Energy Monitoring with SolarTech

Over the years, solar has expanded to become more efficient, more reliable, and more accessible to consumers, making it easier for solar customers to be in total control of their energy output. One incredible innovation in the solar market is energy monitoring, which can be done in the palm of your hands!

mySunPower Energy Monitoring

Over the years, solar has expanded to become more efficient, more reliable, and more accessible to consumers, making it easier for solar customers to be in total control of their energy output. One incredible innovation in the solar market is energy monitoring, which can be done in the palm of your hands!

If you’re curious to see how different household appliances affect your energy spend then you can track that in real-time through the app. Simply turn on an appliance and watch how the app responds and changes. You’ll be able to see how much energy you’re using from the grid and how much you’re using from solar at any given moment. If you’d really like to get into the nitty-gritty of energy consumption, then you can take advantage of the app’s Analyze function, which gives you breakdowns of energy consumption and trends from any given day, month, year, or even lifetime of your system.

mySunPower Energy Monitoring App

SunVault Energy Storage Monitoring

If you have SunVault energy storage with SunPower, then the app will also tell you how much energy is being stored by the battery, as well as its current charge level. A common practice that many of our customers enjoy is having their SunVault battery programmed by SolarTech to use back-up solar whenever energy from the grid is most expensive, and this setting can be made right from the app.

mySunPower has three battery settings from your SunVault energy storage system, each with its own benefits:

  • Cost Saving – Uses backup battery power whenever energy from the grid is most expensive
  • Self-Supply – Prioritizes saving energy over sending it back to the grid. Whenever your system is producing more energy than it’s using, your SunVault with taking priority, and energy will be sent to it first rather than to the grid.
  • Reserve Mode – Here you can program your battery to be entirely on standby, reserving 100% of its energy for when there is a grid outage.

With each of these settings, batteries can be programmed by our team to have a specific charge reserve for unexpected power outages, which will prevent the battery from using backup power below the percentage you set. In doing so, you know that you’ll always have energy stored for when you need it most.

Tesla and Neovolta Monitoring

SunPower isn’t the only solar powerhouse in the market that has an energy monitoring app. Tesla and NeoVolta also have their own apps that allow you to monitor your energy consumption. Whether you go with SunPower, Tesla or NeoVolta, there’s an app available for you. Taking full control of your energy consumption is has never been easier when monitoring your system can be done in the palm of your hand.

Going Solar with SolarTech

When you go solar with SolarTech, we’re there from end-to-end to ensure your system is designed perfectly for you. Going solar is very easy and keeping track of your energy consumption is even easier. If you’re interested in going solar + energy storage, and taking full control of your energy use, let SolarTech take care of you.

SolarTech has been powering California for over 20 years and we’re happy to help you go solar today!

Call 619-743-9193 today and receive a FREE quote on energy storage + solar!