Resilience Planning
Designing a home energy system to maintain critical loads (refrigeration, medical equipment, lighting, communications) during extended power outages using battery storage, generators, or microgrids.
Why It Matters
Climate change is increasing the frequency of severe weather events. A resilience plan ensures your most important systems keep running when the grid goes down.
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Whole-Home Backup
A battery system sized to power an entire home during a grid outage, as opposed to backing up only essential/critical loads. Typically requires 2-4 batteries (30-50+ kWh).
Microgrid
A localized energy system that can operate connected to the main grid or independently (islanded). Typically includes generation (solar), storage (batteries), and load management.
Battery Storage
A system that stores excess solar energy for use when the sun isn't shining, providing backup power during outages.
Islanding
The ability of a solar + battery system to disconnect from the grid and operate independently, powering the home from stored and locally generated energy during an outage.