Energy storage
Solar Battery Installation in Pittsfield for Backup Through Outages
We size a home battery to the way your house uses power, wire it to your solar panels and set it to carry the essential circuits when the grid goes down.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
Licensed and insured
Battery and solar commissioned together
Free, no-obligation estimates
Power that stays on
Solar battery installation in Pittsfield
Solar battery installation in Pittsfield adds a home battery that charges from your solar panels and takes over when the grid goes down.
A generator needs fuel, oil changes and an engine running in the yard. A battery needs none of that: it fills from the array during the day, and when the utility's power drops, the "gateway" moves the house onto the battery without anyone flipping a switch. We size it from your household's actual usage, so it is matched to what the house really draws.
Battery, gateway wiring and smart panel
A battery installation includes the battery, the gateway wiring that switches the home to backup, any smart panel for load control, and coordination with the utility.
Here is what goes into the job, part by part.
- Battery
The storage cabinet on the wall, filled by your panels while the sun is up.
- Gateway
The wiring and transfer switch that moves the house onto stored power the moment the grid fails.
- Smart panel
A "smart panel", the smart breaker box, manages household loads alongside the battery so the big draws wait their turn.
- Backup circuits
The circuits you choose to keep live in an outage, such as the refrigerator, the heat, the lights and the outlets you rely on.
- Utility coordination
The "interconnection" paperwork and sign-off with the utility, which we handle for you.
From the call to backup power
How a battery job goes
Every battery we put in follows these steps, in this order.
The call
Tell us about the house, the panels already on the roof and what you want kept running when the power goes out.
Sizing from your usage
We read the household's actual usage, not a rule of thumb, and size the battery and the backup circuits from it.
Battery and gateway
We mount the battery, run the gateway wiring to the service panel, and fit a smart panel where load control earns its place.
Commissioning
We commission the battery and the solar together, so storm charging and backup priorities are set correctly from the start.
Utility sign-off
We coordinate with the utility until the system has its "permission to operate", then we clean up and walk you through it.
Sized first, then priced
How battery storage is sized and what it costs
A battery is sized from your household's actual usage, and its price follows the capacity and the circuits it has to carry.
More storage and more circuits on backup mean a bigger battery, and a smart panel or a second battery adds to the job. Your electrical service, the equipment you choose and the permitting move the figure too, so the exact number comes from the call and a look at how the house uses power. We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
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Cost guide
What sets the price of a whole solar system, panels, inverter and battery, laid out item by item.
Solar Panel Cost in Pittsfield
Installed battery storage
Battery storage installation in Pittsfield typically runs $12,687 to $17,165 before any savings programs apply.
$14,926Average installed price
$1,148Average per kWh of storage
Free, no-obligation estimates. The firm price for your house comes from the call.
When the lines come down
Backup power through outages
A home battery keeps your essential circuits running through a power outage with no fuel or noise, and we set it to charge up ahead of a forecast storm.
Nothing to refill
It refills from your panels and picks up the load the instant the grid drops, with no gas can, no oil change and no engine in the yard as a generator would have.
Full before the storm
Storm charging tops the battery up when bad weather is forecast, so it meets the outage full. We set those priorities when we commission it with your solar.
Lower peak-rate bills
On ordinary days the battery shifts your use away from "time-of-use" peak hours, which lowers those charges between storms.
Before you pick an installer
What we promise on every battery job
We are licensed and insured, we install batteries across Pittsfield and the Berkshire towns around it, and we hold to the same promises on a single battery as on a full system.
These are the promises, every time.
- Free, no-obligation estimates
- We answer the phone or call back the same working day
- We show up when we say we will
- We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after
- We clean up when the work is done
We take calls Monday to Friday during business hours. Calls outside those hours go to voicemail and we return them the next working morning.
Call before the next outage
Tell us what you want kept on and where the house is. We will set up a free estimate and size the battery from your usage, not a guess.
(413) 724-0582 Call for a Free EstimateIn their own words
What neighbors say about working with us
Our Google reviews from owners around Pittsfield, as they wrote them.
The representatives we worked with at Incite - Jonathan and Daniella were incredible and kept us informed every step of the way. The electrical team and installation team were wonderful and efficient and did an amazing job under brutally hot conditions! We are thrilled that we decided on Incite Solar Solutions and know that going forward it will be the best decision we ever made. We are fortunate that all of our panels are in the back and we actually forget they are there. Great installation.
We're in line to get a system thru SunPower with Derek as our rep. So far so good--he's been great! We had a hiccup with our first home site inspection--seems that the info never made it back to Incite. Then Peter Walters was assigned to come out--night and day difference from our first home site visit. Peter totally knew what he was doing. Hope all continues to go well!
We had Pete survey our property and he did an amazing job, took his time explaning to us everything he was doing and in what condition our home was in. He did a pretty awesome job!
Home battery brands: Powerwall, Enphase and FranklinWH
Common home batteries include Tesla Powerwall, Enphase IQ Battery, LG Chem and FranklinWH, and we service every one of them.
The batteries we install and service most:
- Tesla PowerwallStores excess solar energy for backup
- Enphase IQ BatteryKeeps the day's surplus for an outage
- LG Chem
- FranklinWHHigh-capacity backup for larger homes
Residential and commercial battery storage
We install battery storage for residential solar systems and for commercial buildings.
On a house, the battery carries the circuits a family leans on through an outage. On a business building, we size it to the loads the business cannot afford to lose, and the smart panel keeps the rest waiting.
Battery installation around Pittsfield
We install home batteries across Pittsfield and the nearby towns our service area lists.
Lenox, Lee and the other Berkshire County towns nearby are all inside it, and a house farther out is a question for the call.
Every town in our service area around Pittsfield is on one page.
Service Area Around PittsfieldNext to the battery itself
Other battery questions
The questions below sit next to battery installation and point to the pages that answer them in full.
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How long a home battery lasts
With regular maintenance, a solar battery can be expected to last at least ten years.
How that compares with your panels and inverter, and what warranties and wear decide, is set out in our lifespan guide.
How Long Inverters and Batteries Last -
Battery connections, corrosion and safe service
Battery problems often come from dirty or loose connections or corrosion, and battery service is a job for a technician with protective gear.
Battery fluid is hazardous, so leave the cabinet closed and call us. A technician checks the "BMS", the battery's own computer, wears protective gear and tests with a hydrometer; OSHA: Green Job Hazards, Solar Energy sets out the shock and arc flash hazards behind that.
Straight answers
Battery installation questions
How much does it cost to install a solar battery?
In Pittsfield, a battery storage installation typically runs $12,687 to $17,165, and the average comes in at $14,926 before incentives. The capacity and the number of circuits on backup move it within that range. Our solar panel cost guide sets out what moves the price of the whole system.
How much does it cost to install a battery in a solar system?
Storage in Pittsfield averages about $1,148 per kWh of capacity, so a bigger battery costs more. Adding one to a solar system also takes the gateway wiring and coordination with the utility, both part of our quote. The cost guide covers the rest of the system.
Can I install my own solar battery?
We advise against it. Battery fluid is hazardous, homeowners should not service batteries themselves, and the gateway wiring ties the battery into your service panel and the utility's grid. If you want to check the training of whoever you hire, NABCEP, the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners certifies energy storage installation professionals.
Can I add a battery to my existing solar panels?
Yes. A home battery charges from the panels you already have, and we size it from your household's actual usage. We commission it together with the existing solar so storm charging and backup priorities are set correctly from the start.
Before the next storm
Ready to keep the lights on when the grid goes down?
Call, tell us about the house and the panels on the roof, and we will set up a free, no-obligation estimate at a time that suits you.
We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day.