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August 05, 2017

A Manual on Solar Rooftop

WHAT IS SOLAR ROOFTOP?

A solar photovoltaic (PV) system mounted on a rooftop of a building is a minipower plant that converts solar energy into electricity to meet the property's power requirements or feed into the grid.

Although anyone can install a solar rooftop system, the size of the installation varies significantly depending on availability of space, amount of electricity consumed by the prop.

TYPICAL LAYOUT OF A SOLAR ROOFTOP SYSTEM

The basic components of a solar rooftop PV system include PV modules, inverters and mounting structures. Other components like string boxes, transformers, meters, charge controllers, batteries and generators can also be incorporated into the system depending on its size.