What are the benefits of a solar battery for a home?

As many UK families and individual homeowners start to consider alternative ways in which to provide power for their homes, ways that are more conscious of the environment, a solar battery - or smart battery - paired with solar panels offers a real and viable alternative to only using traditional electricity providers. New ranges of solar panels and solar batteries in the UK provide many different benefits worth considering.

Whatever your stage of life, it is well worth considering the cost-effective and innovative home solar battery solutions that are currently on the market. Making the most of solar energy can change everything about a home’s energy usage; you can soon be experiencing solar energy for your home, generated in the day by your solar panels and stored in your solar battery, enabling it to be used any time, including night, saving money and helping the environment in the process.

How do solar batteries work?

Whether you are completely new to exploring this topic, or have heard a fair bit on solar energy before, you may have noticed that solar panels have been a sight on many a roof of UK homes in recent years, with solar energy able to be used to help power a home. While you may have seen solar panels on various homes, you might not be aware of the benefits available from having a solar battery in your home.

Not only do you receive solar energy to your home through your solar panels during daylight hours, but you can also store energy for later use, meaning that with solar battery solutions, you can use solar energy towards powering your home day and night. Solar batteries can take the energy generated from your home’s solar panels and store it for when you need it. This means that as the sun does its work, the solar energy being generated that isn’t being used right away, rather than being lost back to the Grid, is stored until you need it.

How long do solar batteries for your home last?

Buying a solar battery to go with your home’s solar panels might seem a step into the unknown, but once you realise the huge benefits to your home and the environment, we hope you’ll see that solar battery solutions really are a fantastic option, whether as a first-time solar energy buyer, or for those with solar panels already attached to the roof of their home.

In terms of how long they last, there is no set limit, many estimates place expected lifespan between 15 and 25 years, with solar suppliers offering different warranty periods, often in the 10-year range.

How much can you save with a solar battery for your home?

Again, there is no set amount with regards to savings, but if you have solar panels and solar battery storage in place, you can expect up to 50% savings on your annual energy bills, which in many cases can equate to savings of between £400 and £800 a year for a UK household.