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Solar for homes

Solar solutions for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.

Worked example

An 8.1 kWp residence, through a day

A simulation of a system at this scale, running on the same model as the residence on the homepage. Change the arrays, the inverter, the storage and the load, and every figure below re-derives itself.

Simulated system

8.10 kWp·18 modules·TEHRAN 35.7°N

12:30

PV array

Current output
6.45 kW
Today
28.2 kWh
Annual estimate
16,538 kWh
System capacity
8.10 kWp
Modules
18

Home

Current load
2.12 kW
Today
14.3 kWh
Self-consumption
72 %
From solar
2.12 kW
From grid
0.00 kW

Battery

State of charge
100 %
Mode
Idle
Power
0.00 kW
Usable capacity
10.5 kWh
Charged today
9.2 kWh

Grid

Direction
Exporting
Power
4.33 kW
Exported today
7.9 kWh
Imported today
3.2 kWh
Export limit
8.00 kW

System status

Status
Online
Inverter
Converting
Rating
8.00 kW
Data source
Simulation
System clock
12:30

Monthly generation

Estimated generation per calendar month for this system at this latitude.

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End to end

  1. 01Preliminary assessment
  2. 02Engineering and design
  3. 03Financing assistance
  4. 04Procurement
  5. 05Construction and installation
  6. 06Commissioning
  7. 07Operation and maintenance