[RE-wrenches] Solaredge Storedge

[Kirk Herander]

Here's the reply I just got back from Solaredge:

 

"As this stands ATM Tesla has only announced the product, not finished
developing it. As Tesla finalizes it the details will become available.
Please click StorEdge on the bottom right of the web page and sign up for
the announcements as they come available. Furthermore all of our inverters
are compatible with this announcement "

 

I get a funny vibe about all this hype / vaporware. Announced, but still in
development. Kind of like the Powerwall itself. The Powerwall is supposedly
sold out through 2016, with $800 mil in advance orders, and no product being
shipped. Are there any Powerwalls in operation anywhere in the real world?
Even in beta test?

 

Available tech info on both Powerwall and Storedge is basically zero. Too
bad nonsense marketing like this causes some potential customers to delay
their commitment to install a system.



 

Kirk Herander

VT Solar, LLC 

Proven PV provider since 1991

www.vermontsolarnow.com

dba Vermont Solar Engineering

NABCEPTM Inaugural Certificant

VT RE Incentive Program Partner

802.863.1202

 

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Behalf Of boB at midnitesolar.com
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 2:56 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solaredge Storedge

 


I would think that Solar City would know all about this.

Or, maybe I wouldn't ?

boB



On 6/29/2015 11:06 AM, Rebekah Hren wrote:

I don't have any info, but the StorEdge diagram is confusing to me when it
says "energy independence." I can see a simple compatibility between the
Powerwall DC voltage (300 to 400VDC) and the SolarEdge operating voltage,
~350VDC, and I can also see how this setup could be used to maximize
self-consumption (a grid-zero type system).  

 

What is confusing is the AC output of the inverter - it is not diagrammed as
a multimode system, which is what "energy independence" would indicate to
me. The brochure is not showing an AC loads panel that can be isolated from
the grid, or any kind of separate transfer switch - which would be necessary
for a multimode system. 

I would be curious to hear what the technical requirements will be to
install the system as a multimode system, if that is indeed a possibility -
which it may not be. 

 

 

Rebekah

 

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Kirk Herander <kirk at vtsolar.com> wrote:

Hello,

Anyone have detailed info on the Storedge battery-compatible system from
Solaredge? I only found a brochure on their website. Apparently batteries
can be added to a new or existing Solaredge inverter (the brochure says they
have partnered with Tesla's Powerwall) for backup power. They call it
"DC-coupling".

 

Kirk Herander

VT Solar, LLC 

Proven PV provider since 1991

www.vermontsolarnow.com

dba Vermont Solar Engineering

NABCEPTM Inaugural Certificant

VT RE Incentive Program Partner

802.863.1202

 

 

 

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