{"id":5807,"date":"2016-05-26T21:54:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2024-10-02T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:14:01","slug":"enphase-batteries-are-impressive-but-very-unlikely-to-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/enphase-batteries-are-impressive-but-very-unlikely-to-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Enphase Battery Is Impressive But Very Unlikely To Save You Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Enphase AC battery. image: Enphase<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Until now, if you have been one of the highly intelligent and undoubtedly good looking people with a grid connect\u00a0solar system and you wanted to\u00a0add batteries, you were\u00a0looking at spending\u00a0at least $10,000.<\/p>\n

But that will no longer be the case in August when the teeny tiny $2,000\u00a0Enphase AC Battery<\/a> becomes available in Australia.<\/p>\n

Each Enphase AC Battery only has 1.14 kilowatt-hours of usable storage<\/a>, but up to 13 can be installed together giving a maximum total usable capacity of 14.8 kilowatt-hours.\u00a0 The system is not designed to supply power during a blackout<\/a> or be used off-grid<\/a>.\u00a0 It instead has one purpose only, and that is to save households money by letting them store solar electricity, or even off-peak grid electricity, for use in the evening or whenever household electricity demand exceeds the production of electricity from rooftop solar panels.<\/p>\n

Enphase has a reputation for producing extremely reliable, well engineered systems, and their battery appears to be no exception.\u00a0 Unfortunately, given its likely installed cost, the Enphase Battery is extremely unlikely to save anyone money.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery Will Work With\u00a0Any Existing Solar System<\/h2>\n

If your rooftop solar power system doesn’t use Enphase Microinverters, no worries. You can still\u00a0use the Enphase Battery.\u00a0Because the AC battery uses 240V AC for its power delivery and charging, your electrician simply connects into the 240V output of your solar panel system1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

What Are Enphase Microinverters?<\/h2>\n

Microinverters are tiny little inverters<\/a> that are attached beneath individual solar panels and they convert the DC<\/a> power that panels generate into the AC<\/a> power that homes use. Because there is one inverter per panel, that inverter is able to lavish all its care and attention on that panel and so get the maximum output from it. As a result, panels with microinverters will typically generate about 5-15% more electricity<\/a> than those that use the more common string inverters.\u00a0 The drawback is microinverters are more expensive at the moment, but Enphase is working to change<\/a> that.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery Requires The Enphase Envoy S Metered Communications Gateway<\/h2>\n
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The Envoy-S comms unit. image: Enphase<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The system’s interface, the Enphase Envoy S<\/a> Metered communications gateway allows easy monitoring of solar power production and battery use and can be customized for a household’s individual solar energy production and electricity tariff<\/a> to get the highest rate of return from the system.<\/p>\n

If you already have an Envoy S then you are ready to go, but you definitely belong to a very small minority of Australian households. \u00a0If you don’t have one,\u00a0it will be necessary.<\/p>\n

The Envoy S has a warranty of 5 years, which is half that of the battery.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery Warranty Is Good<\/h2>\n

The warranty on the system is one of the best available<\/a> at 10 years or 7,300 cycles at 80% of the nominal capacity of 1.2 kilowatt-hours.\u00a0 That is, at the end of ten years the\u00a0battery\u00a0will still be able to store at least 0.96 kilowatt-hours of usable energy.\u00a0 The warranty covers 7,300 cycles which is two cycles a day for 10 years. The ability to cycle twice a day allows it charge on low cost, off-peak grid electricity overnight if desired.<\/p>\n

Ease Of Installation<\/h2>\n

The Enphase AC Battery is the quickest and easiest energy storage system to install I am aware of.\u00a0 Not needing to be connected to a hybrid inverter helps with this.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it is still a fairly involved process that can’t be performed by typical homeowner themselves.\u00a0 Enphase says a single person can install a battery in half an hour and they have made a video<\/a> of one worker installing 4 batteries in 1 hour and 40 minutes.\u00a0 Of course, you have to know what you are doing to install them that quickly.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery Does Not Have A Lot Of Power<\/h2>\n

While each battery can hold 1.14 kilowatt-hours of usable electrical energy, they can only release that energy slowly and so their power output is not very high.\u00a0 Each battery can only discharge a maximum continuous output of 260 watts. So to power a small 1,000 watt bar heater would take 4 batteries. While those 4 batteries can store enough energy to run the bar heater for over 4 hours, they would only have 40 watts of power left over to do anything else in addition to running the heater.<\/p>\n

As the Enphase AC Battery will\u00a0able to discharge a little faster than it charges, it will take almost 4.5 hours to fully charge and almost 4.4 hours to fully discharge. So if you come home to an empty house with fully charged batteries at 6:00pm and continuously drew power from them at the maximum rate, it will be 10:23 pm before they were flat. And this isn’t so great if your peak electricity rate finishes at 8:00pm, as they often do in NSW, because you won’t be able to use all your stored electricity during the period with the highest grid electricity price.<\/p>\n

But They Are Pretty Cool<\/h2>\n

Because the batteries are low power they don’t produce much heat. One person told me they, “Don’t generate heat,” which is a statement that violated the laws of physics so hard it made me feel as though I was in a Doctor Who episode. But what he meant was, they don’t produce much heat and as a result they don’t have an active cooling system which means they have the advantage of never making any noise. Unlike some shield-shaped batteries I could mention.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery And Efficiency<\/h2>\n

The Enphase AC battery has an excellent DC to DC round trip efficiency<\/a> of 96.1%. I know this because it says so right here on this pamphlet I am holding and I must say that figure is bloody excellent. And it is also a bit bloody cheeky, because no where do I see any mention of the fact the system will also suffer additional losses that energy storage systems connected to string inverters do not. These additional losses are not large, but they do mean the system’s total efficiency is worse than that of most energy storage systems on the market, not better.<\/p>\n

The Actual Efficiency Of The Enphase Battery<\/h2>\n

With DC Coupled\u00a0energy storage systems, solar panels produce DC electricity which charges the batteries. When that stored energy is needed the batteries send DC power to the string inverter which converts it to the AC power our homes and businesses use. So there is a loss when charging the battery\u00a0and again when discharging.\u00a0There is also a loss when inverter converts DC to AC.<\/p>\n

With the Enphase AC Battery, solar panels produce DC and the microinverter on the panel immediately converts it into AC and this results in a loss. When charging, the Enphase AC Battery converts this AC power into DC, because batteries can only be charged with DC, and this results in a loss. And when the stored energy is used it is converted from DC to AC which results in another loss. And these losses all add up.<\/p>\n

When it comes to converting DC to AC current, the Enphase AC Battery is exactly as efficient as an Enphase S270 microinverter. This is because that is exactly what’s inside each battery. Its average efficiency is 95.6%, which is not bad, and I will assume the efficiency at converting DC to AC is the same.\u00a0 So to work out the real efficiency of the storage system in practice, we take the efficiency of the solar panel’s microinverter at converting DC to AC and multiply that by the battery’s efficiency at converting AC to DC, and then multiply it by the battery’s DC to DC round trip efficiency of 96.1%.\u00a0 We don’t need to include the final loss from converting DC to the AC used in the home, as other battery systems don’t include that loss in their efficiency figures and we want a result that can be compared to other systems.<\/p>\n

All up this comes to an efficiency of 87.8%. This is less than the 92.5% round trip efficiency claimed for the Tesla Powerwall and considerably less than 95% figure claimed for the LG Chem RESU<\/a> energy storage system.<\/p>\n

The Lower Efficiency Is Not That Big A Deal<\/h2>\n

Obviously, the higher a system’s efficiency the better. But the Enphase AC Battery’s lower overall efficiency does not have a large effect on the economics of the system when it comes to storing solar electricity. This is because many people currently only get around 6 cents a kilowatt-hour for electricity they send into the grid. This means the cost of storing 1 kilowatt-hour of surplus solar electricity with 87.8% efficiency is only about 6.8 cents, which is only half a cent more than a system with 95% efficiency. So this has only a fairly minor effect on the overall economics of storing solar electricity.<\/p>\n

Installation Cost Estimate<\/h2>\n

The fact that the Enphase AC Battery is easy to set up will help keep its installation cost down.\u00a0 And another factor that will help is Enphase is known to produce extremely reliable products, so an installer can be\u00a0confident that\u00a0no\u00a0more work will be required\u00a0after the initial installation. And the fact that Enphase is a trusted company that is known to respond reasonably to any problems involving their products also helps.<\/p>\n

As a result, Enphase claim you can\u00a0get one battery plus the Envoy S installed for around $3,000 and each extra battery after that installed for $2,000.<\/p>\n

How Many Batteries\u00a0Do I Need?<\/h2>\n

If you want the highest possible economic return on your system then you will probably only want to install 2 or 3 batteries.\u00a0 The reason why you would want such a small number is it makes it more likely you will use your battery storage at close to its full capacity.\u00a0 The more energy storage you have, the less likely it is your rooftop solar power system will produce enough surplus electricity to regularly fully charge it, and the lower the chance that you will use all that stored energy during peak periods.<\/p>\n

Why The Enphase AC Battery Is Not Likely To Save You Money<\/h2>\n

If a household installs 2 batteries they will have 2.28 kilowatt-hours of usable storage.\u00a0 But because these batteries will degrade over time they might only average 2.2 kilowatt-hours of usable storage over 10 years.\u00a0 If you cycle that\u00a0once per day for 10 years until the warranty period is over and then the batteries are ripped off the wall and thrown out, it would come to a total of about 8,036 stored kilowatt-hours.\u00a0 Dividing the $5,000 installation cost by that number comes to 62 cents per stored kilowatt-hour, which is pretty damn high.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the real cost is even more than that because we have to account for the cost of capital.\u00a0 This is the interest rate that people have to pay to borrow money to buy the system, or if money isn’t borrowed it is the return the money could have earned if\u00a0invested elsewhere.\u00a0 Using a fairly low figure of 5% for the cost of capital gives a cost of 81 cents per kilowatt-hour of stored electricity.\u00a0 And that is not going to save anyone money.<\/p>\n

However, there is actually no need\u00a0for people to throw out their batteries once the warranty is up. They could keep operating for years after that. Just how long is hard to say. The more the batteries are used, the faster they will wear out, but they will also gradually degrade even if they aren’t used at all. Since in this example we are only cycling them once a day and I think it is likely to be a very reliable system, I will assume they last for a total of fifteen years, with degradation causing them to average 2.1 kilowatt-hours of usable storage a day. That would give a total of 11,505 stored kilowatt-hours.\u00a0 If we divide the installation cost by that number it comes to about 43 cents per kilowatt-hour. \u00a0 With a 5% figure for the cost of capital added in it would come to 63 cents per kilowatt-hour.\u00a0 That’s still no where low enough for it to pay for itself, but at least it is getting closer.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, unlike the examples above, most households would be unlikely to use their energy storage at full capacity even if they only have 1 or 2 batteries.\u00a0 This is because there were be days of poor weather or high electricity demand when there won’t be enough surplus solar electricity to fully charge the batteries or times when not all the stored electricity is used, such as when people are on holiday.\u00a0 If they are only used at 90% capacity the cost per stored kilowatt-hour will be 10% more and if they are used at 80% of capacity the cost will be 20% more, and so on.<\/p>\n

Charging With Off-Peak Electricity Can Help<\/h2>\n

Besides being charged with solar electricity during the day, the Enphase AC battery could also be charged with off-peak electricity in the early hours of the morning.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this may not pay for itself.<\/p>\n

For people on a time of use tariff in Western Australia, the difference between off-peak and shoulder electricity is 11.9 cents.\u00a0 So people in Perth could charge the Enphase Battery using off-peak electricity overnight and use all the stored energy in the morning in the shoulder period that starts at 7:00am.\u00a0 Then they could charge their Enphase Batteries \u00a0with solar electricity and potentially use it all during the peak electricity period that lasts from 3:00pm to 9:00pm, Monday to Friday.\u00a0 Taking into account the Enphase Battery’s 87.8% efficiency, the peak electricity rate in Western Australia of 47.2 cents and their 7.1 cent feed-in tariff, when used at maximum capacity, 2 Enphase\u00a0batteries could save a household an average of $1.03 a day.\u00a0 That would come to a saving of 23 cents per kilowatt-hour of stored electricity.\u00a0 Because the Enphase Battery is being cycled twice a day instead of once, over a 10 year period the cost of storage would be halved from 81 cents a kilowatt-hour to 40.5 cents.\u00a0 Which means that under even these optimal conditions, cycling the Enphase Battery once on off-peak electricity and once on solar electricity each day clearly cannot save people in Western Australia money.<\/p>\n

If the Enphase Battery lasts beyond its 10 year warranty period, which I am certain it will, the economic return will be even greater.\u00a0 However, because it is being cycled twice a day instead of once, it might be overly optimistic to assume it would last 15 years.\u00a0 I think 12 years would be a more reasonable figure and using that period of time, under the same conditions the cost of storage would be 35 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is obviously much more than the 23 cents per kilowatt-hour that would be saved.\u00a0 In fact, the Enphase Battery would have to operate flawlessly for 23 years in order for it to pay for itself, and that is just not going to happen.<\/p>\n

Charging With Off-Peak Electricity Can Also Make Things Worse<\/h2>\n

While there is a large difference between off-peak and shoulder rates in Western Australia, in NSW the difference is only a few cents.\u00a0 So with a typical off-peak rate of around 9 cents a kilowatt-hour and a shoulder rate of 12 cents a kilowatt-hour, with the Enphase AC Battery’s efficiency of 87.8% it would cost 10.3 cents of off-peak electricity to save 12 cents worth of shoulder electricity.\u00a0 And since the extra cycle will cause wear and tear on the battery and reduce its lifespan, charging with off-peak power in NSW is likely to cost more than its worth.<\/p>\n

Dipping Into Battery Storage During The Day Can Help, But Not Enough<\/h2>\n

Households can draw upon the Enphase AC Battery during the day when their electricity consumption temporarily exceeds their rooftop solar energy production.\u00a0 This can save a household from having to buy grid electricity while still allowing the battery storage to become fully charged for use in the evening.<\/p>\n

Exactly how useful this is will depend upon a household’s electricity consumption patterns, the size and orientation of its rooftop solar system, and the electricity tariff used.\u00a0 But while this could improve the economics of a system, it still will not be enough to make it worthwhile.\u00a0 Cycling it once on stored solar electricity in the day and once on stored solar electricity during the afternoon and evening peak in Western Australia would be the ideal way to do this if it were possible, but it’s not as it would need 4.5 hours to charge after sunrise, 4.4 hours to discharge in the middle of the day, and another 4.5 hours to charge before sunset.\u00a0 The day is only long enough to do this in the summer and even then, no one is going to have the necessary electricity production and consumption pattern. \u00a0 Even if it were possible to do this, perhaps by slowing down the\u00a0planet’s rotation, it would have to run at full capacity for 19 years to pay for itself which is another thing that is pretty impossible.<\/p>\n

It Can Be Difficult To Get The Most Out Of The System When On a Time Of Use Tariff<\/h2>\n

There are many households in Australia on time of use tariffs that pay around 35 cents or more per kilowatt-hour for grid electricity during peak periods.\u00a0 Using stored energy during these times will give the best economic return.\u00a0 However, it can be difficult to use all the stored energy in an Enphase AC Battery during these times because it takes almost 4.4 hours to fully discharge and in NSW a typical peak period runs from 2:00pm to 8:00pm Monday to Friday.\u00a0 This means to use all its stored energy during this time it would have to start discharging at its maximum rate at around 3:37 at the latest.\u00a0 And this will often not be required as many household solar power systems will still be producing a considerable amount of electricity at this time, particularly in the summer, and especially if the solar panels face west.<\/p>\n

Because of this, it is quite possible a household with Enphase Batteries would benefit more from having a fixed tariff than a time of use tariff.<\/p>\n

Canberra And Adelaide City Council Battery Subsidies Help, But Not Enough<\/h2>\n

Canberra<\/a> and Adelaide<\/a> City Council offer subsidies for home energy storage that will cover up to half the installation cost of a system. The Canberra subsidy will be open to new entrants next year while the Adelaide City Council subsidy is available now, but it only applies to the Central Business District and a small area above it called North Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Canberra has the cheapest grid electricity in Australia and with a peak price of around 21 cents in the evening and a 6 cent solar feed-in tariff, the total cost of stored energy would have to be under 15 cents a kilowatt-hour and so even with a subsidy paying half the installation cost the Enphase Battery won’t pay for itself.<\/p>\n

Electricity prices are considerably higher in Adelaide. I can’t find\u00a0a suitable time of use tariff available in the area where the subsidy applies, but a fixed tariff will cost households around 28 cents a kilowatt-hour for grid electricity and with a 6 cent feed-in tariff the cost of stored energy would have to come to under 22 cents a kilowatt-hour, and so a half price installation is not going to pay for itself there either.<\/p>\n

The Enphase AC Battery Can Be Used For Electricity Arbitrage<\/h2>\n

The Enphase AC Battery may\u00a0soon have an option\u00a0to be retrofitted with a device that runs\u00a0software from Reposit<\/a> which enables it to sell electricity to the grid, at times for up to $1 a kilowatt-hour.\u00a0 This can give an extra source of revenue for people with home energy storage, but just how much money people can make is not yet clear.\u00a0 Personally, I doubt people will be able to make a very large amount of money, particularly with the Enphase storage system.\u00a0 This is because periods of high electricity prices are usually quite brief and the system’s low power output makes it difficult to take advantage of them.\u00a0 If a period when electricity sells for\u00a0$1\u00a0a kilowatt-hour lasts for 15 minutes, a household with two batteries could sell 0.13 of a kilowatt-hour and make $0.13.\u00a0 And these periods of high prices are quite rare.<\/p>\n

The Non-Economic Case For Installing The Enphase AC Battery<\/h2>\n

Because the Enphase AC Battery does not realistically pay for itself anywhere in Australia at the moment, even in places that offer a hefty subsidy, there are only non-economic reasons to install it.\u00a0 And one of those reasons could be to simply to own a nifty piece of technology that is probably very well made and likely to reliably serve you without problems for many years.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0you want to\u00a0reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then you are better off buying rooftop solar for your grandmother or sister, expanding your own rooftop solar system, or investing in energy efficiency<\/a> such as insulation, heat pumps<\/a>, or double glazing.\u00a0 While grid connected home energy storage can potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, its exact effects are not clear and will be quite limited compared to other options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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