5kVA Hybrid Solar Energy System with 3.6kWp solar array installation, Helderberg Estate in Cape Town.
Specialized Solar Systems residential solar installation team completed a 5kVA Hybrid solar system installation at Helderberg Estate in Cape Town.
Designed by Specialized Solar Systems, this Hybrid solar system consisted of:
- 1 x GX 48V 5kVA 70A Easy Solar Inverter
- 1 x MPPT 250/100
- 1 x ES(internal) battery
- 3.6 kWp solar array (PV)
Images of the installation:
Specialized Solar Systems Enegydock Product Range
In this installation an Energydock product was used. The Energydock and Storagedock product range by Specialized Solar Systems aims to provide a durable, compact and complete energy solution in a ground or wall-mountable modular form factor. The attractively encased Levels neatly tuck away the very latest lithium iron phosphate batteries coupled with Victron’s Blue Power quality grade inverters and components. Dependent on your energy requirements these compact units come in a variety of Levels to suite the market’s energy needs. Read more about this product range
As standalone devices, these units can be used as backup energy systems for your business and households. With a simple DC Attachment upgrade, which includes a Victron MPPT, solar panels can be added.
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By adding solar panels the Levels can generate then supply their own energy and have the ability to combine solar with grid power making these systems a good investment by giving you energy security and savings for many years.
Some key advantages of Hybrid solar systems supplied and installed by Specialized Solar Systems:
- 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 generally a lower off-peak electricity rate is applied.
- When electricity usage goes above a certain level nationally, the grid supply may charge you at 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 a required load, a hybrid solar system will supplement any extra power. This may allow you to avoid a costly mains upgrade to your property.
Hybrid solar systems empower you with energy security, self-sufficiency, and lock in your future cost of electricity, control when you use your solar power and provide an uninterrupted power supply.
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.
Additional perks of being grid-tied include access to backup power from the utility grid in case extra power is required or if your solar system stops generating electricity for any reason. At the same time, you also help to mitigate the utility’s peak load.
Customers can contact Specialized Solar Systems for more information on purchasing a Grid-Tied solar system and for expert advice when choosing the correct solar system solution for all your electrical 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 quality 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.
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To view more information about our residential off-grid solar systems please follow this link, catalog is available over here.