Home solar in rural America: how much battery do you need in a winter storm?
Home solar in rural America: how much battery do you need in a winter storm?

There’s no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar and battery system, but most of it assumes a suburban home with city services and outages measured in hours, not days. Rural homes play by different rules, especially during major winter storms….

Home solar in rural America: how much battery do you need to run a well pump?
Home solar in rural America: how much battery do you need to run a well pump?

There’s no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar system, but most of it assumes a suburban house with city water and a long list of optional loads. Rural homes play by different rules, and when your water comes from a well, keeping the lights …

Home energy upgrades you’ll regret not doing while installing rooftop solar
Home energy upgrades you’ll regret not doing while installing rooftop solar

Adding a rooftop solar array to your home or business can be exciting and expensive. As such, it might be tempting to cut corners to keep costs down — but some upgrades are simply much cheaper to do while your solar system is being installed than they …

The backup battery choice you didn’t know you had: natural gas fuel cell
The backup battery choice you didn’t know you had: natural gas fuel cell

Whether it’s to keep the lights on after a natural disaster or just to avoid peak energy rates, more people than ever are adding battery energy storage to their home solar systems — but li-ion batteries aren’t the only option. The new WATT Fuel Cell us…