Photovoltaic installations allow us to save a good amount of energy, but if we want to take advantage of all that our solar panels are capable of generating, we will need to buy expensive batteries. Until now.
The solar panels They are increasingly common in private homes, especially as a result of the upward trend in energy prices that has been developing for some time, and that in recent weeks has shot up to worrying levels.
The installation of solar panels poses to the user a decision about the type of system to use:
- Self-consumption without surplus
- Self-consumption with surpluses
- Self-consumption with batteries
In the first two cases, the user produces energy and consumes it, but cannot store it. To do this, it would have to install batteries that allow it to have the energy generated when night falls or the light power is insufficient.
However, this implies a considerable expense as a result of the enormous cost of the batteries, which is why the user usually opts for the self-consumption with surplus. In other words, the photovoltaic installation is connected to the electrical network and, when energy is generated that is not used, it is turned over to it and the electrical distributor financially compensates for said surplus.
Why are virtual batteries needed?
The problem is that said surplus is paid at a price lower than that charged for the energy consumed from the electricity grid when the solar panels do not produce the necessary amount.
Furthermore, no matter how much surplus energy we generate, the electric operator will only compensate us up to a certain limit, that is, up to what our personal consumption marks. In other words, it will only take into account the variable cost and will never pay us, at most it will compensate us for said expense.
That is where the virtual batteries presented by the Spanish company come in next energy. It is a service through which the user can store the excess energy produced and accumulate it so that nothing is wasted.
In practice, it means taking advantage of 95% (the remaining 5% is lost as diversion) of the energy produced by the photovoltaic installation, without limits of any kind. And, thanks to that,The bill is reduced to a much greater extent or even goes to zero.
Not only that, because if the bill is zero and there is still energy to account for, this will be accumulated for the following monthlike the gigabytes of data from many telephone companies.
Another advantage is the possibility of taking advantage of the surplus energy for a second home, the recharging of an electric car or even the main home in which we cannot carry out the installation for community reasons, etc, through an installation that is carried out in a second house.
In short, a system for harnessing energy with which Próxima Energía promises to revolutionize the market. How about?
Source: FCE
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