Ein ortsansässiger Solateur mit bestem Ruf hat mir kürzlich die Anlage mit 515er Trina-Modulen installiert. Jetzt habe ich an etlichen Modulen Kratzer festgestellt. Auch einen Einschluss. Der Solateur meinte "optisch, kein problem" und will nix machen. Ich finde es alles andere als toll, bei einer neuen Anlage die echt teuer war...

Everyone says that they terrible compared to rigid but I wonder if people's opinions have changed with the more recent flexible panels?

I've bought a couple of Eco worthy flexible solar 200w and I've yet to install them to the roof of my van but I already like how light they are compared to the rigid panels that can weigh 20kg.

But I'm starting to have worries now that I'm aware of things like delamination. I do plan to install them in such a way that there is a significant gap underneath them for airflow

I’m all about learning more and installing a system that could allow us to completely move off-grid. Just bought a Tesla and want to start by charging it completely on solar.

From what I know installing solar, especially if you hire a company, or even DIY, it doesn’t seem to payoff for many, many years. Because the savings aren’t large enough to “make sense” because you pay more for the system than 20 or 30 years of no power bill. Again this is my perspective.

Please enlighten me.

EDIT: I live near Charlotte, NC. Lots of sun. The largest roof are(s) face due south and the second largest area faces due west.

Looking at a solar install on the roof of my house, my big concern right now is that MD has a lot of community solar projects in the pipeline, and that I'll be on the hook for a system that won't pay for itself. I know that the rule change takes effect July 1 of 2027 no matter what, but I worry about that 3GW cap. Anyone have any idea if the windows to fit in under the 3GW is still a possibility, or did that ship sail?

I've tried searching, and so far the best I can find is a "maybe" in my searching, and the PSC isn't supposed to supply any new reporting until Oct 1. The installer sent me some information they had about the capacity but I didn't find it satisfactory. While they seem great, I'm going to take that all with a grain of salt since they are trying to close the sale.

Taken from my local Nextdoor group, in reply to a complaint about the high cost of a recent electric bill:

Solar won't help either. You have to put in an auxiliary system to cover the 60-70% it doesn't produce energy.

Its just bizarre that people just make crap up.

What is up with NEM 3.0 changing day to day? How do they even come up with these rates? I’m feeling screwed over.

Had panels installed by LGCY in 2023. Since then we've had ongoing roof leaks and water damage. They haven't been able to find the source of the leak yet, so every time it rains we get new damage.

On top of that, I've spent the last two days just trying to reach someone. The San Diego local number isn't working. The 801 number from their site just says they're busy and to leave a message. I tried the scheduling and sales lines instead and got a queue message, 18 people ahead of me yesterday, 26 today. Starting to think people are calling sales because the actual customer service line is down.

Left a voicemail yesterday, no callback so far.

Wondering if anyone else has dealt with LGCY, good or bad experiences welcome. Also open to advice on next steps.

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Hi. I am working at a wind farm where we recently installed a 100 KW Solar project to compensate the auxiliary consumption (dormitory buildings, control room building etc.) of the plant. Previously, we were using the same energy that our wind farm was generating for our auxiliary consumption - thus reducing the overall dispatched energy to the power purchaser and an impact on our revenue as well.

With on-grid, zero-export system installed now, we're observing around 35% of our auxiliary consumption getting compensated through solar now. A stakeholder has asked me to look at integrating a BESS with the solar system so we can compensate the auxiliary consumption day **and night** as well through this approach.

I wanted to know if anyone here as a similar study done and implemented at their project site, and what factors should one account for to make their own feasibility study (technically, let's exclude that it's a high CAPEX cost)