Earth’s horizon provides the illusion of infinity because as you travel towards it, you do not seem to get closer. But this illusion is also evidence that Earth is finite: keep traveling further, and you return to the place you started. Despite photos of Earth from space, the classroom globe, and long-distance aviation that can cover a third of the Earth’s circumference, people continue to live as if Earth were infinite.

Citing an extensive analysis by the International Energy Agency, the article points out that most countries woefully behind in building the power lines and electric grids needed to support the coming exponential increase in solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles.

Pebble Beach is famous for its rugged coast line and beautiful oceanside golf courses. The picturesque beach town on the Monterey Peninsula hosts iconic golf tournaments as well as the world’s most prestigious car show, the annual Concours d’Elegance.

Go to any of the solar battery companies’ websites and you will see an elegant battery box. No conduits, no junction boxes, no clutter. This is all marketing. Even for a small system comprising a single battery, the actual installation looks quite different. Add to this now more batteries and inverters and you have an industrial-looking installation.

A recent study titled The momentum of the solar energy transition by a British team of scientists finds that past forecasting models have consistently underestimated how rapidly the share of renewables, and solar power in particular, would increase in the global energy mix. 

My name is David Fillmore. I am the programmer of the PowerBloc’s Energy Management System, EDISON™. I developed YouSolar’s real-time solar energy forecast, SPOT™.

If you want a high-performance solar-battery system that is compact, lightweight, and powerful, you need to move to high voltage. Just like you won’t go far playing the Formula 1 racing game “F1 2022” on an Intel 80286 processor (introduced to computing in 1982).

Solar panels have a useful life of at least 25 years, and many are going to last much longer. Some panels never see their golden years, though: they are smashed by hail, trees, or coconuts. As the solar industry explodes, tens and then hundreds of millions of solar panels will be out of service each year in the not so distant future.

Wrapping up our mini-series about the PowerBloc’s unique differentiators, let’s get to the ultimate deliverable to our customers: peace of mind.

The PowerBloc can deliver 24 kW to over 200 kW of power. The modular, parallel DC architecture enables plug-and-play expansion with automatic self-configuration of new modules. Power is available as AC single-phase (120/240 Volt) and three-phase (208 Volt or 480 Volt), or even DC (380 Volt or 600 Volt). The PowerBloc can provide universal power which a utility cannot provide. Solar input can scale to 50 kW and more. And with 45 to 450 kWh of energy storage, lights never go out.