Feasibility modelling
Your feasibility study models whether storage is worthwhile for the way your site uses electricity.
Solar carport battery storage,
so the sun works later.
A solar carport generates most during the day. Battery storage integrated with the canopy array and the site supply holds that daytime generation for use later in the day, where your project scope includes it.
- IntegratedWith the canopy array
- ConnectedTo your site supply
- ModelledIn your feasibility study
- SupportedBy our O&M division
GenerateCanopy array by day
StoreBattery integration
UseLater in the day
ModelledBefore you commit
01. Battery storage integration
Store what the canopy
Store what the canopy
generates.
A solar carport generates most when the sun is up, which does not always match when your site uses electricity. Battery storage can hold surplus daytime generation for use later on – in your buildings or at the charge points underneath – rather than exporting it to the grid.
Storage is integrated with the carport’s solar PV system and the site supply, so solar, battery and EV charging can work as one connected system. We include the battery in the electrical design and in any G99 application to the DNO from the start.
Storage is not always part of a carport. We include it where the way your site uses electricity makes it worthwhile, and your feasibility study models whether it does, so you can decide with the figures in front of you.
02. What’s included
Storage designed
Storage designed
into the system.
Integration
Storage integrated with the canopy array and the site supply.
Long-term support
Our Operations & Maintenance division can look after the storage along with the rest of the installation.
03. Related
More on
More on
solar carports and storage.
04. Free feasibility study
Find out if storage
Find out if storage
is worth it for your site.
Share your site plan, bay count and electricity bills. Your feasibility study models the canopy, storage and EV charging mix.
- Estimated system size
- Estimated bill savings
- Carbon reduction estimate
- Indicative payback
05. Storage FAQs
Carport battery storage
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questions answered.
Is battery storage always part of a carport?
No. We include storage where the way your site uses electricity makes it worthwhile, and your feasibility study models whether it does.
Can the battery supply our EV chargers?
Storage and charge points are integrated with the canopy array and the site supply, so they can work as one connected system.
How do you decide whether storage is worthwhile?
Your feasibility study compares the carport’s expected generation with your site’s electricity use, based on your bills and demand. If much of the generation would otherwise be exported, storage may make sense; if the site uses it all during the day, it may not.
Can a battery be added after the carport is built?
Usually, yes. Compatibility is checked at the design stage, and we can size the electrical design and ducting so storage can be added later without major rework.
Does a battery affect the grid application?
It can. Batteries and inverters above the threshold need a G99 application to the DNO before connection, so we include any planned storage in the application from the outset.
Who maintains the battery?
Our Operations & Maintenance division can look after the structure, the array, the storage and the chargers.
Generate by day,
use it later.
Request a free feasibility study and we’ll model whether battery storage is right for your solar carport.