4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (384+ words) Shopping for rooftop solar can be complicated, particularly for homeowners trying to compare costs, financing, and potential savings before they ever speak with an installer. Aurora Solar is trying to make that process easier with a new online marketplace designed…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (474+ words) More homeowners in the U.K. are adding solar panels, electric vehicles, and heat pumps, but many still do not have enough battery storage to use that energy when they need it most. That may soon change: on August 12, Hinen plans to…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (507+ words) A Tesla Powerwall 3 owner in the United Kingdom said their home battery performed without problems for roughly a year, then abruptly stopped working in a way that left the house unable to rely on either solar energy or stored backup…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (420+ words) Rooftop solar buyers often focus on panel counts and payback periods, but one homeowner homed in on a less obvious detail: whether a proposed five-string layout was adding unnecessary complexity to a home system. The question reflects what more consumers…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago   (474+ words) Homeowners looking to pair rooftop solar with backup batteries may soon have an easier way to build a smarter home energy system. Power management company Eaton and home energy storage company FranklinWH have linked up their smart breaker and battery…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (593+ words) Refrigerating modern batteries like alkaline, lithium, or rechargeable types offers little benefit and can actually damage them. Batteries last longest when stored in cool, dry environments at room temperature, away from heat and moisture. Avoid extreme temperatures, mixing new and…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (440+ words) Getting Tesla to sign off on a fully covered Powerwall warranty replacement did not end one U.K. homeowner's problems. After the approval came through, they said the installer connected to the system stopped answering both them and Tesla. Writing on Reddit,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (300+ words) Base Power, a Texas energy company, is promoting a high-capacity home battery as a way to make power blackouts less disruptive for homeowners. When grid power fails, Base Power says its new Core system can keep an entire house running…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (457+ words) Many homeowners still doubt that heat pumps can handle real winter weather, assuming their performance falls off when temperatures plunge. But for ACHR News, Nate "The House Whisperer" Adams broke down how hour-by-hour temperature records from cities across North America…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (470+ words) Home batteries in parts of the Mid-Atlantic may soon be able to do more than keep the lights on during an outage. Tigo Energy has said some of its battery-backed systems can participate in new virtual power plant programs, potentially…...