How much solar battery storage does the average home need?

Investing in a solar storage system for your home can provide significant benefits, especially when considering the average energy usage and the need for nighttime power. Most households use around 20 kilowatt hours, making a 5 to 6.5 kilowatt solar system and a 10 kilowatt hour battery a popular choice. By storing the energy generated from your solar panels in the battery during the day, you can power your home during the evening without relying on expensive grid energy. This not only saves you money but also allows you to use clean and sustainable energy.

Every home is unique, and the size of the solar array and battery capacity can be tailored to your specific needs. Flexible options are available, ranging from 10 to 11 kilowatts of solar panels and various battery choices. The right installation company can guide you through the process, considering your energy usage profiles and designing a system that perfectly matches your requirements. It's essential to seek advice from trusted professionals to ensure the system is properly sized and optimized for your energy needs.

The average solar storage system that we're seeing in the market at the moment, so a typical home is using around 20 kilowatt hours. And in general, most people are getting between 5 to 6.5 kilowatt solar system and 10 kilowatt hour battery. The typical family is at work during the day, or at school, and everyone comes home in the evening when the sun's starting to go down. So investing in a battery solution to store that energy in the battery so you can use it at nighttime makes a lot of sense. All the energy that you are generating from your solar system, that's your energy. You are storing it in your battery and supplying your home at nighttime. So that's saving you money, not having to purchase expensive energy from the grid. You're using your clean, green energy. 

The average four-bedroom home, or four-person family is using typically a five to a six kilowatt solar array and a 10 kilowatt hour RESU battery. If they have different demands, we do have flexible sizes in energy storage and the amount of panels as well, so not everyone's the same. We do have the flexibility to have, yeah, up to 10, 11 kilowatts of solar panels on the roof and multiple battery options as well. It all depends on your usage profile. So some people use a whole heap of energy, they've got big pool pumps, lots of refrigerators and things like that. And then other people are a lot more energy efficient, so it just depends on your energy usage profile.