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Page 2 of 11 - A consumer’s guide to solar PV installation Welcome to your definitive guide to get you started on the path to powering your home with Solar PV panels. Solar PV, also known as solar photovoltaic, is widely regarded as the renewable energy of choice across the globe.
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Solar power is usable energy generated from the sun in the form of electric or thermal energy. Solar energy is captured in a variety of ways, the most common of which is with photovoltaic solar panels that convert the suns rays into usable electricity.
Solar energy is a clean, inexpensive, renewable power source that is harnessable nearly everywhere in the world. Any point where sunlight hits the surface of the earth is a potential location to generate solar power. And since solar energy comes from the sun, it represents a limitless source of power.
Interested in benefiting from solar power? Solar panels are installed at three main scales: residential, commercial, and utility. Residential-scale solar is typically installed on rooftops of homes or in open land (ground-mounted) and is generally between 5 and 20 kilowatts (kW), depending on the size of a property. Commercial solar energy projects...
In 1954, Bell Labs developed the first silicon photovoltaic cell. Although solar energy had previously been captured and converted into usable energy through various methods,only after 1954 did solar power begin to become a viable source of electricity to power devices over extended periods of time. The first solar cells converted solar radiation t...
Although adoption of solar energy was slow at first, a number of state and federal incentives and policies contributed to driving down the cost of solar panels far enough to become more widely adopted. At this point, solar power accounts for enough capacity to power 11 million of the 126 million households in the country. Concurrent with an increas...
The rapid proliferation of solar power nationwide and globally has also led to parallel growth in several adjacent areas. Notably, energy storage systems and electric vehicles are two sectors poised to explode alongside solar power by augmenting the benefits of solar.
Given that solar panels can only produce power when the sun is shining, storing produced but unused energy throughout the day for use at a later time has become increasingly important. For instance, solar batteries store electricity and can be drawn on during periods of low solar production. Whats more, solar-plus-storage solutions work for all sca...
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1-800-472-1142 sales@unboundsolar.com®4. Here are a few of our favorite analogies to illustrate how exactly grid-tied solar works between the sun, your home, and the grid. A TWO-WAY HIGHWAY. To understand the way it works, think of a one-way road. Power flows from the power plant, works its way through the grid, and ends up in your home.
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2 Solar buying guide When the sun is shining, solar panels convert sunlight into DC (direct current) electricity. The solar inverter converts this electricity into AC (alternating current) power for use in your home. Your home appliances (fridge, dishwasher, pool pumps etc.) use this power instead of drawing power from the electricity grid.
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It is helpful to see how much power the solar PV system is generating, as a guide to how many appliances can be run from the solar PV system - for free. The inverter is likely to have a display which shows the power output, but this may be inaccessible in the loft. Monitoring devices can be fitted to the solar PV system to measure the power output.
Brush up on the basics of everything solar: Tax credits, batteries, solar panel lifespans and the installation timeline.
