{"id":100307,"date":"2022-11-04T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/?p=100307"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:30:16","slug":"solar-spotlight-managing-whole-home-energy-with-solaredge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2022\/11\/solar-spotlight-managing-whole-home-energy-with-solaredge\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Spotlight: Managing whole home energy with SolarEdge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the residential market shifts from reliance on the greater electrical grid to self-generating energy sources like solar and storage, additional considerations will be necessary for energy load management. In this special edition of the Contractor\u2019s Corner podcast, we\u2019re joined by Magnus Asbo, senior director of technical marketing in North America for SolarEdge, to discuss the importance of smart energy management systems and the company\u2019s latest offering in that space.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a portion of SolarEdge&#8217;s Spotlight podcast with Solar Power World, but be sure to listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1369782991%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-arXPFj565pM&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Contractor's Corner by Solar Power World\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/solarpowerworld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contractor&#8217;s Corner by Solar Power World<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Solar Spotlight: Managing whole home energy with SolarEdge\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/solarpowerworld\/solar-spotlight-managing-whole-home-energy-with-solaredge\/s-arXPFj565pM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Spotlight: Managing whole home energy with SolarEdge<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>There are a number of factors driving increased demand for solar and storage with homeowners here in the U.S. Can you talk a bit about what you\u2019re seeing in the market today, and some of the opportunities coming out of it for installers and the industry as a whole?<\/h3>\n<p>I think that most of us are familiar with a lot of the macro trends that are driving demand for solar. But I think they\u2019re really worth restating, because they have been changing over time. Recently, we\u2019re seeing a lot more uncertainty with cost of fossil fuel for instance. Just look at the uncertainty that was driven from the Russian war in Ukraine and the Texas crisis when they were unable to create energy to keep the lights on \u2014 literally. The net result is that people are feeling less certain. We\u2019re also seeing the price of energy going up. The cost of energy is going up and people are certainly aware of that.<\/p>\n<h3>You mentioned the importance of approaching residential solar and storage as an integrated ecosystem. What are some of the things installers need to consider as they work with homeowners to build this ecosystems?<\/h3>\n<p>The ability for consumption and production to interact with each other intelligently is very important. However, there are some other, very practical things that you\u2019ll have to pay attention to. One of those is that as systems become larger and as homeowners try to add more loads onto their system \u2014 let\u2019s say for EVs or for the transition from gas cooking to induction \u2014 that there is a higher likelihood that you\u2019re going to have to do significant AC rework. We want to minimize the amount of that rework and the frequency of that rework as we possibly can. In order to do that, we\u2019re really focused on DC-coupled systems. Why? Basically because the way that we see it, batteries are DC systems, PV is a DC source. Over time the expected EVs we\u2019ll move to are DC charging and discharging. Seeing that all of these things are large DC devices, keeping them on the DC side of the inverter and off of the main panel because we\u2019re seeing that the AC panel is getting overloaded.<\/p>\n<h3>SolarEdge recently launched SolarEdge Home in North America. Can you share a bit more about what this is and how it differs from other solar and storage solutions that are available?<\/h3>\n<p>SolarEdge Home is in many ways what we\u2019re calling that overall holistic ecosystem that I was talking about. It\u2019s really comprised of a lot of different elements that we\u2019ve already built, and it includes some things that are new capabilities that we\u2019re adding now. So, for instance, a big element of SolarEdge Home is the Home Battery. We began shipping that last fall. It is shipping in large volume today, and we\u2019re in the process of releasing a series of smart energy management devices that will allow you to curtail consumption when you\u2019re off-grid and shift the time of consumption when you\u2019re on-grid. Again, the trick here is that these devices will interact with each other.<\/p>\n<h3>How is SolarEdge Home helping installers, from the sales process through to installation and management?<\/h3>\n<p>As you say, the installer process is end-to-end. It goes from sales all the way through installation and maintenance, and we look at it from a multi-stage approach. The first one is: What is the process of selling to the homeowner? And homeowners really want size and convenience at this point. We want to aid in the process of speaking to them. Really what we\u2019ve seen is PV + storage has moved through the enthusiast realm to the mainstream. Part of the move to the mainstream is that people want things to be designed to the convenience of their lifestyle. That includes being able to do things like run air conditioners when the power is out. If you\u2019re living in Texas, that\u2019s probably high on your list of things that you want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This podcast is sponsored by SolarEdge<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77304 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solaredge-500x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solaredge-500x325.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solaredge-368x238.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solaredge.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the residential market shifts from reliance on the greater electrical grid to self-generating energy sources like solar and storage, additional considerations will be necessary for energy load management. 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