Off grid solar plus#

Off grid solar plus#

The goal with hybrid systems is to help reduce your peak energy consumption during the day. The off-grid project provides solar power plus battery storage to Karoo Fresh, a commercial farm in South Africa’s Karoo district. Hybrid systems combine both the concept of off grid and on grid together for an easy “plug and play” solution. RV Solar kits are a grid example of off grid solar. However, there are disadvantages because off-grid systems require you to purchase back-up battery which can be expensive, bulky, and not very environmentally friendly which defeats the purpose of going solar (save money and live greener). This is appealing because you are 100% self-sustaining your energy use. Being grid-tied is beneficial because you don’t have to buy an expensive battery back-up system to store any excess energy.īeing off-grid means you are not connected in any way to your grid’s power system or utility company. If you are producing more energy with your solar panels or system than you are using, the excess energy is sent to your grid’s power company, allowing you to build credit that you can cash out with at the end of the year, in a process called net metering. All this means for you is that your utility system acts as your battery space.

This is what most residential homes will use because you are covered if your solar system under or over-produces in regard to your varying energy needs. SMA offers technology that allows off-grid enthusiast to integrate solar with. 2500 ft of wooded area to run poles and cable and transformer or two. Living off-grid requires special consideration to power requirements. But the cost of the hook up was a 'bit' crazy. In the normal conditions I would have settled for a grid. On-grid means your solar system is tied to your local utility company’s system. To add insult to the injury the house lot is also located on the north slope of the mountain.