Solar Photovoltaic solutions

Solar photovoltaic solutions include mobile solutions (for recreational vehicles), applications involving equipment for telecommunications, security cameras, railroad signaling, solar sign lighting, solar outdoor kits... and most of all the generation of power to our homes...

Solar electricity produced by solar panels isn't different from the electricity you buy from your utility company. It works exactly the same way... .

Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Solutions

Solar photovoltaic solutions for our homes can be grid-tied or off-grid, and are composed of four main components: a solar array (a set of solar modules), an inverter (to convert the DC power generated by solar modules into alternating current, ready to be used by consumers), batteries (in stand-alone systems), an in-home solar power monitor (to view the system's status and its performance) and an electric meter (see: Solar and Wind Net Metering).

A stand alone solar photovoltaic (PV) system is not connected to a public or private grid and it is more expensive due to their backup system (a set of batteries).

Stand-alone PV solutions are popular in remote areas, where the connection to electric grids is expensive or impossible.

PV photovoltaic solutions can be grid-tied or stand alone See: Stand-alone Wind and Solar systems.

Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Solutions

A grid-tied photovoltaic solution is more flexible and cheaper - whenever there is access to the grid...

In a grid-tied system the homeowner will get power from the grid during the night and cloudy periods when the solar PV system isn't working or generating enough electricity, and will feed excess generation into the grid in good sunlight conditions. There is no need of a system of batteries...

See: On-Grid Systems and Net Metering

Solar Mobile solutions

Solar PV can also respond to the electrical demands of recreational vehicles like boats or vans. These solutions are referred to as solar RV (Recreational Vehicles) or Solar Mobile.

See: Mobile solar