Microgrids improve electric reliability, decrease energy costs and act as a climate change solution. The benefits: they enhance electric reliability improve recovery and resiliency reduce energy costs for individuals and businesses. support clean energy and the environment. reinforce the primary grid. improve cybersecurity. benefit society economically. increase community well-being. Conclusion People & organizations profit from microgrids. It keeps lights on when the central grid fails. It upgrades distribution grids, hardens...Continue Reading
EU confirms penalties for greenwashing! “The European Commission tabled new legislation on Wednesday (22 March) to tackle misleading environmental claims by introducing penalties against greenwashing and tighter rules for the approval of new ecolabels. The proposed Green Claims Directive aims to reduce greenwashing and enable consumers to make informed purchasing decisions based on reliable information about the sustainability of the products they buy. “We believe this proposal will bring real...Continue Reading
The European Commission proposed rules on Wednesday that would oblige producers to offer repairs for a product for between five and ten years after it was sold – regardless of whether or not the legal guarantee is still valid. At 247.energy we offer a 10-year non-prorated warranty on all our industrial and residential energy storage solutions. Because longer lifecycles require fewer resources.247: fueled by positive energy.Continue Reading
Wishing you all a happy “world water day”. Hum happy… not really. Right now, we are seriously off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Billions of people and countless schools, businesses, healthcare centres, farms and factories don’t have the safe water and toilets they need. Remember: approximately 2.2 million litres of water is needed to produce one ton of lithium. The production of lithium...Continue Reading
What are supercapacitors and why not use them instead of batteries? Supercapacitors have several advantages over batteries (eg. L-Ion): they (dis)charge far faster, have a longer lifetime and are non-flammable. And thanks to recent innovations they can also store sufficient amounts of energy per kg to be used as ‘batteries’. 247 Energy’s SuperCap-based energy storage is available today. Looking for future-proof and green energy storage? Go 247 Energy.Continue Reading
Charge speed is our focus in this “watt (what) to look for when selecting your professional energy storage”. The C-rate is the unit used to measure the speed at which a battery is fully charged or discharged. Eg. charging at a C-rate of 1C means that the battery is charged from 0-100% in 1 hour. A C-rate higher than 1C means a faster charge, a 4C rate is four times faster...Continue Reading
Warranty conditions are our focus in this “watt (what) to look for when selecting your professional energy storage”. Warranty conditions on energy storage can range from 5 to 10 years. However often it is pro-rated from 100% at the start of year 1 to 50-60% at end of the warranty period. This is often also linked to a specific number of cycles and maximum cycles per day or year. On 247 Energy...Continue Reading
In our “watt (what) to look for when selecting your professional energy storage”, we shed a light on your ROI. ROI (return on investment) is what matters if you invest in energy storage to trade or help stabilize the energy grid. There is more to determining the ROI of your energy storage infrastructure than just your investment. Other significant variables include cycle lifespan, cycle cost, spread between buy and sell prices, and...Continue Reading
