Most Storage solutions in the US these days are all AC coupled. That said, they are very rare when compared with Grid Tied solutions in the US. While Tesla seems to make one of the better products their product availability is very, very poor and installer network (which you must use) is very limited. There are other solutions as well from LG, Sonnen, Mercedes, and others. But none of these, save perhaps multiple Tesla PowerWalls, provide enough continuous 240V current to run your whole house. In most cases you'll need to separate your load side circuits into battery and non-battery,
As Butch said, Storage is just not cost effective in most cases. Save for some extreme California TOU examples.
You'd be much better served with a natural gas, propane, or even diesel stationary generator. A modestly sized one ~15-20kW can easily run your whole house, in the rain and at night, for days at a time.
Not very green, I agree. Not to mention the 10-20 second power outage during the ATS switch-over and genny spinup. But with NG you can run for days or weeks at a time -- unless you have major flooding or earthquakes. Of course, when hurricane Sandy came through our area, folks with stationary NG generators weren't prepared for the cost ($100-$400 per day) of continuous operation.
For example -- 22kW NG 1800rpm for $9000
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Storedge can be integrated into an inverter when manufactured or retrofitted as a Storedge interface, ie sesti s1, s2 or s4. There has been a storedge interface approved for SE7600H-US inverters in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe & South America for at least 6 months, probably longer. Why none for all of the HD Wave inverter owners in the USA and no anticipated availability date?
There are SE load switching devices that physically could work with HD Wave inverters in the USA but they are likewise "not available yet" according to SE.Leave a comment:
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No the load switching equipment is not but it is also not standard outlets for US either.
all inverters can do zero feed in with a consumption meter and configuration settings.
the storedge inverter is most certainly available in the use, it is not in the HDwave inverter bit the last verson. It takes time to get all the UL listing and other verifications on a bimodal inverter so there will be an HDWave version of the storedge soon but the there most certainly is a storedge available now.
StorEdge is an inverter not an interface and there are many installed in the US for. Few years now
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Neither the SE load switching devices nor the Storedge interface is available for HD Wave inverters in the USA. I have called SE every month for many months and they only say that they don't have an availability date.Leave a comment:
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Because primarily most of the US has Net metering which is far more beneficial. All the devices are designed for 220 so some would be useful in the US but not as much as you might think as turning an outlet on and off for a clothes drier will not turn on the clothes drier.
It would be far better to have things like smart thermostats and smart appliances work SolarEdge or better with things like ifttt type services.
As far as StorEdge, that is available in the US and has grid zero capabilities as well as all of the HDWave inverters currently available.
for others, the Smart Energy devices: https://www.solaredge.com/sites/defa...-datasheet.pdfLeave a comment:
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Why isn't Storedge Interface available for HD wave inverters in USA?
Solaredge (SE) Storedge Interfaces and Smartenergy devices can greatly help SE inverters increase self consumption and avoid unnecessary and costly exporting of excess solar power to then importing utility sourced power from grid at the horrible exchange rates. SE makes these devices available for their latest generation HD wave inverters in many different countries EXCEPT IN THE USA! Does anyone know why this is and when will this lunacy stop?
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