Residential Team Installs 10kVA Hybrid Solar System in Eastern Cape.

Our residential team’s installation efforts have brought energy independence and significant cost savings to yet another satisfied customer. This time at St. Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.

This residential hybrid solar power system features quality hardware using a Victron inverter and Specialized Solar Systems’ own ESK Storagedock range. The system includes a 6.48 kWp solar panel array that produces an average of 31.1 kWh per day. It incorporates a 10 kVA (Victron Multiplus II) inverter and an ES20K Storagedock lithium battery, providing a backup storage capacity of 20 kWh.

At Specialized Solar Systems we take pride in our commitment to delivering exceptional service and high-quality products. Our customers’ satisfaction is our top priority, and we are delighted to have yet another satisfied customer. If you need help selecting a hybrid solar system, please complete this form.

More about the system:

• System design and installation: Specialized Solar Systems
• System type: Residential Hybrid Solar System
• Application: Energy cost savings and energy security
• Inverter (kVA): 10 kVA Victron Multiplus II
• PV array (kWp): 6.48kWp (12 x 540W PV panels)
• Average solar yield expectancy (kW): 31.1 kWhr/day
• Storage (kW): Specialized Solar Systems ES20K Storagedock lithium ion phosphate battery
• PV Solar panels: 25 years @80% | Battery: >16 years (>5 500 cycles) expected life at 80% DoD
• Expected system break-even (Capitalization): 4-5 years

Some key advantages of Hybrid solar systems supplied and installed by Specialized Solar Systems are:

• If the power generated by PV solar arrays is inadequate to supply daytime loads as well as charge your batteries, the system can recharge your batteries from the grid when a generally lower off-peak electricity rate is applied.
• When electricity usage goes above a certain level nationally, the grid supply may charge you a higher rate for the increased level of demand. Hybrid systems can provide ‘peak lopping’ where some of the stored power can be drawn from the batteries to help balance power usage.
• If your grid connection does not have the capacity to supply the required load, a hybrid solar system will supplement any extra power. This may allow you to avoid a costly mains upgrade for your property.

Hybrid solar systems give you increased energy security and self-sufficiency, lock in current electricity prices, let you choose when to use solar energy, and guarantee a constant supply of electricity.

Background: Specialized Solar Systems Grid-Interactive Hybrid Solar Systems

The utility grid is a virtual battery
Electricity should be used as it is generated. However, it can be temporarily stored as other forms of energy (e.g. chemical energy in batteries).  Energy storage typically comes with significant costs.

The electric power grid is in many ways also a battery, without the need for maintenance or replacements, and with much better efficiency rates. In other words, more electricity (and more money) goes to waste with conventional battery systems.

Grid-tied systems provide backup power when your solar system needs it or when extra electricity is necessary.  At the same time, you also help to mitigate the utility’s peak load.

Contact Specialized Solar Systems for expert advice and information on purchasing a grid-tied solar system to meet your energy needs.

To view a more detailed overview of our residential grid-interactive hybrid solar systems section in our catalog available over here.

Below are selections of our most popular and highly recommended residential grid-interactive hybrid solar energy systems with different sizing options designed by Specialized Solar Systems.  This selection will give our customers an overview of all the quality equipment used with detailed explanations to help assist you with your solar energy generation planning.

Feeding-in to the Municipal Grid information (Western Cape, South Africa)

Numerous Western Cape municipalities have established grid-feeding rules and tariffs, simplifying PV system installation for residents and businesses.

Empower your energy future with Specialized Solar Systems’ top-quality residential solar solutions. Contact us today to start your journey towards energy independence.