Solar Power at Home on the Range

On the south side of the clerestories on our roof, we have a 10 kilowatt grid-tied photovoltaic system. We are using 60 panels and 2 Sunny Boy Inverters. In addition, we have solar hot water heaters on the roof. This generates approximately 37% of the electricity and all of the hot water used in our building. In the summer the solar panels at times generate more electricity than the building uses, in which case the power is sold back to the grid in a net-metering agreement. This lowers energy bills and ensures for the most efficient use of our solar resource.