Leading Next Generation Energy Storage System with V2G for Homes and Businesses
NetZero Energy Systems (NZE) is happy to introduce the HUBe System™ — the HUB of everything energy, built to deliver homeowners and utilities the best-in-class safe and efficient, home energy storage and management system.
HUBe is a proprietary and patent pending home energy storage system featuring the most advanced state-of-the-art battery chargers and DC to AC inverters , ultra-safe LiFePo4 battery chemistry combined with cyber secure controls that can be combined with new or existing home rooftop solar PV. HUBe captures energy generated by the solar panels and stores that power for use in emergency power outages or alternatively, HUBe can be configured for owner and/or owner+utility smart grid energy management. With a rapidly deteriorating US grid infrastructure and increasing power black-outs, energy consumers, producers, and distributors are now collaborating to form the Smart Grid of the Future to provide peace of mind knowing you will never be without enough power to maintain a safe comfortable home environment.
Over the past few years the NZE team has been dedicated to building the HUBe home energy management and storage system to enable homeowners and utilities to efficiently manage home solar power production and storage. This new level of control efficiently supplies and manages power flows to and from home appliances, HVAC, and even Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV charging and discharging so that the homeowner and utility can coordinate optimum cost effective, clean reliable, electricity use.
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)
HUBe’s V2G (option) uses bidirectional chargers and smart breakers to provide the flexibility to accelerate renewable energy deployment – mitigating the infrastructure cost associated with mass adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs). With managed charging, EV batteries can be controlled remotely by a utility, in cooperation with the homeowner, and timed to charge according to the needs of the grid, similar to demand response programs. The energy stored in an EV can be drawn from EV batteries (down to a manageable level – usually late at night) and sold to the grid in times of excess demand. Once the energy shortage has been mitigated the EV charging cycle is automatically restarted. The utility will pay the customer more for the power they buy than the customer pays the utility to charge their EV, creating a mutually beneficial sharing of energy – with positive cash flow savings accruing to the customer.
Demand Response (DR)
Increased Global Warming, natural disasters, solar power and battery energy storage advancements are all factors driving a U.S. energy industry transformation. Utilities around the country are employing new DR strategies to meet this challenge and to lead the transition to a carbon-free energy system by 2050. DR contributes to balancing grid energy supply with demand in periods of high renewable energy generation and facilitates the transfer of excess power directly to the power grid or stores the excess in Li-ion battery energy storage systems.
Due to advances in technology, like the HUBe DR platform, people are starting to take a more active role in home energy management – to create savings on their energy bill. DR gives consumers the choice to engage in the electric utility system by selling their excess energy back to their utility provider. Selling back power is usually done with the help of an aggregator or utility. The HUBe DR platform enables homeowners and utilities to contribute to more efficient energy delivery and utilization in a market that is increasingly dominated by renewable energy sources.
Ultra-Cyber-Secure Platform
HUBe features a proprietary ultra-cyber-secure (military level) control, monitoring and metering system that offers homeowners the ability to participate with utilities to build out a cost effective, secure and resilient Next Generation Smart Grid Energy Transmission and Distribution platform.
System Options
UL1973 (Listed), UL1741-SA, UL9540 (Pending)
HUBe
6.8kW inverter, 20kWh LiFePo4 battery bank, DC coupled up to 5kW of PV.
HUBe AC
6.8kW inverter, 20kWh LiFePo4 battery bank, AC coupled to existing PV up to 6kW.
HUBe Jr
6.8kW inverter, 13kWh LiFePo4 battery bank, AC coupled to existing PV up to 6kW.
HUBe Max
13.6kW inverter, 20-66.5kWh LiFePo4 battery bank, AC coupled to existing PV up to 12kW.
HUBe Battery Energy Storage Systems personify the future of sustainable, distributed and self-generated power for either residential or commercial applications. Homeowners can better manage their own safe, reliable energy supply stored within a cabinet in the garage or outside the home.