The Duracell Power Center is a home solar-and-storage system built around the Max Hybrid 15 inverter and stackable DURA 5 lithium iron phosphate battery modules. Duracell’s install manual rates the Max Hybrid 15 at 15 kW continuous with solar and 12 kW from batteries alone, with 200 A whole-home pass-through and configurations from 15 kWh […]
The Fortress Power eVault Max 18.5 is a 48-volt lithium iron phosphate battery that stores 18.5 kWh in one cabinet, according to Fortress Power’s datasheet. Fortress lists 180 A of continuous discharge (9.2 kW), a 10-year warranty, an 8,000-cycle rating at 80% depth of discharge and room for up to 20 batteries in parallel (370 […]
The EP Cube battery is now sold in the US as EP Cube 2.0, a hybrid inverter and stack of 5 kWh LFP modules that runs from 5 to 40 kWh in one unit and supplies up to 11.5 kW. Canadian Solar presented updated EP Cube 2.0 systems in July 2026, and CSI Solar published […]
The Qcells Q.HOME CORE G3 is Qcells’ third-generation home battery: one AC-coupled cabinet with 13.12 kWh of LFP storage and 7.6 kW of output, expandable to 26.24 kWh and 15.2 kW with a second cabinet. In May 2026, Qcells announced a US-assembled version built with Jabil in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and said it was commercially […]
A sonnen battery is an AC-coupled, lithium iron phosphate home storage system that sonnen says will pair with any solar array, backed by a 10-year or 10,000-cycle warranty. sonnen’s US site lists three models in October 2026: the indoor sonnenCore+, the outdoor sonnenEvo, and the newer indoor/outdoor sonnenHome Battery 11, which stacks up to 60 […]
An LG home battery bought new in 2026 comes from LG Energy Solution (LG ES), which sells the RESU Prime packs and the newer modular enblock S in the US. Both are high-voltage DC batteries that pair with a compatible hybrid inverter from another brand. This guide uses LG ES’s US spec sheets, US limited […]
The SolarEdge Home Battery is a 9.7 kWh DC-coupled battery that pairs with SolarEdge’s Home Hub inverter, according to SolarEdge’s North America datasheet. SolarEdge lists 5 kW of continuous output, 7.5 kW of peak output for 10 seconds and a 94.5% peak round-trip efficiency, and it allows up to three batteries on one inverter. This […]
Solar panel degradation per year is smaller than most people expect. NREL research on fielded systems has found a median loss of roughly 0.5% per year for crystalline silicon panels, and many newer panels are warranted to lose less. A panel that makes 400W today will still make most of that in 25 years. The […]
How many solar panels do I need to power my house? You can answer that yourself in about 15 minutes with three inputs: your yearly kWh use, how much a kilowatt of panels produces at your address, and the wattage of the panels you’re quoted. Installers use the same math, plus a shade report. Step […]
Update: Selling a house with leased solar panels is now routine in most solar markets, and homeowners have more ways than ever to handle it, from a simple lease transfer to a full buyout. Landowners with solar farm leases have a parallel option: selling future rent for a lump sum. This guide adds how mortgage […]
