Solar Electricity Basics: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
Andrew Watts
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The indispensable guide to solar electricity systems for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students
Climate change and limits to fossil fuels compel us to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity. And, as more and more electric cars hit the road, we'll need to find a way to provide the fuel that is clean, environmentally sustainable, and affordable.
With Solar Electricity Basics, author Dan Chiras offers a concise and up-to-date guide covering all the essentials.
Content :
- An Introduction to Solar Electricity
- Understanding the Sun and Solar Energy
- Things You Need to Know to Size and Mount a Solar Array
- Understanding Solar Electricity
- Types of Modules, How They Are Rated, and Advances in
- Solar Technology
- Does Solar Electricity Make Sense?
- Sizing a System and Evaluating Its Cost and Economic Benefits
- Solar Electric Systems: What Are Your Options?
- Understanding Inverters
- Batteries, Charge Controllers, and Gen-Sets
- Mounting a PV Array for Maximum Output
- Final Considerations: Permits, Covenants, Utility
- Interconnection, and Buying a System
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