Guides · In development
Practical answers to the questions that actually matter.
Case studies show what happened under one set of conditions. Guides explain the reasoning you can apply to your own home, business, or facility, including sizing, tariffs, solar, VPP programs, demand charges, resilience, and project finance.
Battery vs. Generator: What Actually Differs
A sourced, structural comparison — full manufacturer spec tables, runtime, noise, warranty terms, and recurring VPP income, updated for the 2026 federal incentive changes.
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How Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Programs Actually Pay
What a utility is really asking for when it enrolls your battery in a VPP program, how per-event and per-season payments are calculated, and why enrollment caps and waitlists matter more than the headline rate.
Sizing a Home Battery Correctly
Why matching battery capacity to your actual critical-load list beats buying the biggest unit you can afford, and how whole-home versus partial-home backup changes both the cost and the sizing math.
When a Generator Still Makes More Sense
Extended multi-day outages, very high continuous loads (well pumps, large HVAC), and households without solar are all cases where fuel-limited-but-cheap generator runtime can beat a battery on pure economics.
Battery + Generator: The Hybrid Case
Pairing a battery for daily cycling and quiet short outages with a generator for extended events is a real configuration, not a compromise — this guide will walk through when it pencils out.
Want to run the numbers first?
While the guides library is in development, the Residential Calculators and Incentives library provide the practical starting points for your own situation.