Energy arbitrage

Energy arbitrage means charging a battery when energy prices are low and discharging it during more expensive peak hours. For the storage operator this can be a source of income, because electricity prices can change throughout the day. It is a service measured in hours, and it is typically valued in US electricity markets. One extension of arbitrage is charging during periods of excess renewable generation and discharging when demand is high, which reduces curtailment. In power systems without electricity markets, the same idea is called load-levelling: operators charge batteries when there is excess generation and discharge them when there is excess demand. Storage market guides list energy arbitrage as a value stream next to demand charge management and demand response, for example HOEP energy arbitrage in Ontario. Hybrid inverter manuals, such as those for the Solis S6 series, include grid-tied layouts that do energy arbitrage, in some cases with backup.

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• sentence 7: support check: partial - Evidence shows Solis S6 hybrid energy arbitrage layouts and one with backup, but the generic claim about hybrid inverter manuals is only illustrated by Solis. -->