Comments on: Is It Worth Getting Batteries for Your Solar Panels? https://www.poundsandsense.com/is-it-worth-getting-batteries-for-your-solar-panels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-worth-getting-batteries-for-your-solar-panels A UK blog covering personal finance and much more from an over-60 perspective Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nick https://www.poundsandsense.com/is-it-worth-getting-batteries-for-your-solar-panels/#comment-5290 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:13:30 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=3690#comment-5290 In reply to Jerry.

Thanks for sharing your perspective on this, Jerry. I agree that battery prices need to come down significantly to make them economically viable.

]]> By: Jerry https://www.poundsandsense.com/is-it-worth-getting-batteries-for-your-solar-panels/#comment-5289 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:05:40 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=3690#comment-5289 Good article, I reached the exact conclusion when I had my solar panels in 2016 and even in 2021 the price of batteries haven’t come down enough to make much difference.
To corroborrate this I also used a simple calculation based on a 4kw system (3.75?) and a bit of common sense, giving the batteries the benefit of the doubt and selcting best case scenario.
Given that most electricity is used in the evening, I looked and my consumption (excluding solar generation) I estimated I would only get on average, about 2-3kw benefit a day, in winter not enough was generated and in summer the max I can get is the 4kw stored for the evening, benefits of load smoothing during the day are more than cancelled by days of insufficient (zero) sun in winter.

3 x 20p x 365 = £219.00 p.a on a £5k installtion give a 20+ year payback
Still not commercially viable

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