How It Works
By converting light into electricity. We use a system called Photovoltaic (or PV for short), which generates electricity by using daylight on silicon solar cells normally located on your roof. When the electricity generated by the silicon solar cells is not being used, it can be sold back to your energy supplier then taken back from the national grid when there is no daylight and you have a demand for energy, Silent and virtually maintenance free a solar roof not only adds value to your home, it produces clean electricity helping to protect generations to come and to provide you with a generous income.
A PV system designed for your home consists mainly of three integral parts; the solar panels (modules), the inverter and the FIT meter. Simply explained, the solar modules uses monocrystalline and polycrystalline technologies to convert the suns radiance into DC voltage just as you get from a battery. This DC voltage is then sent through the inverter which converts it into AC voltage thus enabling it to be used within your home and be of the same type to be exported back to the national grid. The FIT (feed in tariff) meter records how much electricity has been used by the home owner and how much has been sold back to the national grid.
To determine the PV electricity generation potential for a particular site, it is important to assess the average total solar energy received over the year.