Phil, Bad idea. There is absolutely no financial advantage to going off-grid, at least if the grid is already installed. Batteries are a lot more expensive per kWh than grid power.
And pretty soon they will be at war with each other over "who left the d**n loads on and drained the battery". They should just do a straight grid-tie system, or separate systems for each business, to offset the utility power usage. Of course, grid-tie with battery back- up of critical loads might be a good idea, if they truly have critical loads. That said, I hear that the reanimated Satcon is developing large battery-based inverters. I haven't checked on their progress lately though. Brian Teitelbaum AEE Solar -----Original Message----- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Phil Theis Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 11:52 AM To: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] 1.5 MW Off Grid A PA business park is serious about taking their loads off grid. Whose systems would you recommend for this size system? Thanks, Phil Theis PennSun Solar _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.htm l List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
