How Precision Solar Panel Installations Always Saves You Money
What Are the Risks of Do-It-Yourself Solar Panel Installations?
Installing solar panels correctly is a big project. In order to get the maximum results from the panels, they need to be installed properly. If they are not, there is a chance that they will become loose and fall off. This could result in damage to the roof and other parts of the house which could become very costly if repairs are needed.
When installing solar panels, if the angle of the sun is not right then the panels will not be able to catch the sun's rays. If it’s either too high or too low in the sky. the solar panel may not be getting enough energy to produce electricity. This can be fixed by tweaking the angle of the panels to better follow the sun, but without the right tools, you’ll need to call in experts to help.
Why Should You Always Trust High-Quality Solar Panel Installation Teams?
You should always trust a team of professionals for solar panel installation because they have the expertise and knowledge needed to ensure the panels are installed securely and in a timely fashion. In addition, you also get an expert that can help you find financing options or government rebates if available.
Renewables Now has an excellent guide that talks about how high-quality solar panel installations can cause trouble for homeowners. Read more about it below.
An unexpectedly cloudy day can cause solar generation to dip below expectations, and in consequence, other generators will need to compensate with additional output. One possibility is that fast acting gas combustion turbines would fill this generation gap, and while this is suitable solution from a reliability standpoint, a more fuel efficient combined cycle generator might have been able to compensate for the reduced solar output given enough prior warning. This is an example of the cost of a solar forecast error, that is, a less than optimal set of generators meets demand.
But, given the complexity of the electricity grid, how does one determine the dollar cost of solar forecast errors? One solution is to use market prices from the day-ahead and real-time markets, to determine the costs of forecast errors. This approach does not shed light on which generators were called on to adapt to a forecast error, but it does provide an indication of the system cost of forecast errors.
A new study from Berkeley Lab, appearing in the journal Solar Energy, examines the cost of solar forecast errors at over 600 plants from 2012 through 2019 across five major electricity markets in the United States. The study looks at two types of forecasts, a simple “persistence” forecast approach, in which today’s solar profile is expected to repeat exactly tomorrow, and a publicly available numerical weather prediction forecast (the North American Mesoscale Model, or NAM). The study uses local hourly prices at each plant location, and hourly profiles of actual generation that were developed independently from the NAM weather model and were debiased based on recorded generation at each plant and across each region.
Publicly Available Forecasts Averaged Low Costs (<1 USD/MWh in most years)
The study found that the average cost of the forecast errors using the NAM method was USD 1 per MWh or less in all years save 2016, in which it was USD 1.5 per MWh (see figure 1). In contrast, in most years, persistence-based forecasts had higher costs, close to 1.5 USD/MWh in all years. This shows that even the use of a simple, publicly available, forecasting technique like NAM can provide value by reducing the cost of forecast errors. Still, forecast error costs were low relative to typical whole electricity prices of roughly USD 20 to USD 40 per MWh (depending on the year). (Continue reading here to learn more)
If you have yet to find a dependable solar panel installation team in Golden, CO, you can always trust Roper Roofing & Solar to help with all your needs. Contact us today to learn more.
