en.Wedoany.com Reported - RESINC Solar & Batteries has expanded the battery storage system at Roshan Ramnarain's home on the Gold Coast, adding 38.4kWh of GoodWe battery capacity to address power outages during prolonged severe weather.
Roshan, who moved from Victoria to Queensland three years ago with his wife Tee-Jay, transformed a property in the Gold Coast hinterland into a coastal-style home. The property offers stunning views and abundant wildlife but is also exposed to severe weather events and the risk of power outages. After a major storm, the family experienced a prolonged nine-day power outage, which severely impacted internet access, refrigeration, communication, and daily comfort. This was especially challenging for family members reliant on electricity and remote work, highlighting the importance of battery storage capacity planning.
The property was already equipped with a larger residential battery system, but during consecutive days of cloudy and stormy weather, solar generation dropped significantly, exposing the limitations of the original design. To address this, RESINC Solar & Batteries designed a solution centered on increasing battery storage. According to Aidan Cocker of RESINC, the answer was simple: increase storage capacity.
The additional capacity enables whole-home backup, allowing the property to remain powered during grid outages. Whole-home backup allows the battery system to cover more circuits, not just selected ones, maintaining power during prolonged severe weather when solar generation is reduced. This shift in thinking is driving the growth of larger battery systems across Australia. As electric vehicles, home offices, air conditioning, induction cooktops, and other electrified devices increase household energy demand, while severe weather events put greater strain on the grid, battery storage is evolving from a cost-saving technology into a resilience solution. Aidan Cocker explained that larger battery systems allow homeowners to capture and store excess solar energy during favorable conditions and use it when solar generation is limited—a strategy that helps families stay powered during extended severe weather.
For families in remote and semi-remote areas, larger battery systems are becoming a practical necessity. Battery capacity planning is as important as solar capacity planning, and the best results come when battery storage is combined with sufficient solar generation and appropriately scaled storage capacity. Australia is currently experiencing record battery adoption rates, with homeowners' core focus shifting from how much money a battery can save to how long their home can run if the grid goes down.
