Before & After: A Solar Story

The first step in any Green Earth Energy project is the preliminary design. When a client reaches out to us for a quote, our specialized systems engineers take a look at your property, analyse your energy usage, and design a custom plan to fit your needs. Our goal is to help you achieve a net zero energy bill, or the closest we can to it. In this post we're taking a before and after approach to give you a glimpse of Green Earth Energy's process.

A Glimpse into our process

Let's take a birds-eye view of one of our more recent solar installations. The project design for this paradise valley home called for 74 solar modules. That's a lot of sun-power!

What do inverters and the battery system do?

In order to take full advantage of the renewable energy generated by all those modules we installed 4 PV inverters, a battery inverter and a storage system, but what exactly do all those inverters and the batter system do?

An inverter changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). You can think of the PV inverter as a translator between the solar modules and the house. The battery inverter works much the same way. When modules are producing an excess of sun-power, the battery inverter is able to tell the system when to store that energy in the battery. When more energy is needed throughout the house, like after sunset, the battery inverter can get that battery to cough up some of that storage to help power your house.

The beauty of this system is that whether you're tied to the grid, or looking to go off-grid entirely, a grid-tied battery backup system can help offset your energy bill, especially during peak hours for energy usage.