understood and agreed. Now consider you had the old panels on a string inverter system that had been optimized for use with older, "lesser" panels. That might overload the old inverter. To change that

Good points, Jim. As an industry, we should likely develop some "best practices," and recommendations for this. Some things I was pondering is if an array was put on as a simple string inverter maybe

On most "small" projects -- say 10kW or maybe up 20kW -- we all know that the value of PV added to Real Property is ALL Exempt for the purposes of Property Tax. The way they hit this on Tax Exemption

Anyone have any practical experience in local microgrids? Neighborhood, for example. You generate surplus, and share, sell, etc., with your neighbors. Not hitting the general utility grid, just all in

Free (we like that) and Local (UT Dallas) Might have some useful info for NTREG as a Non-Profit. I plan on catching some for a personal interest of bringing RE to poor folks. =========================

https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/summit/2021-sessions not bad, generally . . . .

Much better panel format (from my pov) would be maybe 2 feet (or so) wide -- that would be 3 or 4 cells wide x [8 feet, 10 feet, 12 feet]. That would be about like standard metal building roofing / si

yep. A drop-in, lay-in "ceiling" as the Roof. Not ON the Roof, but as the Roof. Biggest PITA (pain in the arse) from my point of view, is the ridiculous 1 meter X 65 inch or 1 meter x 75 inch "standar

Bill: As you can tell, I think it's a very bad idea. Phil: So funny, and so good. Thanks, really. So much so. Dunno if you are familiar with the concept of OPFOR? Short for "opposing forces." We used

Thanks, James. Did you (or anyone) see any of the internal details on the Electrical Panel? Seems the website is more about "the app," (gag. will be so glad when we get past that fad.) than the Panel.

Sorry -- hit SEND to quick on that -- whole text: SUPER! Thanks, Bill. Help me out a little? 1. If I am following correctly, this all is speaking ONLY to Residential Roofs, is that correct? So for com

SUPER! Thanks, Bill. Help me out a little? 1. If I am following correctly, this all is speaking ONLY to Residential Roofs, is that correct? So for commercial, barn, etc., roofs, I would likely be outs

Some of you may have followed that I am sort of compiling a F.U.D. study for Solar PV and Electric Transportation. Finding some INTERESTING stuff. (FUD being Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt -- an intentional

Anyone on here try using Solar Panels AS the ROOF? (or know or seen anyone who has)? Not talking about ON a Roof, but rather where the panel itself is intentionally used as the overall roofing materia

Thanks on that. Probably not going to send them $8 for about what Generac has already put on their site and youtube for free. ;) Something of sort of interesting on the Generac set-up is they do inten

Has anyone work on (or would like to work on) or have knowledge of an optimization controller to automatically handle [load shed / lock out / turn on] various local loads to maximize local site use of

Any one experience totally pedantic levels of nonsense from City of McKinney in dealing with Solar PV plans submission? Started with them playing completely idiotic games like pretending they cannot r

So I guess HVDC works either direction?

Southern Cross was intended to Export from Texas, or Import to Texas, or both?

Yeah, he is a FUD guy. (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). Whole area of interest, especially in regard to renewables. Yunno FUD would not work if the folks listening to it were not stupid. Stupid is the