Insights
Practical notes on designing, installing and running a solar system.
Written for people evaluating whether solar makes sense for their property, not for search engines.
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Monitoring a solar system: what should you actually watch?
A monitoring dashboard shows a lot of numbers. A small number of them actually tell you whether the system is working as intended.
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Planning solar during a renovation
A renovation is the cheapest moment to prepare for solar, whether or not the panels go on straight away.
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What happens during a solar site assessment?
A site assessment is where a proposal actually comes from. Here is what is checked, why, and what to have ready.
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Residential vs commercial solar: the key design differences
The physics of solar does not change between a house and a business. What changes is the load profile, the roof, and who has to sign off.
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Solar and EV charging: planning them as one system
A charge point is one of the largest loads a property can add. Planned with the solar system rather than after it, it can be told to draw when generation is available.
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When does battery storage make sense?
A battery is not automatically part of a good solar system. It earns its place when there is a real gap between generation and use.
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