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by lps41 782 days ago
A single apartment complex could almost certainly not cover enough space with solar panels in order to charge a battery to accommodate this.
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That's the neat thing, it doesn't have to. Every kWh that goes into these batteries is a kWh not purchased from the grid. The payback for the solar panels would very quickly add up.

In fact, trying to 100% charge the batteries via solar would not be the most economical way to operate as then you are just wasting money sending power back to the grid.