While San Francisco is often nicknamed “Fog City”, it is still possible to get good solar production in the City. However, with the many buildings, trees, and power lines densely packed in San Francisco, there is a lot of shading. If a group of solar panels are attached to one string inverter, and a single solar
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Solar Install in Orinda, Contra Costa County in California
In Orinda in California’s Contra Costa County, we installed a solar system consisting of 30 LGsolar panels, paired with 1 SolarEdge inverter. This install has a small amount of shade. With SolarEdge, each individual solar panel gets its own individual optimizer. If a solar panel is shaded, only that particular solar panel is affected. It
Benicia, CA Solar Install – LG Solar Panels + Enphase Microinverters
In Benicia, California, we installed 18 LG solar panels with 18 Enphase microinverters. With Enphase, each solar panel has its own inverter. That means if one panel is shaded, it doesn’t affect the rest of the systems. Also, there is no central point of failure. With 18 microinverters, in the rare chance one goes down,
San Jose, California Solar Install – LG Panels + Enphase Microinverters
In San Jose, California, we installed 19 LG 330 watt panels. We paired this system with Enphase microinverters. In terms of real world production, we expect this system to produce 9494 kilowatts of electricity in its first year, which will offset the customer’s electric bill from PG&E though a program called Net Metering. With Enphase
Moraga, CA Solar Install – LG Panels + Enphase Microinverters
In Moraga, California, we installed 25 all-black LG 305 panels. We expect this system to produce 8442 kilowatts in its first year. Production is lower than what is typical because this customer’s home is surrounded by trees, causing shading. Without shade, we expect this system would have produced 12,573 kilowatts of electricity in its first
Alamo, CA Solar Install – LG Panels + SolarEdge Inverter
In Alamo, CA, we installed all-black LG panels with a SolarEdge inverter. While the surrounding trees do cause shading, the SolarEdge inverter is able to individually optimize each panel, allowing each to produce at its own maximum. Even if some of the panels are shaded, it does not affect production for the rest of the
Hayward, CA Solar Install
Solar install in Hayward, California. This solar system contains 16 LG 320-watt panels with a SolarEdge inverter. Total system size is 5.12 kilowatts DC. We expect this system to produce 7,518 kilowatts of electricity in its first year. With Net Metering, solar customers are billed annually for electricity (though some taxes and fees are still
Are more efficient solar panels higher quality?
Different brands of solar panels offer different levels of power output. For example, we sell both SunPower 345 watt panels as well as Mitsubishi 275 watt panels. A common misconception is that because each SunPower panel outputs more electricity, they are of higher quality. In reality, both companies have extensive experience in manufacturing high quality
San Ramon, CA Solar Install
Solar install in San Ramon, California. System consults of 22 all-black LG 300 panels with a SolarEdge inverter. We estimated this system to produce 8273 kilowatts in its first year. So far, production is exceeding our expectations by over 10%. With Net Metering with the electric company, extra solar production during the day offsets the