SolarEdge Home Hub - Pilot Solar Project at Applegarth Estate, Hout Bay
Applegarth Estate is a new upmarket development in Hout Bay, Cape Town. The owners of this beautiful home chose SolarEdge as their preferred technology and are extremely happy. What makes SolarEdge special?
1. Optimisation per Solar Panel. Each Soalr Panel has a dedicated SolarEdge Optimiser behind it, effectively connecting in parallel, despite the optimisers being connected in series. This allows single panels to be shaded and even non-functional without affecting the performance of all other panels. The optimisers also offer telemtry per Solar Panel, giving unmatched detail and information about the System.
2. 12-year warranty on the inverter and 25-year warranty on the optimisers
3. Smart-home features with SolarEdge's own Home Load Controllers.
Full black Solar Panels for smart looks
As eco estate it was important for Applegarth to maintain neutral looks, which is shown in the overall colour scheme of the estate. The full black Solar Panels integrate beautifully with the looks of the Kliplok Roof and Aluminium Frames.
A Powerhouse through and through
The inverter and batteries are situated in the garage, including the Backup Interface and Smart Controllers. The Backup Interface parallels the inverters with the grid - which enables this system to do something amazing. Normally, if an inverter trips, the house would fall into darkness. With the Backup Interface the grid seamlessly takes over! No dips, no changeovers, no "I-have-to-call-my-installer-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-get-my-power-back-on". This is what peace of mind looks like.
The System consists of a total of 12kW of inverters (2x6kW units), 20kWh of batteries (2x 10kWh units) and 10.5kW of Solar Panels. But what does that mean?
It means that this home is saving over R60k annually in Electricity Costs - and that is not everything. Solar is not only here to help with load-shedding or reduce your electricity bills. It is improving your quality of life without having you worry about your Electricity Bill.
This Home, on paper, has a lot of surplus Solar Power for 6 months of the year because they installed "too many panels". What are they doing about it? They heat their pool with a heat pump and cool their home with airconditioning - without buying a single kWh from the grid. When the seasons change, the heat pump and aircons are switched off and the Solar Panels produce even enough power on most cloudy days.
Energy Independence at its finest. Over the past 18 months, this Solar System provided over 95% of the electricity required in the home, and is fully on track for a ROI of 4.5 years.
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