A solar installation can help reduce the amount of electricity a property draws from the utility, but solar panels alone do not necessarily provide power during an outage. For Alaska homeowners, businesses, and institutions preparing for storms or interruptions, understanding the differences between solar generation, battery storage, and backup generation is essential. GENSOLAR helps customers assess these options and determine how they might work together around a property's energy needs.
A dependable backup plan begins with a practical question: which parts of the property need electricity when the grid is unavailable? Refrigeration, lighting, communications, pumps, heating controls, and business-critical systems may all be priorities, but their power requirements vary. Choosing equipment before defining those priorities can lead to a system that does not deliver the intended level of protection.
