Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

Common Energy Storage System (ESS) Components for Large-Sized Projects

In this podcast, we will focus on the following manufacturers: Samsung, LG, Mitsubishi and Sungrow.

(In another podcast we will cover other manufacturers)

Some of the topics included here are:

Diversified manufacturers and bankruptcy risks

Warranty insurance

Distributed energy storage

UPS

Residential and telecom smaller scale comparisons

Virtual Power Plants (VPP)

Cells

Racks

Containers

Peak Shifting

Smoothing

Power vs. Energy Applications

Frequency regulation

Pouch

Prismatic and cylinder cells

Capacity

Specific energy

Energy density

Software

PLC

State of Charge

Power Control Systems (PCS NEC 705.13)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Grid Stabilization

Voltage Control

Monitoring

Voltage Drop (rise)

UL 1741

C-rate

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Lithium vs. Sodium sulfur battery

Energy management systems (EMS). 

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Battery Charging and Discharging Podcast

In this podcast, we will cover: battery charging and discharging, voltage levels, coulomb counting, data, temperatures, loads, warranties, battery management systems (BMS), smart batteries, dumb batteries, self discharge, rubber band effect, button battery dangers, FAA battery rules.

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Lithium Battery Topics

Topics covered:

Transportation of batteries

Lithium metal dendrites

Lithium ion

International Air Transportation Association (IATA)

Surprise Thermal Events

Recycling lithium batteries

Battery aging

Rock content

Cutoff Voltage

Battery sweet zone

Stratification

Faded

2nd hand EV batteries used for stationary ESS and data science.

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VPP (Virtual Power Plants)

In this episode Sean talks about virtual power plants, which is the aggregation of many small energy storage systems together to end up with the energy storage capacity of a large utility scale energy storage facility. This distributed energy storage, working in harmony with each other can provide many benefits to the grid and to consumers.

To find out more about energy storage, PV and everything else, go to solarSEAN.com.

Lithium-ion Battery basics

In this podcast, we will cover, C-rates, hour rates, E-rates, comparing lithium to lead-acid batteries, DOD, battery cells, modules and packs, series and parallel connections, cylindrical, prismatic and pouch batteries, cathodes, anodes, electron flow vs. conventional current direction, electrolytes and the graphite anode.

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Greg Smith of Sonnen Battery Part 4 of 4

This is the fourth and final part of an interview with Greg Smith of Sonnen Battery. In this podcast we cover Greg’s opinion against rapid shutdown (RSD) requirements of the NEC, a book he is writing, whole house backup and how fast a Sonnen can react to a grid outage, which is 100 milliseconds.

 

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AC and DC Coupling of PV and Energy Storage

When you connect PV to Energy Storage, you have to decide if you are going to have them connected together via ac or dc electricity. There are benefits to each for different applications. We will talk about the nuances of ac coupling and dc coupling and give you the benefits and drawbacks of each.

 

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Electricity Basics from Energy Storage Class

In this podcast, we will learn about the basics of electricity, from voltage to the speed of electricity. We will even get inside of the heads of Charles Coulomb and Henry Ampere. Did you know that 1A is about 6 x 10^18 electrons passing by in a second? And that that many electrons, besides being a lot is also called a coulomb and some batteries do charging by coulomb counting. How can anyone count that high?

 

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Energy Storage System Common Components Part 2 of 2

In this series of Podcasts we are going to take an unbiased look at different popular Energy System Components. In this podcast we will cover Solar Generac/Pika, Sonnen, Solis, Sol-Ark, Fortress, KiloVault, Trojan Trillium, Rolls, Sunverge, Schneider, SimpliPhi, SMA, BYD and Victron.

To find out more about Sean White, solar and energy storage classes, NABCEP exam Prep, books and customized projects, or even solar installations, go to solarsean.com

Energy Storage System Common Components Part 1

In this series of Podcasts we are going to take an unbiased look at different popular Energy System Components. In this podcast we will cover Solar Edge StorEdge, LG Chem RESU, Enphase and Tesla. In upcoming podcasts in this series, we will cover Generac/Pika, Sonnen, Solis, Sol-Ark, Fortress, KiloVault, Trojan Trillium, Rolls, Sunverge, Schneider, SimpliPhi, SMA, BYD and Victron.

To find out more about Sean White, solar and energy storage classes, NABCEP exam Prep, books and customized projects, or even solar installations, go to solarsean.com