When you install solar panels, your home produces its own clean, zero-emissions electricity. If you’re DIY-minded, you can build your own solar power system. In some cases, you can even build your own solar panels, although the amount that you can effectively DIY home solar depends on how much you want to power. Learn How to Make Your Own Solar Panels Making…
PV101 is your gateway to a career in the solar industry. It all starts with the fundamentals, and a solid understanding of various components, system architectures, and applications for PV systems. Other topics include site analysis, system sizing, array configuration, and performance estimation; electrical design characteristics such as wiring, overcurrent protection…
Prewired Load Centers can simplify the installation making it easier than ever to provide solutions for virtually any residential power requirement. No extra charge for hugs. Yup, this central valley CA homeowner using our permit service, instructions and guidance with his brow sweat assembled this sweet Canadian Solar Enphase Energy micro-inverter kit. Looks…
Our smarter energy devices make it simple for your customers to control how much energy they use. In recognition of the way our smart tech innovations help transform people’s energy use habits and contribute to the fight against climate change, we received a 2017 Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. find out more Connected Energy Services Tempo is the first…
Determining how many solar panels you’ll need for your home means first knowing what your goals are. Do you want to minimize your carbon footprint? Maximize your return on investment? Save as much money as possible? Most people want to save as much money as possible while minimizing their impact on the environment. To calculate how many solar panels you need…
The past year has seen four major national solar brands surrender. Sungevity and SunEdison declared bankruptcy, NRG scaled back to focus exclusively on commercial and utility-scale solar, and SolarCity was brought under the Tesla umbrella. The retreat of these national players coincides with record growth and all-time highs across all sectors of the solar industry…
Image copyright Inventid A UK design consultancy has teamed up with a giant Chinese manufacturer to produce what they say is the world s most affordable solar lamp. Manchester-based firm Inventid designed the SM100 solar light, which retails for $5 (ВЈ3.85) in African countries. It was developed in collaboration with China s Yingli and charity Solar Aid. The hand-sized…
This section covers the thinking that went into the mount design, and the construction and installation of the PV panel mounts. The Mount Design The goals for the mount system were: - Strong enough to withstand very strong winds. Even though this is normally a low wind area, we do occasionally get storms with high winds. I did not want my PV panels to end up…
A small solar electric or photovoltaic (PV) system can be a reliable and pollution-free producer of electricity for your home or office. Small PV systems also provide a cost-effective power supply in locations where it is expensive or impossible to send electricity through conventional power lines. Because PV technologies use both direct and scattered sunlight…
Shopping for home solar can feel overwhelming because, at first glance, many companies look the same. How do you tell them apart and choose the right system and company for you? We put together a list of 10 questions to ask every solar company to help you make the best decision. Question #1: How accurate is your system design and quote? Why: The more accurately…
Have you come to this site seeking information About Solar Panels? Solar technology? Photovoltaics? (PDF) What follows is basic history about solar panels and information to help you know what solar panels to buy. Solar Panels: Harvesting the Energy from our Sun Virtually unlimited power is available from our nearest star, the Sun. In just one hour, our planet…
If you want to take a shower or wash dishes in East Porterville, California, you’ll probably have to use a bucket. The water stopped running in most houses over a year ago. But nearby, farmers are paying to get rid of around 300 billion gallons of water a year. The paradox is a result of a geological quirk of the area: Soil in the Central Valley is full of natural…
In 2003, as the United States waged war in Iraq tied to the Middle East’s oil supply, Sullivan was inspired to dedicate his career to break Southern California’s reliance on oil and other fossil fuels. Sullivan started his company at a time when he was one of only a handful of outfits installing solar power systems in San Diego, long before the “solar power boom”…
The California Energy Commission s New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) is part of the comprehensive statewide solar program, known as the California Solar Initiative. The NSHP provides financial incentives and other support to home builders, encouraging the construction of new, energy efficient solar homes that save homeowners money on their electric bills and…
Some of the most provocative testimony came from William Winpisinger, the President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: We have a tremendous opportunity to dovetail the development of the new energy sources such as solar, cogeneration, biomass, small hydro, and wind with a national manpower policy and full employment program.We…
The first component we are going to wire is the Charge Controller.At the bottom of the Charge Controller there are 3 signs in my charge controller. The first one from the left is for the connection of the Solar Panel having positive (+) and negative (-) sign. The second one with plus (+) and minus (-) sign is for the Battery connection and the last one for the…
