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Harnessing Solar Power on a Dairy Farm
AT A GLANCE Ian & Cath Ratcliffe recently invested in a solar array to power their farm, but they quickly became frustrated as they couldn’t use all the energy it generates. By investing in 3 x 12kWh Powervault P4 batteries, they are now able to store their excess energy and save it for later. This...
The winds of charge – how a UK dairy farm is combining wind power with Powervault battery storage
Overview Toward the end of 2022, Melissa and Richard Darke of Coleridge farm invested in a Powervault smart battery storage system so they could make better use of the renewable energy they generate on site, reduce their energy bills, and simultaneously improve the eco rating of their farm. Keep reading to find out more: Key...
AI-powered home energy storage system hits the market
It’s here: our fourth-generation battery storage system, the Powervault P4. Our most powerful system for homes and commercial buildings features a larger battery and inverter than the PVCompact to provide more storage and power. The new system was unveiled during Futurebuild and due to its modular design, backup power options and AI technology, has already...
Powervault Announces £3.8 Million Equity Investment
Smart electricity storage company Powervault has announced that it has closed a scale-up investment round of £3.8 million from existing ands new investors, including Green Angel Syndicate and its Climate Change Fund. This equity investment round has triggered the conversion of £3.1 million in Loan Notes raised in 2020 under the British Business Bank’s Future...
Powervault Launches New PVCompact Range
Attachments: Powervault Compact Brochure Powervault PVCompact Technical Specs Oct-22
Come And See The New Pvcompact On Our Stand A43 At Solar & Storage Live
We shall be launching our new home energy storage range, the PVCompact, on stand A43 at the Solar & Storage Exhibition at the NEC from 18 – 20 October, so please do come and see us. Key features new to the PVCompact range; 3kWh, 4kWh, 6kWh, 8kWh AC usable capacities Compact neat...
Alto Energy and Powervault become affiliate partners
Powervault and Alto Energy share a commitment to helping UK households dramatically reduce their carbon footprint and help drive toward Net Zero; because of this shared vision we have agreed to work together as affiliate partners, giving our respective customers access to the associated technology of another trusted UK supplier. Alto Energy are one of...
Tawmix Recycling reduce the carbon footprint and electricity bills on their 10,000 sq ft industrial unit by installing 30kWp of solar PV and 3 x 16kWh Powervaults
Tawmix Recycling Ltd own a 10,000 sq ft facility in West Brushford, Winkleigh, which they have developed into 5 industrial units, 2 of which they occupy themselves. The site has a single 3 phase supply which is sub-metered for each of the units. Tawmix owner, Julian Tolley, has always looked at reducing the carbon footprint...
The energy efficiency trinity – Solar PV, Powervault and Octopus Go
Energy bills don’t normally get us all talking but they’re currently a hot topic, so we thought it was a great time to explain in a bit more detail how Powervault smart energy storage can play a role in powering the home in the most cost-effective and sustainable way. By creating a virtuous circle from...
Ravenswell Farm, base of top racehorse trainer Fergal O’Brien, invests in 26kWp solar PV and 36kWh Powervault storage
Ravenswell Farm is the training base of leading National Hunt Trainer, Fergal O’Brien. It consists of 8 accommodation units for staff who live on site 24/7, 80 boxes, office facilities, state of the art horse walker, along with all the associated washing and drying capabilities needed to run a modern racehorse training yard. Unsurprisingly, the...
New Features Revealed at Solar&Storage Live 2021
As the electricity market evolves, so does Powervault. From the 23rd to the 25th of November, we will be at the NEC in Birmingham at Solar&Storage Live 2021. Please do come and talk to us on stand A42 about our latest developments, including: ● New increased storage capacities for all our existing Powervault3 range. ●...
Atlantic Racquet Centre Case Study – Powervault and GMEC
The newly installed solar PV array at the Atlantic Racquet Centre The Atlantic Racquet Centre (ARC) is a new community racquets and fitness centre in Bideford, North Devon, where everyone can exercise, socialise and learn together. The centre is a volunteer led community business and charity focused on improving the health and wellbeing of...
Powervault and The world’s most environmentally friendly stadium digital platform
Forest Green Rovers, stadium specialists ADI and electricity storage innovators Powervault have collaborated on brand-new partnership will see the delivery of the world’s most environmentally friendly stadium digital platform at the innocent New Lawn. The platform will see the installation of the world’s first renewable energy powered digital perimeter system as well as a new...
Powervault leads lobbying with the REA
At Powervault, we passionately believe that smart home energy storage is a key part of the solution to achieving the UK’s goal of Net Zero by 2050. Therefore, working with highly respected trade organisation, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA), we are leading a lobbying campaign to help achieve this. The UK...
Powervault announced Schneider Electric and Sustainable Ventures, Net Zero Home Programme Finalists
LONDON, UK – 3rd August 2020 – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Sustainable Ventures, the UK’s leading cleantech hub, have named the finalists of their Net Zero Home Programme. The joint venture aims to find the most innovative net zero home solutions to help accelerate the net zero home market. Having each received a...
EDF and Powervault win Western Power Distribution grid flexibility contract
Batteries installed in the South West region will help provide flexibility to the local distribution network Batteries will be optimised through EDF’s Powershift platform EDF has been awarded a contract by Western Power Distribution (WPD) to supply local grid flexibility services in the Bridgwater area using a cohort of domestic Powervault batteries. EDF’s expertise, alongside...
Powervault: GreenTech Business Secures Investment to Power the Future
London based cleantech company Powervault has successfully secured an additional £2 million of funding to support its continuing innovation in the vital field of energy storage. This includes a £725,000 growth loan from the Greater London Investment Fund, managed by The FSE Group. We can’t control when the sun shines or the wind blows – so...
Powervault Powering the Future of Energy Today
Smart Powervault batteries running on Octopus Agile are helping balance our renewable energy grid This week and last, causing a stir across the energy world, we’ve had a glimpse of the future. It’s been particularly sunny and windy, causing energy prices to go negative. In other words, energy buyers and consumers have been being paid...
BEIS X Powervault: London pioneers first ‘virtual power station’
London pioneers first ‘virtual power station’ Ground-breaking battery trial which pays households to store energy to power the grid during peak demand to be rolled out further Smart battery trial in capital is already reducing bills – and cutting carbon emissions from electricity by around 20% for average households. Home batteries help electricity network...
Guest Post: Energy Systems Catapult
Please note – this blog relates to our previous product, the Powervault P3. We now have a new and improved range of products – the Powervault P4, PVCompact and P4 Slim. You can find out more about how the new Powervault P4 range is saving customers money, providing freedom from the grid and helping make...
Powervault pens an Open letter to new CEO of Ofgem along with other Flexibility First members
Powervault, as part of Ovo Energy’s Flexibility First Forum, helps pen Open letter to new CEO of Ofgem, Jonathan Brearley ,to push flexibility into Ofgem’s Decarbonisation Action Plan. Delivering on the Action Plan: The Role of Flexibility for Customer Reward Delivering on the Action Plan: The Role of Flexibility for Customer Reward On behalf of...
Powervault ‘Product Innovation of The Year’
Powervault awarded ‘Product Innovation of the Year’ award at the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards. Organised by edie, the Awards recognise best-practice excellence across sustainable business. Hundreds of applications were submitted across more than 22 categories, Powervault were highlighted for our contribution to UK sustainability with the production of the Powervault 3 smart energy storage system See...
Powervault awarded study for Second-Life Batteries and Virtual Power Plants from JXTG Energy
Powervault, a leading UK home energy storage provider, has received an order from JXTG Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation, one of Japan’s major energy utilities, in a study on virtual power plants and second life batteries. Powervault will share its expertise in UK markets, seeking to outline innovative solutions that can be applied in Japan....
Clean Growth Strategy: Powervault’s Journey to Net Zero
Last week, State Minister for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng, came to Powervault’s manufacturing site in London Bridge. In our labs he explored how storage and flexibility are key for a Net Zero carbon economy and how Powervault’s national market-based solutions can contribute to this. Powervault is working with...
Kaluza and Powervault Partner to Intelligently Balance the Grid through Home Storage
Powervault have a new and exciting partnership with Kaluza to intelligently balance the grid through home energy storage. Kaluza, OVO Group’s intelligent energy platform, is integrating with the Powervault 3 to help accelerate the digitisation and decentralisation of the UK’s energy system. This partnership will help to provide local flexibility on the UK electricity network...
Powervault announced amongst finalists for the 16th annual Green Energy Awards
Powervault are amongst leaders highlighted in this year’s Green Energy Awards. Powervault have been nominated and shortlisted for the Clean Energy Scheme of the year award due to our work with EDF Energy to provide Grid Servicing to the local and National Grid to reduce dependency on coal-fired plants by shifting energy demand away from...
Powering your daily life with Powervault
EDF Energy takes a look at what it’s like to live with a Powervault in your home. EDF Energy are offering a large, upfront discount on the cost of the new Powervault 3 system in return for customers allowing their battery system to be used for grid services. Click here to find out more about this...
Powervault partners with Octopus Energy to enhance the benefits of smart tariffs and smart batteries
Powervault and Octopus Energy have partnered to enhance the value of smart tariffs, batteries and hot water control for both landlords and the grid. Powervault is integrating its latest energy storage system, Powervault 3, with Octopus Energy’s innovative smart tariff, Agile, and adding smart hot water heater controls using IoT technology. This new collaboration is aiming to use Powervault 3‘s...
Powervault Finalist at InnoEnergy Global Call
Powervault secured a place in the final at InnoEnergy‘s global call for electricity storage businesses. The final, held at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, saw 10 winning finalists from across the world go head-to-head for the crown of most innovative electrical storage technology or business model. Narrowed down from over 220 applicants, all 10 finalists...
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BEIS funds new technology, including Powervault, for consumer demand-side management
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the UK has issued funding to ensure the reliability of grid networks through increased rollout of demand response initiatives. BEIS has provided Pixie Energy, Powervault and Sustainable Venture Development Partners with funds to implement the Whole House Energy Management project. The funding has been issued as...
Powervault appoints new Chairman Mark Ansell
Simon Acland has been Powervault’s Chairman since 2014. Simon has supported Powervault tirelessly over the last four years, helping Powervault to grow from its early beginnings and through its start-up phase to an operational company. We are pleased to announce the appointment in December 2018 of Mark Ansell as Powervault’s new Chairman. Mark has over...
“The coolest new innovation in home energy storage”
EDF Energy interviewed Noeleen Keane, a senior manager of innovation in EDF Energy’s Blue Lab, about the new Powervault 3 grid services offer. Read the full interview here Blue Lab is EDF Energy’s innovation accelerator – the department who make ideas and innovations come to life to make energy better for the UK. Blue Lab work with...
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Fully Charged visits Powervault HQ
Robert and Maddie Moate from Fully Charged visit Powervault HQ to discuss the latest innovation in the energy storage world. They discuss how Powervault is busy installing its new system, Powervault 3, around the country to help customers become more energy efficient in the home, and help regulate and reduce peak demands on the UK grid....
EDF Energy and Powervault launch innovative grid services offer
EDF Energy, through a new partnership with Powervault, is offering existing solar PV owners the chance to earn more from their systems by purchasing one of the most advanced and cost effective home battery systems on the market at a heavily discounted price when they sign up to EDF Energy grid services. Compatible with any...
Powervault wins investment from Green Angel Syndicate
Green Angel Syndicate announced its latest investment in the award-winning home electricity storage company Powervault last week, with a £280,000 investment as part of a £1 million round. This is the third investment round in which Green Angel Syndicate has participated. Powervault’s battery based system stores free solar energy and cheap, off-peak electricity from the...
Japan Energy Challenge names Powervault as 2018 winner
After 6 months of screening and proposal preparation, the inaugural run of Japan Energy Challenge took place on 4-6 July in London. Highlighted by dozens of meetings between the executives of Japan’s largest and most innovative energy sector companies and Europe’s best startups, all participants left with a greater understanding of their respective markets and...
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Where 3 million electric vehicle batteries will go when they retire
The mountain of used electric vehicle batteries is growing and will continue to grow at an exponential rate. Bloomberg reports: The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Instead, they’ll spend their golden years chilling beer at 7-Elevens in Japan, powering car-charging stations in...
Powervault to deliver local flexibility in London with UKPN
On Friday, UK Power Networks confirmed it will use Powervault energy storage systems to deliver local flexibility, in what will be the first time homeowners are paid to support the distribution network. The distribution network operator (DNO) has agreed a bi-directional contract with Powervault, who will install 40 8kWh batteries in the London Borough of...
Powervault Shortlisted by Ashden as a 2018 Sustainable Energy Pioneer
Powervault are delighted to have been shortlisted for the 2018 UK Ashden Awards, the globally recognised measure of excellence in the field of sustainable energy. From a longlist of 49 organisations, Powervault have progressed to the final 20, in the category for ‘UK Innovation’. The UK energy market is facing imminent change to keep up...
Innovate UK Guest Post: Energy Predictions for the Future
As we continue to progress into the twentieth century, the question of energy production and consumption continues to become ever more pressing. Substantial change is set to take place over the next several decades as more focus and emphasis is applied to green and smart energy innovations. Methods of consumption, distribution and production are all...
Powering the nHouse Smart Home
Last summer we announced our partnership with nHouse, a manufacturer of prefabricated, sustainable homes, and nHouse confirmed that Powervault storage systems will be installed in all newly constructed homes. This month, production in the new nHouse factory in Peterborough will begin. The company are expected to build up to 400 prefab homes a year. The...
Powervault Stars in Car Maker’s Vision of the Future
Powervault was put in the spotlight by car manufacturer, Renault, last week in a press event staged in Utrecht and designed to show off Renault’s commitment to work in partnership “to provide sustainable mobility for all, today and tomorrow.” Three companies from the energy world were selected for special attention in this exposé of Renault’s...
Forest Row Energy Co-op secure M&S funding, Powervault are proud to support!
A community project in the transition village of Forest Row, East Sussex, has been announced as the winner of a grant fund in the M&S Community Energy Fund, and we are proud to support their project with the donation of a Powervault energy storage system. The Forest Row Energy Co-op was created in 2014 with...
Powervault wins Disruptor of the Year at the British Small Business Awards
Powervault were thrilled to come away from Wednesday night with an award for the ‘Disruptor of the Year’ in the British Small Business Awards. The British Small Business Awards event is a celebration of the UK’s small business sector, recognising the nation’s best sole traders, micro businesses and small companies – as well as the...
Partner Profile #2: Tonik
Tonik Energy is a relatively new energy supplier. They’re a dynamic company dedicated to shaking up the supply of renewable energy and enabling customers to access sustainable power in a smarter and and more efficient way. Tonik is passionate about technology and the ways in which technology can work within the green energy sector to...
Partner Profile #1: Green Energy UK
At Powervault, we’re extremely proud of our business partnerships, and we want to tell you a little more about some of the companies we’ve been working with to make sure your home is powering smarter. First to be profiled is energy provider Green Energy UK. Green Energy UK is the first and only UK energy...
Powervault customer Glen Brown tells us why he thinks having a smart home battery is a ‘win-win’ situation.
At Powervault, we want to know that your smart home battery is fitting in with you and your home. We spoke to customer Glen Brown in Tamworth about his experience with his Powervault. Powervault customer since: May 2017 Battery Model: Lead Acid Tubular Gel G200 4kWh Energy Plan: Economy 7, OVO Energy...
The P.E.T.E. project: power, energy, technology, efficiency
BEIS and Innovate UK have awarded £2.5m to a consortium of smart technology providers, including Powervault. The P.e.t.e. Project, which began in July, brings together a strong consortium from sustainable energy companies to demonstrate the potential for individuals to provide a balancing service to the power industry and improve energy efficiency in the home. ...
Robert Llewellyn talks Powervault Second Life in The Fully Charged Show
Powervault has been getting some exposure with former Red Dwarf star (ha ha) and Scrapheap Challenge legend, Robert Llewellyn, on his Youtube Vlog The Fully Charged Show. The channel is dedicated to discussing: Electric cars, bikes, boats, and planes [and]… how we generate and even own the electricity to power these machines. In an episode on...
Powervault is a key element in a ‘passive house’ estate project in Oxfordshire
HeathCo Country Homes is currently building fives sites around middle England. These sites are so energy efficient they will come close to passive house standards by reducing energy bills to about £1000 a year. There are around 30,000 buildings meeting the standards around the world, among which 260 are in the UK. Key energy saving...
British energy storage company, Powervault, seeks investment from Crowdcube to expand and dominate the UK market
– The UK’s first smart home battery, Powervault , has launched a campaign on Crowdcube for one month with an initial target of £750,000 – Powervault intends to raise a total of £2.5m-£5m this year from a combination of crowdfunding, High Net Worth and institutional investors. – Powervault, who have already deployed hundreds of storage...
Powervault and Renault give EV Batteries a “Second-Life” in Smart Energy Deal
Please note – this blog relates to a product that is no longer available. Over our near 10 year history we have consistently innovated by exploring a wide range of different battery chemistries and we are constantly on the lookout for the solutions that optimise performance, cost, reliability and sustainability to meet the needs of...
Making your energy work for you
Many households have chosen to install solar panels to help them reduce their electricity costs – but what happens when the sun goes down? Mr. Hawley decided to take control of his energy needs and has installed the latest Powervault energy storage in his home. Having installed 4kW of PV in 2015, Mr. Hawley had...
Techworld – “Powervault is transforming domestic energy storage”
The loss of coal and the closure of nuclear power stations could lead electricity demand to exceed supply by 40–55 percent by 2025. Without dramatically improved storage options, it will remain incapable of supporting the maximum levels of demand. Powervault offers a solution. Powervault is disrupting the energy storage market at an opportune time. The...
Powervault Now Available in Spain
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with established installers, Solar In Spain. Solar In Spain is a specialist renewable energy consultancy involved in the design, supply, installation and management of renewable energy systems. They installed their first Powervaults at the start of this year – the first to be installed anywhere is Spain. We look forward...
Bloomberg – “the race for home energy storage heats up”
The race for home energy storage is heating up, as Powervault reduces consumer costs of batteries by 12%, according to Bloomberg. Energy storage is an essential link needed to make intermittent solar and wind energy reliable. When combined with smart meters and digital technologies, batteries can help utilities regulate the grid by providing power reserves which can...
Too much sun? Powervault starts UKPN trial to store excess solar energy
Powervault started a £625,000 trial in south-east England last month. The project with UK Power Networks involves installing Powervault batteries in 60 homes. The purpose is to enable us to harness more of the solar energy that’s generated during the day, when demand for energy is low, and release it onto the network at the...
Powervault winner unveiled as SPP storage survey uncovers confidence in 2017 market potential
Powervault and Solar Power Portal are delighted to announce the winner of a 4kWh Powervault storage system following a survey which uncovered burgeoning confidence in next year’s UK storage market. In October Powervault partnered with SPP to conduct a survey of the UK market to gain insight from the industry into the development of the nascent energy storage...
A power of good? Smart energy technology explained
Some new energy-efficient technologies are on the verge of delivering real benefits to consumers and companies alike. A Powervault energy storage system that allows homeowners to store the power they generate from solar panels and cut their fuel bills. Smart technology allows companies and households to use energy more efficiently, reducing the need to build...
Leading the charge: How to invest in the nascent, but lucrative, electric power storage sector
One word captures the holy grail for the energy industry: storage. A Carbon Trust report from March found that better energy storage could save £2.4bn a year by 2030 in the UK. If certain regulatory hurdles are overcome, this could rise to £7bn a year. “There is a huge and exciting market ahead” says Joe...
Working with Brixton Energy & Repowering London to install Powervaults in Brixton
In 2013 a group of local people came together to create Brixton Energy Solar 3 (BES3). This project saw the installation of a community-owned 52kWp solar PV system on the deprived Roupell Park Estate in Brixton, London. Powervault, Brixton Energy and Repowering London are working together to apply for funding from M&S Community Energy to install...
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Live in Norwich? Sign up to have a Powervault installed by Job Worth Doing
Job Worth Doing, one of the UK’s leading installers of energy efficient products, has just launched a campaign to help customers in Norwich use their solar energy more efficiently by installing Powervault alongside their existing solar PV systems. This time-limited offer is available now. For details and to register your interest please click the link,...
Final day on Crowdcube as new partnerships confirm Powervault’s market opportunity
As Powervault reaches the final day on Crowdcube – with over £1.4m raised so far – it announces two new partnerships and continued sales progress with existing distributors: Powervault has today (9th June 2016) signed an MOU with Job Worth Doing, a subsidiary of national home energy specialists Entu, to trial targeted deployment of Powervault’s energy...
Invstr: Investing in Renewable Energy
Joe Warren, Powervault’s Manager Director, is interviewed by Invstr about equity investment opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
Crowdfunding is giving private investors the opportunity to invest and prosper from cleantech
Signs of the energy transition away from traditional models of centralised energy generation and towards cleaner, more efficient distributed supply and management are everywhere. Just a few days ago Britain generated no electricity from coal for what is believed to be the first time since the 19th century. Financial flows are also shifting as savvy...
Government policy on smart tariffs boosts storage market
Powervault is already experiencing “strong growth” from the market for storage from the 900,000 homes with solar PV, but the confirmation that the market will expand to around 20 million homes in 2017 from the roll-out of half-hourly settlement smart tariffs has raised confidence in the market. The confirmation from government that it intends to provide...
Home energy storage is the driving force of the future
Beyond rockets and high-end electric vehicles, Tesla’s Elon Musk claims the battery will make a far larger impact on this planet than anything else. Not only do these batteries – known as “behind the meter” storage – raise the prospect of reducing households’ electricity costs by optimising the time they receive power, they could cut...
Utility Week: Former SSE boss helps Powervault hit £750k target in seven days
Former SSE chief executive Ian Marchant is among new investors in energy storage company Powervault, which hit its £750,000 funding target just seven days after launch and is now ‘over-funding’. Powervault said it had secured further investment from Green Angel Syndicate – the only specialist cleantech investor in the UK – which has pledged £195,000 through crowdfunding platform Crowdcube....
Powervault Overfunding on Crowdcube
With 18 days to go on our Crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, we have already raised over £795,000, 106% of our target. We would like to thank all investors who have pledged their support so far and everyone who has publicised our campaign and ask that everyone keeps up the good work! Powervault has secured further...
New distributor partner extends Powervault reach to the building trade
Its been an exciting couple of weeks here at Powervault with our Crowdcube investment round in full swing and our new product selling really well! Our business development manager Charlie Vey joined the company in September last year and has consistently beat his sales targets, with April being a whopping +200% over budget. Charlie also...
Right team, right place, right time
We headed down to the Energy Storage Summit at Twickenham on the 28th to find out what the rest of the industry is up to and how our business compares. Over 150 companies attended from across the industry. Here are some of the key insights and why we came away convinced that we are in...
Crowdfund Insider: Powervault Returns to Crowdcube
Earlier this week, UK-based Powervault launched a Crowdcube campaign to raise £750,000 for its already award-winning home energy storage product. This initiative comes nearly two years after the company secured £150,000 on the equity crowdfunding portal… Read full story on crowdfundinsider.com
CleanTechnica: Powervault Launches New Home Energy Storage Range
British energy storage start-up Powervault has launched its new range of home energy storage, which is equipped to help save consumers billions of pounds in energy bills. Headquartered in London, Powervault bills itself as manufacturing the country’s “first fully-integrated solar energy storage system for the home.” The start-up, which started back in 2012, announced on Wednesday the...
New products and partnerships open up £1m investment opportunity
Powervault today launches its new home energy storage range equipped for the smart power revolution, a transformation of our energy system forecast to save consumers billions of pounds.
CTBR: Powervault launches new energy storage systems in UK
UK technology start-up Powervault has launched the second-generation of its energy storage systems. The systems will enable householders to access newly introduced smart tariffs by automatically storing energy when it is cheap for use at times of peak demand. They will also offer an emergency power socket that operates required equipment during blackouts. The systems...
Utility Week: Powervault gears up for smart meter rollout with new storage system
Domestic energy storage company Powervault has launched the second generation of its energy storage system, to prepare for the introduction of smart tariffs. Powervault said the new system will extend the benefits of cheap power already experienced by customers with solar PV and economy 7 tariffs by automatically charging when power is cheap and storing...
businessGreen: Powervault incorporates smart tariffs into new home energy storage units
British clean tech start-up Powervault has today unveiled the second generation of its home energy storage unit. The latest version of the technology, which is available from today, will allow householders… Read full story on businessgreen.com (subscription required)
PV Magazine: Second-generation Powervault energy storage systems launched in the UK
The new product range, with enhanced features, has been launched at the same time as a Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign offering the opportunity to invest in the company as the storage market is expected to grow exponentially. Read full story on pv-magazine.com
This big battery could cut your energy bills by 70%
Domestic energy storage products will likely become as common as a dishwasher or washing machine. Green energy stored in products like Powervault will disrupt traditional energy supply chains and enable consumers to cut their electricity bills by up to 70%. Electricity and gas demand have been falling, incrementally, for the past five years owing to more efficient household...
How Powervault’s home energy storage system could boost UK’s embattled solar industry
Powervault was awarded ‘Solar Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Innovator of the Year – Company’ at the BusinessGreen Technology Awards 2015. With many energy storage technologies still in their infancy, Powervault’s vision offers an insight into what an effective renewables-based energy system may look like. For providing such an elegant yet simple way of supporting the...
The innovators: how smaller batteries give more power to UK solar households
Powervault reduces home owners’ electricity bills by enabling them to store solar energy during the day, when they are out of the home, and use it in the evening, when they return. We have designed Powervault to be as cheap and effective as possible and to fully charge and discharge once every 24 hours. “Powervault, Tesla and...
Can a £2,500 ‘solar box’ power our house at night?
Powervault is designed to store excess solar energy during the day so that home owners can use it when they need it in the evening. Home owners will still benefit fully from their Government-backed generation and feed-in tariffs when Powervault is installed but will start to notice a substantial reduction in their electricity bills. “The boxes...
UK solar start-up powers up to take on Tesla’s home battery
It is the British answer to electric car maker Tesla’s graceful wall-mounted home battery: a chunky power storage unit that slides under the kitchen worktop next to the washing machine. Powervault captures and uses surplus electricity generated by domestic solar panels and is designed to be cheaper and more practical than anything else on the...
