Solar electricity basics : powering your home or office with solar /
Dan Chiras
- 2ND REVISED EDITION
- Canada : New Society Publishers, c2020.
- vii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
An introduction to solar energy -- Understanding the sun and solar energy -- 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.
Solar Electricity Basics is a highly readable introduction to a promising technology, ideal for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students. It covers everything you need to work with solar electricity including sizing a solar electric system, types of systems, how systems operate, and costs and benefits.