Oct 03, 2011
Solar Storage Systems
That clean energy system on your roof is only providing power when the sun is up. When the sun is over the horizon you’re back to using coal. Shouldn’t you be able to store your green solar electricity if you want a complete disconnect from that grid, and if you want to be really green?
Leasing solar systems is a success. Leasing energy storage systems could be too. Leasing has taken some of the cost out of solar power. Leasing could do the same for expensive energy storage systems. The pieces of this next phase of leasing power are beginning to take shape.
There are many energy storage technologies available that are suitable for solar electric energy storage. Traditional lead acid batteries and zinc-bromide flow cells to name a few, but the technology to watch is lithium-ion batteries. Companies building batteries for electric and hybrid cars could easily adapt their products for homes, businesses and small industry.
Written by: Tony Smith
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Anthony Smith, PhD, is President and Founder of Secure Solar Futures. He brings over 40 years’ experience in energy efficiency, solar energy, and community economic development in Vermont, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia. He founded Secure Solar Futures in 2004 as CEO and President and leads the company’s innovation development and strategic partnerships. He serves as a founding board member of the Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance (VA-REA). He served as co-director and associate professor of the Eastern Mennonite University MBA program from 2008 to 2015. He earned his Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania.