One Step Off the Grid – how energy storage really works

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In today’s weekly newsletter from our consumer-focused sister site One Step Off the Grid, we look at several issues on household solar and battery storage.

Giles Parkinson looks at how households can vent their frustration on weak climate policies by installing solar, and maybe storage, and saving money. He also looks at the latest bold predictions from Tesla about its battery storage offering.

Storage expert Glen Morris explains exactly how solar and storage work, a good first article for those new to the technology; while Finn Peacock writes about why hybrid storage systems might be better than quitting the grid, and Emma Sutcliffe writes about one farmer who has his market garden off grid, and his house on grid.

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