US home solar, battery storage and energy services provider Sunrun has expanded its programme with intelligent home controls and panel maker SPAN to aid the transition of homes to renewable sources of power.

Many US households have older combination electrical panels which can present challenges for customers wanting to install rooftop solar, home batteries, and electric vehicle chargers. Through the programme, Sunrun is including SPAN home electrical panels as part of their home solar and battery offerings in select markets to reduce installation hurdles when adopting on-site generation and other all-electric appliances.

With many consumers want to transition away from fossil fuel burning appliances in the home to cleaner alternatives, home electrical electrical panels often require upgrading to enable this transition.

Combined with Sunrun’s offering, SPAN smart home electrical panels enable customers to improve the energy resiliency of their home with solar energy, create customisable backup power switches, better manage home electrification upgrades, gain circuit-level visibility, and support the grid.

“Widespread home electrification is vital to achieving our decarbonisation goals but required main panel upgrades are often a significant hurdle for customers wanting to shift away from fossil fuels to clean-energy-powered alternatives in their homes,” said Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun. “This programme will accelerate the adoption of home solar and batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and so much more. SPAN’s home electrical panel, with its intuitive app interface for homeowners, will reduce costs and installation complexities while providing improvements to Sunrun’s customer experience through improved visibility and automation of our customers’ energy needs.”

“Sunrun is at the forefront of the clean energy transition, helping to reshape and build a cleaner and more resilient grid through its expanded offerings outside of solar,” said Arch Rao, founder and CEO of SPAN. “This market expansion programme will allow us to introduce our smart electrical panels to Sunrun’s solar and battery customers, lowering the costs of installations, and enabling more homes to participate in the transition to a cleaner energy future.”