The installation of solar panels often lacks one feature—batteries for storing energy. Therefore, it may be time to add battery energy storage to your solar panel installation. Before you invest in an energy storage system, you are going to want to know more about the available options. The following battery energy storage solutions will complete your solar panel installations.

Modular Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

Modern battery banks that are installed with solar panels can have a modular design. This provides a lot of benefits to the design. With a modular solution, monitoring and metering solutions can easily be integrated into the design of solar energy systems. The modular design will also allow you to quickly identify problems with batteries and change them before your system is affected. Lithium-ion batteries can also be fully discharged and last longer than most other types of batteries. The compact design makes them ideal for modular energy storage system designs. There are also more conventional lithium-ion batteries that can be used to replace outdated technology.

Battery Bank with Gel Batteries

Another option for your solar energy storage system is using gel batteries. These are a little different than lead-acid battery banks because they can be discharged more without affecting the batteries. They are also more affordable than options like lithium-ion batteries. They combine improved battery technology with an affordable solution to power your home when the panels are less productive. This type of system is going to require more space to install the batteries that are needed to back up your solar panels. The gel batteries are the perfect solution between lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries for your solar energy system.

Lead Acid Battery Bank Systems

There are also lead-acid batteries that can be used to provide your solar panels with energy storage. Lead-acid batteries have some factors that you will need to take into account. First, these batteries can't be fully discharged. Therefore, you want to use more batteries to ensure there is enough energy to power your home without fully discharging the battery bank. This also means that the lead-acid battery bank is going to require a lot more space. The batteries in these systems have a shorter lifespan, which makes them more affordable. It is also easier to replace batteries that go bad whenever there is a problem with your system.

The investment in batteries is one of the best ways to improve your solar energy system. Contact an energy storage installation service to discuss installing batteries to complete your solar panels. Look for a local company like Harmon Solar to discuss your options.