Humless Introduces First Universal Energy Management for Solar Industry

Humless today introduces its groundbreaking 48V Universal Energy Management (UEM). The Humless Universal is the solar power industry’s first Energy Storage System (ESS) that intelligently manages the flow of electricity from any source for any use. It integrates with any existing grid-tied solar system and works with any manufacturer’s panels, PV inverters, or batteries. Humless Universal is first to enable simultaneous AC/DC Coupling and is very expandable. In addition to solar PV storage applications, Humless energy storage solutions integrate well with wind and hydro.

“Humless developed the Universal Energy Management system in association with developers of off-grid environments in South Africa,” states Glenn Jakins, Humless CEO. “The demanding, harsh environments there provided us with a proving ground for adding energy storage in the U.S. when the demand for solar retrofits is rising and the problems of solar without storage are becoming clear.”

The advanced Intelligent energy controls in the Humless Universal give the customer options to match grid needs/requirements; ie. load shaving, time of use, generator auto start, and smart outputs. The Universal connects fully stackable inverters and open loop storage that can be expanded at a later date. Humless Universal retrofits with any current grid tied PV system in the USA; and is more advanced in its ability to AC and DC couple from PV solar simultaneously. This provides intelligent energy management for customer power needs and micro cycles the chemical energy storage less. This dramatically lowers electrical cost and extends battery life. MORE INFO

“The operating efficiencies that Humless has brought are significant and user friendly,” states Craig Turner, Reserve Facilities Manager: Mthembu & Biyela Lodges in South Africa. “The array of displays, screens and programming options for optimal system use and management are a revelation from what was previously available. The ease of ability in changing charge levels, run times and information display screens have enabled us to monitor and manage the farms both physically at the Inversion rooms as well as on mobile devices and laptops – it has never been this fluid and for this my congratulations and gratitude need to be extended.”

Along with a significant partner announcement, Humless will demonstrate this new technology this month at the upcoming Solar Power International (SPI) show in Salt Lake City (Booth 3217).