There is a lot of hype regarding batteries. Much of it is well deserved. However, this hype could put your operations at risk when the discussion turns to resiliency and backup.

This eBook goes into detail comparing batteries with and without solar to natural gas backup generation. In this book you will learn:

• A simple metaphor that provides an easy-to-understand conceptual framework.
• Batteries are not economically justified for backup.
• Solar with battery is better than batteries alone, but still not cost effective for backup.
• How to determine how much backup power you need.
• The cost comparison between backup generators and batteries.
• How the variability of solar impacts resiliency design of batteries.

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