The libbi is myenergi’s solution to energy storage. This comprises either a 3.68kW or 5kW hybrid inverter, and up to 20kWh of modular battery storage.  It maximises the amount of energy independence customers can receive and can be integrated with all other myenergi devices. This means that you can track your PV production, batteries, EV charger and power diverter/immersion controller all in one app, and allows seamless communication between these modules.

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SolarEdge

The SolarEdge Home Battery is a DC-coupled storage solution with both single phase and three phase options. Optimised to integrate with the existing SolarEdge residential system. The gain in efficiency is due to efficient DC-DC conversion and no DC-AC changes – by optimising the Home Battery specifically for SolarEdge inverters, the system is able to maximise storage of solar generated power.

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Self-Consumption

A well designed residential solar storage system should provide over 70% of your annual electricity requirement, allowing you to use what you produce, rather than the grid.

Reduce Your Bills

You won’t be caught short with a battery, which can use solar energy collected during the day to power your home at night. Also, during the darkest parts of winter you can save money by charging your battery at night when electricity is less expensive on off peak tariffs.

Reduced Environmental Impact

Particularly when used in combination with solar, energy can be captured and stored for later use, reducing dependence on the grid, and fossil fuels.

Energy Security

By reducing your dependence on energy from the grid you are insulating your home from wholesale energy price instability.

 

Monitor Your Energy

Keep track of how much energy you are using, and how much energy you are storing in your battery.

Backup

If the grid fails, you won’t. Some batteries can ensure that in the event of a power cut, your house will be powered by the electricity stored in your battery.

  • How a Battery Storage System works

    In a conventional solar pv system the house will use all the electricity produced from the panels before it imports electricity from the gird. If the panels produce more electricity than the house is using at that point in time it will export it to the grid to be taken up by other users.

    In a battery storage solar pv system, this extra power will be diverted to the battery bank in your house and stored to use later when your house requires more energy than the array can provide and at night when the solar pv is not generating.

    The wiring of the system is such that the house will use the battery power preferentially ahead of the grid (like conventional solar), thus saving you money as you no longer need to buy as much expensive electricity from the grid. You can use your free electricity that you have already generated instead!

    If the battery bank is full, and your house demand is being met by the solar, any excess generation will still be exported to the grid, as usual, so other users can benefit.

  • DC-Coupled vs AC-Coupled

    There are two types of battery storage solutions for solar pv arrays, DC-Coupled and AC-Coupled. All solar pv panels produce DC current and this is then changed to AC current by the inverter so the power can be used by the appliances in the house. As a result, there is a DC side and an AC side to a solar pv system. Whether a storage solution is DC-Coupled or AC-Coupled refers to which side of the inverter the battery bank is.

    In a DC-Coupled system the solar pv panels and the batteries are before the inverter and therefore the batteries can be charged directly from the panels at high efficiency as there are minimal losses. When power is required from the batteries the stored electricity then passes through the inverter to be used by the house just like normal power would from the panels.

    In an AC-Coupled system the DC current from the panels is changed to AC current by the inverter, this is then changed back to DC by a second inverter to charge the batteries. When power is required from the batteries the stored power is then passed back through the second inverter to become usable AC current again.

    The main advantages of an AC-Coupled system are that it is easily retrofit-able to any solar pv system and simple to install and does not require altering the solar pv system already installed.

    With a DC-Coupled system there may be a need for an inverter change to make sure it is compatible with the new battery system but having one inverter increases the efficiency of the whole system and saves space which is useful in many domestic situations. This is also a great option for a new solar pv installation.

  • Lithium Batteries

    There are two main types of batteries sold to work with solar pv systems. These are Lead-Acid batteries and Lithium-ion batteries. These two types of batteries work very differently and both have merits depending on the conditions and location of the solar system. For domestic on-grid systems Li-ion batteries represent the best solution:


    • High Energy Density (more energy per unit area)

    • High depth of discharge (DOD)

    • Higher continuous power output

    • Long battery life / high number of charge cycles

    • High efficiency between charging and discharging

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