{"id":16244,"date":"2019-09-05T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/05\/news-9986\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:00:15","slug":"news-9986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/05\/news-9986\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight talk about using solar energy in buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Vanya Ignatova| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:00:10 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the early days of solar panels, the photovoltaic energy they produced most frequently was exported to the grid for distribution rather than being used directly on-site. Today that model is on the decline in favor of the self-consumption of solar energy<\/a> by the building to which the solar panels are attached.<\/p>\n

Why does this matter? Quite simply because the details of how the photovoltaic equipment is installed\u2014especially the electrical distribution system\u2014can be quite different, depending which alternative you select.<\/p>\n

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A new video series<\/a> produced by Schneider Electric\u2019s technical communication and training group offers clear explanations of the many factors that must be considered when planning to add solar production to a building\u2019s electrical installation.<\/p>\n

The first video in the series \u201cPhotovoltaic self-consumption brings fundamental changes in the electrical installation<\/em><\/a>,\u201d<\/em> provides an overview of the way export-to-grid and self-consumption PV systems are set.<\/p>\n

It also explains three fundamental changes that occur when the choice is made to self-consume the PV energy.<\/p>\n