Welcome back, Peter, to the Brave New World of grid-tie plus storage plus SGIP plus bulk services plus plus plus.
>From my perspective, Tesla and LGC/SolarEdge are the furthest along in this new journey beyond the dinosaur designs and strategies of the 1980s to the early 2000s. At least if you look at the installation data from the two cutting/bleeding edge states of Hawaii and California. SMA is somewhat late to this particular dance. That said, I find your comments below kinda shocking. Blair Reynolds....are you out there? I've found him to be one of the most knowledgeable SMA guys on the Sunny Storage front. If he doesn't respond, let me know and I'll get you two together. Aloha, marco On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, Peter Parrish <peter.parr...@calsolareng.com> wrote: > When I was a C-46 contractor in California from 2000 to 2012, I used to do > about 1/3 of my business as grid-tied battery backup and off-grid. I came > to focus on the Outback solutions in general, and later the Radian 8048 and > 240 A-hr AGM batteries. > > > > That was obviously a while ago. I became an educator and a consultant > helping California K-12 school districts become more energy efficient and > energy conserving. > > > > Nonetheless, I had a left-over client that was working through a > full-house “gut and rebuild”. I recommended the most efficient lighting, > A/C, fridges. I helped him create dedicated branch circuits should he want > to back-up critical loads. I designed a SMA/LG 12.4 kW roof mount system > together with a 400 A 240/120 V split phase service panel. We were ready > for battery back up and also told him that there was a new program – > California SGIP. One-half of his service panel remains untouched. > > > > So with the SGIP Program, I put in a reservation to Southern California > Edison for a 8 kW / 16 kWh (Sonnen ECO-16 -- based) “smart storage” > system. The guys at Sonnen made a number of faux pas, so we went looking > elsewhere. > > > > I really like the SMA SB inverters. The three MPP inputs, the secure power > supply. So I thought since SMA claimed to have a “Sunny Boy Storage” system > that was SGIP-compliant, and had taken this new product on a eight-city > road show, we were “in like Flynn”. > > > > Fast forward: I have spoken to my sales rep at Wesco, and FIVE – count > them FIVE -- people at SMA Sales and presales Tech Support , and not one > person claimes to have knowledge of the Sunny Boy Storage system. Have I > gone blind, dum and crazy? > > > > I understand that StorEdge product has traction and I am ready to jump > ship. What am I missing? > > > > Peter Parrish > > > > Peter T. Parrish > Calofornia Solar Engineering > 1107 Fair Oaks Ave. Ste. 351 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1107+Fair+Oaks+Ave.+Ste.+351+South+Pasadena,+CA+91030&entry=gmail&source=g> > South Pasadena, CA 91030 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1107+Fair+Oaks+Ave.+Ste.+351+South+Pasadena,+CA+91030&entry=gmail&source=g> > (323) 839-6108 > peter.parr...@calsolareng.com > > >
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