The double-punch of the surprise May derecho and Hurricane Beryl spurred many Houstonians to consider backup power options. Even before this year’s natural disasters, one in four households in the ...

Soon you’ll be able to say goodbye to gas-powered generators and storage batteries if you want to power your home during a utility outage. Your backup power source will be sitting in your driveway or ...

Nature’s Generator announced the release of its MyGrid 10k, a home battery energy storage system and inverter. The product includes a 10.5 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery and an inverter with 10 kW ...

We've all been there: The lights go out and the power company sends you a text message. A tree fell on a transmission line or the weather turned severe, and you'll be out of electricity until people ...

For the first time, building a solar farm with a battery attached is cheaper than constructing a new coal plant in China and ...

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Being proactive about your home’s electricity doesn’t necessarily make you a doomsday prepper — it just makes you a smart ...

People who refer to the battery packs as "generators" need to be tarred, feathered, and shot. They are NOT generators. They are storage devices for electricity, along with electrical conversions to ...

As heat waves, powerful storms and wildfires continue to threaten electrical grids, more people are turning to generators to ride out increasingly frequent and longer-lasting power outages. But ...