GRID TIED SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS

Grid-Tie Solar Electric Systems

A photovoltaic (PV) system can substantially lower your electricity bill!

A grid-tie solar system seamlessly integrates solar-generated electricity with your utility-provided electricity to power your home or business. In essence, you become the owner an ultra-reliable, low-maintenance, perfectly silent power plant on the roof of your own building.

Depending on your site conditions, energy usage patterns, and system size, the solar-generated electricity will provide anywhere from 25 to 100 percent of your annual power needs. 60-80 percent is typical. That means that for the life of your solar system you won’t need to worry about utility rate hikes for that portion of your electricity!

How Long Will the System Last?

Solar electric panels typically have a manufacturer’s warranty that guarantees power production for 25 years. However, many experts expect solar electric panels to work well for 30, 40, 50 years or longer. In fact, more than 95% of the solar panels in use since the 1960s and ‘70s are still producing power!

Unlike every other method of generating electricity, solar power systems have no moving parts. This translates into both long life and very low system maintenance.

How it Works

Be a Good Neighbor!

By installing a solar electric system you are also providing clean solar energy to your neighbors.

Since electricity – flowing electrons – follow the path of least resistance, the excess electricity you generate on sunny afternoons will first supply your closest neighbor’s home with clean solar electricity. And if more is left over, it will flow to the next closest power line drop. This happens automatically and with no effort on anybody’s part.