See your energy in motion.
An illustrative power-flow model. Change the conditions below to explore the difference.
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A day in the life
of your solar.
Change the conditions. Follow the power. Discover what a battery changes.
Solar 6.0 kW. Home supplied 3.0 kW of 3.0 kW. Grid import 0.0 kW, export 3.0 kW. Battery charging 0.0 kW, discharging 0.0 kW.
Your sunshine is going further.Solar is producing more power than the home needs. The surplus flows to the grid, subject to your utility’s rules.
About this demonstration
A simplified snapshot of power in kilowatts (kW), not energy over time (kWh). Sunny output is 6 kW; cloudy output is 1.5 kW. The example battery can charge or discharge at up to 3 kW and is assumed to have stored energy and room to charge. It includes compatible backup controls and selected circuits. Conversion losses, battery capacity, runtime, weather forecasts, actual system design, and utility export limits are not modeled. Actual results depend on your equipment, home, and utility agreement.
Learn more from the U.S. Department of Energy: inverters and the grid and solar and resilience.