With the combination of solar panels and a battery, the entrepreneur optimizes his power consumption. He takes matters into his own hands and kills two birds with one stone: he makes electricity work for him and earns money by making his company more sustainable.
In this article we explain the ten benefits of the combination of solar panels and a battery the entrepreneur offers.
1. Always the best electricity price
Based on current and expected electricity prices and weather forecasts, the energy system determines the optimal times for purchasing, storing, consuming or selling energy. Energy prices vary per hour, the system makes smart use of this.
2. Profitable investment
The combination of solar panels with a battery guarantees a sustainable revenue model. The investment helps to significantly reduce energy costs in the long term. The current payback period is between five and eight years.
3. Optimizing your own use
By storing solar energy, the entrepreneur can also use his own generated energy for free at times when the sun is not shining (such as in the evening or at night). Much less electricity needs to be purchased.
4. Grid congestion solution
Many companies are waiting for a (larger) connection. The imbalance stands in the way of much business growth. By storing energy and trading with energy, the system helps to reduce the imbalance in the grid. When there is a lot of power, the price is low and the system draws power from the grid; when there is little power, the price is high and it returns power to the grid. The benefits of this are for the entrepreneur.
5. Generate more than the connection can handle
By storing energy, more solar panels can be installed than is normally possible on one connection. At high peaks there is a buffer to use the surplus energy later or to supply it back over a longer period. An additional advantage is that the system still generates sufficient energy for self-consumption, even on days when the sun does not shine much.
6. Independence from the grid
By using solar panels in combination with a battery, the entrepreneur takes control and that makes him more independent of the grid. In fact, he makes smart use of the advantages that the net has to offer him.
7. Take advantage of negative electricity prices
Although negative electricity prices are a nightmare for solar panel owners, a smart entrepreneur can also benefit from this. By purchasing electricity at those times (and possibly supplying it back at a later time), he makes smart use of the imbalance in the grid. The negative electricity prices are therefore actually to his advantage.
8. Energy security
By using a battery in which energy is stored, the entrepreneur increases the reliability of his energy supply and reduces the risk of power outages. Many energy storage systems can be used as emergency power supplies.
9. Sustainable image
Investments in solar energy and energy storage systems help build a greener Netherlands. That also has a lot to do with the image and value of a company. They demonstrate that a company is sustainable and responsible. This leads to a positive corporate image among potential customers, investors and employees/applicants.
10. Subsidies
When investing in sustainable installations, various options can be used tax benefits. For example, there are the well-known KIA and EIA and in some regions subsidies and tax benefits are offered for the installation of solar panels and energy storage systems. Money that would otherwise go to the Tax Authorities is now used for sustainable developments.
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